PowerAPI
Terms & Conditions

1.1. POWERAPI. The following Terms of Use of POWERAPI (the ToU) shall apply to the access and use of the POWERAPI ’s platform which is a tool allowing business owners to manage different services in one single platform (the POWERAPI  Platform), accessible through mobile and online applications (the App), and through the website accessible at powerapi.com and any other features available at the same URL address (the Website), which are provided by The Food Detective SA, rue de la Terrassière 23, c/o Mario Tassistro, 1207 Genève, Switzerland (POWERAPI).

1.2. Acceptation of the ToU. Any access or use of the POWERAPI Platform are subject to the terms of these ToU as may be amended from time to time. Anyone who accesses, browses and/or uses the POWERAPI Platform through whatever channel (each a User) acknowledges to have read, understood and agreed to the terms of these ToU and the Privacy Policy accessible at powerapi.com.

1.3. Links to third party platforms. The POWERAPI Platform may contain links to third party platforms maintained by other content providers. POWERAPI hereby disclaims any representations and warranties regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party platforms.

1.4. Amendments. The terms of these ToU may be amended from time to time and such amendments shall be notified to Users on the Website or through the App. By continued access or use of the POWERAPI Platform after any amendment of the terms of these ToU, Users agree to be bound by any such amendment.

2.1. Account. Access to the POWERAPI Platform and sections of the POWERAPI Platform require the registration of an account by the Users and the registration of their name and e-mail address (the Account) and to sign-in before they can be used. By registering an Account or using the POWERAPI Platform through any other means, Users warrant that they are the age of legal majority, but at least 18 years old, and have unrestricted legal capacity in their country of domicile or residence. For the avoidance of doubt, if the User is a legal entity, any subscription for the use of the POWERAPI Platform by any of its employees, agents or representatives, on behalf of the User, is deemed as acceptance of the terms of these ToU by the User. If you are subscribing for the use of the POWERAPI Platform on behalf of the User, you represent and warrant that you are duly authorized to do so.

2.2. Accuracy. Users warrant that all information provided to POWERAPI in the registration process or otherwise is true and accurate. Users shall keep such information up to date at any time.

2.3. Confidentiality. Users agree to keep their login and password confidential. Users acknowledge that they are fully responsible for the use that is made of their Account, including any third party use irrespective of whether Users authorized such use or not. Users shall be fully liable for any losses and/or damages that may result from any such use. Users agree to immediately notify POWERAPI of any unauthorized access or use of their Account or any other breach of security.

2.4. Cancellation of Account. As long as the User has not activated any Subscription on the POWERAPI Platform, POWERAPI reserves the right to temporarily or permanently cancel an Account at any time without notice and without any compensation, for any reason whatsoever, without incurring any liability.

3.1. License. Subject to the Users’ compliance with the terms of these ToU, POWERAPI grants the Users a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable and limited license, without right of sublicense, to use the POWERAPI Platform, including without limitation and if available the features accessible on such platform available upon subscription (the Features).

3.2. Features provided by third parties. Part of the Features may be provided by third parties and/or require the use of platforms maintained by other content providers in which case the terms and conditions applicable to the provision of such services and/or use of such platforms shall apply to the provision of the Features in addition to the terms of these ToU. The use of such Features may also be subject to the payment of a fee by the User, who may be requested to provide additional data to POWERAPI and to third parties providing the relevant Features.

3.3. Restrictions. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Users are not allowed to (i) copy, modify or create derivatives of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features, in particular of the App; (ii) resell, transfer, assign, lease, lend, or license the POWERAPI Platform or the Features, in particular the App, to third parties; and (iii) deep-link, reverse engineer, disassemble or monitor (e.g. spider, scrape) the POWERAPI Platform or the Features, in particular the App. Without prejudice to the terms of these ToU, POWERAPI and/or its licensors reserve all rights on the POWERAPI Platform or the Features not expressly granted herein.

3.4. No obligations. Except as provided expressly therein, POWERAPI shall have no obligation to monitor the use of the POWERAPI Platform or to edit, review or modify any content of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features. POWERAPI reserves its right to edit, review or modify the content of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features without prior notice at any time, including without limitation for purposes of compliance with the terms of these ToU or any applicable law. POWERAPI reserves its right to investigate on any infringement or behavior affecting the POWERAPI Platform or the Features and to cooperate with competent authorities in case of violation of any applicable law.

3.5. Representations and warranties of the Users. Users represent and warrant that (i) they will not infringe, or cause a third party to infringe, any applicable law or regulation by using the POWERAPI Platform or the Features; (ii) they will not use their Account and the POWERAPI Platform or the Features for any unlawful purpose; (iii) they will not infringe any intellectual property right, or other proprietary right or right of publicity or privacy, by using the POWERAPI Platform or the Features; (iv) they will not include incomplete, false or inaccurate information about themselves or any information about any other individual, company or other legal entity; and (v) their use of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features shall not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.

3.6. Availability. POWERAPI undertakes to use its best efforts to provide an uninterrupted accessibility of the POWERAPI Platform to User during working hours, subject to any necessary maintenance work that POWERAPI may have to carry out.

3.7. Support. Application management support for the POWERAPI Platform shall consist of help by POWERAPI to the User in the use and/or access to the POWERAPI Platform (without any guarantee as to the result or success of any such help), or be as set forth in POWERAPI Support Policy (if any), as may be amended from time to time.

The Privacy Policy applicable to the POWERAPI Platform is accessible at powerapi.com

The POWERAPI Platform or the Features may contain content and/or software components incorporated into the POWERAPI Platform or the Features or provided therewith, developed, distributed and/or licensed by third parties (Third-Party Content). Such Third-Party Content shall be licensed, and the User shall use such Third-Party Content under, and strictly in accordance with, the applicable terms and conditions by the respective third-party. Nothing in these ToU shall restrict, limit or otherwise affect any rights or obligations that the User may have, or conditions to which User may be subject, under any applicable open source licenses to any open source software which may be incorporated in and/or provided together with the POWERAPI Platform or the Features.

As between POWERAPI and the Users, POWERAPI shall remain the sole owner of all rights, title and interest, in particular, all intellectual property rights, in and to the POWERAPI Platform and the Features, subject to any Third-Party Content. Nothing in these ToU shall operate any assignment or transfer of any intellectual property rights to the Users. The Users expressly acknowledges that any infringement of POWERAPI’s intellectual property rights will cause irreparable harm to POWERAPI, for which monetary damages alone would be inadequate, and that POWERAPI may thus seek injunctive relief or any other remedy available at law in any jurisdiction, in case of such infringement. Should the User become aware of any infringement or imminent risk of any infringement of any intellectual property rights pertaining to the POWERAPI Platform or the Features, the User shall immediately inform POWERAPI and provide all useful information on such infringement or risk of infringement. POWERAPI shall have the exclusive power to decide on any action to be taken with respect to such infringement or risk of infringement. User shall, at its own costs, provide POWERAPI with all reasonable assistance required by POWERAPI to protect its intellectual property rights, in accordance with its instructions.

7.1. Features. The Features available to the User are indicated on the POWERAPI Platform and the User may select Features from the list available on the POWERAPI Platform. Depending on the Subscription activated by the User, certain Features may not be available and, where Features are provided by third parties, they may be subject to the payment of an additional fee by the User, who may also be requested to provide additional data to POWERAPI and to third parties providing the relevant Features.

7.2. Subscriptions. All the subscription models (the Subscriptions) available to the User are indicated on the POWERAPI Platform, together with the content and fees applicable for such Subscriptions. Subscriptions shall be (i) valid for one month for the monthly Subscriptions, for 12 months for the annual Subscriptions, or for any other term expressly indicated on the POWERAPI Platform, and (ii) automatically renewed upon expiry of the then current Subscription term, for consecutive Subscription terms of the same duration or any other duration expressly indicated on the POWERAPI Platform, subject to prior written notice of non-renewal (including by e-mail) by the User received by the POWERAPI, no later than on the last day of the then current term of such Subscription.

7.3. Changes. Changes of the Features and/or the Subscriptions shall become effective as indicated to the User by POWERAPI. If no further specification is provided by POWERAPI, changes shall become effective: (i) immediately upon notice to the User for any additional Features and/or Subscriptions; and (ii) as of the next renewal for any current Subscription. If the Subscription is no longer available upon its renewal, such Subscription shall automatically be transformed into a Subscription under the next closest Subscription existing as of its renewal, as advised by POWERAPI.

7.4. Fees. The applicable fees to be paid by the Users to POWERAPI as per the relevant Subscriptions of the User and/or the use of Features provided by third parties (if any) shall be paid in advance directly on the POWERAPI Platform. the fees are drawn automatically the first day of each month by using the credit card information indicated by the User for the Subscriptions. Unless otherwise indicated, such fees are non-refundable and shall be in Euro (EUR) and exclusive of any taxes. In the event of a delay in payment by the User, the relevant fees will be subject to interest at the Euribor rate + 5% (at a minimum of 5%).The continued use of the POWERAPI Platform and the Features by the User shall be subject to the payment of all applicable fees.

Users agree that POWERAPI may, at POWERAPI’s sole discretion, suspend or terminate their Account and/or any Subscription, and/or their access and/or their use to all or part of POWERAPI Platform and the Features with or without notice in case of breach of the terms of these ToU (in particular in case of non-payment of the relevant fees due by the User). Any suspected illegal, fraudulent or abusive activity may be grounds for terminating their relationship and may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities. Upon suspension or termination, their right to access and/or use the POWERAPI Platform and the Features will immediately cease, including any license for the use of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features pursuant to Section 3.1. Subject to applicable law, POWERAPI reserves the right to remove or delete any information and/or content, in particular any Account or login information.

9.1. No warranties. Users agree that their access and use of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features shall be at their sole risk and liability. Users acknowledge that the content of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features is provided to them “as is” and “as available”, and that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, POWERAPI disclaims all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the POWERAPI  Platform or the Features.

9.2. No further representations and warranties. Furthermore, POWERAPI makes no warranties or representations about and bears, unless fraudulent intent or gross negligence, no liability for (i) the accuracy or completeness of the content of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features, such as errors, mistakes, inaccuracies of content, as well as its timely and proper delivery; (ii) limitations to access and use of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features; (iii) personal injury; or (iv) property damage, of any nature whatsoever resulting from (a) the Users’ access or use of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features; (b) any unauthorized access or use of any and all data, personal information and/or financial information stored through or on the POWERAPI Platform or the Features; (c) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the POWERAPI Platform or the Features; (d) any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or the like which may be transmitted to or through the POWERAPI Platform or the Features by any third party; (e) any errors or omissions in any content; (f) or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, published, uploaded, linked from, or otherwise made available via the POWERAPI Platform or the Features.

9.3. No liability. To the extent permitted by applicable law, POWERAPI waives all liability for any direct, indirect, consequential or special losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, arising from, or in connection with, the access and use of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features, including authorized or unauthorized third party use of Accounts, provided on or otherwise in connection with the POWERAPI Platform or the Features.

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Users shall defend, hold harmless and indemnify POWERAPI for any claim, demand, dispute, litigation, damage or loss (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by POWERAPI arising out of the Users’ access and use of the POWERAPI Platform or the Features and/or any infringement of the terms of these ToU.

11.1. Severability. If any provision of these ToU is or becomes invalid, unenforceable or non-binding, this shall not affect any other provision thereof. In such event, such invalid, unenforceable or non-binding provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, insofar as the invalid, unenforceable or non-binding provision shall be replaced by a valid, enforceable and binding provision reflecting to the greatest extent possible the intent of the original provision.

11.2. No Waiver. The failure of POWERAPI to enforce any of the provisions of these ToU or any rights with respect thereto shall in no way be considered as a waiver of such provisions or rights or in any way affect the validity of these ToU. The waiver of any breach of these ToU by POWERAPI shall not be construed as a waiver of any other prior or subsequent breach.

11.3. No Assignments. Users shall not be permitted to assign any rights created under the terms of these ToU without the prior written consent of POWERAPI.

If Users have any questions regarding the POWERAPI Platform, the Features, or the ToU please contact POWERAPI at hello@powerapi.com.

13.1. Governing Law. These ToU shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Swiss substantive law, without reference to its conflict of laws provisions.

13.2. Jurisdiction. Any dispute or difference arising out of or in relation to these ToU shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Geneva, Switzerland, subject to the right of appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.

The Food Detective SA, rue de la Terrassière 23, c/o Mario Tassistro, 1207 Genève (the Company) respects your privacy.

To run our business, we collect and use information about users of our mobile application, available on smartphones, tablets, and other electronic devices, on iOS and Android, and to the website accessible at powerapi.com and any other products and/or services available at the same URL address (referred to as personal data).

The protection of this personal data is important to the Company. We therefore process any personal data entrusted to us in compliance with the law.

As part of our commitment to protect your personal data, we want to inform you:

1. Why and how the Company collects, uses and stores your personal data, for how long and under which legal basis;
2. With whom we share your personal data;
3. Uur role as the legal entity deciding about the processing of your personal data (referred to as the controller); and
4. What your rights and our obligations are in relation to such processing.

This policy applies to any and all forms of use of personal data (a processing). Unless defined in this policy, terms beginning with a capital letter shall have the meaning set forth in the terms of use of the Company.

Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data?

The Company is responsible for the processing, as controller, of your personal data and has appointed as representative in the EU.

We collect and process identification information about all individuals with whom we interact, such as the name, email address, date of birth and residence address.

This information may either be directly provided by you or provided by the legal entity for whom you work (e.g. if you are the contact person designated by your employer to manage the Company account).

In principle, we do not collect and process identification information regarding Users other than Registered Users.

We also collect and process the following information in relation to Registered Users:

1. the IP address of your equipment;
2. your internet service provider;
3. the type and version of your browser and your operating system;
4. information regarding the pages you visit, the information researched, the time spent on our website and other statistics regarding your browsing experience on our website;
5. information regarding your preferences on our website; and
6. information in connection with your registration, use, purchase, or inquiries on or about our Sites that link to this Policy

For the Business Users, we also collect and process the following information:

1. Information in connection with your registration, use, purchase, or inquiries on or about our Sites that link to this Policy

For the Foodie Users, we also collect and process the following information:

1. Information in connection with your registration, related typeforms, use, purchase, or inquiries on or about our Sites that link to this Policy

Whenever personal data is collected (e.g. in application forms), we will indicate whether the provision of such data is mandatory (e.g. with an asterisk) and the consequences of a refusal to provide the requested data.

We only process your personal data provided:

1. such processing is necessary to perform our contractual obligations towards you or to take pre-contractual steps at your request; or
2. we have obtained your prior consent; or
3. such processing is necessary for the legitimate interest of Company to the extent it is not overridden by your own interest or fundamental rights and freedom.

We process your personal data for specific purposes and only to the extent relevant to achieve these purposes. In particular, we process your personal data for the following purposes, in order to perform our contractual obligations:

1. to manage our customers and suppliers;
2. to implement tasks in preparation of or under existing contracts;
3. to supply our services;
4. for invoicing purposes;
5. to manage users (such as account management and answering questions); and
6. to create and implement new features.

The following purposes are based on the legitimate interest of the Company for processing of your personal data:

1. to undertake marketing/procurement activities;
2. to manage our archiving and records;
3. to track our activities (measuring sales, number of calls, visits to our website, etc.);
4. to improve our existing services (or those under development) by means of customer and non-customer surveys, statistics and testing, and the quality of services to our clients by taking into account their preferences in terms of means of communication (phone, e-mail, etc.), frequency and otherwise;
5. to manage and improve our website and measure the usage of our website (including drawing up statistics);
6. to reply to any official request from a public or judicial authority in compliance with legal requirements;
7. more generally, to comply with any legal, accounting and tax obligations imposed on Company in its relation with its customers and suppliers.

Finally, your consent is necessary for processing your personal data pursuant to the following purposes:

1. to periodically send promotional emails about our products, special offers and information which you or your company may find interesting, using the email address which you have provided (if any).

We may transfer personal data to third parties outside the Company, acting as processors, to achieve the purposes listed in Section 4.2 above, to the extent they need it to carry out the instructions we have given to them. Such third parties include our (IT) systems, cloud service and database providers, our payroll provider and (public) transport companies.

As processors, the above third parties enter into an agreement with Company to process your personal data.

Where required, we may also transfer your personal data to:

1. any third party to whom we assign or novate any of our rights or obligations under a relevant agreement; and
2. any national or international public or judicial authority, where we are required to do so by applicable law or regulation or at their request, in compliance with law.

The personal data transferred within or outside the Company as set out in Section 5.2, may also be processed in a country outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland. In particular, your personal data may be transferred to AWS. These countries may not offer the same level of personal data protection as EEA countries and Switzerland.

If your personal data is transferred to a country that has not been recognized as offering an adequate level of protection for personal data, we will put in place the legally required safeguards or rely on the relevant legal derogations to ensure such transfer is carried out in compliance with the applicable law.

You may request additional information in this respect and obtain a copy of the relevant safeguard by exercising your rights as set out below.

Our websites (including mobile apps) may contain links to other websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify or Medium & Pinterest. This policy does not apply to the practices of any company or individual that the Company does not control, nor to any websites that may be linked from our websites. You should carefully review the privacy policies of any websites that you visit from our websites to learn more about their information and privacy practices. The collection and use of your personal information shall be governed by such other party or website’s privacy policy and the Company shall not be held responsible for their privacy practices.

We will only retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or to comply with legal, regulatory or internal policy requirements.

Personal data we hold in our database about you will be stored for maximum 24 months after your last interaction with the Company.

To exercise the above rights, you may send a request by post (23 Rue de la Terrassière, 1207 Genève) or by email to hello@powerapi.com. We will respond in compliance with applicable law.

If you are not satisfied with how Company processes your personal data, please let us know and we will investigate your concern.

In addition, you have the right to make a complaint to the competent data protection authority.

This policy may be subject to amendments. Any future changes or additions to the processing of personal data as described in this policy affecting you will be communicated to you through an appropriate channel, depending on how we normally communicate with you.

The Company also uses “cookies” or other analytics tools to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that the Company transfers to your electronic device and is stored on your electronic device. e.g. the Company uses cookies or other analytics tools to measure the traffic to and usage of our websites and their different features, and other miscellaneous uses.

If you do not wish to have cookies placed on your electronic device, you should set your browser or electronic device to refuse cookies before using our websites, with the drawback that certain features of the websites may not function properly without the help of cookies.