Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of these Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") form an agreement between you and Hivelabs Technologies Corp. ("Hivelabs," "we," "us," or "our"). By accessing or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms and all applicable laws.

If you do not agree, do not use the website. If you use the website for a company or other organization, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms on its behalf.

2. Website scope

The website provides general information about Hivelabs, our capabilities, services, solutions, industries, company activities, and ways to contact or schedule a consultation with us. Website content is provided for general informational and business-development purposes.

Website content is not a binding offer, professional advice, project commitment, warranty, service-level commitment, or guarantee of availability, price, result, or fitness for a particular requirement. A commercial engagement begins only when the appropriate parties enter into a separate written agreement or when Hivelabs otherwise confirms acceptance in writing.

If these Terms conflict with a signed agreement governing a particular service or project, the signed agreement controls for that service or project.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a binding agreement to use the website. If you are under 18, you may use the website only with the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian.

4. Inquiries, consultations, and potential engagements

When you contact us, submit an inquiry, or schedule a consultation, you agree to provide information that is accurate, current, and relevant. A consultation or response from us does not obligate either party to proceed with a project.

Any scope, timetable, resource estimate, technical recommendation, or price discussed before a written agreement is preliminary and may change after discovery, validation, and due diligence. Formal proposals may have their own validity periods, assumptions, exclusions, and commercial terms.

Do not send passwords, access tokens, production credentials, payment-card details, health information, government identifiers, or other sensitive information through a general website form or ordinary email unless we specifically request it through an appropriate secure channel.

5. Permitted use

You may access and use the website for lawful personal or business purposes, including learning about Hivelabs and contacting us about a potential relationship. Any use must comply with these Terms and must not impair the website, its users, or our systems.

6. Prohibited conduct

You must not, directly or through another person or automated system:

• use the website for an unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, defamatory, abusive, or harmful purpose;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, servers, accounts, source code, data, networks, or connected systems;
• probe, scan, or test vulnerabilities without our prior written authorization;
• introduce malware, malicious code, corrupted files, denial-of-service traffic, or other harmful material;
• interfere with website operation, security controls, rate limits, authentication, monitoring, or another user's access;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity, authority, affiliation, or intentions;
• submit content that infringes intellectual property, privacy, confidentiality, contractual, or other rights;
• harvest personal data, send spam, or use website contact details for unsolicited bulk communications;
• copy, scrape, crawl, frame, mirror, or systematically extract website content except through ordinary search-engine indexing or with our written permission;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive non-public website software, except where applicable law expressly permits it; or
• assist or encourage anyone to do any of the above.

7. Intellectual property

The website and its content—including text, graphics, user interfaces, page layouts, photographs, videos, software, code, designs, databases, trademarks, trade names, service names, and logos—are owned by or licensed to Hivelabs and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view publicly available website content for lawful informational and internal business purposes. No ownership rights are transferred to you.

You may not reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, sell, license, publicly display, create derivative works from, or commercially exploit website content without our prior written permission, except for brief quotations with proper attribution or uses permitted by law. Third-party names and marks remain the property of their respective owners.

8. Your submissions and feedback

You retain ownership of information and materials you submit to us. You represent that you have the necessary rights and authority to submit them and that our authorized handling of them will not violate another party's rights.

You grant Hivelabs a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to receive, store, reproduce, and use your submission only as reasonably necessary to respond to you, evaluate a potential engagement, protect the website, comply with law, and carry out a relationship you request. Our handling of personal data is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

If you voluntarily provide general suggestions or feedback about our website or services, we may use them without restriction or compensation, provided we do not publicly identify you or disclose your confidential information without authorization.

9. Third-party websites and services

The website may contain links to or integrations with third-party services, including appointment scheduling, social media, maps, cloud-hosted content, and other external resources. We provide these for convenience and do not control or endorse all third-party content, policies, security, availability, or practices.

Your use of a third-party service is governed by that provider's terms and privacy notice. You assume responsibility for reviewing and accepting those terms before using the service.

10. Privacy

Our collection and processing of personal data through the website are described in our Privacy Policy. By using the website, you acknowledge that internet transmissions and electronic storage carry inherent risks and cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Disclaimers

We aim to keep the website accurate, useful, and available, but content may occasionally be incomplete, outdated, or contain errors. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any website content or feature without prior notice.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its public content are provided "as is" and "as available," without express or implied warranties, including warranties of accuracy, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or freedom from harmful components.

You are responsible for evaluating information obtained through the website and for using appropriate safeguards on your devices and systems. Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or right that applicable law does not permit us to exclude.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Hivelabs and its directors, officers, employees, contractors, affiliates, and licensors will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential loss arising from or related to use of—or inability to use—the website. This includes loss of profits, revenue, opportunity, goodwill, business interruption, or data, even if advised that such loss may occur.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our aggregate liability arising from or relating to the public website will not exceed the amount you paid specifically for access to the website during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim or PHP 10,000, whichever is greater.

These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability arising from fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence where applicable. Liability relating to a paid service or project is governed by the applicable written agreement.

13. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Hivelabs and its directors, officers, employees, and contractors from third-party claims, damages, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful use of the website, your material breach of these Terms, or content you submit that violates another party's rights. This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim results from Hivelabs' own wrongful act or omission.

14. Suspension and termination

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate access to the website when we reasonably believe it is necessary to protect the website, users, Hivelabs, or another party; prevent unlawful or abusive activity; comply with law; or address a violation of these Terms.

Provisions that by their nature should survive termination—including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, governing law, and dispute provisions—will remain in effect.

15. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Before filing a formal claim, you and Hivelabs agree to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute by sending written notice that describes the issue and requested resolution. The parties will have 30 days from receipt of notice to try to resolve the matter.

If the dispute is not resolved, it will be submitted to the appropriate courts of Muntinlupa City, Philippines, and each party consents to their jurisdiction and venue, unless applicable law requires a different forum. Nothing prevents either party from seeking urgent injunctive or protective relief when legally available.

16. General provisions

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to the website, our practices, or applicable law. Revised Terms will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Changes apply prospectively from the stated effective date. Your continued use after that date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Severability and waiver

If a provision is found unlawful or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted and the remaining provisions will remain effective. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.

Assignment

You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may transfer these Terms in connection with a merger, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.

Entire agreement

These Terms and the policies expressly incorporated into them constitute the entire agreement concerning use of the public website. They do not replace a separate written agreement governing a Hivelabs service, product, subscription, license, or project.

17. Contact us

Questions or notices concerning these Terms may be sent to: