User Terms

Please carefully read, review and be sure you understand our Terms and Conditions prior to using the Software as a Service (SaaS) as provided. WhatCaster deployed on https://whatcaster.adtc.ng, is owned and operated by Assets Development and Trading Company Limited (ADTC.NG). Assets Development and Trading Company Limited (also referred to as: “WhatCaster”, “whatcaster.adtc.ng”, "ADTC.NG", “we”, “us”, or “our”) provides as is the referenced SaaS platform the purpose of which is to allow our customers to create, edit, store, analyze and send bulk/broadcast marketing messages to their customers using WhatsApp's Cloud API. A “Customer” is an entity with whom ADTC.NG has an agreement to provide said Service. This Terms of Service (the “Agreement”) is an agreement between the Customer and ADTC.NG, and is entered the date the Customer signs up for an account through the project website - https://whatcaster.adtc.ng website (the “Effective Date”). By registering/creating a WhatCaster account, you acknowledge your understanding of these terms and enter the Agreement on behalf of yourself and your Customer(s). Please make sure you have the necessary authority to enter into the Agreement on behalf of your Customer(s) before proceeding. If a Customer violates any of the terms outlined below, we reserve the right to cancel accounts or bar access to accounts without notice. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our Services or software Solution. ADTC.NG may, but has no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion as unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Use. ADTC.NG may refuse service to anyone for any ethical reason at any time. BY USING ANY ELEMENT OF WHATCASTER (INCLUDING THE WEBSITE), CUSTOMER(S) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THEY HAVE READ, ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. IF CUSTOMER(S) DO NOT ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, CUSTOMER(S) SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CEASE ANY FURTHER USE OF WHATCASTER, INCLUDING USE OF ANY PART THEREOF. CUSTOMER(S) REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO ADTC.NG THAT CUSTOMER(S) HAS THE CAPACITY TO ENTER INTO THIS LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT. IF CUSTOMER(S) USES WHATCASTER ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON, CUSTOMER(S) HEREBY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO ADTC.NG THAT CUSTOMER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH PERSON(S) TO THIS AGREEMENT. 1. WhatCaster Platform Provisioning of WhatCaster. Subject to Customer’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, ADTC.NG will make WhatCaster available to Customer (or Customer(s)) on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, provided that: (i) Customer has read and accepted and is in compliance with its obligations under the applicable terms of use related to the Third Party Messaging Platform WhatsApp, Pre-Integrated Third Party Business Applications, and Custom-Integrated Business Applications; and (ii) has taken all steps as necessary to enable interoperability between WhatCaster and WhatsApp, Pre-Integrated Third Party Business Applications, and Custom-Integrated Business Applications, including acquiring the necessary approvals and API credentials, whether directly or via Customer’s Clients, to use the platform for business. 2. Modifications to the Service and Fees ADTC.NG reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service at any time for any reason with or without notice. ADTC.NG reserves the right to change our monthly and annual fees upon 30 days notice. Fee change will be communicated via email to all our customers and will be reflected on the pricing page at https://whatcaster.adtc.ng/#pricing ADTC.NG reserves the right to update and change the Terms of Service from time to time with or without notice. Any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new solutions and resources, shall be subject to the Terms of Service. Should you continue to use the Service after any such modifications have been made, this shall constitute your agreement to such modifications. 3. Trademark License During the Term of Use, Customer hereby grants to ADTC.NG a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sub-licensable (other than to affiliates) royalty-free license to use Customer’s trademarks and logos made available to ADTC.NG by Customer as part of this Agreement, solely in connection with the marketing, advertising, and promotion of WhatCaster, including listing the Customer on the WhatCaster website; and only in accordance with Customer’s reasonable trademark usage guidelines, as updated by Customer from time to time. Customer may require ADTC.NG to cease using Customer’s trademarks and logos if, in the reasonable opinion of Customer, the continued display of Customer’s trademarks and logos would cause a materially adverse effect on Customer’s image and the goodwill associated therewith. 4. Copyrights & Ownership ADTC.NG expressly reserves all rights, titles, and interests in, and Customer will not acquire any rights, titles or interests in: (i) WhatCaster (or any part thereof) and any other materials or content provided by ADTC.NG under this Agreement, including any and all Modifications to any of the foregoing; and (ii) all intellectual property rights in any of the foregoing (clauses (i) and (ii) are collectively, the “ADTC.NG Property”), in each case. All rights, titles and interests in the ADTC.NG Property will remain with ADTC.NG (or ADTC.NG’s third party suppliers, as applicable). Customer may not copy, modify, adapt, reproduce, distribute, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any aspect of the Service which ADTC.NG or its suppliers own. Customer agrees not to resell, duplicate, reproduce or exploit any part of the Service without the express written permission of ADTC.NG. For greater certainty, the ADTC.NG Property is licensed and not “sold” to the Customer. ADTC.NG claims no intellectual property rights over the Content you upload or provide to the Service. ADTC.NG’s Right to Use Customer Data Customer acknowledges and agrees that ADTC.NG may store, use, reproduce, modify, and transfer to its subcontractors, Customer Data, including Personal Data, solely in connection with delivering the Services under this Agreement. Customer further acknowledges and agrees that ADTC.NG may store, use, reproduce, modify, and transfer data that is not related to an identified or identifiable natural person, including aggregated or de-identified data, without limitation, for its internal business purposes, including but not limited to such purposes as analytics, quality assurance, product and service improvement, and new product and service development. Customer agrees to cause any Administrative User, Customer’s Contacts, and Chat Participants to agree to the terms. 5. Customer Responsibilities Customer Accounts. Upon Customer’s request, ADTC.NG will issue one or more administrator accounts (the “Administrator Accounts”) to Customer that provides Customer with the capability to create accounts for use by individuals who are an employee or contractor of Customer and that Customer wishes to have access to and use of WhatCaster (each, an “Administrative User”). The Customer will ensure that Administrative Users only use WhatCaster through their Customer Account. The Customer will not share the Administrator Accounts with any other person and will not allow Administrative Users to share their Customer Account with any other person. The Customer will promptly notify ADTC.NG of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of WhatCaster. ADTC.NG reserves the right to suspend, deactivate, or replace any Customer Account or Administrator Accounts if it determines that the Customer Account or Administrator Account, as applicable, may have been used for an unauthorized purpose. Customers are responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of their accounts. ADTC.NG will not be held liable for any damage or loss that may result from your failure to protect your login information, including your password. Use Restrictions. Customer acknowledges and agrees that they are responsible for the activities and communications between all Administrative Users, Chat Agents and Chat Participants on WhatCaster, and the compliance by all Administrative Users, Chat Agents and Chat Participants with this Agreement, and any guidelines and policies published by ADTC.NG from time to time. The Customer is fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the account. Customer is responsible for all Content sent as well as other activity that occurs under Customer’s account (even when Content is sent by others to your account). ADTC.NG may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we suppose in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Use. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, Customer will not, and will not permit any other person (including any Administrative Users, Chat Agents or Chat Participants) to: i. Use WhatCaster to send, upload, collect, transmit, store, use, disclose or process, or ask ADTC.NG to obtain from third parties or perform any of the above with respect to, any Customer Data: • That contains any computer viruses, worms, malicious code, or any software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; • That Customer or the applicable Administrative User, Customer’s Client or Chat Participant does not have the lawful right to send, upload, collect, transmit, store, use, disclose, process, copy, transmit, distribute and display; • That is false, intentionally misleading, or impersonates any other person; • That is bullying, harassing, abusive, threatening, vulgar, obscene, or offensive, or that contains pornography, nudity, or graphic or gratuitous violence, or that promotes violence, racism, discrimination, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; • That is harmful to minors in any way or targeted at persons under the age of 16; • That violates any applicable laws, or infringes, violates or otherwise misappropriates the intellectual property or other rights of any third party (including any moral right, privacy right or right of publicity); or • That encourages any conduct that may violate, any applicable laws or would give rise to civil or criminal liability; ii. Disable, overly burden, impair, or otherwise interfere with servers or networks connected to WhatCaster (e.g., a denial of service attack); iii. Attempt to gain unauthorized access to WhatCaster; iv. Use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction methods, or copy, Modify, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble, or decompile WhatCaster or any part thereof or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement; v. Use WhatCaster for the purpose of building a similar or competitive product or service; or vi. Use WhatCaster other than as permitted by this Agreement; WhatsApp & Usage Policies i. The Customer shall adhere to all the terms & conditions set by WhatsApp at all times. WhatsApp may update WhatsApp Business Policy on ii. https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/business-policy/ without notice; by continuing to use the WhatsApp Business Products after such change, Customer consents to such changes. iii. The Customer is not in violation of the WhatsApp Commerce Policy on https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/commerce-policy/ and not in any of the restricted industries. iv. WhatsApp may add limits to businesses on the number of messages to send per day. All Customers must adhere to this Messaging Limit - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/rate-limits v. WhatsApp has the absolute discretion to review, approve or reject any Message Templates (as defined in WhatsApp documentations) at any time. vi. Customer agrees to ensure full compliance with WhatsApp Policies regarding sending of messages vii. WhatsApp does not currently offer a way to be notified when a user has blocked your sender, or to retrieve a list of users who have blocked you. viii. Any violation of these WhatsApp policies may lead to suspension of the number by WhatsApp. WhatsApp has absolute discretion to limit or remove Customer’s access to or use of the WhatsApp Business Products if Customer receives excessive negative feedback, causes harm to WhatsApp or WhatsApp’s users, or violates or encourages others to violate our terms or policies, as determined by WhatsApp in our sole discretion. If WhatsApp terminates your account for violations of relevant WhatsApp Business terms or policies, WhatsApp may prohibit Customer and Customer organization from all future use of WhatsApp products. ix. ADTC.NG shall take no responsibility in case of any such violations. Any additional charges arising due to this shall be borne by the Customer. x. The Customer owns registered phone number. Once registered on WhatCaster, Customers cannot reuse the WhatsApp number on WhatsApp Business App or WhatsApp mobile app. WhatsApp Onboarding & Verification Terms i. WhatsApp imposes reviews, such as Facebook business verification (https://www.facebook.com/business/help/2058515294227817?id=180505742745347) to ensure the quality of businesses using WhatsApp products. These requirements are prerequisites to use WhatsApp Cloud API, and WhatCaster. ADTC.NG will assist in the process but do not guarantee any approvals as WhatsApp has absolute discretion to approve Customer’s usage of WhatsApp products. ii. By using WhatCaster, clients agree to the setup for WhatsApp Business Account and WhatsApp Cloud API, and will provide all the prerequisite documents as required by Whatsapp & Facebook. WhatsApp Message Policy & Pricing i. WhatsApp may change or charge acceptable message types and related policies at their absolute discretion at all times. ii. The Customer may only initiate chats if they are sending a transactional message via approved Message Templates (as defined in WhatsApp documentation), subject to applicable pricing. Any Message Templates must comply with WhatsApp’s terms, and only be used for their designated purpose. WhatsApp has the right to review, approve and reject any Message Template at any time. iii. The Customer acknowledges that they are responsible for the variable messaging costs, which are charged and billed by WhatsApp. iv. WhatsApp charges you on a per conversation basis for both the conversations you start (business initiated) and the conversations started by your contacts (user initiated). You can learn more about the pricing on WhatsApp Conversation-Based Pricing page: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/pricing v. All billing related to the messages sent via the WhatsApp Cloud API are billed directly by WhatsApp and ADTC.NG does not charge you for messaging. vi. The payment that we charge at WhatCaster is only for the use of our solution interfacing and making it convenient for you to access the WhatsApp Cloud API. In other words, WhatCaster is a middleware web application that helps you access and utilize the WhatsApp Cloud API. 6. Email and Web Support Customer will generally have access to WhatCaster’s technical support from 10:00am to 8:00pm (GMT+1:00) on weekdays (other than holidays observed by ADTC.NG) through email support, or through the web site using our chat widget, or by mailing us on whatcaster@adtc.ng. 7. Fees and Payment Fees. The Customer will pay to ADTC.NG the applicable fees described on WhatCaster Website (the “Fees”) during the Term of Use in accordance with the payment terms set out herein. WhatsApp Cloud API Fees. For greater clarity, WhatCaster’s Fees do not include any charges that may be assessed by WhatsApp for the use of their Cloud API. Such charges shall be the responsibility of the Customer, paid directly to WhatsApp on WhatsApp’s billing portal (business.facebook.com). Payment Terms: i. ADTC.NG shall charge and invoice the Customer applicable Fees in accordance with our pricing schedule, in pre-paid advance, on the Effective Date and on every anniversary thereafter. Subscription Fee is charged on a pre-pay basis. All payments are non-refundable. ii. There will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service, upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an open account. In order to treat everyone equally, no exceptions will be made. iii. Payment obligations hereunder are not subject to any set-off or withholding rights whatsoever, any and all of which are hereby expressly waived by Customer. iv. Disputed Invoices or Charges. If Customer in good faith disputes any portion of a ADTC.NG invoice or charge, Customer may provide a dispute notice to ADTC.NG with written documentation identifying and substantiating the disputed amount within twenty-one (21) days from receipt of the applicable invoice or charge, and if applicable, at the time it pays the undisputed portion of such invoice, withhold payment of such disputed portion. If Customer does not report or does not provide such substantiating documentation within that period, Customer shall be deemed to have waived its right to dispute any and all portions of that invoice. v. Late Payment. Except for bona fide disputed amounts, any failure to make a payment of any Fees or taxes in strict conformity with the requirements entitle ADTC.NG to suspend, in whole or in part, access to Services, until such payment is received. Additionally, ADTC.NG shall assess and Customer shall pay a charge, compounded monthly, of the lesser of (a) 1.5% per month (19.56% per year) or (b) the highest amount allowed by law on all past due amounts (except amounts disputed). Furthermore, upon any such failure all outstanding amounts shall become due and payable without further delay. vi. Any cancellation of your Account will result in the deactivation or deletion of your Account or your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your Account. This information cannot be recovered from ADTC.NG once your account is canceled. 8. Limitation of Liabilities The Parties acknowledge that the following provisions have been negotiated by them and reflect a fair allocation of risk and form an essential basis of the bargain and will survive and continue in full force and effect despite any failure of consideration or of an exclusive remedy: - AMOUNT: IN NO EVENT WILL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ADTC.NG IN CONNECTION WITH OR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY CUSTOMER IN THE PRIOR 12 MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. FOR GREATER CERTAINTY, THE EXISTENCE OF ONE OR MORE CLAIMS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT INCREASE THIS MAXIMUM LIABILITY AMOUNT. IN NO EVENT WILL ADTC.NG’S THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS HAVE ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THIS AGREEMENT. - TYPE: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ADTC.NG BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER OR ANY USER FOR ANY: (I) SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, (II) LOST SAVINGS, PROFIT, DATA, USE, OR GOODWILL; (III) BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; (IV) ANY COSTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES; (V) PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH; OR (VI) PERSONAL OR PROPERTY DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE OF ACTION OR THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FUNDAMENTAL BREACH, BREACH OF A FUNDAMENTAL TERM) OR OTHERWISE AND EVEN IF NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH DAMAGES. - 9. Term and Termination ADTC.NG makes no warranties regarding (i) your ability to use the Service, (ii) your satisfaction with the Service, (iii) that the Service will be available at all times, uninterrupted, and error-free (iv), the accuracy of mathematical calculations performed by the Service, and (v) that bugs or errors in the Service will be corrected (immediately). ADTC.NG and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to your use of the Service. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Service is to stop using the Service. Term. This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and continue to be in effect until your subscription has been terminated in accordance with the terms Customer agreed to on the WhatCaster website at time of signup (the “Term of Use”). For greater certainty, if Customer has subscribed to an ongoing subscription, then such subscription may or will automatically renew at its expiry for the same period of time, at the then-current subscription rate described on the WhatCaster Website. Termination For Convenience. Either Party may elect to terminate this Agreement and your subscription to WhatCaster services as of the end of your then current Term of Use by providing notice, on or prior to the date thirty (30) days preceding the end of such Term of Use. For clarity, unless this Agreement and your subscription is so terminated, your subscription will renew for a Term of Use equivalent in length to the then expiring Term. Customer is responsible for properly canceling an Account. An email request to cancel your Account shall result in cancellation. Any cancellation of your Account will result in the deactivation or deletion of your Account or your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your Account. This information cannot be recovered from ADTC.NG once your account is canceled. Please be aware of that. You can cancel at any time, but you will remain liable for all charges accrued up to that time, including full monthly or yearly charges for the month or year in which you discontinued service. You will not be charged again. ADTC.NG will use all reasonable efforts to contact you directly via email to warn you prior to suspension or termination of your account. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity that may be grounds for termination of your use of Service, may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities. ADTC.NG shall not be liable to You or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuation of the Service. Termination For Non-payment. ADTC.NG reserves the right to suspend Services if the Customer fails to timely pay any undisputed amounts due to ADTC.NG under this Agreement, but only after ADTC.NG notifies Customer of such failure and such failure continues for thirty (30) calendar days after such notification. Suspension of Services shall not release Customer of its payment obligations under this Agreement. Customer agrees that ADTC.NG shall not be liable to Customer or to any third party for any liabilities, claims or expenses arising from or relating to suspension of the Services resulting from Customer’s non-payment, unless ADTC.NG suspends the Services without giving Customer 30 calendar-days written notice to rectify its failure to pay. Termination will result in the deactivation or deletion of your Account or your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your Account. This information cannot be recovered from ADTC.NG once your account is terminated. Please be aware of that. Refunds and Termination Charges. No refunds or credits for Fees will be provided if you elect to terminate this Agreement prior to the end of your Term. If you terminate this Agreement prior to the end of your Term, or ADTC.NG effects such termination, in addition to other amounts you may owe ADTC.NG, you must immediately pay any unpaid Fees associated with the remainder of your Term. This amount will not be payable by you in the event you terminate as a result of a material breach of this Agreement by ADTC.NG, provided that you provide advance notice of such breach to ADTC.NG and afford ADTC.NG not less than thirty (30) days to reasonably cure such breach. Termination for Cause. A Party may terminate this Agreement for cause (a) upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other Party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period; or (b) if the other Party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors. If this Agreement is terminated by you in accordance with this section, ADTC.NG will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, refund you any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the Term after the effective date of termination. If this Agreement is terminated by ADTC.NG in accordance with this section, you will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the Term. In no event will termination relieve you of your obligation to pay any fees payable to ADTC.NG for the period prior to the effective date of termination.