This Agreement is between you (the “Tester”) and Friendspace LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (“Friendspace”). By accepting it, you request access to Friendspace’s limited, nonpublic Beta solely to evaluate the service and provide feedback.
1. Confidential information
“Confidential Information” means nonpublic information made available through or about the Beta, including unreleased screens, features, designs, workflows, source or object code, technical architecture, security controls, roadmaps, product and launch plans, analytics, business information, test credentials, nonpublic user information, and screenshots, photographs, recordings, copies, or notes containing that information.
2. What is not confidential
Confidential Information does not include information the Tester can document was already lawfully known without a confidentiality duty, becomes public through an authorized Friendspace release and not the Tester’s breach, is lawfully received from a third party without a confidentiality duty, or is independently developed without using Confidential Information.
3. Tester obligations
- Use the Beta and Confidential Information only to evaluate Friendspace and report feedback through Friendspace’s designated channels.
- Do not publish, post, transmit, display, demonstrate, livestream, forward, or share screenshots, screen recordings, photographs, video, audio, test credentials, or other Confidential Information without Friendspace’s prior written permission.
- Do not copy, harvest, scrape, reverse engineer, probe, bypass access or security controls, or use Confidential Information to build or help build a competing product, except where applicable law expressly prevents that restriction.
- Keep Beta credentials private, use reasonable safeguards, and promptly report suspected loss or unauthorized access.
- At Friendspace’s request or when Beta access ends, stop using and delete retained copies of Confidential Information, except records the law requires the Tester to keep.
4. Ownership and feedback
Friendspace retains its rights in the service and Confidential Information. The Tester retains ownership of the Tester’s own content, honest opinions, and general knowledge and skills. If the Tester voluntarily provides suggestions or feedback, the Tester grants Friendspace a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive license to use, modify, and implement that feedback without payment or obligation. This does not transfer ownership of the Tester’s content or prohibit an honest review, but an honest review may not disclose Confidential Information or restricted Beta media.
5. Required and protected disclosures
The Tester may disclose information when required by law, subpoena, or court order and, where legally permitted, will give Friendspace prompt notice. Nothing in this Agreement restricts lawful reports to government agencies, communications with an attorney, whistleblower activity, cooperation with law enforcement, or other legally protected rights. Trade secrets may be disclosed confidentially to a government official or attorney solely to report or investigate a suspected legal violation, or in a court filing made under seal, as provided by applicable law.
6. Duration
These duties begin when the Tester accepts this Agreement. For information that does not qualify as a trade secret, confidentiality duties end three years after disclosure or when Friendspace authorizes the information for public release, whichever occurs first. Duties for trade secrets continue while the information remains protected as a trade secret under applicable law.
7. Beta conditions and remedies
The Beta is experimental, may change or contain errors, and is provided without a promise of continued access. Friendspace may suspend or end Beta access. Unauthorized disclosure or misuse may cause harm that money alone cannot repair, so Friendspace may seek lawful remedies, including injunctive relief, in addition to other available remedies.
8. General terms
North Carolina law governs this Agreement, without overriding nonwaivable protections that apply to the Tester. If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective. This Agreement is the complete agreement about Beta confidentiality and limited use and may be changed only in a writing accepted by both parties. Electronic acceptance and records have the same effect as signed paper records.
End of Agreement. You may open a printable copy for your records.