Website Terms of Use

DATED 2023-01-31 · VERSION 20260729_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20221226_rev01

Full text changes — 20221226_rev01 to 20260729_rev01

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 **THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW (THE "TERMS") GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB. THE TERMS ARE A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND SPLASHTOP INC. ("WE" "US") AND GOVERN YOUR ACCESS TO, AND USE OF THE SPLASHTOP WEBSITE LOCATED AT WWW.SPLASHTOP.COM (THE "SITE"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES ON THE SITE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY EACH OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. SPLASHTOP MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE SERVICES OFFERED ON THE SITE, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SPLASHTOP CAN CHANGE THE TERMS AT ANY TIME. SPLASHTOP WILL POST UPDATED TERMS OF USE ON THE SITE AND PROVIDE NOTICE OF THIS BY SENDING E-MAIL NOTIFICATIONS TO REGISTERED USERS OF THE SITE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE AFTER SUCH CHANGES HAVE BEEN POSTED MEANS THAT YOU AGREE TO THE NEW TERMS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT REVIEWED THE CHANGES.**
+**YOU REPRESENT, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE -OR-THAT YOU ARE THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A USER THAT IS OVER THE AGE OF 13 AND YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS. IF YOU ARE THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A USER OF THE SITE AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITE OR THE TERMS, PLEASE CONTACT** [**AGENTS@SPLASHTOP.COM**](mailto:agents@splashtop.com)**.**
+**YOU REPRESENT, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE -OR-THAT YOU ARE THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A USER THAT IS OVER THE AGE OF 13 AND YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS. IF YOU ARE THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A USER OF THE SITE AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITE OR THE TERMS, PLEASE CONTACT** [**AGENTS@SPLASHTOP.COM**](mailto:agents@splashtop.com)**.**
 **General Use Restrictions.**
 Splashtop provides content, services and products through the Site. Certain information, documents, products and services provided on and through the Site, including content, trademarks, logos, graphics and images that are not Submissions (as defined below) (together, the "Materials") are provided to you by Splashtop and are the copyrighted work of Splashtop or Splashtop's contributors. Splashtop may provide you with certain proprietary software that you may download on the Site ("Software").
 Splashtop grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use and to display the Materials and use the services, the Site and the Software solely for your personal use if you are an individual and solely for business use if you are an organization or agent of your organization. You acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the Materials or the Software in any manner. This limited license terminates automatically, without notice to you, if you breach any of the Terms. Upon termination of this limited license, you agree to immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials or Software. Except as stated herein, you acknowledge that you have no right, title or interest in or to the Site, any Materials or the Software on any legal basis.
 You may need a password to login to the Site and use certain functions and areas within the Site ("Restricted Areas"). If you are an authorized member of the Restricted Areas, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, and agree to notify Splashtop if your password is lost, stolen, or disclosed to an unauthorized third party, or otherwise may have been compromised. You are responsible for activities that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify Splashtop of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security in relation to the Site known to you. You will not use other members' contact information gathered from Restricted Areas of the Site for commercial purposes and agree not to provide any other member's contact information to any third party that is not a registered member of Splashtop.
 **Fees and Electronic Communications.**
 You acknowledge that Splashtop reserves the right to charge for certain services and to change its fees and/or fee structures from time to time in its discretion. You agree to pay all fees charged to your account based on Splashtop's fees, charges, and billing terms in effect. You are responsible for paying any taxes that may apply.
+Unless stated otherwise, all prices and fees shown by Splashtop are exclusive of taxes and regulatory fees. Where applicable, taxes and regulatory fees will be charged to your account in accordance with local laws and regulations. Splashtop, in its sole discretion, will calculate the amount of taxes due. The taxes and regulatory fees charged can be changed without notice.
 By using the Site or related services, you consent to receiving electronic communications from Splashtop and its third party partners and affiliates. These electronic communications may include notices about applicable fees and charges, transactional information and other information concerning or related to our services. These electronic communications are part of your relationship with Splashtop and you receive them as part of your use of the Site or related services. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that we send you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing.
 **Privacy Policy.**
+Your use of the Site is governed by the Splashtop Privacy Policy, which is available at [https://www.splashtop.com/legal/privacy-policy](https://splashtop.com/legal/privacy-policy) (the "Privacy Policy").
+Your use of the Site is governed by the Splashtop Privacy Policy, which is available at [https://www.splashtop.com/legal/privacy-policy](https://splashtop.com/legal/privacy-policy) (the "Privacy Policy").
 **Third Party Content.**
 Certain information and content that are not Submissions may be provided by third party licensors and suppliers to Splashtop ("Third Party Content"). The Third Party Content is, in each case, the copyrighted work of the creator/licensor. Unless you have permission from the owner of the Third Party Content, you agree to only display the Third Party Content on your personal computer solely for your personal or business use. You acknowledge and agree that you have no right to download, cache, reproduce, modify, display (except as set forth in this paragraph), edit, alter or enhance any of the Third Party Content in any manner unless you have permission from the owner of the Third Party Content. SPLASHTOP DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
 **Links to Third Party Sites.**
 **Submissions.**
 You acknowledge that you are responsible for the information and material that you submit to us, including, without limitation, comments, blog postings, actions, message board or other forum communications (each a "Submission") through posting areas, blogs, emails or other services available in connection with the Site, and that you, and not Splashtop, will have full responsibility for each such Submission, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright. Unless otherwise explicitly stated herein or in the Splashtop Privacy Policy, you agree that any Submission provided by you in connection with the Site in public posting areas is provided on a non-proprietary and non-confidential basis. You agree that Splashtop shall be free to use or disseminate a Submission which is posted in public posting areas on an unrestricted basis for any purpose. If you submit information to the Site, you grant Splashtop a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to (in any media now known or not currently known or invented) link to, utilize, use, copy, exploit, and prepare derivative works of the Submission. No information you submit shall be deemed confidential. However, Splashtop agrees to use your information in accordance with Splashtop's Privacy Policy applicable to personally identifiable information. YOU RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF ANY COPYRIGHTS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO ANY INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT TO SPLASHTOP, SUCH AS YOUR SUBMISSIONS. You further agree that you will not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Site any material protected by copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of such copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by any such right is on you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from any Submission.
 You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Submissions posted by you on or through the Site or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Submissions on or through the Site does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, trademark rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Submissions posted by you to or through the Site.
+**Posting Etiquette.**
+**Posting Etiquette.** Splashtop asks that you respect other individuals participating within the Splashtop online community. Your conduct should be guided by common sense and basic etiquette. To further these common goals, when posting Submissions to or otherwise using the Site and/or the services, you agree not to, without limitation:
+Splashtop asks that you respect other individuals participating within the Splashtop online community. Your conduct should be guided by common sense and basic etiquette. To further these common goals, when posting Submissions to or otherwise using the Site and/or the services, you agree not to, without limitation:
 - Post off-topic messages.
 - Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
 - Impersonate or represent Splashtop, our staff or other industry professionals.
 - A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
 - A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
 Splashtop's agent for notice of claims of copyright or trademark infringement on the Site can be reached as follows:
 **By mail**:
 Copyright Agent
 c/o Splashtop Inc.
 N. Wolfe Road, Suite SW2-S260
 Cupertino, CA 95014
+**By phone**:
+**By e-mail**: [agents@Splashtop.com](mailto:agents@splashtop.com)
+**By e-mail**:
+[agents@Splashtop.com](mailto:agents@splashtop.com)
 Please also note that for copyright infringements under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.
 **Counter-Notification:**
 If you elect to send us a counter notice, to be effective it must be a written communication provided to our designated agent that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see 17 U.S.C. Section 512(g)(3) to confirm these requirements):
 - A statement under penalty of perjury that the user has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
 - The user's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the user consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the user's address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the user will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
 Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:
 **By mail**:
 Copyright Agent
 c/o Splashtop Inc.
 N. Wolfe Road, Suite SW2-S260
 Cupertino, CA 95014
+**By phone**:
+**By e-mail**: [agents@Splashtop.com](mailto:agents@splashtop.com)
+**By e-mail**:
+[agents@Splashtop.com](mailto:agents@splashtop.com)
 Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.
 _Only the intellectual property rights owner may report potentially infringing items through Splashtop's reporting system set forth above. If you are not the intellectual property rights owner, you should contact the intellectual property rights owner and they can choose whether to use the procedures set forth in the Terms._
 **Disclaimer of Warranties.**
 Splashtop controls and operates the Site from its headquarters in the United States of America and the Materials may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use the Site outside the United States of America, you are responsible for following applicable local laws.
 **General.**
 If you violate the Terms, Splashtop may terminate your access to the Site or Restricted Areas without notice. Splashtop prefers to advise you of your inappropriate behavior and recommend any necessary corrective action. However, certain violations of the Terms, as determined by Splashtop, will result in immediate termination of your access to the Site or Restricted Areas. Splashtop has the right to terminate any password-restricted account for any reason. California law and controlling U.S. federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions, will govern the Terms. Any disputes relating to the Terms or the Site will be heard in the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California. If any of the Terms is found to be inconsistent with applicable to law, then such term shall be interpreted to reflect the intentions of the parties, and no other terms will be modified. Splashtop's failure to enforce any of the Terms is not a waiver of such term. The Terms are the entire agreement between you and Splashtop and supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements between you and Splashtop about the Site. The proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability and general provisions shall survive any termination of the Terms.
+This Terms of Use was last updated: November 9, 2021
+This Terms of Use was last updated: January 31, 2023