Bitpepper B.V. offers services to you, a user, under the condition that you accept all of our set terms, including these Terms of Service and all related policies.
Last Updated: 2024-05-08
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in Bitpepper B.V., operating as Bitpepper ( “Bitpepper,” “we,” or “us”) and our website at bitpepper.com, along with our related websites, hosted applications, mobile or other downloadable applications, and other services provided by us (collectively, the “Service”). These Terms of Service are a legally binding contract between you and Bitpepper regarding your use of the Service.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS CAREFULLY:
BY CLICKING “I ACCEPT,” OR BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND, AS A CONDITION TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BITPEPPER’S PRIVACY POLICY (TOGETHER, THESE “TERMS”). IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, OR DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS, THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE OUR PERMISSION TO USE THE SERVICE. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, AND BITPEPPER’S PROVISION OF THE SERVICE TO YOU, CONSTITUTES AN AGREEMENT BY BITPEPPER AND BY YOU TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS.
ARBITRATION NOTICE. Except for certain kinds of disputes described in Section 17 (Dispute Resolution and Arbitration), you agree that disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved by binding, individual arbitration, and BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, YOU AND BITPEPPER ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
1. Bitpepper Service Overview
Bitpepper is a company focused on innovative SaaS solutions empowering SEO agencies with cutting-edge tools. As part of the Service, Bitpepper uses a suite of AI tools to generate content for users. Users will upload various links or images to the Service which the Services will use to produce the AI output, which users can use for their own purposes.
- Bitpepper (bitpepper.com)
- LinkToWP (linktowp.com)
- Kobai (getkobai.com)
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. By agreeing to these Terms, you represent and warrant to us that: (a) you are at least 18 years old; (b) you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Service; and (c) your registration and your use of the Service is in compliance with any and all applicable laws and regulations. If you are an entity, organization, or company, the individual accepting these Terms on your behalf represents and warrants that they have authority to bind you to these Terms and you agree to be bound by these Terms.
3. Accounts and Registration
To access most features of the Service, you must connect to the Service through a third-party account (e.g., Facebook or Google) (each, a “Third-Party Account”). When you connect a Third-Party Account to the Service, you are submitting to Bitpepper your login credentials for such Third-Party Account ( “Third-Party Account Credentials”). By providing Bitpepper with your Third-Party Account Credentials, you are authorizing Bitpepper to act on your behalf to retrieve information from the applicable Third-Party Account for purposes of providing the Service under these Terms. You are responsible for ensuring that your Third-Party Account Credentials have been shared in accordance with the terms of your agreement with the applicable Third-Party Account provider. Third-Party Accounts are not under Bitpepper’s control and Bitpepper is not responsible for any actions taken by third parties in connection with your sharing of Third-Party Account Credentials.
4. General Payment Terms.
Certain features of the Service may require you to pay fees. Before you pay any fees, you will have an opportunity to review and accept the fees that you will be charged. Unless otherwise specifically provided for in these Terms, all fees are in U.S. Dollars and are non-refundable, except as required by law.
- Price. Bitpepper reserves the right to determine pricing for the Service. Bitpepper will make reasonable efforts to keep pricing information published on the Service up to date. We encourage you to check our pricing pages periodically for current pricing information. Bitpepper may change the fees for any feature of the Service, including additional fees or charges, if Bitpepper gives you advance notice of changes before they apply. Bitpepper, at its sole discretion, may make promotional offers with different features and different pricing to any of Bitpepper’s customers. These promotional offers, unless made to you, will not apply to your offer or these Terms.
- Authorization. You authorize Bitpepper to charge all sums for the orders that you make and any level of Service you select as described in these Terms or published by Bitpepper, including all applicable taxes, to the payment method specified in your account. If you pay any fees with a credit card, then Bitpepper may seek pre-authorization of your credit card account prior to your purchase to verify that the credit card is valid and has the necessary funds or credit available to cover your purchase.
- Delinquent Accounts. Bitpepper may suspend or terminate access to the Service, including fee-based portions of the Service, for any account for which any amount is due but unpaid. In addition to the amount due for the Service, a delinquent account will be charged with fees or charges that are incidental to any chargeback or collection of any the unpaid amount, including collection fees. If your payment method is no longer valid at the time any fee is due, then Bitpepper reserves the right to delete your account and any information or User Content (defined below) associated with your account without any liability to you.
- Refunds. Refunds requested within 14 days of purchase are eligible for a full refund if the customer has not generated more than 3 AI generations. Additionally, if the service fails to meet the customer’s expectations due to technical issues or discrepancies in the quality of the AI-generated output, customers are encouraged to contact Bitpepper’s customer support within the same 14-day period. After a review of the service usage and the issues encountered, Bitpepper reserves the right to offer a partial or full refund at its discretion. This policy is in place to ensure customer satisfaction while preventing abuse of the refund process. Customers seeking a refund for reasons other than quality or technical issues, such as a change of mind, will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, and Bitpepper retains the discretion to grant or deny such refund requests. All refund requests should be directed to Bitpepper’s customer support via email at [email protected], including detailed reasons for the request and any relevant documentation or evidence of the issues faced.
5. Licenses
- Limited License. Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with these Terms, Bitpepper grants you, solely for your personal, non-commercial use, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service.
- AI Output. Our services will use your User Content (as defined below) to generate the AI output. Subject your compliance with these Terms, Bitpepper hereby assigns to you all of its rights, title, and interest (if any) in and to the AI output resulting from your use of the Service and Bitpepper’s use of your User Content in connection with the AI. The AI output may be the same or similar to other users, and Bitpepper’s assignment to you in the preceding sentence does not apply to the AI output resulting from other users’ use of the Service. You agree that we may use AI output to (a) provide, maintain, develop, protect and improve the Service or our other products and services, (b) comply with applicable law, and (c) enforce these Terms and any Additional Terms (defined below). You are solely responsible for your use of any AI output.
- License Restrictions. Except and solely to the extent such a restriction is impermissible under applicable law, you may not: (a) reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or create derivative works of the Service; (b) make modifications to the Service; or (c) interfere withor circumvent any feature of the Service, including any security or access control mechanism. If you are prohibited under applicable law from using the Service, then you may not use it.
- Feedback. We respect and appreciate the thoughts and comments from our users. If you choose to provide input and suggestions regarding existing functionalities, problems with or proposed modifications or improvements to the Service (“Feedback”) then you hereby grant Bitpepper an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, royalty-free right and license to exploit the Feedback in any manner and for any purpose, including to improve the Service and create other products and services. We will have no obligation to provide you with attribution for any Feedback you provide to us.
6. Ownership; Proprietary Rights
The Service is owned and operated by Bitpepper. The AI output, visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, data, computer code (including source code or object code), products, software, services, and all other elements of the Service provided by Bitpepper (“Materials”) are protected by intellectual property and other laws. For clarity, Materials excludes AI output resulting from your use of the Service, which, as between you and Bitpepper, are owned by you. All Materials included in the Service are the property of Bitpepper or its third-party licensors. Except as expressly authorized by Bitpepper, you may not make use of the Materials. There are no implied licenses in these Terms and Bitpepper reserves all rights to the Materials not granted expressly in these Terms.
7. Third-Party Terms
- Third-Party Services and Linked Websites. Bitpepper may provide tools through the Service that enable you to export information, including User Content, to third-party services, including through features that allow you to link your account on the Service with an account on the third-party service, such as Twitter or Facebook, or through our implementation of third-party buttons (such as “like” or “share” buttons). By using one of these tools, you hereby authorize that Bitpepper to transfer that information to the applicable third-party service. Third-party services are not under Bitpepper’s control, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Bitpepper is not responsible for any third-party service’s use of your exported information. The Service may also contain links to third-party websites. Linked websites are not under Bitpepper’s control, and Bitpepper is not responsible for their content. Please be sure to review the terms of use and privacy policy of any third-party services before you share any User Content or information with such third-party services. Once sharing occurs, Bitpepper will have no control over the information that has been shared.
- Third-Party Software. The Service may include or incorporate third-party software components that are generally available free of charge under licenses granting recipients broad rights to copy, modify, and distribute those components (“Third-Party Components”). Although the Service is provided to you subject to these Terms, nothing in these Terms prevents, restricts, or is intended to prevent or restrict you from obtaining Third-Party Components under the applicable third-party licenses or to limit your use of Third-Party Components under those third-party licenses.
8. User Content
- User Content Generally. Certain features of the Service may permit users to submit, upload, publish, broadcast, or otherwise transmit (“Post”) content to the Service, including but not limited to messages, reviews, photos, images, folders, data, text, and any other works of authorship or other works (“User Content”). You retain any copyright and other proprietary rights that you may hold in the User Content that you Post to the Service, subject to the licenses granted in these Terms.
- Limited License Grant to Bitpepper. By Posting User Content to or via the Service, you grant Bitpepper a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid right and license (with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to host, store, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform (including by means of a digital audio transmission), communicate to the public, reproduce, modify for the purpose of formatting for display, create derivative works as authorized in these Terms, and distribute your User Content, in whole or in part, in any media formats and through any media channels, in each instance whether now known or hereafter developed. If you Upload User Content to the Service, you hereby grant Bitpepper the right to use the data, content, and information derived from the User Content, except to the extent such data, content, and information derived from the User Content constitutes photographs uploaded to the Service by users, to provide and improve the Service, including to train our algorithms through machine learning and for what is commonly referred to as “generative artificial intelligence” purposes. Bitpepper will not use contents uploaded by you to the Services to train its algorithms for generative artificial intelligence or marketing purposes unless we receive your prior written consent for such uses. You agree that Bitpepper may aggregate your data with the data of other Bitpepper users for such purposes. All of the rights you grant in these Terms are provided on a through-to-the-audience basis, meaning the owners or operators of external services will not have any separate liability to you or any other third party for User Content Posted or otherwise used on external services via the Service. You agree to pay all monies owing to any person or entity resulting from Posting your User Content and from Bitpepper’s exercise of the license set forth in this Section.
- You Must Have Rights to the Content You Post; User Content Representations and Warranties. You must not Post User Content if you are not the owner of or are not fully authorized to grant rights in all of the elements of that User Content. Bitpepper disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Content. You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of providing User Content via the Service. By providing User Content via the Service, you affirm, represent, and warrant to us that:
- you are the creator and owner of the User Content, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to authorize Bitpepper and users of the Service to use and distribute your User Content as necessary to exercise the licenses granted by you in this Section, in the manner contemplated by Bitpepper, the Service, and these Terms;
- your User Content, and the Posting or other use of your User Content as contemplated by these Terms, does not and will not: (i) infringe, violate, misappropriate, or otherwise breach any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property, contract, or proprietary right; (ii) slander, defame, libel, or invade the right of privacy, publicity or other property rights of any other person; or (iii) cause Bitpepper to violate any law or regulation or require us to obtain any further licenses from or pay any royalties, fees, compensation or other amounts or provide any attribution to any third parties; and
- your User Content could not be deemed by a reasonable person to be objectionable, profane, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, hateful, or otherwise inappropriate.
- User Content Disclaimer. We are under no obligation to edit or control User Content that you or other users Post and will not be in any way responsible or liable for User Content. Bitpepper may, however, at any time and without prior notice, screen, remove, edit, or block any User Content that in our sole judgment violates these Terms, is alleged to violate the rights of third parties, or is otherwise objectionable. You understand that, when using the Service, you will be exposed to User Content from a variety of sources and acknowledge that User Content may be inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. You agree to waive, and do waive, any legal or equitable right or remedy you have or may have against Bitpepper with respect to User Content. If notified by a user or content owner that User Content allegedly does not conform to these Terms, we may investigate the allegation and determine in our sole discretion whether to remove the User Content, which we reserve the right to do at any time and without notice. For clarity, Bitpepper does not permit infringing activities on the Service.
- Monitoring Content. Bitpepper does not control and does not have any obligation to monitor: (a) User Content; (b) any content made available by third parties; or (c) the use of the Service by its users. You acknowledge and agree that Bitpepper reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and all information transmitted or received through the Service for operational and other purposes. If at any time Bitpepper chooses to monitor the content, then Bitpepper still assumes no responsibility or liability for content or any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of content. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy (defined below). Bitpepper may block, filter, mute, remove or disable access to any User Content uploaded to or transmitted through the Service without any liability to the user who Posted such User Content to the Service or to any other users of the Service.
9. Communications
- Email. We may send you emails concerning our products and services, as well as those of third parties. You may opt out of promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in the promotional email itself.
10. Prohibited Conduct
BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE NOT TO:
- use the Service for any illegal purpose or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law;
- harass, threaten, demean, embarrass, bully, or otherwise harm any other user of the Service;
- violate, encourage others to violate, or provide instructions on how to violate, any right of a third party, including by infringing or misappropriating any third-party intellectual property right;
- access, search, or otherwise use any portion of the Service through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device, or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, and data mining tools) other than the software or search agents provided by Bitpepper;
- interfere with security-related features of the Service, including by: (i) disabling or circumventing features that prevent or limit use, printing or copying of any content; or (ii) reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to discover the source code of any portion of the Service except to the extent that the activity is expressly permitted by applicable law;
- interfere with the operation of the Service or any user’s enjoyment of the Service, including by: (i) uploading or otherwise disseminating any virus, adware, spyware, worm, or other malicious code; (ii) making any unsolicited offer or advertisement to another user of the Service; (iii) collecting personal information about another user or third party without consent; or (iv) interfering with or disrupting any network, equipment, or server connected to or used to provide the Service;
- perform any fraudulent activity including impersonating any person or entity, claiming a false affiliation or identity, accessing any other Service account without permission, or falsifying your age or date of birth;
- sell or otherwise transfer the access granted under these Terms or any Materials (as defined in Section 6 (Ownership; Proprietary Rights) or any right or ability to view, access, or use any Materials; or
- attempt to do any of the acts described in this Section 10 (Prohibited Conduct) or assist or permit any person in engaging in any of the acts described in this Section 10 (Prohibited Conduct).
11. Intellectual Property Rights Protection
- Respect of Third Party Rights. Bitpepper respects the intellectual property rights of others, takes the protection of intellectual property rights very seriously, and asks users of the Service to do the same. Infringing activity will not be tolerated on or through the Service.
- DMCA Notification. We comply with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act applicable to Internet service providers (17 U.S.C. § 512, as amended). If you have an intellectual property rights-related complaint about any material on the Service, you may contact our Designated Agent at the following address: Bitpepper B.V.
Attn: Legal Department (IP Notification)
Meer en Duin 24a, 2163HA, Lisse, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected] - Procedure for Reporting Claimed Infringement. If you believe that any content made available on or through the Service has been used or exploited in a manner that infringes an intellectual property right you own or control, then please promptly send a written “Notification of Claimed Infringement” to the Designated Agent identified above containing the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other right being infringed;a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property right that you claim has been infringed;a description of the material that you claim is infringing and where it is located on the Service;your address, telephone number, and email address;a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the use of the materials on the Service of which you are complaining is not authorized by the copyright or other intellectual property right owner, its agent, or the law; and a statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright or other intellectual property right owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
- Repeat Infringers. Bitpepper’s policy is to: (a) remove or disable access to material that Bitpepper believes in good faith, upon notice from an intellectual property rights owner or authorized agent, is infringing the intellectual property rights of a third party by being made available through the Service; and (b) in appropriate circumstances, to terminate the accounts of and block access to the Service by any user who repeatedly or egregiously infringes other people’s copyright or other intellectual property rights. Bitpepper will terminate the accounts of users that are determined by Bitpepper to be repeat infringers. Bitpepper reserves the right, however, to suspend or terminate accounts of users in our sole discretion.
- Counter Notification. If you receive a notification from Bitpepper that material made available by you on or through the Service has been the subject of a Notification of Claimed Infringement, then you will have the right to provide Bitpepper with what is called a “Counter Notification.” To be effective, a Counter Notification must be in writing, provided to Bitpepper’s Designated Agent through one of the methods identified in Section 11.2 (DMCA Notification), and include substantially the following information:
- your physical or electronic signature;identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if you are residing outside of the United States, then for any judicial district in which Bitpepper may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under Section 11.2 (DMCA Notification) above or an agent of that person.
- Reposting of Content Subject to a Counter Notification. If you submit a Counter Notification to Bitpepper in response to a Notification of Claimed Infringement, then Bitpepper will promptly provide the person who provided the Notification of Claimed Infringement with a copy of your Counter Notification and inform that person that Bitpepper will replace the removed User Content or cease disabling access to it in 10 business days, and Bitpepper will replace the removed User Content and cease disabling access to it not less than 10, nor more than 14, business days following receipt of the Counter Notification, unless Bitpepper’s Designated Agent receives notice from the party that submitted the Notification of Claimed Infringement that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Bitpepper’s system or network.
- False Notifications of Claimed Infringement or Counter Notifications. The Copyright Act provides at 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) that: “[a]ny person who knowingly materially misrepresents under [Section 512 of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512)] (1) that material or activity is infringing, or (2) that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, will be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or copyright owner’s authorized licensee, or by a service provider, who is injured by such misrepresentation, as the result of [Bitpepper] relying upon such misrepresentation in removing or disabling access to the material or activity claimed to be infringing, or in replacing the removed material or ceasing to disable access to it.” Bitpepper reserves the right to seek damages from any party that submits a Notification of Claimed Infringement or Counter Notification in violation of the law.
12. Modification of Terms.
We may, from time to time, change these Terms. Please check these Terms periodically for changes. Revisions will be effective immediately except that, for existing users, material revisions will be effective 30 days after posting or notice to you of the revisions unless otherwise stated. We may require that you accept modified Terms in order to continue to use the Service. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, then you should remove your User Content and discontinue your use of the Service. Except as expressly permitted in this Section 12 (Modification of Terms), these Terms may be amended only by a written agreement signed by authorized representatives of the parties to these Terms.
13. Term, Termination, and Modification of the Service
- Term. These Terms are effective beginning when you accept the Terms or first download, install, access, or use the Service, and ending when terminated as described in Section 13.2 (Termination).
- Termination. If you violate any provision of these Terms, then your authorization to access the Service and these Terms automatically terminate. In addition, Bitpepper may, at its sole discretion, terminate these Terms or your account on the Service, or suspend or terminate your access to the Service, at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, and without any liability to you arising from such termination. You may terminate your account and these Terms at any time by contacting customer service at [email protected].
- Effect of Termination. Upon termination of these Terms: (a) your license rights will terminate and you must immediately cease all use of the Service; (b) you will no longer be authorized to access your account or the Service; (c) you must pay Bitpepper any unpaid amount that was due prior to termination; and (d) all payment obligations accrued prior to termination and Sections 5.4 (Feedback), 6 (Ownership; Proprietary Rights), 13.3 (Effect of Termination), 14 (Indemnity), 15 (Disclaimers; No Warranties by Bitpepper), 16 (Limitation of Liability), 17 (Dispute Resolution and Arbitration), and 18 (Miscellaneous) will survive. You are solely responsible for retaining copies of any User Content you Post to the Service since upon termination of your account, you may lose access rights to any User Content you Posted to the Service. If your account has been terminated for a breach of these Terms, then you are prohibited from creating a new account on the Service using a different name, email address or other forms of account verification.
- Modification of the Service. Bitpepper reserves the right to modify or discontinue all or any portion of the Service at any time (including by limiting or discontinuing certain features of the Service), temporarily or permanently, without notice to you. Bitpepper will have no liability for any change to the Service, including any paid-for functionalities of the Service, or any suspension or termination of your access to or use of the Service. You should retain copies of any User Content you Post to the Service so that you have permanent copies in the event the Service is modified in such a way that you lose access to User Content you Posted to the Service.
14. Indemnity.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you are responsible for your use of the Service, and you will defend and indemnify Bitpepper, its affiliates and their respective shareholders, directors, managers, members, officers, employees, consultants, and agents (together, the “Bitpepper Entities”) from and against every claim brought by a third party, and any related liability, damage, loss, and expense, including attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or connected with: (1) your unauthorized use of, or misuse of, the Service; (2) your violation of any portion of these Terms, any representation, warranty, or agreement referenced in these Terms, or any applicable law or regulation; (3) your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual property right or publicity, confidentiality, other property, or privacy right; or (4) any dispute or issue between you and any third party. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you (without limiting your indemnification obligations with respect to that matter), and in that case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of those claims.
15. Disclaimers; No Warranties by Bitpepper
- THE SERVICE AND ALL MATERIALS AND CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. BITPEPPER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THE SERVICE AND ALL MATERIALS AND CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING: (a) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT; AND (b) ANY WARRANTY ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE. BITPEPPER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE OR ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE, OR ANY MATERIALS OR CONTENT OFFERED THROUGH THE SERVICE, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AND BITPEPPER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THOSE ISSUES WILL BE CORRECTED.
- NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SERVICE OR BITPEPPER ENTITIES OR ANY MATERIALS OR CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY REGARDING ANY OF THE BITPEPPER ENTITIES OR THE SERVICE THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT FROM: (a) THE SERVICE; (b) ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OR OMISSIONS IN THE AI OUTPUT OR OTHER CONTENT PROVIDED BY THE AI GENERATOR; (c) YOUR ABILITY OR INABILITY TO UPLOAD, EXPORT, RETRIEVE, TRANSFER, OR REMOVE ANY USER CONTENT OR YOUR AI CONTENT FROM THE SERVICE; AND (d) YOUR DEALING WITH ANY OTHER SERVICE USER. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU USE ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE) OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, INCLUDING USER CONTENT.
- BITPEPPER USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY USED BY BITPEPPER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE IS EXPERIMENTAL, RAPIDLY EVOLVING, AND SUBJECT TO UNEXPECTED OUTPUTS AND RESULTS. THE AI GENERATOR MAY PROVIDE RESULTS THAT CONTAIN ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT REAL EVENTS, PLACES, PEOPLE, OR FACTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BITPEPPER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY MISTAKES, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OFFENSIVE MATERIAL IN THE AI OUTPUT OR ANY OTHER CONTENT GENERATED BY THE SERVICE. YOU RELY UPON THE AI OUTPUT AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
- THE LIMITATIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND DISCLAIMERS IN THIS SECTION 15 (DISCLAIMERS; NO WARRANTIES BY BITPEPPER) APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Bitpepper does not disclaim any warranty or other right that Bitpepper is prohibited from disclaiming under applicable law.
16. Limitation of Liability
- TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE BITPEPPER ENTITIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, OR ANY OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SERVICE OR ANY MATERIALS OR CONTENT ON THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY BITPEPPER ENTITY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE.
- EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 17.5 (Commencing Arbitration) AND 17.7 (ARBITRATION RELIEF) AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE BITPEPPER ENTITIES TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR ANY INABILITY TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE UNDER THESE TERMS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF: (a) THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO BITPEPPER FOR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM AND (b) US$100.
- EACH PROVISION OF THESE TERMS THAT PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES IS INTENDED TO AND DOES ALLOCATE THE RISKS BETWEEN THE PARTIES UNDER THESE TERMS. THIS ALLOCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES. EACH OF THESE PROVISIONS IS SEVERABLE AND INDEPENDENT OF ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION 16 (LIMITATION OF LIABILITY) WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
18. Miscellaneous
- General Terms. These Terms, including the Privacy Policy and any other agreements expressly incorporated by reference into these Terms, are the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between you and Bitpepper regarding your use of the Service. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your rights under these Terms, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms and all rights granted under these Terms, including with respect to your User Content, at any time without notice or consent. The failure to require performance of any provision will not affect our right to require performance at any other time after that, nor will a waiver by us of any breach or default of these Terms, or any provision of these Terms, be a waiver of any subsequent breach or default or a waiver of the provision itself. Use of Section headers in these Terms is for convenience only and will not have any impact on the interpretation of any provision. Throughout these Terms the use of the word “including” means “including but not limited to.” If any part of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then the unenforceable part will be given effect to the greatest extent possible, and the remaining parts will remain in full force and effect.
- Governing Law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of law principles. You and Bitpepper submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts and federal courts located within Santa Clara County, California for resolution of any lawsuit or court proceeding permitted under these Terms. We operate the Service from our offices in California, and we make no representation that Materials included in the Service are appropriate or available for use in other locations.
- Privacy Policy. Please read the Bitpepper Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) carefully for information relating to our collection, use, storage, and disclosure of your personal information. The Bitpepper Privacy Policy is incorporated by this reference into, and made a part of, these Terms.
- Additional Terms. Your use of the Service is subject to all additional terms, policies, rules, or guidelines applicable to the Service or certain features of the Service that we may post on or link to from the Service (the “Additional Terms”). All Additional Terms are incorporated by this reference into, and made a part of, these Terms.
- Consent to Electronic Communications. By using the Service, you consent to receiving certain electronic communications from us as further described in our Privacy Policy. Please read our Privacy Policy to learn more about our electronic communications practices. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures, or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that those communications be in writing.
- Contact Information. The Service is offered by Bitpepper B.V., located at Meer en Duin 24a, 2163HA, Lisse, The Netherlands. You may contact us by sending correspondence to that address or by emailing us at [email protected].
- Notice to California Residents. If you are a California resident, then under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, you may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at +1-800-952-5210 in order to resolve a complaint regarding the Service or to receive further information regarding use of the Service.
- No Support. We are under no obligation to provide support for the Service. In instances where we may offer support, the support will be subject to published policies.
- International Use. The Service is intended for visitors located within the United States. We make no representation that the Service is appropriate or available for use outside of the United States. Access to the Service from countries or territories or by individuals where such access is illegal is prohibited.