Skygenic Terms of Use

Last Modified: January 20, 2024

Acceptance of the Terms of Use

These terms of use are entered into by and between you and Skygenic Inc. (“Company”, “we”, or “us”). The following terms and conditions (these “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of www.skygenic.com and the Skygenic Platform, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through www.skygenic.com or through the Skygenic Platform (collectively, the “Services“).

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Services. By using the Services, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Services.

By using this Services, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age and capacity to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to agree to these Terms of Use on the entity’s behalf. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Services.

In the event you are accessing the Services pursuant to an agreement (“Services Agreement’), as an employee, contractor or other third-party end user of the services, than you acknowledge that your use and access of the Services shall be governed by such Services Agreement, as well as these Terms of Service. In the event of a conflict between the Services Agreement and these Terms of Service, the Services Agreement shall take precedence.

Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Services thereafter.

Your continued use of the Services following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Accessing the Services and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Services, and any portion of the Services or material we provide through the Services, in our sole discretion, without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Services is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Services, or the entire Services, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for:

To access the Services or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Services that all the information you provide on the Services is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register for the Services or otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Services, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the Services or portions of it using your user name, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use. For the avoidance of doubt, we are not responsible for losses or damage caused by your failure to safeguard your username, password or any other piece of information provided to us. You agree to notify us of any update to your registration information.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Services and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof)(collectively, the “Skygenic Intellectual Property”) are owned by the Company, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Skygenic Intellectual Property for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, sell, transfer, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material available through our Services, except as follows:

You must not:

You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Services or any services or materials available through the Services. If you wish to make any use of material on the Services other than that set out in this section, please address your request to:info@skygenic.com

If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Services in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Services will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Services or any content on the Services is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Services not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

Trademarks

The Company name, the Company logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Services are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Services:

Additionally, you agree not to:

Data Submission and User Contributions

You may submit genomic data to us from time to time during the term of this Agreement (“Submitted Data”); provided that such Submitted Data shall only be provided to us and the Skygenic Platform in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and any third-party agreement. Upon submission of the Submitted Data, you hereby grant to us the non-exclusive right to aggregate the Submitted Data, provided that such aggregated data does not identify any individual, (“Aggregated Data”) and to analyze, copy, use and disclose Aggregated Data during and after the term of these Terms of Service in any manner, including, without limitation, in connection with improving the Skygenic Platform.

The Services may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services”) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post”) content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Services.

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use. Any User Contribution you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Services, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any User Contribution. Furthermore, if you agree to share Submitted Data or files with other users, you must comply with Content Standards. With respect to the foregoing, you represent and warrant that:

You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.

We are not responsible or liable to any third-party for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Services. Neither us nor or our affiliates or licensors are responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Service. We expressly disclaim any liability or claims that may arise between users of our Services or between users of our Services and third party vendors. You are solely responsible for your interactions with all other users and for your interactions with third party vendors and any disputes that arise from those interactions with other users or third party vendors. We may monitor disputes between users, but are not obligated to monitor, mediate, or resolve any such disputes.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right, but not the obligation, to:

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Services. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. However, we do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Services, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third-party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

Content Standards

These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any User Contributions violate your copyright, please see our Copyright Policy for instructions on sending us a notice of copyright infringement. It is the policy of the Company to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.

Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Services, including any analysis tools or communication with wizard type resources, is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Services, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
This Services may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers, and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third-party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Protected Health Information

You agree not to input or submit to the Services any Protected Health Information unless you accept and agree to our Business Associate Agreement (“BAA”) available on the website. Unless a BAA is in place, we will have no liability under this Agreement related to Protected Health Information, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or under HIPAA or any similar Laws. The mutually executed BAA shall be incorporated by reference into this Agreement and the parties shall be subject to its terms.

Changes to the Services

We may update the content on this Services from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Services may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Information About You and Your Visits to the Services

All information we collect on this Services is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Services, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Other Terms and Conditions

Additional terms and conditions may apply to specific portions, services, or features of the Services. All such additional terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by this reference into these Terms of Use.

Linking to the Services and Social Media Features

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express consent.

This Services may provide certain social media features that enable you to:

You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to stop. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

Subscriptions; Payments

Fees. We may make available the Services for free or for a fee from time to time. We reserve the right to change our fee structure at any time. If you purchase any Services that we offer for a fee, you agree to pay us directly or via a third-party payment processing service provider. You also agree to pay the applicable fees for such Services as they become due plus all related taxes. You also agree to pay fees that may accrue after termination, including fees for a copy of any Submitted Data that remains hosted on the Skygenic Platform, and any costs or fees arising from transitioning Submitted Data to a third-party or deleting it upon termination.

Payment. You agree that we may charge your payment method for any services, subscriptions or products you purchase and for any additional amounts (including any taxes and late fees, as applicable) that may be accrued by or in connection with your account associated with your user account. We may require advance payment for some or all of the Services and may impose technical limitations which limit incurrence of fees beyond pre-paid amounts; provided that we are not obligated to implement such limitations. Any such technical limitations may delay or interfere with the Services. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIMELY PAYMENT OF ALL FEES AND FOR PROVIDING US WITH A VALID PAYMENT METHOD FOR PAYMENT OF ALL FEES THROUGH ONE OF THE METHODS THAT WE LIST ON OUR SERVICES FROM TIME TO TIME.

Billing and Payment Policy. All information that you provide to us including your credit card information or payment account information is subject to our Privacy Policy. By submitting your payment account information, you grant us the right to store and process your information with a third-party payment processing service provider, which it may change from time to time; you agree that we will not be responsible for any failures of the third-party to adequately protect such information. The processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of the third-party payment service in addition to these Terms of Service.

Links from the Services

If the Services contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Services, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. Furthermore, the Services are on a Google Cloud Platform (GCP), a service provided by Google LLC, and stored on their servers in encrypted form. You can find more information about Google Cloud Platform’s security online. We are not responsible for the loss or damage resulting from the GCP.

Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Services is based in the United States. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy, we make no claims that the Services or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Services may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. If your Submitted Data needs to be restricted for use and storage in a specific geographic region, it is your responsibility to use the available tools within the Services to enable such restriction.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Services will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

THE SERVICES ARE SOLELY FOR USE IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL USE, NOT FOR ANY DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF ANY HUMAN DISEASE OR CONDITION. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND ITS CONTENT, INCLUDINGTHEANALYSIS TOOLS, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICES AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SERVICES OR ITS CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Services, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Services content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Services.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Services and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Massachusetts without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction).

Waiver and Severability

No waiver by the Company of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Term and Termination

These Terms of Service shall apply for so long as a user access and/or uses the Services. We may terminate any user’s access to our Services, for any reason and at any time, with or without prior notice. It is our policy to terminate users who violate these Terms of Service, as deemed appropriate in our sole discretion. You agree that we are not liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to our Services. We have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to us. Upon termination of your account under these Terms of Service, all license rights granted by you to us shall survive termination. Even after your right to use the Services is terminated or suspended, these Terms of Service will remain enforceable against you to the extent applicable.

U.S. Government Matters

Notwithstanding anything else, you may not provide to any person or export or re-export or allow the export or re-export of the Services, in violation of any restrictions, laws or regulations of the United States Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any other United States or foreign agency or authority. Without limiting the you acknowledge and agree that the Services will not be used or transferred or otherwise exported or re-exported to countries as to which the United States maintains an embargo (collectively, “Embargoed Countries”), or to or by a national or resident thereof, or any person or entity on the U.S. Department of Treasury’s List of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Table of Denial Orders (collectively, “Designated Nationals”). The lists of Embargoed Countries and Designated Nationals are subject to change without notice. Use of the Services is representation and warranty that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of an Embargoed Country or Designated National.

Entire Agreement

The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and us regarding the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Services.

Your Comments and Concerns

This website is operated by Skygenic Inc.

All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent to info@skygenic.com including a specific description of the claim, your name and your contact information.

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to: info@skygenic.com.

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