Important Update
last updated July 11, 2023
Welcome to ByteScout.com, operated by Artifex Software, Inc. (the “Company”, “ByteScout”, “We” or “Us”).
By accessing ByteScout cloud-based application program interface (the “API”) and our websites found at www.api.pdf.co and www.bytescout.com, whether through a mobile device, mobile application, cloud, desktop, or by any other means (collectively, the “Website”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (the “Agreement”), whether or not you create a ByteScout account and/or purchase a subscription plan to use any ByteScout product and the API. If you wish to create a ByteScout account and use the Website, please read these Terms of Use.
You should also read the ByteScout Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement and available on the Website.
If you do not accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the ByteScout Privacy Policy, do not use the Website.
Please contact us with any questions regarding this Agreement.
This Agreement is an electronic contract that establishes the legally binding terms you must accept to use the Website and API. This Agreement includes the Company’s (i) Privacy Policy, (ii) terms disclosed and agreed to by you if you purchase ByteScout Product or subscribe to a cloud-based plan to use ByteScout API, and/or any other additional features, products, or services we offer on the Website.
By accessing or using the Website and our API, you accept this Agreement and agree to the terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein and consent to have this Agreement and all notices provided to you in electronic form either via email or directly to your account/subscription on the Website, or both. To withdraw this consent, you must cease using the Website and terminate your account. Please print a copy of this Agreement for your records. The Company may modify this Agreement at its sole discretion from time to time. Such modifications to be effective upon posting by the Company on the Website.
No part of the Website and API is directed to persons under the age of 14. By using the Website and/or API, You are representing that you are at least 18 years old or that you are 14-17 years old and have your parents’ or legal guardian’s permission to access and use the Website and/or API. Any use of the Website and/or API is void where prohibited. By accessing and using the Website and/or API, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Using the Website and/or API may be prohibited or restricted in certain countries. You are responsible for complying with the laws and regulations of the territory from which you access or use the Website and/or API.
In order to create an account on the Website and use API, you must subscribe to a paid plan using your email address or purchase ByteScout Product on the Website. If you do so, you authorize us to contact you via email and provide you with all necessary information to access the Website and/or API. We might need to collect some information from you to personalize the Website and/or API for you. Please consult our Privacy Policy posted on the Website for more information regarding what information we collect from you and how we use it.
This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website, API, and/or have a ByteScout account. You may disable your account and stop using the Website, API at any time for any reason.
The Company may terminate or suspend Your account on the Website and cancel your subscription in its sole discretion at any time without notice if the Company believes that you have breached this Agreement, or for any other reason, with or without cause. Upon such termination or suspension, you will not be entitled to any refund of unused monthly fees or any other fees paid for purchases made through the Website. The Company is not required to disclose and may be prohibited by law from disclosing, the reason for the termination or suspension of your account and/or subscription. After your account and/or subscription is terminated for any reason, all terms of this Agreement survive such termination, and continue in full force and effect, except for any terms that by their nature expire or are fully satisfied.
The Website and ByteScout products sold through the Website are suitable for personal and for commercial use and require you to purchase ByteScout products and/or subscribe to a paid plan, including product suites, single products, desktop utilities, etc. You may also accept additional features, products, or services we offer on the Website, such as free trials, discounts, and promotions. It is your responsibility to use the Website, API, and ByteScout products in a private and secure manner.
The Company is not liable to you for any damage or loss due to unauthorized account access resulting from your actions or at no fault of the Company.
You may not use the Website, API, ByteScout products, your account, and/or ByteScout services for any illegal activity or to violate laws in your jurisdiction. The Company may investigate and take any available legal action in response to illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, API, ByteScout products, your account, and/or ByteScout services.
You shall not and are expressly prohibited from tampering with the Website, API, ByteScout products, including any software and HTML codes used by ByteScout. You shall not reverse-engineer ByteScout products and if found, the Company may investigate and take any available legal action including civil and criminal prosecution.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your access credentials (username and password), and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your account, username, and password. You agree to immediately notify the Company of any disclosure or unauthorized use of your account, username or password, or any other breach of security at email: support@bytescout.com and ensure that you log out from your account at the end of each session.
THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION PRESENT ON THE WEBSITE. ANY USE OF THE MATERIALS OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA.
ALL PRODUCTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS SOLD THROUGH THE WEBSITE HEREIN ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY WHETHER EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON INFRINGEMENT.
ANY MATERIAL, PRODUCT, API, OR SUBSCRIPTION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA THAT RESULTS OR MAY RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL, PRODUCT, API, OR SUBSCRIPTION. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DOWNLOAD OR OBTAIN ANY MATERIAL, PRODUCT, API, OR SUBSCRIPTION.
The Company owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Website, and in all content, trademarks, trade names, service marks, and other intellectual property rights related thereto. The Website contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of the Company and its licensors.
You agree to not copy, modify, transmit, create any derivative works from, make use of, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, trade names, service marks, or other intellectual property or proprietary information accessible through the Website, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Company or, if such property is not owned by the Company, the owner of such intellectual property or proprietary rights.
You agree to not remove, obscure, or otherwise alter any proprietary notices appearing on any content, including copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property notices.
The Company does not guarantee the security of any information transmitted to or from the Website. Any material, information, or other communication You transmit or post to the Website will be considered non-confidential. The Company will have no obligations with respect to such communications. By transmitting or posting any information, You grant the Company an unrestricted royalty-free right to copy, disclose, distribute, otherwise dispose and use of such information.
While browsing through the Website, You agree to refrain from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful material that may violate any domestic and/or international legislation. The Company may at its own discretion monitor or review any areas on the Website where users transmit or post materials or communicate solely with each other, including but not limited to any kind of chat rooms or user forums. The Company will have no liability related to the content of any such areas.
If You choose certain kinds of activities available on the Website including but not limited to registration of Your copy of ByteScout products, Your personally identifiable information that You submit to the Company shall be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which terms are available on the same webpage where such information is collected. If you choose to receive new versions and updates of ByteScout products, the Company reserves the right to send you any information appropriate.
Any software that is made available to download from this site is the copyrighted work of ByteScout and/or its suppliers. Such software shall be used in accordance with the respective terms of the End User License Agreement (EULA) which accompanies the software. Any use of the Software not in accordance with the respective EULA is expressly prohibited.
All the information, communications, software, scripting, photos, text, video, graphics, music, sounds, images, and other materials and services found on the Website (collectively referred to as “Content”) are provided by ByteScout as a service to its customers and may be used for informational and non-commercial or personal use only. The unauthorized copying, displaying, or other use of any Content from this site is a violation of domestic and/or international legislation.
The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively “Trademarks”) appearing on the Website are the property of ByteScout and other parties. All Trademarks are provided for Your information and do not grant You a license to use them. Neither title nor intellectual property rights are transferred to You.
The Company provides assistance and tech guidance through its customer service and support representatives. When communicating with our customer and support service representatives, you agree to not be abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexist, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or to not otherwise behave inappropriately. If we feel that your behavior towards any of our customer service representatives or other employees is at any time threatening or offensive, we reserve the right to immediately terminate your account and cancel your subscription.
The Company reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that the Company shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Website. To protect the integrity of the Website, the Company reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block users from certain IP addresses from accessing the Website.
The Website may contain, and the Website or third parties may provide, advertisements and promotions offered by third parties and links to other web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, information, statements, advertising, goods or services, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources.
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, third parties found in or through the Website, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of, or reliance upon, any such content, information, statements, advertising, goods or services or other materials available on or through any such website or resource.
From time to time, the Company may make third-party opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other third-party information or content available through the Website. All third-party content is the responsibility of the respective authors thereof and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such third-party authors are solely responsible for such content.
You may be able to upload documents or other content via the Website or related applications and plug-ins (“Your Content”). You agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium Your Content, and provide us with a revocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free worldwide license to do so. We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove user-generated content that we determine in our sole discretion to be unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms. You represent and warrant that Your Content will not violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality, or another personal or proprietary right. You further agree that Your Content will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Website or any related application or plug-in. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third parties as to the origin of any of Your Content. You are solely responsible for Your Content and its accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content uploaded, displayed, or shared by you or any third party.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, RELIANCE, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, DAMAGES FOR LOSS, CORRUPTION OR BREACHES OF DATA OR PROGRAMS, SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO THE COMPANY FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE WHILE YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT. YOU AGREE THAT REGARDLESS OF ANY STATUTE OR LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.
The exclusive means of resolving any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including any alleged breach thereof) or the Website shall be BINDING ARBITRATION administered by the American Arbitration Association. The one exception to the exclusivity of arbitration is that you have the right to bring an individual claim against the Company in a small-claims court of competent jurisdiction. But whether you choose arbitration or small-claims court, you may not under any circumstances commence or maintain against the Company any class action, class arbitration, or other representative action or proceeding.
By using the Website in any manner, you agree to the above arbitration agreement. In doing so, YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT to assert or defend any claims between you and the Company (except for matters that may be taken to small-claims court). YOU ALSO GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR OTHER CLASS PROCEEDING. Your rights will be determined by a NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR, NOT A JUDGE OR JURY. You are entitled to a fair hearing before the arbitrator. The arbitrator can grant any relief that a court can, but you should note that arbitration proceedings are usually simpler and more streamlined than trials and other judicial proceedings. Decisions by the arbitrator are enforceable in court and may be overturned by a court only for very limited reasons.
Any proceeding to enforce this arbitration agreement, including any proceeding to confirm, modify, or vacate an arbitration award, may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction. In the event that this arbitration agreement is for any reason held to be unenforceable, any litigation against the Company (except for small-claims court actions) may be commenced only in the federal or state courts located in the County of New Castle, Delaware. You hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of those courts for such purposes.
This Agreement, and any dispute between you and the Company, shall be governed by the laws of the state of Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of law, provided that this arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
The Company does not warrant compliance with any foreign legislation. If you access the Website, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws.
You agree to indemnify and hold the Company, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and its and their officers, agents, partners, and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of or failure to comply with this Agreement (including any breach of your representations and warranties contained herein), and the violation of any law or regulation by you. The Company reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with the Company in connection therewith.
The Company may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to this Agreement, using any reasonable means now known or hereafter developed, including by email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message, or postings on the Website. Such notices may not be received if you violate this Agreement by accessing the Website in an unauthorized manner. You agree that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed the Website in an authorized manner.
This Agreement, with the Privacy Policy and any specific guidelines or rules that are separately posted for particular subscription services or offers on the Website, contain the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the use of the Website. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You agree that your online account is non-transferable and all of your rights to your profile or contents within your account terminate upon your death or entity’s dissolution/cancellation. The Company reserves the right to transfer, assign, dispose of by novation, or subcontract any or all rights or obligations under this Agreement. No agency, partnership, joint venture or employment is created as a result of this Agreement and you may not make any representations or bind the Company in any manner.
This Agreement is subject to change by the Company without your consent at any time. When we post changes to the Agreement, we will put and revise accordingly the “last updated” date at the top of this Agreement. We recommend that you check our Website from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Agreement or any of our other policies.
