[Boto] User agreement

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING ARBITRATION  FOR U.S. USERS: WHEN YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS YOU ARE  AGREEING  (WITH  LIMITED   EXCEPTION)  TO  RESOLVE  ANY  DISPUTE  BETWEEN  YOU  AND  Pikka International Holding Co., Limited THROUGH  BINDING,  INDIVIDUAL  ARBITRATION   RATHER  THAN  IN   COURT.   PLEASE  REVIEW  CAREFULLY SECTION 16 “ DISPUTE RESOLUTION” BELOW FOR DETAILS REGARDING ARBITRATION.

 

1.           Agreementto Terms. By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you don t agree to be bound by these Terms, do not use the Services. If you are accessing and using the Services on behalf of a company (such as your employer) or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority  to bind that entity to these Terms. In that case, youandyourwill refer to that entity.

2.           Privacy  Policy.  Please  review  our  Privacy  Policy,  which  also  governs your  use of  the Services, for information on how we collect, use and share your information.

3.           Changes to  these Terms or  the Services. We  may update the Terms from time to time in  our sole discretion. If we do, we ll let you know by posting the updated Terms on the Site, to the App and/or may also send other communications. Its important that you review the Terms whenever we update them or you use the Services. If you continue to use the Services after we have posted updated Terms it means that you accept and agree to the changes. If you dont agree to be bound by the changes, you may not use the Services anymore. Because our Services are evolving overtime we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, atour sole discretion.

4.           The Services.  Our Services provide a proprietary platform that allows users to interact with and receive  services from an AI-powered assistant (“Boto”) via (i) phone call; (ii) in-Appvoice call; or (iii) other App features

5.           Who May Use the Services? You may use the Services only if you are at least 18 years of age or older and capable of forming a binding contract with Pikka International Holding Co., Limited, and not otherwise barred from using the Services under applicable  law. To  use  certain features of  the Services, you’ll need to  register and  create an  account.  It’s important that  you  provide  us  with  accurate,  complete  and   current  account  information  and  keep this information up to date. If you don’t, we might have to suspend or terminate your account. To  protect your  account, keep the account details and password confidential, and notify us right away of any unauthorized use. Youre responsible for all activities that occur under your account.

6.           Feedback. We appreciate feedback, comments, ideas, proposals and suggestions for improvements to the Services (“Feedback”) . If you choose to submit Feedback, you agree that we are free to use it without any restriction or compensation to you.

7.           Intellectual Property

(a)         User Content. Our Services may  allow  you  (i)  engage in  text-based interactions with  Boto (together with  transcriptions  of  audio  interactions  with  Boto,  Transcripts”)   and  (ii)   upload  or otherwise  make  content  such   as  audio,  graphics,  geographical  data,  text,  files,  data,   calendar information, video and images available to Boto; and (iii) grant Boto access to the camera functionality

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on your personal computer, mobile handset, tablet, and/or other device(s) from which you access the App. Anything (other than Feedback) that you upload, submit or otherwise make available to Boto through the Services is referred to as User Content.” Pikka International Holding Co., Limited does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to your User Content.

(b)         Permissions to Your User Content.  By uploading any User Content to the Services you hereby

grant to Pikka International Holding Co., Limited  a  non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, license, with the  right  to sublicense, to  use, copy,  modify, create derivative works based upon  your User Content solely  in connection with operating, providing and improving the Services. In addition, to the extent that your (or any third party’s) name, voice, image, likeness, and  performance (any and all an  Appearance”), is embodied or  contained  in  your  User  Content, you  grant  Pikka International Holding Co., Limited  a  non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, permission and consent, with the right to sublicense, to use such Appearance  as embodied in your User Content in connection with operating, providing and improving the Services.

(c)         Your Responsibility for User Content; No Minor Content. You are solely responsible for all your User Content. You represent and warrant that you have (and will have) all rights that are necessary to  grant us the license rights in your User Content under these Terms. You  represent and warrant that neither your User Content, nor your use  and provision of your User Content to be  made available  through or otherwise processed via the Services, nor any use of your User Content by Pikka International Holding Co., Limited on or through the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s intellectual property rights,  or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation. You further represent and warrant that your User Content does not contain images or personal data of minors or persons under the age of 18, and you understand that submission of such content via the Services is strictly prohibited.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible or liable for the removal or deletion of (or the failure to remove or delete) any of your User Content you may choose to post, distribute or publish to any third party websites, social media services or otherwise.

(d)         Storage and Use of User Content. Except as set forth in this Agreement, Pikka International Holding Co., Limited will not store or use any User Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pikka International Holding Co., Limitedwill store Transcripts and will use such Transcripts solely to operate, provide and improve the Services. If you do not want Pikka International Holding Co., Limited to store Transcripts of your voice and text interactions with Boto, you may disable this feature in the App.

(e)         Gemini Terms. Boto is powered in part by machine learning models and services provided by Gemini, LLC (the Technology”) . You agree to be bound by the terms of the Gemini Terms of use available at https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms, including with respect to the terms of Section 3 which provide that Gemini may use User Content provided to the Gemini services to help develop and improve the Gemini services.

(f)          Boto Output. As between you and Pikka International Holding Co., Limited, Pikka International Holding Co., Limitedretains all right, title, and interest in and to the output, including any text, images or audio, generated by Boto (“Boto Output”) . Subject to your compliance  with these Terms, Pikka International Holding Co., Limited hereby grants to you  a  limited,  non-exclusive,  worldwide, royalty-free, revocable license, to use, copy, distribute, modify, creative derivative works of,  perform and display the Boto Output for your own personal, non-commercial use (e.g., your own personal display or use) .

Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds Intellectual Property. To the extent that you own or control (presently or in the future) any intellectual property rights that maybe necessary for Pikka International Holding Co., Limited to exercise of any ownership rights in the Boto Output (“Related Rights”), you agree to and do hereby grant to  Pikka International Holding Co., Limited, or will  cause to be granted to Pikka International Holding Co., Limited, a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully-paid up, assignable, sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, prepare derivative

 


works of, perform publicly, display publicly and otherwise exploit any such Related Rights to the extent necessary to enable Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds exercise of any ownership rights in the Boto Output.

For clarity, if you violate any provision of these Terms, your licenseto the Boto Output willautomatically terminate, and you may no longer use the Boto Output.

8.           Rights and Terms for Apps.

(a)          App License. If you comply with these Terms, Pikka International Holding Co., Limited grants to you a  limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license, with no right to sublicense, to download and install the App on your personal computers, mobile handsets, tablets, and/or other devices and to run the App solely for your own personalnon-commercialpurposes. Except as expressly permitted in theseTerms, youmay not: (i) copy, modify or create derivative works based on the App; (ii) distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend or rent the App to  any third  party;  (iii)  reverse engineer, decompile or  disassemble the  App  (unless applicable  law permits, despite this limitation); or (iv) make the functionality of the App available  to multiple users through any means.

(b)          Additional Information: Apple App Store. This Section 8(b) applies to any App that you acquire from the Apple App Store or use on an iOS device. Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance  and support services with respect to the App. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any  applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the App purchase price to you (if applicable) and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty  obligation whatsoever with respect to the App. Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App or your possession and use of it, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory  requirement; and (iii)  claims  arising  under consumer  protection or  similar  legislation.  Apple is  not responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any third-party claim that your possession and  use of the App infringe that third party ’s intellectual property rights. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance of the Terms, Apple  will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you  as a third-party beneficiary thereof. You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as  a terrorist-supporting country; and (ii) you are  not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You must also comply with any applicable third-party terms of service when using the  App.

9.           General Prohibitions and Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds Enforcement Rights. You agree not to do any of the following:

(a)         Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any User Content, or use the Services to generate any Boto Output that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party ’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade  secret,  moral  rights  or   other  intellectual  property  rights,  or  rights  of   publicity  or  privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable  law or  regulation or would  give rise to civil  liability;  (iii) is defamatory, threatening, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (iv) promotes discrimination,  bigotry, racism,  hatred, harassment or  harm  against  any  individual  or group; (v) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any person or entity; or (vi) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances;

(b)         Use,  display,  mirror  or  frame  the  Services  or  any  individual  element within  the  Services, Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds name, any Pikka International Holding Co., Limited trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds express written consent;

 


(c)          Use the Services or  any Boto Output in  a  manner that violates the Gemini Usage Policies located here (  https://gemini.google/policy-guidelines/)];

(d)         Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds providers;

(e)         Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any Pikka International Holding Co., Limited system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;

(f)          Avoid,   bypass,   remove,   deactivate,   impair,   descramble   or    otherwise   circumvent  any

technological measure implemented by Pikka International Holding Co., Limited orany of Pikka International Holding Co., Limiteds providers or any otherthird party (including another user) to protect the Services;

(g)         Attempt to  access or  search the  Services or  download content from the Services using any engine, software, tool, agent, device or  mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/orsearch agents provided by Pikka International Holding Co., Limited or othergenerally available third-party web browsers;

(h)         Use  the  Services  in  connection with  sending  any  unsolicited  or  unauthorized  advertising,

promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;

(i)          Use the Services, or any portion thereof, for any commercial purpose or for the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms;

(j)          Forge any TCP/IP packet headerorany part of the headerinformation in any emailornewsgroup posting, orin anyway use the Services to send altered, deceptiveorfalse source-identifying information;

(k)         Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Services;

(l)          Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Services;

(m)        Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Services from other users of the Services without their express permission;

(n)         Misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; (o)         Violate any applicable law or regulation; or

(p)         Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.

Pikka International Holding Co., Limited is not obligated to monitoraccess to or use of the Services or to review oredit any content. However, we have the right todosofor the purpose of operating the Services, to ensure compliance with these Terms  and to comply with applicable law or other legal requirements.. We have the right to investigate violations of  these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement   authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

10.         Links to Third Party Websites or Resources. The Services (including the App) may allow you to access third-party websites or other resources. We provide access only as a convenience and are not responsible for

 


the content, products or services on or available from those resources or links displayed on such websites. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from, your use of any third-party resources.

11.         Termination. We may suspend orterminate youraccess to and use of the Services, including suspending access to or terminating your account, at our sole discretion, at anytime and without notice to you. You may cancel your account  at  any time  by  sending  us an  email  at  support@botochat.ai.  Upon  any  termination, discontinuation or cancellation  of the  Services or  your account,  the following Sections will  survive:  Error! Reference source not found., Error! Reference source not found., Error! Reference source not found., 11, 11, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.

12.         Warranty Disclaimers. THE SERVICES AND ANY Pikka International Holding Co., Limited CONTENT ARE PROVIDEDAS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY  KIND.  WITHOUT  LIMITING THE   FOREGOING, WE  EXPLICITLY  DISCLAIM  ANY  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND  NON- INFRINGEMENT, ANDANYWARRANTIES ARISINGOUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTYTHATTHE SERVICES ORANYBoto OUTPUTWILL MEETYOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BEAVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL Boto OUTPUT.

13.         Artificial Intelligence Disclaimer. Customer understands and  agrees that the  Technology, like  many large  language  models,  may  produce  output  that  is   inaccurate,   incorrect,  harmful,  offensive, personal, confidential(orhave the appearanceof confidentiality) oris otherwise undesirable, orappears accurate because  of its detail or specificity that may still contain material inaccuracies. You should evaluate the accuracy of any Boto Output as appropriate for your use case, including by using human review of the Boto Output.

14.         Indemnity. You agree to release, indemnify and hold Pikka International Holding Co., Limited and its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs and expenses, including, without limitation,  reasonable legal and accounting fees arising out of or  in  any  way

connected with (a) youraccess to or use of the Services and any Boto Output, (b) your User Content, or(c) your violation of these Terms.

15.         Limitation of Liability.

(a)         TO  THE   MAXIMUM  EXTENT   PERMITTED   BY  LAW,   NEITHER  Pikka International Holding Co., Limited  NOR   ITS  SERVICE

PROVIDERS INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES AND Boto OUTPUT WILL  BE   LIABLE  FOR  ANY  INCIDENTAL,  SPECIAL,  EXEMPLARY  OR  CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,  OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOSTSAVINGS, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF  DATA OR GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE ORSYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT,  TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY ORANY OTHER LEGALTHEORY, ANDWHETHER OR NOT Pikka International Holding Co., Limited OR  ITS  SERVICE  PROVIDERS  HAVE BEEN  INFORMED OF THE  POSSIBILITY OF  SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUNDTO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

(b)         TO  THE  MAXIMUM EXTENT  PERMITTED  BY  LAW,  IN  NO  EVENT  WILL    Pikka International Holding Co., LimitedS TOTAL

LIABILITYARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITHTHESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES EXCEED THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID OR ARE PAYABLE BY YOU TO Pikka International Holding Co., Limited FOR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD ANY PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS TO Pikka International Holding Co., Limited, AS APPLICABLE.

 


(c)         THE  EXCLUSIONS AND  LIMITATIONS OF  DAMAGES SET  FORTH  ABOVE  ARE  FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN Pikka International Holding Co., Limited AND YOU.

16.         Governing Law and Forum Choice. These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, federal arbitration law, and the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict  of laws provisions. Except as  otherwise expressly set forth in  Section  16 Dispute  Resolution,” the exclusive jurisdiction for all Disputes (defined below) that you and Pikka International Holding Co., Limited are not required to arbitrate will be the state and federal courts located in the County of Santa Clara,  California and you and Pikka International Holding Co., Limited each waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

17.         Dispute Resolution.

(a)          Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes. We each agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the  breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services (collectively, “Disputes”) will be resolved solely by binding, individual arbitration and not in a class, representative or consolidated action or proceeding. You and Pikka International Holding Co., Limited agree that the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of these Terms,  and that you and Pikka International Holding Co., Limited are each waiving the right to atrial by jury or to participate in a class action. This arbitration provisionshall survive termination of these Terms.

(b)          Exceptions. As  limited exceptions to Section  17(a)  above: (i) we  both may seek to resolve a Dispute in small claims court if it qualifies; and (ii) we each retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief from  a  court  to  prevent  (or enjoin) the infringement or  misappropriation  of  our intellectual property rights.

(c)          Conducting Arbitration and Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules (theAAA Rules”) then in effect, except as modified by these Terms. The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778- 7879. A party who wishes to start arbitration must submit a written Demand for Arbitration to AAA and give notice to the other party as specified in the AAA Rules. The AAA provides a form Demand for Arbitration at www.adr.org.

Any arbitration hearings will take place in the county (or parish) where you live, unless we both agree to a different location. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall  have exclusive authority to decide all issues relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability and scope of this arbitration agreement.

(d)          Arbitration Costs. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules, and we wont seek to recover the administration and arbitrator fees we are responsible for paying, unless the arbitrator finds your Dispute frivolous. If we prevail in arbitration we ’ll pay all of our attorneys fees and costs and wont seek to recover them from you. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys fees and expenses to the extentprovided under applicable law.

(e)          Injunctive and Declaratory Relief. Except as provided in Section 17(b) above, the arbitratorshall determine all issues of liability  on the  merits of any claim  asserted by either party and  may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that partys individual claim.  To the extent that you or we prevail on a claim and seek public injunctive relief (that is, injunctive relief that has the primary purpose  and effect of prohibiting unlawful acts that threaten future injury to the public), the entitlement to and extent of such relief must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration. The  parties agree that litigation of any issues of public injunctive reliefshall be stayed pending the outcome of the merits of any individual claims in arbitration.

 


(f)          Class Action Waiver. YOU AND Pikka International Holding Co., Limited AGREETHAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINSTTHE OTHER ONLY IN YOUROR ITS INDIVIDUALCAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Further, if the parties’ Dispute is resolved through arbitration, the arbitrator may not consolidate another person s claims with your claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this Dispute Resolution sectionshall be null and void.

(g)          Severability. With the exception of any of the provisions in Section 17(f) of these Terms (“Class Action Waiver”), if an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction decides that any part of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, the other parts of these Terms will still apply.

18.         General Terms.

(a)          Reservation of Rights. Pikka International Holding Co., Limited and its licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Services, including all associated intellectual property rights. You acknowledge that the Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services.

(b)          Entire  Agreement. These  Terms  constitute  the   entire  and   exclusive  understanding  and

agreement between Pikka International Holding Co., Limited and you regarding the Services, and these Terms supersede and replace  all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between Pikka International Holding Co., Limitedand you regarding the Services. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by an arbitrator or a court of competent  jurisdiction, that provision will beenforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions  of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. Except where provided by applicable  law in your jurisdiction, you may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law  or otherwise, without  Pikka International Holding Co., Limited’s prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms absent our consent or your statutory right, without such consent, will be null and void. Pikka International Holding Co., Limited may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

(c)          Notices. Any notices or other communications provided by Pikka International Holding Co., Limited under these Terms will be given: (i) via email; or (ii) by posting to the Services. For notices made by email, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

(d)          Waiver of Rights. Pikka International Holding Co., Limited’s failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will  not be considered a waiver of such right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Pikka International Holding Co., Limited. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its  remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise.

19.         Contact  Information. If you  have any questions about these Terms or  the Services, please contact Pikka International Holding Co., Limited at support@botochat.ai.