1.    Relationship with Ottodot

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1.1    Your use of Ottodots’ products, software, services and web sites, such as www.platform.ottodot.com, www.tools.ottodot.com and any associated services and products (collectively, the "Service"), is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Ottodot. “Ottodot” means Ottodot Pte Ltd ("Ottodot," "we," "our," or "us"), incorporated in Singapore. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
1.2    Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Ottodot, your agreement with Ottodot will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.
1.3    Your agreement with Ottodot will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.
1.4    The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Ottodot in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”.
1.5    If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.

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2.    Accepting the Terms

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2.1    In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2    You can accept the Terms by:

(A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Ottodot in the user interface for any Service; or

(B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Ottodot will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3    You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of Singapore or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services. If you are below the minimum legal age, you must always have your parent or guardian’s permission before using the Service. 
2.4    Before you continue, you should print or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.

3.    Provision of the Services by Ottodot

3.1    Ottodot is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Ottodot provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
3.2    As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Ottodot may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Ottodot’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you.
3.3    You acknowledge and agree that if Ottodot disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained in your account.

4.    Use of the Services by you

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4.1    In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to Ottodot will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
4.2    You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from Singapore or other relevant countries).
4.3    You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Ottodot, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Ottodot. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
4.4    You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
4.5    Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Ottodot, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
4.6    You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Ottodot has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Ottodot may suffer) of any such breach.

5.    Your passwords and account security

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5.1    You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services.
5.2    Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Ottodot for all activities that occur under your account.
5.3    If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify Ottodot immediately.

6.    Privacy and your personal information

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6.1    For information about Ottodot’s data protection practices, please read Ottodot’s privacy policy. This policy explains how Ottodot treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
6.2    You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Ottodot’s privacy policies.

7.    Content in the Services

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7.1    You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
7.2    You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services are owned by Ottodot and its content partners. You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Ottodot or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
7.3    Ottodot reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Ottodot may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings. In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you may find objectionable.
7.4    You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
7.5    You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Ottodot has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Ottodot may suffer) by doing so.

8.    Proprietary right

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8.1    You acknowledge and agree that Ottodot (or Ottodot’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Ottodot and that you shall not disclose such information without Ottodot’s prior written consent.
8.2    Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Ottodot, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Ottodot’s trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
8.3    If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with Ottodot, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and Ottodot’s brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time.
8.4    Other than the limited license set forth in Section 10, Ottodot acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Ottodot, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Ottodot has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
8.5    You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
8.6    Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Ottodot, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
9.    Licence from Ottodot

9.1    Ottodot gives you a personal, worldwide, non-assignable and non-exclusive licence to use the software provided to you by Ottodot as part of the Services as provided to you by Ottodot (referred to as the “Software” below). This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Ottodot, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
9.2    You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Ottodot, in writing.
9.3    Unless Ottodot has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-licence of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.

10.    Content licence from you

10.1    Uploading Content. If you have an account, you may be able to upload Content to the Service. If you choose to upload Content, you must not submit to the Service any Content that does not comply with this Agreement or the law. For example, the Content you submit must not include third-party intellectual property (such as copyrighted material) unless you have permission from that party or are otherwise legally entitled to do so. You are legally responsible for the Content you submit to the Service. We may use automated systems that analyze your Content to help detect infringement and abuse, such as spam, malware, and illegal content.

10.2    Rights you Grant. You retain all of your ownership rights in your Content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours. However, we do require you to grant certain rights to Ottodot and other users of the Service, as described below.

10.3    Licence to Ottodot. By providing Content to the Service, you grant to Ottodot a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable licence to use that Content (including to reproduce, distribute, modify, display and perform it) for the purpose of operating, promoting, and improving the Service.

10.4    Licence to Other Users. You also grant each other user of the Service a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to access your Content through the Service, and to use that Content (including to reproduce, distribute, modify, display, and perform it) only as enabled by a feature of the Service.
10.5    You agree that this licence includes a right for Ottodot to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Ottodot has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
10.6    You understand that Ottodot, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Ottodot to take these actions.
10.7    You confirm and warrant to Ottodot that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.

10.8    Duration of Licence. The licences granted by you continue until the Content is removed as described below. Once removed, the licences will terminate, except where the operation of the Service, use of Content permitted before your removal, or the law requires otherwise.  For example, removal of Content by you does not require Ottodot to: (a) recall Content that is being used by other users within any limited offline viewing functionality of the Service; or (b) delete copies we reasonably need to keep for legal purposes.

10.9    Removing Your Content. You may remove your Content from the Service at any time. You also have the option to make a copy of your Content before removing it. You must remove your Content if you no longer have the rights required by these terms.

10.10    Removal of Content By Ottodot. If we reasonably believe that any Content is in breach of this Agreement or may cause harm to Ottodot, our users, or third parties, we may remove or take down some or all of such Content. We will notify you with the reason for our action unless we reasonably believe that to do so: (a) would violate the law or the direction of a legal enforcement authority, or would otherwise risk legal liability for Ottodot or our Affiliates; (b) would compromise an investigation or the integrity or operation of the Service; or (c) would cause harm to any user, other third party, Ottodot or our Affiliates. You can learn more about reporting and enforcement, including how to appeal on the Troubleshooting page of our Help Center.

10.11    Copyright Protection. If you believe your copyright has been infringed on the Service, please send us a notice at info@ottodot.com 

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11.    Software updates

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11.1    The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Ottodot. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit Ottodot to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.

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12.    Ending your relationship with Ottodot

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12.1    The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Ottodot as set out below.
12.2    If you want to terminate your legal agreement with Ottodot, you may do so by (a) notifying Ottodot at any time and (b) closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, where Ottodot has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to info@ottodot.com.
12.3    Ottodot may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:

(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or
(B) Ottodot is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom Ottodot offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Ottodot or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) Ottodot is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of the Services to you by Ottodot is, in Ottodot’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.

12.4    Nothing in this Section shall affect Ottodot’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 3 of the Terms.
12.5    When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Ottodot have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 12.6 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.

13.    EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES

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13.1    NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 13 AND 14, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OTTODOT’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
13.2    YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
13.3    IN PARTICULAR, OTTODOT, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
13.4    ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
13.5    NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OTTODOT OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
13.6    OTTODOT FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
14.    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

14.1    SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 13.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT OTTODOT, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:

(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;

(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:

(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;

(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH OTTODOT MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);

(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;

(IIII) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE OTTODOT WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;

(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
14.2    THE LIMITATIONS ON OTTODOT’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT OTTODOT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.

15.    Copyright and trade mark policies

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15.1    It is Ottodot’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers.

16.    Other content

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16.1    The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Ottodot may have no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Ottodot.
16.2    You acknowledge and agree that Ottodot is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
16.3    You acknowledge and agree that Ottodot is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.

 

17.    Changes to the Terms

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17.1    Ottodot may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Ottodot will make a new copy of the Universal Terms, and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
17.2    You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Ottodot will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.

18.    General legal terms

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18.1    Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of content, or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, content or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
18.2    The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Ottodot and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which Ottodot may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Ottodot in relation to the Services.
18.3    You agree that Ottodot may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
18.4    You agree that if Ottodot does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Ottodot has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Ottodot’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Ottodot.
18.5    If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
18.6    You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which Ottodot is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
18.7    The Terms, and your relationship with Ottodot under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of Singapore without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and Ottodot agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Singapore, to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Ottodot shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.