Terms and Conditions
Our Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a legally binding agreement between you and Curon.ai,
(“Curon”, “we”, or “us”). Our Terms govern your access to and use of our website,
products, and services, including their web interfaces, application
programming interfaces (“APIs”), and other software, tools, services, documentation, content,
intellectual property, and functionalities that we may make available to
you (collectively, our “Services”).
Please read our Terms carefully before you use our Services. By accepting
our Terms or otherwise accessing or using our Services, you agree to be
bound by and comply with our Terms, and acknowledge that you have read and
understand our Privacy Policy and Acceptable Use Policy. If you do not agree to our Terms, or if you object to our Privacy Policy or Acceptable Use Policy, you must not access or use our Services.
By accepting our Terms on behalf of a company, organization, or other
entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to bind the
company, organization, or other entity on whose behalf you are accepting
our Terms—you and such entity, collectively, are “you”
in this case—and you agree on behalf of that entity that such entity
is bound by our Terms. If you are accepting our Terms for yourself, then
you agree to be personally bound by our Terms—you individually are
“you” in this case.
1. Changes to Terms
We may revise and update our Terms from time to time in our sole
discretion. If you continue to use the Services after we post the updated
Terms on the Services or otherwise give you notice of such changes, it
means that you accept and agree to the updated Terms. If you do not accept
the updated Terms, you must not continue to access or use the
Services.
2. Accounts
To access or use the Services, we may ask you to register for an account
and provide certain information to us. Any such information must be
correct, current, and complete. You agree that we may use this information
to communicate with you about our Services and that our communications to
you will satisfy any requirements for legal notices.
You acknowledge that your account is specific to you. You must keep all
passwords, API tokens, or other credentials to access or use our Services
confidential and not disclose them to any other person or entity. You also
must not provide any other person or entity with access to our Services
using your account credentials. You are responsible for all activity
occurring under your account or with use of your access credentials, and
you agree to notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized
access to or use of your account or access credentials by sending an email
to support@curon.ai. Unless we specifically state otherwise in a separate agreement with
you, we may terminate your access to the Services or your account in
accordance with Section 8 below.
You may close your account at any time by contacting us at support@curon.ai
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a binding
agreement between you and Curon.ai (“Curon”, “we”
or “us”). By accessing or using Curon’s medical chatbot
service (the “Service”), you agree to comply with and be
legally bound by these Terms.
3. The Service
The Service provides an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that
responds to patient medical inquiries based on training data provided by
physicians. Physicians who subscribe to the Service can upload their own
medical documents and patient health records to train the chatbot to
address common questions from the physician’s patients. The chatbot
is intended to provide patients with information about their medical
conditions, treatment plans, medications, and other health-related issues,
by responding to patient questions with answers derived from the
physician-provided training data.
4. Subscription
Access to the Service requires a paid subscription plan. Subscriptions
are for a 12-month term that auto-renews for successive 12-month periods
unless canceled at least 30 days before the renewal date. Curon may modify
subscription fees and introduce new pricing plans by providing subscribers
with 30 days prior notice. Subscribers are responsible for all applicable
taxes. Subscriptions are non-transferable and non-refundable.
5. Permitted Use
Subscribers may only use the Service to provide responses to their own
patients based on training data from the subscriber’s medical
practice. Subscribers may not resell or provide third party access to the
Service. Subscribers are solely responsible for the accuracy and
completeness of the training data they provide. Curon makes no guarantees
about the appropriateness or medical accuracy of the chatbot’s
responses. The Service should not be used for diagnosing or treating
medical conditions. Patients must always confirm any information provided
by the chatbot with their physician.
6. Prohibited Content
Subscribers may not provide any unlawful, harmful, offensive or
infringing content to train the chatbot. Curon reserves the right to
screen and remove any prohibited training data. Subscribers may not input
questions to the chatbot that violate any laws or third party
rights.
7. Prompts, Outputs, and Materials
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Rights to Materials. Our Services may allow you to submit text, documents, or other
materials to the Services for processing (“Prompts”). Our Services may generate responses based on your Prompts
(“Outputs”). Outputs and Prompts collectively are “Materials.” You represent and warrant that you have all rights, and have
provided any notices and obtained any consents, that are necessary for
us to process any Prompts you submit to the Services in accordance with
our Terms. You also represent and warrant that your submission of
Prompts to us will not violate our Terms, our Acceptable Use Policy, or any laws applicable to those Prompts—including intellectual
property laws and any privacy or data protection laws governing personal
information contained in your Prompts. Except as expressly provided in
our Terms, you retain all right, title, and interest—including any
intellectual property rights—that you have in and to your Prompts.
Subject to this Section 6(a) and without limiting Section 13, we
authorize you to use the Outputs for the Permitted Use.
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Personal Information. If you submit any personal information to us in connection with
your use of the Services, whether as part of your Prompts or otherwise,
you acknowledge that our Privacy Policy governs our use and processing of such personal
information.
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Nature of Outputs. Responses that the Services generate based on materials submitted by
third parties (“Third-Party Outputs”) may be identical or similar to third-party materials or
Outputs that the Services generate based on your Prompts. You
acknowledge that Third-Party Outputs are not your Outputs and that you
have no right, title, or interest in or to any Third-Party
Outputs.
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Reliance on Outputs. We make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy
of any Outputs. You should not rely on any Outputs without independently
confirming their accuracy. Outputs may contain material inaccuracies
even if they appear accurate because of their level of detail or
specificity. The Services and any Outputs may not reflect correct,
current, or complete information.
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Our Use of Materials. We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and
to develop other products and services. We will not train our machine
learning models on any Prompts or Outputs that are not publicly
available.
8. Modification, Suspension, Discontinuation of the Services
Our Services are novel and will evolve. Unless we specifically state
otherwise in a separate agreement with you, we reserve the right to
temporarily or permanently modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services or
your access to the Services or account at any time, in our sole
discretion, without notice to you, and we will not be liable for any
change to or any suspension or discontinuation of the Services or your
access to them, to the maximum extent permissible under applicable
law.
9. Fees and Payment
You may be required to pay fees to us to access or use the Services or
certain features of the Services. You are responsible for paying any
applicable fees listed on the Services. Except as expressly provided in
these Terms, all fees are non-refundable, to the fullest extent
permissible under applicable law.
Fees may be recurring or based on usage. If these fees are specified to
be recurring or based on usage, you agree that we may charge such fees on
a periodic basis to the payment method you specify at the time of your
initial purchase (your “Payment Method”). By using a Payment Method to pay fees, you are expressly
agreeing that we are authorized to charge to the Payment Method the fees,
together with any applicable taxes.
Except where we specifically agree otherwise in a separate contract with
you, you acknowledge and agree that any fees for access to or use of the
Services may increase at any time. Additional fees may apply for
additional Services or features of the Services that Curon may make
available. In those cases, we will provide you with notice before charging
the additional fees. If we charge additional fees in connection with our
Services, you will have an opportunity to review and accept the additional
fees that you will be charged, before being charged. If you do not accept
any such additional fees, we may discontinue your access to the Services
or features. You acknowledge and agree that we will not be held liable for
any errors caused by third-party payment processors that we may use.
10. Feedback
You grant to us an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual license to use
all feedback, ideas, or suggested improvements you provide to us (through
the Services or otherwise) regarding the Services, Prompts, or Outputs
(collectively “Feedback”), and you agree that we and our Providers may use the
Feedback--together with the related Prompts and Outputs or any derivative
thereof--in any manner without any payment or credit to you, including in
connection with our development, improvement, and marketing of our
Services or other products or services.
11. Confidentiality
Curon will treat a subscriber’s training data as confidential
information. Curon will only access or use subscriber data to provide and
improve the Service. Curon will not share or disclose subscriber data
except (a) with the subscriber’s consent, (b) to comply with legal
obligations, or (c) as aggregated non-identifiable data for improving the
Service.
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Confidential Information. In connection with your use of the Services, we may provide
information that we identify as confidential or proprietary or that
should reasonably be considered confidential or proprietary under the
circumstances (“Confidential Information”).
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Obligations. You may only use our Confidential Information in connection with
the Permitted Use. You may only share our Confidential Information with
your employees and agents who have a need to know such Confidential
Information for the Permitted Use and who are bound by obligations of
confidentiality at least as protective as those provided in our Terms.
You will protect the Confidential Information from unauthorized use,
access, or disclosure at least as diligently as you protect your own
highly confidential information, and with no less than reasonable care.
You are responsible for all uses and disclosures of Confidential
Information by anyone to whom you provide access to such Confidential
Information (your “Representatives”).
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Exclusions. Your obligations under this section do not apply to Confidential
Information that you can demonstrate (i) was already known to you
without confidentiality obligations at the time of disclosure by us;
(ii) was disclosed to you by a third party without a duty of
confidentiality; (iii) was or becomes publicly available through no
fault of yours or of your Representatives; or (iv) was independently
developed by you without use of the Confidential Information. You may
disclose the Confidential Information to the extent such disclosure is
required by applicable law, but you agree that you will, except where
expressly prohibited by applicable law, notify us of any such required
disclosure promptly and fully cooperate with us in seeking to limit such
disclosure.
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Destruction. You will destroy all Confidential Information in your and your
Representatives’ possession or control promptly upon our
request.
12. Intellectual Property
Curon retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Service,
including all software, algorithms, content and data generated by the
Service. Subscribers retain all rights in the training data they provide.
These Terms do not grant subscribers any right to access, use or modify
the Service’s underlying technology.
13. Disclaimers
The Service is provided on an “as is” basis without
warranties of any kind. Use of the Service is at subscriber's sole
risk. Curon disclaims any guarantees related to availability, accuracy,
content or medical suitability of the Service.
14. Limitation of Liability
Curon will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or
consequential damages arising from use of the Service. Curon’s total
liability under this agreement is limited to the amount paid by the
subscriber in the 12 months preceding the incident.
15. Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitations of Liability, and
Indemnity
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YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE
SERVICES AND OUTPUTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND
“AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE
UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. WE AND OUR PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, SECURITY,
PRIVACY, COMPATIBILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY IMPLIED BY
COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR TRADE USAGE.
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT
WILL WE, OUR PROVIDERS, OR OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES,
INVESTORS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS
(COLLECTIVELY, THE “CURON PARTIES”), BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN
ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SERVICES, THE MATERIALS, OR THESE TERMS, WHETHER
BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR
OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF ANY CURON PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF THE DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE.
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE CURON
PARTIES’ TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES
AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE
SERVICES, THE MATERIALS, OR THESE TERMS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE
AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES (IF ANY) IN
THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE SUCH DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF
ACTION FIRST AROSE AND $100. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO
THESE TERMS AND WE WOULD NOT OFFER THE SERVICES TO YOU UNDER THESE TERMS
WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS.
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YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE CURON PARTIES FROM AND
AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, EXPENSES (INCLUDING
REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS), AND OTHER LOSSES ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR BREACH OR ALLEGED BREACH OF THESE TERMS; YOUR
ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR ALLEGED USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE MATERIALS; YOUR
FEEDBACK; ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT YOU DEVELOP, OFFER, OR OTHERWISE
MAKE AVAILABLE USING OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES; YOUR
VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAW OR ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHT; AND ANY ACTUAL OR
ALLEGED FRAUD, INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR CRIMINAL
ACTS COMMITTED BY YOU OR YOUR EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO ENGAGE SEPARATE COUNSEL AND PARTICIPATE IN OR ASSUME THE EXCLUSIVE
DEFENSE AND CONTROL OF ANY MATTER OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION
BY YOU HEREUNDER, IN WHICH CASE YOU AGREE TO COOPERATE WITH US AND SUCH
SEPARATE COUNSEL AS WE REASONABLY REQUEST.
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THE LAWS OF SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THESE TERMS MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
16. Termination
Curon may terminate any subscriber’s access to the Service with 30
days notice for any reason. Subscribers may terminate their subscription
at any time but will not receive a refund.
17. Change of Terms
Curon may modify these Terms by notifying subscribers of the changes.
Subscribers’ continued use of the Service after notice constitutes
agreement to the modified Terms.
18. Arbitration****
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. BY
AGREEING TO BINDING ARBITRATION, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO LITIGATE DISPUTES
THROUGH A COURT AND TO HAVE A JUDGE OR JURY DECIDE YOUR CASE. THE LAWS OF
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISIONS OR CLASS
ACTION WAIVERS, SO SOME OR ALL OF THIS SECTION 15 MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
In order to expedite and control the cost of disputes, Curon and you
agree that any legal or equitable claim, dispute, action, or proceeding
arising from or related to your use of the Services or these Terms
(“Dispute”) will be resolved as follows to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law. This applies to all Disputes, whether based in contract,
tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory, even if the Dispute arises after the termination of these Terms. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU AND Curon ARE HEREBY WAIVING THE
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS
ACTION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER THE LAW.
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Opt-Out of Arbitration Agreement. If you are an individual consumer, you can opt out of arbitration
within 30 days of the date that you first agreed to these Terms
(including any earlier version). If you are an individual consumer and
have previously agreed to arbitration, then you may opt out of any
future revisions to the arbitration provision within 30 days of
receiving notice of the updated arbitration provision, in which case the
prior version of the arbitration provision will apply. To opt out of
arbitration (or revisions to this arbitration provision), you must send
your name, residence address, username, email or phone number you use
for your Services account, and a clear statement that you want to opt
out of this arbitration agreement (or of the revisions to it), and you
must send them here: notices@curon.ai.
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Notice of Dispute. In the event of a Dispute, you or Curon must give the other a
written statement that sets forth the name, address, and contact
information of the party giving it, the facts giving rise to the
Dispute, and a proposed solution (a “Notice of Dispute”). You must send any Notice of Dispute by first class U.S. Mail
to Curon at 2368a Rice BLVD, Houston, Texas 77005-3418 and also
via email to notices@curon.com. Curon will send any Notice of Dispute to you by first class U.S. Mail
to your address if Curon has it, or otherwise to your email address. You
and Curon will attempt to resolve any Dispute through informal
negotiation within 45 days from the date the Notice of Dispute is sent.
After 45 days, you or Curon may commence arbitration. An arbitrator will
decide any disputes over whether this subsection has been violated, and
has the power to enjoin the filing or prosecution of arbitrations.
Unless prohibited by applicable law, the arbitrator will not administer
any arbitration unless the requirements of this subsection have been
met.
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Mediation, Binding Arbitration, and Governing Law. You and Curon will endeavor to settle any Dispute by mediation under
the Mediation Rules of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc.
(“JAMS”). The place of mediation will be Houston, Texas. Any Dispute
which has not been resolved by mediation as provided herein within 30
days after appointment of a mediator or such time period as you or Curon
may otherwise agree, will be finally resolved by binding arbitration as
described in this Section 15. You are giving up the right to litigate
(or participate in as a party or class member) all Disputes in court
before a judge or jury. Instead, all Disputes will be resolved before a
neutral arbitrator, whose decision will be final except for a limited
right of appeal under the Federal Arbitration Act. The arbitrator will
decide all issues pertaining to arbitrability, including his or her own
jurisdictional validity and enforceability of the Agreement (e.g.,
unconscionability). For the avoidance of doubt, this is not meant to
reduce any powers granted to the arbitrator under the applicable JAMS
rules. The place of arbitration will be Houston, Texas Any court
with jurisdiction over the parties may enforce the arbitrator’s
award.
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Class Action Waiver. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AND Curon
AGREE THAT ANY PROCEEDINGS TO RESOLVE OR LITIGATE ANY DISPUTE IN ANY
FORUM WILL BE CONDUCTED SOLELY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND NEITHER YOU
NOR Curon WILL SEEK TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE HEARD AS A CLASS ACTION OR IN
ANY OTHER PROCEEDING IN WHICH EITHER PARTY ACTS OR PROPOSES TO ACT IN A
REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY. No arbitration or proceeding will be combined
with another without the prior written consent of all parties to all
affected arbitrations or proceedings. CLASS ACTIONS AND CLASS
ARBITRATIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED; for example, you may bring a claim only
on your own behalf and cannot seek relief that would affect other
Services users. Nor may an arbitrator consolidate arbitrations unless
all parties agree. If there is a final judicial determination that the
limitations of this paragraph are unenforceable as to a particular claim
or a particular request for relief (such as a request for injunctive
relief), then the parties agree that such a claim or request for relief
will be decided by a court after all other claims and requests for
relief are arbitrated.
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Mass Arbitrations. If 10 or more claimants submit similar Notices of Dispute or file
similar arbitrations and are represented by the same or coordinated
counsel, all of the cases must be resolved in arbitration in stages
using staged bellwether proceedings. You agree to do this even though
the resolution of some claims might be delayed. In the first stage, the
parties will select up to 5 cases to be filed in arbitration and
resolved by separate arbitrators. In the meantime, no other cases may be
filed in arbitration. Nor may the arbitration provider accept,
administer or demand payment for fees for other arbitrations. If the
remaining cases are not settled after the first stage is done, the
parties will repeat the process. These staged bellwether proceedings
will continue until all cases are resolved. If this subsection applies
to a Notice of Dispute, any statute of limitations applicable to the
listed claims will be tolled from the time the first cases are selected
for bellwether proceedings until the claimant’s Notice of Dispute
is selected for a bellwether proceeding or otherwise resolved. A court
will have the authority to enforce this subsection, including the power
to enjoin the filing or prosecution of arbitrations or assessment of
related fees.
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Arbitration Procedures. Any arbitration will be conducted by JAMS under the JAMS Comprehensive
Arbitration Rules and Procedures (“JAMS Rules”) in effect at the time the Dispute is filed. You may request a
telephonic or in-person hearing by following the JAMS Rules. In a
dispute involving $10,000 or less, any hearing will be telephonic unless
the arbitrator finds good cause to hold an in-person hearing instead. To
the extent the forum provided by JAMS is unavailable, Curon and you
agree to select a mutually agreeable alternative dispute resolution
service and that such alternative dispute resolution service will apply
the JAMS Rules. Subject to the limitations of liability contained
herein, the arbitrator may award the same damages to you individually as
a court could. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief
only to you individually, and only to the extent required to satisfy
your individual claim.
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Arbitration Fees. Whoever files the arbitration will pay the initial filing fee. If
Curon files, then Curon will pay; if you file, then you will pay unless
you get a fee waiver under the applicable arbitration rules. Each party
will bear the expense of that party’s attorneys, experts, and
witnesses, and other expenses, regardless of which party prevails, but a
party may recover any or all expenses (including attorney’s fees)
from another party if the arbitrator, applying applicable law, so
determines.
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Filing Period. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY DISPUTE
UNDER THESE TERMS MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR IN AN ARBITRATION
PROCEEDING. The one-year period begins on the earliest date when any of
the events giving rise to the Dispute first occurs. If a claim is not
submitted within one year, it is permanently barred. This period can
only be extended by the written consent of both parties. No statutes or
provisions of law that would toll or otherwise affect the time in which
a party may bring a claim will operate to extend the period limited in
this Section 15, and any such statutes and provisions are hereby waived,
to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law.
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Enforceability. If the waiver of class actions above is found unenforceable, or
this entire section is found unenforceable, then this entire section
will be null and void. If that happens, you and Curon agree that the
section below on exclusive jurisdiction and governing law will govern
any Dispute.
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ALL CURON PARTIES ARE INTENDED THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF THE
ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN THIS SECTION 15.
19. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Texas. Exclusive jurisdiction for
resolving any disputes related to the Service will lie in state and
federal courts located in Harris County, Texas.
By using the Curon.ai medical chatbot service, you affirm that you are a
licensed physician and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.
Contact info@curon.ai with any questions.