Last updated: 12 December 2022
Business Card Scanner by Covve is a simple yet powerful business card scanner application that respects the privacy of your data. The present Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy, which is available at https://covve.com/scanner/privacy have been designed to protect your data and to be straightforward and easy to understand.
In a nutshell:
Users of the Service offered by Covve acknowledge and accept these Terms and Conditions.
DefinitionsCovve and/or the Owner
Refers to Covve Visual Network Limited, a limited liability company registered under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, with registration number ΗΕ 286317, which is the owner of the Business Card Scanner by Covve application and provides the Service.
Business Card Scanner by Covve (application) and/or the Application
Refers to the mobile application offered by Covve, as described in detail in the Information about the Business Card Scanner by Covveparagraph below.
Service
The service provided by Covve via the Business Card Scanner by Covve application as described in the present Terms.
User/Users
The individual/individuals (natural persons) downloading and using the Business Card Scanner by Covve application for reasonable own personal use.
Terms and Conditions or Terms
The present Terms and Conditions, which constitute a legally binding agreement between the User and the Owner.
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
In the context of the services provided by Covve via the Business Card Scanner by Covve application, Personal Data refers to data relating solely to the User/Users, as these are set out in the Types of Data Collected paragraph below.
Data Processor
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data.
Data Controller
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of the Business Card Scanner by Covve application.
Covve Visual Network Limited
Michalaki Karaoli 8,
4th floor Anemomylos Building
1095 Nicosia, Cyprus
Telephone: +35722396999
Email: support@covve.com
Cyprus Company Registration No.: HE 286317
VAT No.: CY10286317M
The Business card scanner by Covve application is a mobile application which allows Users to scan business cards.
Users are responsible for their own content and that of third parties that they enter into the Business Card Scanner by Covve application. Users confirm that they have all the necessary consents from third parties whose data and/or content they share with the Owner and hereby undertake to indemnify the Owner for any liability or claim arising against the Owner in connection with illegal distribution of third-party content or unlawful use of the Service or damages that the Users may incur.
The Owner does not moderate the content provided by Users or by third parties but will act if complaints are received from Users or if orders are issued by the public authorities regarding content deemed offensive or illegal.
The only rights granted to the Owner in relation to content provided by Users are those necessary to operate and maintain the Business Card Scanner by Covve application.
Scanning up to 10 business cards is provided to all new users for free and as a reward for referring Covve to others. Beyond this free allowance, the Business Card Scanner by Covve application is provided upon payment of a fee. Users may choose to buy one of the following packages:
For more information on subscriptions please refer to the following links:
For Android devices: https://support.google.com/pay/answer/7644008?hl=en
For Apple devices: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039
The exact fees and conditions of each of the abovementioned packages are available in the relevant section of the Application within Google Play (for Android devices) or iStore (for ios devices).
If you have purchased either of packages (a) or (b) above, you may, if you wish, upon expiry of your annual subscription for package (b), choose to switch to package (a).
If Covve has, at its own absolute discretion, reasons to suspect that the use of the Application by a User does not reasonably constitute use for the Users own individual purposes, to include use for an exceedingly large number of scans, Covve retains the right to contact the User and invite him/her to step up to Covve's business package, in accordance with Covve's applicable corporate terms and prices for such package. In case the User does not wish to enter into such business plan or does not respond to Covve's invitation, Covve retains the right to unilaterally terminate the Users package under this Agreement with immediate effect and in such case the User shall not be entitled to any refund or any other compensation or damages.
Covve uses third-party tools for its payment processing and does not handle any of the provided payment information — such as the credit card — at any time.
In the event that Covve offers a trial scanning allowance of the Application, the User will be able to experience, free of charge and for a limited period of time, some of the paid features offered by the Application. Details of the trial terms will be provided as part of the process of using the Service.
Requests for withdrawal and refunds are handled by the digital distribution platforms via which you downloaded/purchased the Application and are governed by their respective terms; that is either by Google if you are using an Android device and have downloaded/purchased the Application via the Google Play store, or by Apple if you are using an iOS device and have downloaded/purchased the Application via the App Store.
Further information can be found on the relevant digital distribution platforms as follows:
For iOS devices please refer to Apple's relevant Terms at:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/cygr/terms.html
For Andoid devices please refer to Google's relevant Terms at:https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2479637#apps
Users can, on their own initiative, stop using the Service at any time through the interface of the Business Card Scanner by Covve Application or by directly contacting the Owner.
In case of breach of the Terms the Owner reserves the right to suspend or terminate the account of the User at any time and without notice.
The Service is provided by the Owner “as is”, with no express or implied warranty for accuracy or availability.
The Owner reserves the right to add and remove functionalities or features as well as suspend or even discontinue the Service, either temporarily or permanently. In case of final discontinuation, the Owner will do the utmost to allow users to withdraw their information held by the Owner.
Users are not allowed to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Business Card Scanner by Covve Application and its Service without the Owner's express permission, granted either directly or through a proper reselling program.
The User agrees to indemnify and hold the Owner and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders, partners and employees, as the case may be, harmless from and against any claim or demand, including without limitation, reasonable lawyer's fees and costs and any damages, made by any third party due to or arising out of the User's content, use of or connection to the Service, violation of these Terms, or violation of any third-party rights.
The Service shall be used only in accordance with these Terms.
Users may not:
The User acknowledges and agrees that with respect to the processing of certain Personal Data shared by the User via the the Business Card Scanner by Covve Applicationand/or via the Service, Covve shall be acting as Data Processor on behalf of the User and the User shall be the Data Controller. The processing of Personal Data by Covve as Data Processor shall be governed by theCovve Scan Data Processing Agreementwhich is hereby considered to be an integral part of these Terms and Conditions.
As per the Privacy Policy, which is hereby considered to be part of these Terms, the Owner shall act as a Data Controller regarding certain Personal Data.
For information about the use of their personal data, Users must refer to the Privacy Policy of Covve which is hereby considered to be part of these Terms.
All copyright, trademarks, nominal or figurative, and all other marks, trade names, service marks, word marks, illustrations, images, or logos and any other intellectual property rights relating to the Business Card Scanner by Covve Application and to Covve's business in general are, and remain, the exclusive property of the Owner or its licensors and are protected by the relevant intellectual property laws in force and by related international treaties.
Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Under no circumstance may persons under the age of 18 use the Business Card Scanner by Covve Application.
The Owner, within the limits as currently set out by the applicable legislation, is liable for damage under contract and in tort to the Users or third parties only when such damage is the immediate and direct consequence, through willful misconduct or gross negligence, of the activity of Covve.
The User expressly releases and exempts the Owner from any liability, to the extent permitted by the applicable law, relating to possible damage or claims of any kind, including direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special damages related to loss of profits, loss of revenues, loss of data or costs of substitution consequential or anyhow connected to the present agreement.
The Owner reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time, informing Users by publishing a notice on this page and within the Business Card Scanner by Covve Application. Users who continue to use the Application after the publication of the changes accept the new Terms in their entirety.
The Owner reserves the right to transfer, assign, dispose of by novation or subcontract all or any rights or obligations under these Terms, as long as the User's rights under the Terms are not affected.
Users may not assign or transfer their rights or obligations under these Terms in any way without the written permission of the Owner.
All communications relating to the Business Card Scanner by Covve Application must be sent using the contacts stated in this document.
If any provision of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, that clause will be removed and the remaining provisions shall not be affected and they will remain in force.
These Terms and any dispute concerning the implementation, interpretation and validity of this agreement are subject to the law, the jurisdiction of the state and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts where the Owner has their registered offices – that is, the Republic of Cyprus. An exception to this rule applies in cases, where the law provides a sole place of jurisdiction for consumers.