Welcome to the Lumineq website (the "Beneq Site"). By using the Beneq Site, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, as well as Beneq’s Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein. If you do not agree with these terms, you should exit the Beneq Site.
Beneq reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions and its Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on the Beneq Site at http://www.lumineq.com. You will be deemed to have accepted such changes by continuing to use the Beneq Site. If at any point you do not agree to any portion of the then-current version of our Terms and Conditions, the Beneq Privacy Policy, or any other Beneq policy, rules or codes of conduct relating to your use of the Beneq Site, your license to use the Beneq Site shall immediately terminate, and you must immediately stop using the Beneq Site.
License grant
Subject to your agreement and continuing compliance with these Terms and Conditions and any other relevant Beneq policies, Beneq grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable limited license to access, useto browse, view, download, and print the various documents and information available on the Beneq Site (collectively, the "Content")for your own non-commercial purposes. You agree not to use the Beneq Site for any other purpose. Documents such as white papers, press releases, FAQs, and other such material provided on the Beneq Site may be downloaded and used for non-commercial purposes, provided that the copyright notice is maintained on the documents, and no modifications of the documents are made.
Framing or deep-linking to Content contained within the Beneq Site is permitted only with Beneq’s prior written authorization. By hyperlinking to the Beneq Site, you automatically grant Beneq the unrestricted right to hyperlink to your website at no cost to Beneq.
License Limitations
Any use of the Beneq Site in violation of these License Limitations is strictly prohibited, can result in the immediate revocation of your limited license and may subject you to liability for violations of law.
You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
Beneq reserves the right to determine what conduct it considers to be in violation of the rules of use or otherwise outside the intent or spirit of these Terms and Conditions or the Beneq Site itself. Beneq reserves the right to take action as a result, which may include prohibiting you from using the Beneq Site in whole or in part.
Various aspects of the Beneq Site are protected by trademark, trade-dress, copyright, unfair competition, and other intellectual property laws. Any and all intellectual property rights associated with the Content of the Beneq Site (including graphical design features, arrangement of the Content, HTML code, and the like) are the sole property of Beneq, and may not be copied, reproduced, modified, uploaded, transmitted, distributed, or otherwise used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions.
Except as expressly provided herein, Beneq does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secret information with respect to the Beneq Site.
BENEQ, the Beneq Logo, and all other Beneq product and service names (collectively, the "Beneq Marks") are trademarks or registered trademarks of Beneq Oy. All other trademarks not owned by Beneq that appear on this site are the property of the respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated, connected to, or sponsored by Beneq. You agree not to display or use the Beneq Marks without prior written permission of Beneq.
BENEQ ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTENT DOWNLOADED, UPLOADED, STORED, TRANSMITTED TO, OR OTHERWISE PROCESSED BY THE BENEQ SITE. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE BENEQ SITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF SECURITY, AUTHENTICATION, ENCRYPTION, AND PRIVACY MEASURES USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTERNET, INCLUDING THE BENEQ SITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL BENEQ OR ITS PARENT OR AFFILIATED COMPANIES OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE BENEQ SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUES, LOSS OF PROFITS, CORRUPTION OF CONTENT, AND LOSS OR INACCURACY OF INFORMATION, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE BENEQ SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE AND EVEN IF BENEQ WAS ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE LIKELY OR POSSIBLE.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain types of damages. Accordingly, some of the above disclaimers and limitations may not apply to you. To the extent that Beneq may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any warranty or limit its liability as set forth herein, the scope of such warranty and the extent of Beneq’s liability shall be the minimum permitted under such applicable law. IN PARTICULAR, NOTHING IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL AFFECT THE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF ANY CONSUMER OR EXCLUDE OR RESTRICT ANY LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM ANY NEGLIGENCE OR FRAUD OF BENEQ.
BENEQ DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO THE CONTENT INCLUDED ON THE BENEQ SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE BENEQ SITE AT THE TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING, AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE THE BENEQ SITE OR WITHDRAW AND/OR RESTRICT YOUR ACCESS TO THE BENEQ SITE AT ANY TIME.
THE SERVICE COVERED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW OR OTHERWISE GOVERN THE SCOPE OF EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY IN FULL.
Beneq may include links to sites that are owned or operated by third parties. You acknowledge that Beneq has no control over the content of any such third-party sites and is not responsible for material created or published therein. By hyperlinking to a third-party site, Beneq does not imply that Beneq is associated with or otherwise endorses the site or products or services referenced in the third-party site.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Beneq and its vendors, service providers, parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim, demand, damages or other losses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Beneq Site, or any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions, however the foregoing does not apply if the infringement of rights is not attributable to your intentional or negligent behavior..
“User Content” means any communications and information that you upload or transmit through the Beneq Site, or that other users upload or transmit.
By submitting any such User Content, whatever its form, nature, or content (including without limitations any remark, suggestion, idea, graphic, etc.) you are warranting and representing to Beneq that you own the information submitted, that it is in the public domain, or that you are submitting it with the express permission of the owner. Furthermore, by transmitting or submitting any User Content while using the Beneq Site, you affirm, represent and warrant that such transmission or submission is (a) accurate and not confidential; (b) not unlawful, threatening, defamatory, pornographic, or obscene;(C) not in violation of any laws, contractual restrictions or other third party rights, and that you have permission from any third party whose personal information in the User Content; (d) free of viruses, adware, spyware, worms or other malicious code; and (e) you acknowledge and agree that any of your personal information within such content will at all times be processed by Beneq in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Beneq is under no obligation to use the User Content submitted, and any such User Content will not be treated by Beneq as confidential. By submitting User Content to Beneq, and except as provided in our Privacy Policy, you grant Beneq a worldwide, royalty-free, and nonexclusive license to reproduce, modify, distribute, display, adapt, and publish the information.Beneq reserves the right in its sole discretion to review, monitor, prohibit, edit, delete, disable access to or otherwise make unavailable any User Content (including without limitation your User Content) without notice for any reason or for no reason at any time.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, sell, copy, resell, or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Beneq Site.
You acknowledge that Beneq would be irreparably harmed by your use of Beneq’s facilities in connection with the transmission or relaying of a substantial number of unsolicited e-mail messages ("Spam") in violation of the Terms and Conditions, and that Beneq is entitled to obtain injunctive relief in addition to all other available remedies against any such transmission. Beneq reserves the right to block, filter, or delete any such Spam.
WITHOUT LIMITING OUR OTHER REMEDIES, WE MAY LIMIT, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE BENEQ SITE AND EMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS OR PORTIONS THEREOF, PROHIBIT ACCESS TO THE BENEQ SITE, AND/OR ITS CONTENT, SERVICES AND TOOLS, DELAY OR REMOVE HOSTED CONTENT, AND TAKE TECHNICAL AND LEGAL STEPS TO PREVENT USERS FROM ACCESSING THE BENEQ SITE IF WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CREATING RISK OR POSSIBLE LEGAL LIABILITIES, INFRINGING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES, OR ACTING INCONSISTENTLY WITH THE LETTER OR SPIRIT OF OUR TERMS OR POLICIES.
Beneq reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Beneq Site (or any part thereof) with or without notice, at which point your license to use the Service or a part thereof will be automatically terminated. In such event, Beneq shall not be required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to users in connection with such discontinuation. Beneq may also change your priority of access to the Beneq Site with respect to other users. Beneq may modify or update the Beneq Site at any time without notice.
These Terms and Conditions shall constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between you and Beneq. While Beneq reserves the right to modify the Terms and Conditions at any time, the terms may not be modified by you unless both you and an authorized representative of Beneq execute a separate written agreement. If any provision of this agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and such decision shall not affect the enforceability of such provision or of the remaining provisions of this agreement.
You and Beneq agree that if any portion of these Terms and Conditions or of the Privacy Policy is found illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective solely to the extent of such determination of invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other manner or jurisdiction and without affecting the remaining provisions of the terms, which shall continue to be in full force and effect.
Beneq may assign or delegate these Terms and Conditions and/or the Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy without Beneq’s prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment and delegation by you is ineffective.
Any disputes between Beneq and you arising out of, or in connection with, your use of the Beneq Site, shall be exclusively governed by, and construed under, Finnish Law, and exclusively and finally settled under the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by one arbitrator appointed in accordance with said rules. The place of arbitration shall be Helsinki, Finland, and the language to be used in the arbitration proceedings shall be Finnish.
The failure of Beneq to require or enforce strict performance by you of any provision of these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy or failure to exercise any right under them shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of Beneq’s right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right in that or any other instance.
The express waiver by Beneq of any provision, condition, or requirement of these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy shall not constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with such provision, condition or requirement.
Except as expressly and specifically set forth in this these Terms and Conditions, no representations, statements, consents, waivers, or other acts or omissions by Beneq shall be deemed a modification of these Terms and Conditions nor legally binding, unless documented in physical writing, hand signed by You and a duly appointed officer of Beneq.
We may notify you via postings on www.beneq.com, and via e-mail or any other communications means to contact information you provide to us. All notices given by you or required from you under these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy shall be in writing and addressed to: info@beneq.com. Any notices that you provide without compliance with this Section on Notices shall have no legal effect.
You acknowledge that the rights granted and obligations made under these Terms and Conditions to Beneq are of a unique and irreplaceable nature, the loss of which shall irreparably harm Beneq and which cannot be replaced by monetary damages alone so that Beneq shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief (without the obligations of posting any bond or surety or proof of damages) in the event of any breach or anticipatory breach by you.
You irrevocably waive all rights to seek injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Beneq Site or any exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Beneq Site or any content or other material used or displayed through the Beneq Site.
Beneq shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of Beneq, including without limitation any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond Beneq’s control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.
Beneq is committed to protecting your privacy and security online. Please read the following policy so that you will fully understand how your personal information will be treated as you use Beneq Site. Our policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically.
What personally identifiable information do we collect, and who is collecting it?
When you purchase items through Beneq, we may ask you to enter information regarding your company, name, address, e-mail address, and phone number. From time to time we and/or our partners may sponsor contests, sweepstakes, and special services that will require more information. This information will help us to better customize your Beneq experience. Additionally, if you contact Beneq, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Wherever Beneq collects personal information we will provide a link to this Privacy Policy. Beneq partners or websites that have links on our site may collect personal information about you. Please be aware that the information collected by these partners or websites is not covered under this privacy Policy.
Beneq collects information in order to provide our users with personalized and customized service. We may also use the information to estimate our audience size and measure traffic patterns. We will often use the information we collect to notify you of important functionality changes to Beneq, new services, and special offers or contests that we think you’ll find valuable. If you would rather not receive such information, please contact us at info@beneq.com. If you have more than one Beneq account, make sure you change your preferences for each account or e-mail name you have with us. Beneq researches our user demographics and interests based upon the information that you provide. We do this to better customize your experience, and we may share this research with our partners.
When you submit any files, information, or access your account, Beneq uses a secure server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all the information that you provide before it is sent to us. Additionally, we take reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to all of your data.
Unfortunately, no data transmission can ever be 100% secure. While we try to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of the personal information that you transmit. You transmit such information at your own risk. Once we receive such information we will use our best efforts to maintain security on our system.
As part of customizing and personalizing your service, Beneq may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of information that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. The cookie stores information and is sent when you register or sign in. Cookies also help us to estimate the size of our audience and measure traffic patterns. Additionally, our partners may also use their own cookies.
Beneq will generally not disclose any of your personal information except when we have your permission or in special circumstances, such as when we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to comply with legal requirements, to respond to claims that any files or data violate the rights of third-parties, or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Beneq, its users, or the public.
Beneq may disclose information to our partners, but all such disclosure is specifically described to you prior to data collection or transfer. However, you can always tell us not to share your information with third parties by sending a blank e-mail message to info@beneq.com. If you use more than one account, please send us this message from each e-mail account you use.
Beneq partners or web sites that have links on our site may collect personal information about you. Please be aware that the information collected by these partners or websites is not covered under this privacy Policy.
By using our software and service, you consent to the collection and the use of your personal information by Beneq. If we decide to modify our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page. Please check back periodically so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
We welcome your questions and comments about privacy. Please send e-mail to info@beneq.com.