Terms of Use

Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co KG, Allendorf (Eder), Germany, as a manufacturer and a licensor (hereinafter referred to as “Licensor” or “Viessmann”) provides you, the User and Licensee (hereinafter referred to as “Licensee”), with the use of the ViCare or Vitotrol Plus App (hereinafter referred to as “App”) in accordance with these End Customer Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as “Terms of Use”).
 

Article 1  Subject matter and scope of Application of the Terms of Use

1. The subject matter of these Terms of Use is the granting of rights of use for Licensor’s App to Licensee for Licensor’s heating system and the provisions of the use of the functions offered within the App. The App may be used as part of the operation of Licensee’s Viessmann heating system. The use of the App requires an internet connection of the heating system. Further technical requirements, suitable heating systems and installation details can be found in the product literature here. The App is free to install. Use of the App requires registration in accordance with Article 5 hereof and consent to the Privacy Policy for ViCare and Vitotrol Plus, which is available here.
2. The App consists of the object code of the App, as provided by Licensor for the relevant end user device (where Applicable, through a platform such as iTunes or Google Play) for download and installation.
3. Unless explicitly provided otherwise, these Terms of Use shall apply both to consumers and to entrepreneurs. A consumer means any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that predominantly are outside his trade, business or profession (Section 13 German Civil Code, where applicable). An entrepreneur is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal personality who or which, when entering into a legal transaction, acts in exercise of his or its trade, business or profession (Section 14(1) Civil Code, where applicable).

Article 2  Updates

1. Licensor provides updates for the App and via the heating system for firmware of the communication components, i.e., the interface between Licensee’s heating system and the internet (hereinafter referred to as “updates”) to be installed in order to guarantee the security of the App or to take into account the change in functions of the App and to adapt the App to progress in technical development. Licensor may, at its discretion, alter the scope of the function of the App without separate notification, without, however, significantly limiting the functionality of the App. Licensor shall notify Licensee of any such changes in advance. Licensor recommends that updates always be installed in a timely manner. Where Licensee fails to install updates even after a reminder in the App and to Licensee’s email address, Licensor may terminate this agreement and delete the associated user account.
2. Licensee shall not be entitled to have updates made available in order to extend the functions.
3. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensor only maintains the current status of the App. Upon expiry of the warranty under the agreement on the purchase of the heating system or the retrofitting of the system with an internet interface, Licensor reserves the right to cancel the App and terminate this agreement.

Article 3  Granting of rights of use, Availability

1. At the time of registration, Licensor grants Licensee (see Article 5 on registration obligations) non-exclusive rights of use to the App in question. The rights of use shall be granted for use of the App in accordance with these Terms of Use for individual purposes in connection with Viessmann products.
2. The rights of use shall be granted under the following conditions subsequent:
   
   - Licensee acknowledges the authorship of Licensor and in particular will not alter or remove any authorship notifications;
   - Licensee will not alter and/or decompile the App (Licensee’s authorizations contained in Sections 69d and 69e German Copyright Act, or similar international provisions, shall remain unaffected);
   - Licensee will not transmit any communications or content of any type that may infringe or violate any rights of any party;
   - Licensee will not use the App for any purpose in violation of local, provincial, national or international laws;
   - Licensee will not use the App as a means to distribute advertising or other unsolicited material to any third party;
   - Licensee will not use the App to transmit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful or embarrassing to any other person or entity;
   - Licensee will not use, attempt to disable, "hack" or otherwise interfere with the proper functioning of the App
   Unauthorized use of the App may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
3. Where Licensor allows the passing on of rights of use by Licensee to third parties, Licensee shall ensure that any such third parties also acknowledge and agree to these Terms of Use and enter into all of the rights and obligations arising therefrom.
4. Some of the functions of the App require a connection to a system ("backend") via the internet belonging to Licensor. Viessmann guarantees 95% availability of the App on average annually. Prior notice of maintenance work given not less than seven (7) days in advance (maximum of five hours/week on average annually) shall not be taken into account. Viessmann shall make every effort to perform maintenance work during times in which the App is only infrequently used.

Article 4  Supported user devices and supported hardware and software

1. Licensor provides Licensee with the App for use in accordance with the provisions on a supported user device. Supported user devices and their minimum requirements are listed in the current version of the product literature, which are available here.
2. The system and software requirements set by Licensor in the current version of the product literature for use of the App must be complied with, which are available here. Software programs and services provided by third-party manufacturers, which are intended to work with the App may only be used after approval by Licensor. Compliance with the system requirements is the responsibility of Licensee, only. Questions regarding interoperability should be forwarded to Licensor.

Article 5  Registration

1. Licensee shall be obligated to register for proper use of the App and to create a user account. Correct and complete information about Licensee’s identity, email address, and where applicable, client number and other user data such as installation location are to be entered and updated in case of any changes. In addition, Licensee is to notify Licensor where Licensee is no longer entitled to use the system (e.g., in case of sale of the home in which the system operates to a new owner). Any breach of this obligation shall entitle Licensor to exclude Licensee from using the App.
2. Licensor may block a user account if there are signs that the user account has been used in an unauthorized manner and/or unauthorized access to the App or Licensor’s underlying systems is gained or attempted from the user account (“hacking”). In such cases, Licensor shall notify Licensee via the email address provided in the user account without undue delay and re-enable access by means of setting up a new user account, unless there are facts that suggest that Licensee has attempted to access Licensor’s systems without authorization.
3. Licensor shall be entitled to extraordinary termination of this agreement without notice and delete the user account if Licensor’s backend is unable to connect to Licensee’s system permanently (for more than 6 months) without this being the fault of Licensor and Licensee has been notified thereof by email to the email address provided and in the App without any remedy being provided within eight weeks of such notification.
4. Licensee is solely responsible for all conduct under Licensee’s account. Licensee must take all necessary steps to ensure that no one other than Licensee uses the account, and to keep the account username and password confidential. If Licensee has any reason to believe that the account has been used by any other person, Licensee shall notify Licensor immediately.

Article 6  Warranty

1. Licensee shall be responsible for the configuration of the App in accordance with the current material accompanying Viessmann heating systems. Where Licensee is a businessperson, Section 377 German Commercial Code shall also apply with regard to the warranty, where applicable.
2. Licensor does not guarantee that the functions of the App will correspond to Licensee’s requirements or be available uninterrupted. Unless prohibited by law, Licensor makes no express warranty regarding the App and disclaims any applicable statutory or implied warranty.

Article 7  Liability

1. Licensor shall have unlimited liability where damage is caused intentionally or as a result of gross negligence by Licensor or its legal representative. Licensor shall also have unlimited liability in case of injury to life, body or health. In addition, Licensor shall be liable for guaranteed functions of the App and legally in accordance with mandatory laws, in particular product liability laws and product safety laws.
2. In addition, Licensor shall be liable in case of slightly negligent breach of such obligations if the fulfillment of these obligations is what actually makes the proper performance of the agreement possible and if the contractual partner may regularly rely on such obligation being met (“material obligations”). This liability, however, shall only correspond to the level of damage that can typically be foreseen at the time of the conclusion of the agreement. In other cases of slight negligence, there shall be no liability.
3. Licensor shall not be liable for damage arising from incorrect configuration for which Licensor is not responsible or from use of devices that do not meet the system requirements.
4. Licensor shall not be liable for additional costs incurred during the use of the App (in particular, for the cost of data transfer via mobile communications including data roaming). Such exclusion of liability shall not apply, if Licensor is responsible for gross negligence or intent.

Article 8  Indemnity

Licensee agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Licensor and its affiliated companies and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and producers from and against all losses, claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made resulting from content Licensee submits or transmits through the App, Licensee’s use of the App, Licensee’s violation of these Terms of Use, or Licensee’s violation of any rights of another person.

Article 9 Intellectual Property

1. All design, text, layout, graphics and the selection and arrangement thereof is owned by Licensor and/or its affiliates, or licensed to Licensor, and all rights are reserved. Licensee is authorized to view and download the App solely for the use contemplated herein or as otherwise permitted by Licensor, provided that Licensee agrees not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials. Any other use of App materials, including: (1) reproduction, except as authorized herein; (2) modifications; (3) distributions; (4) republication; (5) transmission; (6) re-transmissions; (7) or public showing, without Licensor prior written permission, is strictly prohibited.
2. Licensee may not remove or obscure the copyright notice or other notices contained in information or products retrieved from the App.
3. All Licensor trademarks are protected by law. Unauthorized use of Licensor trademarks is strictly prohibited. All other trademark, service marks, company names or company logos, as used or referenced in the App, are the property of their respective owners.

Article 10  Extraordinary right of termination

Licensor shall be entitled to terminate this license agreement for good cause, in particular in case of serious breaches of these Terms of Use or the copyrights associated with the App.

Article 11  Final provisions

1. If individual provisions of these Terms of Use are or be come ineffective, they shall be replaced by provisions most closely resembling the economic intent of the ineffective provision. Should a provision of these Terms of Use be or become ineffective, the effectiveness of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use or of this agreement as a whole shall remain unaffected.
2. The Terms of Use may be amended or supplemented at Licensor’s discretion to an extent that is reasonable for Licensee. In such event, registered licensees shall be notified in writing not less than six weeks prior to the change coming into effect (e.g., to the email address provided by Licensee or via the information service for the product). The amended or supplemented Terms of Use shall apply unless Licensee objects prior to the date when they come into effect, after Licensor has specifically notified Licensee of the consequences of remaining silent. If Licensee does object, Licensor may terminate this agreement with a notice period of one month after the notification of the objection.
3. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Germany. Legal venue shall be Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where Licensee is a businessperson, legal entity under public law or special fund under public law.

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