Terms & conditions

IMPORTANT. READ CAREFULLY.

These terms and conditions for software licensing and its services (“Terms of Use”), is a legal agreement between Kyde Digital Pvt Limited, whether acting on behalf of itself and/or on behalf of any of its affiliates and/or its third party suppliers and/or its licensors and/or service providers (hereinafter referred to as “Company” or “Our” or “Us”) and merchants (whether an individual or a legally recognized entity) involved in any lawful business for provision of any services or goods, across the territory of India (“Client”, “You” or “Your”).

The Company, inter alia, offers a suite of messaging software-as-a-service solutions through a single platform to enable its customer to manage communications with their users under the name and style of “Kyde” (“Solution”).

The Company may, at its sole discretion, authorize such persons from time to time, who shall carry out all or any of its rights, duties and obligations under these Terms of Use and any reference to “Kyde” under these Terms of Use shall be construed to mean and include any such persons duly authorised and acting on behalf of the Company.

These Terms of Use are an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the applicable rules thereunder and the provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000. These Terms of Use are generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

These Terms of Use are published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing of the rules and regulations, privacy policy and terms of use for access to or usage of any electronic devices and services.

BY USING THE SOLUTION, THE CLIENT ACCEPTS THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS OF USE AND ANY ADDENDUM OR ANNEXURE BEING PART OF THESE TERMS OF USE. IF THE CLIENT DOES NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, THE CLIENT SHOULD NOT USE THE SOLUTION. THE COMPANY MAY MODIFY OR UPDATE THESE TERMS OF USE FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE SAME SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT [https://www.kyde.shop/terms-of-service] FOR ACCESS BY THE CLIENT.

DEFINITIONS:

In these Terms of Use,
(i) capitalized terms defined by inclusion in quotations and/or parenthesis have the meanings so ascribed; and
(ii) the capitalized terms as set out below shall have the meanings as indicated therein. In these Terms of Use, the headings are for convenience only and shall not in any way define or limit the scope.

“Applicable Law” means and includes all applicable Indian statutes, enactments, acts of legislature or parliament, laws, ordinances, rules, bye-laws, regulations, notifications, guidelines, policies, directions, directives and orders of any governmental authority or self-regulatory agency, statutory authority, tribunal, board, court in India.

“Applicable Data Protection Law” refers to all relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines issued by the Indian government related to aspects such as privacy, data processing, data protection, data security, encryption, or confidentiality. This includes, but is not limited to, the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. The parties acknowledge and agree that when the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) of 2023 is introduced and enforced, the Applicable Data Protection Law will be updated to replace the IT Act, 2000 with the DPDPA, 2023, and shall apply retrospectively.

“Beta Products” means a pre-released version of the Solution or any of its components circulated to you to try under realistic conditions which are not pre-simulated.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any public holidays, on which the banks in Mumbai are open for business.

“Intellectual Property” means and includes all intellectual property, in any part of the world, whether registered or not registered, and in particular
(i) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, domain names; patents, design rights; trade secrets, including, know-how, technology, formulae, industrial and commercial information, techniques and inventions; processes, manuals, documentation, and technical data and information; copyrights, works of authorship, and topography rights, database rights; computer hardware and software including source code, computer programs, user interfaces, software applications, software platform or infrastructure and any other information in relation to the above;
(ii) all rights under licenses in respect of all of the above;
(iii) any applications or registrations for the protection of all of the rights specified at sub-clause (i) and (ii) herein above; and
(iv) all renewals and extensions thereof; and the term “Intellectual Property Rights” shall be construed accordingly.

“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person or that is otherwise considered personally identifiable information, personal information, or personal data under Applicable Data Protection Law.

“SaaS” means software as a service.

“Subscription Commencement Date” means the date on which the Client accepts and acknowledges these Terms of Use.

“Scheduled Maintenance” means the Company’s scheduled routine maintenance of the Solution for which the Client shall be notified at least two (2) hours in advance and shall not exceed eight (8) hours per week.

“Third Party Services” means the third-party services made available by the Company under the Solution including but not limited to WhatsApp.

“Update” means the modifications or revisions made to the Solution: (i) to improve upon or repair existing features and operations within the Solution; (ii) to ensure compatibility with new releases of existing systems (including hardware, operating systems and middleware) and external services through standardized interfaces; (iii) to comply with Applicable Laws, regulations, industry standards or market practice, other than an Upgrade.

“Upgrades” means new versions of the Solution intended to enhance the functionality of the Solution and that may change the version number of such Solution.

TERM:

These Terms of Use are effective until terminated in accordance with the terms set forth herein (“Term”) and will be automatically renewed beyond the Term (“Auto Renewal”), upon the same terms and conditions as set forth herein, unless expressly revoked by the Client in writing.

GRANT OF LICENSE:

During the Term, in consideration of payment of the Fees by the Client to the Company and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Company grants to the Client, a limited, non- exclusive, personal, revocable, non- transferable and non- licensable license to access and use the Solution on a subscription basis, in accordance with these Terms of Use. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as creating any arrangement for transfer of title, ownership or interest including rights under any Intellectual Property in or of the Solution in favour of the Client.

The Solution shall be made available by the Company to the Client as a service on a SaaS model, whereby the Company will provide the Client access to the Solution by hosting the Solution on a centrally hosted system, to which the Client will be given necessary access. The Company reserves for itself all other rights and interests not explicitly granted under these Terms of Use. The Client’s subscription to the Solution shall commence on the Subscription Commencement Date, irrespective of the Trial Period. The Client agrees and acknowledges that any delay in implementation of the Solution that can be attributed to the Client, illustratively, due to non-provision or delay in provision of any material, information or documents requisitioned by the Company for the purposes of implementing the Solution, will not result in any change of the Subscription Commencement Date and will be liable to pay the Fees in accordance with the terms set out in these Terms of Use.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Client acknowledges and agrees that the use of the Solution shall be subject to such additional terms and conditions and privacy policy, as may be applicable thereto and available at [insert the link for Privacy Policy], including any updates thereto from time to time. For avoidance of doubt, these Terms of Use shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any terms and conditions and privacy policy applicable to the Solution. Such terms and conditions and the privacy policy applicable shall be read into and shall form an integral part of these Terms of Use.

LICENSE AND USE OF SOLUTION

For availing the Solution, the Client hereby expressly consents and agrees to provide all information, including any applicable documents required by the Company, including Client’s identity, address and payment details, to the Company, from time to time.

The Client acknowledges and agrees that the Solution provided under these Terms of Use, during the Term is non- exclusive in nature and that the Company shall be entitled, at all times, to deal with the Solution in any manner it deems fit which includes provision of services using the Solution by itself or any variation, Update or Upgrades through any third party, from time to time. At any time, the Solution shall include all modifications, Updates, future or new Upgrades, additions, at the sole discretion of the Company. It is hereby clarified that the Client’s continued use of the Solution pursuant to any such Updates and Upgrades will be considered deemed acceptance of such Updates and Upgrades.

The License granted under these Terms of Use is only for the limited use of the Solution by the Client for its business operations and shall not include, without limitation, the right to:

(a) license, sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or make available to any third party the Solution or the content in any way;

(b) circumvent or disable any security or other technical features of the Solution;

(d) create internet “links” to the Solution or “frame” or “mirror” any content on any other server or wireless or internet-based device;

(e) reverse engineer or access the Solution for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation, to
(i) build a competitive product or service,
(ii) build a product using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Solution; or
(iii) to copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Solution; or

(f) use the Solution for any purpose other than in connection with the Client’s internal business operations.

The provisions of this Clause 5 (License and Use of Solution) constitute a material term under these Terms of Use; the breach of which by the Client shall constitute an immediate and material breach and termination hereof. The Client agrees that the use of the Solution, or any part thereof, by any party other than the Client will not be permitted, unless specifically approved by the Company in writing.

IMPORTANT: Client will need to maintain access and be solely responsible for the registered SIM card and will need to present the same in cases of emergencies in no longer than 30 minutes.‍

The Solution shall, inter alia, consist of the following components:

(a) Client Data. The Solution shall be structured entirely on the Company’s proprietary platform under the name and style [‘Kyde’] and shall integrate within various information and inputs in relation to the business and user/ customer details of the Client, as provided to Company on the Subscription Commencement Date, or at any time during the usage of the Solution.

(b) Inbox Dashboard: The Client shall have access to its ‘Inbox Dashboard’, a web-based messaging application forming part of the Solution wherein the messages sent by the Client’s users is automatically visible to the Client in their messaging application such as WhatsApp/WhatsApp Business.

(c) Support and Assistance: The Company shall provide prompt support and assistance to the Client in case of any exigencies, breakdown, error or deficiency in the Solution that may affect the use of the Solution by the Client.

(d) Early Access to Beta Products: The Company may reach out to the Client in the event of testing any Beta Products, with a written request to the Client. Such early access to the Beta Products shall be made available to the Client on an ‘as is’, and ‘as available’ basis and to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, without any warranties, representations, indemnities, or contractual commitments of any kind.

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CLIENT

(i) Client’s unauthorized access: The Client shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that the information transmitted to or from the Company servers are secure and shall not authorize any third person to have any unauthorized access to the Company servers. The Client may authorize any of its personnel to use the Solution and must ensure that such authorised personnel follows reasonable security measures as would have been followed by the Client itself and in case of any default on the part of such authorised personnel shall be deemed to be a default by the Client under these Terms of Use.

(ii) Client Compliance with the law: The Client shall ensure that it has taken all necessary approvals, licenses from concerned authority(ies) within or outside the territory for utilizing the Solution from the Company. The Client shall be liable for any default committed by it or by any of its personnel, employees, consultants and any other personnel authorised on its behalf and shall be solely responsible for any claims or liabilities that may arise on account of any such default.

(iii) Client Cooperation: The Client shall cooperate with the Company for any integration, as may be required under these Terms of Use into its system and shall provide the Company unfettered access to its systems and computing platform as and when required.

(iv) Client Payment: The Client shall pay any and all payments due under these Terms of Use, as and when requested by the Company.

(v) Trial Period: In furtherance of the Company’s efforts to ensure client satisfaction, the Client shall, for usage of the Solution, may be placed on trial for a period of 7-14 days (“Trial Period”) from the Subscription Commencement Date and may be entitled to a limited/ complete use of the Solution for such Trial Period. The rights and obligations set out in these Terms of Use shall also apply to the use of the Solution during the Trial Period. The Client shall be entitled to terminate these Terms of Use on or before the expiry of the Trial Period, without payment of any Subscription Fees. However, on the expiry of the Trial Period, the Client shall be automatically charged for the Subscription Fees and/or the Usage Fees, as the case may be.

LICENSE FEE AND PAYMENT TERMS

In consideration of grant of License, the Client shall pay the Company, the payments as set out below:

(a) Subscription Fee: The subscription period of the Solution shall commence from the Subscription Commencement Date and shall continue until the Subscription End Date, unless agreed otherwise between the Parties. On the Subscription Commencement Date, the Client agrees to provide appropriate details for the Company to process the payment of a non-transferable, non-refundable fee for subscribing the Solution, at the end of the Trial Period. The Client shall make the payment of the amount as indicated by the Company for the License of the Solution (“Subscription Fees”).

(b) Usage Fee: In addition to the Subscription Fee as set forth above, the Client shall also be required to recharge their Wallet as per their needs in order to send and receive conversation messages from their connected WhatsApp Business API number on Kyde as per conversation messaging charges defined in Kyde’s pricing page. Wallet Recharges are non-transferable and non-refundable. (“Usage Fees”). (The Subscription Fees and the Usage Fees shall hereinafter collectively be referred to as “Fees”).

All payments stipulated under these Terms of Use are exclusive of all government levies and taxes and all applicable taxes and charges payable on the Fees, including any goods and service tax, shall be borne by the Client at all times. The Client shall additionally bear to its own account all other taxes, as may be applicable, for payments made to the Company pursuant to these Terms of Use. The Client shall comply with all filing formalities and requirements in respect of any tax withholdings to be made, including the filing of withholding tax return as prescribed under the applicable tax laws and issue to the Company, a certificate for tax deducted or paid on its behalf at source in the form of a certificate issued in accordance with applicable tax laws. The Client shall make best efforts to ensure that the Company gets credit for any tax deducted and provide to the Company, all information that is necessary to assist the Company in connection with its tax and statutory obligations.

General Payment Terms:

The Client agrees that all payments required to be made by the Client to the Company under these Terms of Use shall be in accordance with the following terms: (a) The Client’s obligation to pay the amounts stipulated under these Terms of Use is absolute and shall not be negated by the Company not raising an invoice.

(b) The Client shall pay the Subscription Fee, immediately or at the end of the Trial Period as applicable; and (ii) the Usage Fee by the 5th (Fifth) day of every month for the work performed in the previous month.

(c) The Company shall have the right to suspend the Client’s access and use of the Solution, if the Usage Fee has not been paid within a stipulated time period indicated by the Company.

(d) In the event of any payment default by the Client in making any payment (whether in whole or part), the pending amount due from such Client, shall be subject to interest from the stipulated due date until the date of repayment, at a rate equal to 2% (two percent) per month (i.e. 24% (twenty four percent) annually) or the maximum allowed under Applicable Law, whichever is lesser.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Party hereby represents and warrants to the other that:

it is duly incorporated and validly existing under the Applicable Laws; it has taken all actions including any corporate actions necessary to execute, deliver and to perform obligations under these Terms of Use; it has obtained all the statutory approvals/ permissions/ no objections as necessary and required under the Applicable Law for carrying on its activities and related services; there are no judicial or administrative actions, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best of its knowledge after due inquiry, overtly threatened against it, which would have a materially adverse effect on its capacity to perform the obligations under these Terms of Use; it is not subject to the obligations under any contract as a consequence of which it may be in breach of its obligations and covenants contained in these Terms of Use.

In addition to the general representations as set out above, the Client, further represents and warrants as follows:

it possesses the financial ability to make payment of Fees in relation to the Solution; it has procured and shall at all times during the Term continue to hold, all applicable and necessary third party approvals/consents, governmental approvals, registrations, authorizations, licenses, permits and any other permissions whatsoever required under the Applicable Law to utilize the Solution; and it is as on the Subscription Commencement Date e, and shall at all times during the Term continue to be, in full compliance with all Applicable Laws, including the Applicable Data Protection Laws.

RIGHT TO SUSPEND CLIENT’S ACCESS TO THE SOLUTION

(i) Company’s right to suspend access to the Solution: The Company may suspend the Client’s right to access or use any portion or all of the Solution immediately without notice to the Client if it determines that:

The Client’s use of the Solution:
(i) poses a security risk to the Company, the Solution or any third party or;
(ii) may adversely impact Company’s other services and products including the Solution or the systems or content of any of other customers of the Company;
(iii) may subject the Company or its Affiliates, or any third party to liability; or
(iv) may be fraudulent; The Client is in breach of these Terms of Use, including if the Client is delinquent on its payment obligations as stipulated under Clause 7 (License Fee and Payment Terms); or The Client ceases to operate in the ordinary course, has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar disposition of assets, or become the subject of any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or similar proceeding.

(ii) Effect of suspension: If the Company suspends the Client’s right to access or use any portion or all of the Solution in accordance with Clause 9(i) above;

The Client shall remain responsible for all Fees incurred through the date of suspension; The Client shall remain responsible for all applicable Fees for any portion of the Solution to which the Client continues to have access, as well as any applicable data storage fees and charges, and fees and charges for in-process tasks completed and incurred through the date of suspension; The Company shall not erase any of the Clients’ content or data, uploaded prior to such suspension, as a result of suspension, except as specified elsewhere in these Terms of Use. The Company’s right to suspend the Client’s right to access or use the Solution is in addition to the Company’s right to terminate these Terms of Use pursuant to Clause 12 (Termination of the Agreement) herein.

CONFIDENTIALITY

(i) Definition and Exclusions:

(a) For purpose of these Terms of Use, “Confidential Information” shall include any and all confidential and proprietary information or material (including information, data and materials relating to current or prospective products and processes) made available (whether intentionally or otherwise) to a Party or its affiliates or subcontractors, or its or its affiliates’ or its subcontractors’ employees, agents and other representatives, by or on behalf of the other Party and relating to the business, operations, affairs, technologies, plans and strategies of such other Party, whether observed or provided orally, in written, graphic or electronic form, or in the form of samples, and whether or not marked, labeled or otherwise identified as “confidential,” “secret” or “proprietary” (it being acknowledged and agreed that the existence and terms of these Terms of Use will be considered to be Confidential Information as to both Parties).

(b) Notwithstanding above, the Confidential Information does not include any information or items that: (i) were generally available to the public, or otherwise part of the public domain, when received by the receiving Party; (ii) become generally available to the public, or otherwise becomes part of the public domain, other than through breach of these Terms of Use; (iii) can be demonstrated by the receiving Party to have already been in its possession, or otherwise known by it, prior to the time of receipt from the disclosing Party; (iv) are received by the receiving Party from a third Party that is (1) in lawful possession thereof; and (2) under no confidentiality obligation to the disclosing Party; or (v) are independently developed by the receiving Party without use of the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party that has or could have commercial value or other utility in disclosing Party’s business and is treated with confidentiality.

(ii) Disclosure of Confidential Information

Each Party hereby agrees and acknowledges that it shall:

(a) use the same level of care to prevent disclosure of the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party to any third parties as it employs to avoid disclosure, publication, or dissemination of its own information of a similar nature, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care;

(b) use the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party solely for the purpose of performing its obligations under these Terms of Use;

(d) promptly return, or provide a copy of, as the disclosing Party directs, Confidential Information upon its request;

(e) notwithstanding the foregoing, the receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the dis