Terms of Service

Last modified: 14 August 2013

Thank you for using Shareflow! These terms of service (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of Shareflow Limited ("we" or "our") websites and services (the "Services"), so please carefully read them before using the Services.

Shareflow Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in Scotland. Our company number is SC434760, and our registered office is at 63 Main Street, Glasgow G73 2JH, United Kingdom. Our trading address and mailing address is Suite 373, 93 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 6LD, United Kingdom.

By using the Services you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are using the Services on behalf of an organisation, you are agreeing to these Terms for that organisation and promising that you have the authority to bind that organisation to these terms. In that case, "you" and "your" will refer to that organisation.

You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms. You may use the Services only if you have the power to form a contract with Shareflow and are not barred under any applicable laws from doing so. The Services may continue to change over time as we refine and add more features. We may stop, suspend, or modify the Services at any time without prior notice to you. We may also remove any content from our Services at our discretion.

Our contract with you

When you register to create an account ("Account") with us, we will email you to confirm if your application is accepted. Our contract with you ("Contract") is formed when we send this email and is comprised of your online application, our email confirmation, and these Terms. Please note we reserve the right at our discretion to reject applications to use our Service.

The Contract will run on a monthly subscription basis unless you pay for a set number of months in advance. For month to month Contracts there is no minimum term beyond the first month of the Contract. You can choose to stop the Service at any time in which case no further subscription fees will be charged although we shall not be obliged to refund any fees paid.

We shall be entitled to terminate the Contract at any time if you are in material breach of the Contract (e.g. fail to pay subscription fees) and either you fail to remedy the breach within the timescale we request or the breach is not capable of being remedied. We shall also be entitled to terminate the Contract if you become insolvent. Where we terminate the Contract due to your breach we shall not be obliged to refund any subscription fees you may have paid us.

These rights of termination will also apply to you against us.

Payment

A monthly subscription fee is due in advance for use of the Service, as explained in our Pricing Terms.

Your stuff & your privacy

By using our Services you provide us with information and files that you submit to Shareflow (together, "your stuff"). You retain full ownership to your stuff. We don't claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff or intellectual property except for the limited rights that are needed to run the Services, as explained below.

We may need your permission to do things you ask us to do with your stuff, for example, hosting your files, or sharing them at your direction. This includes product features visible to you, for example, image thumbnails or document previews. It also includes design choices we make to technically administer our Services, for example, how we redundantly backup data to keep it safe. You give us the permissions we need to do those things solely to provide the Services. This permission also extends to trusted third parties we work with to provide the Services.

To be clear, aside from the rare exceptions we identify in our Privacy Policy, no matter how the Services change, we won't share your content with others, including law enforcement, for any purpose unless you direct us to. How we collect and use your information generally is also explained in our Privacy Policy.

You are solely responsible for your conduct, the content of your files and folders, and your communications with others while using the Services. For example, it's your responsibility to ensure that you have the rights or permission needed to comply with these Terms.

We may choose to review public content for compliance with our community guidelines, but you acknowledge that Shareflow has no obligation to monitor any information on the Services. We are not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, or legality of files, user posts, or any other information you may be able to access using the Services.

Sharing your stuff

The Services provide features that allow you to share your stuff with others or to make it public. There are many things that users may do with that stuff (for example, copy it, modify it, re-share it). Please consider carefully what you choose to share or make public. Shareflow has no responsibility for that activity.

Your responsibilities

Files and other content in the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights of others. Please do not copy, upload, download, or share files unless you have the right to do so. You, not Shareflow, will be fully responsible and liable for what you copy, share, upload, download or otherwise use while using the Services. You must not upload spyware or any other malicious software to the Service.

You, and not Shareflow, are responsible for maintaining and protecting all of your stuff. Shareflow will not be liable for any loss or corruption of your stuff, or for any costs or expenses associated with backing up or restoring any of your stuff.

If your contact information, or other information related to your account, changes, you must notify us promptly and keep your information current. The Services are not intended for use by you if you are under 13 years of age. By agreeing to these Terms, you are representing to us that you are over 13.

Account security

You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Services and you agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You are responsible for any activity using your account, whether or not you authorised that activity. You should immediately notify Shareflow of any unauthorised use of your account. You acknowledge that if you wish to protect your transmission of data or files to Shareflow, it is your responsibility to use a secure encrypted connection to communicate with the Services.

Shareflow property & feedback

These terms do not grant you any right, title, or interest in the Services, Software, or the content in the Services. While we appreciate it when users send us feedback, please be aware that we may use any feedback, comments, or suggestions you send us or post in our forums without any obligation to you. The Software and other technology we use to provide the Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of Scotland and foreign countries. These Terms do not grant you any rights to use the Shareflow trademarks, logos, domain names, or other brand features.

Availability of the service

We shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to make the Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for planned or unplanned maintenance. We will try and ensure all maintenance is not carried out during office hours and to give you as much advance notice of any maintenance as we can.

We will endeavour to respond to all customer support queries within 48 hours.

You are solely responsible for procuring and maintaining your network connections and telecommunications links from your systems to our data centres. We are not liable for any delays, delivery failures and any other loss or damage arising from or relating to your network connections or telecommunications links or caused by the internet.

Our rights

The Shareflow Service is our proprietary service, and all intellectual property rights in it are owned by or validly licensed to us.

Software and related documentation provided in relation to the Service is only provided in relation to your use of the Service. Except where this is part of your legitimate use of the Service you are not permitted to copy, modify, republish, download, display or distribute all or any part of such software or documentation in any form or media or by any means. Nor are you permitted to reverse compile, disassemble, or reverse engineer such software or make use of such software or documentation to build a product or service which competes with our Service.

Acceptable use policy

You will not, and will not attempt to, misuse the Services, and will use the Services only in a manner consistent with the Shareflow Acceptable Use Policy.

Copyright

Shareflow respects others' intellectual property and asks that you do too. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement if they comply with the law and are properly provided to us at copyright@shareflow.net.

Other content

The Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. Shareflow does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for their availability, accuracy, the related content, products, or services. You are solely responsible for your use of any such websites or resources. Also, if we provide you with any software under an open source license, there may be provisions in those licenses that expressly conflict with these Terms, in which case the open source provisions will apply.

Termination

Though we'd much rather you stay, you can stop using our Services any time. We reserve the right to suspend or end the Services at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. For example, we may suspend or terminate your use if you are not complying with these Terms, or use the Services in any way that would cause us legal liability or disrupt others' use of the Services. If we suspend or terminate your use, we will try to let you know in advance and help you retrieve data, though there may be some cases (for example, repeatedly or flagrantly violating these Terms, a court order, or danger to other users) where we may suspend immediately.

Shareflow is available "AS-IS"

Though we want to provide a great service, there are certain things about the service we can't promise. For example, THE SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", AT YOUR OWN RISK, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. WE ALSO DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. (We are not shouting- it's just that these disclaimers are really important, so we want to highlight them). Shareflow will have no responsibility for any harm to your computer system, loss or corruption of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services or Software.

Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SHAREFLOW, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS, OR PROFITS) DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT SHAREFLOW HAS BEEN WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE; (B) AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES MORE THAN THE GREATER OF £15 OR THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO SHAREFLOW FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF THE SERVICES IN QUESTION.

Modifications

We may revise these Terms from time to time and the most current version will always be posted on our website. If a revision, in our sole discretion, is material we will notify you (for example via email to the email address associated with your account). Other changes may be posted to our blog or terms page, so please check those pages regularly. By continuing to access or use the Services after revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, please stop using the Services.

Miscellaneous legal terms

THESE TERMS AND THE USE OF THE SERVICES AND SOFTWARE WILL BE GOVERNED BY SCOTTISH LAW. ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE MUST BE LITIGATED EXCLUSIVELY IN SCOTLAND, AND BOTH PARTIES CONSENT TO VENUE AND PERSONAL JURISDICTION THERE. These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive agreement between you and Shareflow with respect to the Services, and supersede and replace any other agreements, terms and conditions applicable to the Services. These Terms create no third party beneficiary rights. Shareflow's failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of its right to do so later. If a provision is found unenforceable the remaining provisions of the Agreement will remain in full effect and an enforceable term will be substituted reflecting our intent as closely as possible. You may not assign any of your rights in these Terms, and any such attempt is void, but Shareflow may assign its rights to any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or to any successor in interest of any business associated with the Services. Shareflow and you are not legal partners or agents; instead, our relationship is that of independent contractors.