LightOn Paradigm API Terms & Conditions

The use of the application programming interfaces, or associated software, tools, developer services, or documentation of LightOn Paradigm and LightOn’s affiliates (collectively, “API”), is subject to the following terms, to any referenced policies, guidelines or agreements (in particular our Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines), as well as any documentation relating to your use of the API, and any additional requirements applicable to particular API (collectively the “Terms”). When using the API, you agree to be legally bound by these terms. These Terms are entered into with LightOn SAS (“LightOn”, “we”, “our” or “us”). LightOn reserves itself the right to change these Terms or suspend or terminate your use of the API at any time.  Any changes in these Terms will be notified on our website.  If you continue using the API after any changes to these Terms, you tacitly agree to those changes.

1. Registering and Accessing the API

(a) Accepting the Terms. To start using the API, you have to explicitly agree to these Terms. You can neither use the API nor accept these Terms if (i) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with LightO

(b) Authority. When using our API on behalf of a person, company or entity, you are agreeing to these Terms for that person, company or entity and thus the terms “you” and “your” in these Terms which refer to that person, company or entity except for this Section 1(b). In this case, you implicitly guarantee that you have the full legal authority to accept these Terms on behalf of that person, company or entity.

(c) Access and Credentials.  To use the API, you must register according to our procedures and, as part of the process, provide LightOn with certain information (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process. Once registered, you will be given certain credentials to access the API. These credentials are to be kept confidential and cannot be shared, transferred, or otherwise made accessible to others. You are responsible for all activities that occur using your access credentials. When accessing and using the API, you are to use only your real identity and your own credentials.

(d) Registration Information. Any registration information that you provide to us must be accurate and up to date. Should any changes occur, you must inform us without delay. You agree that we can use, store, and internally share your registration information to contact you for purposes under these Terms.

(e) Applications built on top of Paradigm API.  If you use the API for a software application, website, tool, service or product (collectively “Application”), this and the affiliated Content display must comply with these Terms and any documentation, usage guidelines, parameters, and other requirements provided to you by LightOn and which can be modified. By “Content”, we mean any LightOn’s data or content created and accessed via our API. Your access to the API and Content can be limited at our discretion.

2. Using the API

(a) License. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, LightOn provides you with a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-assignable, revocable license during the Duration. This license solely allows you to (i) use the API to develop, test, run, operate, and support your Application; (ii) to let end-users use your integration of the API within your Application; (iii) to display the Content accessed through the API within your Application and (iv) as do whatever else is explicitly authorized by LightOn in written form.

(b) Ownership. All rights, title, and interest in and to the API, Content, and all associated elements, components, and executables are owned by LightOn and its affiliates. Subject to the foregoing, you own all rights, title, and interest in and to your Application. You have no right to distribute or allow access to the API. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, neither party grants nor shall the other party acquire any right, title, or interest (including any implied license) in or to any property of the first party or its affiliates under these Terms. Any rights that are not expressly granted in these Terms are withheld.

(c) Copyright. LightOn will not claim copyright over Content generated by the API for you or your end-users through your Application.

(d) Feedback. Any feedback provided to LightOn about the API or Content or any other technology, data, business or systems belonging to LightOn, may be used, shared, commercialized, and otherwise exploited by LightOn and its affiliates in any manner and for any purpose without any obligation to you. 

(e) Support. LightOn may provide you with technical support and guidance through email and through our community website (https://community.lighton.ai/) for using the API and we may stop providing such support to you at any time without obligation to you.

(f) Children. You must be at least 18 years old to use or access the API. LightOn does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of 13. 

(g) Third Party Products. Third-party software, services, or other products (“Third Party Products”) you may use in connection with your use of the API are subject to their own the terms and conditions. LightOn is not responsible neither for any Third Party Products nor your use of any Third Party Products.

(i) Early Access, Previews, and Private/Public Betas. Certain features of the API may be made available to you through an early access, preview, or public/private beta access (“Preview Services”). We offer Preview Services for testing, evaluating, and improving such services. Note that Preview Services may have a reduced or different level of privacy, security, or compliance commitments, and may not become generally available or be error-free. In particular, Content in Preview Services may not be secured and may be partially or completely altered or lost, and output generated by Preview Services may also be subject to Third Party Products licenses without limitation.

3. Usage Requirements

While using our API, you (and anyone acting on your behalf) must agree to the following:

(a) The API and the Content will only be used (i) in compliance with all applicable laws; (ii) in compliance with these Terms, any other relevant document provided by LightOn, as well as with the license granted in Section 2(a); (iii) in a manner that does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate in any way any of our rights or those of any other person or entity.

(b) You are forbidden to: (i) distribute, sell, transfer, or otherwise give any rights concerning all or any portion of the API or Content to any third party (except to your end-users by making Content available to them and allowing them to use your integration of the API through your Application); (ii) create any software that functions substantially the same as the API and offer it to third parties; (iii) reverse assemble, reverse compile, decompile, translate or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of any part of the API; (iv) change, alter, falsify or otherwise create derivative works of the API or Content or attempt to do so; (v) use the API or Content in connection with any spyware, virus, worm, time bomb, Trojan horse, or any other malicious or harmful code, or any software application not expressly and knowingly authorized by users prior to being downloaded or installed on their computer or other electronic device; (vi) interfere or attempt to do so in any way with the functionality or proper functioning of the API; or (vii) use the API to create products or services that may be directly compete with the API and LightOn’s activities.

(c) You are solely responsible of making sure that the use of the API or Content with your Application does not break in any way these Terms or any agreement between you and anyone else.

(d) The API may not be used to discover or extract any underlying components of LightOn’s models, algorithms, and systems.

(e) The use of web scraping, web harvesting, or web data extraction methods to get data from the API, the Content, or LightOn’s or its affiliates’ software, models or systems, is strictly forbidden.

(f) Removing or altering in any way any notice, including any notice of intellectual property right, appearing on or contained within the API or Content, is strictly forbidden.

(g) When using the API, you must respect and will not attempt to circumvent any API’s call rate limits.

(h) Solely or in your Application, the API and Content will not be used by you, nor by your end-users through your Application, in a way that violates applicable law, including:

• (i) Illegal activities, such as child pornography, gambling, cybercrime, piracy, violating copyright or any intellectual property laws;

• (ii) You are not located or affiliated with an entity or individual that is located in, or organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in any country or geographic region subject to sanctions administered by the E.U. or by OFAC, including Iran, Russia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Cuba and the Crimean Peninsula.

• (iii) You are not a person included on one or more restricted party lists, or a person owned by or acting on behalf of a person on one or more restricted party lists, including (i) the list of sanctioned entities maintained by the UN, (ii) the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (the “SDN List”), the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, and the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List, all administered by OFAC, (iii) the U.S. Denied Persons List, the U.S. Entity List, and the U.S. Unverified List, all administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, (iv) the consolidated list of Persons, Groups and Entities subject to EU Financial Sanctions, as implemented by the EU Common Foreign & Security Policy, and (v) similar lists of restricted parties maintained by other applicable Governments.)

• (iv) You will not threaten, stalk, defame, defraud, degrade, intimidate or otherwise cause psychological harm to anyone for any reason.

(i) You will not use the API or Content or allow any user to use the Application in a way that causes societal harm and misleads, including but not limited to:

• (i) Presenting to your end-users outputs of your Application generated with no human in the loop as human-generated;

• (ii) Generating any spam or scam

(j) You are forbidden to buy, sell, share or transfer API keys from, to or with a third party without LightOn’s prior written consent.

4. Confidentiality

(a) You may be granted access to certain non-public confidential or proprietary information of LightOn, its affiliates and other third parties, including, software and specifications related to the API and LightOn’s and its affiliates’ algorithms, software, models or other business information (collectively “Confidential Information”). Confidential Information includes any information that LightOn or its affiliates consider confidential or would normally be considered confidential given the circumstances. This Confidential Information may only be used to exercise your rights under the present Terms. You may not share any Confidential Information with any third party without LightOn’s prior written consent. Furthermore, you agree that you will protect this Confidential Information from unauthorized use, access, or disclosure as you would protect your own confidential and proprietary information of a similar nature and in any event, in the best way reasonably possible.

(b) The following categories are not part of Confidential Information : (i) is or becomes generally available to the public without any implication from your side; (ii) information you already had in your possession without any clause of confidentiality when you received it under these Terms; (iii) was or is later rightfully disclosed to you by a third party without any clause of confidentiality; (iv) we approved for release in writing; or (v) you independently developed without using or referencing any Confidential Information. You are allowed to disclose Confidential Information when required by law or the valid order of a court or other governmental authority if you give prior written notice to LightOn of the disclosure in a reasonable delay.

(c) If any conflict should occur between the terms of this Section 4 and any non-disclosure agreement separately entered into between you and LightOn, the latter shall prevail. LightOn’s PRIVACY POLICY governs how we may use and disclose data, information and materials that you share with us pursuant to your use of the API and Content unless expressly agreed otherwise between you and LightOn.

5. Security

(a) Your network, operating system and the software of your servers, databases, and computer systems must be properly configured to securely operate your Application and store content collected through your Application.

(b) You agree that LightOn and its affiliates may monitor any API activity from its own systems to secure, ensure the quality of, and improve LightOn systems, products and services; perform research, and ensure compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws. You will give LightOn reasonable access to your Application to monitor compliance with these Terms. You will not interfere with this monitoring and LightOn may use any technical means to overcome such interference.

(c) You must have a process to respond to any vulnerabilities or breaches in your Application. If you discover or a third party reports to you any vulnerabilities or breaches related to your Application’s connection to the API, you will promptly contact LightOn and provide details of the vulnerability or breach.

6. Privacy and Data Protection

(a) Your Compliance. You must comply with all laws and regulations that apply to your use of the API and the data accessed through the API and your Application, including without limitation laws related to the privacy of personally identifiable information (“Privacy Laws”), such as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100–1798.199 (“CCPA”). Your Application must contain your own user agreement and privacy policy. These documents have to be located where users download or access your Application and accurately disclose to users how and what personal information you collect, use, store and share through your Application. If you are governed by the GDPR or CCPA and will be using LightOn for the processing of “personal data” as defined in the GDPR or “Personal Information” as defined in the CCPA, you may wish to execute our GDPR / CCPA Data Processing Agreement. Please contact us at contact@lighton.ai for details.

(b) Submission of Content. LightOn does not have any ownership over any intellectual property rights in the content that you submit to our API through your Application, except as expressly provided in these Terms. Exclusively in order to enable LightOn and its affiliates to provide, secure, and improve the API (and related software, models, and algorithms), you give LightOn and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, sublicensable, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, host, store, modify, communicate and publish all content submitted, posted or displayed to or from the API through your Application. Whenever allowed under applicable Privacy Laws, the foregoing license survives consumer requests for deletion of personal data or Personal Information for the sole purpose of enabling LightOn and its affiliates to provide, secure, and improve the API. Before submitting any content to our API through your Application, you will ensure that you have the necessary rights (including rights from your end-users) to grant LightOn the license.

7. Modifications

You agree that we may change our rules and procedures relating to the use of the API at any time. Furthermore, we may change or amend these Terms for a variety of reasons, such as to reflect changes in applicable law or updates to services, and to account for new services or functionality at any time. We will post notice of changes within the documentation of each applicable API and/or to our website. The most current version will always be posted on our website. Changes will not apply retroactively and will become effective at the earliest 14 days after they are posted, except for changes concerning new API functions or changes made for legal reasons, which will be effective immediately. In case you do not agree to such changes or amendments, you must stop using the API and Content immediately and terminate these Terms. If you continue using the API and Content after any change or amendment, you are considered to agree to such changes or amendments.  

8. Term and Termination

(a) Term. These Terms will be effective starting your first use of the API and will remain in effect until terminated according to these Terms (the “Duration”).

(b) LightOn’s Right to Terminate; Suspension. LightOn has the right to terminate these Terms and suspend or revoke your access to all or any of the API and Content, for convenience and for cause:

- For Convenience. We may terminate these Terms and revoke all access effective at the end of a billing cycle by providing at least 30 days’ prior written notice to you without refund for any prior period. 

- For Cause. We may suspend or terminate these Terms for any of the following reasons: (a) you have materially breached these Terms and failed to cure that breach within 30 days after We have so notified you in writing; (b) you fail to pay fees for 30 days past the due date. 

Additionally, We may limit, suspend the services to you: (i) if you fail to comply with these Terms, (ii) if you use the services in a way that causes legal liability to us or disrupts others’ use of the services; or (iii) if we are investigating suspected misconduct by you. 

(c) Your Right to Terminate. You may terminate these Terms by interrupting the use of the API and Content by stopping your use of the API. In case of termination during a month, there will be no refund of the on-going monthly fees. The termination will be effective on the first day of the following month.  

(d) Your Obligation Post-Termination. Upon termination, all licenses granted within these Terms immediately and automatically expire and you must immediately cease using the API and Content. You will promptly destroy or return to LightOn everything tangible or electronic that contains any Confidential Information.

(e) Survival. The provisions of these Terms which, by their nature, should survive termination or expiration of these Terms, including but not limited to Section 2(b) - 2(i); Section 4 (Confidentiality); Section 5 (Security); Section 6 (Privacy and Data Protection); Section 8 (Termination); Section 9 (Indemnification; Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Liability), Section 10 (Fees and Payments), Section 11 (Export Control, Sanctions Compliance, and Related Matters) and Section 12 (General Terms), shall survive and remain effective after the expiration or termination of these Terms, and apply to respective permitted successors and permitted assigns.

9. Indemnification; Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitations on Liability

(a) Indemnity. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, and each of our employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives, from and against all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines, costs, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from or relating to (i) your breaking of these Terms; (ii) your use of the API, Content, and Documentation; (iii) your Application; (iv) any content or data routed into or used with the API by you, those acting on your behalf, or your end-users; (v) your actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or violation of LightOn, its affiliate’s or any third party’s intellectual property or proprietary rights.

(b) Disclaimer. THE API IS LICENSED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. LIGHTON AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO WARRANTIES (EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO THE API, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF ANY COURSE OF DEALING, PERFORMANCE, OR TRADE USAGE. LIGHTON AND ITS AFFILIATES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE API WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCURATE OR ERROR-FREE OR SUCCEED IN RESOLVING ANY PROBLEM. YOU AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE API IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU HAVE NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE UNDER THESE TERMS THAT THE OPERABILITY OF ANY OF YOUR APPLICATIONS RUNNING WITH THE API WILL BE MAINTAINED WITH ANY SUBSEQUENT OR GENERALLY AVAILABLE VERSIONS OF THE API OR THAT ANY VERSION OF THE API WILL EVER BE MADE AVAILABLE OR MARKETED. WE MAY DISCONTINUE PROVIDING THE API OR ACCESS TO OUR SYSTEM OR MAY CHANGE THE NATURE FEATURES, FUNCTIONS, SCOPE, OR OPERATION THEREOF, AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE OFFERINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED, WILL FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED, CONSISTENTLY OR IN ANY PARTICULAR MANNER, OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCURATE, ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

(c) Limitations of Liability. NEITHER LIGHTON NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, OR DATA OR OTHER LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS. IN ANY CASE, LIGHTON’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS SHALL BE LIMITED TO €100.

10. Fees and Payments

a) Fees. You agree to pay all fees or charges to your account (“Fees”) in accordance with the prices and billing terms in effect at the time the Fees is incurred. Except as otherwise provided in a separate agreement between you and LightOn, the current API pricing is set forth on our pricing page located at XXXXXXXXXXX. We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes that we identify even if we have already issued an invoice or received payment.

b) Taxes. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, Fees do not include federal, state, local, and foreign taxes, duties, levies, imposts, withholdings, and other similar assessments or any interest and penalties thereon (“Taxes”). You are solely responsible for all Taxes associated with your purchase, excluding Taxes based on our net income. When necessary, we will invoice you for such Taxes by adding the requisite amount to your Fees. You agree to pay such Taxes in time and promptly provide us with an original receipt showing the payment, together with any additional documentary evidence that we may reasonably require. You hereby confirm that LightOn can rely on the name and address from your account registration as being the place of supply for tax purposes. You understand that you are solely responsible for keeping this information accurate and up-to-date in your Account Settings.

c) Billing Information. You must provide your contact information, including bill-to address and email address, if applicable, as well as information for a valid payment method that you are authorized to use. Maintaining complete and accurate billing information is entirely under your responsibility.

d) Payments. LightOn will charge your credit card or digital payment method on a monthly basis but may change the date on which the charge is posted at any time. All Fees are payable in Euro (€) and due upon invoice issuance. All payment obligations are non-cancelable, and all amounts paid are non-refundable except in cases for which it is stated otherwise in this Agreement.

e) Payment Authorization. By providing us with credit card information or information for any supported digital payment method, you give authorization to LightOn and its affiliates to store this information and to charge the credit card or digital payment method you have provided for the Fees when due until your account is terminated. Furthermore, you give LightOn authorization to use a third-party payment processor for payment processing. If you notify us to stop using a previously designated payment method and do not designate an alternative, your credit card expires or is declined, your payment information requires an update, or your payment cannot be completed for any other reason, your use of the API and you access to it will be suspended until we receive payment without any prior notice.

f) Disputes and Late Payments. If you decide to dispute any Fees or Taxes, it is mandatory you notify LightOn in written form by emailing billing@lighton.ai within thirty (30) days of the date of the disputed invoice. Any undisputed amounts past due are subject to a finance charge of three the legal interest rate in effect of the unpaid balance per month (or the highest rate permitted by law, whichever is lower) from the date such payment was due until the date paid. You will have to pay for all reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) LightOn had to make for collecting past due amounts. If any amount of your Fees is past due, LightOn may suspend your API access after providing you with written notice of late payment. Any amounts due under the present Agreement shall not be withheld or offset by you against amounts due to you for any reason.

You agree to exclude, control, screen or limit (i) the regions from which your end-users may access or use any of your Applications, and (ii) the persons or organizations who are your end-users, in either case, in order to comply with all applicable laws related to Embargoed Countries or Restricted Party Lists, including any requirements or obligations to know your end-users directly. LightOn does not have the means to know and cannot be held responsible for your end-users.

12. General Terms

(a) Additional Terms.. If you use the API as an interface to, or together with, other LightOn products and services, the terms of those products and services are applicable as well to you and your end-users.

(b) Relationship of the Parties. No partnership, joint venture or agency relationship between you and LightOn or any of LightOn’s affiliates is created by these Terms. LightOn and you are independent contractors and neither party will have the power to bind the other or to incur obligations on the other’s behalf without the other party’s prior written consent.

(c) Use of Brands. You will not use LightOn’s or any of its affiliates’ names, logos, or trademarks, unless you get a prior written consent from us.

(d) Assignment and Delegation. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under these Terms, including in connection with a change of control. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be null and void. LightOn has the right to freely assign or delegate any rights and obligations under these Terms without notice to you.

(e) Equitable Remedies. You agree that any violation or breach of these Terms may cause irreparable harm to LightOn and its affiliates. Thus, you agree that, if you violate or breach the present Terms, LightOn will have the right to use any legal remedies that LightOn may have, including to seek injunctive relief against you.

(f) Entire Agreement. These Terms and any policies incorporated in these Terms contain the entire agreement between you and LightOn regarding the use of the API and prevail over any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications, or understandings between you and LightOn on that subject.

(g) Jurisdiction, Venue and Choice of Law. These Terms will be governed by the laws of France. Except as provided in Section 12(k) below, all claims arising out of the present Terms will be brought exclusively in the courts of Paris, France, and you and LightOn each consent to personal jurisdiction in these courts.

(h) Notices. All notices will be given in written form and will reference these Terms. LightOn may notify you using the registration information you provided, or the email address associated with your Application. Service will be deemed given on the date of receipt when delivered by email or on the date sent via courier when delivered by post. LightOn accepts service of process at this address:

LightOn, SAS 

Headquarters: 2, rue de la Bourse F-75002 Paris

Offices: 5, Impasse Reille F-75014 Paris

E-mail: contact[at]lighton.ai

(i) Waiver and Severability. If you do not comply with these Terms, and LightOn does not take action right away, this does not mean that LightOn is giving up any rights it may have (such as taking action in the future). If a particular term of these Terms is invalidated or declared unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that term will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and it will not affect the enforceability of any other terms.

(j) Dispute Resolution. In case of a dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of the present Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof (collectively, “Disputes”), each party’s senior representatives will engage in good faith negotiations with the other party’s senior representatives to amicably resolve a Dispute (except for Disputes concerning the intellectual property of a party, which will be resolved in litigation before the courts of Paris).

(k) Class Waiver. Each party agrees that any Disputes between them must be brought against each other on an individual basis only. That means neither party can bring a Dispute as a plaintiff or class member in a class action, consolidated action, or representative action, in court, an arbitration proceeding or otherwise. . If a court decides that this Section 12(k) is not enforceable or valid, then this Section 12(k) will be null and void, but the rest of the present Terms will still apply.

(l) Notice of Business Acquisitions, Combinations and Similar Transactions. If you are a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, trust or other entity, you are under the obligation to notify us in written form at least 30 days prior to consummating a transaction or several transactions in which you buy, sell, share or transfer one or more API keys pursuant to a business combination, acquisition, merger, joint venture, partnership transaction, purchase or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of an entity, or liquidation.

13 Personal data protection

The parties agree that it is in their common interest to explicitly determine their respective obligations with regard to personal data protection. Therefore, the parties have concluded an Annex on personal data protection (the "Data Protection Annex" or “DPA”) which is attached to the present Terms and Conditions.