V3.0. last updated July 2020

These terms supplement the CustomerLounge Agreement and are binding on any use of the Service and apply to you from the time that CustomerLounge provides You with access to the Service.

The CustomerLounge Service will evolve over time based on user feedback. These Terms are not intended to answer every question or address every issue raised by the use of the CustomerLounge Service. CustomerLounge reserves the right to change these terms at any time, effective upon the posting of modified terms and CustomerLounge will make every effort to communicate these changes to You via email or notification via the Website. It is likely the terms of use will change over time. It is your obligation to ensure that You have read, understood and agree to the most recent terms available on the Website.

By using the Service, you acknowledge that You have read and understood these Terms and have the authority to act on behalf of any person for whom You are using the Service. You are deemed to have agreed to these Terms on behalf of any entity for whom you use the Service.

DEFINITIONS 

“Agreement”

means these Terms of Use.

“CustomerLounge” or “We”

means Autino Ltd, a UK registered company who operate the CustomerLounge Website and Service and all current and future global subsidiaries of Autino Ltd including, without limitation Autino Holdings Ltd.

“Confidential Information”

includes all information exchanged between the parties to this Agreement, whether in writing, electronically or orally, including the Service but does not include information which is, or becomes, publicly available other than through unauthorised disclosure by the other party.

“Data”

means any data inputted by You or with Your authority into the Website.

“Intellectual Property Right”

means any patent, trade mark, service mark, copyright, moral right, right in a design, know-how and any other intellectual or industrial property rights, anywhere in the world whether or not registered.

“Invited User”

means any person or entity, other than the Site Administrator, that uses the Service with the authorisation of the Site Administrator from time to time.

“Location”

means the address under which the business operates, serves its customers and sells its products.

“Service”

means the online automotive management system made available (as may be changed or updated from time to time by CustomerLounge) via the Website.

“Site Administrators”

means both the Subscriber and Admin User(s).

“Subscriber”

means the person who registers to use the Service  and the method of payment for the current or subsequent additional locations, and, where the context permits, includes any entity on whose behalf that person registers to use the Service.

“Admin User” 

means the user(s) assigned the highest level of permissions in CustomerLounge with the ability to administer all other users within a location.

“Unlimited”

Means a set of usage levels the typical users normally never exceed and are outlined in our fair-use policy.

“Fair-use”

means a set of conditions that set out how the system may be used depending on the service package you are currently subscribed to.

“Website”

means the Internet site at the domain www.CustomerLounge.app or any other site operated by CustomerLounge.

 “Terms”

means these Terms of Use

“You”

means a Site Administrator, and where the context permits, an Invited User. “Your” has a corresponding meaning.

USE OF SOFTWARE

CustomerLounge grants You the right to access and use the Service via the Website with the particular user roles available to You according to Your subscription type. This right is non-exclusive, non-transferable, and limited by and subject to this Agreement. You may not access the Service if you are a direct competitor of CustomerLounge, except with CustomerLounge’s prior written consent. In addition, you may not access the Website or Service for purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purposes. You acknowledge and agree that, subject to any applicable written agreement between the Site Administrator and the Invited Users, or any other applicable laws:

1. the Site Administrator determines who is an Invited User and what level of user role access to the relevant organisation and Service that Invited User has;
2. the Site Administrator is responsible for all Invited Users’ use of the Service;
3. the Site Administrator controls each Invited User’s level of access to the relevant Location and Service at all times and can revoke or change an Invited User’s access, or level of access, at any time and for any reason, in which case that person or entity will cease to be an Invited User or shall have that different level of access, as the case may be;
4. if there is any dispute between a Site Administrator and an Invited User regarding access to any location or Service, the Site Administrator shall decide what access or level of access to the relevant Data or Service that Invited User shall have, if any.

 YOUR OBLIGATIONS

3.1 Access conditions

1. You must ensure that all usernames and passwords required to access the Service are kept secure and confidential. You must immediately notify CustomerLounge of any unauthorised use of Your passwords or any other breach of security and CustomerLounge will reset Your password and You must take all other actions that CustomerLounge  reasonably deems necessary to maintain or enhance the security of CustomerLounge’s computing systems and networks and Your access to the Services.
2. As a condition of these Terms, when accessing and using the Services, You must:
1. not attempt to undermine the security or integrity of CustomerLounge’s computing systems or networks or, where the Services are hosted by a third party, that third party’s computing systems and networks;
2. not use, or misuse, the Services in any way which may impair the functionality of the Services or Website, or other systems used to deliver the Services or impair the ability of any other user to use the Services or Website;
3. not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any materials other than those to which You have been given express permission to access or to the computer system on which the Services are hosted;
4. not transmit, or input into the Website, any: files that may damage any other person’s computing devices or software, content that may be offensive, or material or Data in violation of any law (including Data or other material protected by copyright or trade secrets which You do not have the right to use); and
5. not attempt to modify, copy, adapt, reproduce, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer any computer programs used to deliver the Services or to operate the Website except as is strictly necessary to use either of them for normal operation.

3.2 Usage Limitations:

Use of the Service may be subject to limitations, including but not limited to monthly transaction volumes. Any such limitations will be advised.

3.2 Fair Use conditions:

If you exceed your usage levels based on your plans for more than one month in a 12-month period you will be breaching the conditions of Fair Use. You will be notified by in app messaging and or email of your usage overage and will be requested to move up to a package that covers your current usage levels.  Failure to upgrade or limit your usage levels may be subject to suspension, termination, or bandwidth limiting for usage which is “continually excessive, unfair, or is not consistent with the usage typically expected on a particular access package”. This policy is enforced directly, without legal proceedings and is solely at the discretion of CustomerLounge.

3.4 Communication Conditions:

As a condition of these Terms, if You use any communication tools available through the Website or Service (such as any email facility, text messaging, social media tool, forum, chat room or message centre), You agree only to use such communication tools for lawful and legitimate purposes. You must not use any such communication tool for posting or disseminating any material unrelated to the use of the Services, including (but not limited to): offers of goods or services for sale, unsolicited commercial e-mail, files that may damage any other person’s computing devices or software, content that may be offensive to any other users of the Services or the Website, or material in violation of any law (including material that is protected by copyright or trade secrets which You do not have the right to use).

When You make any communication on the Website or Service, You represent that You are permitted to make such communication. CustomerLounge is under no obligation to ensure that the communications on the Website are legitimate or that they are related only to the use of the Services. As with any other web-based forum, You must exercise caution when using the communication tools available on the Website. However, CustomerLounge does reserve the right to remove any communication at any time in its sole discretion.

3.4 Indemnity.

You indemnify CustomerLounge against: all claims, costs, damage and loss arising from Your breach of any of these Terms or any obligation You may have to CustomerLounge.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY

4.1 Confidentiality

Unless the relevant party has the prior written consent of the other or unless required to do so by law:

1. Each party will preserve the confidentiality of all Confidential Information of the other obtained in connection with these Terms. Neither party will, without the prior written consent of the other, disclose or make any Confidential Information available to any person, or use the same for its own benefit, other than as contemplated by these Terms.
2. Each party’s obligations under this clause will survive termination of these Terms.
3. The provisions of clauses 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 shall not apply to any information which:

• is or becomes public knowledge other than by a breach of this clause;
• is received from a third party who lawfully acquired it and who is under no obligation restricting its disclosure;
• is in the possession of the receiving party without restriction in relation to disclosure before the date of receipt from the disclosing party; or
• is independently developed without access to the Confidential Information.

4.2 Privacy

CustomerLounge maintains a privacy policy that sets out the parties’ obligations in respect of personal information. You should read that policy here https://www.autino.com/privacy-policy/ and You will be taken to have accepted that policy when You accept these Terms.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

5.1 General

Title to, and all Intellectual Property Rights in the Services, the Website and any documentation including suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations or other information provided by you or any other party relating to the Services remain the property of CustomerLounge (or its licensors). This Agreement is not a sale and does not convey to you any rights of ownership in or related to the Service, the CustomerLounge Technology or the Intellectual Property Rights owned by Autino. The CustomerLounge name, the CustomerLounge logo, and the product names associated with the Service are trademarks of Autino or third parties, and no right or license is granted to use them.

5.2 Ownership of Data

Title to, and all Intellectual Property Rights in, the Data remain Your property. However, Your access to the Data is contingent on full payment of the CustomerLounge Fee and Commission when due. You grant CustomerLounge a licence to use, copy, transmit, store, and back-up Your information and Data for the purposes of enabling You to access and use the Services and for any other purpose related to provision of services to You.

5.3 Backup of Data

You must maintain copies of all Data inputted into the Service. CustomerLounge adheres to its best practice policies and procedures to prevent data loss, including a daily system data back-up regime, but does not make any guarantees that there will be no loss of Data. CustomerLounge expressly excludes liability for any loss of Data no matter how caused.

5.4 Third Party Interactions

CustomerLounge does not endorse any sites on the Internet that are linked through the Website or Service. CustomerLounge provides these links to you only as a matter of convenience, and in no event shall CustomerLounge or its licensors be responsible for any content, products, or other materials on or available from such sites. CustomerLounge provides the Service to you pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You recognize, however, that certain third-party providers of ancillary software, hardware or services may require your agreement to additional or different license or other terms prior to your use of or access to such software, hardware or services.

5.5 Third-party applications and your Data

If You enable third-party applications for use in conjunction with the Services, You acknowledge that CustomerLounge may allow the providers of those third-party applications to access Your Data as required for the interoperation of such third-party applications with the Services. CustomerLounge shall not be responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of Your Data resulting from any such access by third-party application providers.

WARRANTIES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

6.1 Authority

You warrant that where You have registered to use the Service on behalf of another person, You have the authority to agree to these Terms on behalf of that person and agree that by registering to use the Service You bind the person on whose behalf You act to the performance of any and all obligations that You become subject to by virtue of these Terms, without limiting Your own personal obligations under these Terms.

6.2 Acknowledgement

You acknowledge that:

1. You are authorised to use the Services and the Website and to access the information and Data that You input into the Website and Service, including any information or Data input into the Website and Service by any person you have authorised to use the Service. You are also authorised to access the processed information and Data that is made available to You through Your use of the Website and the Services (whether that information and Data is Your own or that of anyone else).
2. CustomerLounge has no responsibility to any person other than You and nothing in this Agreement confers, or purports to confer, a benefit on any person other than You. If You use the Services or access the Website on behalf of or for the benefit of anyone other than yourself (whether a body corporate or otherwise) you agree that:
3. You are responsible for ensuring that You have the right to do so;
4. You are responsible for authorising any person who is given access to information or Data, and you agree that CustomerLounge has no obligation to provide any person access to such information or Data without Your authorisation and may refer any requests for information to You to address; and

iii. You will indemnify CustomerLounge against any claims or loss relating to:

1. CustomerLounge’s refusal to provide any person access to Your information or Data in accordance with these Terms,
2. CustomerLounge’s making available information or Data to any person with Your authorisation.
3. The provision of, access to, and use of, the Services is on an “as is” basis and at Your own risk.
4. CustomerLounge does not warrant that the use of the Service will be uninterrupted or error free. Among other things, the operation and availability of the systems used for accessing the Service, including public telephone services, computer networks and the Internet, can be unpredictable and may from time to time interfere with or prevent access to the Services. CustomerLounge is not in any way responsible for any such interference or prevention of Your access or use of the Services.
5. It is Your sole responsibility to determine that the Services meet the needs of Your business and are suitable for the purposes for which they are used.
6. You remain solely responsible for complying with all applicable accounting, tax and other laws. It is Your responsibility to check that storage of and access to your Data via the Software and the Website will comply with laws applicable to you (including any laws requiring you to retain records).

6.3 No warranties

CustomerLounge gives no warranty about the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, CustomerLounge does not warrant that the Services will meet Your requirements or that it will be suitable for any particular purpose. To avoid doubt, all implied conditions or warranties are excluded in so far as is permitted by law, including (without limitation) warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose, title and non-infringement.

6.4 Consumer guarantees

You warrant and represent that You are acquiring the right to access and use the Services for the purposes of a business and that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any statutory consumer guarantees or legislation intended to protect non-business consumers in any jurisdiction does not apply to the supply of the Services, the Website or these Terms.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the maximum extent permitted by law, CustomerLounge excludes all liability and responsibility to You (or any other person) in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, for any loss (including loss of information, Data, profits and savings) or damage resulting, directly or indirectly, from any use of, or reliance on, the Service or Website.

HELP DESK

9.1 Technical Problems

In the case of technical problems, You must make all reasonable efforts to investigate and diagnose problems before contacting CustomerLounge. If You still need technical help, please check the support provided online by CustomerLounge on the Website or failing that email us at support@CustomerLounge.app.

9.2 Service availability

Whilst CustomerLounge intends that the Services should be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it is possible that on occasions the Services or Website may be unavailable to permit maintenance or other development activity to take place.

If for any reason CustomerLounge has to interrupt the Services for longer periods than CustomerLounge would normally expect, CustomerLounge will use reasonable endeavours to publish in advance details of such activity on the Website.

GENERAL

10.1 Waiver

If either party waives any breach of these Terms, this will not constitute a waiver of any other breach. No waiver will be effective unless made in writing.

10.2 Delays

Neither party will be liable for any delay or failure in performance of its obligations under these Terms if the delay or failure is due to any cause outside its reasonable control. This clause does not apply to any obligation to pay money.

10.3 No Assignment

You may not assign or transfer any rights to any other person without CustomerLounge’s prior written consent.

10.4 Governing law and jurisdiction

If the information or Data You are accessing using the Services and the Website is solely that of a person who is a tax resident in the United States of America at the time that You accept these terms then the State of Delaware law govern this Agreement and You submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts , or federal court for the District of Delaware for all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. In all other situations this Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales and You hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales for all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

10.5 Severability

If any part or provision of these Terms is invalid, unenforceable or in conflict with the law, that part or provision is replaced with a provision which, as far as possible, accomplishes the original purpose of that part or provision. The remainder of this Agreement will be binding on the parties.

10.6 Notices

Any notice given under these Terms by either party to the other must be in writing by email and will be deemed to have been given on transmission. Notices to CustomerLounge must be sent to support@autino.com or to any other email address notified by email to You by CustomerLounge. Notices to You will be sent to the email address which You provided when setting up Your access to the Service.

10.7 Rights of Third Parties

A person who is not a party to these Terms has no right to benefit under or to enforce any term of these Terms.