Terms of service
Terms of service
Thank you for using the Vessellink services. This website, www.vessellink.com, is owned and operated by LAB021. Your use of service is subject to following terms, as amended from time to time. Please read this Agreement and make sure you understand it. If you do not accept any part of it, then you may not use the Services.
1
Signing up
1.1
We need an account to use most Services. When you use our data service, each request to an API must include one of your account’s unique API keys.
1.2
Please carefully guard the security of your account and monitor use of your API keys. You are responsible for all use of the Services under your account, whether or not authorized, including any use of your API keys. At our discretion, we may make limited exceptions to this policy for unauthorized use of your account if you notify us of the problem promptly.
1.3
If you are entering into this agreement on behalf of your company or another legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind the entity to these Terms, in which case “you” will mean the entity you represent.
2
Marine Data Service
2.1
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license and right to : i) use the Services to develop online services and online, desktop, or mobile applications, ii) make the Services available to one or more distinct human users that can access any Licensed Application iii) However, it’s not possible to process, resell, share and sublicense data from our Services.
2.2
We may offer products and services to you including Beta Versions, trial use, internal evaluation, or otherwise not generally available. By accessing such these Evaluation Products, you agree to only use them for internal evaluation or testing purposes. Upon our written request, you shall immediately cease all use, and destroy all copies of Evaluation Products, and you shall provide us with written certification of such deletion.
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End users and notification
3.1
You may not allow your End Users or other third parties to use the Services in any way that would be a violation of these Terms if done by you, and you agree to take reasonable efforts to prevent such use. You agree to promptly notify LAB021 in writing if you become aware of any misappropriation or unauthorized use of the Services.
4
Charges and payment
4.1
You agree to pay all fees owed for your use of the Services, as calculated by our records based on our publicly available pricing, currently located at www.vessellink.com/pricing. All charges are non-refundable unless expressly prohibited by applicable law. We may charge your credit card on a recurring basis for any amounts that you owe us, some of which may require advance payments.
4.2
Late payments may bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (or the highest rate permitted by law, if less) from the payment due date until paid in full. You will be responsible for all reasonable expense incurred by us in collecting such delinquent amounts.
4.3
We are not responsible for any bank fees, interest charges, finance charges, overdraft charges, or other fees resulting from charges billed by Vessellink. Currency exchange settlements will be based on agreements between you and the providers of your credit card.
5
Ownership
5.1
You retain ownership of all content that you contribute to the Services via GeoFencing API, excluding any content that you receive from Vessellink.
5.2
On termination of your account, Vessellink will make reasonable efforts to promptly remove from the site and cease use of your content.
5.3
You agree that we may freely exploit and make available any and all feedback, suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, recommendations or other information you provide to us relating to the Services.
6
Publicity
6.1
We’re proud to have you as a customer. During the term of this agreement, we may promote and market our services to use your trademarks, service marks, and logos. But if you prefer we not use your logo or name in a particular way, just let us know, and we will respect that.
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Account cancellation or suspension
7.1
You may stop using the Service at any time. However, we do not give pro-rated refunds for unused time if you cancel during the middle of a billing cycle.
7.2
We reserve the right to cancel or suspend your account without notice if you breach this Agreement. Limited license granted to you hereunder automatically terminates, without notice to you.
7.3
Upon cancellation or suspension, your right to use the Services will stop immediately. You may not have access to date that you stored on the site after we cancel or suspend your account. You are responsible for backing up data that you use with the Services.
8
Changes to services or terms
8.1
We may modify these Terms and other terms related to your use of the Services from time to time, by posting the changed terms on the site. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the site unless they specify a later date. Changes will not apply retroactively. Please check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Services after new terms become effective constitutes your binding acceptance of the new terms.
8.2
We may change the features and functions of the Services. It is your responsibility to ensure that calls or requests you make to the Service are compatible with our then-current APIs. We attempt to avoid changes to our APIs that are not backwards compatible, but such changes may occasionally be required. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you prior to deploying the changes if that happens.
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Indemnification
9.1
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless LAB021, its executive, agents, partners and employees from any claim or demand.
9.2
Your use of the Services
9.3
Your violation of these Terms
9.4
Your End Users’ use of the Services in or through an application or service you provide
9.5
Content you or your End Users submit, post to, extracts from, or transmit through the Services.