Terms and Conditions
AhaSlides is an online service from AhaSlides Pte. Ltd. (hereinafter "AhaSlides", "we" or "us"). These Terms of Service govern your use of the AhaSlides application and any additional services offered by or available from AhaSlides ("Services"). Please read these Terms of Service carefully.
1. Acceptance to our Terms and Conditions
AhaSlides.com invites all users to carefully read the terms and conditions of use of its site, which are referenced by a hyperlink on each page of the site. By using the website of AhaSlides.com, the user marks the general acceptance of the present terms and conditions. AhaSlides.com reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at all times, the user marking his general acceptance to the revised terms and conditions by using the AhaSlides.com website. You are responsible for checking these terms periodically for changes. If you continue to use the Services after we post changes to these Terms of Service, you are signifying your acceptance of the new terms. When such a change is made, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the end of this document.
2. Using the Website
The content of the AhaSlides.com site is delivered to the user for general information purposes about the AhaSlides.com services on the one hand, and for use of the software developed by AhaSlides.com on the other hand.
The content of this site can only be used within the framework of the services offered on this site and for personal use by the user.
AhaSlides.com reserves the right to deny access to or terminate the access of a user to these services in case of violation of the present terms and conditions.
3. Changes to AhaSlides
We may discontinue or change any service or feature provided at AhaSlides.com at any time.
4. Illicit or Prohibited Use
You must be 16 years or older in order to use the Services. Accounts registered by "bots" or other automated methods are not permitted. You must provide your full legal name, a valid email address and other information we request in order to complete the signup process. Your login may only be used by you. You may not share your login with anyone else. Additional, separate logins are available through the Services. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password. AhaSlides accepts no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this security obligation. You are responsible for all of the content posted and activity that occurs under your account. One person or legal entity may NOT maintain more than one free account.
The user engages him/herself to use this site in compliance with the laws and legal and contractual provisions. The user cannot use this website in any way that may prejudice the interests of AhaSlides.com, of its contractors and/or its clients. In particular, the user shall not engage him/herself to use the site for illicit or illegal purposes that would be contrary to public order or morality (e.g.: content that is violent, pornographic, racist, xenophobic, or defamatory).
5. Guarantees and Liability Disclaimer
The user assumes full responsibility for the use of the AhaSlides.com site. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the services is done so at the user’s own discretion and risk. The user will be solely responsible for any damage to his/her computer system or any loss of data resulting from the download of any such material. The services of AhaSlides.com are provided "as is" and "as available". AhaSlides.com cannot warrant that these services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free from error, that the results obtained by using the services will be accurate and reliable, that possible defects in any software used will be corrected.
AhaSlides.com will use all reasonable efforts to publish information that, to our knowledge, is up to date on the site. AhaSlides.com however neither warrants that such information is suitable, accurate and exhaustive, nor warrants that the site will be permanently complete and updated in all regards. The information contained on this site, as among other things the prices and charges, may contain content errors, technical errors or typographical errors. This information is provided on an indicative basis and will be periodically modified.
AhaSlides.com cannot be held responsible for the content of messages, hyperlinks, information, images, videos or any other content whatsoever submitted by the users using the services of AhaSlides.com.
AhaSlides.com may not systematically control the content of its site. If the content appears to be illicit, illegal, contrary to public order or to morality (e.g.: content that is violent, pornographic, racist or xenophobic, defamatory, …), the user shall inform AhaSlides.com thereof, in accordance with point 5 of the present Terms and Conditions. AhaSlides.com will suppress any content that it would consider at its sole discretion as illicit, illegal or contrary to public order or to morality, without however being held responsible for omitting to suppress or deciding to maintain any content.
The site of AhaSlides.com may contain hypertext links to other sites. These links are provided to the user on an indicative basis only. AhaSlides.com does not control such websites nor the information contained in them. AhaSlides.com can hence not warrant the quality and/or exhaustiveness of this information.
AhaSlides.com cannot, in any case, be held liable for direct or indirect damages, nor for any other damage of any nature resulting from the use or the impossibility of the use of the site for any reason, regardless of whether this liability is based on a contract, on an offence or a technical offence, or whether it is or not a liability without fault, even if AhaSlides.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages. AhaSlides.com cannot in any way be held liable for acts committed by internet users.
6. Additional Terms
By accessing AhaSlides, you are granting permission to us and others to aggregate searches for statistical purposes and use it in connection with the Services, the Site and otherwise in connection with our business. AhaSlides does not provide legal services, and therefore, providing you with the ability to attach a license agreement to your compilation of links does not create an attorney-client relationship. The license agreement and all related information are provided on an "as is" basis. AhaSlides makes no warranties whatsoever regarding the license agreement and the information provided and disclaims all liability for damages, including without limitation, any general, special, incidental or consequential damages, resulting from their use. AhaSlides is explicitly not responsible for the manner or circumstances by which third parties access or use public content and is under no obligation to disable or otherwise restrict this access. AhaSlides provides you with the ability to remove your personal information from the Site and the Services. This ability does not extend to copies that others may have made or to copies that we may have made for backup purposes.
7. License to Use AhaSlides
The following terms and conditions govern your use of the AhaSlides Services. This is a license agreement ("Agreement") between you and AhaSlides. ("AhaSlides"). By accessing the AhaSlides Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understand and accept the following terms and conditions. In the event you do not agree and do not want to be bound by these terms and conditions, destroy your passcode and cease all further use of the AhaSlides Services.
License Grant
AhaSlides grants to you (either to you individually or the company for whom you work) a non-exclusive license to access one copy of the AhaSlides Services solely for your own personal or business purposes on a computer during the period of time or session where you interact with the AhaSlides Services (whether by means of a laptop computer, standard computer or a workstation attached to a multi-user network (a "Computer"). We consider the AhaSlides Services in use on the Computer you are then currently using when the AhaSlides Services are loaded into that Computer’s temporary memory or "RAM" and when you interact with, upload, revise or input information onto AhaSlides’s servers by means of the AhaSlides Services. AhaSlides reserves all rights not expressly granted herein.
Ownership
AhaSlides or its licensors are the owners of all rights, titles, and interests, including copyright, in and to the AhaSlides Services. Copyright to the individual programs available through www.AhaSlides.com (the "Software"), which in turn are used to deliver the AhaSlides Services to you, are either owned by AhaSlides or its licensors. Ownership of the Software and all proprietary rights relating thereto remain with AhaSlides and its licensors.
Restrictions on Use and Transfer
You may use only that copy of the AhaSlides Services associated with your name and email address.
You may not:
- Rent or lease the AhaSlides Services.
- Transfer AhaSlides Services.
- Copy or reproduce the AhaSlides Services through a LAN or other network systems or through any computer subscriber system or computer network bulletin-board system.
- Modify, adapt, or create derivative works based on the AhaSlides Services; or reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the AhaSlides Services.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
We provide AhaSlides "as is" and "as available." We make no express warranties or guarantees about AhaSlides. We make no claims of time-to-load, service up-time or quality. To the extent permitted by law, we and our licensors disclaim implied warranties that AhaSlides and all software, content and services distributed through AhaSlides are merchantable, of satisfactory quality, accurate, timely, fit for a particular purpose or need, or non-infringing. We do not guarantee that AhaSlides will meet your requirements, is error-free, reliable, without interruption or available at all times. We do not guarantee that the results that may be obtained from the use of AhaSlides, including any support services, will be effective, reliable, accurate or meet your requirements. We do not guarantee that you will be able to access or use AhaSlides (either directly or through third-party networks) at times or locations of your choosing. No oral or written information or advice given by an AhaSlides representative shall create a warranty. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws that this contract cannot change depending upon the jurisdiction in which the Software is utilised.
9. Limitation of Liability
We shall not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or exemplary damages arising from your use of, inability to use, or reliance upon AhaSlides. These exclusions apply to any claims for lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any other commercial damages or losses, even if we knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages. Because some provinces, states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such provinces, states or jurisdictions, our liability, and the liability of our parent and suppliers, shall be limited to the extent permitted by law.
10. Indemnification
Upon a request by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us and our parent and other affiliated companies, and our respective employees, contractors, officers, directors, and agents from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including attorney’s fees that arise from your use or misuse of AhaSlides. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defences.
11. Payments
A valid credit card is required for paying accounts.
Fees, rate limits and effective dates for these Services are negotiated separately from the Terms and of Service.
The Services are billed in advance on a billing period basis. There will be no refunds or credits for partial billing periods of service, upgrade/downgrade refunds, refunds for billing periods unused. Account credits do not roll over to the succeeding billing period.
All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, and you shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties, excluding only VAT when a valid number is provided.
For any upgrade or downgrade in plan level, the credit card that you provided will automatically be charged the new rate on your next billing cycle.
Downgrading your Service may cause the loss of content, features, or capacity of your account. AhaSlides does not accept any liability for such loss.
You can cancel your subscription anytime by clicking on the ’cancel your subscription now’ link on the My Plan page when you have logged on to your account. If you cancel the Services before the end of your current paid up billing period, your cancellation will take effect immediately and you will not be charged again.
Prices of any Service may change, however, old plans will be grandfathered in unless otherwise stated. Notice of pricing changes may be provided by contacting you using the contact information you have provided to us.
AhaSlides will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modifications, price changes, or suspension or discontinuation of the Site or Services.
You may cancel your subscription to AhaSlides at any point prior to your next billing period (auto-renewed subscriptions are billed annually), no questions asked. "Cancel anytime" means you can turn off the auto-renewal for your subscription whenever you'd like, and if you do so at least 1 hour prior to your renewal date, you will not be charged for subsequent billing periods after that. If you do not cancel at least 1 hour prior to your renewal date, your subscription will be automatically renewed and we will charge your account using the payment method on file for you. Note that all the One-Time plans are never automatically renewed.
AhaSlides do not see, process or keep your credit card information. All payment details are handled by our payment providers. including Stripe, Inc. (Stripe's Privacy Policy) and PayPal, Inc. (PayPal's Privacy Policy).
12. Case Study
The customer authorises AhaSlides to use the case study it develops, as a communication and marketing tool to show other companies, the press and other third parties. The information which is authorised to be revealed only includes: the name of the Company, the image of the Platform developed and total statistics (rate of use, satisfaction rate, etc.). The following information can never be revealed: data related to the content of the presentations or any other information which was specifically declared confidential. In return, the customer can use these Case studies (same information) for promotional ends towards its employees or its customers.
13. Intellectual Property Rights
The elements accessible on this site, which are the property of AhaSlides.com, as well as their compilation and construction (texts, photographs, images, icons, videos, software, databases, data, etc.), are protected by the intellectual property rights of AhaSlides.com.
The elements accessible on this site, which have been posted by users of the AhaSlides.com services, as well as their compilation and construction (texts, photographs, images, icons, videos, software, databases, data, etc.), may be protected by the intellectual property rights of these users.
The names and logos of AhaSlides.com displayed on this site are protected trademarks and/or trade names. The trademarks of AhaSlides.com must not be used in connection with any product or service other than those of AhaSlides.com, in any way whatsoever that may create confusion among the consumers or in any way that may depreciate or discredit AhaSlides.com.
Unless expressly authorised, the user may not in any case copy, reproduce, represent, modify, transmit, publish, adapt, distribute, spread, sub-license, transfer, sell in any form or media, and will not exploit in any way whatsoever all or part of this site without prior written consent by AhaSlides.com.
The user owns the content submitted or posted on this site. The user grants AhaSlides.com, for unlimited time, a free, non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable right to use, copy, modify, aggregate, distribute, publish, and process in any form the content that the user provides through this site, including content on which the user holds the copyright.
14. Privacy Policy (protection of personal data)
Use of this site may result in the collection and processing of personal data by AhaSlides.com. We, therefore, invite you to read our privacy statement.
15. Dispute Settlement, Competence and Applicable Law
The present terms of use are subject to Singaporean law. Any dispute arising from or related to this service will be the object of a dispute resolution procedure between the parties. In case of failure of the dispute resolution procedure, the dispute will be brought before the courts of Singapore. AhaSlides.com reserves the right to refer to another court of competent jurisdiction if it deems it appropriate.
16. Termination
Your right to use AhaSlides automatically terminates at the end of the term of our agreement and earlier if you violate these Terms of Service in connection with your use of AhaSlides. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of AhaSlides, in the event that you breach these Terms of Service, with or without notice.
You are solely responsible for properly terminating your account by using the Delete Account feature provided on AhaSlides.com. An email or phone request to terminate your account is not considered termination.
All of your content will be immediately deleted from the Services upon cancellation. This information cannot be recovered once your account is terminated. If you cancel the Services before the end of your current paid up month, your cancellation will take effect immediately and you will not be charged again. AhaSlides, in its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services, or any other AhaSlides service, for any reason at any time. Such termination of the Services will result in the deactivation or deletion of your account or your access to your account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all content in your account. AhaSlides reserves the right to refuse service or the Services to anyone for any reason at any time.
If you are a subscriber to one or more Services that are terminated, limited, or restricted, such termination of the Services will result in the deactivation or deletion of your account or your access.
17. Changes to the Agreements
We reserve the right to change these Terms from time to time without prior notice. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review the Terms periodically to familiarise yourself with any modifications. In the event of material changes to the Terms, we will notify you at least 30 days before these new Terms apply to you, by issuing notice accessible through your use of the Services or by email to your registered email account. Please, therefore, make sure you read any such notice carefully. Your continued use of the Services after such modifications will constitute acknowledgement and agreement of the modified Terms. If you do not wish to continue using the Service under the new version of the Terms, you may terminate the Agreement by deleting your user account.
Changelog
- Novemer 2021: Update to the Intellectual Property Rights section: AhaSlides' "unlimited time, free rights" to "exploit, sub-licence, and sell" user content are now removed.
- October 2021: Update to the Payment section with information on an additional payment provider (PayPal Inc.).
- June 2021: Update to the following sections:
- 16. Termination
- 17. Changes to the Agreements
- July 2019: First version of page.