Palm Store Terms of
Use
Last updated: October 2024
Version number: 20241016V4
Version update notice:
To help you better understand how we provide our services, we have recently updated the wording of our Palm Store Terms of Use in accordance with relevant legal provisions, which primarily includes:
Specifying more details on functions and services provided by Palm Store in “3. Palm Store and its Services”. Please rerfer to 3.1.3 for more details.
Please read and check that you have fully understood before using/continuing to use Palm Store products and/or services
Preamble
Welcome to Palm
Store!
This Palm
Store Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as "this Agreement") is a binding legal agreement between you
and
SHANGHAI XIAOCHUAN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
. (hereinafter
referred to as "Palm Store", "we", "us", or "our") regarding the
license and the operation management service of Palm Store (hereinafter referred to as "Software"). We
hereby remind you to read this Agreement carefully and fully understand the terms and conditions herein,
especially the Disclaimers, Limitation of Liabilities, Privacy Policy, Usage Rules, Applicable Law, Dispute
Resolution and other sections which may have been highlighted in bold or in capital letters for your
attention. You must have reached the age of majority for the legal jurisdiction that you reside in to
access and sign this Agreement. If you have not reached the age of majority, your guardian must agree to or sign
this Agreement and you shall not use Palm Store or relevant services unless your guardian has given explicit
consent.
You agree that by
clicking the "Agree" button on the
webpage/pop-up window or accessing or using Palm Store and its services, you are deemed to have read,
understood and agreed to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree with this agreement, please do not use
Palm Store or its service.
If you have any
questions or comments regarding this Agreement, please contact us via "Feedback" in "Settings". We will be happy
to answer your questions
1. General
Terms
1.1 The Service under this
Agreement: refers to the various application management services that we provide you via Palm Store, such
services includes but not limited to, browsing, searching, downloading, installation, uninstallation and
management of applications. We are not providers of such applications, but only serve as a platform for the
downloading and display of such applications.
1.2 Scope of this Agreement.
This Agreement applies to all the products and services provided by Palm Store, including applications,
mini-programs, websites, SDK for third-party websites or applications, APIs and other forms that may have in the
future, and please refer to the specific services provided by Palm Store.
1.3 Protection
of Minors. If you are under the age of 18 (or under the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you
use Palm Store and Service), you represent that you have reviewed this Agreement with your parent or legal
guardian and that you and your parent or guardian understand and consent to this Agreement. If you are a parent
or guardian permitting a Minor to use the Palm Store and the Services, you agree to: (i) supervise the
Minor’s use of the Palm Store and Service; (ii) assume all risks associated with the Minor’s use of Palm
Store and Service, including the transmission of content to and from third parties via the Internet; (iii)
assume any liability resulting from the Minor’s use of Palm Store and Service; (iv) ensure the accuracy and
truthfulness of all information submitted by the Minor; and (v) assume responsibility and are bound by this
Agreement for the Minor’s access and use of Palm Store and Service.
1.4 Updates of this
Agreement. In order to improve your user experience or enhance product safety performance, we will continue to
work hard to develop new software and services, and provide you in a timely manner with software updates
(including but not limited to software version upgrades, modifications, and functional perfection) or repairs.
We reserve the right to modify this Agreement as necessary in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The updated Agreement will shall supersede the original Agreement and shall come into effect after the
expiration of the period stipulated by applicable law. If there is no special provision in applicable laws, the
Agreement shall become effective on the date of renewal. The updated Agreement will be announced on Palm Store
for your reference at any time. Your continued access or use of Palm Store or Service will be deemed as you
have read and agreed to be bound by the updated Agreement. If you do not accept the updated Agreement, please
stop using Palm Store or Service.
2. Permitted
License Uses
Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Palm Store grants you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, personal, revocable,
limited license to access and use this Software and Service. You may install, use, display, and run the Software
and Service on your legally owned device for non-commercial purposes. We reserve all rights not expressly
authorized to you regarding Palm Store in this Agreement. If you wish to obtain other rights with regard to the
use of Palm Store, you shall separately obtain a formal written permission from us.
3. Palm Store
and its Services
3.1 Palm Store is a tool
& utility app independently developed by us for app downloading, installation and management. The Services
provided by Palm Store includes:
3.1.1 Application browsing,
searching, downloading, installation and uninstallation services;
3.1.2 Application management
services such as application sharing,
automatically updating installed applications in WIFI environment, reminding about
the updates of installed applications,
accelerating,
uninstallation, junk file cleaning and backing services;
3.1.3 Application Assistant: If you turn on Application Assistant, we will provide you with auxiliary functions to help you improve the application experience, such as providing you with memory clearing, screenshot, DND (Do Not Disturb) and Palm Space (instant play) functions.
If you enable the Palm Space plugin service, when you tap on an app, we will check if your device supports the instant play feature. If it does, you can open the app directly. Any code required to run parts of the instant play app will be downloaded to your device and temporarily stored. You can view details of the instant play apps in the Palm Store, and you can disable the service at any time by uninstalling Palm Space.
3.1.4 Status
Saver: This service allows you to save the WhatsApp Status you have viewed and avoids inaccessibility upon
expiration.
3.1.5 Comment making and
rating of the applications;
3.1.6 Notification push
services;
3.1.7 Customer service and
feedback services;
Please understand and
acknowledge that our services may be adjusted and updated from time to time according to your demand or our
operational needs. Please refer to the real-time display of our service and features in the webpage or other
service interfaces (if any).
3.2 You understand and agree
that we may send you relevant information, advertisements or brand promotion services for you during your use of
this Software and related Services, we will also display commercial advertisements, promotions or information
(commercial or non-commercial) regarding this Software and Service and/or third party providers or business
partners. If you do not wish to receive personalized advertisements notifications, you can turn off such
personalized advertisement information, but you may still receive non-personalized advertisements in our App. If
you receive advertisements via emails or text messages, you have the right to unsubscribe them.
3.3 You understand and agree
that the Software and Service may be suspended or stopped by us based on our own business development or as
required by judicial, regulatory and supervisory authorities.
3.4 Unless permitted by
applicable law and with our written authorization, you may not use or otherwise export or re-export this
Software and Service.
4. Restrictions on the
use of This Software and Service
4.1 You shall not take any
of the following actions when using this Software and Service, including but not limited to:
4.1.1 Releasing, transmitting,
spreading or storing contents which violate laws and regulations, policies, public order and good custom, and
social ethics, such as insults, defamation, violence, or violation of religion, etc
.
; releasing,
transmitting, spreading or storing fabricated information or advertising information for the purpose of
misleading or deceiving others;
4.1.2 Renting, lending,
copying, modifying, linking, reprinting, compiling, issuing or publishing this Software and similar
acts;
4.1.3 Jailbreaking, reverse
engineering, disassembling, decompiling, or otherwise attempting to destroy this Software; or, accessing or
disturbing this Software by the use of plug-ins, Tag-ons, or third-party tools/services that are not
authorized by us;
4.1.4 Copying, modifying,
adding, deleting, operating in the form of mounting, or creating any derivative works of data of the Software,
data released into any terminal memory in the course of the operation of the Software, interactive data of the
client and server side in the course of the operation of the Software, and system data necessary for the
operation of the Software; or adding, deleting or changing the functions or operative effect of software by
modifying or fabricating the instructions and data that occur in the course of the operation of the software; or
operating or publicly diffusing the software and method used for the above purposes, whether commercially or
otherwise;
4.1.5 Carrying out other acts
which violate laws and regulations, policies, public order and good custom, and social ethics or acts which are
not authorized by us in writing.
4.2 You may not, and you
agree not to or enable others to, copy (except as expressly permitted by this Agreement), decompile, reverse
engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, decrypt, modify, or create derivative works of Palm
Store or any services provided by Palm Store or any part thereof (except as and only to the extent any foregoing
restriction is prohibited by applicable law or by licensing terms governing the use of open-source components
that may be included with Palm Store). You agree not to remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary notices
(including trademark and copyright notices) that may be affixed to or contained within Palm Store.
5. Intellectual Property;
Ownership
We reserve the
intellectual property rights to this Software and Service and all related information content (including but not
limited to UI interface design, pictures, fonts, audio, etc.) and all rights not expressly granted to you. The
above intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyright, trademark and patent rights, are
protected by applicable intellectual property rights, anti-unfair competition and other respective laws,
regulations and relevant international treaties. For matters not expressly authorized in this Agreement, such as
commercial sales, reproduction, and permission for any third party to use this Software, you should separately
obtain formal written permission from us.
6. Considerations on Your
Use of This Software and Service
6.1 You fully understand and
agree: when you use a specific service of this Software, relevant permissions and interfaces of your device may
be required in order to achieve the corresponding features, while a separate user agreement may also be required
for certain services. Please read the afore-mentioned relevant agreements and rules carefully before using this
service;
6.2 We have the right to
display all kinds of information to you in the process of providing this Service, including but not limited to
prompts for authorization, advertising information and promotional information, etc. The information may appear
in the form of system messages or pop-up windows. If you do not agree to receive certain information, you can
cancel the relevant service, which may eventually lead to unavailability of the relevant service
function;
6.3 You understand and
agree: We will make commercially reasonable efforts to protect your data storage security during your use of
this Service, but we cannot provide a complete guarantee, including but not limited to the following
situations:
6.3.1 To the maximum extent
permitted by law, we are not responsible for your deletion or storage failure of relevant data in this Software
and Service;
6.3.2 We will retain the data
according to the minimum retention period required for business development, unless you agree to extend the
retention period or otherwise permitted by law. We also have the right to decide at our discretion the maximum
storage space of data in Palm Store. You may back up relevant data in this Software and Service by yourself
according to your own needs;
6.4 When you use this
Service, the specific content displayed may differ depending on the version of the Software you use. You
understand and agree: when you are using a certain version of this Software or entering the relevant pages of an
application developed by us, in order to provide you with a better service experience, the necessary information
such as the installation location, size, and UI interface of the installed application on your terminal device
may be adjusted, depending on the actual version provided by us.
6.5 You fully understand and
agree that, if you need to register an account when using this Software, you will be responsible for keeping the
security of the registered account information and account password properly, and you will be responsible for
all acts that occur under the account you registered, including any contents that you publish and any
consequences arising therefrom.
6.6 You shall judge by
yourself the contents that you access while using this Service and bear the risks arising from the use of such
contents, including risks arising from the dependence upon the correctness, completeness or practicability of
the contents. We are unable to and will not bear any responsibility for any loss or damage suffered by you due
to the above risks.
6.7 If we find or receives a
report from others that you violated the terms of this Agreement, we shall have the right at any time without
notice to: delete and shield relevant contents; suspend or terminate your use of the corresponding account or
all of the Service; investigate legal responsibility and take other measures. If you violate any terms of this
Agreement, thus causing damage to any third party, you shall solely bear all responsibilities arising therefrom
and compensate us for any losses suffered by us arising therefrom (including but not limited to possible
administrative penalties, lawyer fees, and investigation and evidence collection fees).
7. Updates of
this Agreement
In order to better
provide you with relevant Service and to guarantee the security of this Software, we may update this Software
and relevant Services from time to time (including but not limited to software modification, software upgrades,
partial function disabling, function strengthen, new service development, software replacement and function
improvement). You may choose whether to upgrade to the corresponding version based on your needs. In order to
facilitate your experience of a better service of Palm Store, and in compliance with applicable laws, this
Software may enable automatic upgrade and update Palm Store function for you
by default. Please note that, when you enable the Traffic mode, the automatic updates function will
generate certain
traffic charge.
You can
choose whether to enable this function in Palm Store
via [settings-Network
Preferences
]
. In case of
such updates, we will notify you in an appropriate manner (including but not limited to system notifications,
site messages, announcements, application store update notifications, etc.), and you have the right to choose
whether to accept the updated version. Updating to the latest version may improve your user experience. If you
decide not to accept the updated version provided by Palm Store, you understand that you may place the Software
under serious security risk or cause the Software to be unusable or unstable. Failure to update the software may
cause some of the functions of the Software to be limited or rendered unusable. You can disable this feature by
turning off automatic system updates in "Settings".
8. Software
and Services Provided by Third Parties
8.1 In order to facilitate
your use of Palm Store, this Software or this Service may use third-party software or services, and the results
of such use and access are provided by the third party (including but not limited to the services and contents
provided by the third party that you jump to through this Software, this Service, or accessed by said third
party through Palm Store's open platform). In addition to the terms of this Agreement, you shall comply with the
user agreements of third parties in using software or services provided by third parties. We cannot guarantee
the security, accuracy and validity of the services and contents provided by third parties and other uncertain
risks, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you shall solely bear relevant risks and
responsibilities arising therefrom.
8.2 Whether the third-party
software or services are pre-installed in Palm Store or activated or subscribed by yourself, you understand and
agree that we disclaims all express or implied warranties with respect to the security, accuracy and validity of
the services and contents provided by third parties and other uncertain risks.
8.3 Any dispute between you
and the above third-party software and services providers shall be settled by you and such third party with you
taking relevant responsibilities, if any.
9. Fees and
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You understand and agree
that although this Software and Service are currently offered to you free of charge, however, along with the
continuous renewal of our Service, you may need to pay for some part of the Software or Service provided by Palm
Store. We reserve the right to add fee-charging features and functionalities in future Service. We also reserve
the right to display advertisements in connection with the Software and Service to you. We will clearly notify
you in case of any paid software and service in this Software before your use and you may choose whether to
accept or use such paid software or service. At that time, please use such paid software or service according to
our instructions (including but not limited to service fee standards, payment terms and service rules). You can
use such paid software and services once you have explicitly agreed to the relevant agreement and are willing to
pay the fees.
Your use of this
Software and Service will consume your device, bandwidth, traffic and other resources. Fees for the above
resources such as Internet access fees, SMS fees, and payment for the Software's value-added services shall be
borne by yourself.
10. Privacy
Policy
When you are using Palm
Store and Services, we may need to collect personal data to provide you the Services. We pay great attention to
the protection of your personal data and has made Palm Store Privacy Policy, which states the
detailed information of the way Palm Store collects, uses, stores, transfers, and discloses your personal data.
You may refer to the details of the "Privacy Policy" at "My" > "Settings" > "Privacy
Policy", which forms an
integral part of this Agreement. By downloading, installing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement and its Privacy Policy, and we will protect your privacy in accordance with this Privacy
Policy.
11. Termination and Breach
of Contract
We have the right to
judge whether your behavior complies with the terms of this Agreement. If you are deemed to have violated
relevant laws and regulations or fail to comply with any terms and conditions of this Agreement or related
rules, based on the severity of your violation, Palm Store and our licensors shall have the right to delete the
content in violation, to limit, to suspend or to terminate your use of this Software and Service without notice,
and to take other measures that we consider appropriate. And you will be held liable for your incompliance
behavior. Once it is terminated, we will continue to retain the information you stored in Palm Store according
to requirements of applicable laws and regulations and delete the information generated during your use of this
Software in our database in a reasonable period. You agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, we shall not be liable to you for such deletion.
12. Indemnification
You will indemnify,
release and hold harmless us, our licensors, agents, and all senior managements, directors, employees thereof
from and against any and all third party claims, actions, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (collectively, "Claims") arising out of (i) any use of the
Services or products appearing on the Services by you or by any person that is not in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement; (ii) any breach of this Agreement by you or by any person that you allow to use the Services;
or (iii) any violation of any laws, regulations or the rights of any third party by you or by any person that
you allow to use the Services or products appearing on the Services.
13. DISCLAIMERS
13.1 DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, ANY (IF ANY) IMPLIED WARRANTIES, DUTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OF ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF RESPONSES, OF RESULTS, OF WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, OF LACK OF VIRUSES, AND OF
LACK OF NEGLIGENCE, ALL WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE AND SERVICE.
13.2 THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT
CONTAIN ANY MALICIOUS CODE DESIGNED TO DESTROY YOUR DEVICE DATA OR TO OBTAIN YOUR PRIVACY INFORMATION. WE WILL
ALSO DO OUR UTMOST TO ENSURE THE SAFE, PROMPT, EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE AND CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF THIS
SOFTWARE AND SERVICE, BUT WITH THE LIMITATION OF THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, THIS SOFTWARE AND RELATED SERVICE MAY
BE AFFECTED BY VARIOUS UNSTABLE FACTORS, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE SOFTWARE IS
COMPATIBLE WITH ALL SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SYSTEMS, OR IS ERROR-FREE, CAN OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR THAT
ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE OR RELATED SERVICE CAN BE CORRECTED. IN CASE OF CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS INCOMPATIBILITY
OR SOFTWARE MALFUNCTION, PLEASE CONTACT US FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT. IF THE COMPATIBILITY PROBLEM CANNOT BE SOLVED,
YOU CAN DELETE THIS SOFTWARE. WITHIN THE MAXIMUM SCOPE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, WE ARE EXEMPT FROM ANY OF
YOUR LOSSES CAUSED HEREIN.
14. LIMITATION OF
LIABILITIES
TO THE EXTENT NOT
PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL US, OUR AFFILIATES, SENIOR MANAGEMENT, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR
AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR ANY OTHER
INTANGIBLE DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS, HOWEVER CAUSED, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF
LIABILITY (CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) AND EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES: (1)
YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE;(2) THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR
DATA; (3) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO USE YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA ON OR THROUGH THE
SERVICE; (4) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; AND (5) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE
SERVICE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY, OR OF
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
AT THE SAME TIME, OUR
MAXIMUM COMPENSATION FOR ALL YOUR LOSSES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR USING/PURCHASING THE
CORRESPONDING SOFTWARE OR SERVICES (IF PAID SERVICE IS INVOLVED) WITHIN 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE DATE OF INITIATING
THE CLAIM. IF THE LAW OF YOUR REGION DOES NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THROUGH AN AGREEMENT. IN THIS
CASE, THE APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS SHALL APPLY.
15. Governing Laws and
Dispute Resolution
15.1 Governing Laws. The
execution, performance, interpretation, modification and disputes settlement of this Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, excluding its
conflict-of-law provisions. You agree that this Agreement is signed in Hong Kong.
15.2 Arbitration. Any dispute
or controversy between you and us based on this Agreement shall be first settled through friendly negotiation.
If no settlement can be reached through friendly negotiation, you unconditionally consent and agree that any
claim, dispute or controversy (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) you may have against any of our entities,
the directors, agents, and employees of any of our entities shall be submitted to Hong Kong International
Arbitration Center (HKIAC) for settlement before one (1) arbitrator in accordance with the rules of HKIAC. The
arbitration shall take place in Hong Kong, China, and the arbitration proceedings and all pleadings and written
evidence shall be in the English language, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. You will only be permitted to pursue claims against us on an
individual basis, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action or
proceeding.
16. Miscellaneous
16.1 Heading. The headings of
all terms of this Agreement are for reference purpose only, have no actual meanings themselves, and shall not be
used as a basis for interpreting the meanings of this Agreement.
16.2 Severability. If any
term or provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable by any judicial or administrative
authority for any reasons, such determination shall not affect the validity of enforceability of the remaining
terms and provisions of the Agreement hereof, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in
full effect and shall be construed in accordance with its terms.
16.3 Languages. If this
Agreement is made in English, Arabic and other languages. In case of any discrepancy, the English version hereof
shall prevail.
16.4 No Waiver. Our failure
to enforce at any time any of the provisions of Palm Store Services, or our failure to require at any time
performance by you of any of the provisions of Palm Store Services, shall in no way be construed to be a present
or future waiver of such provisions, nor in any way affect our right to enforce such provision thereafter. Our
express waiver of any provision, condition or requirement of the Palm Store Services shall not constitute a
waiver of any future obligation to comply with such provision, condition or requirement.
16.5 Entire Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us governing your use of the Software and supersedes
any prior agreements between you and us relating to the use of Palm Store. You may also be subject to additional
terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase open-source software, third-party content, or other
services.