As used in these Terms of Service (“Terms” or “Agreement”), the term “You” and “Your” shall mean the Client (“Firm”) detailed on the Client Order Form. This Agreement governs Your use of the Smokeball Subscription, as defined below. Your use of the Smokeball Subscription is conditional upon Your acceptance of these Terms and Smokeball’s Privacy Policy at www.smokeball.com/privacy.
The Client Order Form and any subsequent changes to User licenses or billing, whether written or submitted online, are a part of and incorporated by reference into this Agreement. If You are entering into this Agreement on behalf of a company, You represent that You are over the age of eighteen (18) and have the complete authority to enter into this Agreement on behalf of Your company. Your continued use of the Subscription after any changes to the Terms shall constitute your agreement to be bound by such changes.
You are granted a non-exclusive, limited, and non-transferable User license to use and access the Subscription subject to Your payment of the Subscription Fees owed. You are responsible for all activities that occur under Your User accounts, including Your Users’ compliance with these Terms.
You agree not to modify, reverse engineer, reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, adapt, or exploit the Subscription. You agree to comply with all local, state, federal, and foreign laws, rules, regulations, or treaties in connection with Your use of the Subscription, including, but not limited to, those related to data security and privacy, and the collection and transmission of Client Data.
You agree not to use the Subscription for any unlawful, offensive, threatening, infringing (including, but not limited to, copyright, trademark, or patent infringement), defamatory, pornographic, obscene, or other purpose violating anyone’s rights, including privacy rights. You agree not to send, store, or upload any “spam” or any malicious code or virus of malicious or destructive nature. You shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to, or use of, Subscription and notify Smokeball immediately of any such unauthorized use.
You agree that accessing our System through any automated, mechanical, programmatic, robotic, scripted, or other automated means not provided or authorized by Smokeball is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of bots, crawlers, scrapers, automated scripts, or any form of automation for data access, extraction, or migration. Smokeball reserves the right to block, restrict, or limit access that appears to violate these terms. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that all access methods comply within Smokeball's guidelines and limitations.
The term of Your Subscription commences on the Start Date listed on your Client Order form or as listed in your Auto-Renewal notification and continues thereafter for the Subscription Duration, unless earlier terminated as set forth herein. The fees may be subject to change pursuant to Section 7.
The Subscription Fee is a fixed fee for the entire Subscription Term and is not refundable, cancellable, or avoidable including, but not limited to, failure to complete financing approval process pursuant to Section 7, reasonable delays in Migration pursuant to Section 11, or due to a ‘change of mind’, including where You choose to reduce or cease Your use of the Subscription during the agreed Subscription Term.
If Smokeball has agreed that You may pay the Subscription Fee in periodic installments, then each installment is a partial payment of the Subscription Fee and is not a severable payment for the use of the Subscription for the installment period.
Your Subscription Fees per User are fixed during the Subscription Term but may be increased for any subsequent Subscription Term or upon the addition or removal of Users pursuant to clauses 6 and 9 below. You will be provided with any notice of increase in Your Subscription Fees at least sixty (60) days prior to the commencement of any subsequent Subscription Term.
Smokeball may from time to time make Add-ons available for purchase. If You purchase an Add-on, 1) you must pay the applicable Fees for that Add-on pursuant to clause 8; and 2) you will be permitted to access and use the Add-on for your Subscription Term.
You may upgrade Your Subscription Tier at any time within Your Subscription Term. Such an upgrade in Tier can only be applied to all Your Users. Your Users cannot be segmented into different Subscription Tiers.
Subscription Fees relating to the upgrade will apply at Your next monthly payment date and for the remainder of Your Subscription Term. These additional Subscription Fees are payable immediately and in full. The additional costs of upgrading Subscription Tiers will be charged and processed directly through Smokeball pursuant to clause 8.
Lowering the Subscription Tier of Your Subscription is 1) not allowed within a Subscription Term, even if You upgraded Your Tier previously within that Subscription Term; but 2) is allowed at time of Renewal. Unless otherwise indicated on Your Client Order Form, Your Subscription Tier is Prosper+.
You may access and use the Subscription up to the number of Users specified on Your Client Order Form. In the event You have increased Your total number of Users during a Subscription Term, the User count for the new Subscription Term will be based on the number of Users as of Your Renewal Date. You agree:
If requested by You, Smokeball may refer you to a third-party credit provider (“Financing Partner” or “Financier”) to enable you to submit an application to the Financier for credit which, if approved, will be provided pursuant to a Financing Agreement between You and the Financier. Further, You acknowledge and agree that:
In the event You complete the Financier’s approval process and are denied a Funding Agreement with the Financier, your Subscription Term shall default to twelve (12) months, and you will be notified, in writing, of the new total monthly Subscription Fee.
Failure to complete Financing paperwork or ‘change of mind’ shall not void your contractual obligation with Smokeball and Smokeball has the right to process payment directly for the Fees and Subscription Term listed on the Client Order Form.
If You choose to use a Financing Partner and the approval process is not completed within fourteen (14) days of the Start Date listed on your Client Order Form, the initial Subscription Term shall default to twelve (12) months and you will be notified, in writing, of the new total monthly Subscription Fee. You acknowledge that this Subscription Fee may be higher than that listed on your Client Order Form.
You acknowledge that the effective dates and obligations of Your Subscription (Start Date and End Date listed on the Client Order Form) with Smokeball and those listed on Your Financing Agreement may be different. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, Smokeball shall provide Subscription services up until the End Date listed on the Client Order Form or with Financing Partner, whichever is later.
You shall pay the Subscription Fee on the Client Order Form directly to Smokeball, Financing Partner pursuant to Section 7, or as otherwise stated within this Agreement. Subscription Fees are based on the current number of Users listed on the Client Order Form or added during the Subscription Term, not the extent of actual usage. You are responsible for paying for all Users for the entire Subscription Term, unless otherwise stated in this Agreement. Users added in the middle of a billing period will be charged in full on the next applicable payment date. Subscription Fees are non-refundable.
Smokeball will not increase Subscription Fees during Your current Subscription Term except where: 1) You add Users pursuant to clause 6; and/or 2) change Subscription Tier pursuant to clause 5; and/or 3) You purchase and Add-on in accordance with clause 4.
You must provide Smokeball with a valid credit card, debit card, or bank routing information as a condition to signing up for the Subscription. If You provide Your payment information to Smokeball, You expressly authorize that the payment information to be used to pay for all Fees incurred in connection with Your Subscription, including from any Auto-Renewal charges. Subscription Fees are subject to change upon Your Renewal Date.
Client may not unilaterally revoke prior consent authorizing Smokeball to charge the credit or debit card on file to avoid paying applicable Subscription, Add-ons, and Balance Due Fees.
Further, You acknowledge and agree that:
At least sixty (60) days prior to the End Date of your Subscription Term, we will notify you that the end of the Subscription Term is approaching and provide you information pertaining to Your renewal that sets out the terms (including Subscription Fees) that we propose will apply to a renewal of your Subscription Term.
If you do not wish to renew Your Subscription Term, then you must notify us at least 30 days prior to End Date or Renewal Date of Your Subscription Term. If by the End Date or Renewal Date You have not notified Smokeball that You do not wish to renew, then on the End Date or Renewal Date of Your Subscription Term, your Subscription will automatically renew as a 12-month subscription, invoiced and paid monthly, at Smokeball's then standard pricing (and as notified to you by Smokeball).
You acknowledge and agree that your Subscription Fee may increase at Renewal or upon Auto-Renewal. Smokeball shall use the number of Users as of your Renewal Date as the User count for your new Subscription Term and the Subscription Fee will be adjusted accordingly. This includes any Users that may have been added to Your Subscription pursuant to clause 6.
If Your Subscription is subject to an Auto-Renewal, in accordance with this clause, at any time during the first thirty (30) days of the new Subscription Term, either party may terminate the Subscription. No fees incurred during this period shall be refundable. After this 30-day period has elapsed, Your Subscription Term may only be terminated in accordance with this clause, or as otherwise stated in this Agreement.
Smokeball may offer you a free trial period during which you may use the Services (or a part of them) without paying any Subscription Fees. The terms of this Agreement apply to Your use of the Services during the trial period, other than the terms of this Agreement relating to the payment of Fees. On expiry of the trial period, You must cease all use of the Services unless and until you have entered into a Client Order Form for a paid Subscription for the Services.
Both You and Smokeball understand that business requirements may impact the scope and ability to complete a Migration for You on or by a specified date. You acknowledge that timelines provided are made according to an estimated schedule and are subject to change based on action or omission by You or Smokeball. Smokeball shall inform You if such a delay is the result of any action or omission by You, in writing. Smokeball shall provide You with the reasons for the delay, relative to the action or omission, and update You with a revised timeline of Migration completion. Examples of such actions or omissions include, but are not limited to, Smokeball’s receipt of delayed, corrupt, unusable, or incomplete data from You, requests by You to increase scope, Your failure to review data in a timely manner, etc. Migration delay caused by Your action or omission shall not void any obligation to make timely payments to Smokeball or Financier.
You agree to notify Smokeball as soon as reasonably able if You become aware of any issues that have the potential to impact Migration completion (including, but not limited to an inability to provide a data export, review data for completeness by a specified date, attend Migration project check-ins, etc.). Smokeball shall make reasonable efforts, but cannot guarantee, to maintain specified timelines upon requests for delay by You.
Smokeball shall inform You if a Migration delay is the result of any action or omission by Us, in writing. Smokeball shall provide You with the reasons for the delay, relative to the action or omission, and update You with a revised timeline of Migration completion. Delays due to risks that Smokeball could not have reasonably foreseen or are outside of Smokeball’s ability to control or manage, shall not constitute breach.
Due to the complex nature of Migration, Smokeball shall have sixty (60) days to remedy any delays due to risks that Smokeball could have reasonably foreseen and that are within Smokeball’s ability to control or manage (known as the “Period of Delay”). The total aggregate and cumulative liability for any and all claims of any kind arising as a result of or related to Migration delays caused by Smokeball, shall not exceed the sum of Subscription and Migration Fees paid by You during the Period of Delay.
You shall be responsible for all taxes or charges imposed by federal, state, or a local governmental entity (other than taxes on Smokeball’s income). Smokeball shall notify You of any changes or requirements by law that may impact Your Subscription Fees. Any taxes or charges imposed by federal, state, or local government entity that You may be subject to, shall not constitute breach or void any obligation to pay Smokeball for Your Subscription Term.
Smokeball reserves the right to suspend or terminate this Agreement and Your access to the Subscription if Your account with Smokeball or a Financing Partner becomes delinquent, or You are otherwise unable to provide proper payment.
Smokeball will provide delinquency and suspension notifications via email and/or the Smokeball Subscription platform. You will receive a warning message indicating impending account suspension at thirty (30) days delinquent. If Your delinquency is not rectified within thirty (30) days, Smokeball reserves the right to suspend Your access to the Smokeball Subscription until Your account is brought current or terminated pursuant to clause 14 below. Any new Subscription will require past balances to be brought current.
Neither Smokeball nor You has the right to terminate this Agreement or cancel the Subscription, without cause, during Your agreed Subscription Term.
Either party (First Party) may terminate this Agreement if the other party is in material breach of this Agreement and such breach is not capable of being cured or is not cured within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice from the First Party requiring it to do so, or as otherwise agreed to in these Terms or in writing.
You agree that (without limitation) it will be a material breach if: 1) You use the Subscription in breach of any law or in a manner that causes Smokeball to be in breach of law; if You infringe Smokeball’s intellectual property rights; or 2) If Your account is validly suspended in accordance with clause 13 and you have not remedied the basis of suspension after thirty (30) days; or 3) If through Your wrongful act or omission You create a risk to the Services or any user of the Services.
Upon termination of Your Subscription, You must immediately cease all use of the services. You agree that upon the termination of Your Subscription, we may immediately deactivate Your Services and may delete Your account and data after thirty (30) days.
In the event of termination of this Agreement due to material breach by You, You agree to pay the balance due on Your Subscription (if any) and You agree that Smokeball may charge such unpaid fees to Your credit card, debit card, or bank account on file. You may not unilaterally revoke prior consent authorizing Smokeball to charge the credit or debit card on file to avoid paying the balance due.
Smokeball shall grant You access to the Smokeball Subscription for thirty (30) days after the expiration or termination of Your Subscription Term for the sole purpose of permitting You to retrieve Your data. Smokeball will provide You with a Data Backup upon request. You acknowledge that Smokeball shall only provide you with a Data Backup as defined. Smokeball shall not provide You with an electronic or hard copy of all data You may have uploaded or stored on the platform, and it is solely Your obligation to retrieve any and all data You may need after the expiration or termination of your Subscription within 30 days.
If You no longer wish to use the Subscription, You should provide written notice to Smokeball at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of Your then-current Subscription Term. You must uninstall, delete, and erase any and all copies of the Subscription from all of Your systems, extract any of Your data within thirty (30) days of the end of the Subscription Term, and take any and all steps necessary to ensure that neither You nor anyone through You (including Your Users) continues to have or use any part of the Subscription. Cessation of Use does not void your obligation to pay Subscription Fees in full through the End Date of your Subscription. You will continue to have access to Smokeball until the end of Your Subscription Term.
Each User of Smokeball requires a unique User identification (“ID”) and password. Any additional User must have his or her own unique User ID and password. You shall not allow IDs and passwords to be shared among Your Users. You shall be responsible for the access, actions, use, and data uploaded to Smokeball Subscription. You shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of User IDs and passwords to the Subscription, as well as maintaining the accuracy of the personal information provided to Smokeball. You shall be responsible for maintaining or implementing procedures and policies to prevent any unauthorized access or use of User IDs and passwords and will notify Smokeball if a User ID or password has been lost, stolen, or compromised. You agree to immediately notify Smokeball of any unauthorized access or use. You shall be responsible for always maintaining secure measures to protect against the unauthorized access of Your account and You agree to immediately notify Smokeball of any such unauthorized access or use.
You retain all rights of ownership of all data You upload, import, or generate into or as part of Your Subscription. You are responsible for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, and appropriateness of all data submitted by You. Smokeball shall treat your Client Data as confidential and will use and disclose it only in accordance with Our Privacy Policy: www.smokeball.com/privacy.
You are responsible for ensuring that You have all necessary rights and consents, including third party privacy consents (“Client Consents”), to enable You to provide the Client Data to Smokeball and to permit Smokeball to access and use the Client Data for the purpose of delivering the Subscription, and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement. You shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Smokeball for any loss, damages, costs, and expenses Smokeball suffers or incurs as a result of Your failure to obtain and maintain such Client Consents as may be required. You acknowledge that Smokeball is not a legal authority, cannot, and has not provided you with advice related to the necessity of Client Consents within your jurisdiction.
You acknowledge and agree that Smokeball may need to access and view Your Client Data including, but not limited to the following circumstances: to assist with Your questions, technical support requests, document automation requests, training, and other topics or requirements. To the extent that You give Smokeball access to Client Data, Smokeball shall treat such Client Data as confidential and will not disclose any Client Data to the extent allowed by law.
Smokeball reserves the right to provide Client Data to third parties if required or compelled by law (including by court order or subpoena). Smokeball shall provide You with notice of the legal process, to the extent allowed by law, as soon as reasonably possible.
If You request services from any Interfacing Third Parties, then we may, and You authorize us to, provide Your Client Data to those Interfacing Third Parties as required to enable those Interfacing Third Parties to supply those services to You.
Smokeball AI and Archie data processing activities and functionality align with our products’ primary uses. The use, collection, and processing of any data is consistent with our core principles and requirements described in our Privacy Policy linked above.
Smokeball reserves the right to collect, aggregate, monitor, and use Usage Data to improve the functionality, performance, and aid in further development, and/or usage, of the Subscription. You acknowledge and agree that Smokeball may access Usage Data for internal research or development, Subscription, and/or benchmarking purposes.
Any feedback, comments, recommendations, feature requests, ideas, or suggestions for improvements to Smokeball (“Feedback“) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary to You. All Feedback shall be exclusively owned by Smokeball and Smokeball retains all rights to use any Feedback You provide freely and without compensation or acknowledgement to You or anyone else. No implied or expressed guarantees are made by Smokeball that Your Feedback will be implemented and failure to implement Feedback shall not be considered a material breach.
If Client needs to cancel a scheduled training with Smokeball, Client will notify Smokeball as soon as reasonably possible. If You or Your Users cancel a scheduled training less than one (1) business day of the scheduled training and/or cancel multiple scheduled trainings, the Client may be charged a cancellation fee. If Client schedules more than one training at the time, without the express approval of Smokeball, Smokeball reserves the right to cancel the additional scheduled trainings.
Smokeball is not a law firm. You acknowledge that the system may not have been developed, designed, or approved by legal practitioners and services are not provided to You with any legal or professional opinion or endorsement of any kind. Smokeball does not represent or warrant that any elements of the service: 1) comply with or reflect applicable laws; 2) are suitable for Your particular use, objectives, or circumstances; or 3) are up to date or current.
Such Services may include, but are not limited to, access to content, including automated documents, correspondence, and answers to questions produced by Smokeball AI or Archie (“Forms”), that are generated through the system or by Smokeball. Additionally, Services may also include prompts and reminders regarding potential deadlines, due dates, and other requirements relating to legal or business practice through Smokeball or through an Interfacing Third-Party (“Notifications”).
You acknowledge and agree that: 1) the Services, including Smokeball AI and Archie, are not a substitute for legal or other professional skill, judgment and experience, and should only be used by or under the supervision of qualified legal practitioners; 2) the Notifications may not be accurate or up-to-date and You are responsible for validating or ignoring Notifications based on Your own professional skill, judgment and experience; and 3) Forms are provided in the Service as templates for You to edit and change to suit Your circumstances, using Your own professional skill, judgment and experience and may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, and do not necessarily reflect recent changes or developments in the law or industry practice.
Neither Smokeball nor You shall be liable to the other for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, loss of good will, loss of business opportunity, loss of data, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or other pecuniary loss) whether under a theory of contract, warranty, tort, or otherwise, even if the other party has been notified of possible damages. In no event shall either party’s total aggregate and cumulative liability for any and all claims of any kind arising as a result of or related to the Subscription provided, exceed the sum of the Subscription Fees actually paid by You for a one-year period immediately preceding the date the cause of action arose. This paragraph does not apply to clause 26 regarding Indemnification nor clause 11 regarding Migration. Nothing in these Terms shall be construed as creating a joint venture, partnership, agency, employment, franchise, or other relationship between You and Smokeball. Also, neither party to these Terms shall have the right, power, or authority to create any obligations or duty, express or implied, on behalf of the other or third parties.
Notice and disclaimer: You acknowledge and agree that 1) the Third-Party Links and Interfacing Services are offered by third parties that may include our related bodies corporate; 2) We may receive financial or other benefits, including commissions, as a result of making Third-Party Links available through the Subscription or Your purchase of products and services through Third-Party Links or Interfacing Services; 3) We may add, remove, or cancel Third-Party Links or Interfacing Services at any time without notice; and 4) Third-Party Links and Interfacing Service Providers may terminate, withdraw or cancel their services in accordance with the terms of its agreement with You.
The Minimum System Requirements to install and operate the Smokeball Subscription are located at smokeball.com/smokeball-system-requirements (“Minimum System Requirements”). To maintain currency within industry standards and third-party IT systems, the Smokeball Minimum System Requirements are subject to change from time to time, including during Your current Subscription Term. It is Your responsibility to ensure the Minimum System Requirements are maintained.
In the event the Smokeball Minimum System Requirements are modified during a current Subscription Term, Smokeball will make commercially reasonable efforts to notify You, by way of an email, or other reasonable means, to the Main Firm Contact, prior to such change taking effect. The updated requirements will be located at the website address above.
The Subscription Fee for the Subscription has been agreed on the basis that Smokeball may change the Smokeball Minimum System Requirements during the Subscription Term. You will not have any right to a refund of any fees, or other remedy, if You are unable to use the Subscription because You do not comply with the then-current Smokeball Minimum System Requirements.
Your Subscription may be subject to delays or limitations inherent in the use of the Internet and/or cloud services used by Smokeball. Smokeball is not responsible for any delays, failures or other damage that may result from such issues.
Smokeball shall provide support at https://support.smokeball.com (“Support”). Failure to maintain Minimum System Requirements may preclude You or Your Users from receiving optimal technical software Support. Smokeball’s Support will be unavailable at times for routine maintenance and will be unavailable on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
Smokeball may update, upgrade, revise, or change the Subscription, its features, and functionality (collectively, “Updates”) at any time. You acknowledge and agree that:
Neither You nor Smokeball shall be responsible for any interruption, delay, or other failure to perform under these Terms (other than an obligation to pay the fees or other money) due to acts beyond the control of the responsible party or the occurrence of a Force Majeure. Force Majeure shall mean events not reasonably foreseeable or otherwise caused by or under the control of the party claiming Force Majeure, including Acts of God, natural disasters (e.g. lightning, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods) wars, riots, explosions, terrorism, vandalism, civil unrest, governmental acts, pandemics (whether declared or undeclared, and including restrictions imposed as a result of a pandemic), injunctions, failures of telecommunication providers or internet service providers; failure of third party suppliers, service providers, or vendors; and any other cause beyond the reasonable control of a party.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the provision shall be modified and interpreted so as best to accomplish the objective of the original provision as permitted by law, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be governed by and construed under the Law of the State of Illinois, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. All disputes arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Illinois state and federal courts for Cook County, Illinois, and the parties’ consent to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of these courts.
You agree that we may provide You all notices, statements, and other communications to You through email, regular U.S. mail, or by a recognized commercial carrier addressed to the mailing address listed on the Client Order Form. A dedicated email address (Main Firm Contact) will be utilized for important service announcements, changes to Minimum System Requirements, and any changes to our Terms.
Operational Emails will be sent to Your Main Firm Contact. Operational Emails are not for marketing purposes and cannot be opted out of. You are responsible for providing Smokeball with any changes or updates to Your contact information in writing. All notices to Smokeball shall be made via certified mail addressed to: Smokeball, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 1450, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
This Agreement, together with any other documents incorporated herein by reference (including any subsequent changes to User licenses or billing, whether written or submitted online), constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and therein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the subject matter. In the event of any inconsistency between the statements in the body of this Agreement and any other documents incorporated herein by reference, the statements in the body of this Agreement shall control.