Term and Conditions
HINDSIGHT LLC
APPLICATION TERMS & CONDITIONS
The App (as defined below) and the associated Service (as
defined below) are provided by Hindsight, LLC, a company formed under the laws
of Maryland and with a registered address of 185 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite
115, Annapolis, MD 21401 (“Hindsight”,
“us”, “our” or “we”).
These terms of service comprise (1) the terms and
conditions set forth below and (2) any additional terms and conditions applicable
to the App and the Service provided at www.hindsightapps.com (the “Site”), including but not limited
to the Privacy Policy (together the “Terms
of Service”), and govern the use of the App and the Service provided to you
by Hindsight, or otherwise the relationship between you and Hindsight in
connection with the App and the Service.
Important notice:
- If you do not
agree to the terms and conditions of the Terms of Service, we will not
license the App or provide the Service to you and you must stop using the
App and the Service now.
- If you are
residing in a jurisdiction where it is prohibited by law to offer or use
parts of the Service which we provide, you may not use the Service in such
jurisdiction.
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE
You agree to be bound by the Terms of Service if you: (i)
click Submit in the sign-up flow or otherwise agree to the Terms of Service; or
(ii) download or otherwise use the application on your mobile device (the
“App“); or (iii) use the
Service, as further described below, in the App. If you do not agree to the Terms
of Service, you may not activate or use the App or the Service. Once accepted
the Terms of Service constitute a binding agreement between you and Hindsight.
In addition, by downloading the App from the Apple Appstore or Google Play you
agree to the applicable terms of the license of Apple and Google which will
bind you.
Hindsight may make changes to the Terms of Service from
time to time. Hindsight will publish the changes at the Site. The changes will
be effective when published. Please review the Terms of Service on a regular
basis. You understand and agree that your express acceptance of the amended
Terms of Service, or if you continue to use the Service after the date of
publication, shall constitute your agreement to the updated Terms of Service. You
agree that if you do not accept any amendment to the Terms of Service then you
shall immediately stop accessing and/or using the Site, the App and the
Services. No refund will be provided.
2. THE SERVICES
The App will allow you to upload and store data, photos
and other information on Hindsight’s servers that are shared with members of
your family and others that are invited to view or download the same by one or
more administrators of your account (the “Service”).
We make no representation that our
Service is available for use in any particular location.
2.1 Intellectual Property Rights and Licenses
In consideration of you agreeing to abide by the terms and
condition of the Terms of Service, we grant you a limited, non-transferable,
non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, revocable license to use the App, the Site
and other parts of the Service provided or made available to you by Hindsight.
You may download a copy of the App onto a mobile telephone device which you
control (a “Device”) and you may
view, use and display the App on the Device for your personal purposes only. We
reserve all other rights.
Not limiting the aforesaid, in relation to the App, we
license the use of the App to you on the basis of the Terms of Service and
subject to any rules or policies applied by Apple Inc. and/or Alphabet Inc.
(Google), or any other entity within the Apple or Google group (“Apple” and “Google”). We do not sell the App to you. We remain the owners of
the App at all times.
You may not copy, modify, adapt, redistribute, decompile,
reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works of the software or
its associated code (the “Software”),
the App, Site or, to the extent applicable, any other part of the Service (or
permit or assist any third party in such activities). You must not remove,
obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trademark
notices) that may be affixed to or contained within the Software.
The Software may contain open source software. Any use,
reproduction and distribution of components of the Software licensed under an
open source software license is governed by the terms of such open source
software license, however to the extent permissible thereunder and otherwise if
applicable, the Terms of Service shall apply with priority over such open
source software license.
You acknowledge that you have no right to have access to
the App, the Software or other parts of the Service (where applicable) in
source-code form.
All ownership and intellectual property rights in or to
the Software, the App, the Site or the Service and any copies and derivative
works thereof (regardless of form or media in or on which the original or other
copies may exist), including but not limited to patents, design rights,
copyrights, trademarks, trade-secrets and proprietary know-how, shall be owned
by and vested in Hindsight, or Hindsight’s licensors, and nothing in these
Terms of Service shall constitute or be interpreted as a transfer of any such
rights from Hindsight to you or anyone else. You are, as stated above, solely
entitled to the limited license to the Service specifically granted under the
Terms of Service. For the purpose of clarification; nothing in the Terms of
Service give you a right to use any of Hindsight’s trade names, trademarks,
service marks, logos, domain names, or other distinctive brand features, except
as may be contained in or otherwise used within the Service provided to you.
The licenses granted to you as described in this section
will terminate automatically in the event of any termination of the Terms of
Service. Furthermore, Hindsight has the right to, in its sole discretion, at
any time remove any materials posted to the Site.
2.2 Use of the Service
You agree to use the Service only in such way that is
permitted by the Terms of Service and to act in compliance with any applicable
law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant
jurisdictions (including without limitation any applicable export laws and
regulations).
You acknowledge that the products, features or functions
or other parts of the Service may change over time. Hindsight may without prior
notice to you change the form and nature of the Service. This could mean, among
other things, that future versions of the Software or the App may be
incompatible with applications developed on or with previous versions.
Furthermore, Hindsight may, in Hindsight’s sole discretion and without prior
notice to you, stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Service to you
or to users generally. Hindsight may make updates of the Software, the App or
the Service at any time, but shall have no obligation whatsoever to provide any
such updates to you. It is your responsibility to use the latest available
version of the Software, App or Service (where applicable).
The Service is for your individual use. You shall not
resell or commercialize the Service to any third party.
You agree that you are solely responsible (and that Hindsight
has no responsibility to you or any other third party) for any data, content,
or resources that you transmit by using the Service, and for the consequences
of such actions (including any loss or damage which Hindsight or any third
party may suffer).
2.3 Jurisdictional Restrictions
If you are residing in a jurisdiction where it is
prohibited by law to offer or use parts of the Service, you may not use the
Service in such jurisdiction. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are
legally allowed to use the Service where you are located.
2.4 Third Party Services
You acknowledge that the use of the Service is dependent
upon services of third parties, including but not limited to database
providers, wi-fi services and mobile internet providers (each a “Provider“). Note that some
Providers may prohibit or restrict the use of some features of the Service, and
may also impose additional fees in connection with the use of the Service. You
are solely responsible for verifying with your mobile operator (or any other
Provider that you are using in relation to the use of the Service) that the use
of the Service is permitted in accordance with any contractual obligations you
may have with that Provider, and also to check and pay for such imposed
additional fees.
2.5 Your Account
In order to use the Service, you are required to register in
the App as a user. You agree to provide true, accurate, up-to-date and complete
information in all fields indicated as mandatory when registering for the
Service, as well as any additional information provided or any amendments made
by you. Subject to such registration you will receive access to your account
(the “Account“). We have
the right to change your password and account name at any time in our sole
discretion and without notice.
Your Account will be accessible and may be accessed by
anyone with access to your Device. You
are fully responsible towards Hindsight for all (including any unauthorized)
use of the Service which is or can be connected to your Account.
2.6 Unauthorized Use, Stolen Device
You are solely responsible for all activities that occur
on or otherwise is associated with your Account, regardless of whether the
activities are undertaken by You or a third party and whether or not
authorized. Hindsight is not responsible for any unauthorized access to the
Account. You are required to contact Hindsight immediately to suspend the
Service and block your Account if you suspect that your Device is stolen or
otherwise that an unauthorized third party may be using the Account. You are
responsible for all charges to your Account until the Service is suspended and
the Account is blocked. You may terminate the Account and cancel the Service at
any time in accordance with Section 4 “Termination and suspension.” Hindsight
takes no responsibility for your failure to comply with the obligations in this
Section.
2.7 Prohibited Use and Restrictions
You agree to use the Service only in such a way that is
permitted by the Terms of Service and to act in compliance with any applicable
law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant
jurisdictions. If any laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit you from
using the Services, you must comply with those legal restrictions or, if
applicable, stop accessing and/or using the Services. The list below provides
examples of prohibited conduct and shall not be considered exhaustive – You may
not and you agree not to:
- use the Service
for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with the Terms of Service,
or act fraudulently or maliciously, for example, by hacking into or
inserting malicious code, including viruses, or harmful data, into the
App, any Service or any operating system;
- infringe Hindsight’s
intellectual property rights or those of any third party in relation to
your use of the Service;
- transmit any
communication that is illegal, offensive, indecent, harmful to minors,
defamatory, racist, pornographic or otherwise, in Hindsight’s sole
discretion, is objectionable;
- not use the
Service for transmitting unsolicited communications (sometimes referred to
as “spam”), or any communication not permitted by applicable law
or use the Service for the purposes of phishing or pharming or
impersonating or misrepresenting affiliation with another person or
entity;
- not use the
Service in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or
compromise Hindsight’s or any third party’s systems or security or
interfere with other users;
- collect or
harvest any information or data from the Service or our systems or attempt
to decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service;
- intercept or
monitor, damage or modify any communication which is not intended for you;
- sell, assign,
rent, lease, distribute, market, disclose, export, import, act as an
intermediary or provider, or otherwise grant rights to third parties with
regard to, the Service (or any part thereof);
- use the Service
(or any part thereof) within or to provide commercial products or services
to third parties.
In relation to Hindsight’s unlimited plans the following
should be noted in particular. These plans offer unlimited use of the Services
as set forth herein (note that third party fees may apply, see Section 2.4
“Third party Services”). You acknowledge and agree that Hindsight’s unlimited plans
are intended only for normal, non-commercial use.
Unusual use inconsistent with normal, individual
subscription use may also be considered unauthorized use. Hindsight reserves
the right to take any unlawful, prohibited, abnormal or unusual activity into
account in making its determination.
Hindsight may, in its sole discretion, immediately suspend
the Service in relation to you and/or terminate the Terms of Service with you
if Hindsight determines you are using your unlimited plan in breach of the
Terms of Service.
2.8 Submission of Information to Hindsight
You agree that any comments, suggestions, feedback,
documents, content or other material or information provided, shared, published
by you in connection with the use of the Service or otherwise in your contacts
with Hindsight (including but not limited to, the use of blogs, forums and
support services) is provided on a non-proprietary, non-exclusive and
non-confidential basis. You grant Hindsight a royalty-free, world-wide,
transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and irrevocable license to use any such
material or information. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever
material or information is provided by you, including its legality,
reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright.
2.9 Disclosure of Information
Hindsight reserves the right at all times to disclose any
data or information (in any form) as Hindsight deems necessary to satisfy any
applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit,
refuse to post or to remove or restrict any information or materials, in whole
or in part, in Hindsight’s sole discretion.
Further terms are provided in the Privacy Policy on the Site.
2.10 No Warranties
You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the
Service and the App are at your sole risk and that the entire risk as to
satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy and effort is with you. To the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service and the App are
provided “as is” and “as available”, with all faults and without
warranty of any kind, and we hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with
respect to the Service, the Site or the App, either express, implied or
statutory, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties and/or
conditions of merchantability, of satisfactory quality, of fitness for a
particular purpose, of accuracy, of quiet enjoyment, and non-infringement of
third party rights. We do not warrant against interference with your enjoyment
of the Service or the App or that the Service or the App will be uninterrupted
or error-free, or that defects in the Service or the App will be corrected. No
oral or written information or advice given by us shall create a warranty.
Should the Service or the App cause any defects, you assume the entire cost of
all necessary servicing, repair or correction. Additionally, you also
understand that Hindsight cannot guarantee that information or communications
transmitted in relation to the use of Service will not be subject to
interception by law enforcement officials or other third parties.
2.11 Suspension and Interruption of the Service or the App
Hindsight has the right, without any liability, to refuse
to provide, restrict, limit, change, remove, disable, suspend and/or interfere
or interrupt the Service or the App, at any time and without any prior notice
to you, for the repair, improvement, and/or upgrade of the Service or the App,
or for any of the reasons for termination set forth in the Terms of Service, or
any corporate or business reason.
2.12 Content of Communication
The content of the communications made using the Service
are entirely determined by the person from whom such content originates. You
may therefore be exposed to content that is offensive, harmful, indecent or
otherwise objectionable. Hindsight will not be liable for any type of
communication spread by means of the Service.
3. PAYMENT, RATES AND ACCOUNTS
3.1
Payment
In order to purchase a subscription for the Service and to
add photos to your Account in excess of the free tier of photos, you shall pay Hindsight
the rates (offers, deals, plans or similar) as stated on the Site or in the
App, by use of such payment setups and methods made available to you by Hindsight
from time to time.
All payments are processed via a third party payment
processor (“Payment Processor“).
You agree to provide complete and accurate payment information and further
agree that the processing of payment transactions is subject to the terms,
conditions and policies, including privacy policies, of the Payment Processor
and your credit or debit card issuer.
3.2
Rates
The rates for the Services are published in the App. Hindsight
reserves the right to change the rates (offers, deals, plans or similar) at any
time without notice. The new rates will apply to your next renewal after the
publication of the new rates. If you do not wish to accept such adjustment of
rates, do not use the Service. No refunds are available. You agree that by
continuing to use the Service, following the adjustments of the rates, you
accept such adjustments.
Unless stated otherwise, all rates and charges for the
Service shall be stated in US dollars and shall be exclusive of value added
taxes (VAT) or any other applicable taxes or fees. You shall be responsible for
paying any and all VAT or any other taxes or fees applicable to the Service.
3.3
Refund
If you believe that Hindsight has charged you in error, you
may request a refund through the Payment Processor (Apple or Alphabet Inc).
Refund requests carried out through other means shall not be eligible for the
refund. For the avoidance of doubt, no refunds shall be given for services paid
or credit acquired through vouchers, gift tokens or similar. Hindsight reserves
the right to deny repetitive refund requests. Any abuse by you of the terms
relating to refunds hereunder shall lead to the termination of this Agreement.
3.4
Account and Receipt
When you log in to your Account you will find certain
information relating to your use of the Service, such as payments made and your
current subscription. In addition, Hindsight
may also provide you with a receipt (by mobile notification) upon payments for
the Service (“Account Records”).
Please note that the Account Records are the only statement of the Account, or
the activities relating to the Account, that Hindsight will provide to you. It
is your responsibility to print and/or save copies of your Account Records, and
to retain copies for your own records.
Hindsight will use commercially reasonable efforts to
correct any technical failures relating to the Account Records within a
reasonable time. However, your inability to view the Account Records does not
extend, or relieve you of, your obligation to pay any amounts owing to Hindsight.
4. TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION
The Terms of Service is effective until terminated by you
or Hindsight.
You may terminate the Terms of Service (cancel the
Account, the Service, etc.) at any time by deleting the App from your Device. Photos or other communications stored on our
servers will not be deleted immediately and may persist on our servers for a
period of time determined by Hindsight constitutes abandonment of the Account used
by all members of the family or others that are members (the “Master Account”). Hindsight may provide a means in the App for
an administrator of the Master Account to the delete the entire account for all
members.
Without limiting any other remedies, Hindsight may at any
time modify, limit, suspend, discontinue or terminate your use of all or any
part of the Service and/or the Terms of Service, with immediate effect,
automatically, with or without notice and without recourse to the courts or other
tribunals, for any reason or for no reason, including without limitation, if Hindsight
reasonably suspects that you are:
- in breach of
any of the terms and conditions of the Terms of Service
- you are using
the Service to break the law or infringe third party rights
- you are trying
to unfairly exploit or misuse any of our policies
- you are using
the Service fraudulently or that your Account is being used by a third
party fraudulently
- creating
problems or legal liabilities (actual or potential)
- delinquent with
respect to any charges due for the Service
- engaging in
fraudulent, immoral or illegal activities
- subject to any
proceeding under bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws
- engaged in fraudulent
calling patterns, excessive usage, billing irregularities, or misuse of
service promotions or campaigns
In addition, Hindsight may suspend, discontinue or
terminate your use of all or any part of the Service and/or the Terms of
Service, with immediate effect, automatically, with or without notice and
without recourse to the courts or other tribunals in the event:
- of sale of the
assets of Hindsight or a group company or corporate restructuring
- Hindsight is required
to do so, due to a change in laws/regulations by a regulator or authority
with a lawful mandate in any particular territory
- Hindsight is required
to do so by any of Hindsight’s service providers.
You acknowledge and agree that Hindsight is under no
obligation to provide the Service or the App, and that Hindsight shall not be
liable to you or to any other party for any limitation, suspension,
discontinuance, termination or modification of the of the Service, the App
and/or the Terms of Service.
On termination for any reason: all rights granted to you
under the Terms of Services shall cease; you must immediately cease all
activities authorized by the Terms of Services, including your use of any
Service; you must immediately delete or remove the App, the Software and other
parts of the Service (where applicable) from all Devices, and immediately destroy
all copies of the same then in your possession, custody or control. Hindsight
shall execute the termination by preventing you to access the Account or other
parts of the Service, where applicable.
5. MISCELLANEOUS
5.1
Assignment
Hindsight may assign all or part of the rights and/or
obligations under the Terms of Service without notice to you. You may not
assign any rights or obligations under the Terms of Service to any third party
without the prior written consent of Hindsight.
5.2
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL HINDSIGHT AND ITS OWNERS, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS AND ANY OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDER WHO FURNISHES SERVICES TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE OR THE
APP, BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF MONEY, DATA, GOODWILL, REPUTATION, BUSINESS
INFORMATION OR BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY
LOSS, THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR THE APP OR
OTHERWISE ARISE UNDER THE TERMS OF SERVICE, EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IN ANY EVENT, AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THIS
SECTION TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT HINDSIGHT’S TOTAL
AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES AND LOSSES THAT ARISE IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR THE APP, OR OTHERWISE ARISE
UNDER THE TERMS OF SERVICE, SHALL NOT IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE EXCEED THE AMOUNT
ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, TO US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE FIVE (5) MONTH
PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE RELEVANT
CLAIM, SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE U.S. CENT ($0.01) IN ALL CASES.
5.3
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Hindsight
and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents
and any other service provider who furnishes services to you in connection with
the Service or the App, from any claim or demand or governmental investigation or
enforcement action (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees)
made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service or the
App (including without limitation posting and submitting of any material), your
breach of the Terms of Service, or your violation of any rights of another
person or entity.
5.4
Applicable Law and Competent Court
The Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of Maryland without giving effect to the conflict of
laws or provisions of Maryland or any other state or country of residence. Any
dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in relation to the Terms of
Service, your relationship with Hindsight, including any non-contractual
obligations, will be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of and be settled
by a court of general jurisdiction in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Hindsight shall be entitled to bring actions for
injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.
5.5
Entire Agreement
The Terms of Service represent the entire agreement
between you and Hindsight relating to the use of the Sites, Accounts, Service,
App or Software, and supersedes all prior offers, understandings, agreements
and representations with respect to the same or any other subject matter
covered by the Terms of Service. For the purpose of clarification, the Terms of
Service supersede all promises made to you by our client services agents,
representatives or employees. The Terms of Service may not be modified or
amended except as described herein by Hindsight or otherwise with the written
agreement of Hindsight.
If a court finds any provision of the Terms of Service to
be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalid provision shall be
modified by such court to a provision that retains the original intent of the
same but that is deemed valid or enforceable by such court, and the remainder
of the Terms of Service shall continue in full force and effect.
5.6
Headings
Headings used in the Terms of Service are for convenience
purposes only and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
5.7
Translations of the Terms of Service, No Waivers
For your convenience, Hindsight may provide you with a
translation of the English language version of the Terms of Service. In the event of any inconsistency between a
non-English version of Terms of Service and the English version, the English
version shall govern your relationship with Hindsight.
If we fail to insist that you perform any of your
obligations under the Terms of Service, or if we do not enforce our rights
against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived
our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with
those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in
writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later
default by you.
5.8
Ability to Contract
You hereby affirm that you are fully able and competent to
enter into the Terms and Conditions, and to abide by and comply with the Terms
and Conditions.
5.9
Force Majeure
You acknowledge and agree that if Hindsight is unable to
provide the Service as a result of a force majeure event, Hindsight will not be
in breach of any of its obligations towards you under the Terms of Service or
otherwise. A force majeure event means any event beyond the control of Hindsight.
5.10
Communication between Us
If you wish to contact Hindsight, or if any condition in
the Terms of Service requires you to give us notice in writing, you can send
this to us by e-mail to support@hindsightapps.com.
Hindsight may, when sending any notices to you, text the
mobile phone number stated in the Account, or use any email or regular mail
address or other address, provided by you in connection with your use of the
Account, the Site or the Service, or otherwise presented to us in your contacts
with Hindsight.
You agree to the use of electronic communication in order
to enter into contracts, place orders, and create other records and to the
delivery of notices, policies and changes thereto and records of transactions
with Hindsight.