Terms & conditions of use for the ISITPHISHING services
Last updated on 09.09.2015
The aim of this document is to define the terms and conditions under which Vade provides the Isitphishing service to corporations. Isitphishing.org web interface is free of charge unless Vade notifies you directly.
The use of this Service entails the full and complete acceptance of the terms herein.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICE
Vade offers to provide a hosted web service named Isitphishing, whose role is to assist in the detection of phishing websites. Phishing is defined here as any fraudulent electronic technique enabling the retrieval of private data for malicious use. By accessing this service, you will be able to perform http requests by providing us with the URLs to test. In return, this service will indicate the results of its search by stating whether the URLs appear to be fraudulent.
The use of this service requires an internet access, a static public IP address and an issued license number for identification purposes.
OWNERSHIP AND RESTRICTIONS
Vade grants you the non-exclusive worldwide right to the use of the service with an Internet Browser to access Isitphishing.org web interface. Search results remain the exclusive property of Vade. You are as such prohibited from copying, selling, reproducing, modifying, decompiling, dismantling, forwarding, exchanging or creating derivative works based on these search results and the service in general. Isitphishing.org web interface is free of charge unless Vade notifies you directly.
It is prohibited to use any kind of program or code in order to increase the frequency of requests or querries ( please use the API for that purpose).
Using of any automatic, semi-automatic and manual bots, crawlers, mirroring tools is strictly prohibited. The free version offers unlimited browser based requests unless Vade notifies you directly. A free API is also available for automated requests and querries : you can download the API here(link). Isitphishing.org web interface is free of charge unless Vade notifies you directly. The usage of the API is subject to charge based on the usage and a representative of Vade will qualify your usage.
TERMINATION
In the event of a breach of the general terms and conditions of use, the rights conferred by the service shall be immediately terminated without any reimbursement of expenses or compensation, where applicable.
Vade reserves the right to terminate the service at any moment in the event of any improper or abnormal use. What shall be deemed improper or abnormal is any method of use that deviates from the intended use of the service - as a phishing detection tool.
Vade continuously ensures users' compliance with the proper use of the service and when necessary, shall suspend temporarily or permanently, without prior notice, access to the service in the event of its misuse. The following in particular are considered examples of misuse: any illicit attempt to access the service, hacking, the corruption of data, accounts and/or systems, any abnormally frequent or large number of http requests that cause or may cause the flooding or any other malfunction of Vade infrastructures, any use of Vade infrastructures in any manner whatsoever, which by its existence alone causes or may cause inconvenience to other users of the service.
WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES
You understand and expressly agree that use of this Site is at your own risk, that any material or data downloaded or otherwise own discretion and risk, Vade shall not be held liable for any damage you may cause to yourself or to third parties in using the service, particularly by visiting the websites of submitted URLs that may generate collateral damage. Vade shall not be held liable for damage to your equipment, alterations to data following the use of the service, direct or indirect, special or intangible loss or damage of whatever nature arising from your use of the service, including the loss of forecasted or unforeseen profits or similar loss, be it based on the breach of contract, wrongdoing, product liability or any other cause.
Isitphishing.org and Vade make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the site's operation or the information, content or materials included on this site. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Isitphing.org hereby disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose.
Vade shall not guarantee the availability of the service or that it will be error-free or bug-free. Vade shall in no way guarantee the performance of the service's response time and the search results that you obtain.
PRIVATE DATA
Data gathered upon the creation of the account are required for the delivery of the service. The gathered data will not be sent to third parties and are hosted on secure servers via encryption and restricted access methods.
In compliance with the Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties law of 6 January 1978 (amended by the act of 6 August 2004 relating to the protection of physical persons in respect of private data); you shall be entitled to the objection, access and deletion of personal data relating to you by contacting us at vieprivee@vadesecure.com
GENERAL PROVISION
Vade reserves the right to modify its service and/or withdraw it at any moment for any reason whatsoever.
The service may be upgraded to fix bugs in the version as well as to add new features and new services.
In the event a clause herein is declared invalid or unenforceable, the said clause shall be severed, and the remaining sections of the general terms and conditions shall remain in full force.
The general terms and conditions are governed by French law under the jurisdiction of the Commercial court of Lille Métropole-France. You agree that the English translation of these terms and conditions are provided for your convenience and that only the French version shall prevail in the event of a dispute.