Conscium

Platform Services Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY – YOU MUST ACCEPT THEM BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE PLATFORM SERVICES

1. About these terms of use

1.1These Terms of Use ("Ts&Cs") govern your use of (and access to) the Conscium Verify AX platform ("Platform"), a cloud-based software-as-a-service solution for verifying AI agents (the "Platform Services") which is made available by Conscium Limited, a limited company incorporated and registered in England and Wales under company number 15404582, ("Conscium", "our", "us", "we"). The Platform Services exclude any third-party applications, integrations or services that may interact with or be accessible through Conscium's software unless expressly included in these Ts&Cs.

1.2Conscium is the owner and operator of the Platform Services, including any associated user manuals and other documents which may be referred to in these Ts&Cs, or linked to, or otherwise made available as part of the Platform Services, including any reports generated as a result of your use of the Platform Services ("Materials").

1.3These Ts&Cs form a legal agreement between you, as the end-user of the Platform Services ("you" or "your") and Conscium for your use of the Platform Services and any data and Materials provided in connection with the Platform Services.

2. IMPORTANT NOTICES

2.1By clicking "Accept" below and using the Platform Services:

2.1.1you agree to be bound by and comply with these Ts&Cs; and

2.1.2you acknowledge and accept the terms of our privacy and cookies notices from time to time, available at Privacy & Cookies Policy, which explain how Conscium and any of its affiliates (together the "Conscium Group") collects and uses your personal data, and set out information about Conscium's use of cookies and similar technologies on the Platform Services ("Privacy & Cookies Policy"),

(together "Our Terms") which will bind you and any persons who access the Platform Services on your behalf (including Authorised Users).

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT OUR TERMS, YOU MUST CLICK "REJECT" BELOW AND YOU MAY NOT USE THE PLATFORM SERVICES.

2.2OUR TERMS CONTAIN, IN PARTICULAR, (FOR CONSUMERS ONLY) A WAIVER OF RIGHTS TO CANCEL DURING THE COOLING OFF PERIOD IN SECTION 10 OF THESE Ts&Cs AND (FOR ALL USERS) LIMITATIONS OF OUR LIABILITY IN SECTION 14 OF THESE Ts&Cs.

3. Agreed terms

3.1Our Terms apply to your use of the Platform Services, including any updates or supplements to the same as they may develop over time (unless they come with separate terms, in which case those terms apply). If any open source software is included as part of the Platform Services, the terms of the relevant open source licence may (to the extent there is any conflict with Our Terms) override some of Our Terms.

3.2We may change Our Terms at any time by notifying you of a change when you next log into your Account (as defined below) to access the Platform Services. The new terms of use may be displayed on-screen, and you may be required to read and accept them to continue your use of the Platform Services. Your continued use of the Platform Services following deemed receipt of notice to you of any changes shall constitute your acceptance to Our Terms as varied. If you do not wish to accept the Terms as varied you must immediately stop using and accessing the Platform Services on deemed receipt of notice to you.

3.3By using the Platform Services you agree that you are permitted to do so under applicable law and that you have obtained permission from the owners of any device(s) (including computers, smartphones, tablets and other handheld devices) used to access the Platform Services, ("Devices") that are controlled, but not owned, by you. You accept responsibility in accordance with Our Terms for the use of the Platform Services on or in relation to any Device(s), whether or not owned by you. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Platform Services through your internet connection, or otherwise on your behalf, are aware of Our Terms (and any other applicable terms of service), and that they comply with them.

4. Licence grant

4.1The following defined terms are used in this licence:

a) "Authorised Users" means the employees, agents and independent contractors of you, your subsidiaries and affiliates, who you authorise to use the Platform Services, data and the Materials as Admins, Editors, Users or Viewers (as defined section 6.1) of any of the accounts you create on the Platform (each such account being an "Organisation");

b) "Licensee Data" means the data, materials and content inputted by you (or Authorised Users), for the purpose of using or facilitating your use of the Platform Services, data or Materials and any data generated by, or derived from your use of the Platform Services, data or Materials, whether hosted or stored within the Platform Services or elsewhere;

c) "User Profiles" means the number of profiles purchased by you (or on your behalf) or by an Authorised User (in each case) from Conscium, which entitle you and Authorised Users to register for an Account and access and use the Platform Services, data and Materials in accordance with these Ts&Cs on a 'purchase of credits' basis (as explained in clause 9);

4.2In consideration of your agreement to abide by Our Terms, and of any credits purchased by you (or on your behalf), subject always to section 5 and section 7 of these Ts&Cs, we grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except as expressly permitted under these T&Cs), revocable licence to access and use the Platform Services (including the data, Materials and environments made available as part of the Platform Services) worldwide on the Devices and subject to Our Terms, ("Licence"). We reserve all other rights and you acknowledge and agree that no other rights or any express or implied licences are granted to you, except as expressly set out in these Ts&Cs.

4.3You shall:

4.3.1provide Conscium with all necessary co-operation in relation to the Licence (including all necessary access to such information as Conscium may require) to the extent required to provide the Platform Services, data and Materials, including Licensee Data, security access information and configuration services; and

4.3.2obtain all necessary consents before sharing Licensee Data with us via the Platform Services (and you hereby warrant that all Licensee Data you upload, provide or otherwise make use of the Platform Services to process is lawfully obtained and you have all necessary rights and permissions to use it for this purpose); and

4.3.3without affecting your other obligations under the Ts&Cs, comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to your activities under and in connection with the Licence; and

4.3.4ensure that your network and systems comply with the relevant specifications provided by Conscium from time to time.

4.4The Licence gives you permission to access the Platform Services for your lawful, ethical and legitimate business or personal purposes only, in order to verify your AI agents (including, by way of example only, for accuracy, responsiveness and other performance indicators as may be available to you from time to time when you access the Platform such as fairness, explainability and alignment). The Licence is granted for your validation of AI systems for legitimate business, compliance, development, research, assurance and compliance purposes, subject always to the licence restrictions in section 5 and the acceptable use restrictions in section 6 below.

4.5The Licence will allow you:

4.5.1access to Conscium's pre-built verification simulations;

4.5.2the option to build your own simulations that you can use to test your AI agents;

4.5.3access to Conscium's pre-built AI agents in the 'Agent Catalogue';

4.5.4access to 'the Playground' where you can interact with your AI Agent and/or an AI Agent from the Agent Catalogue; and

4.5.5access to reports (individual or aggregated) on the performance of your AI Agent(s) compared to the attributes and abilities tested by the relevant simulation(s).

4.6For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge and agree that:

4.6.1the functionality of the Platform Services may evolve from time to time and Conscium does not guarantee that any particular verification functionality and/or simulation will be available to you; and

4.6.2reports are generated by artificial intelligence and may contain errors or inaccuracies. You agree not to rely solely on any report outputs for material decisions, and you assume all responsibility for verifying any information received from your use of the Platform Services.

4.7You shall have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of all Licensee Data, and you must not upload, provide or otherwise make use of the Platform Services to process Licensee Data which is unlawfully obtained or which you have no right to use, nor any Licensee Data which is illegal or unlawful (for example, because it infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party). You hereby license us to use the Licensee Data for:

4.7.1the proper performance of the Platform Services;

4.7.2the purposes set out in our Privacy & Cookies Policy;

4.7.3to make improvements to the Platform Services; and

4.7.4all other purposes relevant to the proper exercise of our rights and obligations under these Ts&Cs.

5. Licence restrictions

5.1Except as expressly set out in these Ts&Cs, you agree:

5.1.1not to use the Platform Services (or the associated content, data and Materials): (a) for resale purposes; or (b) to train or develop any artificial intelligence system or model, large language models or machine learning algorithms (beyond the scope of permitted validation of your AI agents under the Licence); or (c) to train or develop, enhance, calibrate, fine tune, optimise, evaluate, benchmark, 'red team', test, or operationalise any AI agent or other AI system which is unlawful, unethical or harmful (including any prohibited AI system under EU Regulation 2024/1689 (the "EU AI Act")); or (d) to commit or facilitate fraud, deception, impersonation, phishing, social engineering, identity abuse or identity theft; or (e) for any cyber intrusion, malware, credentials theft, evasion of security controls, or other cyber crime or similar unlawful activity; or (f) to commit or facilitate violence, weapons-related harm, stalking, trafficking, harassment, or exploitation; or (g) for any unlawful access to or use of personal, confidential or proprietary information; or (h) to commit or facilitate money laundering, sanctions evasion, or any other financial crime or government-sanctioned unlawful activity; or (i) for any other purpose or activity that is illegal or unlawful (including criminal), coercive, deceptive, illegitimate, unethical or harmful (or which is reasonably likely to cause material harm to any person, business, organisation or other entity) including any prohibited AI practice under the EU AI Act;

5.1.2not to copy the content, data or Materials from the Platform Services except where such copying is incidental to normal use of the Platform Services, or where it is necessary for the purpose of back-up or operational security;

5.1.3not to rent, sell, re-sell, lease, sub-license, loan, translate, adapt or otherwise amend, deal or trade with the content, data or Materials from the Platform Services;

5.1.4not to copy, modify, duplicate, disassemble, decompile, reverse-engineer, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, distribute or create derivative works from the whole or any part of the Platform Services or attempt to do any such thing (except to the extent that such actions cannot be prohibited because they are essential for the purpose of achieving interoperability of the Platform Services with another legitimate software program, or a particular web browser, and provided that the information obtained by you during such activities: (a) is used only for the purpose of achieving interoperability of the Platform Services with another software program or a particular web browser; (b) is not unnecessarily disclosed or communicated to any third party without our prior written approval; and (c) is not used to create any software that, in our reasonable opinion, is substantially similar to the Platform Services);

5.1.5not to provide, licence, sell or otherwise make available, the Platform Services (in whole or part, including object and source code), in any form to any person (other than Authorised Users in accordance with these Ts&Cs) without our prior written approval;

5.1.6to comply with all technology control or export laws and regulations that apply to the technology used or supported by the Platform Services ("Technology"); and

5.1.7not to undertake, facilitate, authorise or permit any web scraping or text or data mining in relation to the Platform Services (or the associated content and Materials) for any purpose (including the development or training of AI, to create derivative works of the content, data or Materials from our Platform Services and/or to create a software-as-a-service solution that competes with the Platform Services). The provisions in this sub-section should be read as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of EU Directive 2019/790. This sub-section will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us,

together, the ("Licence Restrictions").

5.2If you breach any of the Licence Restrictions, your right to access and use the Platform Services under the Licence will cease immediately.

6. Acceptable use restrictions

6.1The following defined terms are used in this section 6:

6.1.1"Owner" means the principal accounts holder of the Platform Services with the right to create, delete and manage Organisations, to add and remove Authorised Users to and from the Organisations which they manage, to create, delete and manage Workspaces and to allocate roles within a Workspace, and the right to purchase and to consume Credits (with full access to billing, payment and usage information);

6.1.2"Admin" means the user of the Platform Services (with an Account) that the Owner has added to one or more of the Owner's Organisations, with all the same rights as an Owner to manage the Organisation(s) in question, except for the right to delete an Organisation. Admins can also create, delete and manage Workspaces.

6.1.3"Editor" means a user of the Platform Services (with an Account) that the Owner has added to one or more of the Owner's Organisations, with all the same rights as an Admin in respect of a Workspace, including the right to purchase and to consume Credits and to allocate roles within a Workspace, but excluding the right to delete or invite Authorised Users to a Workspace.

6.1.4"User" means a user of the Platform Services (with an Account) that the Owner has added to one or more of the Owner's Organisations with the right to consume Credits (but without rights to edit or manage the Organisation(s) in question, and without the right to purchase credits or to view billing, payment and usage information).

6.1.5"Workspace" means a designated area within an Organisation that may be created by an Owner for the purpose of specific projects or otherwise restricting access of certain Authorised Users to designated areas of an Organisation.

6.1.6"Viewer" means a user of the Platform Services with read-only access, with the right to view reports and other Materials within a Workspace only.

6.2To gain access to the Platform Services, you are required to provide us with certain information (including your first name, last name and email address) to register for an account (your "Account"). We reserve the right to require additional information including due diligence information concerning your identity, corporate affiliation(s), legal structures, beneficial ownership, details of your use case(s) for using the Platform Services, etc. We may (in our discretion) delay or refuse to complete your Account registration, or we may restrict your access to some or all parts of the Platform Service (for example, the report generation function), and/or we may suspend access to your Account, based on this or other information relating to your bona fides, your identity or your purposes for using the Platform Services.

6.3You must ensure that your Account information is and remains complete and accurate at all times. Information you provide to us as part of registration for your Account will be treated (to the extent it contains personal information) in accordance with section 12 of these Ts&Cs and our Privacy & Cookies Policy. We may (in our discretion) set up your Account for you (subject to receipt from you of the necessary details as described in this clause 6.3 and then transfer ownership of the Account to you such that you become the Owner, subject to receipt of payment details as described under clause 9.2. In such circumstances we may (in our discretion) include some complimentary credits on your Account before ownership of the Account is transferred to you.

6.4Your Account is non-transferable. By registering your Account, you warrant that: (i) you are capable legally of entering into binding contracts; and (ii) your use of the Platform Services will not violate Our Terms or any applicable laws. You must not, and must ensure that Authorised Users do not create or use multiple accounts, aliases, proxies, VPN-based circumvention of access controls, or third-party accounts etc. to evade Account based suspensions, restrictions, geographical or jurisdictional controls, credit limits, due diligence assessments or compliance checks.

6.5You are responsible for the security of your Account and for all activity that happens through your Account. You must keep your Account details (including any verification codes shared with you) confidential. You agree that we have the right to disable any account – in whole or in part, including at the Organisation and Owner level (in which case the whole account will be disabled), but also at the Workspace level, and on an individual Admin or Editor or User or Viewer level) - whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you (or any Authorised User) have failed to comply with any of the provisions of Our Terms. For example, we may disable your Account and suspend your use of the Platform Services where we know or reasonably suspect that you are in breach of the Licence terms, including the permissions in clause 4, the licence restrictions in clause 5, or the acceptable use restrictions in this clause 6.

6.6If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows the access credentials (including any verification codes) for your Account, you must promptly notify us at privacy@conscium.com.

6.7You undertake that:

6.7.1you will not allow any User Profile or Account to be used by more than one individual Authorised User unless it has been reassigned in its entirety to another individual Authorised User, in which case the prior Authorised User shall no longer have any right to access or use the Platform Services or associated Materials;

6.7.2you shall permit us or our designated auditor to audit the Platform Services to verify that your use of the Platform Services and Materials does not exceed the total number of User Profiles purchased; and

6.7.3you shall supervise and control use of the Platform Services, data and Materials and ensure they are used by Authorised Users only in accordance with the terms of the Licence.

6.8You must not and ensure that any Authorised Users do not:

6.8.1use the Platform Services in any unlawful (including criminal), unethical or harmful manner, for any unlawful (including criminal), unethical, or harmful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with the Terms, or act fraudulently or maliciously, for example: by hacking into or inserting malicious code, including viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, harmful data, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful into the Platform Services, or any web browser and you shall implement procedures in line with the exercise of that degree of skill, care, prudence, efficiency, foresight and timeliness as would be expected from a leading company or individual within the relevant industry or business sector ("Good Industry Practice") to prevent such distribution or transmission;

6.8.2attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Platform Services, or any server, computer or database (or any other equipment or network) connected to the Platform Services. You must not interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of the Platform Services or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which the Platform Services relies in any way;

6.8.3infringe our intellectual property rights or those of any third party in relation to your use of the Platform Services;

6.8.4use the Platform Services in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise our systems or security or interfere with other users' access to and use of the Platform Services;

6.8.5collect or harvest any information or data from the Platform Services or associated data, Materials or systems belonging to us, or attempt to decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Platform Services,

together the ("Acceptable Use Restrictions").

6.9If you breach any of the Acceptable Use Restrictions, your right to access and use the Platform Services will cease immediately.

6.10We reserve the right to monitor your use of the Platform Services generally and to investigate any suspected breach of Our Terms, including the Acceptable Use Restrictions. You agree to co-operate with any such investigation (including by providing all necessary access to such information as Conscium may require) and you shall promptly report any such breach of Our Terms to Conscium, whether deliberate or accidental, and whether by you, an Authorised User, or someone else.

7. Intellectual property rights and feedback

7.1We do not sell the Platform Services, associated software, data or Materials to you. You acknowledge that we are the owner (or the licensee) of all intellectual property rights in: (i) Platform Services (including its content, data and Materials); (ii) our "Verify AX" mark ("Our Brand"); and (iii) the Technology, in each case anywhere in the world, that rights to use the Platform Services (including its content, data and Materials) are licensed to you on the terms in section 4, and that you have no rights in, or to, the Platform Services (or its content, data and Materials), or Our Brand, or the Technology, other than the right to use each of them in accordance with the terms of these Ts&Cs. For the avoidance of doubt, you are not permitted to use Our Brand for any purpose without our prior written approval.

7.2You own any data, software and intellectual property rights therein which you provide through your use of the Platform Services, including the data and intellectual property rights in and to any AI agents you connect to the Platform ("Your Data"), but when you provide us with Your Data, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and sub-licensable licence to host, use, store, reproduce, copy, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, modify, adapt, publish, translate, and perform Your Data for any of our reasonable business purposes (including in connection with the service provided through the Platform Services) and across different media.

7.3You acknowledge that you have no right to access the Platform Services in source code form.

7.4We welcome your recommendations, ideas, proposals, suggestions, and other feedback ("Feedback") related to the Platform Services. Feedback can be submitted using the 'Help and Support and Feedback' mechanism on the Platform. You acknowledge and agree that we will treat any Feedback you submit as non-proprietary and non-confidential and by submitting Feedback you grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free licence to use, disclose and otherwise exploit the Feedback (in whole or in part) freely without any notice, obligation, restriction or compensation to, or acknowledgement of, you and you hereby waive (and agree not to enforce) any and all rights that may exist (now or in the future) in any such Feedback.

8. Limited warranty

8.1Subject to section 8.2 we warrant that:

8.1.1the Platform Services will, when properly used and on an operating system for which they were designed, perform in all material respects in accordance with the functions described in the Materials; and

8.1.2that the Materials correctly describe the operation of the Platform Services in all material respects.

8.2The warranty does not apply if the defect or fault in the Platform Services results from you having used the Platform Services in breach of the terms of these Ts&Cs (including the terms of the Licence).

9. Purchase of Credits

9.1Owners, Admins and Editors may purchase credits for consumption as part of the Platform Services in accordance with this clause 9.

9.2Only Owners can add a method of payment to the Platform. Once an Owner has accepted these Ts&Cs and registered for their Account, the Owner must provide us with up to date and complete credit/bank card details for billing purposes, after which the Owner will be entitled to create an Organisation and add Authorised Users. If you are an Authorised User you will only be able to create an Account and access the Platform if an Owner has invited you to join their Organisation (for example as part of a Workspace) and provided the Owner has complied with their payment obligations under this clause 9.2. Owners acknowledge and agree that:

9.2.1We are authorised to bill the credit/bank card associated with the details provided with reference to the number of credits selected for the Organisation (both by the Owner and by any Authorised Users) before credits are made available for consumption;

9.2.2Owners and Authorised Users may purchase additional credits for an Organisation from time to time using the credit/bank card details provided under clause 9.2; and

9.2.3Conscium reserves the right to increase its rates for credits at any time by notice in writing to you with immediate effect.

9.3You acknowledge and agree that Conscium's determination of the number of credits that should be allocated to each simulation is based on Conscium's best estimate of the number of credits it will take to run a simulation as part of the Platform Services and may not always be accurate. If a simulation:

9.3.1requires more credits than estimated, you will need to purchase more credits to run the simulation;

9.3.2requires fewer credits than estimated, only the number of credits required to run the simulation at the relevant time will be consumed from the credits you have purchased.

10. Cancellations and Refunds

10.1If you are a consumer resident in the UK or EU, you confirm that you are hereby requesting service delivery prior to expiry of the Cooling Off Period (as defined in this clause 10.1), and you agree that your legal right to withdraw from your purchase of credits within 14 calendar days of the date of contract ("Cooling Off Period") without providing any reason is hereby waived (i.e. forfeited), and you acknowledge that you therefore lose the right to a full refund once services are provided (in full or in part) – for example once you have started to use credits.

10.2You acknowledge and agree that Conscium will not be obliged to provide you with a refund in respect of any unused credits, but we may consider your request on a case by case basis, in our sole discretion.

10.3Subject to section 10.5 of these Ts&Cs, refunds will be made to the original payment method that you used to purchase the credits and, once approved by Conscium, will be processed within ten (10) business days. You acknowledge and agree that we work with Stripe to process payments for the Platform Services and any processing fees imposed by Stripe are subject to Stripe's refunds policy and Conscium is not liable to refund any such fees under these Ts&Cs if to do so would conflict with Stripe's refunds policy.

10.4You may cancel your Account and use of a User Profile at any time via your account settings on the Platform Services or by using the Stripe customer portal. Cancellation will take effect at the end of the relevant Period. Unless otherwise required by law, unused portions of any credits purchased under your User Profile are non-refundable.

10.5Conscium will not provide refunds in respect of:

10.5.1Services already performed or delivered in full through the Platform Services;

10.5.2Unused credits, add-ons or third-party services (subject to section 10.1); and

10.5.3Abuse of the service we provide by enabling your access to the Platform Services or violation of these Ts&Cs by you (or on your behalf).

10.6If you dispute a payment via your bank or card issuer, we will respond via Stripe with evidence of service delivery via the Platform Services. To avoid delays, we encourage you to contact us first to resolve any issues.

10.7For questions on refunds or cancellation support please contact privacy@conscium.com.

11. Support Services

11.1We will provide you with limited support in relation to the correct operation and functionality of the Platform Services via the 'Help and Support' request form available on the Platform. This may include responses to your general questions concerning use of the Platform and assisting you in the diagnosis and correction of any basic problems encountered in using the Platform), ("Support Services"). You acknowledge and agree that:

11.1.1provision of any Support Services is entirely at our discretion and (if provided) may be modified or discontinued by us at any time; and

11.1.2the relevant person providing support will respond to you within five (5) business days of receiving notice of your issue.

12. Privacy and security

12.1You agree that using the Platform Services will require the collection of your personal information. We will use your personal information as set out in our Privacy & Cookies Policy, the terms of which are incorporated into these Ts&Cs by reference.

12.2By using the Platform Services:

12.2.1you acknowledge and agree that any information (including personal data) you input into the Platform Services may be used (by us and/or by third parties) for the purposes of this Agreement and in accordance with our Privacy & Cookies Policy;

12.2.2you acknowledge and agree that internet transmissions are not completely private or secure (and so you understand that any information you input into the Platform may be read or intercepted by others);

12.2.3you consent to our collecting and using technical information about the Devices and related software, hardware and peripherals (including your web browser and its version number and details of any add-ons or plug-ins you are using) to improve our products, ("Usage Data"). Usage Data collected and used by us is our property and (to the extent such data includes personal data, and/or is collected using cookies or similar technologies) will be used in accordance with our Privacy & Cookies Policy; and

12.2.4you acknowledge and agree that in the event of any loss or damage to Licensee Data your sole and exclusive remedy against us shall be for us to use reasonable endeavours to restore the lost or damaged Licensee Data from the latest back-up of such Licensee Data maintained by us. We shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Licensee Data caused by any third party.

13. Service Level Terms

13.1We will use reasonable endeavours to maintain the availability of the Platform Services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (excluding scheduled maintenance carried out during any scheduled maintenance window and unscheduled maintenance performed during off-peak hours), but we do not guarantee that the Platform Services or any content, data or Materials on, or functionality within, it will always be available or be uninterrupted, particularly during times where use of the Platform Services exceeds 100,000 users ("Peak Usage") and you acknowledge and agree that the availability of the Platform Services (both during Peak Usage and off-peak) will be dependent on the service availability of our hosting services provider ("Hosting Provider"). For the avoidance of doubt, we shall not be in breach of these Ts&Cs if the Platform Services are unavailable due to an Event Outside Our Control.

13.2We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Platform Services (including any content, data or Materials on it) during Peak Usage and also during off-peak hours, for business and operational reasons (including maintenance services or a failure in the service availability of our Hosting Provider). We will try to give you reasonable notice by email of any suspension or withdrawal of the Platform Services or any material part of its functionalities.

13.3We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure scheduled maintenance of the Platform Services is conducted during off-peak hours to minimise disruption.

14. Limitation of liability

14.1You acknowledge that the Platform Services have not been developed to meet your individual requirements, and that it is therefore your responsibility to ensure that the facilities and functions of the Platform Services (including all simulations used by you) as described in the Materials meet your requirements.

14.2You acknowledge and agree that any conclusions and/or recommendations delivered as a result of your use of the Platform Services (including but not limited to by way of reports), ("Conclusions") are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied and are not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You are solely responsible for your interpretation of Conclusions and any actions taken as a result. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Conscium accepts no liability for any losses (whether in contract, tort, breach of statutory duty or otherwise) arising under or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any Conclusions.

14.3The content on the Platform and provided as part of the Platform Services is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. Subject to the limited warranty in section 8 and to the fullest extent permitted by law the Platform and the Platform Services are provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied and any condition, warranty, representation or other term concerning the supply of the Platform Services which might otherwise be implied into, or incorporated into, these Ts&Cs whether by statute, common law or otherwise, is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. We have no liability to you for any loss or damage (whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable), arising under or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content displayed on the Platform Services.

14.4We do not guarantee that the Platform Services will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your Devices (including any computer programs) to access the Platform Services. You should use your own virus protection software.

14.5We have no liability to you for any loss of profit (direct or indirect), loss of business, business interruption, loss of anticipated savings, loss of business opportunity, or any special, indirect or consequential loss, damage, charges or expenses.

14.6We are only responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a reasonably foreseeable result of our breach of these Ts&Cs or our negligence, in each case up to the limit specified in section 14.7, but we are not responsible for any unforeseeable loss or damage. Loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable if it is an obvious consequence of our breach or if such loss or damage was contemplated by you and us (each acting reasonably) at the time we granted you the Licence under these Ts&Cs.

14.7Our maximum aggregate liability under or in connection with the Terms whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, shall in all circumstances be limited to the amount of credits consumed by you for the last simulation run by you immediately before any claim. This does not apply to the types of loss set out in section 14.9 or section 14.10.

14.8You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend us from all third party claims and costs (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (1) your use of the Platform Services; (2) Your Data; (3) your breach of any part of Our Terms. We will promptly notify you of any such claim and will provide you (at your expense) with reasonable assistance in defending the claim if required. You will allow us to participate in the defence of any such claim if in our sole discretion we deem it necessary to do so and you will not settle any such claim without our prior written approval. We reserve the right to, at our own expense, assume the exclusive defence of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you.

14.9We agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend you from all third party claims made against you that the use by you of the Platform Services in accordance with this Agreement infringes any intellectual property rights owned by a third party. You must promptly notify us of any such claim and provide us (at our expense) with reasonable assistance in defending the claim if required. You will allow us to participate in the defence of any such claim if in our sole discretion we deem it necessary to do so and you will not settle any such claim nor make any admission or compromise in relation to such a claim without our prior written approval.

14.10Nothing in the Terms shall limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

15. Termination

15.1We may terminate the Licence we have granted to you at any time for any reason.

15.2Without prejudice to section 15.1, we may terminate these Ts&Cs immediately by written notice to you if you commit a material or persistent breach of these Ts&Cs (including without limitation if you breach any of the Licence Restrictions or the Acceptable Use Restrictions).

15.3On termination for any reason:

15.3.1all rights granted to you under these Ts&Cs shall immediately cease; and

15.3.2you must immediately cease all activities authorised by these Ts&Cs, including your use of the Platform Services.

16. Events outside our control

16.1We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these Ts&Cs that is caused by any act or event beyond our reasonable control, including failure of the internet or public or private telecommunications networks and failure of our Hosting Provider's service availability ("Event Outside Our Control").

16.2If an Event Outside Our Control takes place that affects the performance of our obligations under these Ts&Cs:

16.2.1our obligations under these Ts&Cs will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of the Event Outside Our Control; and

16.2.2we will use our reasonable endeavours to find a solution by which our obligations under these Ts&Cs may be performed despite the Event Outside Our Control; and

16.2.3if we are not able to find a solution by which our obligations under these Ts&Cs may be performed within twenty (20) working days of the Event Outside Our Control coming to our attention, we may terminate these Ts&Cs, without liability to You, by notice in writing with immediate effect.

17. Confidentiality

17.1The following definitions are used in this section:

17.1.1"Confidential Information" means all confidential information (however recorded or preserved) disclosed by us or our Representatives (defined below) to you and your Representatives whether before or after the date of these Ts&Cs in connection with the Platform Services, including but not limited to: (i) the terms of these Ts&Cs; (ii) any information that would be regarded as confidential by a reasonable business person relating to our business, assets, affairs, customers, clients, suppliers, intentions or market opportunities; and (iii) our operations, processes, product information, know-how, designs, trade secrets or software;

17.1.2"Representatives" means, in relation to a party, its employees, officers, contractors, subcontractors, representatives and advisers.

17.2You shall keep our Confidential Information secret and confidential and shall not:

17.2.1use such Confidential Information except for the purpose of exercising or performing your rights and obligations under or in connection with these Ts&Cs (Permitted Purpose); or

17.2.2disclose such Confidential Information in whole or in part to any third party, except as expressly permitted by this section.

17.3You may disclose our Confidential Information to those of your Representatives who need to know such Confidential Information for the Permitted Purpose, provided that:

17.3.1You inform such Representatives of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information before disclosure; and

17.3.2at all times, you are responsible for such Representatives' compliance with the confidentiality obligations set out in this section.

17.4The provisions of this section shall not apply to any Confidential Information that:

17.4.1is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of its disclosure by you or your Representatives in breach of this section);

17.4.2was available to you on a non-confidential basis before disclosure by us;

17.4.3was, is or becomes available to you on a non-confidential basis from a person who, to your knowledge, is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with us or otherwise prohibited from disclosing the information to you;

17.4.4we agree in writing is not confidential or may be disclosed; or

17.4.5to the extent such Confidential Information is required to be disclosed by law, by any governmental or other regulatory authority or by a court or other authority of competent jurisdiction provided that, to the extent it is legally permitted to do so, you give us as much notice of the disclosure as possible and, where notice of disclosure is not prohibited and is given in accordance with this section, you take into account our reasonable requests in relation to the content of the disclosure.

17.5We reserve all rights in our Confidential Information. No rights or obligations in respect of our Confidential Information other than those expressly stated in these Ts&Cs are granted to you, or to be implied from these Ts&Cs.

17.6On termination or expiry of these Ts&Cs, you shall:

17.6.1destroy or return to us all documents and materials (and any copies) containing, reflecting, incorporating or based on our Confidential Information;

17.6.2erase all of our Confidential Information from computer and communications systems and devices you use, including such systems and data storage services provided by third parties (to the extent technically and legally practicable); and

17.6.3certify in writing to us that you have complied with the requirements of this section, provided that you may retain documents and materials containing, reflecting, incorporating or based on our Confidential Information to the extent required by law or any applicable governmental or regulatory authority.

17.7Except as expressly stated in these Ts&Cs, we do not make any express or implied warranty or representation concerning our Confidential Information.

17.8The above provisions of this section shall continue to apply after termination or expiry of these Ts&Cs.

18. Other important terms

18.1If you wish to contact us in writing, or if any condition in these Ts&Cs requires you to give us notice in writing, you can send this to us by e-mail to privacy@conscium.com. We will confirm receipt of this by contacting you in writing, normally by e-mail.

18.2If we have to contact you or give you notice in writing, we will normally do so by e-mail to the address you provide to us when you register and create your Account, or which you otherwise use to contact us.

18.3We may transfer our rights and obligations under the Terms to another organisation, but we will tell you in writing if this happens.

18.4You may only transfer your rights or obligations under the Terms to another person if we agree in advance in writing.

18.5You acknowledge and agree that Conscium may subcontract the hosting of the Platform Services and the provision of support services for the Platform Services to any reputable third party in Conscium's sole discretion.

18.6If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Ts&Cs, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

18.7The following provisions shall survive expiration or termination of these Ts&Cs: 7 (Intellectual property rights and feedback); 14 (Limitation of liability); 15 (Termination); and 18 (Other important terms).

18.8Each of the conditions of these Ts&Cs operates separately. If any court or competent authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining conditions will remain in full force and effect.

18.9These Ts&Cs, and their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any disputes arising under these Ts&Cs.

ACCEPTANCE

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