Terms of Service

I. General provisions

Thank you for your interest in GetResponse. These Terms of Service (the “Terms of Service”) have been created to govern your use of our online marketing and related services known collectively as the GetResponse MAX Service (the “Service”). The Service is a business-to-business service only; we provide the Service to customers who subscribe to the Service for purposes relating directly to their trade, business or profession.To use the Service, you need to execute a GetResponse Order Form for GetResponse MAX Service or any other written agreement, including GetResponse MAX (Enterprise) Service Agreement (an “Order”), which incorporates these Terms of Service and the terms of our Service Level Agreement (“SLA”), Privacy Policy (as determined in Section X below) and Anti-Spam Policy (“Anti-Spam Policy”), each as amended and made available from time to time on the GetResponse website-all of the foregoing (collectively: the “Service Documents”). An Order, including any exhibits thereto, and the Service Documents collectively constitute the “Agreement”. 

Depending on your location, the Service is provided to you by GetResponse S.A. or its subsidiaries, including: GetResponse Inc. and GetResponse Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 

For purposes of the Terms of Service, “GetResponse”, “we”, “us,” and “our” mean one of the entities mentioned above you concluded the Order with.

By executing an Order and/or using the Service, you are agreeing with GetResponse that you understand and will comply with all of the terms of the Agreement.

II. The Service

1. General

1.1    The Service consists of the following:

a. access to and use of the user-facing elements of our web-based, SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) model platform (the“Software”), as made generally available to our other customers, that allows the customer (“Customer,” “you” or “your”) to create, send, and manage marketing campaigns and host mailing lists on the GetResponse platform, by using tools such as: Newsletter Creator, Landing Page Builder, Marketing Automation Software, and others;

b. technical configuration of the Software, pursuant to arrangements made between GetResponse and the Customer prior to providing full access to the Software; and

c. providing the Customer with support services providing by dedicated Account Manager relating to the effective use of the Software.

1.2 The Service includes the following:

a. one main Customer’s account, containing a unique sending identity and a database capable of storing and managing email lists and sending email campaigns (the “Main Account”).

b. the capability of automatic communication between the Service and the Customer’s system to run the Customer’s Contacts (defined below) database through the Service API;

c. Internet Protocol address(es) (IPs) allocated for Customer’s sole use within the Account as part of the Service.

1.3     You may use the Service to send emails only to those recipients who have given you permission to add them to your mailing list and have not subsequently withdrawn such permission (“Contacts”), unless you have another valid legal basis to process your Contacts’ personal data within the Service.

2. Main Account and Accounts

2.1    The Main Account may be accessed only with the use of your login credentials. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity under your Main Account.

2.2    Within the Main Account, you may create additional accounts (“Accounts”) and render them available to others who you authorize to use your Accounts (“Users”). Creating Accounts for Users does not create any legal relationship between us and such Users. You are solely responsible for all Users’ activities, acts and omissions in connection with the Main Account and Accounts, as well as for your own acts and omissions. You are not entitled to sell, lease, rent nor licensee access to your Main Account or Accounts to third parties, especially as an unassisted service, without our prior consent.

2.3. You acknowledge and accept that:

i. you are solely responsible for the conduct of your Users, the Main Account and any Accounts, including but not limited to: (i) ensuring that the Users use the Service in accordance with the Agreement (including but not limited to these Terms of Service) and applicable law, (ii) the consequences of granting access and authorizations to the Main Account and Accounts and the data and Content (defined below) associated therewith, and (iii) payment of any and all fees accrued in connection with the use of the Main Account and Accounts, whether by you, any of the Users or otherwise;

ii. you are solely responsible for creating, suspending and terminating Accounts except as otherwise provided herein;

iii. you are solely responsible for assuring technical support to the Users;

iv. any and all claims of the Users related to the use or non-use of the Accounts and the Service, as well as for their suspension and/or conduct resulting in termination, deactivation or suspension of the Agreement or any Main Account or Accounts, shall be resolved solely by you; you shall indemnify and hold harmless GetResponse from any and all losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from such claims.

2.4  We will provide technical support only to user of Main Account by dedicated Account Manager, and not to any of Users of Accounts.

3. Upgrade and Downgrade

3.1    You may upgrade your Service or order an add-on at any time. If you upgrade the Service, the fees applicable to upgraded or added Service Details will take effect immediately, with such increased fees calculated on a pro-rated basis, taking into account the number of days remaining in the then-current Settlement Period (defined in Section V below).

3.2    If you purchase an add-on during the current Settlement Period, we will align your add-on billing cycle with your payment cycle, so that the payment dates for all services under your Agreement are in line. The initial fee for the add-on will therefore be calculated in proportion to the number of days remaining until the end of the then current Settlement Period. In case of downgrade, no adjustment will be made during the then-current Settlement Period.

3.3    Upgrades may be requested by ordering additional IPs, the Transactional Emails feature, and/or increasing your number of Users, Accounts  Limit, Contacts List Size, Email/Transactional Email Volume Allowance, Facebook Adds or requesting other services, via email to upgrades@getresponse.com, and shall be effective upon confirmation by GetResponse.

3.4 In exceptional cases, with our express consent it may be possible to suspend the Service. The terms and conditions of such suspension must be agreed with a dedicated Account Manager and confirmed by the Customer by sending an email to upgrades@getresponse.com. The Service suspension shall be effective upon confirmation by GetResponse.

4.  Domains

4.1    You are solely responsible for providing domain/sub-domain and verification whether any selected domain or sub-domain name infringes any third party rights, as we cannot and do not perform such verification and we expressly disclaim any and all liability arising directly or indirectly in connection with any such domain or sub-domain names. We reserve the right to block any domain or sub-domain, or cancel or change the name of any domain or sub-domain that you select, including but not limited to, if we are ordered to do so by a court or other governmental authority or reasonably believe that we must do so in order to avoid infringement or violation of any third party or GetResponse right. 

4.2    In connection with the provision of our Landing Pages Builder add-on, we enable you to integrate your landing page(s) either with sub-domains provided by us or with your own domains.

5. Webinars

5.1    The Webinar feature allows you to organize on-line conferences (“Webinars”) for a certain number of participants (“Participants”). You may use this feature for conferences in which you take part as an active Participant.

5.2    When organizing a Webinar, you are solely responsible for notifying all Participants that personal data and information disclosed during the Webinar can be transmitted to other Participants and third parties. You are also obliged to inform Participants that the use of the Webinar feature is subject to these Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy, including but not limited to, applicable restrictions regarding prohibited practices and technical requirements.

5.3    You are not allowed to run more than one Webinar at a time within one Account. Please bear in mind that Webinars may be unavailable in any particular location.

6. Additional features (add-ons) and services

6.1    You may use certain additional features (add-ons) we provide, or integrate third-party services with the Service. The third-party services are not provided by GetResponse. Your ability to use some of the add-ons and third-party services may be limited pursuant to separate terms and conditions provided by service provider offering a specific add-on and additional terms (“Additional Terms”) defined by GetResponse HERE. 

6.2    The current list of third-party services you may integrate the Service with can be found in your Account. 

7.  Transactional Emails

The Transactional Emails feature allows you to send transactional emails to your contacts’ email addresses and check statistics of your transactional messages. Transactional Emails feature allows you to send email to recipients who have concluded a transaction with you  in order to e.g. password reset, booking or meeting confirmation and many others. Please remember, that GetResponse only facilitates transmission of your messages and cannot interfere with the content of those messages.

8. Beta-test Versions

From time to time GetResponse may offer a beta-test version of new features. This allows Customers to try new solutions we come up with and helps us better understand your needs and develop the Service accordingly. If you decide to use a feature available in beta-test version, you agree that:

1. The feature is available only for a limited period of time and can be deactivated at any time and at our sole discretion;

2. The feature is available only to a limited extent and may be modified at any time and at our sole discretion; 

3. GetResponse does not warrant that any feature made available in a beta-test version will be included in the Service, we are not obliged to maintain or support any such feature, and we may cease development of any such feature at any time and at our sole discretion;

4. You are solely responsible for consequences of using the beta-test version, including but not limited to, any impact such use may have on your Main Account settings, set or planned campaigns, collected data and other information, or otherwise. Please remember that once we deactivate a beta-test version of a feature, certain processes that took place with respect to your Main Account, set or planned campaigns, collected data and other information cannot be reversed, and GetResponse shall bear no responsibility or liability for any consequence resulting therefrom;

5. At the end of a beta-test version period, one or more beta-tested features may be made available for a separate fee (e.g. as a paid add-on), or as a component of the Service.

III. Technical Requirements

The Service will operate with the latest official version of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari web browsers. In order to use the Service it is necessary that you have Internet access and a device that allows you access to the Internet, an email and a website browser installed with plugins that allow Flash technology and with “cookies” and JavaScript enabled, as well as email. In order for the Webinar feature to work properly, a camera and/or microphone and a headset or loudspeaker must be on and not used by another application. You expressly acknowledge and agree that GetResponse is not responsible for satisfying the foregoing requirements, and that the quality of files sent, posted, streamed, published or otherwise transmitted using the Service may differ from the uploaded stream or file, in order to conform and adapt to standards of transferring data, connecting networks, devices or requirements of the Service.

 IV. Use of the Service

By using the Service, you agree to:

1. observe the GetResponse Service Documents and all other policies developed, published or adopted by GetResponse in connection with the Service (each as amended and in effect from time to time);

2. use the Service for purposes directly related to your trade, business or profession;

3. maintain and promptly update your contact details so that they are as current, complete and accurate as possible;

4. send or stream through the Service only such materials that you have full rights to use and publish on the Internet;

5. conform to all applicable laws, regulations, rules and requirements (“Legal Requirements”) relating to the transmission of emails (including but not limited to, commercial emails), the processing and transmission of personal data, applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Legal Requirements in force in your country of residence;

6. keep all login credentials provided to you secret and confidential;

7. receive electronic invoices issued by GetResponse.

V. Payments

1. You are obliged to timely pay all applicable fees for your use of the Service. 

2. Access to the Service is provided to you based on the limits and additional features and services specified in your Order or otherwise purchased from us (your “Subscription”) and is provided after we have received the applicable fees for your Subscription. Accordingly, fees for use of the Service within the terms of your Subscription are due and payable in advance, unless otherwise stipulated in your Order.

3. All fees are net amounts exclusive of taxes. Where appropriate, value added tax (VAT), goods and services tax (GST) or any other tax on sales (irrespective of designation of the tax adopted in various jurisdictions) will be added to the payment price in accordance with currently effective rates. You agree to pay any taxes applicable to your use of the Service. You represent that you are registered for VAT or GST purposes in your country. At our request, you will provide us with the VAT or GST registration number under which you are registered. If you are required to deduct or withhold any tax, you must pay the amount deducted or withheld as required by law and pay us an additional amount so that we receive payment in full as if there were no deduction or withholding.

4. Please note that some taxes depend on the region, province, state, town or district where you are located. You need to provide us with your correct address at all times, as we do not bear any responsibility resulting from wrong calculation of taxes due to inaccurate or wrong indication of address by you.

5. All fees due to GetResponse shall be paid by bank wire transfer, ACH, PayPal or credit card, subject to restrictions on certain payment methods depending on your country, by the applicable due date. We will indicate the bank account to which the payment shall be transmitted. Please note, that availability of above-mentioned payments methods depends on your location and Service provider you concluded Order with. 

6. If you add credit card to your available methods of payments, you hereby agree that all amounts then due to GetResponse shall be paid automatically by credit card on the first day of each applicable Settlement Period. In the event that the credit card you provided us expires or any credit card information changes or becomes out of date, in order to procure continuity and avoid Service interruptions, you hereby authorize us to obtain or determine updated or replacement information, in particular expiration dates or credit card number, and to continue billing on the same terms using the updated or replacement information. We are not responsible for any fees charged by payment services providers.

7. When you pay via wire transfer, PayPal or ACH, the term “Settlement Period” shall mean a calendar monthly period, and the first Settlement Period shall begin on Commencement Date indicated in the Order (“Commencement Date”) and finish at the last day of the month you signed an Order. 

8. If you add a credit card to the available methods of payment, the term “Settlement Period” shall mean each successive period of 30 (thirty) consecutive calendar days, starting on the day a credit card has been added. All the fees shall be paid in advance and you invoice will be issued by GetResponse after the payment.

9. You shall be in default if we don’t receive payment after the due date. If you are in default of payment, we will be entitled to charge interest in the highest rate permitted by applicable law and exercise other rights as defined herein.

10. If you exceed any of the limits you have paid for under your Subscription, you will be required to pay additional fees in accordance with the Order. Fees for exceeded number of Users and Accounts Limit in a given Settlement Period are calculated based on the peak number of accounts – Main Account and Accounts and their individual Users who were active (i.e. the User’s status was set in position “ON” in the Main Account or Accounts) during any moment of that Settlement Period.Fees for use of the Service in excess of your Subscription during a given Settlement Period will be invoiced in arrears and must be paid within fourteen (14) days after the end of that Settlement Period.

11. Except as expressly stated in the Agreement, all payments under the Agreement are non-refundable. For clarity, if your Agreement is concluded for a definite period of time and:

a. you have prepaid for you Service – you are not entitled to any refund in case of Agreement’s termination before the end of the current Term;

b. you have agreed for monthly payments – you are still obliged to pay GetResponse the whole fee given in your Order, even if you decide to terminate the Agreement earlier. In that case the fee for the Settlement Periods remaining till the end of the current Term shall be paid within 14 days after the terminated notice was received by GetResponse (when you terminate the Agreement) or paid within 14 days after the termination notice was issued by GetResponse (when GetResponse is entitled to terminate the Agreement earlier on the basis of the Agreement e.g. your material breach or spamming).

12. Please note that termination of your Agreement or access to the Service by GetResponse for cause also does not release you from the obligation to pay all remuneration due under your Agreement.  

13. You may terminate the Agreement with immediate effect if GetResponse is in material breach of the Agreement and fails to materially cure such breach within 14 (fourteen) days after receipt of written notice from you specifying such breach in detail.

14. Fees for the use of Service is based on the Subscription you have purchased and not an actual usage. Not using the Service, irrespective of cause, does not entitle you to a refund or any reduction in the fees you are required to pay to GetResponse. Similarly, you are not entitled to any such refund or reduction if you delay access to the Services or do not have the ability to use the Service.

15. Any unused Service limits, such as unused Email Volume Allowance, or unused Contacts List Size, are not transferred or carried over to subsequent Settlement Periods.

16. If we determine fees based on the number of your Contacts’ email addresses, we will monitor for the peak number of your Contacts’ e-mail addresses accumulated in all your campaigns, Main Account and Accounts in a given Settlement Period, which means that Contacts are unique within each campaign, but not within the entire Main Account and Accounts. 

17. To determine fees due in a given Settlement Period, the highest number of the Contacts’ email addresses is taken into account. Downgrade of the number of email addresses within a given Settlement Period does not change the fees due for the use of the Service.

VI. Prohibited practices, content and industries

1. You are not allowed to use the Service, or use, post or transmit any Content (defined in Section VII below) to or within the Service in a manner that, either intentionally or unintentionally, violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, good industry practice, the GetResponse Service Documents or any copyright or other right of a third party. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the practices specified here is considered a violation of these Terms of Service and grounds for termination of your Agreement.

2. Strictly prohibited practices you can find here.

3. Certain Content may be illegal or result in higher than normal bounce rates and abuse complaints, which may affect the deliverability of GetResponse’s platform to you and others. You acknowledge the foregoing and agree that you will not use the Service to stream, disclose, engage in, offer to sell, and promote, either directly or indirectly, any goods or services identified here, and that doing so is considered a violation of these Terms of Service and grounds for termination of your Agreement.

4. Our Customers are not allowed to use the Service to stream, disclose, engage, offer to sell, and promote, either directly or indirectly, any goods or services that meet any conditions you can find here.

5. You may not use any hardware or software intended to damage or interfere with the proper and timely functioning of the Service, or to surreptitiously intercept any system, data or personal information from the Service or any GetResponse Website. You further agree not to take any action that imposes unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Service, any GetResponse Website, or any network or other Service infrastructure.

6.      We do not pre-screen or control Customer’s activity related to the use of the Service. However, we reserve the right (irrespective of other rights under these Terms of Service) to refuse, remove or delete any Content, suspend email campaigns, block Customer’s landing page, stop Webinars, suspend access to the Service or any part thereof, with or without notice, at our sole discretion if we reasonably determine that Customer’s, User’s or Participant’s activity or the Content violates any applicable provision of the law, our policies, these Terms of Service, any third party right or is otherwise objectionable. In the aforementioned situations, without in any way limiting the disclaimer and limitations in Section 15, under no circumstance shall we be liable for the consequences of any measures taken pursuant to this paragraph.

7.      Fair Usage Policy

7.1 In order to help ensure the quality and accessibility of the Service to our Customers, you agree not to use the Service or features thereof in a manner that is excessive or unreasonable relative to other Customers. Please note that we monitor various parameters on a case by case basis to identify and prevent excessive or unreasonable use that may adversely affect other Customers or performance of their campaigns. Should our Compliance Team determine in its sole discretion that your use of the Service or any feature thereof is excessive or unreasonable, overloads our systems and as a result, detrimentally affects other Customers, we will promptly advise you on how to reduce your usage. If you do not follow that advice, and your usage continues to affect other Customers, you agree that we may immediately suspend or terminate your access to the Service in whole or in part and that you will not be entitled to a refund of any amounts previously paid. In the aforementioned situations, without in any way limiting the disclaimers and limitations in Section XIV, under no circumstances shall we be liable for the consequences of any measures taken pursuant to this paragraph.

7.2 Notice and procedure for making claims of copyright or intellectual property infringement

We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our Customers to do the same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, disable Main Accounts (including Accounts) and/or terminate the Agreement with the Customers who may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide our Compliance Manager the following information:

a. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;

b. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Service;

c. your address, telephone number, and email address;

d. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

e. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

7.3 Our Compliance Manager who acts as an Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows: 

By email:    dmca@cs.getresponse.com

By mail:      to the GetResponse address specified in your Order, Attention: DMCA

By phone:   +48 58 668 31 33

You can also use our contact form.

VII. Content

1. Any and all information, data, texts, graphics, logos, video, music or other materials that you post, upload, send, stream or otherwise make available using the Service, including but not limited to on your landing page(s) or during Webinars, or that your landing page visitors or Participants upload, post or stream on your landing page(s) or during Webinars (“Content”), are solely your responsibility. Content also includes any links to other websites or resources or other third party services that you use. We do not claim ownership of the Content and you (or your landing page visitor/Participant, as applicable) retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Content. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the term “Content” does not include any materials that you take from our resources, including but not limited to from Files and Images and our collection of predesigned templates. You agree that we can present your landing page in our marketing materials, in particular case studies.

2. You are entitled to use materials that we render available to you solely to use the Service for its intended purpose, notwithstanding whether such materials are paid or free, customized or standard. Please note that our resources (in particular the Files and Images) may include materials that are subject to third party copyright. You acknowledge and agree that we have the right at any time and at our sole discretion to remove such materials from our resources, disable access to such materials or demand that you immediately stop using them, in particular in email campaigns and on your landing page(s) or Webinars. If you do not satisfy any such demand, we will be entitled to delete such materials at our sole discretion. In the aforementioned situations, without in any way limiting the disclaimers and limitations in Section IV, under no circumstance shall we be liable for the consequences of any measures taken pursuant to this paragraph. If you post, upload, send, stream or otherwise make available Content through third parties or which belongs to a third party, you are obliged to adhere to such third party terms and conditions of service or license, irrespective of your obligations resulting from these Terms of Service.

3.  You acknowledge and accept that we may preserve the Content and disclose it if we are required to do so by law or if it is necessary to enforce these Terms of Service, a court order or a decision of a competent public authority, respond to claims that any Content or the activity of your landing page visitor or Participants violates the law or the third party rights.

VIII.   Customer Service

We offer you assistance provided by our Account Managers as described here. If you have any challenge or an issue with certain feature or implementation you can contact your dedicated Account Manager via a dedicated email and phone number provided in the Welcome Email sent to you by GetResponse well as via LiveChat and Slack application. Please note, that Slack application may be available for selected group of Customers only.

IX. Term and Termination

1. Either party may terminate the Agreement in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Order. 

2. Unless otherwise agreed in the Order the parties may terminate:

a. Agreements concluded for definite period of time – providing notice of non-renewal no less than 30 days prior to the end of the Initial Term or then current Renewal Term;

b. Agreements concluded for indefinite period of time – upon at least one month’s termination notice. Termination shall not become effective until the last day of the Settlement Period immediately after the Settlement Period during which the corresponding termination notice was submitted.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right to block sending emails, suspend the Main Account (or part thereof – including each Account or add-on) and/or terminate your Agreement (which means shutting down the Main Account and Accounts) with immediate effect and without notice if we reasonably believe that you are in breach of any provision of theAgreement or any other policy developed, published or adopted by GetResponse. Without limiting the foregoing, the activities specified below each constitute a violation of the Agreement and grounds for immediate termination or suspension of your Agreement and/or Main Account (including Accounts) or part thereof.

4. Examples of activities regarded as violations of the Agreement:

4.1. failing to make payment when due;

4.2. using the Service for abusive or prohibited practices referred to in Section VI of these Terms of Service;

4.3. sending emails which we consider SPAM (determined on the basis of GetResponse algorithms and compliance procedures), in particular if:

a. the Customer’s name or domain (which the Contacts can access by clicking links contained in emails sent by the Customer) is listed on the Spamhaus Registry Of Known Spam Organizations (ROKSO, http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso) or such domain is listed on at least one of the following blacklists: URIBL (http://uribl.com), SURBL (http://www.surbl.org), SpamHaus DBL (http://www.spamhaus.org/dbl) or ivmURI (http://www.invaluement.com);

b. Customer is found spamming by SpamCop or any other anti-spam organization that reports to GetResponse spam trap hits thru Unsolicited Commercial Email reports;

4.4. Customer breaches the rules of use of our trademarks or other intellectual property;

4.5. Providing inaccurate, unreliable or false contact details, or failing to keep such contact details up to date;

4.6. Assigning rights or obligations under the Agreement to a third party without prior consent of GetResponse.

5. The Customer is entitled to terminate the Agreement upon written notice to GetResponse in the event GetResponse is in material breach of the provisions of the Agreement and fails to materially cure such breach within 14 (fourteen) days after receipt of written notice from Customer specifying such breach in detail.

6. Termination and suspension as well as downgrade of the Service or any of its parts or features may affect your Main Account as well as Accounts, set or planned campaigns, collected data and other information, or related matters. Once the Service or any of its parts or features are terminated, suspended or downgraded, certain processes that took place with respect to your Main Account and Accounts, set or planned campaigns, collected data and other information, cannot be reversed. In the aforementioned situations, without in any way limiting the disclaimers and limitations in Section XIV, under no circumstance shall we be liable for the consequences of any measures taken pursuant to this paragraph.

7. Interruption or suspension of your ability to send emails using the Service or access your Main Account and Accounts (or part thereof) does not release you from your obligation to pay applicable fees for such interruption/suspension period.  To the extent you are in compliance with the Agreement, and all corresponding payment obligations, GetResponse: (a) will use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to limit any such interruption or suspension to 7 working days, and (b) may terminate the Agreement if unable to restore email functionality or access to your Main Account and Accounts.

 X.  Privacy

1. Our data protection practices are set forth in the applicable GetResponse Privacy Policy identified in this paragraph (the “Privacy Policy”). 

If you concluded the Agreement with: GetResponse sp. z o. o., the applicable Privacy Policy is available here.

GetResponse Inc. applicable Privacy Policy is available here.  

GetResponse Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. applicable Privacy Policy is available here.  

XI.  Copyright and Trademarks 

1. The Service, all GetResponse software, and the content included on the GetResponse Websites (such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips and software) (collectively, the “GetResponse Property”), are the property of GetResponse or its content suppliers and protected by EU, U.S. and international copyright laws. No part of the GetResponse Property may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without express written consent of the authors, except as specifically provided and allowed by us.

2. “GetResponse” is a registered trademark of GetResponse in the U.S., the European Union, as well as in other countries. Without our express consent, our trademarks, service marks, logos and other indicia of source may not be used in conjunction with other entities’ products or services in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to in any way that may cause confusion among Customers and potential customers, or in any manner that discredits GetResponse, its products and services.

XII.  Confidentiality

1. Confidential Information shall mean:

a. any information regarding the Software or services rendered by GetResponse which are of confidential or proprietary nature, including terms of Agreement;

b. Contacts’ email addresses and personal data provided by the Customer to GetResponse for the provision of the Service;

c. business, financial, organizational, technical information, as well as other information regarding the factual or legal circumstances of you or GetResponse;

d. any information received under Agreement due to provision of Services or derived by the receiving Party from such information which is of confidential or proprietary nature.

2. Receiving party shall exercise no less care to safeguard Confidential Information acquired from disclosing party than receiving party exercises in safeguarding its own confidential or proprietary information.

3. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the other party in writing, neither you nor GetResponse will use, copy, adapt, alter, disclose or part with possession of any Confidential Information of the other party. This obligation will not apply to information which:

a. receiving party can prove was in its possession at the date it was received or obtained, or

b. receiving party obtains from a third party with good legal title to such information, or

c. is in or comes into the public domain otherwise than through the default or negligence of receiving party, or

d. is independently and lawfully developed by or for the receiving party.

4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the party receiving Confidential Information may disclose the same to the extent required in order to comply with any applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal, regulatory or administrative requirement; provided that receiving party will only disclose that portion of the Confidential Information as is ultimately legally required to be disclosed.

5. Confidential Information  remain subject to the protections of this Section during the Term and for 5 years after expiry or termination of the Agreement, irrespective of the basis of such expiry or termination.

XIII. Modifications

1.We may, at our sole discretion and without liability, change or modify the features of the Service or modify or replace any provided equipment, or software used to deliver the Service, provided that this does not have a material adverse effect on the Service.

2. We also reserve the right to modify, add or delete any documents, information, graphics or other content appearing on or in connection with the Service or any of the GetResponse Websites, at any time without prior notice.

XIV. Disclaimer of Warranties. Limitation of Liability

1. You acknowledge and agree that GetResponse provides the Service and GetResponse Websites on an “AS IS” basis and disclaims all warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation any warranty of title, merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose.

2. You are solely responsible for your use of the Service, any of the GetResponse Websites and any and all Content, Webinars and email campaigns that you develop, operate or send using the GetResponse platform. It is your duty and responsibility (and not ours) to back up all your files and data stored on our servers and under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damages due to loss of such files or data stored on our servers.

3. Without limiting the foregoing, GetResponse is not responsible or liable to you for any:

a. actions or omissions of any third party, including but not limited to Users or Participants, and other third parties using your Main Account or Accounts with login credentials, passwords or details obtained from you or in other circumstances beyond GetResponse’s reasonable control;

b. failure of external conditions, networks or telecommunications devices or equipment necessary to use the Service that are provided by third parties or otherwise beyond GetResponse’s reasonable control;

c. problems of any kind with features used within test versions, including but not limited to beta-test versions;

d. insufficient or fluctuations of the bandwidth used by Customer, Users or Participants which may affect Content quality.

e. the failure to comply with the Service Documents by the Client;

f. the misleading or fraudulent data provided by the Customer during registration.

4. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree that in connection with these Terms of Service, the Service and use thereof: (i) GetResponse, its employees, directors, officers or representatives shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, punitive, special or consequential damage or loss (even if advised of the possibility of such damage), however caused and irrespective of the nature of the cause of action, demand or claim and (ii) GetResponse’s entire liability to you for any and all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses, judgements, and awards arising under or in connection therewith (each a “Claim”), in the aggregate, regardless of the form and cause of action, shall not in any event exceed the equivalent of amount payable for the Service for one Settlement Period (subject to point 5 of this section) immediately preceding the date when the event causing the Claim occurred, with the exclusion of any amounts representing Setup Fees, Additional Fees, paid add-ons, or any other extra charges. The Customer hereby releases GetResponse, its employees, directors, officers and representatives from any and all Claims in excess of the aforementioned limitation.

5. GetResponse’s total liability regarding to any issues related to personal data processing, notwithstanding the number of and grounds for the Customer’s claims, shall be limited to equivalent of amount payable for the Service for six Settlement Periods paid by the Customer in the Settlement Period immediately preceding the date when the event causing the damage occurred, with the exclusion of any amounts representing setup fees or any extra charges. The Customer hereby releases GetResponse from any liability above that limit.

6. Neither party hereto shall be responsible for any delay or failure in performance of their obligations under these Terms of Service due to Force Majeure or other occurrences that are beyond reasonable control of the party in default or failing to fulfil their respective obligations. For purposes of the foregoing, “Force Majeure” means any exceptional occurrence, caused by an external factor which cannot reasonably be foreseen or prevented, including but not limited to war, natural disasters, strikes, breakdowns, DDoS attacks or other disruptions in telecommunication networks or data communication infrastructure, emergency government action and administrative measures, and activities of third party entities that affect the provision of the Service, and whose activity is independent of the parties hereto.

7. You agree to indemnify and hold GetResponse, its employees, directors, officers, co­operators and representatives harmless from any and all claims, losses (either direct or indirect), damages and expenses, including but not limited to attorney fees, based upon or arising from (i) any failure by you or any individual using your login credentials to comply with your obligations under these Terms of Service, (ii) violation of any law, or of the rights of any third party by you, your Users, or any of your landing page visitors or Participants, (iii) your use of any third party service or integration of the Service with any third party service, or (iv) your, or any User’s or Participant’s Content or activity. We will notify you as soon as reasonably practical of any such claim, demand or cause of action for which we will require indemnification from you.

XV. Notices

1. Any notices, including the Agreement’s termination notices, shall be made via email (by sending scan of signed notice of termination) or the use of DocuSign service (or other similar service chosen by GetResponse).

2. Termination notices send by the Customer to GetResponse (via email as well as via DocuSign service or other similar service chosen by GetResponse) should be addressed at: maciej.ossowski@getresponse.com.

3. Termination notices send by GetResponse to the Customer should be addressed: at any Customer’s email address specified in the Order.

4. No amendments to the Order will be effective unless agreed to in advance by the Parties. Any amendments shall be made by sending the scan of signed document via email or copy executed with the use of DocuSign service (or other similar service chosen by GetResponse).

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, GetResponse may amend the Terms of Service, SLA, Privacy Policy, AntiSpam Policy or other policies at any time and from time to time, effective after posting the amended version on the GetResponse website. 

XVI. Specific clauses 

1. If GDPR applies to you – you can find related rules here.

2. By accepting these Terms of Service you engage GetResponse in processing of the personal data necessary to provide you with the Service on terms and conditions stipulated in Data Processing Addendum (“DPA”) which you can find HERE. DPA constitutes an integral part of these Terms of Service.

3. If CCPA applies to you – you can find related rules here.

4. If you signed an Agreement with GetResponse Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. – you can find rules related to personal data processing here.

5. Additional terms to GetResponse Inc Customers:

5.1 By using the Service, you represent and warrant that:

a. you are not located in Cuba, North Korea, Syria, or any other country that is subject to a U.S government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. government as a “terrorist-supporting” country; and

b. you are not listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

XVII.  Final Provisions

1. You and GetResponse are each intended to be independent contractors, and not employees, partners or joint ventures of one another, and neither shall have any authority to bind or incur any obligation or liability on the other’s behalf. If any provision of the Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under the law of any government having jurisdiction, it shall not affect the legality, validity and enforceability of any other provisions hereof and such invalid or unenforceable provision will be modified to the extent necessary to render it valid and enforceable without altering its intent.

2. Any amendments to the Order or Exhibits thereto shall be agreed in advance by GetResponse and the Customer and shall be made by sending the scan of signed document via email or copy executed with the use of DocuSign service (or other similar service chosen by GetResponse). Notwithstanding the foregoing, GetResponse may amend the Service Documents or other policies at any time and from time to time by upon posting the amended version on the GetResponse website and/or by sending an email to the last email address you have given to GetResponse, and such amendment shall be effective immediately with respect to any continued or new use of the Service thereafter, unless you terminate the Agreement within 10 (ten) days thereof. Your continued use of the Service after such 10 (ten) day period constitutes your acceptance of the terms of such amendment. The most current version of these Terms of Service is available at www.getresponse.com/legal/max-terms-of-service.

3. We may assign rights and obligations arising from the agreement to any company controlled by or under common Control with GetResponse without your prior consent. “Control” for purposes of these Terms of Service means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the share capital or voting interests of the subject entity. You may not assign any rights or obligations arising under the Agreement to a third party without our prior written consent.

4. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Agreement shall be governed by:

a. for the Agreements concluded with GetResponse sp. z o. o. – the laws of the Republic of Poland. The disputes arising out of or in connection with the Agreement shall be submitted to the Polish courts with jurisdiction over the registered office of GetResponse sp. z o. o.;

b. for the Agreements concluded with GetResponse Inc. – the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Delaware, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith, and hereby irrevocably waives any objection, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper;

c. for the Agreements concluded with GetResponse Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. – the laws of the Malaysia. The disputes arising out of or in connection with the Agreement shall be submitted to the Malaysian courts with jurisdiction over the registered office of GetResponse Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

5. In the event of a conflict between or among the provisions of the Order (including the exhibits thereto), the SLA, and/or the Terms of Service, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the conflicting provision set forth in the following order of precedence: (a) the Order, (b) SLA, and (c) the Terms of Service.

These Terms of Service are valid as of the earlier of the date provided to you or posted on the GetResponse Website

July 1, 2020