TERMS OF USE

1        Acceptance of Terms of Use /Acknowledgement
 

Please read these Terms of Use ("TOU") carefully. By downloading, accessing, or using the mobile applications, websites, or other products or services of Hold AS and our affiliates ("Hold", "we" or "us"), or the services, features, or functionality jointly offered with other companies through our mobile applications or websites (collectively, the "Services"), you agree to be bound by these TOU in full. These TOU affect your legal rights and obligations, so if you do not agree to these TOU, do not use the Services.

We reserve the right to change or modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently these TOU at any time, without notice and in our sole discretion. You agree that we will not be liable for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services or any part thereof. Revised TOU will apply from the date of the publication of the revised TOU. Please check Hold’s website regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity. We may, without notice and in our sole discretion, terminate your right to use the Services, or any portion thereof, and block or prevent your future access to and use of the Services or any portion thereof.

In the event you use a service, feature, or functionality that is operated by a third party and made available through our Services (including Services we jointly offer with the third party), each party’s terms will govern as to the respective party’s relationship with you.

You affirm that you are either at least 18 years of age or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these TOU. In addition, you affirm that you have not been previously suspended or removed from the Services and do not have more than one Hold account.

You affirm that you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these TOU. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any server, or any networks connected to any server, or that could interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to any server through hacking, password mining, or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Service.

2        Scope of License
 

By using the Services, you are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Services and Hold Content. This license is revocable at any time.

3        Intellectual Property Rights
 

Unless otherwise stated, all materials contained on or within the Services, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images, code, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips, and written and other materials (collectively, "Hold Content"), as well as their selection and arrangement, are protected by copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. Hold reserves all rights not expressly granted. Content cannot be modified, performed, republished or transferred to anyone else. Unauthorized use of Hold Content may violate such laws and these TOU.

Except as expressly provided in these TOU, Hold does not grant any express or implied rights to use Hold Content or any rights to any Hold or supplier trademarks, trade names, or logos. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, republish, frame, download, transmit, modify, display, reverse engineer, sell, or participate in any sale of, rent, lease, loan, assign, distribute, license, sublicense, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, Hold Content, the Services, or any related software, except as expressly stated in these TOU.

4        Disclaimer / Limitation of Liability
 

Hold does not warrant the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information made available throughout the Services.

You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the Services is at your sole risk and that the entire risk as to satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy, and effort is with you to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

The licensed application and any Services performed or provided by the licensed application, including any service provided by Hold’s affiliated companies and/or licensors, are provided "as is" and “as available”, with all faults and without warranty of any kind. At times, the Services may not be available or may be affected by faults or maintenance work, or by circumstances outside Hold’s control. No warranty is given about the quality, functionality, availability or performance of the Services or any content.

Hold hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with respect to the Services, express, implied, or statutory, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties and/or conditions of merchantability, of satisfactory quality, of fitness for a particular purpose, of accuracy, of quiet enjoyment, and of non-infringement of third-party rights.

No oral or written information or advice given by Hold or its authorized representative shall create a warranty.

5        Limitation of Liability
 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hold, Hold’s affiliated companies and/or licensors exclude all liability for any loss or damage (whether under the law of contact, the law of torts or otherwise) suffered by you or any third party whether direct or indirect, incidental or consequential and howsoever arising from your use of or access to, or inability to use or access the Services, including, but not limited to, personal injury, any loss of profit, loss of data or damage caused by downloading and/or using the Services.

In no event shall Hold’s total liability to you for all damages (other than as may be required by applicable law in cases involving personal injury) exceed the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00). The foregoing limitations will apply even if the above stated remedy fails of its essential purpose.

6        Registration, Password, Security
 

If the Services require you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete, and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration process. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and any other non-public account information. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Hold immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Hold will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your account information, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by Hold or another party due to someone else using your account information. You may not use anyone else's account at any time without the permission of the account holder.

7        Links to third party services
 

The Service may contain links to third party services (including websites) that are external to the Services. Hold is not responsible or liable in any way for their content. If Hold has included these links in the Services to third party services, such links are provided for convenience only. Your use of third party services will be subject to the terms of use of those services.

8        Official Rules of Hold
 

8.1        General

Make a plan

Use the Today View to plan your day and add priorities. Adding a limited number of priorities will help you focus on what is important and stop you from setting unrealistic goals.

Start a focus session

To help you tackle your priorities, you can start a time boxed focus sessions. Decide how long you want to focus for and to keep you on track, all websites outside your whitelist will be blocked and time using your phone will be recorded during this time.

Complete and progress

At the end of the session you’ll receive an insight in to your focus level and be able feedback on the status of the priority before tackling your next challenge. Go to the me section to view your weekly focus time and completions.

Hold reserves the right to disqualify any user suspected of manipulation in any way.

Additional terms may apply

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9        Fees, payment, and trial memberships

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9.1        General

Your access to or use of the premium Services and/or Software shall be contingent upon your payment of all applicable fees as described on the Site or Software at the time (“Fees”); unless you are in the trial period.

Upon registering for the premium Services, unless you are on a trial, you will be required to designate a valid payment method. You hereby authorize Hold to charge to your designated account all Fees relating to the Services you select, and you agree to pay all such Fees in accordance with the applicable payment method terms and conditions.

Hold reserves the right to revise its Fees, including by increasing or adding new Fees, at any time on ten (10) days’ notice. Such notice may be sent to you by email to your most recently provided email address or posted on the Site or by any other manner chosen by Hold in its commercially reasonable discretion. You will be deemed to have received any such notice that is posted on the Site on the day it was posted. Your use of the Services after the ten (10) day notice period constitutes your acceptance of the new or revised Fees. If you do not agree to the revised Fees, you may cancel your subscription on your settings page.

9.2        Continuous membership

To ensure uninterrupted service, all subscriptions to the Site, Software and Services are renewed automatically. You hereby authorize Hold to charge subscription Fees for the renewal period to the payment method on file. All subscriptions are renewed at the subscription level(s) and Fees in effect at the time the then-current subscription term ends. You may cancel the subscription at any time from your settings page

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9.3        Free trial

Hold may offer a free trial membership from time to time with regard to certain Software or Services (a “Trial”). By accessing or using the Services or Software, you agree to the terms of any such Trial and further agree to any changes Hold may make to such Trial. Your trial will continue until the end of the trial period, and you will not be eligible to participate in any further Trials, except as allowed by Hold in its sole discretion.
 

9.4        Termination and refund policy

This Agreement shall continue until you cancel your subscription or until terminated by Hold. You may cancel your subscription at any time. View cancellation instructions on your settings page. If you cancel after your subscription renewal date, you will not receive a refund for any amounts that have been charged. Your cancellation will be effective at the end of your then-current subscription period, subject to applicable law, and you may use the Services until your cancellation is effective (unless your access is suspended or terminated as set forth below).
 

Hold may deny you access to all or any part of the Services or terminate your account with or without prior notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that Hold determines, in its sole discretion, violate this Agreement or the rights of Hold or any third party, or is otherwise inappropriate. 

Upon termination of your account(s) for any reason, your right to use the Services and Software and to access the Site and any of its content will immediately cease and all content in your account(s) will be deleted. All provisions of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, limitations of liability and miscellaneous provisions.
 

Except as may be expressly set forth herein, all Fees paid or accrued in connection with any Services are non-refundable, and Hold will not prorate any Fees paid for a subscription that is terminated before the end of its term.
 

10        Breaches of these Terms of Use
 

If you breach these TOU in any way, Hold may take such action as Hold deems appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the Services, prohibiting you from accessing the Services, blocking devices using your IP address from accessing the Services, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the Services and/or bringing court proceedings against you.

11    Privacy Policy
 

Hold will use anything that you submit to the Services in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Please see: https://www.hold.app/privacypolicy-holdx

 
12    Law and jurisdiction
 

These TOU are governed by the laws of Norway, and any disputes relating to these TOU will be settled by Oslo tingrett.

13    Contact
 

Hold welcomes any questions, comments, complaints, feedback or claims under the following address:

contact(at)hold.app