END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
(Effective Date: April , 2021)
This End User License
Agreement ("EULA") govern and regulate the use of the Application,
Device and the Smart Services, and are a legal agreement between the end user
(referred to as “you or your”) and Hisense
Hitachi,
and/or any company within the Hisense Group ("we" or "us"
or “our” or “ours”).
IF YOU WANT TO USE
THIS APPLICATION
Please read this
EULA carefully. By using the
Application, installing and/or using and/or accessing the Smart Services
through the Application, you agree to be legally bound and abide by this EULA. Your use of the Application
and/or the Smart Services indicates that you have read and accepted this EULA
and any other applicable terms. By using the Application
and/or the Smart Services, you acknowledge and accept our Data Protection
Policy (available at your account
registration process before you click “Join Now”) and consent to the collection
and use of your data and information in accordance with our Data Protection
Policy. If you do not
wish to agree to this EULA or the Data Protection Policy, you must not access
or use the Application and/or Smart Services in connection with the Application
(as defined herein).
1.
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
“Application”
means this application, which can be downloaded from Android platform or iOS
platform.
“Device”
means the home appliance product(s) manufactured/provided by us, which
is connected with the Application by you.
“Smart Services”
means all the types of services or functions typically
available from the Internet, offered by us or by third parties on behalf of us,
through Application to connect, administrate your Device, including turn
on/off, diagnose Device failure, setting your favorite Device mode or running
schedule, etc.
2.
USE OF APPLICATION
The Application is owned and/or licensed by and from us or
by and from third parties, as applicable, and are protected by copyright,
patent, trademark and/or other intellectual property laws. From time to time, we may directly offer
and make available to you certain Smart Services, and in such events, your use
of such Smart Services shall be subject to this EULA. Smart Services may be provided locally
subject to local laws and regulations, and depending on your residence, location, Device feature and network
availability, you may be limited to types and levels of the Smart
Services. The terms and conditions
for the use of such Smart Services may differ for each different country,
region or market, and are subject to relevant local, country and regional laws
and regulations. All Smart Services
are provided solely for your personal use in connection with your use of the Application. You may not use any Smart Services in a
manner that has not been expressly authorized herein. Without limiting the foregoing, except
as expressly permitted by this EULA and/or applicable laws and regulations, you
may not modify, copy, re-publish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell,
create derivative works of, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium any
of the Smart Services accessed through, this Application.
a.
USE OF THE SMART SERVICES THROUGH THE
APPLICAITON
Access
to the Smart Services through the Application requires registration and
creation of a user account. Such
registration may require providing personal information to us or third parties
and choosing a unique, secret password that may not be shared with others. Any personal information provided by you
to us will be protected in accordance with our Data Protection Policy
(available at your account registration process before you click “CREATE
ACCOUNT”). The information marked
with * during the account registration process is required to fill in with complete
and accurate information. You shall
not use any third-party personal information to create an account in connection
with the use of the Application, and you are not allowed to access others'
accounts.
Smart
Services are intended for use by persons reach local legal age as an adult. If you have not reached local legal age,
or otherwise, restricted from using the Smart Services, please discontinue
using the Smart Services immediately.
If you have not reached local legal age, you must have a parent or
guardian's approval prior to using the Smart Services. By using any portion of the Smart
Services, you accept this EULA and are certifying that you have reached local
legal age as an adult, or you have parental or guardian’s consent to use this
Application when you have not reached local legal age. Any use by individuals
not of such age shall be considered a violation of this EULA. The use of any portion of the Smart
Services is restricted solely to personal use and no other uses are permitted.
WE
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BLOCK OR TERMINATE ANY USER ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT WE REASONABLY
DETERMINE THAT THE USE OF THE APPLICATION OR SMART SERVICES IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS
EULA, INCLUDING CREATING ACCOUNTS WITH FALSE INFORMATION.
All
Smart Services accessible through the Application and Device may be changed,
suspended, removed, terminated or interrupted, or access may be denied, blocked
or disabled at any time, without notice, and we make no representations or
warranties that any Smart Services will remain available for any period of
time. We may impose limits on the
use of, or access to, or disabling, removal or suspension of certain Smart
Services in any case and without notice or liability. You must accept this EULA and the Data Protection Policy if
you wish to use the Smart Services accessible on the Application.
b.
GRANT OF LICENSE
As
between you and us, we own all right, title, and interest in and to our owned
Application, including, without limitation, all applicable intellectual
property rights or other proprietary rights in the Application throughout the
world, regardless of whether registered or legally secured. Subject to your full compliance with this
EULA, we grant to you a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable and personal
license (without the ability to sublicense) to download and/or use the
Application to administrate your Device only. No other rights to the Application are
granted. All rights including intellectual property rights in the Application
and the Smart Services remain our property or that of the relevant licensors or
owners of the Application or the Smart Services. Any breach of this EULA will result in
the revocation of the rights granted herein in whole or in part and we or the
respective owners of the Application and the
Smart Services may conduct further legal action if necessary.
3.
USE RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS
You may not use
any portion of the Application, Device
and Smart Services for any other purposes other than as permitted herein,
including but not limited to illegal activity, to impersonate or falsely claim
affiliation with any person or entity, to post, upload, transmit or disseminate
any obscene, unreasonably offensive or any information that may negatively
impact our reputation, goodwill and/or the Smart Services. Except as expressly permitted by this
EULA, and except to the extent provided for by applicable laws, you may not
disassemble, reverse engineer and/or tamper with the Application, or transmit
hidden or malicious code or to collect information of other users through the
Application. You are not permitted
to copy, edit, modify, alter or create a derivative work of, reverse engineer,
decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Application,
unless expressly permitted by us in writing, or to the extent permitted under
the laws applicable to you, and you will not permit or grant a license to any
third party to do so. You may not
take any action to interrupt the functionality of or tamper with the
Application or its servers. You may
not in any manner attempt to gain unauthorized access to 1) any portion or
feature of the Application; 2) the Smart Services, or any other systems or
networks connected to the Device; 3) the Smart Services or to any our
controlled server; or 4) to other services offered
on or through the Application.
WE RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO BLOCK, DENY OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO THE SMART SERVICES IN OUR SOLE
DISCRETION FOR ANY REASON AND AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO YOU.
4.
CUSTOMER SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS
You understand and
agree that the Smart Services may include certain communications from us or
third parties such as update announcements, administrative messages and other
materials (“Communications”). As
those Communications are part of the Smart Services, you may not opt out of
receiving them unless you cancel your account in the Application.
5.
DATA PROTECTION
To learn about how
we protect and handle your personal information and other information when you
use the Smart Services, visit
our Data Protection Policy (available
at your account registration process before you click “CREATE ACCOUNT”).
6. WARRANTIES
AND LIABILITIES
TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT USE OF THE
APPLICATION, DEVICE, THE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE AND ACCURACY OF SMART
SERVICESUSED OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE APPLICATION IS SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF YOU. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY US IN WRITING, THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED TO
YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, TERMS, REPRESENTATIONS,
CONDITIONS OR UNDERTAKINGS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THEIR QUALITY, RELIABILITY, PERFORMANCE, PURPOSE, OR
ACCURACY.
TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, TERMS,
REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS WITH RESPECT TO ALL ASSOCIATED RISKS FROM THE
USE OF THE APPLICATION, DEVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OF
ACCURACY, OF QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SMART
SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE DEVICE IS OR WILL BE
COMPATIBLE WITH ALL SMART SERVICES, OR THAT OPERATION OF THE APPLICATION OR
SMART SERVICESWILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
YOU AGREE TO
ASSUME ALL RISKS OF USING THE APPLICATION, SMART SERVICES, AND, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, NOT TO HOLD US OR ANY OF OUR HOLDINGS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS OR ADVERTISERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR HARM, TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, LOSS OF PROFIT, REVENUE,
INTEREST OR BUSINESS, OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR ATTORNEY'S FEES ARISING FROM THE
USE OF THE APPLICATION AND SMART SERVICES.
WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS OR INACCURACIES
IN THE SMART SERVICES AND DO NOT GUARANTEE THE CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF SUCH
SMART SERVICES. DUE TO THE VARIOUS
CAPABILITIES OF DEVICES FEATURING THE SMART SERVICES, AS WELL AS LIMITATIONS IN
THE AVAILABLE SMART SERVICES OFFERED VIA THE APPLICATION, CERTAIN FEATURES
AND/OR SMART SERVICES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON ALL DEVICES OR IN ALL TERRITORIES
OR MAY CHANGE OVER TIME. SOME
FEATURES ON THE SMART SERVICES MAY ALSO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PERIPHERAL DEVICES
THAT ARE SOLD SEPARATELY.
WE SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE TO YOU, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFIT,
REVENUE, INTEREST, BUSINESS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, ATTORNEY FEES, EXPENSES, OR
ANY OTHER LOSS OR DAMAGES, INCLUDING PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH, ANY SMART SERVICES CONTAINED IN, OR AS A RESULT OF THE USE, OF
THE APPLICATION, OR ANY SMART SERVICES ACCESSED OR USED BY YOU, EVEN IF ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES.
CERTAIN
LEGISLATION MAY IMPLY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR IMPOSE OBLIGATIONS UPON US
WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, RESTRICTED OR MODIFIED OR CANNOT BE EXCLUDED,
RESTRICTED OR MODIFIED EXCEPT TO A LIMITED EXTENT. THIS EULA MUST BE READ SUBJECT TO THESE
STATUTORY PROVISIONS. IF THESE
STATUTORY PROVISIONS APPLY, TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO DO SO, OUR
LIABILITY UNDER THOSE PROVISIONS WILL BE LIMITED, AT OUR OPTION, IN THE CASE OF
SERVICES TO (A) THE SUPPLYING OF THE SERVICES AGAIN; OR (B) THE PAYMENT OF THE
COST OF HAVING THE SERVICES SUPPLIED AGAIN AND, IN THE CASE OF GOODS, TO (A)
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GOODS OR THE SUPPLY OF EQUIVALENT GOODS; (B) THE REPAIR
OF THE GOODS; (C) THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF REPLACING THE GOODS OR OF
ACQUIRING EQUIVALENT GOODS; OR (D) THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF HAVING THE GOODS
REPAIRED.
YOU ASSUME FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, OR HARM ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF
THE SMART SERVICES. TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE OF THE
SMART SERVICES (REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT SUCH USE REQUIRES REGISTRATION OR
CREATION OF A USER ACCOUNT). IF ANY
PORTION OF THIS EULA ARE ILLEGAL OR UNENFORCEABLE OR THERE IS A CLAIM THAT WE
HAVE BREACHED ANY OF THIS EULA, IT DOES NOT AFFECT OR INVALIDATE THE OTHER
TERMS. THIS EULA MAY NOT BE WAIVED
OR MODIFIED WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT FROM US.
7.
WAIVER OF INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER EQUITABLE
RELIEF
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT NOT
PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IF YOU CLAIM THAT YOU HAVE INCURRED ANY LOSS,
DAMAGES, OR INJURIES IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION, THEN THE
LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND INJURIES WILL NOT BE DEEMED IRREPARABLE OR SUFFICIENT TO
ENTITLE YOU TO AN INJUNCTION OR TO OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF OF ANY KIND. THIS MEANS THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR
CLAIM, YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT SEEK, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO
OBTAIN, ANY COURT OR OTHER ACTION THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH OR PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT
OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY DEVICE, APPLICATION, PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OWNED, LICENSED, USED OR CONTROLLED BY US OR OUR LICENOR.
8.
INDEMNIFICIATION
You agree to
defend, indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates, licensors and service
providers, and our and their respective officers, directors, employees,
contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and
against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs,
expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or
relating to your violation of this EULA or your use of the Application, Device
and/or Smart Services, including, but not limited to, any use of the
Application, services and products other than as expressly authorized in this
EULA or your use of any information obtained through the Application.
9.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
To the extent
permitted by law, this EULA shall be governed by the laws of your residence
country and by accepting this EULA, and by your use of the Smart Services, you
are agreeing that such EULA and all other aspects of the Smart Services will be
construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of your residence
country.
10.
CLASS ACTION WAIVER
Where permitted
under applicable law, you and us agree that each may bring claims against the
other only in your or our individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class
member in any purported class or representative action. Unless we both agree, no judge or
arbitrator may consolidate more than one person’s claims or otherwise preside
over any form of a representative of class proceeding.
11.
ACTIONS REQUIRED BY LAW
We may need to
comply with the lawful interception and/or data retention requirements of local
law enforcement agencies from time to time. We may restrict access to any part of
the Smart Services and the Application or terminate your access to the Smart
Services, at any time in our sole discretion if required by law or by the
relevant authorities or regulatory agencies to do so.
12.
ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER
You are not
permitted to transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of this EULA which is
personal to you, or any of your rights or obligations arising under this EULA
without our prior written consent.
13.
WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY
No waiver by us of
any term or condition set forth in this EULA shall be deemed a further or
continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or
condition, and any our failure to assert a right or provision under this EULA
shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision
of this EULA is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be
eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions
of the EULA will continue in full force and effect.
14.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This EULA
constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of the Application and/or the
Smart Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings,
agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect
to your use of the Application and/or the Smart Services.
15.
CHANGES TO END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
We may revise and
update this EULA from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes will be posted through
update with reasonable period before they become effective. They deemed to be
accepted by you unless you have notified us of your refusal within the
above-mentioned period. In case of refusal you can terminate the EULA with
immediate effect. In all other cases the updated EULA applies to all access to
and use of the Application and the Smart Services thereafter.
16.
CONTACTING YOU
We may provide you
with notices (including notices relating to changes to this EULA or termination
of the Smart Services or parts thereof) by email, ordinary mail, or postings on
or via the Application.
17.
CONTACTING US
Please direct any
additional questions you may have regarding This EULA to the local after-sales service center
written in the warranty card inside the box of each Device or email to hisense.vrf.iot@hisense.com.