Conditions of use and legal notice

Sequentia Biotech S.L. as provider of the information services and in line with the disposition of the art.10 Law 34/2002 of July the 11th about the Services of the Information Society and Electronic commerce, makes available to the users the information contained in this legal notice, that it is important to read,

Sequentia Biotech S.L.is the service provider of the information society.
The user is the person navigating the Internet.

Identification data:
Web: www.sequentiabiotech.com
contact e- mail info@sequentiabiotech.com

This domain belongs to Sequentia Biotech S.L. (henceforth SB) , with Tax Id number B65947814 , registered at the Trade Registry of Barcelona, Tomo 43558, Folio 214 Hoja B-432189 and with legal address at Carrer de València, 359, 2º 1ª, 08009, Barcelona, Spain .

Legal notice acceptance:
This legal notice regulates the access, the use of the content, the information and the services listed in www.sequentiabiotech.com and those parts of other pages of SB, contained in this one:
All DNS thirds levels (eg: transcriptomics.sequentiabiotech.com, metagenomics.sequentiabiotech.com, …)
www.artennua.com
sciencedesigners.com
(henceforth the WEB)
The access and the web navigation imply that the user fully accepts the present legal notice.

ACCESS
The web access implies visiting it, the user registration is not required to visit the web; it is only necessary to visit it by navigating the web.
At some time and to access some services or contents users will be required to register; in this case it will be expressly indicated the warranties which they are entitled to with regard to data protection and the conditions applicable to the specific service, so that the user is able to freely accept and register or not to register.

USE
In case the user registers on the web, he undertakes and guarantees that the personal data reported are authentic and real. Furthermore, the user agrees to and is responsible for updating the information and make sure that it corresponds to its current situation.
The processing of personal data supplied by the user, will be realized in full conformity with the Privacy Policy contained in the web.

Confidentiality:
Upon registering, the user has to guarantee complete confidentiality about the information he can access, is obliged not to disseminate the referred confidential information and not to publish it in any way, nor directly nor through third parties or companies.
In case of infringement , SB has the right to adopt all the necessary means when considered necessary.
The user undertakes to use the web, its contents and services in conformity to the law, the present Legal Notice, the moral and the public order.

Prohibited use
It is forbidden to use the contents or the services provided through the web with illegal purpose or effects or contrary to what is contained in the present Legal Notice, harmful of the interests and the rights of third parties, or that in any way has the potential to damage, disable, not make accessible, or deteriorate the web , its contents or its services or to prevent a normal use of it through other users.
In the same way, the user expressly undertakes not to destroy, alter, disable or damage the data, programs, or electronic documents available in the web. Not to hinder the access of other users due to the massive use of informatic resources through which SB operates, and not to carry out actions that can damage, interrupt, or generate errors in the above mentioned systems or services.
The user undertakes not to introduce programs, virus, macros, or other logic device or sequence of characters able to cause or likely to cause alterations in SB or third parties’ informatic systems .
The use of the tecnologic resources, information and contents integrated or incorporated to SB outside the domain of it or with purposes that are outside the scope of SB is prohibited.

Exemption of responsibility
SB is not responsible for the security errors that can occur, nor the damages that can be caused to the user’s information system or to the files or documents stored as a consequence of a virus in the user’s computer, or a malfunction of the web, due to causes not related to SB.
SB is also not responsible in case of offence to the industrial property and intellectual rights due to third parties, nor of the breach of third parties that can affect SB users.
SB is not responsible towards users for the disclosure of its personal data to third parties, that is not due to causes directly attributable to SB, nor for the use that third parties can make of these data.

Intellectual and Industrial Property
All the web contents, unless otherwise stated, are owned by SB or public domain of third parties duly authorized. And with illustrative purpose only, the source code, the texts, the images, the brands, the designs, the logos, the tables, the illustration, the pictures, the domain names and any other element susceptible to be protected with intellectual or industrial property that appear or are part of the web.
At the same way, all the commercial names, the brands, the logos, the distinctive signs of any type, contained in the web, are protected by the law.
In no case shall it be understood that a licence has been granted, or that it has been waved, transmitted, ceded totally or partially of those rights, nor that any right has been awarded, and particularly, to exploit , reproduce, distribute, transform, or publicly communicate these contents without the previous authorization expressed by SB or by third parties.

LINKS
SB can contain links or hyperlinks to other websites managed by different people, the present Legal Notice is referred uniquely to SB, and therefore it is not applicable to links or webpages belonging to third parties that can be accessed through the SB website. We recommend the user that in case he access other websites through links in our web, to read all the conditions of use or the privacy policy belonging to these websites carefully.

SB is not responsible for the content of any of the web destinations coming from a link, nor of any other link included in a web that can be accessed from SB, nor of any change or update of these websites.
Responsibility for the damages or prejudices of any type that can be caused to the user by the use of technical devices of links, directories or research tools, that allow users to access the website belonging to or managed by third parties is excluded.
It is expressly forbidden to introduce hyperlinks with advertising or commercial aims, or of association to web pages external from Sequentia that would allow to access to SB without consent or without expressed authorization.
Deep linking or deep hyperlinking is forbidden, which means hyperlinks to any SB page without accessing it from the home page.

SOCIAL NETWORK
SB uses social networks as LinkedIn and Twitter. The user can join SB social network groups, and by doing it will accept the Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy of the corresponding social network.

SUBSCRIPTION TO THE CONTENTS
The user can subscribe through SB to use the different services that SB can offer, i.e. access the software for the RNA-Seq through AIR, or obtain through GAIA a complete and detailed overview of the microbiomes and access a free trial.
For each section and before subscribing, the user will have access to the detailed information about the characteristics of the service, way to subscribe, data to be provided, methods of payment.
SB has a newsletter allowing users to receive the bulletin with all the contents and news about the different services; to subscribe it is necessary to indicate your name, surname, and email in the related field and to confirm the subscription via email that will be sent after the registration. It will be necessary to accept the legal texts by ticking the right box.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
The personal data related to this web respects the RGPD requirements and the applicable legislation and policy about the protection of personal data.
SB will manage the personal data collected through this web respecting the RGPD legislation and the Spanish legislation about data protection. Data referral by users is completely voluntary.

APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
The relation between SB and the user will be regulated by the existing Spanish legislation and before any dispute, both parties renounce to any other forum, and will submit to the Courts and Tribunals of the city of Barcelona.

GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS
Pre-contract information:
These general terms and conditions in addition to, whenever relevant, the particular conditions that may be established, regulate the contracting of the services specifically through:
www.sequentiabiotech.com (from now on the web),
Holder: SEQUENTIA BIOTECH S.L. (from now on the Service provider).
NIF: B 65947814.
Registration details: Commercial register of Barcelona, tome 43558, sheet 214, page B432189.
Registered office: Av. Can domenech edif. Eureka, campus UAB 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés.
Email address: info@sequentiabiotech.com
And the third parties (from now on Users) contracting the services through the web and registered through a username and a password, over which they have full responsibility of use and custody.
To access the contracting of services via the web, the user should previously have access to and accept the general terms and conditions, which are available on the web and be printed and stored at any time.
The moment the user introduces the data requested on the web’s contact form:
1- Accepts the responsibility of providing true, complete and exact data regarding their identity and understands that they are directly and exclusively responsible for the authenticity, accuracy, validity and veracity of the data.
2- Acknowledges they are of legal age, have the juridical and operative capacity required to purchase the services and products offered by the service provider on the web.
3- Should the service provider have reason to doubt the veracity, accuracy and integrity of the data, it may deny the user access and use of the website.

Subject of the Contract:
www.sequentiabiotech.com is a website with the purpose of providing software for sequence analysis.
The purpose of the contract is to regulate the contractual relationship between the service provider and the user at the moment the latter accepts the corresponding checkbox during the purchasing process.
The contractual relationship involves providing a specific service in exchange for a determinate price publically available on the website.
All communication with the user will be undertaken electronically.
In accordance with the provision of article 23 Law 34/2002 of 11 july regarding services of the society of information and electronic service (LSSICE), contracts executed electronically will produce all the effects expected by the legal system, once consent and all other requirements for its validity are met.
In any case, the electronic forms holding the present business conditions for contracts arranged electronically will be admissible as documentary evidence in case of conflict between the parties.
For these purposes, it shall be understood that the follow up of all phases of the subscription process and, when relevant, payment of the corresponding economic amount, necessarily implies consent provision required for the contracting.
In the same way, pursuant to that stipulated in article 27 of the LSSICE, all the information relative to the contract will be available to the users before the start of the contract, and will only be applicable once the user decides to proceed with the contract via the web.

Terms and Conditions:
The current General Conditions of Business, Legal Notice, Privacy Policy are part of the Terms and Conditions of use and contracting (from now on Terms and Conditions).
Therefore, the access and contracting of any of the services offered by the service provider or its intermediaries via the web, signifies the acceptance without question of the Terms and Conditions by the user.
Register as a user:
Registration is free and the user should sign up by making an account on the website. For that, they must provide the personal identifiable information required, freely and voluntarily, and should be truthful and accurate, as it is the only way to ensure the service in question is processed correctly. The user will choose a username and will not choose words that confuse others, bad sounding, offensive expressions, or in general contrary to the law, morals and good manners.

The account of every registered user is personal and intransferible and lending the account to other people is not permitted, and it is within the rights of the service provider to delete the account upon detection.
To be a registered user it is essential to be over 18 years of age.
The user can cancel the registered service at any time by writing to info@sequentiabiotech.com and giving their details.

Procurement Procedure:
The procurement procedure of all the products and services is carried out electronically. There are two products or services:
AIR: Artificial Intelligence RNAseq and Gaia
Both are SaaS to analyse RNA and DNA sequencing data.
The complete the procurement procedure all users wanting to purchase the services offered by the service provider is as follows:
Once the user has accessed the service they want to purchase, they should enter the data solicited via the application, accept the legal terms and click on the registration button, it’s important that the user checks over the description of the service, as well as the conditions and final price detailed on every product or service.
Then the user must introduce the payment method they wish from the those offered: e-commerce stripe, paypal and braintree, or payment via transfer.
Under no circumstances will the service provider have access to the bank details, as they will are directly managed by the corresponding bank entities in the payment gateways.
The user will automatically receive a confirmation email of the service purchased, and this document can be used as accreditation for any claim.

Prices:
The price of every product or service is indicated on the web with an accompanying description and is publically accessible, without the need to register as a user in order to see it.
The legally corresponding VAT and any other applicable charges must be added to the advertised price in accordance to the type of operation.
In any case, all the amounts will be shown and broken down for the user during the procurement process.

Payment and Invoicing:
To pay the corresponding amount, the user must previously introduce their billing details and payment method and depending on whether the final user is a Spanish company or a company from the European Union that is purchasing the products or services, the corresponding VAT will be applied in accordance to the local VAT laws.
Payment of other credit through the internet will be carried out via the web through an external financial entity that is hosted on the web under a secure SSL protocol.
Specifically, we use Stripe as the service provider, which is a secure online payment system that allows all types of international credit, PayPal and Braintree. Under no circumstances do we keep the user’s card details.
In order for the service to be effectual, the service provider must receive confirmation of payment by the financial entity responsible for the payment gateway.
The service provider will forward the corresponding invoice once payment has been confirmed. By accepting the present conditions the user expresses their explicit consent to receive the invoice electronically.
For any information regarding the purchase or invoice the user can contact the service provider at info@sequentiabiotech.com
Applicable Guarantees:
The service provider commits to ensure the content, data or information relating to the products and services offered through the web is truthful and accurate, and is responsible for the prices and characteristics stated. However, it will not be responsible for the information entered or modified by third parties outside the company.
For any further information the user can contact the service provider at info@sequentiabiotech.com.

Responsibilities:
The service provider is not responsible for the information that is introduced, shown or modified on the website by external third parties unrelated to the service provider.
The parties commit to comply with their legal and contractual obligations resulting from the present contract. If one party does not comply with one of their obligations or tries to hamper the compliance of the other party, there will be a right to claim compensation for damage, both for emerging damage and for loss of profit, according to the applicable laws.
The service provider will no be responsible in case of unavailability of the product. However, the service provider will contact the user to try and find the best solution to problem.
The service provider will employ all the commercial and technical effort within reach to keep its services available on the web. However any unavailability or low performance caused by the update and technical maintenance of the web, events of force majeure, technological problems, actions or omissions of third parties etc. are beyond the scope of responsibility of the service provider.

Applicable law and jurisdiction:
These conditions will be governed or interpreted in accordance with the Spanish law in that which has not been expressly established. The service provider of the service and the user agree to submit any controversy that could arise from the procurement of the products or services that are subject to these conditions to the Courts and Tribunals of Barcelona.
Should the user have their residency outside of Spain, the service provider and the user expressly renounce to any other forum, submitting themselves to the Courts and Tribunals of Barcelona.
Also any user resident of the European Union has the possibility of using the Online Dispute Platform (ODR) through the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/odr
For any other consultation regarding said platform, the user can visit the European Consumer Centre in Spain, located in Madrid, calle Príncipe de Vergara 54, 28006.