- The processing of personal data pursuant to Applicable Law by the Provider on behalf of the Customer in connection with the provision of the Service under the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement is governed by the Personal Data Processing Agreement, which forms an integral part of the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement. To eliminate doubt, the Contracting Parties agree that by concluding the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement at the same time, the Contracting Parties accept and conclude the Personal Data Processing Agreement.
- The Customer acknowledges that the Provider may process certain Content, including personal data, as an independent data controller for its own purposes. In such cases, the Provider’s Privacy Statement applies to the Customer and the Provider shall process such Content in accordance with the requirements of Applicable Law.
- The Customer acknowledges that, to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Software and Service are provided to the Customer “as is” and “as available”, and the Provider does not warrant that they shall be completely free from defects and deficiencies.
- The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the use of the Website, Software and/or Service may be associated with a certain risk in the field of technical security, in particular in the event of technical security breaches by third parties, data leakage, misuse of login data by a third party, etc. By accepting these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Customer accepts this risk and undertakes to take all reasonable measures to prevent or limit the possibility of damage or other adverse consequences on its part to the maximum extent possible.
- The Customer acknowledges that the Provider does not provide, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any warranties or statements for the Website, the Service or the Software. This includes, but is not limited to, all express, direct, implied and statutory warranties, such as warranties of quality, fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability and warranties associated with their use. To eliminate doubt, the Provider does not provide the Customer with a warranty for the Software, access to the Service, or for the Service itself within the meaning of Sec 429 et seq. of the Commercial Code.
- The Provider shall also not be liable for the fact that the (i) Account, the Website, the Software and the Service shall be available, secure and error-free at all times, and shall operate without restrictions or exclusions; (ii) the Account, Website, Software and Service are compliant with any norms and standards, (iii) any defects or deficiencies shall be corrected, and (iv) the Software and Service shall meet the Customer’s requirements, the Customer shall achieve any intended goals and results by using them, and they shall meanwhile be compatible with any other software, applications, systems or services of the Customer, (v) any data, content and results provided through the Software using the AI modelov (including third-party data, content, and results and their models) or the use of AI itself shall be flawless, accurate, complete, or fit for its intended purpose at all times.
- The Provider shall expend maximum effort to: (i) provide the Service with no restrictions; (ii) ensure that the Service shall be provided in good technical quality and free from defects (iii) operate the technical infrastructure in such a way as to minimize downtime, (iv) remove defects and deficiencies in the Software and Services according to their severity; (v) fix and eliminate deficiencies in the Software and Services, including AI models.
- The Customer and its Authorized Persons and Users further acknowledge that the Provider is not specifically responsible for:
- any restrictions and delays caused by third parties, the Customer, Authorized Persons, Users or other circumstances beyond the control of the Provider (including those caused by false, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading data provided by the Customer or Authorized Persons and Users); and
- the use of the Account and the Service by the Customer and the Authorized Persons and Users, as well as for the Content and for the infringement of the intellectual property of third parties relating to the Content; and
- unavailability, temporary restriction or malfunction of the Website, Software, Service and Account due to scheduled or mandatory maintenance or downtime, disruption and/or malfunction of functions, carrying out updates, upgrades, due to failures on the part of network providers and other technical failures; the Provider, if possible, shall notify the Customer in writing of the occurrence and existence of such an event at least 3 (three) business days in advance; and
- unavailability or improper functioning of the Service, Software and Account, if they are used on browsers other than those recommended with the latest update or are incompatible with any application or software that is not expressly marked as compatible by the Provider; and
- any backup of Content and in the Account; and
- Force majeure events (vis maior).
- The Provider shall be liable for damage caused to the Customer and its Authorized Persons, Users only if it was caused intentionally or by gross negligence, except (to the maximum extent permitted by law) (i) lost profits, loss of revenue or income, or business interruption; (ii) special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage, and (iii) loss of expected savings and business opportunities. The total liability of the Provider towards the Customer and its Authorized Persons and Users under these Terms and Conditions of Sale (including the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement) and under the Data Processing Agreement shall not exceed the total amount of the Price paid by the Customer to the Provider based on these contracts and agreements in the period of 12 (twelve) months prior to the occurrence of the event that resulted in the onset of the damage.
- The Customer is liable for damages (including reasonable expenses and costs of legal services/attorney) caused to the Provider as a result of the breach of these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement and Applicable Law, documentation by the Customer, the Authorized Person, the User or any third party used by the Customer.
- Obligation of Confidentiality
- The Contracting Parties are obliged to maintain confidentiality over the Confidential Information, which they may use solely for the purpose of fulfilling their obligations arising from these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement, the Service Agreement and the Personal Data Processing Agreement, and may not publish, provide or disclose them to third parties, or use them for themselves or for other persons contrary to the purpose for which they were provided. The obligation of confidentiality shall continue even after the termination of the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement (whichever comes later) for a period of five (5) years from the date of their termination. The Customer undertakes to ensure that the confidentiality over Confidential Information is observed to the same extent by its Authorized Persons, Users and other third parties used by the Customer.
- The Contracting Parties agree that Confidential Information is information that:
- either of the Contracting Parties shall designate as confidential;
- relate to the business or financial situation of the Contracting Party, business opportunities, Customers, plans for the development of future products and services, know-how, technology and content;
- of which either Party becomes aware in the exercise of its rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement, and it may be reasonably assumed that they should remain confidential.
- The Contracting Parties shall take reasonable measures to prevent the leakage, provision or disclosure of Confidential Information to third parties.
- Upon the termination of the term of the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement (whichever comes later), and unless otherwise specified in these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Contracting Party shall immediately return to the other Contracting Party all documents, materials and their content that it has obtained in connection with the performance of its obligations under these Terms and Conditions of Sale or the Account Agreement or Service Agreement, or destroy them if they cannot be returned.
- The provisions of Section 14.1 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale do not apply:
- if the Contracting Party proves that the Confidential Information was disclosed without becoming publicly available as a result of the (other) Contracting Party’s act or omission;
- if the Contracting Party obtained, had at its disposal or owned the Confidential Information in accordance with the law prior to the conclusion of the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement,
- if the Confidential Information is the result of an independent development of the Contracting Party or has been provided to it in accordance with legal regulations by a third party, which the Contracting Party can credibly prove;
- if disclosure of Confidential Information is required by law; in such a case, the Contracting Party shall use all reasonable means in accordance with the law to refuse or limit their disclosure, unless this would harm the Contracting Party in its legal position, the functioning of his/its business, cause an outage or expose him/it to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions. The Contracting Party shall inform the other Contracting Party of the circumstances in question; or
- if the Confidential Information shall be provided to the Contracting Party’s professional advisor based on a confidentiality obligation to the same extent as resulting from these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
- Term and Termination of the Account Agreement and Service Agreement
- Except as specifically provided in these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period. With the exception of the Trial Period, the Service Agreement is concluded for the period specified in the Purchase Order or for an indefinite period.
- Except as specifically provided in the Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Service Agreement (including the Additional Service) and the Account Agreement may be terminated:
- by written agreement of the Contracting Parties;
- by written notice pursuant to clauses 15.4 and 15.5 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale;
- by withdrawal in the cases agreed in clauses 15.12 and 15.13 and in other clauses specified in these Terms and Conditions of Sale (in particular clauses 4.3, 6.13, 9.17.4, 9.18, 11.7 and 18.3).
- Each Party may terminate the Account Agreement at any time, even without giving a reason for termination.
- The Customer may cancel (terminate) the Account Agreement, either
- by clicking on the “cancel account” icon within his/its Account, and the Account Agreement terminates immediately (except as set out in clause 15.6), or
- by written notice delivered to the Provider to the e-mail address: support@elv.ai, whereby the Account Agreement shall expire on the 5th (fifth) day from its delivery to the Provider (except as specified in clause 15.6).
- The Provider may cancel (terminate) the Account Agreement by written notice sent to the Customer to the e-mail address specified in the Account, whereby the Account Agreement shall terminate on the 5th (fifth) day from its delivery to the Customer (except as specified in clause 15.6).
- The Customer acknowledges that if, at the moment of termination of the Account Agreement, the Customer has concluded (i.e. valid and effective) Service Agreements and/or duly placed Purchase Orders, the Account Agreement shall not terminate before the Service Agreement and/or the last Purchase Order placed by the Customer. Upon termination of the Account Agreement, all Sub-Accounts of the Customer’s Users automatically cease to exist.
- By terminating the Account Agreement for any reason, the Customer and all its Authorized Persons and Users lose the right to use the Account, including the Sub-Accounts (Content stored on it) as well as access to these accounts. The Customer acknowledges that within 30 (thirty) days from the termination of the Account Agreement, the Customer may request the Provider in writing in the form of an e-mail message to the e-mail address support@elv.ai to renew the Account Agreement, provided that the User is interested in using the Service, otherwise the Customer’s Account (including the Content) shall be permanently deleted upon the expiration of this period.
- Each Contracting Party may terminate the Service Agreement (including any Additional Service) at any time, even without providing a reason for termination.
- The Customer may cancel (terminate) the Service Agreement (and/or Additional Service), either
- by clicking on the “cancel service” icon within his/its Account or within the Account of the Payment Gateway Controller (as applicable); whereby the Service Agreement terminates on the expiry of the last day of the calendar month in which the Service was cancelled by the Customer, or
- by written notice delivered to the Provider to the e-mail address: support@elv.ai with a notice period of 30 (thirty) days, whereby the Service Agreement shall expire only on the expiry of the last day of the calendar month in which the notice period has expired.
- The Provider may cancel (terminate) the Service Agreement (including the Additional Service and all Purchase Orders) by written notice sent to the Customer to the e-mail address specified in the Account with a termination notice period of 30 (thirty) days, whereby the Service Agreement shall expire only on the expiry of the last day of the calendar month in which the notice period expired.
- Upon termination of the Service Agreement (including the Additional Service and all Purchase Orders), the Customer loses the right to use the Service (i.e. the Service becomes automatically non-functional and inactive for the Customer) on the day following the termination of the Service Agreement; and
- access to the Account and Sub-Accounts (including the Content and data created as a result of the use of the Service) remains retained exclusively for a period of 45 (forty-five) days from the termination of the Service Agreement (“Additional Period”); during which the Customer (i) cannot use the Service; (ii) may submit a Purchase Order for a paid or, where allowed by the Provider, also for an unpaid Service Plan; and
- The Provider is entitled to suspend the Customer’s access to the Account (including the Content and data generated as a result of using the Service), effective immediately upon the expiry of the Additional Period, of which the Provider shall notify the Provider by an e-mail message sent to the Customer’s e-mail address in the Account no later than 7 (seven) days before the end of the Additional Period; and
- The Provider is entitled to withdraw from the Account Agreement effective immediately and to cancel and permanently delete the Customer’s Account (including the Content and data generated as a result of the use of the Service) if the Customer does not request the Provider in writing by e-mail message within 30 (thirty) days after the expiry of the Additional Period pursuant to clause 15.11.1 support@elv.ai for a Service Purchase Order.
- Except in cases specifically regulated in these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Customer may immediately withdraw from the Service Agreement and the Account Agreement by written notice of withdrawal (also by e-mail) to the Provider:
- if the Provider breaches any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Sale, Applicable Law or a provision of another generally binding legal regulation, and if the Customer has notified the Provider in writing (including by e-mail) and provided the Provider with a reasonable period of at least 15 (fifteen) days to ensure remedy;
- if the Provider ceases to carry out all (or a substantial part) of its business activities;
- in the event of unavailability of the Service that lasts for more than 24 (twenty-four) hours and if the Customer has notified the Customer in writing (including by e-mail) and provided the Customer with a reasonable period of at least 15 (fifteen) days to ensure remedy; and
- in the cases specified in clauses 9.18 and 18.3 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
- Except in cases specifically provided for in these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Provider may immediately withdraw from the Service Agreement and the Account Agreement by a written notice of withdrawal (including by e-mail) to the Customer if:
- the Customer breaches any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Sale, Applicable Law or the provision of any other generally binding legal regulation, in particular (but not limited to) Articles 10 and 11 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale or the Intellectual Property, and if the Provider has notified the Customer in writing (including by e-mail) and provided the Customer with a reasonable period of at least 7 (seven) days to remedy the situation; and
- the Customer is in default with the payment of the due Price within the meaning of clause 9.17 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
- The notice of withdrawal pursuant to clauses 15.12 and 15.13 shall be effective on the day following the date of its delivery to the other Contracting Party. The Contracting Parties have agreed to exclude the application of Section 351(2) of the Commercial Code upon withdrawal from contracts.
- By termination of the Service Agreement and the Account Agreement shall not cause termination of (i) the rights, obligations and claims of the Contracting Parties arising thereunder prior to their termination, and (ii) provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Sale, contracts, Applicable Law and agreements of the Contracting Parties, which, according to their nature, should continue even after the termination of the contracts.
- The Contracting Parties agree that by terminating the Service Agreement during the period for which the Customer has paid thePrice, the Customer is not entitled to the return of the Price or an aliquot amount until the end of the period for which the Customer paid the Price. At the same time, the Contracting Parties agree that within 30 (thirty) days from the termination of the Service Agreement, the Customer shall pay the Provider the due payments for all Other Services ordered or used by the Customer prior to the termination of the Service Agreement, unless the Contracting Parties agree otherwise in writing.
- The Customer acknowledges that the Provider reserves the right to temporarily suspend the Service at any time and/or effective immediately restrict the Customer’s (and its Authorized Persons and Users) access to the Account (including Sub-Accounts) and to the Service, at the Provider’s own discretion and without prior notice to the Customer (whereby this shall not be considered a violation of the Terms and Conditions of Sale and Agreements), in particular if: (i) any of the circumstances pursuant to clause 15.13 occurred from the moment of sending the request for remedy until the removal of such breach or delay of the Customer, or if (ii) due to problems with the Customer’s payment card, the Price or other payment pursuant to these Terms and Conditions of Sale cannot be withdrawn, even within 30 (thirty) days after its due date, or if (iii) the Customer or the Authorized Person (and/or User) of the Customer misuses the Account, Sub-Account or Service, or if the Customer’s permission to access the Account(s) is misused by a third party, in particular (but not limited to):
- engaging in any illegal or other illegal activity in violation of Applicable Law; and
- disseminating or facilitating the dissemination of illegal or inappropriate communications; and
- infringing or enabling the infringement of Intellectual Property; and
- breach of the security of networks and systems; and
- unauthorized access to or attempted access to the Account(s) and/or data in the Provider’s systems; and
- misuse of the Customer’s (User’s) login data to the Account (Sub-Accounts) by an unauthorized person; and
- if the Customer or the Authorized Person, the User uses the Account (Sub-Account) or the Service in a manner that may result in the legal liability of the Provider or other third parties, the occurrence of damage or disruption of the provision of the Service; and
- suspecting or detecting the spread of any malicious code, virus or other dangerous code by the Customer and its Authorized Persons and Users; and
- planned and repeated shutdowns, unplanned technical problems and outages.
- Any action to be performed in writing under these Terms and Conditions of Sale and the Account Agreement and Service Agreement must be delivered to the Contracting Party’s address specified in the Terms and Conditions of Sale or in the Account Agreement and Service Agreement, either:
- by registered mail, or
- by e-mail.
- By concluding the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement and accepting these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Provider may send notices or data regarding these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement, the Service Agreement, including any notices about the use and violation of the use of the Service and the Account, about updates or termination of the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement via e-mail.
- The notification shall be deemed to have been received:
- on the date of proper sending of the e-mail to the other Contracting Party, provided that the sending Contracting Party has not been informed of the unsuccessful delivery within 24 (twenty-four) hours from the moment of sending the e-mail;
- on the date of its personal receipt by the other Contracting Party;
- on the date on which it is returned to the sender as undelivered to the addressee for any reason; or
- the 10th (tenth) day after proper dispatch in the event of unsuccessful delivery, storage of the consignment at the post office or refusal of delivery by the Contracting Party that is the addressee.
- If more than one day can be demonstrably considered as a day of delivery, the earlier day is the day of delivery according to the above rules.
- Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
- Any disputes arising out of or in connection with the performance of rights and obligations under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement or the Service Agreement, including disputes over validity, breach, termination or invalidity, shall be resolved amicably. If the dispute cannot be resolved amicably within 30 (thirty) days from the date of its occurrence, either of the Contracting Parties shall be entitled to file a motion for settlement of the dispute with a general court with territorial and substantive jurisdiction in the Slovak Republic, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve all disputes (including claims) arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement or the Service Agreement. The Contracting Parties have agreed that such disputes shall be subject to the jurisdiction of these courts.
- The Contracting Parties expressly agree that in the event of any disputes arising from non-contractual obligations resulting in connection with the unauthorized use of the Website, the Service or otherwise related to the Website or the Service, the competent general court in the Slovak Republic shall have exclusive jurisdiction to decide all such disputes (relating to claims).
- The Contracting Parties mutually agree that in the case of contractual relations with an international element, their mutual relations established by these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement (including their interpretation and any claims arising therefrom) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Slovak Republic.
- If the Customer accesses the Website, Software and Service without a separately concluded contract with the Provider, such access and use of the Service is governed by these Terms and Conditions of Sale. These Terms and Conditions of Sale and the Account Agreement and Service Agreement contain the entire agreement between the Contracting Parties and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings, agreements, negotiations, representations and communications, whether written or oral. In the event of any discrepancy between these Terms and Conditions of Sale and the Agreement, these Terms and Conditions of Sale shall prevail, unless otherwise agreed by the Contracting Parties.
- The Provider reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make updates, changes or improvements to the Website, Software and Service at any time. The Provider may also add, change or remove features and functions of the Software and the Service at its sole discretion or suspend the provision of the Service in whole or in part in the future. The Provider is obliged to inform the Customer in advance of all these changes.
- At the same time, the Provider reserves the right to change, supplement or modify these Terms and Conditions of Sale at its own discretion and to publish their current version on the Website. Any changes and additions shall become effective at the moment of publication of the new or amended version on the Website (or at a later effective date specified therein). The Provider shall notify the Customer of any changes and additions via the Website or by e-mail to the Customer’s e-mail address specified in the Account at least 15 (fifteen) days prior to the effective date of these changes. If the Customer does not agree with such changes or additions to the Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Customer may withdraw from the Service Agreement and the Account Agreement effective immediately by sending a written notice to the Provider as specified in clause 15.12.4 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale. If the Customer does not deliver the notice of withdrawal before the effective date, the Customer (by continuing to use the Service) accepts these Terms and Conditions of Sale as amended.
- Unless expressly stated otherwise in these Terms and Conditions of Sale or unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Contracting Parties, no obligation of the Contracting Parties arising from these Terms and Conditions of Sale and Contracts shall be considered a fixed obligation in accordance with Section 518 of the Civil Code. A breach of any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Sale may be waived only with the express written consent of the Contracting Party that has not breached it.
- The Customer may not, without the prior written consent of the Provider, assign, transfer, encumber, license or otherwise trade or dispose of contractual rights or obligations arising from these Terms and Conditions of Sale and Agreements. The Customer may not unilaterally set off his/its receivables against the Provider’s receivables arising from these Terms and Conditions of Sale or contracts without the prior written consent of the Provider.
- The Provider is entitled to provide the Service based on a trade license. Trade inspection is carried out within the scope of its competence by the relevant district office, the Trade Licensing Department. Supervision over the area of personal data protection is carried out by the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic.
- The Account Agreement, the Service Agreement and the Personal Data Processing Agreement, including these Terms and Conditions of Sale, are archived by the Provider in electronic form and are not available. At the Customer’s request, the Provider shall provide the Customer with a version of these Terms and Conditions of Sale valid and effective as of the date of conclusion of the contracts.
- Any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Sale and Agreements, which, however, becomes unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, shall be deemed severable to the extent of invalidity and unenforceability, and shall be deemed to have been deleted from these Terms and Conditions of Sale and Agreements, while the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Sale shall remain unaffected and therefore valid and effective. The Provider undertakes to replace invalid or unenforceable provisions with provisions that correspond as closely as possible to their meaning and purpose.
- These Terms and Conditions of Sale are binding on the Contracting Parties and their respective successors.
These Terms and Conditions of Sale are intended only for entrepreneurs and by accepting them, you declare and confirm to the Provider that you are not acting as a consumer.
These Terms and Conditions of Sale take effect from 22 October 2024,
In Žilina, on 22 October 2024.
Appendix 1: Definitions and Interpretation
In these Terms and Conditions of Sale and in all documents incorporated herein by reference, the following words have the following meanings, unless otherwise agreed by the Contracting Parties:
“AI” stands for Artificial Intelligence, i.e. the field that deals with the creation of systems and programs capable of performing tasks that normally require human intelligence.
“API” stands for application programming interface and has the meaning assigned to it in clauses 3.1 and 4.2 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“Copyright Act” means Act No. 185/2015 Coll., on copyright, as amended.
“Bank Account” means a bank account opened by the Provider to receive Cashless Payments for the provision of the Service.
“Cashless Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in clause 9.5 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale. Cashless Payment is made (i) via the Payment Gateway, (ii) through Google Pay or Apple Pay, and (iii) by transfer to the Bank Account specified in the Invoice.
“Price” means the amount/fee for the use of the Service (excluding VAT and other taxes) paid in advance for the calendar period selected by the Customer in the Purchase Order or set by the Provider for a specific Service Plan.
“Price List” means a summary of the Prices and other fees for the provision of the Service, Other Services (if applicable), Additional Services (if applicable), other payments and costs offered by the Provider, which is displayed in the Account, or which is separately agreed upon by the Contracting Parties.
“Cloud” means technology that allows access to computer system resources and on-demand services via the Internet, including servers, repositories, databases, networks and applications, without the need to directly manage own infrastructure.
“Documentation” means the Provider’s documentation regarding access to and use of the Service, which the Provider supplies, publishes or makes available to the Customer and its Authorized Persons and Users, in particular the Moderation Manual, user instructions, user manuals and technical documentation, which may be updated by the Provider at any time.
“Additional Service” means an additional package to the Service that (if the Service Plan allows) may be purchased by the Customer in the relevant calendar period after reaching the limit of the Service Plan used in the given calendar period.
“Confidential Information” means all information that one Party discloses to the other Contracting Party during the term of the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement (in any form, whether written, oral or otherwise) and that has been designated as “confidential” at the time of its disclosure, or that can reasonably be considered confidential, or that is not publicly available from public sources and is specified in more detail in Section 14.1 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“Intellectual Property” means any and all intellectual property rights of the Provider (or its controlled and controlling companies, licensors, licensees and collaborators) in the Website, Software, Service and their content, features and functions or other intellectual property rights in them anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered, registrable or unregistrable, including any request, application, proposal or right to exercise these rights, which include, in particular (but are not limited to), (i) copyright and other related rights, database rights, computer programs, software solutions, source and machine codes and other subject matter under the Copyright Act and Applicable Law, (ii) know-how, (iii) industrial rights, in particular designs and design rights, technical solutions, inventions, utility models, patent rights, discoveries, improvements and others, (iv) Confidential Information, trade secrets, trade names and (v) trademarks, logos, inventions and others under Applicable Law that may apply in any part of the world.
“Invoice” means a tax certificate for the payment of the Price and/or other payments under these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement issued in accordance with Applicable Law, in particular the Income Tax Act, the VAT Act and Act No. 431/2002 Coll., on accounting, as amended.
“Other Services” means other services that (if applied) the Provider may provide to the Customer at the Customer’s request, such as support, implementation, maintenance and removal of defects, which shall be invoiced according to the time spent and at the rate in accordance with the Provider’s Price List.
“Moderation Manual” means a manual that defines the Provider’s approach to content moderation in the provision of the Service and is published on the Website: https://elv.ai/moderation-rules/.
“Civil Code” means Act No. 40/1964 Coll., the Civil Code, as amended.
“Commercial Code” means Act No. 513/1991 Coll., the Commercial Code, as amended.
“Terms and Conditions of Sale” means these Terms and Conditions of Sale of the Provider, which are governed by (i) registering and using the Account, and (ii) using the Service, Additional Services and Other Services (if applicable) by the Customer (and its Authorized Persons and Users), which may be amended occasionally.
“Purchase Order” means a binding proposal to conclude a Service Agreement for the use of the Service in accordance with the data specified in the Purchase Order Form, which the Customer enters in the Account.
“Purchase Order Form” means the electronic form that the Customer fills in and sends through the Account for ordering a paid Service and has the meaning assigned to it in clause 6.2 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“Content” means data, text, comments, posts, media, personal data and all other data and information of the Customer and its Users that are (i) uploaded, published or stored in the Account and Sub-Accounts by the Customer or the Customer’s Users, (ii) transferred to the Account (Sub-Accounts) by the Customer or the Customer’s Users, (iii) delivered for upload or transfer to the Account (Sub-Accounts) by the Customer or the Customer’s Users with whom the Provider comes into contact or which the Provider processes for the Customer in the provision of the Service, including data, statistics and functions that have resulted from using the Service.
“Online Platform” means the Customer’s website, profile, platform and social network.
“Authorized Person” means a statutory body or a member of a statutory body, an authorized representative, a proxy or a person authorized and entitled by the Customer to represent the Customer in concluding and performing the Account Agreement, Service Agreement and other acts pursuant to these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“Applicable Law” means the Commercial Code, the Copyright Act, the Civil Code, the Electronic Commerce Act, the Personal Data Protection Act, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), and all other regulations (Slovak, European and international) that apply to the Provider and to the provision and use of the Service.
“Payment Gateway” means a payment gateway platform for online payments with a secure and reliable infrastructure of the Controller, which is used by the Provider to pay the Price and other payments under these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Purchase Order and the Service Agreement.
“Plan” means a specific type/variant of the Service or a combination of individual types of Service, the current offer of which is available in the Account and on the Website. Individual Service Plans vary according to the scope of the Service provided, the territory/region or location of the servers, technical parameters, functions and limits, or the maximum number of Sub-Accounts. The Customer has the option to choose one Service Plan and change it during the term of the Service Agreement under the conditions specified in these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“Sub-Account” means a separate User account established within the Customer Account for the use of the Service by the Customer User and has the meaning assigned to it in Article 7 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“User” means an associate, contributor, employee, contractor, consultant, agent, partner or other person designated by Customer to create and access a Sub-Account and use the Service.
“Controller” means the operator of the Payment Gateway that is listed in the list of controllers, which shall be notified to the Customer in an appropriate manner.
“Appendix” means any appendix (annex) to the main text of the Account Agreement and the Service Agreement, which forms an integral part of the Agreement.
“Registration Form” means the electronic form that the Customer fills in and submits through the Website to set up an Account and has the meaning assigned to it in clause 4.1 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“SaaS” means software as a service, i.e. a software application provided in the form of a service over the internet, in which the Provider manages the Software and its infrastructure in the Cloud and the Customer accesses it through the Website.
“Service” means the service of the Provider associated with:
- automatic sorting and evaluation of inappropriate and harmful content on the Customer’s Online Platform by a combination of artificial intelligence and/or human moderators;
- sentiment analysis, which measures reactions to opinions and ratings resulting from the content of comments on the Online Platforms, thus helping the User to create content;
- generating responses to posts and comments on the Online Platforms within the possibilities provided by the Provider;
- interaction with users of the Online Platform in order to promote and ensure safe and civil online discussions on the Online Platforms free from hateful or illegal content.
“Trial Period” means a limited period of free use of the Service, which shall end either (whichever comes first) (i) 30 days from the moment of concluding the Account Agreement, or (ii) at the moment of reaching the set limit of the Service within the Trial Period specified in the Account.
“Software” means a web application operated by the Provider to access and provide the Service available through the Website, which as part of the Technology is accessible exclusively to Customers and their Users for the use of the Service.
“Technology” means the technology (including Software, source code, hardware, processes, algorithms, user interfaces, applications, systems, know-how, techniques, designs and other tangible or intangible technical materials or information) available through the Website and all related Documentation and any results related thereto.
“Account” means the unique user profile of the Customer that entitles the Customer (and its Authorized Persons) to access and use the Service. The Customer logs in to the Account using (i) his/its business login e-mail address, and (ii) the chosen access password. In the Account, the Customer has access to his/its protected profile, in which he/it can manage the Service and place Purchase Orders for the Service.
“Force Majeure” means an event or series of related events that are beyond the reasonable control of the Contracting Party concerning, including, but not limited to, catastrophes, explosions, fires, floods, epidemics and pandemics, decisions or measures taken by public authorities, strikes, riots, terrorist attacks and wars or military operations, whether declared or not, outages of the Internet or any public telecommunications network, hacker attacks, viruses or attack by other malicious software; power outages, changes in legislation and the like.
“Website” means the Provider’s website located at the Internet address: www.elv.ai and other subdomains.
“E-Commerce Act” means Act No. 22/2004 Coll., on electronic commerce, as amended.
“Income Tax Act” means Act No. 595/2003 Coll., on income tax, as amended.
“VAT Act” means Act No. 222/2004 Coll., on value added tax, as amended.
“Personal Data Protection Act” means all applicable legal regulations relating to the processing of personal data and the protection of personal data, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) – GDPR and Act No. 18/2018 Coll., on the protection of personal data, as amended, insofar as they are valid and effective for visitors to the Website, the Customer and its users.
“Account Agreement” means a contract concluded between the Contracting Parties (i) opening and maintaining an Account, and (ii) on the use of the Service during the Trial Period to the extent and under the conditions specified in these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“Service Agreement” means an agreement concluded between the Contracting Parties for the provision of the Service to the extent and under the conditions specified in these Terms and Conditions of Sale, including all their Appendices and amendments.
The interpretation of these Terms and Conditions of Sale is governed by the following rules:
- references to clauses shall be deemed to be references to the relevant clauses of these Terms and Conditions of Sale;
- references to legislation are deemed to refer to laws, government regulations, ministerial decrees or other normative regulations of general application;
- references to days are references to calendar days, unless otherwise specified in these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the terms in particular or included in these Terms and Conditions of Sale shall mean “in particular, but not exclusively” (whether or not such wording is expressly stated), and shall not be construed as limiting options solely to the items contained in the said specification;
- terms defined in these Terms and Conditions of Sale in the plural shall have the same meaning in the singular and vice versa;
- headings are used in these Terms and Conditions of Sale only for clarity and better orientation, and do not affect the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
“Personal Data Processing Agreement” means a contract concluded between the Customer as a personal data controller and the Provider as a personal data processor acting on behalf of the Customer in the processing of personal data in accordance with Applicable Law, and this agreement is part of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.