Privacy Policy

policy.CARE is committed to protecting the privacy of the data relating to our users, and their clients. We will collect, store, use and protect any personal information that you share with us. We will not share your information with anyone, except as described in this Privacy Policy.      

Throughout this Privacy Policy, we will refer to our website, applications delivered via the web, and other related services collectively as the “Service.”      

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means than your use of the Service (including offline) or from other sources. When you sign up for Empowered Insurance & its Agents and use the Service you agree to accept this Privacy Policy.      

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and if we do so, we will post changes and updates to this page. Please refer to this policy periodically to inform yourself if changes have been made.       We collect certain information through our website, located at https://policy.CARE (our “Website”). This page (this “Privacy Policy”) lays out our policies and procedures surrounding the collection and handling of any such information that identifies an individual user or that could be used to contact or locate him or her (“Personally Identifiable Information” or “PII”).      

Introduction

This privacy notice (“Privacy Notice” or “Notice”) describes how policy.CARE (“App”, “we”, or “us”) collect, use, and disclose your Personal Data. Throughout this document, we will use a few definitions to describe various products, roles and relevant terms:

The Company” refers to the policy.CARE and may include its App, partners, agents and/or clients.

“Website” means all of the text, data, information, software, graphics, photographs and more that we and our affiliates may make available to you, plus our websites (including the App Help Center) and any services, extensions, plug-ins, software, or applications (including App Click, App for Chrome, App for Firefox, and any App applications) that we may provide to you

“Users” are the people who have created a App account

“Invitees” are people who have scheduled a meeting with a User but may or may not have registered with App. Invitees also include candidates in the context of the Prelude service.

“Viewer” is a person who visits the Website but may or may not be a User or Invitee.

“Personal Data” is any data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person that is processed by App as described in this Privacy Notice when such information is protected as “personal data” or “personal information” or a similar term under applicable data protection laws.

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Applicability

This Privacy Notice applies to Personal Data The Company collects when you visit or use our Website as described in the “Information We Collect” section of this Privacy Notice below. The Company is the controller of that Personal Data. This Privacy Notice does not apply to Personal Data within Customer Data (as that term is defined in your agreement with The Company), such as information a User collects about an Invitee when an Invitee books a meeting or interview using our services. We process Personal Data within Customer Data on our customers’ behalf as a processor or service provider. If you are an Invitee and have questions about how your data is processed by our customers or wish to exercise your rights with respect to that data, you must reach out to the User who collected your information. If you contact us about Personal Data within Customer Data and are able to identify the company or User with whom you have interacted, we will promptly notify the relevant customer who collected your data of your inquiry. 

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Information We Collect

We collect information about you directly from you and automatically through your use of our Website. To help you protect yourself and your information, we encourage you to provide and collect only that information that is necessary for using our Website. For example, to schedule a meeting, the only information that is necessary is names, email addresses, date, and time. Please note that if you choose not to share certain Personal Data with us, or refuse certain contact permissions, we might not be able to provide certain parts of the Services.

The Company is not directed to children under thirteen (13) years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal Data from children under 13. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Data, we will promptly delete such Personal Data from our systems. For educational service providers and schools, please see our FERPA and COPPA Privacy Policy and Notice.

Information You Provide.

The Company collects the following information, either directly from Users, Invitees, or Viewers, or through third parties regarding Users, Invitees, or Viewers.

>Appointment Information. A User may voluntarily give us certain information when scheduling and setting up appointments. This can include name, email address, phone number; email addresses of other people and/or Invitees; the subject of the meeting; and any other information a User provides or collects upon scheduling, pursuant to the The Company Terms of Use or an executed agreement with The Company. The Company processes the information an Invitee provides to a User when scheduling with the User on the User’s behalf as a processor or service provider. 

>Calendar Information. A User may connect their calendar with The Company. In most instances, our calendar integration only uses and displays the duration and free/busy status of the events in your calendar so that we don’t book you when you’re busy. A few of our features also use and display the meeting titles in your calendar (these are currently our one-off meeting feature, or if you are booking with another The Company user). In all cases, however,  no details about the appointments in your connected calendar are stored in The Company, such as who you are meeting with, their email address, or the meeting title. Although connecting your The Company to our services makes the scheduling process much more efficient, you are not required to connect your calendar to use our services. More information about access the The Company app and extensions have to your connected calendar is available here. The Company processes the calendar information on the User’s behalf as a processor or service provider.  (For Prelude service Users only, the Prelude service works a bit differently. The Company will have access to the duration, free/busy status of the events in your calendar, attendees, start time, and the title of these events. We need this information in order to understand which events are movable on a User’s calendar so interviews may be scheduled more seamlessly.)  

>Information Received from Third Parties. If you choose to connect your account to your account with a third-party service, we may receive or be granted access to information from such third-party service, including Personal Information. For example, if you use the Prelude service and enable applicant tracking systems integrations for the recruiting use case within Prelude, your ATS may send to Prelude certain Personal Information as determined by you.  You can stop sharing your information from a third-party service with us by removing our access to that service. The Company processes that information on the User’s behalf as a processor or service provider.

>Account and Billing Information. Users provide The Company with certain information, including name, email address, username, and password, when you set up your account. If you purchase a premium version of The Company, our third party payment processors will collect and store your billing address and credit card information. We store the last four digits of your credit card number, card type, and the expiration date. (For Prelude service Users only, the payment and billing information will be processed as established in the services agreement between The Company and your organization.)

>Chatbot Data. If you engage with our virtual chatbot, we will collect the information you provide during the chat, including transcripts of your conversation with the chatbot.

>Marketing Information. Users, Invitees, or Viewers interested in The Company's services may contact us through forms made available on the Website and voluntarily give information such as name, work email, phone number, company, and role. Users, Invitees, or Viewers interested in our newsletter may also submit their name and email addresses to join our mailing list. We also receive other similar information provided by you if you participate in an event hosted by The Company or its partners (such as webinars) and in your interactions with our social media accounts.

Information Collected Automatically From You.

We and our authorized third parties use Cookies, pixels, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information when you interact with us through your computer or mobile device (subject to your consent, opt-out preferences or other appropriate legal basis where legally required). Using these technologies helps us customize your experience with our Website, improve your experience, tailor marketing messages, and help us detect and prevent fraud and security risks. Here is more specific information about the types of information we collect:

>Log & Device Data. When you use The Company, we and our authorized third parties may automatically record certain information (“log data”), including information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website. This log data may include the web address you came from or are going to, your device model, operating system, browser type, unique device identifier, IP address, mobile network carrier, and time zone or approximate location. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on what type of device you’re using and its settings. For example, different types of information are available depending on whether you’re using a Mac or PC, or an iPhone or an Android phone. To learn more about what information your device makes available to us, please check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider.

>Cookie Data. Depending on how you’re accessing our services and subject to your consent, opt-out preferences, or other appropriate legal basis where legally required, we and our authorized third parties may use “Cookies” (a small text file sent by your computer each time you visit our Website, unique to your The Company account or your browser) or similar technologies to record log data. When we use Cookies, we may use ‘session’ Cookies (that last until you close your browser) or ‘persistent’ Cookies (that last until you or your browser deletes them). For example, we may use Cookies to keep you logged into The Company. Some of the Cookies we use are associated with your The Company account (including Personal Data about you, such as the email address you gave us), and other Cookies are not. The Company provides a centralized cookie management service across the entire The Company application. You can find the link to manage your cookie preferences at the bottom of the The Company homepage under “Support” or under “Account Settings” within your The Company Website account. (For Prelude service Invitees only, you can opt out through the “Cookie Preferences” link made available to you on the booking page you receive from a Prelude User.)

>Usage Data. When you use our scheduling platform either as a User or an Invitee, we and our authorized third parties collect certain information about how you use the platform. For example, we collect information on the meeting types our Users use most often, and how many meetings are scheduled each day. We aggregate this information and use it to help us monitor and improve the Services, such as to determine which features are most popular amongst our Users, and which features could be added or improved.

>Third-Party Tools. We may disclose information to third parties or allow third parties to directly collect information using these technologies on our Website, such as social media companies, advertising networks, companies that provide analytics including ad tracking and reporting, security providers, and others that help us operate our business and Website.  We use such third-party tools subject to your consent, opt-out preferences, or other appropriate legal basis where legally required. For example, we use third-party providers such as Google Analytics to provide certain analytics and Viewer interactions services to The Company in connection with our operation of our Website, including the collection and tracking of certain data and information regarding the characteristics and activities of visitors to The Company. You may opt-out of relevant cookies using opt-out features on their respective websites. To learn how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit: “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps” located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners. We also use session replay and similar tools provided by a third party to record your interactions with our Website, such as how you move throughout our Website and engage with our webforms. In addition to analytics, this information helps us improve our Website, our marketing activities, and identify and fix technical issues visitors may be having with our Website. Where available, you may opt-out of relevant cookies  and other tracking technologies using opt-out features on their respective websites.Certain third-party tools may not be opted out of and are essential to our service. For example, The Company has implemented Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise to help prevent spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA Enterprise collects hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sends it to Google for purposes of providing, maintaining, and improving reCAPTCHA Enterprise and for general security purposes. This information is not used by Google for personalized advertising. Your use of reCAPTCHA Enterprise is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

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How We Use Your Information

We may use information that we collect about you, including Personal Data, to:

>Provide the Company Website Service. We will use your information to provide our Website to you, including to facilitate scheduling; create and manage your account; respond to your inquiries; prevent or address service errors, security, or technical issues; analyze and monitor usage; prevent spam, fraud and abuse on the Website; and for other customer service and support purposes. We use the payment information you provide to us in order to alert you of past, current, and upcoming charges, to allow us to present the billing history to you on your billing page on the Website, and to perform internal financial processes, such as looking at the status of a credit card charge. In the event of a credit card dispute, we also share account information with your bank to verify the legitimacy of a charge. For EU / UK purposes, our legal bases for processing are performance of a contract and legitimate interests.

>Understand and improve our products. We will perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products, services, or content, or products, services or content offered by others. We do this to help make our products better and to develop new products. For EU /UK purposes, our legal basis for processing is legitimate interests.

>Communicate with you.

Service-related communications. We may send you service and administrative emails to ensure the service is working properly. We will also email you regarding your calendar appointments. These messages are considered part of the service and you may not opt out of these messages. For EU/UK purposes, our legal basis for processing is performance of a contract.

Promotional. Subject to your opt-out preference and subscription, we may send you emails about new product features or other news about The Company or on topics we think would be relevant to you. You may opt out of receiving these communications at any time. Visit the ‘Your Rights and Choices’ section below. For The Company Invitees, please be assured that we do not use the email addresses that you enter to schedule a meeting with a The Company User to send any type of direct marketing. However, you may receive marketing communications if you have used the same email address to sign up for them previously or to manage your account as a The Company User. For EU/UK purposes, our legal basis for processing is consent or legitimate interests.

Responding to your requests. We will also use your information to respond to your questions or comments. For EU/UK purposes, our legal bases for processing are performance of a contract, legitimate interests and/or compliance with a legal obligation.

Administrative. We may contact you to inform you about changes in your services, our service offering and other important service-related notices, such as changes to the Notice or about security or fraud notices. For EU/UK purposes, our legal bases for processing are performance of a contract, legitimate interests, and/or compliance with a legal obligation.

>Protecting Rights and Interests. We will use your information to protect our rights and interests as well as the rights and interests of our Users and any other person, as well as to enforce this Notice or our Terms of Use. For EU/UK purposes, our legal basis for processing is legitimate interests.

>Legal Compliance. We may use your information to comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, including complying with requests from law enforcement or other governmental authorities, or in legal proceedings involving The Company. For EU/UK purposes, our legal basis for processing is compliance with a legal obligation.

>Other. We also may use your information to manage our business or perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection subject to your consent where legally required.

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With Whom We May Share Your Information.

We may share information we collect about you, including Personal Data, in the following ways:

With third-party Service Providers, agents, contractors, or government entities. We use other companies, agents, or contractors (“Service Providers”) to perform services on our behalf or to assist us with providing services and communicating with you. We may engage Service Providers to process credit card transactions or other payment methods. We may also engage Service Providers to provide services such as monitoring and developing The Company services; aiding in communications, infrastructure, and IT services; customer service; debt collection; analyzing and enhancing data. These Service Providers may have access to your Personal Data or other information to provide these functions. In addition, some of the above-listed types of information that we request may be collected by third-party Service Providers on our behalf.

We may share information with Service Providers and government entities for legal, security, and safety purposes. This includes sharing information to enforce policies or contracts, address security breaches, and assist in the investigation of fraud, security issues, or other concerns.

We require Service Providers to agree to take reasonable steps to keep the Personal Data that we provide to them secure. We do not authorize them to use or disclose your Personal Data except in connection with providing their services. You may find the list of The Company's Service Providers who are also platform subprocessors here.

Affiliates. We may disclose information to current or future affiliates or subsidiaries for purposes consistent with this Privacy Notice.

Government entities. We may share your data if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal, or governmental request; to respond to a subpoena, court order, warrant, or other legal process; to enforce applicable Terms of Use or this Notice, including investigation of potential violations thereof; to protect the safety, rights, or property of the public, any person, or The Company; to detect, prevent, or otherwise address, security or technical issues, illegal, or suspected illegal activities (including fraud); or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved, as part of a judicial or regulatory proceeding. In this process, The Company is committed to maintaining individuals’ privacy, and all such disclosures are carefully reviewed to ensure their legitimacy, and if disclosure is required, that only the necessary information is provided or that the request is challenged accordingly. Unless prohibited by law, The Company will inform you of a government request it has received.

Authorized Agents. If you are using The Company as a paid member of an organization or with your organization’s email domain (thereby representing yourself as a member of the organization), we may share your email address, plan information, and data within your account with an authorized agent of your company upon your company’s request for them to administer the account for the company.

Reorganization Event. We may, as a result of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of assets, reorganization, or liquidation of our company (a "Reorganization Event"), transfer or assign your Personal Data to parties involved in the Reorganization Event. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by and subject to this Privacy Notice.

Mobile Numbers. We do not share your phone number, mobile or other, to third parties. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information won’t be shared with any third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes.

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Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your relationship with The Company, you may exercise your rights and choices in the following ways:

E-mail. As described above, if you do not wish to receive promotional emails from us, you may opt out at any time by following the opt-out link contained in the email itself. Please note that it may take up to ten (10) days to process your request. Please also note that if you opt out of receiving marketing communications from us, we may continue to send to you service-related emails which are not available for opt-out. If you do not wish to receive any service-related emails from us, you have the option to delete your account.

Cookies. You may also refrain from providing or may withdraw your consent for Cookies via your browser settings. Your browser’s help function should contain instructions on how to set your computer to accept all Cookies, to notify you when a Cookie is issued, or to not receive Cookies at any time. Please keep in mind that certain Cookies are required to authenticate Users as well as perform some actions within The Company (such as to pay for an event as an Invitee via The Company), so to use the Website, some strictly necessary Cookies are required. You may also manage the use of targeting, performance, and functional cookies on this website by clicking the Cookie Settings link located on the footer of this page.

Third-party analytics and advertising services. Some of the Service Providers we use provide the ability to opt-out.

Google Analytics. You may opt out of Google Analytics’ services using the Opt-Out feature on their website. The Google Analytics service is provided by Google Inc. You can opt-out from Google Analytics service from using your information by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser tool: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Clearbit. You may opt out of Clearbit’s services using their opt-out feature: https://claim.clearbit.com/claim. For more information on the privacy practices of Clearbit, please visit their privacy policy: https://clearbit.com/privacy.

Facebook Pixel. You may opt out of Facebook Pixel’s services using their opt-out feature: https://facebook.com/help/568137493302217. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit their Data Policy: https://facebook.com/about/privacy

MNTN. You may opt out of TV advertising using their opt-out feature: https://mountain.com/opt-out/. For more information on the privacy practices of MNTN, please visit their privacy policy: https://mountain.com/privacy-policy/.

Additional Rights. Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

>The right to know and access your Personal Data, such as the categories of Personal Data we have collected, the sources of Personal Data, the purposes of collection, and how we used, disclosed, sold, or shared Personal Data;

>The right to correct inaccurate Personal Data that we maintain about you;

>The right to delete your Personal Data under specific circumstances;

>The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Data, as such terms are defined by applicable laws;

>The right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, such as targeted advertising, direct marketing, and certain types of profiling and automated decision-making;

>The right to request the restriction of processing of your Personal Data;

>The right to data portability, which means requesting a copy of your Personal Data in an accessible format;

>The right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances; and

>The right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority. Where applicable, you can find contact information for your data protection supervisory authority on the European Data Protection Board’s website, https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en, or through other publicly available sources.

If you are located in California and access the Website, our use of certain cookies could be considered a “sale” or “share” under the CCPA/CPRA. If you are a California, Virginia, Colorado, or Connecticut resident, you may opt out of use of cookies and other technologies for targeted advertising purposes by navigating to the “Your Privacy Choices” or “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of the Website or clicking through the option in the banner that appears when you first visit our website to opt out of targeting cookies. In addition to opting out with The Company, there are other mechanisms generally available by advertising groups for consumers to opt out of interest-based advertising from a large number of advertising providers at once, including but not limited to, using the following links: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/ and https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN. Please note that these mechanisms are not managed by The Company and The Company is not an advertising provider.

To the extent any of the above rights are applicable, you may exercise your rights by contacting us via email. We will take steps to verify your identity before processing certain requests. We will not fulfill your request unless you have provided sufficient information for us to reasonably verify you are the individual about whom we collected Personal Data. If you have an Account with us, we will use our existing Account authentication practices to verify your identity. If you do not have an Account with us, we may request additional information about you to verify your identity. We will only use the Personal Data provided in the verification process to verify your identity or authority to make a request and to track and document request responses, unless you initially provided the information for another purpose.

You may be able to use an authorized agent to submit a rights request on your behalf. When we verify your agent’s request, we may verify both your and your agent’s identity and request a signed document from you that authorizes your agent to make the request on your behalf. To protect your Personal Data, we reserve the right to deny a request from an agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on their behalf.

Certain laws may give you a right to appeal any denials of your request to exercise your rights. If we deny your request and you would like to submit an appeal, please contact us via email.

Note on Third-Party Links.

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites and applications. Subject to your opt-out or consent preferences, we may also use third-party advertisers, ad networks, and other advertising, marketing, and promotional companies, to serve advertisements on our Website. Any access to and use of such linked websites and applications is not governed by this Notice but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. We do not endorse these parties, their content, or any products and services they offer, and we are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites or applications.

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Security and Storage of Information.

Given the nature of communications and information processing technology, there is no guarantee that Personal Data will be absolutely safe from access, alteration, or destruction by a breach of any of our physical, technical, and managerial safeguards. However, The Company takes the security of your Personal Data very seriously. We work hard to protect the Personal Data that you provide from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, or disclosure and we have taken reasonable steps to help protect the Personal Data we collect. We have obtained industry recognized certifications and audits such as the ISO/IEC 27001, which affirm our commitment to our security program (certification not applicable to the Prelude service). More information on The Company security and storage practices is available here.

You should also take steps to protect against unauthorized access to your device and account by, among other things, choosing a unique and complex password that nobody else knows or can easily guess and keeping your log-in and password private. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised passwords or for any activity on your account via unauthorized password activity.

We retain the Personal Data we collect for so long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the data was collected, to perform our contractual and legal obligations (including any exemptions or exceptions contemplated by law), and for any applicable statute of limitations periods for the purposes of bringing and defending claims.

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Users Outside the USA.

Our application and database servers are located here in the United States.

If you are an individual located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada or another jurisdiction outside of the United States with laws and regulations governing Personal Data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be aware that information we collect (including through the use of methods such as Cookies and other web technologies) will be processed and stored in the United States or in other countries where we or our third-party Service Providers have operations. By submitting your Personal Data to The Company and using The Company, you expressly consent to have your Personal Data transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States or another jurisdiction which may not offer the same level of privacy protection as those in the country where you reside or are a citizen. (For a list of applicable jurisdictions, you may check our subprocessors list.)

In connection with the operation of its Website, The Company may transfer your Personal Data to various locations, which may include locations both inside and outside of the European Economic Area. We rely on Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK Addendum to legally transfer Personal Data submitted relating to individuals in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

The Company has designated representatives in the European Economic Area and in the United Kingdom in accordance with the applicable requirements in the GDPR and UK GDPR. If you are located in these jurisdictions, you can contact our representatives at any time with any questions you may have about data protection. Their contact details are found in the “Contacting Us” section below. 

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EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Notice.

The Company and its affiliate Interview Schedule, Inc. d/b/a Prelude (collectively referred to in this section as “The Company” or “we”) comply with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Company has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF.  The Company has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF.  If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern.  To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.

In compliance with the DPF principles, when we transfer Personal Data to a third party acting as our agent, we will be liable under the Principles if our agent processes such Personal Data in a manner inconsistent with the Principles unless we prove we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage. We may be required to disclose your Personal Data in response to a lawful request made by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over The Company's compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF).

In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF,  the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, The Company commits to resolve DPF Principles-related complaints about our collection and use of your personal information.  EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our handling of Personal Data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF should first contact The Company at the contact methods set out in the “Contacting Us” section at the end of this Privacy Notice. Our goal is to address your complaint and make it right. However, if we can’t resolve your complaint,  you may contact JAMS, our U.S.-based third-party dispute resolution provider at https://www.jamsadr.com/file-a-dpf-claim (free of charge). You may also contact your local data protection authority within the European Economic Area or Switzerland (as applicable) for unresolved complaints.  It is also possible, under certain conditions, to invoke binding arbitration for complaints regarding DPF compliance not resolved by any of the other DPF mechanisms. Please see the Data Privacy Framework website for more information on this option.

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Additional California Resident Privacy Disclosures.

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and any subsequent amendments including the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (collectively, “CCPA”), California residents are entitled to the following additional disclosures about our data processing. These disclosures apply solely to Users, Viewers, and Invitees who live in the State of California (“California Residents”). All terms used in this section have the same meaning as when used in the CCPA. California Residents may also review our Notice at Collection for our Website here.

In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the categories of Personal Data: identifiers, personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)); commercial information; and internet or other similar network activity. The purposes for which we have collected Personal Data and the sources of that information are described above in the Information we Collect and the How We Use Your Information sections above.

In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed Personal Data for a business purpose as detailed in the With Whom We May Share Your Information section above.

We may also sell or share information to the extent our use of cookies and tracking technologies for targeted advertising constitutes a “sale” under the CCPA/CPRA. Your opt-out rights are described in the Your Rights and Choices section above. In the preceding 12 months, we have sold or shared the following categories of Personal Data with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: identifiers and internet or other similar network activity.

We do not knowingly sell the Personal Data of minors under 16.

Response to Requests.

For an explanation of the rights you may have as a California resident, please see the Your Rights and Choices section above. We will attempt to respond to California Resident requests in as timely a fashion as possible. In the event of delays over 45 days, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. If you have an account with us, we may deliver our written response to that account. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable receipt of a California Resident’s request. The response we provide will explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before fulfilling your request.

Shine the Light.

This Privacy Notice describes how we may share your information, including for marketing purposes. California residents are entitled to request and obtain from us once per calendar year information about any of your Personal Data shared with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, including the categories of information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we have shared such information. To request this information and for any other questions about our privacy practices and compliance with California law, please contact us via email.

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Changes to this notice

This Notice is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. This Notice may change if there is a material change to the way information is handled at The Company, or to clarify our Notice or adjust clerical errors. If any changes are made, we’ll post them on this page, so please be sure to check back periodically. If you continue to use The Company after those changes are in effect, you agree to the revised Notice.

This notice was updated on:

January 2023 – to improve flow, include required information to comply with newer requirements (e.g., CPRA), add clarification on scope, correct mailing and email addresses and expand on GDPR-specific information (e.g., clarity on the legal bases The Company uses to process information).

March 2023 – to include EU and UK representative contact information. 

May 2023 - to clarify terms, integrate processing details around the Prelude service in the notice, add reference to the ISO/IEC 27001 certification, and update The Company's entity information.

June 2023 - to add information about opting out of MNTN, add links to advertising organizations that allow consumers to opt out of targeted advertising, and adding reference to Colorado and Connecticut privacy laws

November 2023 - updates to comply with The Company's certification to the EU-U.S., UK, and Swiss Data Privacy Framework

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Contacting us

If you have any questions or comments about this Notice or anything related to privacy, please contact us via email.

You may also write to us at:

Attn: Privacy Department

Calendly LLC

115 E Main St., Ste A1B

Buford, GA 30518

USA

For EEA Residents - please contact our EU Representative via email. Alternatively, they can be reached by post (DPO Centre Europe, BERLIN: Friedrichstrabe 88, Excellent Business Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany or (+49 304 0817 3000). You can also contact them here.  

For UK Residents: Please contact our UK Representative via email. Alternatively, they can be reached by post (The DPO Centre Ltd, 50 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7PY) or (+44 (0) 203 797 6340). You can also contact them here.

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Terms of Use

TERMS OF SERVICE


This page provides the terms and conditions (these “Terms of Service”) that govern the use of, including but not limited to, services, products, software, and technologies (the “Services”) offered by Policy.CARE, and its subsidiaries (“P.P”). By using the Services, you/your company (the “Customer”) agrees to these Terms.


1. Services.

(a) P.P will use commercially reasonable efforts during the Service Term to provide Customer the Services identified on Customer’s order form, invoice, etc. As part of the Services, P.P grants Customer the right to use the Services on Customer’s website or other appropriate methods and mediums during the Service Term.

(b) The Services will be provided to Customer through FAP's methods including but not limited to P.P's website and dashboard, integrations utilizing API keys, webhooks, ADF feed, etc. and Customer must register and identify a username and password. The customer is responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment or services necessary to use the Services and for maintaining the security of such equipment, services, and Customer’s username and password. Customer is responsible for all use of its username and password.

(c) Customer may only use the Services for its internal business purposes and may only disclose the Services to third parties to enable those parties to provide services to Customer. Such internal business purposes may include, but not limited to, email marketing, direct mail, SMS marketing, and social media marketing in accordance with all local and federal laws.


2. Proprietary Rights.

(a) Customer shall not, directly, or indirectly reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, know-how, or algorithms relevant to the Services or any software, documentation, or data related thereto or create derivative works based on, or remove any proprietary notices of labels from, any of the foregoing. P.P shall own and retain all rights, title, and interest in and to the Services, and Software, and all improvements, enhancements, or modifications thereto, and all intellectual property rights related to any of the foregoing.

(b) P.P may collect and analyze data relating to Customer’s use of the Services and will be free to use such data for its internal business purposes and to disclose such data in de-identified form in connection with its business. P.P shall not disclose to third parties the aggregated Services in a form which is attributable to Customer.

(c) Each party shall promptly notify the other party when it has knowledge of a breach that may compromise the security, confidentiality, or integrity of any third parties’ personally identifying information that relates to the Services and shall cooperate with law enforcement with respect to such breach and shall take appropriate action to mitigate the breach at its expense.

(d) Customer shall not export the Services from the United States except in compliance with applicable law and with the prior written approval by P.P.

3. Payment of Fees.

(a) Customer shall pay P.P the fees described in the Order Form, invoice, etc. in accordance with the terms therein (the “Fees”) for services being rendered. Customer authorizes P.P to charge the credit card and/or alternate electronic form of approved payment for services. Full payment for services is due upon receipt (Late payment terms and time frames are covered on each invoice). Unpaid amounts may be subject to a finance charge of 7.5% per month on any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is lower, plus all expenses of collection (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and may result in immediate termination of Service.

(b) FAP may change the Fees or applicable charges, or may institute new Fees or charges, by giving Customer written notice 90 days in advance. If Customer believes that FAP has billed Customer incorrectly, Customer must contact FAP no later than 30 days after the closing date on the first billing statement in which the error or problem appeared to receive an adjustment or credit. Inquiries should be directed to FAP's accounting department at [email protected]. Customer shall be responsible for all taxes associated with Services other than U.S. taxes based on P.P's net income.

(c) Customer agrees and understands that the charges on a credit card or for any check for the Services are irrevocable, undisputable and may not be charged back, contested or challenged now or in the future. Doing so is a material breach of this agreement for which P.P would be entitled to attorney fees, costs and fees associated with addressing a chargeback in addition to the amount challenged. Should Customer not pay the amount submitted to by P.P for the cost of the chargeback within 30 days after P.P has submitted its amount of cost due to Customer contesting a charge, the charges will be turned over to a collection agency. P.P shall have at its sole disposal any other legal remedy it independently chooses to pursue any collection against Customer for the cost of the chargeback. Customer further agrees that proof of purchase by FAP is all that is necessary to establish to the credit card agency or banking institution to deny a chargeback to Customer.

4. Term and Termination.

(a) P.P will provide the Services beginning on the Service Start Date which will endure for a minimum of three-monthly billing cycles (“90-day Minimum Commitment") and then continue a month-to-month basis (the “Service Term”) until written notice of termination is given by either party.

(b) Either party may terminate the Services by giving written notice of termination to the other party; such termination (“30-day Opt-out") will be effective at the end of the next full calendar month of Service.

5. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Each party represents and warrants to the other party that it has complied and will comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to the Services, including without limitation SAN Registration https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov/profile/create.aspx, CAN-SPAM, the TCPA, and the FTC’s TSR.

(b) P.P represents and warrants to Customer that it will use reasonable efforts consistent with prevailing industry standards to maintain the Services in a manner which minimizes errors and interruptions and shall perform any installation or training services in a professional and workmanlike manner and neither the Services will contain any viruses, malware, or other disabling code installed or inserted by P.P.

(c) The express warranties set forth in these Terms of Service are the only warranties made. All other warranties, express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, title, non-infringement, and fitness for a particular purpose, are disclaimed. All Services are provided “as-is” with no warranties whatsoever.

6. Confidentiality. Customer shall not use or disclose to any third party any of P.P's confidential information. P.P's confidential information includes non-public information identified by P.P as confidential or proprietary or which should reasonably be understood by Customer to be confidential or proprietary based on the nature of the information or the circumstances of its disclosure. Non-public aspects of the Services are P.P's confidential information. Upon termination of the Service Term, Customer shall promptly return or certify to the destruction of all FAP's confidential information. Customer may disclose P.P's confidential information if required by law if Customer gives notice to AVH prior to such disclosure and assists FAP in limiting the disclosure.

7. Indemnification. Each party (the “Indemnifying Party”) shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other party and its directors, officers, contractors, employees, agents, and consultants (the “Indemnified Group”), from and against any and all actions, suits, proceedings, claims, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, made or claimed by a third party arising out of or related to: (i) the Indemnifying Party’s the breach of these Terms of Service, including of any representations and warranties made herein; and (ii) the Indemnifying Party’s violation of any rights of any third party or the Indemnified Group that arises out of or relates to these Terms of Service.


8. Limitation of Liability. Neither party shall be liable for any consequential, indirect, exemplary, special, or incidental damages, or for damages for lost profits, arising out of or related to these Terms of Service, however caused and regardless of the theory of liability (including without limitation negligence), even if the party has been advised of the possibility of such damage. Each party’s liability arising out of or related to these Terms of Service shall not exceed and is limited to the total amount of Fees paid by Customer in the 12-month period immediately before the event giving rise to liability. This Section 8 shall not apply to a party’s breach of Section 2(A), 6, to the payment of Fees when due, or to a party’s indemnification obligations herein.


9. General.

(a) All notices given under these Terms of Service shall be in writing and will be effective when received by the party to whom directed. All notices shall be delivered by hand or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the party’s address on the Order Form, or sent by email, with confirmation of receipt, addressed to the party’s email address on the Order Form. A party may update its notice address by giving notice to the other party.

(b) These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict of laws principles. An action brought by either party under these Terms of Service shall be brought only to a state or federal court located in Collin County, Texas. Each party submits to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts and waives any objection to such courts. P.P may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. Each party hereby waives any right it has or may have to a jury trial in any action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms of Service.

(c) The breach or threatened breach by the Customer of these Terms of Service would be highly prejudicial to the interest of P.P and would materially damage P.P. Therefore, P.P will be presumed entitled to injunctive relief, including specific performance, to remedy or prevent such breach of threatened breach, without the obligation to post a bond and in addition to any other remedy that may be available at law or equity.

(d) No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created because of these Terms of Service. These Terms of Service and the Order Form state the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the Services and supersede all previous discussions, negotiations, and agreements. The failure of any party to insist upon the performance of any provision of these Terms of Service or to exercise any right or privilege granted to such party under these Terms of Service will not be construed as waiving such provision or any other provision hereof. Neither party may assign these Terms of Service without the written consent of the other party; provided, that either party may assign these Terms of Service without the other party’s consent(i) to the acquirer in connection with the sale, transfer, or other disposition by such party of all or substantially all of its assets or to the surviving or resulting entity in a merger or reorganization. If any provision of these Terms of Service is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties intend that the provision be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted under law and therefore request that the court reform the invalid or unenforceable provision to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted; if the court refuses to modify or reform the provision, then the provision shall be severed from these Terms of Service with no effect upon the remaining provisions. Any amendment or addition to these Terms of Service will be effective only if in writing and signed by both Parties.

Twilio Terms of Service

Table of Contents

• 1. Definitions

• 2. Services

• 3. Fees and Payment Terms

• 4. Ownership, Customer Data, and Confidentiality

• 5. Representations, Warranties, and Disclaimer

• 6. Mutual Indemnification

• 7. Limitation of Liability

• 8. Term, Termination, and Survival

• 9. General

• 10. Additional Terms


It is important that you review and understand these terms before using our services. If you do not agree to these terms, you should not agree to them, create an account, or use our services. Only the terms to the right are legally binding.


Our services are generally intended for business or professional use only.


If you have a separate agreement with us for the use of our services, these terms will not apply to you. However, these terms will apply if any services you use are not covered under that separate agreement.


These terms are effective on the date you accept them. The Twilio entity that is entering into these terms depends on where your business entity is registered. Please see the table below for more information.


PLEASE REVIEW THESE TWILIO TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY. BY SIGNING UP FOR FIND-A-PLAN SERVICES, YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, ONCE ACCEPTED, THESE TWILIO TERMS OF SERVICE BECOME A BINDING LEGAL COMMITMENT BETWEEN YOU AND TWILIO. ONLY THE TERMS IN THIS RIGHT COLUMN ARE LEGALLY BINDING. THE EXPLANATIONS TO THE LEFT ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NON-BINDING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, CREATE AN ACCOUNT, OR USE THE SERVICES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1 (DEFINITIONS) BELOW).

THE SERVICES ARE INTENDED FOR BUSINESS USE OR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AN INDIVIDUAL’S TRADE, CRAFT, OR PROFESSION ONLY.

If you have a separate written agreement with Twilio for your use of the Services, these Twilio Terms of Service will not apply to you, unless that written agreement does not cover a particular Service, in which case, these Twilio Terms of Service apply solely to your use of that particular Service.

These Twilio Terms of Service (“Agreement”) set forth the terms for your use of the Services and are effective as of the date you accept or otherwise agree to the terms of this Agreement (“Effective Date”). This Agreement is between the applicable Twilio entity identified below (“Twilio”) and you or the organization on whose behalf you are accepting or otherwise agreeing to the terms of this Agreement (“you", "your", "yours", or "Customer”).

These terms might change. We will let you know at least 30 days before we make any significant changes that impact you or your use of our services, unless we are unable to because of changes in laws, regulations, or carrier requirements. The updated version of these terms will be posted on this page.

If you keep using our services after these terms have changed and gone into effect, that means you have accepted those changes and they are legally binding on you. If you do not agree with the changed terms, you must stop using our services immediately.

Twilio may update the terms of this Agreement from time to time. Twilio will provide you with written notice of any material updates at least thirty (30) days prior to the date the updated version of this Agreement is effective, unless such material updates result from changes in laws, regulations, or requirements from telecommunications providers. The updated version of this Agreement will be available at https://www.twilio.com/legal/tos. Notices for material updates to the terms of this Agreement will be given in accordance with Section 9.5 (Notices). Following such notice, your continued use of the Services on or after the date the updated version of this Agreement is effective and binding, as indicated at the top of this Agreement, constitutes your acceptance of the updated version of this Agreement. The updated version of this Agreement supersedes all prior versions. If you do not agree to the updated version of this Agreement, you must stop using the Services immediately.

If you reassign your account to a third-party reseller, you are still responsible for your obligations under these terms.

If you are the party that agreed to the terms of this Agreement and you reassign your account to a third-party reseller for administration purposes, such account reassignment will not excuse your obligations under this Agreement. Your use of the Services will continue to be subject to this Agreement.

Remember to let your imagination run wild with Twilio!

Finally, you understand and acknowledge that by using the Services, you agree to have fun and let your imagination run wild. Twilio cannot wait to see what you build!

1. Definitions

These are definitions for certain words that we will use repeatedly throughout these terms. When you see these capitalized words used as you read through these terms, they have the meanings provided in this Section 1.

There may be additional words that we define in the body of these terms. Make sure to look out for those - they will have quotes around them and each word will begin with a capital letter.

“Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the party specified. For purposes of this definition, “control” means direct or indirect ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests of the subject entity.

“Beta Offerings” means Services that are identified as alpha, beta, not generally available, limited release, developer preview, or any similar Services offered by Twilio.

“Customer Application” means any software application or service that you make available to your End Users (as defined below) that interfaces with the Services.

“Customer Data” means data and other information made available by or for you, to Twilio, through the use of the Services under this Agreement.

“Twilio Data Protection Addendum” means the terms relating to the processing of personal data pursuant to this Agreement, the current version of which is available at https://www.twilio.com/legal/data-protection-addendum.

“Documentation” means Twilio’s documentation, including any usage guides and policies, for the Services, the current version of which is available at https://www.twilio.com/docs.

“End User” means any user of each Customer Application.

“Malicious Code” means code, files, scripts, agents, or programs intended to do harm, including, for example, viruses, worms, time bombs and Trojan horses.

“Order Form” means an ordering document between you and Twilio (or any of their Affiliates) that specifies mutually agreed upon rates for certain Services and other commercial terms, including any applicable minimum spend commitments.

“Twilio Privacy Notice” means the privacy notice for the Services, the current version of which is available at https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy.

“Services” means the products and services provided by Twilio or its Affiliates, as applicable, that (a) you use, including, without limitation, products and services that are on a trial basis or otherwise free of charge or (b) you order under an Order Form. Services include products and services that provide both (x) platform services, including access to any application programming interface (“Twilio API”) and (y) where applicable, communications services used in connection with the Twilio APIs.

“Service Usage Data” means any data that is derived from the use of the Services that does not directly or indirectly identify you, your End Users, or any natural person and includes (a) data such as volumes, frequencies, bounce rates and Service performance data and (b) subject to any restrictions under applicable law or regulation, data that is anonymized, de-identified, and/or aggregated such that it could no longer directly or indirectly identify you, your End Users, or any natural persons.

“Support Terms” means the terms of support for the Services, the current version of which is available at https://www.twilio.com/support-plans.

“Twilio Acceptable Use Policy” means certain terms relating to the use of the Services, including the Service and Country Specific Requirements set forth therein, the current version of which is available at https://www.twilio.com/legal/aup.

“Twilio Security Overview” means the security related terms for the Services, the current version of which is available at https://www.twilio.com/legal/security-overview.

“Twilio SLA” means the service level agreement for the Services, the current version of which is available at https://www.twilio.com/legal/service-level-agreement.

Capitalized terms not defined in this Section 1 will have the meaning given to them in this Agreement.

2. Services

We will make our services available to you according to our published documentation on our website and our service level agreement. We will also protect your data and our services according to our security overview.

2.1 Provision of the Services. Twilio will: (a) provide the Services to you pursuant to this Agreement, the applicable Documentation, and any applicable Order Form(s); (b) comply with the Twilio SLA; (c) comply with the security terms for the Services as set forth in the Twilio Security Overview; (d) provide the Services in accordance with laws applicable to Twilio’s provision of the Services to its customers generally (i.e., without regard for your particular use of the Services), subject to your use of the Services in accordance with this Agreement, the applicable Documentation, and any applicable Order Form(s); (e) make commercially reasonable efforts to use industry standard measures designed to scan, detect, and delete Malicious Code; (f) if applicable, use trained, qualified personnel to provide the Services; and (g) use commercially reasonable efforts to provide you with applicable support for the Services as described in the Support Terms.

Here are some “dos” and “don’ts” you must follow when using our services:

(a) You’re responsible for all use of our services under your account;

(b) You will not transfer, resell, or make available to third parties our services, except to your end users as part of the software applications you develop or services you offer;

(c) You will use our services according to these terms, our Acceptable Use Policy, including our service and country specific terms, and any laws or regulations;

(d) You are responsible for your end users, including all of their activities;

(e) You will prevent unauthorized access to or use of our services;

(f) You will cooperate during information requests we receive relating to your use of our services; and

(g) You will comply with your promises in Section 5 (Representations, Warranties, and Disclaimer) below.

2.2 Customer Responsibilities. You will: (a) be solely responsible for all use of the Services and Documentation under your account and each Customer Application; (b) not transfer, resell, lease, license, or otherwise make available the Services to third parties (except to make the Services available to your End Users in connection with the use of each Customer Application as permitted herein) or offer them on a standalone basis; (c) use the Services only in accordance with this Agreement, the Twilio Acceptable Use Policy, the applicable Documentation, any applicable Order Form(s), and applicable law or regulation; (d) be solely responsible for all acts, omissions, and activities of your End Users, including their compliance with this Agreement, the Twilio Acceptable Use Policy, the applicable Documentation, any applicable Order Form(s), and applicable law or regulation; (e) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Services and notify Twilio promptly of any such unauthorized access or use; (f) provide reasonable cooperation regarding information requests from law enforcement, regulators, or telecommunications providers; and (g) comply with your representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 (Representations, Warranties, and Disclaimer).

We can suspend your use of our services in the following situations:

(a) You or your end users violate these terms, including our Acceptable Use Policy and our service and country specific terms;

(b) You send fraudulent traffic using our services or your use of our services negatively impacts the operation of our services;

(c) Legal or regulatory conditions prohibit us from providing our services;

(d) Your use or your end users' use threatens the security or operability of our services; or

(e) The information about you in your account is not true, accurate, or complete.

2.3 Suspension of Services. Twilio may suspend the Services immediately upon notice to you for cause if Twilio, in good faith, determines: (a) that you or your End Users materially breach (or Twilio, in good faith, believes that you or your End Users have materially breached) any provision of this Agreement, including their obligations under the Twilio Acceptable Use Policy; (b) there is an unusual and material spike or increase in your use of the Services and that such traffic or use is fraudulent or materially and negatively impacting the operating capability of the Services; (c) that its provision of the Services is prohibited by applicable law or regulation; (d) there is any use of the Services by you or your End Users that threatens the security, integrity, or availability of the Services; or (e) that information in your account is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete. You remain responsible for the Fees (as defined in Section 3.3 (Payment Terms)).

Our services operate on a multi-tenant platform, which we are always looking to innovate and make better. As such, our APIs may change over time. We will let you know in advance if any API changes are not backwards-compatible. We may also work with you to resolve any significant negative impacts that result from the API changes that are not backwards-compatible

2.4 Changes to the Services. You acknowledge that the features and functions of the Services may change over time; provided, however, Twilio will not materially decrease the overall functionality of the Services. It is your responsibility to ensure each Customer Application is compatible with the Services. Although Twilio endeavors to avoid changes to the Twilio APIs that are not backwards compatible, if any such changes become necessary, Twilio will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you at least sixty (60) days prior to implementation. In the event Twilio makes a non-backwards compatible change to a Twilio API and such change materially and negatively impacts your use of the Services (“Adverse API Change”), (a) you will notify Twilio of the Adverse API Change and (b) Twilio may agree to work with you to resolve or otherwise address the Adverse API Change, except where Twilio, in its sole discretion, has determined that an Adverse API Change is required for security reasons, by telecommunications providers, or to comply with applicable law or regulation.

You may use products called beta offerings, which are not generally available (e.g., services that are in alpha, beta, limited release.). You are not required to use beta offerings in order to use our services.

2.5 Beta Offerings. From time to time, Twilio may make Beta Offerings available to you. You may, in your sole discretion, choose to use a Beta Offering. Twilio may discontinue a Beta Offering at any time, in its sole discretion, or decide not to make a Beta Offering generally available.

3. Fees and Payment Terms

The fees you pay to us are either outlined in a signed order form or on our list of fees on our website.

3.1 Fees. You agree to pay the fees set forth in the applicable Order Form(s). If you use any Services not set forth in the applicable Order Form(s), you will be charged the applicable rates available at https://www.twilio.com/pricing.

You agree to pay taxes, communications surcharges (e.g., pass-through carrier fees), and costs, fines, or penalties that we incur relating to your use of our services. Taxes and communications surcharges are shown as separate line items on your invoice, so you can identify them easily.

If you are exempt from paying any taxes or communications surcharges, please let us know at [email protected] and provide us with the up-to-date exemption information or proof.

3.2 Taxes and Communications Surcharges.

3.2.1 Taxes. All fees are exclusive of any applicable taxes, levies, duties, or other similar exactions imposed by a legal, governmental, or regulatory authority in any applicable jurisdiction, including, without limitation, sales, use, value-added, consumption, communications, or withholding taxes (collectively, “Taxes”). You will pay all Taxes associated with this Agreement, excluding any taxes based on Twilio’s net income, property, or employees. If you are required by applicable law to withhold any Taxes from payments owed to Twilio, you will reduce or eliminate such withheld Taxes upon receipt of the appropriate tax certificate or document provided by Twilio. You will provide Twilio with proof of payment of any withheld Taxes to the appropriate authority. Taxes will be shown as a separate line item on an invoice.

3.2.2 Communications Charges. All fees are exclusive of any applicable communications service or telecommunication provider (e.g., carrier) fees or surcharges (collectively, “Communications Surcharges”), you will pay all Communications Surcharges associated with your use of the Services. Communications Surcharges will be shown as a separate line item on an invoice. You will pay all costs, fines, or penalties that are imposed on Twilio by a government or regulatory body or a telecommunications provider as a result of your or your End Users’ use of the Services.

3.2.3 Exemption. If you are exempt from paying certain Taxes or Communications Surcharges, you will provide the necessary exemption information as requested by Twilio or a valid exemption certificate issued by the appropriate authority via e-mail to [email protected]. You will be exempt on a going-forward basis once Twilio has approved your exemption request. If the appropriate authority determines, at any time, that you are not exempt from paying any Taxes or Communications Surcharges, you will promptly pay such Taxes or Communications Surcharges to Twilio, plus any applicable interest or penalties.

You agree to pay us for any services you use.

If you add funds to your account via credit card, you must make sure you have added sufficient funds to cover the fees you owe us. If you do not have sufficient funds in your account to cover the fees you owe us or your credit card declines, then we may suspend our services to all of your accounts.

If we approve you for invoicing, you agree to pay the fees owed to us in US dollars, unless another currency is shown on your order form or invoice, no later than 30 days after the date of the invoice.

If you do not pay on time, then we will send you a late notice. If we do not get your payment within 15 days of the date of the late notice, then we may charge a late fee and suspend our services to all of your accounts. Please pay us on time.

You also may not create new accounts until any fees that you owe us are paid in full.

3.3 Payment Terms. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees, Taxes, and Communications Surcharges (collectively, “Fees”), once paid, are non-refundable. Except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Order Form(s) and subject to Section 3.3.4 (Payment Disputes), You will pay the Fees due hereunder in accordance with the following applicable payment method:

3.3.1 Credit Card. If you elect to add funds to your account by credit card and use such funds to pay the Fees due, you are responsible for ensuring such funds cover the Fees due. If your account does not have sufficient funds or your credit card declines a charge for the Fees due, Twilio may suspend the provision of the Services to all of your accounts until the Fees due are paid in full. You are prohibited from creating new accounts until the Fees due are paid in full.

3.3.2 Invoicing. If you elect to receive invoices and Twilio approves you for the same, invoices will be sent to you each month, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Order Form(s), via email to the email address(es) you designate in your account. You will pay the Fees due within thirty (30) days of the date of the invoice. Except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Order Form(s) or an invoice to the extent you procure the Services without any applicable Order Form(s), the Fees are payable in United States dollars. If you fail to pay the Fees and remedy such failure within fifteen (15) days of the date Twilio provides you with written notice of the same, then Twilio may (a) assess and you will pay a late fee of the lesser of 1.5% per month or the maximum amount allowable by law and (b) suspend the provision of the Services to all of your accounts until the Fees due are paid in full. You are prohibited from creating new accounts until the Fees due are paid in full.

If you ever think that we charged you the wrong amount and you want to dispute it, then let us know in writing within 60 days of the billing date for the charge in question. You have to be reasonable when disputing a charge and must act in good faith and cooperate with us to resolve the dispute.

3.3.4 Payment Disputes. You will notify Twilio in writing within sixty (60) days of the date Twilio bills you for any Fees that you wish to dispute. You may withhold the disputed Fees until the dispute is resolved. Where you are disputing any Fees, you must act reasonably and in good faith and will cooperate diligently with Twilio to resolve the dispute. Twilio will not charge you a late fee or suspend the provision of the Services for unpaid Fees that are in dispute, unless you fail to cooperate diligently with Twilio or Twilio determines the dispute is not reasonable or brought in good faith by you.

If you are purchasing our services through a third-party fulfillment reseller, then you will pay the fees incurred for using our services to that third-party fulfillment reseller instead of us. If you fail to pay the third-party fulfillment reseller on time, our services may be suspended.

3.4 Fulfillment Resale. If you are purchasing the Services through a third-party fulfillment reseller that is solely responsible for facilitating payments to Twilio for your use of the Services (“Fulfillment Reseller”), you will pay all fees due for your use of the Services directly to the Fulfillment Reseller in accordance with your agreement with the Fulfillment Reseller (“Fulfillment Agreement”). If you breach your payment obligations to the Fulfillment Reseller and fail to cure such breach within the time period specified in the Fulfillment Agreement, the Fulfillment Reseller or Twilio may suspend the provision of the Services to you upon written notice.

4. Ownership, Customer Data, and Confidentiality

What is ours is ours, including our services, our published documentation on our website, our confidential information, data that is derived from the use of our services that does not identify or no longer identifies you, your end users, or any natural person, and any feedback you or your end users provide to us about our services. What is yours is yours, including your software applications or services, your confidential information, and your data.

4.1 Ownership Rights. As between the parties, Twilio exclusively owns and reserves all right, title, and interest in and to the Services, the Documentation, Twilio's Confidential Information (as defined in Section 4.3.1 (Definition)), Service Usage Data, and any feedback or suggestions you or your End Users provide regarding the Services. As between the parties, you exclusively own and reserve all right, title, and interest in and to the Customer Applications, your Confidential Information, and Customer Data, subject to Twilio’s rights to process Customer Data in accordance with this Agreement.

We or our affiliates can use your data in order to provide you with our services according to our obligations in these terms and the terms of our Data Protection Addendum and our Privacy Notice.

4.2 Customer Data. You grant Twilio and its Affiliates the right to process Customer Data as necessary to provide the Services in a manner that is consistent with this Agreement, the Twilio Data Protection Addendum, and the Twilio Privacy Notice. You are responsible for the quality and integrity of Customer Data.

Neither of us will tell anyone else about or use the confidential information that we got from each other, except to carry out each of our individual obligations under these terms.

If either of us shares the other’s confidential information with third parties, then the one sharing that confidential information will make sure those third parties comply with these confidentiality obligations.

4.3 Confidentiality

4.3.1 Definition. “Confidential Information” means any information or data, regardless of whether it is in tangible form, disclosed by either party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other party (“Receiving Party”) that is marked or otherwise designated as confidential or proprietary or that should otherwise be reasonably understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances surrounding disclosure, including, without limitation, this Agreement, Order Form(s), Customer Data, security reports and attestations, audit reports, customer lists, pricing, concepts, processes, plans, designs and other strategies, “know how”, financial, and other business and/or technical information and materials of Disclosing Party and its Affiliates. Confidential Information does not include any information which: (a) is publicly available through no breach of this Agreement or fault of Receiving Party; (b) was properly known by Receiving Party, and to its knowledge, without any restriction, prior to disclosure by Disclosing Party; (c) was properly disclosed to Receiving Party, and to its knowledge, without any restriction, by another person without violation of Disclosing Party's rights; or (d) is independently developed by Receiving Party without use of or reference to the Confidential Information of Disclosing Party.

4.3.2 Use and Disclosure. Except as otherwise authorized by Disclosing Party in writing, Receiving Party will not (a) use any Confidential Information of Disclosing Party for any purpose outside of exercising Receiving Party’s rights or fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement and (b) disclose or make Confidential Information of Disclosing Party available to any party, except to its, its Affiliates’, and their respective employees, legal counsel, accountants, contractors, and in Twilio’s case, subcontractors (collectively, “Representatives”) who have a “need to know” as necessary for Receiving Party to exercise its rights or fulfill its obligations under this Agreement. Receiving Party is responsible for its Representatives’ compliance with this Section 4.3. Representatives will be legally bound to protect Confidential Information of Disclosing Party under terms of confidentiality that are at least as protective as the terms of this Section 4.3. Receiving Party will protect the confidentiality of Confidential Information of Disclosing Party using the same degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information but in no event less than reasonable care. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You may disclose Twilio’s SOC2 or similar report, which will constitute Twilio’s Confidential Information, only to your End Users or their employee or contract worker who has a “need to know” for such SOC2 or similar report and is legally bound to terms of confidentiality that are at least as protective as the terms of this Section 4.3.

Either of us may disclose the confidential information we got from the other if required by a law, regulation, subpoena, or a court order, if we fulfill certain conditions, such as providing notice, if legally allowed, and reasonable cooperation.

4.3.3 Compelled Disclosure. Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of Disclosing Party if so required pursuant to a regulation, law, subpoena, or court order (collectively, “Compelled Disclosures”), provided Receiving Party gives Disclosing Party notice of a Compelled Disclosure (to the extent legally permitted). Receiving Party will provide reasonable cooperation to Disclosing Party in connection with a Compelled Disclosure at Disclosing Party’s sole expense.

Money alone may not be enough to make either of us whole if one of us breaks our promise of confidentiality. As such, either of us may seek other remedies, like gag orders, if needed.

4.3.4 Injunctive Relief. The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that no adequate remedy may exist at law for an actual or threatened breach of this Section 4.3 and that, in the event of an actual or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section 4.3, the non-breaching party will be entitled to seek immediate injunctive and other equitable relief, without waiving any other rights or remedies available to it.

We may use your name, logo, and a description of how you use our services on our website, in earnings releases, and in other marketing materials. We promise to follow any usage guidelines that you provide to us.

4.4 Use of Marks. You grant Twilio the right to use your name, logo, and a description of your use case(s) on Twilio’s website, in earnings releases and calls, and in marketing and promotional materials, subject to your standard trademark usage guidelines that you expressly provide to Twilio.

5. Representations, Warranties, and Disclaimer

Each of us agrees to these terms and promises it has the legal power to do so.

5.1 Power and Authority Representation. Each party represents and warrants that it has validly accepted or entered into this Agreement and has the legal power to do so.

Each of us will follow anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, economic and trade sanctions, export controls, and other international trade laws, regulations, and government orders. Each of us also confirms that we, or our organization, is not on any government sanctions or restricted party lists of people and organizations that companies like Twilio are not allowed to do business with.

If you or your end users become placed on any government sanctions or restricted party lists, you will stop using our services and remove any end users’ access to our services.

5.2 Anti-Corruption and International Trade Laws. Each party (a) warrants that it will comply with all applicable anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, economic and trade sanctions, export controls, and other international trade laws, regulations, and governmental orders (collectively, “Anti-Corruption and Trade Laws”) in the jurisdictions that apply directly or indirectly to the Services, including, without limitation, the United States, and (b) represents that it has not made, offered, promised to make, or authorized any payment or anything of value in violation of Anti-Corruption and Trade Laws. You will promptly notify Twilio in writing of any actual or potential violation of Anti-Corruption and Trade Laws in connection with the use of the Services and take all appropriate steps to remedy or resolve such violations, including any steps requested by Twilio. You represent that you have obtained, and warrant that you will continue to obtain, all licenses or other authorizations required to export, re-export, or transfer the Services. Each party represents that it (and in your case, also your End Users) is not on any government prohibited, denied, or unverified-party, sanctions, debarment, or exclusion list or export-controlled related restricted party list (collectively, “Sanctions Lists”). You will immediately (a) discontinue your use of the Services if you become placed on any Sanctions List and (b) remove your End Users’ access to the Services if such End Users become placed on any Sanctions List. You represent that you have not, and warrants that you will not, export, re-export, or transfer the Services to an entity on any Sanctions List without prior authorization from the applicable governmental authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to the other party if the other party is in breach of its obligations in this Section 5.2. If your account is blocked because it is operating in a country or region prohibited under this Section 5.2, you will receive notice of your account being inoperable when you attempt to log into your account in such prohibited country or region.

You will only give us data for which you provided any required notices and received any required permissions, including in a manner as required by law or regulation. In addition, we will only use this data according to Section 4.2 (Customer Data) above.

5.3 Consents and Permissions. You represent and warrant that you have provided and will continue to provide adequate notices, and that you have obtained and will continue to obtain the necessary permissions and consents, to provide Customer Data to Twilio for processing pursuant to Section 4.2 (Customer Data).

Our services will work the way we say they will in our published documentation on our website.

5.4 Services. Twilio represents and warrants that the Services perform materially in accordance with the applicable Documentation. Your exclusive remedy for a breach of this Section 5.4 will be, at Twilio’s option, to (a) remediate any material non-conformity or (b) refund you the Fees paid for the time period during which the affected Services do not comply with this Section 5.4.

Except for any of the explicit promises in this Section 5, we are offering our services “as is.” You also understand that we are not responsible if anything happens to your data outside of our network or for anything that happens because of your use of our beta offerings.

5.5 DISCLAIMER. WITHOUT LIMITING A PARTY’S EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TWILIO ADDITIONALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATED TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE INTERNET AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS’ NETWORKS ARE INHERENTLY INSECURE AND THAT TWILIO WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY CHANGES TO, INTERCEPTION OF, OR LOSS OF CUSTOMER DATA WHILE IN TRANSIT VIA THE INTERNET OR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER’S NETWORK. BETA OFFERINGS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITH NO WARRANTIES AND TWILIO WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY AND NO OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY FOR ANY BETA OFFERING WHATSOEVER.

6. Mutual Indemnification

If someone comes after you claiming that our provision of our services violates their intellectual property rights, we will fight that fight for you and pay any awarded damages or settlement we enter into.

6.1 Indemnification by Twilio

6.1.1 Scope of Indemnification. Twilio will defend you, your Affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, and employees (collectively, “Customer Indemnified Parties”) from and against any claim, demand, suit, or proceeding made or brought against a Customer Indemnified Party by a third party alleging that Twilio’s provision of the Services infringes or misappropriates such third party’s intellectual property rights (“Twilio Indemnifiable Claim”). Twilio will indemnify you from any fines, penalties, damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs awarded against a Customer Indemnified Party or for settlement amounts approved by Twilio for a Twilio Indemnifiable Claim.

If we think our services infringe someone’s intellectual property rights, then, in addition to fighting the fight as we talk about above, we will either obtain the rights for you to continue to use our services or modify our services, so they do not infringe. If we cannot do either of these, we will terminate these terms and refund you any prepaid and unused fees.

6.1.2 Infringement Options. If Twilio’s provision of the Services has become, or in Twilio’s opinion is likely to become, the subject of any Twilio Indemnifiable Claim for third-party intellectual property rights infringement or misappropriation, Twilio may at its option and expense: (a) procure the right to continue to provide the Services as set forth herein; (b) modify the Services to make them non-infringing; or (c) if the foregoing options are not reasonably practicable, terminate this Agreement, or, if applicable, terminate the Services that are the subject of any Twilio Indemnifiable Claim for third-party intellectual property rights infringement or misappropriation, and refund you any unused pre-paid Fees.

In this Section 6.1.3, we describe situations where we do not have to indemnify you, such as (a) your violation of these terms, (b) any claims brought against you by someone due to your use of our services in combination with other applications or services, or (c) your use of our services that are free of charge.

6.1.3 Limitations. Twilio will have no liability or obligation under this Section 6.1 with respect to any Twilio Indemnifiable Claim arising out of (a) your use of the Services in breach of this Agreement; (b) the combination, operation, or use of the Services with other applications, portions of applications, products, or services where the Services would not by themselves be infringing; or (c) Services for which there is no charge.

Similar to above, you need to fight the fight if someone comes after us because you or your end users breach your responsibilities in Section 2.2 (Customer Responsibilities) or because of the software applications you develop or the services you offer.

6.2 Indemnification by Customer. You will defend Twilio, its Affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, and employees (collectively, “Twilio Indemnified Parties”) from and against any claim, demand, suit, or proceeding made or brought against a Twilio Indemnified Party by a third party alleging or arising out of: (a) your or your End Users’ breach of Section 2.2 (Customer Responsibilities) or (b) a Customer Application, including, without limitation, any claims that a Customer Application, or your or your End Users’ use of a Customer Application, infringes or misappropriates such third party’s intellectual property rights (collectively, “Customer Indemnifiable Claims”). You will indemnify Twilio from any fines, penalties, damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs awarded against a Twilio Indemnified Party or for settlement amounts that you approve for a Customer Indemnifiable Claim.

This Section 6.3 outlines the indemnification process - how it works, what is required, etc. It applies to both of us equally. Please be sure to read it.

6.3 Conditions of Indemnification. As a condition of the foregoing indemnification obligations: (a) the indemnified party (“Indemnified Party”) will promptly notify the indemnifying party (“Indemnifying Party”) of any Customer Indemnifiable Claim or Twilio Indemnifiable Claim (individually or collectively referred to herein as a “Claim”); provided, however, that the failure to give prompt notice will not relieve Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that Indemnifying Party was actually and materially prejudiced by such failure; (b) Indemnifying Party will have the sole authority to defend or settle a Claim; and (c) Indemnified Party will reasonably cooperate with Indemnifying Party in connection with Indemnifying Party’s activities hereunder, at Indemnifying Party’s expense. Indemnified Party reserves the right, at its own expense, to participate in the defense of a Claim. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Indemnifying Party will not settle any Claim for which it has an obligation to indemnify under this Section 6 admitting liability or fault on behalf of Indemnified Party, nor create any obligation on behalf of Indemnified Party without Indemnified Party’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.

6.4 Exclusive Remedy. This Section 6 states Indemnifying Party’s sole liability to, and Indemnified Party’s exclusive remedy against, the other party for any third-party claims.

7. Limitation of Liability

This Section 7.1 outlines the types of damages that are available in the event of a claim. At a high level, neither of us is responsible for damages that indirectly result from an incident.

7.1 LIMITATION ON INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND RELATED DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, GOODWILL, OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER, LOST DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF A PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR IF A PARTY’S OR ITS AFFILIATES’ REMEDY OTHERWISE FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Generally speaking, any direct damages either of us might owe to the other are capped at the amounts you paid us (or should have paid us) in the 12-month period before the incident occurred.

7.2 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY TOGETHER WITH ALL OF ITS AFFILIATES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU AND YOUR AFFILIATES HEREUNDER FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE FIRST INCIDENT OUT OF WHICH THE LIABILITY AROSE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION WILL APPLY WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.

The only exceptions to the limitations in Section 7.1 (Limitation on Indirect, Consequential, and Related Damages) and Section 7.2 (Limitation of Liability) are for your violation of your responsibilities in Section 2.2 (Customer Responsibilities), your payment obligations in Section 3 (Fees and Payment Terms), and both of our indemnification obligations in Section 6 (Mutual Indemnification).

7.3 EXCEPTIONS TO THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN SECTION 7.1 (LIMITATION ON INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND RELATED DAMAGES) AND SECTION 7.2 (LIMITATION OF LIABILITY), THE LIMITATIONS IN SECTION 7.1 AND SECTION 7.2 DO NOT APPLY TO (a) YOUR BREACH OF SECTION 2.2 (CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES); (b) YOUR AND YOUR AFFILIATES’ BREACH OF SECTION 3 (FEES AND PAYMENT TERMS); OR (c) AMOUNTS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO A PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 6 (MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION).

8. Term, Termination, and Survival

These terms will be valid and effective from the date you agree to them until they are ended according to one of the events in Section 8.2 (Termination) below.

8.1 Agreement Term. This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and continue until terminated in accordance with Section 8.2 (Termination) (“Term”).

Either of us may end these terms by providing the other with 30 days advance notice. However, if you have any order forms in effect, those order forms will remain in effect for the duration of their order form term and these terms will continue to apply.

8.2 Termination

8.2.1 For Convenience. Either party may terminate this Agreement for convenience by providing the other party with at least thirty (30) days prior written notice. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if there are any Order Form(s) in effect, this Agreement will not terminate until all such Order Form(s) have expired or have been terminated in accordance with the terms therein.

If either of us violates these terms and does not fix the violation within 15 days, the other one may end these terms.

Ending these terms will result in the closure of all of your accounts.

8.2.2 Material Breach. Either party may terminate this Agreement (including all Order Form(s) and Services that are in effect) in the event the other party commits any material breach of this Agreement and fails to remedy such breach within fifteen (15) days of the date of written notice of such breach. For the avoidance of doubt, a breach of the Twilio Acceptable Use Policy will be considered a material breach of this Agreement. If Twilio terminates this Agreement because of your material breach, then Twilio will also close your accounts.

Either of us may end these terms by providing the other with written notice if the other goes bankrupt or fails to continue its business.

8.2.3 Insolvency. Subject to applicable law, either party may terminate this Agreement immediately by providing written notice in the event of the other party’s liquidation, commencement of dissolution proceedings, or any other proceeding relating to a receivership, failure to continue business, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becoming the subject of bankruptcy.

Certain important terms live on even after these terms end. That includes your payment obligations to us and the specific sections mentioned on the right.

8.3 Survival. Upon termination of this Agreement, your payment obligations, the terms of this Section 8.3 and the terms of the following Sections will survive: Section 2.1(c) (regarding the Twilio Security Overview), Section 3 (Fees and Payment Terms), Section 4 (Ownership, Customer Data, and Confidentiality), Section 5.5 (Disclaimer), Section 6 (Mutual Indemnification), Section 7 (Limitation of Liability), Section 9 (General), and any applicable terms in Section 10 (Additional Terms).

9. General

Your affiliates may use our services according to these terms. However, you and your affiliates are both responsible for the activities of your affiliates.

9.1.1 Affiliates of Customer. Your Affiliates may use the Services under and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. You represent and warrant that you have sufficient rights and the authority to make this Agreement binding upon each of your Affiliates. You and each of your Affiliates will be jointly and severally liable for the acts and omissions of such Affiliate in connection with this Agreement and such Affiliate’s use of the Services. Only you will bring any claim against Twilio on behalf of your Affiliates.

Our affiliates may provide you or your affiliates with our services or bill you or your affiliates on behalf of us or another Twilio entity providing our services.

9.1.2 Affiliates of Twilio. An Affiliate of Twilio may provide the Services, or a portion thereof, to you or your Affiliates, as applicable, in accordance with this Agreement and any applicable Order Form(s) with such Affiliate of Twilio. Twilio will (a) be responsible for the Services its Affiliates provide and (b) not be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement if its Affiliates provide the Services or a portion thereof. Twilio will enforce the terms of this Agreement relating to the Services its Affiliates provide. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, an Affiliate of Twilio may directly bill you or your Affiliates, as applicable, (x) for the Services it provides or (y) solely as a billing agent for Twilio or the Affiliate of Twilio providing the Services, as applicable.

Neither of us may transfer our obligations under these terms without the other’s prior written consent, unless either of us is transferring our obligations to an entity that is assuming either of our assets or business or to either of our affiliates.

9.2 Assignment. Neither party hereto may assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any applicable Order Form(s), in whole or in part, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the other party’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may assign this Agreement or any applicable Order Form(s), in whole or in part, without consent to (a) a successor to all or substantially all of its assets or business or (b) an Affiliate. Any attempted assignment, delegation, or transfer by either party in violation hereof will be void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement and any applicable Order Form(s) will be binding on the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

These terms do not create any special relationship between us, like an employer-employee relationship, joint venture, or a partnership. Nothing will change that. Each of us is responsible for our own employees and agents.

9.3 Relationship. Each party is an independent contractor in the performance of each and every part of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create or will be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship or a partnership, agency, joint venture, or franchise. Each party will be solely responsible for all of its employees and agents and its labor costs and expenses arising in connection therewith and for any and all claims, liabilities, damages, or debts of any type whatsoever that may arise on account of its activities, or those of its employees and agents, in the performance of this Agreement. Neither party has the authority to commit the other party in any way and will not attempt to do so or imply that it has the right to do so.

These terms are strictly between you and us. No third parties have any rights under these terms unless we already say so in these terms.

9.4 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement does not confer any benefits on any third party (including your End Users or an Affiliate) unless it expressly states that it does.

If you need to notify us, you must send notices via email to [email protected].

If we need to notify you, we will notify you via email to the email address designated in your account or via your account portal.

9.5 Notices. Notices to Twilio will be provided via email to [email protected]. All notices to you will be provided via email to the relevant contact(s) you designate in your account.

These terms are governed by the law specified in the table below, depending on where your business entity is registered.

If we go to court to resolve a dispute between us, then the courts specified in the table below, depending on where your business entity is registered, will be responsible for resolving that dispute.

9.6 Governing Law and Attorneys’ Fees. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the applicable state or country identified below without regard to conflicts of laws and principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply to this Agreement. Except as provided in Section 9.7 (Dispute Resolution), any action arising out of this Agreement will be instituted in the applicable courts identified below and the parties hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of these courts. In the event of any adjudication of any dispute under this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action will be entitled to reimbursement of its attorneys’ fees and related costs by the non-prevailing party.

If you are domiciled in: Governing law: Courts with personal jurisdiction:

Any country outside of the (a) European Economic Area or its regions or territories, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Andorra, or Vatican City and (b) Asia-Pacific region, other than Brazil and Japan State of California State or federal courts of San Francisco, California, United States of America

Any country within the European Economic Area or its regions or territories, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Andorra, or Vatican City England and Wales Courts of London, England, United Kingdom

Any country within the Asia-Pacific region other than Japan Singapore Courts of Singapore

Brazil Brazil City and State of São Paulo, Brazil

Japan Japan (including its procedural rules) Tokyo District Court

If there is a dispute (except for intellectual property disputes) between us, each of us will escalate the dispute internally to see if we can resolve it. If we cannot, each of us agrees to resolve the dispute through binding arbitration.

9.7 Dispute Resolution. In the event of any dispute, claim, or controversy in connection with this Agreement (other than for disputes, claims, or controversies related to the intellectual property of a party) (collectively, “Disputes”), each party’s senior representatives will, in good faith, attempt to resolve a Dispute. If the parties are unable to resolve a Dispute within thirty (30) days or within such other time period as the parties may agree in writing, then the parties may commence binding arbitration under JAMS’ Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures. The parties will share equally the fees and expenses of the JAMS arbitrator. The arbitration will be conducted by a sole arbitrator mutually agreed to between the parties or, failing that, by JAMS under its then prevailing rules. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator will have the authority to grant specific performance or any other equitable or legal remedy, including provisional remedies. Each party will be responsible for its own incurred expenses arising out of any dispute resolution procedure. Any arbitration proceedings will take place in the English language in (a) San Francisco, California, if you are domiciled in any country outside of the (i) European Economic Area or its regions or territories, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Andorra, or Vatican City and (ii) Asia-Pacific region; (b) London, England, if you are domiciled in any country within the European Economic Area or its regions or territories, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Andorra, or Vatican City; or (c) Singapore, if you are domiciled in any country within the Asia-Pacific region.

If neither of us can carry out our obligations under these terms because something crazy happens beyond either of our control (think earthquake, massive power outage, war), then that does not count as a violation of these terms.

9.8 Force Majeure. No failure, delay, or default in performance of any obligation of a party will constitute an event of default or breach of this Agreement to the extent that such failure to perform, delay, or default arises out of a cause, existing or future, that is beyond the control and without negligence of such party, including action or inaction of governmental, civil or military authority, fire, strike, lockout, or other labor dispute, flood, terrorist act, war, riot, theft, earthquake, or other natural disaster (collectively, “Force Majeure Events”). The party affected by a Force Majeure Event will take all reasonable actions to minimize the consequences of any such event.

If neither of us enforces any part of these terms, that does not mean that we cannot enforce that part now or in the future.

If there are inconsistencies between the various terms and conditions that make up these terms, the order of precedence will be as follows to resolve those inconsistencies: (1) any order forms; (2) our Data Protection Addendum; (3) the terms set forth in the body of these Terms of Service; (4) our Acceptable Use Policy, including our service and country specific terms; (5) any other terms and conditions incorporated into these terms; and (6) our published documentation on our website.

9.9 Waiver and Order of Precedence. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or enforcing any provision under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of that right or provision, or any other provision. Titles and headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and will not affect the construction of any provision of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency among the following documents, the order of precedence will be: (1) the applicable Order Form(s), (2) the Twilio Data Protection Addendum, (3) the terms set forth in the body of this Twilio Terms of Service, (4) the Twilio Acceptable Use Policy, (5) any other terms incorporated by reference herein or any other exhibits or attachments hereto, and (6) the applicable Documentation.

If any part of these terms is not legally enforceable, the rest of these terms will still be legally enforceable.

9.10 Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary to render such provision enforceable and, in any event, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect.

These terms and these terms only govern our relationship with each other and your use of our services. Any terms and conditions outside of these terms will be invalid and not apply.

9.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all exhibits and attachments hereto) will constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous proposals, statements, sales materials, presentations, or non-disclosure or other agreements, whether oral or written. No oral or written information or advice given by Twilio, its agents, or its employees will create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of the warranties or obligations in this Agreement. The parties agree that any term or condition stated in your vendor registration form or registration portal or in any purchase order document or similar document will be construed solely as evidence of your internal business processes and the terms and conditions contained therein will be void and have no effect with regard to this Agreement, even if accepted by Twilio or signed by the parties after the Effective Date.

10. Additional Terms

If you are a U.S. Federal or U.S. state entity, or a federally-recognized tribal entity performing governmental functions and eligible for funding and services from the U.S. Department of the Interior, these terms apply to you.

10.1 United States Federal, State, and Tribal Governments. If you are a (a) United States federal entity, including without limitation, a bureau, office, agency, department, or other entity of the United States government; (b) a United States state entity, including without limitation, a bureau, department, office, or other entity of a state or a local, county, borough, commonwealth city, municipality, town, township, special purpose district, or other entity established by the laws of a state and located in such state; or (c) a federally-recognized tribal entity performing governmental functions and eligible for funding and services from the United States Department of the Interior by virtue of its status as an Indian tribe, or in Alaska, a Native village or Alaska Regional Native corporation, the following terms apply:

10.1.1 Failure to Pay. Twilio may assess, and you will pay, interest equal to the maximum amount allowable by applicable law, if you fail to pay the Fees and remedy such failure within fifteen (15) days of the date Twilio provides you with written notice of the same.

10.1.2 Public Disclosure Laws. Section 4.3.2 (Use and Disclosure) of this Agreement does not prohibit you from disclosing the terms of this Agreement to the extent required by public disclosure laws applicable to you (“Public Disclosure Laws”), provided that, to the extent permissible, any material legal terms included in this Agreement (e.g., representations and warranties, indemnification, limitation of liability) and any trade secrets, non-publicly available pricing, future business plans, future product plans or features, or business strategies of Twilio are redacted.

10.1.3 Compelled Disclosure of Confidential Information. Receiving Party will provide reasonable cooperation to Disclosing Party in connection with a Compelled Disclosure at Disclosing Party’s sole expense to the extent permitted by applicable law.

10.1.4 Customer Application IP Infringement. You represent and warrant that each Customer Application, or your or your End Users’ use of each Customer Application, does not and will not infringe or misappropriate a third party’s intellectual property rights. Your breach of this Section 10.1.4 will not be subject to liability limitations set forth in Section 7 (Limitation of Liability) of this Agreement.

10.1.5 Use of Marks. Twilio will not use your name, logo, or a description of your use case(s) on Twilio’s website, earnings release and calls, or marketing or promotional materials without your prior written consent.

10.1.6 Indemnification by Customer. Your obligations in Section 6.2 (Indemnification by Customer) of this Agreement will apply to the extent permitted by applicable law, regulation, or procedure.

10.1.7 Assignment. The ability of either party to assign this Agreement without consent pursuant to Section 9.2 (Assignment) of this Agreement will not apply where prohibited by applicable law.

10.1.8 Governing Law. Section 9.6 (Governing Law and Attorneys’ Fees) of this Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to (a) United States Federal law, if you are a United States Federal entity, or (b) the laws of the state in which you are located without regard to conflicts of laws and principles that would cause the application of the laws of another jurisdiction, if you are not a United States Federal entity. This Agreement will not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

10.1.9 Dispute Resolution. Section 9.7 (Dispute Resolution) of this Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Except as otherwise specified in applicable law, in the event of a dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof (other than for disputes, claims, or controversies related to the intellectual property of a party) (collectively, “Disputes”), each party’s senior representatives will engage in good faith negotiations with the other party’s senior representatives to amicably resolve a Dispute. If the parties are unable to resolve a Dispute within thirty (30) days after the first request to engage in good faith negotiations or within such other time period as the parties may agree to in writing, then either party may seek relief as set forth in Section 9.6 (Governing Law and Attorneys’ Fees).

10.1.10 Code of Federal Regulations. Twilio agrees to comply with the clauses included under 48 C.F.R. § 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and all applicable equal opportunity laws including the provisions of Executive Order 11246, as amended, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (38 USC 4212), and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the regulations at 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-1 -60-60, 60-250, and 60-741. The affirmative action clause and regulations contained in the preceding sentence are incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

10.1.11 Commercial Items. The Services are “Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items”, consisting of “Commercial Products(s),” “Commercial Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software Documentation,” as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. § 2.101. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. § 12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §§ 227.7202-1-227.7202-4, as applicable, the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are being provided (a) only as Commercial Items and (b) with only those rights as are granted to all other Twilio customers. Unpublished-rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.

10.1.12 Conflict. In the event of any conflict between this Section 10.1 and any other terms of this Agreement, this Section 10.1 will prevail.

If you are a microenterprise, small enterprise, or a not for profit organisation and use our services within the EEA or U.K., these terms apply to you.

10.2 European Electronic Communications Code. If you are a microenterprise, small enterprise, or not for profit organisation, and Twilio provides you the Services within the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you agree you have read and accept the European Electronic Communications Code Rights Waiver.

If your business entity is registered in Brazil, these terms apply to you.

10.3 Brazil. If you are domiciled in Brazil, the following terms apply:

10.3.1 Dispute Resolution. Section 9.7 (Dispute Resolution) of this Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

In the event of a dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof (collectively, “Disputes”), each party’s senior representatives will engage in good faith negotiations with the other party’s senior representatives to amicably resolve a Dispute. If the parties are unable to resolve a Dispute within thirty (30) days after the first request to engage in good faith negotiations or within such other time period as the parties may agree to in writing, then either party may commence (a) litigation proceedings if the amounts being sought are less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000 USD) or (b) binding arbitration under the Rules of CAM-CCBC if the amounts being sought are greater than or equal to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000 USD). To the extent a Dispute is submitted for arbitration, the parties will share equally the fees and expenses of the CAM-CCBC arbitrator. The arbitration will be conducted by a sole arbitrator chosen by the mutual agreement of the parties or, failing that, by CAM-CCBC under its then prevailing rules. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator will have the authority to grant specific performance or any other equitable or legal remedy, including provisional remedies. Each party will be responsible for its own incurred expenses arising out of any dispute resolution procedure. Any arbitration proceedings will take place in the English language in the City and State of São Paulo, Brazil.

If your business entity is registered in Japan, these terms apply to you.

10.4 Japan. If you are domiciled in Japan, the following terms apply:

10.4.1 Intended Use. The Services are intended for business use by corporate or business entities, and you agree that you will not use the Services for any personal or individual use.

10.4.2 Required Information and Verification Process. Depending on the Services you use, you may be required to submit copies of government-issued ID documents to Twilio and/or complete verification processes (e.g., via post) as required under applicable law or regulation, including, without limitation, the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds and the Telecommunications Business Act.

10.4.3 Taxes and Communications Surcharges. Taxes, as defined in Section 3.2.1 (Taxes) of this Agreement, will include Japanese consumption tax. The universal service fee and the telephone relay service fee charged by telecommunication providers (e.g., carriers) will be borne by you as part of the Communications Surcharges set forth in Section 3.2.2 (Communications Surcharges) of this Agreement.

10.4.4 Currency. All Fees are payable in Japanese Yen, except as otherwise set forth in writing, including in an applicable Order Form(s) or an invoice to the extent you procure the Services without an Order Form.

10.4.5 Intellectual Property Rights. Any intellectual property rights vested by Twilio under this Agreement will include the rights set forth in Article 27 (Right of Adaptation) and 28 (Original Author’s Right in Derivative Works) of the Copyright Act of Japan, Act No. 48 of May 6, 1970. Further, you agree not to exercise against Twilio, or any other third parties designated by Twilio, any moral rights you may have in any contents, including, without limitation, the feedback or suggestions you or your End Users provide regarding the Services that Twilio is entitled to exploit under this Agreement.

10.4.6 Anti-Social Forces. Each party represents and warrants that it (a) is not an anti-social force (meaning here and hereinafter, gangsters, right-wing groups, anti-social forces, and others equivalent thereto) and (b) does not have any exchange or involvement with anti-social forces, such as cooperation or involvement in the maintenance, operation, or management of anti-social forces, through funding, or other means.

10.4.7 Dispute Resolution. Section 9.7 (Dispute Resolution) of this Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

In the event of a dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof (other than for disputes, claims, or controversies related to the intellectual property of a party) (collectively, “Disputes”), each party’s senior representatives will engage in good faith negotiations with the other party’s senior representatives to amicably resolve a Dispute. If the parties are unable to resolve a Dispute within thirty (30) days after the first request to engage in good faith negotiations or within such other time period as the parties may agree to in writing, then either party may seek relief as set forth in Section 9.6 (Governing Law and Attorneys’ Fees).

10.4.8 Conflict. In the event of any conflict between this Section 10.4 and any other terms of this Agreement, this Section 10.4 will prevail.


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