Nutzungsbedingungen

Date: April 1, 2024

signteq ("signteq") is a product of signteq GmbH (signteq, "we", "us", "our"). These terms of use ("usage agreements", "agreement" or "terms") govern the use of services and access to all websites, services, products and their content created, operated and made available by signteq under the name signteq by third parties.

Please note that these terms of use can be changed continuously by signteq. We notify you of changes by publishing the new terms of use and updating the date.

By using the website and/or a service of signteq, you agree without restriction to these terms of use, our privacy policy, and all other conditions mentioned and actively consent to them.

Usage and Access Rights

Right to Use the Services

In order to use and access the web-based services of signteq, a user (administrator, authorized user) must first agree to these terms and conditions, create a user account ("account"), submit any kind of documents for required authentication, deposit payment data and register.

The customer must ensure that the selected access data, user accesses, passwords, as well as the accesses and passwords provided by signteq (API documentation) are treated strictly confidentially, are not passed on to unauthorized persons and are protected from access by third parties.

Authorized Users

An "authorized user" is an individual registered by the customer (for example, an employee, contractor or representative of the customer) who is authorized by the customer's registration to use the services of signteq in accordance with these agreements. Each "authorized user" must be identifiable by a unique email address, whereby an authorized user may not be shared by multiple persons.

Usage and Access Rights

signteq provides you (the customer) with services according to the signteq plan you have chosen and thereby grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, revocable authorization to use these services for internal business purposes during the agreed (chosen by you) term.

Usage Restrictions

The customer and users authorized by them may not:

• rent, copy, resell, sublicense, share, or otherwise provide third parties access to the services and product- and software-specific content (e.g. code) of signteq
• publish or share information marked as confidential, or to be understood as such, about signteq and the services of signteq
• violate local legislation, the rights of third parties, or ethical and/or moral basic values in the course of use
• impersonate someone else and thereby illegally operate and/or use an account
• copy, rebuild, duplicate the product, services, code or other content of signteq or build a competitive product
• manipulate the services of signteq or endanger their functionality
• use the services for criminal or illegal activities

Property Rights

signteq Intellectual Property

The customer/user obtains a time-limited and restricted right to use the services of signteq. The customer agrees that signteq and all third parties involved in providing the services retain all rights and titles, including all intellectual property rights to all services, as well as all associated technologies, know-how, codes, documentation, templates and other properties and content.

Customer Data

Between signteq and the customer/user, the customer retains all rights (including intellectual property) and titles to documents and other content that the customer discloses to signteq or transmits by uploading in the course of using the signteq services and functions.

signteq therefore receives from the customer the non-exclusive, royalty-free right, as well as a license to collect, store, reproduce, use, copy, modify, and transfer documents and works of customers as well as customer data, insofar as this is necessary for the provision of the services of signteq.

Limitation of Liability and Warranty Provisions

Limitation of Liability

All pages, functions and services provided by signteq are made available "as available" and "as is". You use all services, functions and services of signteq at your own risk. signteq as well as its employees, managing directors, owners, affiliated companies and business partners assume no liability and/or warranties in relation to any matter whatsoever.

Ceiling for Damage Compensation

The total liability of signteq and all its suppliers in the event of proven damage cannot exceed the total amount actually paid by the customer/user in the 12 months before the occurrence of damage for the signteq service used by the customer and is capped at this amount.

Payment Terms

Plans and Prices

signteq currently offers 2 different plans for online use: "signteq-Private" and "signteq-Business". These plans differ both in price and in the scope of available functions and services.

Recurring Fees

By selecting a plan, the customer agrees to the associated payment method and explicitly gives signteq permission to collect the payment modalities associated with this plan at the respective intervals (monthly, annually) from the customer without renewed consent.

Free 14-Day Trial

signteq enables you to have a 14-day free trial period for all plans. This trial version does not require disclosure of payment information and expires after these 14 days.

No Refunds

All plan and usage-dependent fees (including all fees incurred in the course of use) cannot be refunded or credited, unless legally mandated otherwise. However, plans can be cancelled at any time.

Term and Termination

Term and Renewal

These terms of use begin to run from the date of acceptance by the user and last until the expiry of the selected plan after cancellation. Each plan you select automatically renews for another period without appropriate cancellation.

Ordinary Termination

Each user can cancel their current signteq plan in writing at any time. The cancellation becomes effective at the end of the currently active period.

Exclusion of Legal Advice

signteq is not a law firm, does not offer legal advice and is not authorized to do so. All references on the websites operated by signteq that relate to legal topics have only been compiled to the best of our knowledge and belief and have not been legally reviewed.

Since the services of signteq can also be used by you for contract conclusion or other legally relevant topics and agreements, we strongly recommend that you consult a lawyer who is familiar with your local legal situation.

Final Provisions

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

The parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the competent Regional Court of Wiener Neustadt, Austria. These terms of use are interpreted and enforced in all respects in accordance with Austrian law.

Language and Translation

These terms of use were originally created in German. signteq may translate these terms of use into other languages for information purposes, in case of ambiguities or different interpretations of the terms of use in different languages, the German version is always agreed as valid and decisive.

Contact

If you have questions about these terms of use or about the services of signteq, contact us via [email protected] or our contact form.