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Customer Terms of Use

OVE, Inc.

3423 Fillmore Street, apt 202, San Francisco CA, 94123 USA.

Contact: +1(415) 689-0065

Effective Date: May 1st, 2022

OVE Touch & Go is a free one-touch payment and fraud protection app that enables customers to link each of their fingerprints to personal bank accounts, credit cards, and cryptocurrencies, making their fingers the only tools they’ll need to make a purchase at a point-of-sale. One touch and the payment is securely authorized. This page represents a legal document and is the Terms and Conditions (Agreement) for our website (www.ovetouchngo.com), our Mobile App (OVE Touch & Go and OVE Touch & Go Business), collectively and hereinafter called “Platform”, and our OVE hardware unit (OVE Sensor).

Definitions

The terms “us”, “we”, and “our” refer to our company OVE, Inc. hereinafter referred to as the owner of our Platform. A “Visitor” is someone who merely browses our Platform. A “Member” is someone who has registered with us to use our Platform. The term “Customer’ is a collective identifier that refers to either a Visitor or a Member. All text, information, graphics, design, and data offered through our Platform, whether produced by our Members or by us, are collectively known as our “Content”. We distinguish content posted by our Members as “Member Content”.

Topics Covered in Our Business Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of Agreement

This Agreement is between you and OVE, Inc.

THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND OTHER PROVISIONS THAT LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO YOU. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AS USING, ACCESSING, AND/OR BROWSING OUR PLATFORM CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND TO EACH AND EVERY TERM AND CONDITION SET FORTH HEREIN, PLEASE EXIT OUR PLATFORM IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT USE THEM ANY FURTHER.

Except as otherwise noted, this Agreement constitutes the entire and only Agreement between you and OVE, Inc. and supersedes all other Agreements, representations, warranties, and understandings with respect to our Platform, and the subject matter contained herein. However, for you to use our Platform, you may also be required to agree to additional terms and conditions. Those additional terms and conditions will be incorporated into this Agreement unless otherwise stated.

2. Privacy Notice

Our Privacy Notice is considered part of this Agreement and is available for you to review by accessing your OVE Touch & Go app > click on “Menu” > click on “Support” > and click on “Privacy Notice”., or at our website www.ovetouchngo.com/generalprivacynotice-documentation.

3. Arbitration

Any legal controversy or claim arising from or relating to this Agreement and/or our Platform, excluding legal action taken by us to collect or recover damages for–or obtain any injunction relating to – intellectual property and our Platform, will be settled solely by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim will be arbitrated on an individual basis and will not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration will be conducted in San Francisco California, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. You or we may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in San Francisco California necessary to protect our or your rights or property pending the completion of arbitration. Each party will bear half the arbitration fees and costs.

4. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement will be treated as if it were executed and performed in San Francisco California and will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California without regard to conflict of law provisions. In addition, you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts. Any cause of action by you with respect to our Platform must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred.

5. Limited License

OVE, Inc. grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable license to access and use our Platform strictly in accordance with this Agreement. Your use of our Platform is solely for internal and personal purposes unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement. No printout or electronic version of any part of our Platform may be used by you in any litigation or arbitration matter whatsoever under any circumstances.

6. Legal Compliance

You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of our Platform, and any software provided therein.

7. Our Relationship to You

This Agreement in no way creates any agency, partnership, joint venture, or employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship between you and OVE, Inc.

8. Our Intellectual Property

Our Platform may contain our service marks, patents, or trademarks as well as those of our affiliates or other companies in the form of words, graphics, and logos. Your use of our Platform does not constitute any right or license for you to use our service marks or trademarks without the prior written permission of OVE, Inc. Our Content, as found within our Platform, is protected under United States and foreign copyrights. The copying, redistribution, use, or publication by you of any such Content is strictly prohibited. Your use of our Platform does not grant you any ownership rights to our Content.

9. Eligibility and Registration for Membership

To use our Platform, you must register with us to become a Member. Your Membership is not transferable or assignable and is void where prohibited. Our Platform is intended solely for Customers who are at least (18) years of age or older. Any registration by, use of, or access to our Platform by anyone under that age is unauthorized, unlicensed, and in violation of these Terms and Conditions. By using our Platform, you represent and warrant that you are (18) years of age or older and agree to abide by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. OVE, Inc. has sole right and discretion to determine whether to accept a Member and may reject a Member’s registration with or without explanation. When you complete the registration process, you will receive a pin that will allow you to access our Platform. You agree to maintain the confidentiality of your pin and are fully responsible for all liability and damages resulting from your failure to maintain that confidentiality as well as all activities that occur through the use of your pin. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your pin or any other breach of security. You agree that our Platform cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with security as discussed herein.

10. Collecting Biometric Information

We never collect, use or store fingerprint images in our system, we generate a hash that represents your fingerprint. We use hashes to identify and authorize which payment information (bank accounts, credit cards, and cryptocurrencies) you want to use to pay for your purchase and to protect you against payment fraud at checkout when buying products or services at brick-and-mortar locations. Fingerprint scans will be encrypted and stored along with other personal data (PD) according to our privacy notice provision about retaining and destroying your PD. You can read our entire privacy notice at www.ovetouchngo.com/privacynotice.

11. Errors, Corrections, and Changes

We do not represent or otherwise warrant that our Platform will be error-free or free from viruses or other harmful components, or that we will correct any errors. We do not represent or otherwise warrant that the information available on or through our Platform will be correct, accurate, timely, or otherwise reliable. OVE, Inc. reserves the right at our sole discretion to change any content, software, and other items used or contained in our Platform at any time without notice.

12. Disclaimer

Our Platform may publish content supplied by third parties, customers, advertisers, businesses, and sponsors. OVE, Inc. has little editorial control over such content. Any opinions or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers and Customers of our Platform, are those of the respective author(s) and not of OVE, Inc. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose nor the legality of any content provided by any of these parties. You hereby acknowledge that nothing contained in our Platform will constitute financial, investment, legal, and/or other professional advice and that no professional relationship of any kind is created between you and OVE, Inc. or our Members. You hereby agree that you will not make any financial, investment, legal, and/or other decision based in whole or in part on anything contained in our Platform.

13. Payment Processors

You understand that we have limited control over the products or services offered by third-party payment processors. These payment processors are responsible for the processing and billing when you make a purchase at businesses who are using our fingerprint payment processing technology.

14. Businesses

Other than the fingerprint payment processing technology we provide to businesses, we are not a party to the transactions entered into between you and businesses. You agree that use of or purchase from such businesses is AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND BY US. All rules, legal documents, refund policies (including privacy notices), and operating procedures of businesses will apply to you while on any business website or their physical place of business.

15. Payments and fees

You represent and warrant that if you are purchasing something from us, (i) any payment information you supply is true and complete, (ii) charges incurred by you will be honored by your bank or credit card company or cryptocurrency wallet, (iii) you will pay the charges incurred by you at the posted prices, including any applicable taxes, and/or payment transaction fees and (iv) if your initial payment method is dishonored, you will still pay the incurred charges, including any surcharge we may incur due to the dishonored payment. OVE Touch & Go app is free for any customer and we don’t charge any setup, monthly or hidden fees. But any business that is part of OVE Touch & Go for Business (Our fingerprint payment system) has the option to include the payment transaction fee (3.05% + 30 cents) applied on the final price on each payment transaction.

16. Refunds

We are not responsible for the refund policies of businesses online or offline. Before you make a purchase with any business, you should review their refund and or return policy.

17. Warranty Disclaimer

OVE, Inc. is not responsible or liable in any manner for any Content posted on our Platform, whether posted or caused by Members of our Platform, or by OVE, Inc. Although we provide rules for Member conduct and postings, we do not control and are not responsible for what Members post, transmit, or share on our Platform, and are not responsible for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable content you may encounter using our Platform. OVE, Inc. is not responsible for the online or offline conduct of any Customer of our Platform. Our Platform may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. OVE, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, unauthorized access to, or alteration of Member communications.

OVE, Inc. is not responsible for any technical malfunction or other problems of any telephone network or service, computer system, server or provider, computer or mobile phone equipment, or software, or for any failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, or for any combination thereof–including injury or damage to Members’ or any other person’s computer, mobile phone, or other hardware or software–related to or resulting from the use or downloading of materials in connection with our Platform, including, without limitation, any software provided through our Platform.

Under no circumstances will OVE, Inc. be responsible for any loss or damage, including any loss or damage, personal injury, or death resulting from anyone’s use of our Platform, or any interactions between Customers of our Platform, whether online or offline.

Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, recommendation, or any affiliation with our Platform by third parties or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized by our Platform.

THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, AND DOCUMENTS FROM OR THROUGH OUR PLATFORM ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’, ‘AS AVAILABLE’, WITH ‘ALL FAULTS’, AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DISCLAIMER OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE). OUR PLATFORM MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS, OR OTHER LIMITATIONS.

OVE, Inc. INCLUDING ALL OUR AFFILIATES, HAS NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR YOUR USE OF OUR PLATFORM. OVE, Inc. CAN NOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM THE USE OF OUR PLATFORM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RELATED SOFTWARE. OVE, Inc. DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT OUR CONTENT, PLATFORM, OR ANY SOFTWARE FOUND WITHIN ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE USE AND DOWNLOADING OF ANY SUCH CONTENT OR SOFTWARE AND USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND REMOVE VIRUSES. ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY VIRUSES SOMEHOW ATTRIBUTED TO OUR CONTENT, PLATFORM, AND RELATED SOFTWARE IS DISCLAIMED.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN CONTENT AND RELATED SOFTWARE FROM OR THROUGH OUR PLATFORM AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE THEREOF AND ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER HARM OF ANY KIND THAT MAY RESULT. WE AND ALL OUR AFFILIATES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LITIGATION, OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE NEGATION AND LIMITATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND OVE, Inc.

OUR PLATFORM WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US THROUGH OUR PLATFORM WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

18. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL OVE, Inc. OR ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OUR PLATFORM, OR ANY RELATED SOFTWARE ACCESSED THROUGH OR DOWNLOADED FROM OUR PLATFORM, EVEN IF OVE, Inc. IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OVE, Inc.’s LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US FOR SERVICES ACCESSED DURING THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY.

19. Member Conduct

Members may post their content through our Platform (Member Content). Members and Visitors understand that by using our Platform, they may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent, or objectionable. We have no control over Member Content and do not in any way guarantee its quality, accuracy, or integrity. OVE, Inc. is not responsible for the monitoring or filtering of any Member Content. Should any Member Content be found illegal, OVE, Inc. will submit all necessary information to relevant authorities.

If any Member Content is reported to OVE, Inc. as being offensive or inappropriate,
we may ask the Member to retract or otherwise modify the questionable content within 24 hours of being notified by OVE, Inc. If the Member fails to meet such a request, OVE, Inc. has full authority to restrict the Member’s ability to post Member Content or to immediately terminate the Member’s membership without further notice to the Member.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have sole discretion to remove any Member Content that violates this Agreement or that is otherwise objectionable in our sole discretion. Members are responsible for complying with all applicable federal and state laws for their content, including copyright and trademark laws. Members will respect copyright and trademark laws.

You warrant that you will not use our Platform to infringe on the intellectual property rights of others in any way. In accordance with the “The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)” and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating Members whom we deem, in our sole discretion, to be infringers of others’ intellectual property rights.

As a Member, you agree not to use our Platform to do any of the following:

Upload, post, or otherwise transmit any Member Content that:

Violates any local, state, federal, or international laws
Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party
Harms, threatens, defames, promotes violence or illegal activities, or is otherwise vulgar, obscene, abusive, harassing, tortuous, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethically, or otherwise objectionable
Links directly or indirectly to any materials to which you do not have a right to link
Contains any private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and credit card numbers
Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or to extract information from our Platform
Contains any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation
In the sole judgment of OVE, Inc. is objectionable or restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying our Platform, or which may expose OVE, Inc. our affiliates, or our Customers to any harm or liability of any type

Use our Content to:

Develop competing Platform
Create compilations or derivative works as defined under United States copyright laws
Redistribute it in any manner, including, but not limited to, sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other distribution mechanism
Decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer our Platform, and any related software

20. Use of Information

You grant OVE, Inc. a license to use the information and materials you post to our Platform. By posting, displaying, transmitting, performing, or otherwise distributing information or other content (“Member Content'') to our Platform, you are granting OVE, Inc. its officers, directors, employees, agents, consultants, representatives, and affiliates, a license to use the Member Content in connection with the operation of the business of OVE, Inc. its directors, employees, officers, affiliates, representatives, consultants, and agents, including, without limitation, a right to distribute, copy, transmit, publicly display, reproduce, translate, edit, and reformat Member Content. You understand and agree that you will not be compensated for any Member Content. By posting Member Content on our Platform, you warrant and represent that you own the rights to the Member Content or are authorized to post, display, distribute, perform, or transmit Member Content.

21. Unlawful Activity

We reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of this Agreement and to take any action we deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to your profile, email addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses, and traffic information.

22. Linking to Our Platform

You may provide links to our Platform provided that (a) you do not remove or obscure any portion of our Platform by framing or otherwise, (b) your services do not engage in illegal or pornographic activities, and (c) you cease providing links to our Platform immediately upon our request.

23. Links to Other Websites

Our Platform may from time to time contain links to third-party websites. The inclusion of links for any website on our Platform does not mean that we endorse, guarantee, warrant, or recommend the services, information, content, and/or data of such third-party websites. OVE, Inc. has no control over the legal documents and privacy practices of third-party websites; you access any third-party websites at your own risk. We recommend that you review the privacy notice and terms and conditions of those websites to fully understand what information is collected and how it is used.

24. Termination of Membership

Your membership with us is effective until terminated by you or us. Your rights under these Terms and Conditions will terminate without our notice if you fail to comply with any term of these Terms and Conditions. Upon termination, you will stop representing yourself as a registered Member. You must delete or destroy any information or content (including all copies) obtained from our Platform. Certain provisions of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, copyrights, indemnity, trademarks, limitation of liability, warranty, and jurisdictional issues will survive the termination of this Agreement.

25. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us and our partners, agents, officers, directors, employees, subcontractors, successors, assigns, third-party suppliers of information and documents, attorneys, advertisers, product and service providers, and affiliates free from any liability, loss, claim, and expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, related to your violation of this Agreement or use of our Platform.

26. Severability and Survival

Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion will be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. To the extent that any Content is in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement will take precedence. Our failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of such a provision, nor of the right to enforce such a provision. Our rights under this Agreement will survive any termination of this Agreement.

27. Changes to Our Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by giving you advance notice of the changes by email or in writing. We will also post these changes on our Platform. These changes will become effective 30 days after receipt of the notice. To avoid doubt, no unilateral amendment will retroactively change agreed dispute-resolution provisions of these Terms and Conditions, if any, including, for example, arbitration provisions for then-pending disputes unless the parties expressly agree otherwise. Your continued use of our Platform after any change to these Terms and Conditions and our notifying you will constitute your acceptance of such change. If you do not agree with the changes to these Terms and Conditions, you can choose to discontinue the use of our Platform.