Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the products, services, software, and website operated by Vektron Technologies, LLC ("Vektron," "we," "us," or "our"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of South Carolina and headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

By accessing our website at vektrontechnologies.com, creating an account, purchasing a subscription, or using any of our services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use our services.

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User," "you," or "your") and Vektron Technologies, LLC. You must be at least 18 years of age and have the legal authority to enter into this agreement. If you are using our services on behalf of a business or organization, you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will notify users of material changes via email or through a prominent notice on our website. Continued use of our services after changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

2. Description of Services

Vektron Technologies provides software, hardware engineering, and professional consulting services to clients in the automotive and embedded systems sectors. Specific products, features, deliverables, and service offerings are described in individual order forms, statements of work, subscription agreements, or project agreements between Vektron and the client.

We reserve the right to add, modify, suspend, or discontinue any product or service at any time, with reasonable notice to affected users where applicable.

3. Account Registration & Responsibilities

To access certain services, you may be required to create an account. When registering, you agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration.
• Maintain the security of your account credentials and not share your login information with others.
• Promptly notify us at info@vektrontechnologies.com of any unauthorized account access or security breach.
• Accept responsibility for all activity that occurs under your account.
• Use the services only for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, engage in fraudulent activity, or pose a security risk to our platform or other users.

4. Billing & Payment Terms

Where services are provided on a subscription or recurring basis, fees, billing cycles, and renewal terms will be disclosed at the time of purchase. By subscribing, you authorize Vektron Technologies to charge your payment method through our designated third-party payment processor in accordance with those terms.

• Auto-Renewal: Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless cancelled in advance.
• Cancellation: You may cancel a subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you will retain access until that date.
• Price Changes: We may change pricing with reasonable advance notice. Continued use after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the new pricing.
• Failed Payments: If payment fails, we may suspend access until the outstanding balance is resolved.
• Taxes: Fees do not include applicable sales taxes or other governmental charges, which may be added based on your location.

For hardware engineering and consulting engagements, payment terms (including any retainers, deposits, or milestone schedules) will be specified in the applicable project agreement or invoice.

5. Intellectual Property

All content, software, source code, algorithms, designs, hardware designs, trademarks, trade names, logos, and other intellectual property associated with Vektron Technologies and its products and services — together with all associated documentation — are the exclusive property of Vektron Technologies, LLC or its licensors. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved.

Where Vektron grants you access to its software or services, you receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the services for your own internal professional or business purposes. This license does not permit you to:

• Copy, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive source code from any Vektron software, firmware, or hardware.
• Sublicense, sell, rent, lease, or transfer your access rights to any third party.
• Remove or alter any proprietary notices, labels, or markings.
• Use our intellectual property to develop competing products or services.
• Access our services via automated means (bots, scrapers, or similar) except as expressly authorized by us in writing.

You retain full ownership of any input data, files, or content you create or upload while using our services. By using our services, you grant us a limited license to process and store your data solely for the purpose of providing and improving our services.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree to use our services only for lawful purposes. You must not:

• Use our services to circumvent applicable safety, environmental, or regulatory requirements, or to render any system or product non-compliant with applicable law.
• Use our services to infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, servers, or other users' accounts.
• Upload or transmit malicious code, viruses, or any software intended to damage or disrupt our services.
• Use our services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our infrastructure.

Vektron Technologies provides professional engineering tools and services. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their use of any output, deliverable, or modification complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations in the jurisdictions where it will be deployed or operated.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

Our services are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Vektron Technologies disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that our services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components. Engineering and calibration work on physical systems carries inherent risk; users are responsible for maintaining appropriate backups and following accepted engineering practices before deploying any output of our services. Vektron Technologies is not responsible for any equipment damage, malfunction, downtime, or other harm resulting from the use of outputs produced with or through our services.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Vektron Technologies, LLC and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages — including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of data, equipment damage, business interruption, or loss of goodwill — arising out of or related to your use of or inability to use our services.

In no event shall our total liability to you for all claims arising out of or related to these Terms or our services exceed the greater of: (a) the total amount paid by you to Vektron Technologies in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or (b) one hundred dollars ($100.00 USD).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so the above limitations may not apply to you in full.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Vektron Technologies, LLC and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses — including reasonable legal fees — arising out of or in any way connected with: (a) your access to or use of our services; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (d) any output, modification, or deliverable you create, deploy, or distribute using our services.

10. Third-Party Services

Our services may integrate with third-party providers for functionality such as payment processing, hosting, analytics, or authentication. Your use of any such third-party service is subject to that provider's own terms and privacy policy. Vektron Technologies is not responsible for the practices, content, or availability of third-party services.

11. Termination

Either party may terminate the service relationship at any time. You may terminate by canceling your subscription and discontinuing use of our services. We may terminate or suspend your access immediately and without notice if you breach these Terms or engage in conduct we determine to be harmful to other users or our platform.

Upon termination, your right to access and use our services ceases immediately. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including intellectual property, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law — will remain in effect.

12. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms or our services shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in York County, South Carolina, and you consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

Before initiating any formal legal proceedings, both parties agree to attempt to resolve disputes informally by contacting us at info@vektrontechnologies.com. We will make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute within 30 days.

13. Entire Agreement & Severability

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Refund Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Vektron Technologies, LLC regarding your use of our services and supersede any prior agreements. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.