USER AGREEMENT AND PRIVACY POLICY

Last modified: May 16, 2019.

Nicegram does not transfer any user data or device information to anyone and uses the Telegram API, so for more details, please read the Telegram Privacy Policy.

Our client’s open source code is available at https://github.com/nicegram to comply with the Telegram API terms of use and the GNU GPL licenses.

Using the mobile application “Nicegram” (hereinafter referred to as the Application), which is a branch project (fork) of the Telegram messenger, which operates on the basis of its open API, has additional functionality and design elements, the user (hereinafter referred to as the User) accepts this agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) regulating the rules for using the Application, the procedure for purchasing paid services in the Application, the responsibility of the parties and other relations related to the use of the Application.

The developer and copyright holder of the Application is Appvillis UAB (hereinafter the Rightholder), however, the application is based on the Telegram API, operates through servers and services owned by Telegram, thus the exclusive right of the Rightholder applies to the results of intellectual activity and equated to them means of individualization, not affected by the terms of use of the API “Telegram”.

Due to the feature of the Application and the direct relationship with the servers and the Telegram equipment, the User accepts as a fact, and the Rights Holder responsibly declares that it does not store, does not intend to store in the future, and does not process the personal data of the Application Users. All personal information of Users is transmitted and processed on servers and equipment of Telegram.

1. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

• 1.1. According to the text of the Agreement, as well as in connection with the relationship between the Rights Holder and the Application User, the following terms and definitions apply.
  • 1.1.1. User - a capable adult physical person (or legal representative of a minor), who has passed the registration procedure in the Application, has civil law and capacity, is able, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, to acquire rights and bear obligations on its behalf and act as a party to the Agreement.
  • 1.1.2. Store - application store “App Store”, through which the User installed and launched the Application on his device.
  • 1.1.3. Nice Features – A computer program built into the Application (such as Chat Tabs Filter, Instantly save messages to Telegram Cloud function and etc.) that extends user experience.
• 1.2. Other terms used in the Agreement and / or in relations arising from it are subject to interpretation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, and in the absence of their interpretation in the legislation in accordance with the customs of business and scientific doctrine.

2. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 2.1. When using the Application, the User undertakes to comply with the Agreement, with all its integral parts, including the current legislation of the Russian Federation and international agreements, the rules of the Shops, other legal acts interrelated with the functioning of the Application.
• 2.2. The Rightholder has the right, without the consent of the User, to involve third parties to fulfill the obligations under the Agreement, while remaining responsible for their actions to the User.
• 2.3. The user undertakes to timely and independently familiarize himself with the current version of the Agreement. In case of disagreement of the User with the current edition of the Agreement, the User is obliged to stop using the Application.
• 2.4. The User undertakes not to use possible errors of the software part of the Application in order to gain an advantage over other Users. The user undertakes to immediately report all errors he has identified in the Application to the Rights Holder.
• 2.5. The user is responsible for the security of his account in the Application, and is obliged to take measures independently to ensure its security.
• 2.6. The Rightholder is not responsible for possible loss or damage to data, as well as other consequences of any nature that may occur due to a violation of the Agreement by the User, as well as the terms of use of the Telegram.
• 2.7. The User acknowledges and agrees that he should independently assess all risks associated with the use of the Application, including an assessment of the reliability, completeness or usefulness of the information contained in the Application.

3. REGISTRATION IN APPLICATION

• 3.1. After downloading the Application to his device from the Store, the User installs the Application, launches it and goes through the registration procedure in the Application.
• 3.2. In order to complete the registration, after installing the application from the Store, the User needs to associate his device with the Telegram database, for which he needs to perform one of the following actions:
  • 3.2.1. Enter the code that came to any active “Telegram” of the User (both the mobile application and the stationary version for the personal computer);
  • 3.2.2. Enter the code from the SMS message.
• 3.3. Registration and entry into the Application is carried out using the Telegram service. The service of registration and authorization of the User in the Application works exclusively with the help of the equipment and servers of Telegram.
• 3.4. The User is obliged to immediately notify the Rights Holder of any case of unauthorized (not permitted by the User) access to the User account and / or any violation (suspicion of violation) of the confidentiality of their means of access to the account in the Application. The Rightholder is not responsible for possible loss or damage to data, as well as other consequences of any nature that may occur due to a violation of the provisions of the Agreement by the User.

4. LINK TO TELEGRAM

• 4.1. The application is developed on the basis of the Telegram API, accessible via the https://core.telegram.org/api link, which has open source code. The peculiarity of the Application is that all the functional features of the “Telegram” are saved in it, as well as new ones that are not included in the “Telegram”, such as the use of Nice Features, are added.
• 4.2. It is impossible to access the User’s personal information through the equipment and / or the Copyright Holder’s server, since all user information is stored on its device and on the Telegram equipment.
• 4.3. All cloud storage used in the Application belongs to the “Telegram”, the entire history of correspondence, contacts, files, media of the User is stored in his account and is displayed both in the Application and in the “Telegram”. This, in fact, is a single database.
• 4.4. The main difference of the Application from “Telegram” is the possibility of using Nice Features, as an additional functionality, working on top of the existing one in “Telegram”.

5. SIMPLE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE

• 5.1. By virtue of part 2 of Article 5 of the Law on Electronic Signature, a simple electronic signature is an electronic signature, which, by using codes, passwords or other means, confirms the fact that an electronic signature has been generated by a certain person. Thus, any actions of the User using the login and password to his account in the Store and / or to the account in the Application confirm the fact of the formation of a simple electronic signature directly by the User.
• 5.2. Electronic documents and messages signed with a simple electronic signature are recognized as equivalent documents on paper, signed with a handwritten signature.
• 5.3. The user undertakes to respect the confidentiality of his electronic signature and bears full responsibility for its safety and individual use, independently choosing the method of their storage and restricting access to it.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

• 6.1. The User understands and unconditionally agrees that he uses the Rights Holder’s services under the Agreement solely at his own risk and that the services are provided to the User on an “as is” and “as available” basis, namely the Rights Holder does not declare or guarantee that: - Services will meet the requirements of the User; - services will be provided continuously, timely, safely and without errors; - any information received by the User as a result of using the services will be full-time and reliable; - defects in the work or functionality of any software as part of the Application will be corrected in the expected time of the User.
• 6.2. The User also understands and agrees that all Application services are provided “as is” and that the Rights Holder is not responsible for any delays, malfunctions, incorrect or untimely delivery, deletion or failure of any user personal or other information.
• 6.3. “Telegram” is responsible for the quality of communication services presented in the Annex, the copyright holder “Telegram”. All claims for quality and term of service.
• 6.4. Access to downloaded malware in the application.
• 6.5. The Rightholder is not responsible for the loss of User data.
• 6.6. The user agrees that the Application meets its requirements.
• 6.7. Rights holders or their representatives are not responsible for users or from third parties, for any indirect, incidental, unintentional damages, including enhanced outcomes or lost data, harmful conditions, value or business reputation arising in connection with the use of applications, the contents of All, what can be done is access to help.
• 6.8. In any case, Rightholder doesn’t bear any responsibility.

7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• 7.1. The design elements, all Nice Features and other objects missing in the Telegram interface are subject to the exclusive rights of the Copyright Holder.
• 7.2. The user is granted a personal non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use the Application on his device, provided that neither the User himself nor any other persons with the assistance of him will: - copy or modify the software; - create software-derived programs; - disassemble and examine the software in order to obtain program codes; - violate the rights of third parties; - to sell, assign, lease, transfer to third parties in any other form the rights with respect to the software provided to the User under the Agreement; - modify services, including in order to obtain unauthorized access to them.
• 7.4. In the event of the discovery of a violation of intellectual property rights, incomplete information, inaccuracies or errors in the application, the respective copyright holder shall, in the pretrial order, contact “Telegram” by e-mail: [email protected], “Telegram” is responsible for all cases.
• 7.5. In any case, Rightholder doesn’t bear any responsibility on any intellectual property violation, where intellectual property provided by “Telegram” (for example, chat bots’ content, public groups’ and channels’ content, etc.)

8. FINAL PROVISIONS

• 8.1. All disagreements or disputes that may arise between the parties to the Agreement should be resolved in the pretrial order through negotiations, the sending of claim letters. The deadline for responding to a claim is 10 (ten) business days. Claims of the User are accepted and considered by the Copyright Holder only in writing.
• 8.2. If agreement for any reason is not reached during the pre-trial settlement, the dispute arising from the Agreement shall be considered by the St. Petersburg Arbitration Court, Russia.
• 8.3. The law of the Russian Federation applies to the relations of the parties under the Agreement. Acceptance of the Agreement by a foreign User means that the text of the Agreement is understandable to him and does not need translation. If necessary, the translation of foreign users undertake to translate into the language they need on their own and at their own expense. In case of discrepancies between the Russian-language and foreign versions of the Agreement, priority arises from the Russian-language version.

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Name: Appvillis UAB

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