Terms of use (“TOU”)
www.locanis360.com
Effective Date: 1 June 2023
- Scope
Locanis AG, Potsdamer Platz 10, Haus 2, 10785 Berlin, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively “Locanis”), have created, own, and operate this website (referred to hereunder as the “Locanis website”). The Locanis website allows you (“you” or “you are”) and other Locanis software experts, developers, users, and other interested parties (each, a “User” and collectively, “Users”) to engage in a variety of activities, such as find information, purchase or research Locanis and related software and services, obtain support for Locanis software and services, share information with Locanis and third parties, post comments, blog, provide reviews, vote on prospective features, and engage in conversations and activities related to Locanis products and services. In addition, the website also includes information created and published by Locanis (“Locanis materials”) and third parties (“user content”), such as text, images, photographs, graphics, audio and video, data, code, and software (collectively, the Locanis materials and user content are referred to as “Content”).
- Acceptance of terms
Your access and use of the Locanis website are subject to and governed by these Terms of Use, also referred to as “TOU”, including any additional or different disclaimers, legal notices, agreements, or terms and conditions that may apply to your use of or access to this website, Locanis materials, or user content. If there is a conflict between the terms in this TOU and any additional legal terms, the additional legal terms shall control. This TOU forms a legally binding agreement between you and Locanis. By clicking on the “I Accept” button as part of a registration process or otherwise demonstrating your consent to this TOU through a process established by Locanis, you accept and agree to abide by the terms of this TOU. If you do not agree to the terms of this TOU, you should not click the “I Accept” button (or equivalent) or attempt to access or use this Locanis website, Locanis materials, or user content. In addition, please note that this TOU does not govern the use of any cloud solutions eventually provided by Locanis under separate agreements.
Locanis may modify the TOU to reflect changes in Locani’s business, applicable law, or other reasons deemed necessary by Locanis. If the terms of the TOU change, Locanis will provide notice, including but not limited to the notice provided through the website or a Locanis user account. Except where the law prohibits, updates to the TOU will apply once the changes have been posted or notice has otherwise been given. Modifications to the TOU will, however, not apply retroactively. If you disagree with changes made to the TOU, you must discontinue using this Locanis website, Locanis materials, or user content.
- User content and license to Locanis
Locanis does not claim ownership of user content you post, upload, input, or submit to this Locanis website. By posting, transmitting or uploading any user content, including any article, information, data, code, text, software, documentation, graphic, image, marketing material, video, photograph, message, suggestion, feedback, idea, or posting to any forum, wiki, or this Locanis website, you grant to Locanis a perpetual, irrevocable (subject to mandatory data protection requirements), non-exclusive, worldwide, fully-paid up and royalty-free license to use such user content without restrictions of any kind and without any payment or other consideration of any kind, or permission or notification, to you or any third party. This license includes, without limitation, the irrevocable (subject to mandatory data protection requirements) right to reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies, display, perform, license and provide the user content to third parties; to make, have made, offer to sell, sell, lease, or otherwise distribute any user content or product; and to practice any method, embodying such user content (including the right to sublicense any of the foregoing).
You represent and warrant to Locanis that you have the right, title, and/or authority to grant such license to Locanis. Locanis may elect not to post or publish user content that you submit. If Locanis elects to post or publish your user content, Locanis may, in its sole discretion, withdraw the posted or published user content for any reason and without notice, even if Locanis has previously indicated to you that Locanis might or will post the user content you have submitted.
You acknowledge and agree that the relationship between you and Locanis is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship. Locanis shall have the right, but not the obligation, to use your name, likeness, biography and other information about you that you have provided in connection with any use of the user content You submit, and Locanis may continue to use this information after any termination of your account or your access to the this Locanis website for the purpose of identifying the source of user content that you previously submitted. Nothing in this TOU shall prohibit or restrict Locani’s right to create or obtain user content or submissions similar to or competitive with the user content you have submitted.
- Permissible use of Locanis website and content
This Locanis website, the Locanis materials, and the user content are for your non-commercial use, that is, your use must not be intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. Accordingly, you may not copy, modify, distribute, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, rent, lease, or sell this Locanis website, Locanis materials, or user content. You may, however, download, store, and display on your computer or other electronic devices solely to view, listen to, play and print Locanis materials and user content, provided that: (a) the Locanis materials and user content may only be used for informational, non-commercial purposes and will not be copied or posted on any computer network, or otherwise published, broadcast, or distributed in any manner or media; and (b) the Locanis materials and user content may not be modified or altered in any way, including any copyright notices.
You may not use this Locanis website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Locanis server or the network(s) connected to any Locanis server or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of this Locanis website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to This Locanis website, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any Locanis server through hacking, password mining, or other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this Locanis website.
You agree not to use this Locanis website to:
- publish, upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any user content that (a) you do not have the right to make available, (b) is unlawful, harmful, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (c) infringes any Intellectual Property Rights of any party, (d) includes any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, surveys, junk mail, spamming, chain letters, or any other form of solicitation, commercial or otherwise, or (e) contains a software virus, Trojan horse, worm, time bomb, cancelbot, corrupted file, or any other computer file or software designed to interrupt, destroy, damage or limit the functionality of any computer hardware, software or other property;
- defame, harass, abuse, stalk, threaten or violate the legal rights of others, such as rights of privacy and publicity or business integrity;
- impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Locanis official, Locanis employee, or any other third party, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- forge email headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any user content transmitted through this Locanis website;
- download any file or user content posted by another user that you know, or reasonably should know, should not be legally reproduced, displayed, performed and/or distributed in such manner;
- interfere with or disrupt the servers or networks which support this Locanis website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to this Locanis website;
- violate any applicable local, state, national or international law and any regulations;
- harvest, collect or store personal information or data of other users.
- Termination of use
Locanis may, at its sole discretion, discontinue providing or limit access to this Locanis website, any areas of this Locanis website, or any Locanis materials or user content provided on or through this Locanis website. You agree that Locanis may, in its sole discretion, at any time, terminate or limit your access to, or use of, any or all of this Locanis website or any Locanis material or user content. Suppose you are in material breach of the TOU. In that case, Locanis may, at its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your account, delete your content from this Locanis website, and refuse you any current or future use of this Locanis website without notice. Locanis shall not be liable to you or any third party for such suspension or termination.
If you wish to terminate your account, you may do so by submitting your request via email to admin@locanis360.com. Please note that in the event that you elect to terminate your account, Locanis has the right and may elect to continue to post and publish on the website personally identifying information associated with user content that you have posted.
- Locanis contact
Locanis is not obligated to evaluate or provide any comments to you regarding the user content that you submit. At Locani’s sole discretion, Locanis may contact you with critiques, updates, feedback, status or questions regarding your submission. However, in no event will any such contact or communication from Locanis obligate Locanis to adopt your submission, provide a timeframe for evaluation, or even provide any additional communication regarding your submission.
- Confidential information
Except for this Locanis website which is clearly identified as a non-public forum (each a ” Non-Public Forum”), the Locanis website is intended to be a public forum, and you agree not to provide Locanis or other users with any confidential or proprietary information that you or the owner of the information do not intend to become public information. Except for user content clearly labelled as confidential that you upload into a non-public forum, any user content that you send or upload to this Locanis website will be deemed NOT to be confidential or proprietary, and you expressly agree that you waive any trade secret or other confidentiality rights with respect to such user content.
You agree not to reproduce any confidential information to which you are provided access through this Locanis website in any form except as authorized at the time of disclosure. Any reproduction of confidential information shall remain the property of Locanis or the third party that has prepared such information and shall contain any and all confidential or proprietary notices or legends which appear on the original. You agree to (a) take all reasonable steps (defined below) to keep all confidential information strictly confidential; (b) to use confidential information solely as authorized at the time of disclosure, and (c) not to disclose any confidential information to any party without the prior written consent of Locanis or the third party that has prepared such information. You do not acquire any rights in confidential information except the limited rights described herein. In no event shall you use confidential information to create, enhance, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Locanis Software or this Locanis website, or compete with Locanis software or this Locanis website in whole or in part. As used herein, “confidential information” shall mean all trade secrets, intellectual property rights, and other information Locanis or third parties protect against unrestricted disclosure to others which is (i) either labelled confidential and accessed through a restricted or non-public area of this Locanis website or pursuant to software downloads or (ii) reasonably identifiable as confidential based on the type of information and the manner of its disclosure. As used herein, “reasonable steps” means those steps you and/or your company take to protect your own confidential information, which shall not be less than the industry standard of care.
ALL USER CONTENT POSTED BY YOU TO THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE, WHETHER IN A PUBLIC FORUM OR NON-PUBLIC FORUM, SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND LOCANIS TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OR MISUSE OF ANY SUCH UPLOADED INFORMATION BY ANY OTHER USER OF THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE.
- Your information, privacy, and data protection
The Locanis website requires that you become a registered user. Before using this website, you must register with Locanis and provide Locanis with certain information, including personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address (“personal data”). By providing Locanis with personal data, you expressly agree that Locanis may collect, use, store and otherwise process your personal data for the purpose of providing you with access to this website and related activities and communications in which you agree to participate.
You are responsible for and agree to provide Locanis with complete, true, and current information, including personal data, and to keep your personal data accurate and up to date. You can always correct or update your personal data. Furthermore, you may request information about your personal data stored with Locanis, the correction (in case the website is not allowing you to correct or update your information), or the deletion of your personal data by contacting admin@locanis360.com. Please note that if you request the deletion of your account or personal data, You might be unable to further access and use this Locanis website and your user content.
You are solely responsible with regard to the usage and security of your password and any activities that occur under your account. You shall not use the account of anyone else at any time. You understand and agree that Locanis collects, uses, stores and otherwise processes your personal information and utilization data and may share such data with third-party service providers to improve or provide this Locanis website subject to Locanis privacy statement.
YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE LOCANIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, WHICH CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING ON THE “PRIVACY” LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS WEB PAGE.
- Intellectual property rights
As used herein, ‘intellectual property rights’ means patents of any type, design rights, utility models or other similar invention rights, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secret or confidentiality rights, and any other intangible property rights, including applications for any of the foregoing, in any country, arising under statutory or common law or by contract and whether or not perfected, now existing or hereafter filed, issued, or acquired.
All intellectual proprietary rights to any Locanis software, this Locanis website, Locanis materials, and user content belongs to Locanis or the individual or entity that submitted it. Nothing in this TOU shall be deemed to give you the right to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any Locanis Software, this Locanis website, any Locanis materials, or any user content for any reason unless otherwise expressly permitted by the TOU or by law. You hereby agree to assign and do assign to Locanis (and Locanis accepts such assignment) any modifications or derivative works of any Locanis software, this Locanis website, and Locanis materials made by you in contravention of this limitation without remuneration of any kind.
Information on requirements for using Locanis trademarks can be found by clicking on the “Trademarks” link at the bottom of this web page.
YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE “LOCANIS COPYRIGHT GUIDELINES”, WHICH CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING ON “Copyright” LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS WEBPAGE.
- Responsibility FOR CONTENT AND LINKS
LOCANIS IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR THE CONTENT POSTED ON THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY THE GERMAN TELEMEDIA ACT (TELEMEDIENGESETZ, TMG). TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOUR CONTENT USE SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Any Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person or entity providing the content. Locanis does not represent or endorse the accuracy, reliability, completeness, usefulness, non-infringement of intellectual property rights or quality of any content provided by third parties on this Locanis website. Locanis may remove any content posted on this Locanis website at Locani’s sole discretion, but if you believe that material that you hold the copyright on is being infringed upon on this Locanis website, please notify Locanis by sending an email to admin@locanis360.com at your earliest convenience.
This Locanis website may contain links to external websites. Locanis shall not be responsible for the contents of any linked website or any changes or updates to such websites. Additionally, Locanis shall not be directly or indirectly responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of or reliance on any software, content, goods or services available on or through any such linked website. Locanis does not control and/or review the linked web pages and the information provided by third parties.
- Use of Locanis and third-party software
Your access and use of any software or related documentation, including developer tools and sample code, and any application program interface information provided on this Locanis website (collectively “Software”) are governed by the software license agreement and related documents and terms (e.g., attachments, exhibits, order form, disclaimers, etc.) (“license agreement”) that accompany such software. Accordingly, you may not use or install any software that is accompanied by a license agreement unless and until you first agree to the terms of the license agreement. In addition, you must not modify, decompile, or reverse engineer any software except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law or the license agreement.
In the event that software provided through this Locanis website is not accompanied by a license agreement: the software may be used solely for your personal, informational, non-commercial purposes; the software may not be modified or altered in any way; and the software may not be redistributed.
All Locanis software is the copyrighted work of Locanis. Therefore, unauthorized copying, distribution, modification, public display, or public performance of copyrighted works, including the Locanis software, infringe copyright holders’ rights. Information on the process for requesting Locanis permission to use any Locanis-owned copyrighted works can be found by clicking on the “Copyright” link at the bottom of this webpage.
- Indemnity
The following applies if You access a Website from outside the E.U.:
You agree to indemnify and hold Locanis, its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, agents, partners, employees, and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your user content or your usage of this Locanis website, Your breach of this TOU, any additional legal terms, or Locanis privacy statement, your unauthorized use of any Locanis-owned intellectual property, or your alleged violation of any other rights of a third party.
The following applies if You access a Website from within the E.U.:
You agree to indemnify and hold Locanis, its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, agents, partners, employees, and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney”s fees, made by any third party against any of the aforesaid entities or persons due to or arising out of your culpable breach of this TOU, any additional legal terms or Locanis copyright or privacy statements.
- Exclusion of Warranties
This Locanis website and content are being provided to You “AS IS”. To the fullest extent allowable by law, Locanis does not guarantee or warrant any features or qualities of this Locanis website or content or give any undertaking with regard to any other quality. Statements and explanations on this Locanis website and content in promotional material on this Locanis website and/or documentation are made for explanatory purposes only; they are not meant to constitute any guarantee or warranty of certain features. No warranty or undertaking shall be implied by a user from any published Locanis description of or advertisement except to the extent Locanis has expressly confirmed such warranty or undertaking in writing. Warranties are validly given only with the express written confirmation of Locanis management.
- Limitation of liability
Locanis will not be liable or responsible in any way for any user content posted on or linked from this Locanis website, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in the content or for any losses or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of or reliance on any content or other material accessed on or through this Locanis website and made available by a third party.
The following applies if You access this Locanis website from outside the European Union:
TO THE EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, SAP AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, AND LICENSORS ARE NOT LIABLE TO ANY USER FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF LOCANIS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE, LOCANIS SOFTWARE, OR LOCANIS MATERIALS; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY LOCANIS SOFTWARE, LOCANIS MATERIALS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED DURING TRANSACTIONS CONDUCTED ON THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS, MESSAGES, OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE OR LOCANIS MATERIALS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT APPLY IN CASE OF INTENT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE BY SAP AND IN CASE OF LOCANIS STATUTORY LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY AND DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS.
The following applies if you access this Locanis website from within the European Union:
IRRESPECTIVE OF THE LEGAL REASONS, LOCANIS AND LOCANIS AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES SHALL ONLY BE LIABLE IN THE CASES SET OUT BELOW:
- ANY MANDATORY LIABILITY UNDER APPLICABLE PRODUCT LIABILITY LAWS;
- GROSS NEGLIGENCE AND WILFUL MISCONDUCT;
- PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH RESULTING FROM LOCANIS OR ITS AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES NEGLIGENCE OR WILFUL MISCONDUCT;
- SLIGHT NEGLIGENT BREACH OF A SIGNIFICANT CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION (AN OBLIGATION WHOSE COMPLETION ALLOWS FOR A PROPER PERFORMANCE OF THIS TOU AND IN WHOSE COMPLIANCE WITH YOU CAN GENERALLY TRUST). IN THIS CASE, LOCANIS OR ITS AFFILIATES’ OR SUBSIDIARIES’ LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO SUCH DAMAGES, WHICH ARE TYPICAL FOR THIS TYPE OF AGREEMENT AND PREDICTABLE AT THE POINT IN TIME OF THESE ENTER INTO FORCE.
IN ALL OTHER CASES, NEITHER SAP NOR ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND SUBCONTRACTORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR CLAIMS HEREUNDER.
- Applicable law
The following applies if You access this Locanis website from outside the European Union:
German law will govern this TOU without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. You also agree to comply with all applicable export control laws as set forth under the “EXPORT CONTROL” section below, which are applicable to the transmission of data on the Internet, including, but not limited to, laws governing the use of encryption and laws governing the transmission of data across international boundaries, into prohibited countries, and containing personally identifiable information.
The following applies if You access this Locanis website from within the European Union:
The laws of Germany will govern this TOU without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. To the extent possible under applicable law, the venue for all disputes connected with this TOU shall be Berlin, Germany.
- Survival
Your confidentiality obligations hereunder shall survive the termination of your account. Upon any termination of your account or Locanis written request, You must cease using confidential information and/or using the Locanis website and return or destroy all confidential information in your possession or control.
- Waiver and severability
The failure of Locanis to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this TOU shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. To the extent that any provision in this TOU shall be found to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be modified in such a manner so as to make this TOU as changed, legal and enforceable under applicable laws and the balance of the provisions of this TOU shall not be affected thereby.
- Entire Agreement
The TOU represents the entire arrangement between the parties in respect of its subject matter and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings or arrangements (both oral and written) relating to its subject matter. Accordingly, no collateral agreements have been made.
- Export control
This Locanis website may not be accessed or used by any national or certain countries or groups against which the United States and/or European Union have instituted sanctions (including Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Sudan), specially designated nationals, and other proscribed persons who are listed on the denied parties list. In addition, further restrictions apply to any end-user who will utilize content provided on this Locanis website in the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, rocket systems, space launch vehicles, sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems; or any end user who has been prohibited from participating in the U.S. and/or E.U. export transactions by any agency of the U.S. government or European Union.
Due to technical uncertainties preventing verification of the identity and ultimate point of access by any person attempting to access or use this Locanis website, your access to this Locanis website, including the presentment of any authorized user I.D. and password, constitutes your express representation that (1) the person attempting access thereunder is not a national of any such sanctioned country or group or a specially designated national, and (2) is not included on such denied parties list, 3) has not been prohibited from participating in U.S. and/or E.U. export transactions; 4) such use is not restricted, and (5) that, as an authorized user, you have not disclosed or provided such password and user I.D. to any such person for use under your registration. Users shall be fully liable and subject to prosecution to the full extent of the law for any violations of this paragraph.
The following applies if you access this Locanis website from outside the United States and European Union:
You are doing so at your own risk, and you remain fully responsible and liable for familiarity and compliance with these terms of use as well as with the laws, regulations, directives, codes, and rules of the United States, European Union, and the country within which you reside, including applicable import and export compliance laws and regulations, as well those of the jurisdiction from which you are accessing this Locanis website and any other applicable jurisdiction which may be involved in the access, transmission, routing, receipt, disclosure, storage or use of information on this Locanis website.
The following applies if You access this Locanis website from within the United States:
You agree that your use of this Locanis website or any content will be in compliance with U.S. export control laws and executive orders. The information provided on and through this Locanis website may be deemed in some cases to be controlled technology and subject to the export control restrictions of the United States and other jurisdictions.
YOU MUST VERIFY AND COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE COUNTRY FROM WHICH YOU ACCESS THIS LOCANIS WEBSITE.