Terms of use

Effective on March 26, 2020.

Q4I Consulting S.L. is the owner of the SMEBOOK platform, which has been devised as a “matchmaking venue” for the technology-based Industry, with the intention to promote collaboration towards a fruitful partnership in terms of innovation.

Q4I Consulting S.L. (headquarters: Rozabella 6, Edificio París, 28290 Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain) is the legal owner of www.smebook.eu. SMEBOOK platform as well as all contents of www.smebook.eu (including texts, images, videos, animation, documentation and any other material which might appear) are protected by the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights and belong to Q4I Consulting S.L.

Q4I Consulting S.L. is registered with the Mercantile Registry of Madrid as follows: Q4I Consulting S.L.; VAT code: B-87256673; Address: Los Riscos, 7D 28260 Galapagar (Spain); Phone.: (+34) 91 291 84 53; E-mail: info@q4iconsulting.es.

1. Contract

You agree that by clicking “Sign up” or similar, registering, accessing or using SMEBOOK services, you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with Q4I Consulting S.L If you do not agree to this contract (“Contract” or “Terms of Use”), do not click “Sign up” (or similar) and do not access or otherwise use any of the SMEBOOK services. If you wish to terminate this contract, at any time you can do so by closing your account and no longer accessing or using SMEBOOK services.

2. Your account

Users are account holders. You agree to: (1) choose a strong and secure password; (2) keep your password secure and confidential; (3) follow the law and our Rules of Conduct. You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse.

Your account belongs to you. However, the organisation you represent in SMEBOOK has the right to control access to and get reports on your use.

SMEBOOK will not request the power of legal representation when registering an organisation on the platform. Nonetheless, the person who registers an entity/department shall be an employee or a natural person authorised to do it. On this regarding, the user shall use a corporate email to register a company. Personal email addresses are not allowed to register an organisation (e.g. @hotmail, @gmail, @yahoo and similar).

3. License to SMEBOOK

As between you and Q4I Consulting S.L., you own the content and information that you submit or post to the SMEBOOK, and you are only granting Q4I Consulting S.L. and our affiliates the following non-exclusive license:

A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish and process, information and content that you provide through our Platform and the services of others, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others. These rights are limited in the following ways:

  1. You can end this license for specific content by deleting such content from the SMEBOOK, or generally by closing your account, except (a) to the extent you shared it with others as part of the SMEBOOK and they copied, re-shared it or stored it and (b) for the reasonable time it takes to remove from backup and other systems.
  2. We will not include your content in advertisements for the products and services of third parties to others without your separate consent (including sponsored content).
  3. While we may edit and make format changes to your content (such as translating or transcribing it, modifying the size, layout or file type or removing metadata), we will not modify the meaning of your expression.

You and Q4I Consulting S.L. agree that we may access, store, process and use any information and personal data that you provide in accordance with, the terms of the Privacy Policy and your choices (including settings).

By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding SMEBOOK to Q4I Consulting S.L., you agree that Q4I Consulting S.L. can use and share (but does not have to) such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.

You agree to only provide content or information that does not violate the law nor anyone’s rights (including intellectual property rights). You also agree that your profile information will be truthful. Q4I Consulting S.L. may be required by law to remove certain information or content in certain countries.

4. Payment

If you buy any of SMEBOOK “Premium Services”, you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes. Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your “Premium Services”. Also, you agree that:

  • We may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g. credit card) to avoid interruptions in your services.
  • If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically will be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period. To avoid future charges, cancel before the renewal date.
  • We will apply taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us at the time of purchase.

You can get a copy of your invoice through your SMEBOOK account settings.

5. Notices and Messages

You agree that we will provide notices and messages to you in the following ways: (1) within the SMEBOOK service, or (2) sent to the contact information you provided us (e.g., email, physical address). You agree to keep your contact information up to date.

6. Service Availability

We may change or discontinue any of our services. We don’t promise to store or keep showing any information and content that you’ve posted.

SMEBOOK is not a storage service. You agree that we have no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content or information that you or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as noted in our Privacy Policy.

7. Limits

We have the right to limit how you connect and interact on the SMEBOOK.

Q4I Consulting S.L. reserves the right to limit your use of the services, including the number of your connections and your ability to contact other users. Q4I Consulting S.L. reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if Q4I Consulting S.L. believes that you may be in breach of the Terms of Use or law or are misusing the SMEBOOK services (e.g., violating any of our Rules of Conduct).

8. Intellectual Property Rights

Q4I Consulting S.L. reserves all of its intellectual property rights in the SMEBOOK services. Using the SMEBOOK services does not give you any ownership in our services or the content or information made available through the SMEBOOK services. Trademarks and logos used in connection with the SMEBOOK services are the trademarks of their respective owners. SMEBOOK trademarks, graphics, and logo used for our services are trademarks or registered trademarks of Q4I Consulting S.L.

9. Automated Processing

We will use the information and data that you provide about your organisation and that we have about others to make recommendations for connections, content and features that may be useful to you company.

Keeping your profile accurate and up-to-date helps us to make these recommendations more accurate and relevant.

10. Complaints Regarding Content

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. We require that information posted by users be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties.

11. How To Contact Us

If you want to send us notices or service of process, please contact us: info@smebook.eu.


DISCLAIMER AND LIMIT OF LIABILITY

TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER LAW, Q4I CONSULTING S.L. (A) DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS (E.G. WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OF DATA, AND NONINFRINGEMENT); (B) DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS, AND (C) PROVIDE THE SERVICE (INCLUDING CONTENT AND INFORMATION) ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.
SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN DISCLAIMERS, SO SOME OR ALL OF THESE DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW (AND UNLESS Q4I CONSULTING S.L. HAS ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT OVERRIDES THIS CONTRACT), Q4I CONSULTING S.L. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR OTHERS FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION, PROFITS OR REVENUES, RELATED TO THE SERVICES.

THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS PART OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND Q4I CONSULTING S.L. AND SHALL APPLY TO ALL CLAIMS OF LIABILITY (E.G. WARRANTY, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, LAW) AND EVEN IF Q4I CONSULTING S.L. HAS BEEN TOLD OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF THESE REMEDIES FAIL THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO THESE LIMITS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

YOU AND Q4I CONSULTING S.L. AGREE THAT THE LAWS OF SPAIN, EXCLUDING CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES, SHALL EXCLUSIVELY GOVERN ANY DISPUTE RELATING TO THIS CONTRACT AND/OR THE SMEBOOK SERVICES.

YOU AND Q4I CONSULTING S.L. AGREE THAT CLAIMS AND DISPUTES CAN BE LITIGATED ONLY IN MADRID, SPAIN, AND WE EACH AGREE TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS LOCATED IN MADRID, SPAIN.