Updated : September 1, 2023
SpeakUp Now, Inc. (“SpeakUp Now”) provides technology-enabled services, including the Software as a Service offering, the website at www.speakupnow.com, and Mobile (as defined below), and other related software, content, and services, including all versions and upgrades thereto (collectively, the “Services). Your use of the Services is subject to and governed by the terms and conditions in this Terms of Service (“TOS”). SpeakUp Now may, at its discretion, update this TOS at any time. You can access and review the most current version of this TOS at the URL for this page or by clicking on the “Terms of Service” link within the Services, or as otherwise made available by SpeakUp Now.
Please review this TOS carefully. By registering for an account or otherwise accessing or using the services, you agree to be bound by this TOS, including any updates or revisions posted here or otherwise communicated to you. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this TOS, you may not access or use the services.
This TOS requires final and binding arbitration to resolve any dispute or claim arising out of or relating in any way to this TOS or your access to or use of the services, including the validity, applicability, or interpretation of this TOS. You agree that any such claim will be resolved only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action, arbitration, or other similar process. Please review Section 13 carefully to understand your rights and obligations with respect to the resolution of any claim.
You represent and warrant that you: (a) are of legal age to form a binding contract; (b) have the right, authority, and capacity to agree to and abide by this TOS; and (c) are not a person barred from using the services under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction. The services are not intended for users under the age of 13, and such users are expressly prohibited from submitting any personal data or using any aspect of the services. By taking such actions, you agree, represent, and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older.
Grant:
Subject to and conditioned on your compliance with this TOS, SpeakUp Now hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license solely to use the Services only for your personal, non-commercial use. Your access to and use of the Services must further comply in all material respects with all usage guidelines posted by SpeakUp Now.
Mobile Apps:
SpeakUp Now may make available mobile software applications for access to and use of certain components of the Services (collectively, “Mobile Apps”). Your access to and use of Mobile Apps is subject to and governed by this TOS. If any Mobile App is downloaded by you from the iTunes App Store (each, an “iOS Mobile App”), your use of such iOS Mobile App is further subject to your compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of the Usage Rules set forth in the iTunes App Store Terms of Service. This TOS is between you and SpeakUp Now only, and not with Apple Inc. (“Apple”) or any other app store provider, and Apple is not responsible for iOS Mobile Apps and the contents thereof; however, Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this TOS with respect to iOS Mobile Apps.
In addition to this TOS, the SpeakUp Now Privacy Policy is available at www.speakupnow.com/privacy-policy (“Privacy Policy”). This applies to how SpeakUp Now may process information provided as part of the Services. You acknowledge and agree that by accessing or using the Services, SpeakUp Now may receive certain information about you, including personal data, as set forth in the Privacy Policy, and SpeakUp Now may collect, use, disclose, store, share, and process such personal data in accordance with such Privacy Policy.
You grant SpeakUp Now and its service providers a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid-up, non-exclusive, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, make and have made all content (in any form and any medium, whether now known or later developed) that you provide in connection with the Services. You acknowledge and agree that the technical processing and transmission of data associated with the Services, may require: (i) transmissions over various networks and across borders; and (ii) modifications to conform, connect, and adapt to technical requirements of networks or devices.
The Services provided to you hereunder or available to you through the Services are licensed, not sold, and SpeakUp Now retains and reserves all rights not expressly granted in this TOS. You acknowledge and agree that, as between you and SpeakUp Now, SpeakUp Now and its licensors owns all rights, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights) in the Services and all data, content, and other materials within the Services. The Services are protected by U.S. and international copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties. SpeakUp Now reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this TOS.
You may not share your account or password with anyone. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify SpeakUp Now immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or password or any other similar breach of security. If your account remains inactive for three months or longer, SpeakUp Now reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account, with or without notice to you, and delete your content all without liability.
In your use of the Services, you will not do the following:
(i) Use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, sublicense, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, sell, lease, rent, make, have made, assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise grant rights to the Services, except as expressly permitted under this TOS.
(ii) Reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, translate, or otherwise attempt to derive trade secrets, algorithms, or the source code, architectural framework, or data records, within or associated with the Services.
(iii) Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Services, including by disrupting the ability of any other person to use or enjoy the Services.
(iv) Provide use of the Services on a service bureau, rental or managed services basis, provide or permit other individuals or entities to create Internet "links" to the Services or "frame" or "mirror" the Services on any other server, or wireless or Internet-based device.
(v) Access the Services for the purpose of developing, marketing, selling or distributing any product or service that competes with or includes features substantially similar to the Services.
(vi) Violate any applicable local, state, provincial, federal or international law or regulation, or use the Services for any illegal, unauthorized or otherwise improper purposes, including to store or transmit malicious code, or to store or transmit material in violation of third-party privacy rights.
(vii) Remove or obscure any proprietary notice that appears within the Services.
(viii) Impersonate any person or entity, including SpeakUp Now personnel, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with SpeakUp Now, or any other entity or person.
(ix) Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the Services.
(x) Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately heavy load on the Services or its infrastructure.
(xi) Use spiders, crawlers, robots, scrapers, automated tools or any other similar means to access the Services; or download, reproduce, or archive any substantial portion of the Services.
You will not : upload, post, email, store, transmit, or otherwise make available content that is the following:
(i) Illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or otherwise objectionable.
(ii) May not be made available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as confidential or proprietary information learned as part of an employment relationship or under a non-disclosure agreement).
(iii) Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary right of any party.
(iv) Consists of unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, commercial electronic messages, or any other form of solicitation.
(v) Contains software viruses or any other code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software or hardware.
(vi) Contains infringing, libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious material.
(vii) Consists of information that you know or have reason to know is false or inaccurate. SpeakUp Now’s failure to enforce any of these restrictions or guidelines shall not act as a waiver for any future enforcement, will not be considered a breach of this TOS by SpeakUp Now, and does not create a private right of action for any other party.
If you elect to provide or make available to SpeakUp Now any suggestions, comments, ideas, improvements or other feedback relating to the Services (“Feedback”), SpeakUp Now shall own and be free to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, make, have made, assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise grant rights in your Feedback in any form and any medium (whether now known or later developed), without credit or compensation to you.
The Services may include or provide access to third party products, services, content, or offerings, including advertising for such (“Third Party Services”). You acknowledge that different terms of use and privacy policies may apply to your use of such Third Party Services and that terms and policies are solely between you and the advertiser or other third party. You agree that does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any issues related to Third Party Services.
You shall indemnify and hold SpeakUp Now and its affiliates, and each of their officers, directors, employees, agents, partners and licensors (collectively, “SpeakUp Now Parties”) harmless from and against all losses, damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to extent resulting from or arising out of any third party claim, demand, or action due to the following:
(a) Content you provide to SpeakUp Now.
(b) Your violation of this TOS, any law or regulation, or any rights (including intellectual property rights) of another party.
(c) Your use of the Services, except as expressly permitted in this TOS.
Your use of the services is at your sole risk. The services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, with all faults. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, SpeakUp Now parties expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied or arising from statute, course of dealing, usage of trade, or otherwise, including the implied warranties of merchantability, quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
SpeakUp Now parties make no warranty or representation that: (i) the services will meet your requirements; (ii) access to the services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, virus-free, or error-free; or (iii) the information and any results that may be obtained from access to or use of the services will be accurate, reliable, current, or complete.
All content made available through the services is made available for informational purposes only. You are solely responsible for confirming the accuracy of all content before taking or omitting any action.
This disclaimer of warranty may not be valid in some jurisdictions, and you may have warranty rights under law that may not be waived or disclaimed. Any such warranty extends only for thirty (30) days from the effective date of this agreement (unless such law provides otherwise).
SpeakUp Now parties shall not be liable for any lost profits, loss of data or goodwill, or cost of cover, or for any indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages, including damages arising from any type or manner of commercial, business, or financial loss, even if SpeakUp Now parties had actual or constructive knowledge of the possibility of such damages and regardless of whether such damages were foreseeable. In no event shall SpeakUp Now parties' total liability to you for any and all claims arising from or relating to this TOS or your access to or use of (or inability to access or use) the services or content exceed the amount paid by you to SpeakUp Now for access to the services within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date on which the applicable claim(s) arose.
The foregoing limitations, exclusions, and disclaimers shall apply regardless of whether such liability arises from any claim based upon contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, and whether or not the party has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage. Insofar as applicable law prohibits any limitation on liability herein, the parties agree that such limitation will be automatically modified, but only to the extent so as to make the limitation compliant with applicable law. The parties agree that the limitations on liabilities set forth herein are agreed allocations of risk, and such limitations will apply notwithstanding the failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy.
Either party may terminate this TOS at any time and note the following:
If you violate this TOS, SpeakUp Now may, with or without notice to you, immediately suspend or terminate your access and use of the Services.
SpeakUp Now reserves the right at any time to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services (or any portion thereof) with or without notice, and SpeakUp Now shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification or discontinuance;
Upon termination of this TOS for any reason: (i) SpeakUp Now, in its sole discretion, may remove and discard your content and information; (ii) you will immediately cease your use of the Services; and (iii) any provision that, by its terms, is intended to survive the expiration or termination of this TOS shall survive such expiration or termination. Further, you agree that that SpeakUp Now shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account or access to the Services.
This TOS shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the United States Federal Arbitration Act, other applicable federal laws and the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of laws principles. The parties agree that neither the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, nor the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) shall apply to this TOS, regardless of the states in which the parties do business or are incorporated
All claims arising in connection with this agreement shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration rather than in court, except that you may assert claims in small claims court (defined for the purposes of this TOS as a court of limited jurisdiction that may only hear claims not exceeding $5,000) if your claims are within the court’s jurisdiction. There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is limited.
The arbitration shall be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its then-applicable Commercial Arbitration Rules or, as appropriate, its Consumer Arbitration Rules. The AAA’s rules are available at www.adr.org. Payment of all filing, administration, and arbitrator fees shall be governed by the AAA’s rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language by a single independent and neutral arbitrator. For any hearing conducted in person as part of the arbitration, you agree that such a hearing shall be conducted in Santa Monica, California, or, if the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, another location reasonably convenient to both parties with due consideration of their ability to travel and other pertinent circumstances, as determined by the arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding. Judgment on the arbitral award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
We each agree that all claims shall be resolved only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action or other similar process (including arbitration). If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, we each waive any right to a jury trial and agree that such a claim shall be brought only in a court of competent jurisdiction in Austin, Texas. You hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts and waive any objection on the grounds of venue, forum non-conveniens, or any similar grounds with respect to any such claim.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, you and SpeakUp Now may seek injunctive relief and any other equitable remedies from any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property rights, whether in aid of, pending, or independently of the resolution of any dispute pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth in this Section 13.
If SpeakUp Now implements any material change to this Section 13, such change shall not apply to any claim for which you provided written notice to SpeakUp Now before the implementation of the change.
You represent and warrant that you will comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations, including without limitation, U.S. export laws and import and use laws of the country where Licensed Material is delivered or used and you are not the following:
(i) Located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country.
(ii) Listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties, including the Specially Designated Nationals List.
This section applies to access to or use of the Services by a branch or agency of the United States Government. The Services includes “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and qualifies as “commercial items” as defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101. Such items are provided to the United States Government: (a) for acquisition by or on behalf of civilian agencies, consistent with the policy set forth in 48 C.F.R. 12.212; or (b) for acquisition by or on behalf of units of the Department of Defense, consistent with the policies set forth in 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 and 227.7202-3. The United States Government shall acquire only those rights set forth in this TOS with respect to the such items, and any access to or use of the Services by the United States Government constitutes: (i) agreement by the United States Government that that such items are “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as defined in this section; and (ii) acceptance of the rights and obligations herein.
If you believe that your work has been made available through the services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide SpeakUp Now’s agent for notice of copyright claims the following information:
(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
(ii) A description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
(iii) A description of the material that you claim is infringing and where that material may be accessed within the services.
(iv) Your address, telephone number and email address.
(v) A statement by you that you have 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.
(vi) A statement from you that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, please contact SpeakUp Now’s Agent for Notice of Copyright Claims. SpeakUp Now’s Agent for Notice of Copyright Claims can be reached as follows:
Agent for Notice of Copyright Claims
1112 Montana Avenue Unit 244
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Email: copyright@speakupnow.com
In accordance with California Civil Code §1789.3, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting such unit in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
This TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and SpeakUp Now concerning your access to and use of the Services. It supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral or written negotiations and agreements between you and SpeakUp Now with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between or among this TOS and any end user license agreement, privacy policy or usage guidelines to which this TOS refers, the terms and conditions of this TOS shall take precedence and govern. This TOS may not be amended by you except in a writing executed by you and an authorized representative of SpeakUp Now. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this TOS. For the purposes of this TOS, the words “such as,” “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” You may not assign or delegate any right or obligation under this TOS without the prior written consent of SpeakUp Now. The failure of SpeakUp Now to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this TOS is held to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, then such provision shall be construed, limited, modified or, if necessary, severed to the extent necessary to eliminate its invalidity or unenforceability, without in any way affecting the remaining parts of this TOS. Any prevention of or delay in performance by SpeakUp Now hereunder due to labor disputes, acts of god, failure of the Internet, governmental restrictions, enemy or hostile governmental action, fire or other casualty or other causes beyond its reasonable control shall excuse the performance of its obligations for a period equal to the duration of any such prevention or delay.