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Terms of Service

Effective date: See document header. Version: 1.

These Terms govern your use of the Technovize platform operated by Technovize (“we”, “us”). By creating an account or using our paid services you agree to these Terms.

1. What we offer

Technovize provides three sets of services under a single account:

Publisher — tools for authors to write, publish, and sell digital books directly or via platform-compatible exports.
Software Dev — configurable quotes for custom Django / SaaS / web-application engineering delivered by Technovize.
Hosting — managed deployment of Django applications (in development; not yet commercially available).

2. Accounts

You must provide a valid email address and keep your credentials secure. You are responsible for activity on your account. We may suspend accounts that violate these Terms or applicable law.

3. Pricing and payment

Prices are in euro (EUR) and, where Stripe Tax is enabled, include applicable VAT shown at checkout. Payments are processed by Stripe Payments Europe Ltd; we do not store your card details.

Publisher subscriptions renew automatically at the chosen interval until cancelled. You may cancel at any time from your account.
Software Dev projects require a non-refundable 30 % deposit before work begins. The remaining 70 % is due on delivery.
Book purchases are one-off payments fulfilled immediately by digital download.

4. Right of withdrawal (EU consumers)

Digital content delivered instantly is ordinarily non-refundable once delivery begins, provided you have explicitly consented to immediate delivery and waived your 14-day right of withdrawal. Our checkout collects this waiver for digital goods.

For Software Dev services, the 14-day withdrawal right applies for EU consumers until work on your project begins. Once we start, the deposit is non-refundable as the service has commenced with your consent.

5. Intellectual property

Authors retain full copyright of the books they publish. You grant Technovize a non-exclusive licence to display and distribute the content through the platform.
Software Dev clients receive a perpetual licence to the custom code delivered for their project, upon receipt of the final payment.
Platform code, design, and trade names are © Technovize.

6. Acceptable use

You may not upload illegal content, material you do not have rights to, malware, or content that infringes third-party rights. We may remove content and terminate access for violations.

7. Liability

Our liability for direct damages is limited to amounts paid by you in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. We exclude liability for indirect damages (lost profits, data loss) to the extent permitted by law. Nothing limits liability that cannot be excluded under Dutch law.

8. Data protection

We process personal data as described in our Privacy Policy.

9. Changes

We may update these Terms. Material changes require re-acceptance by account holders; we log your acceptance against the specific version.

10. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by Dutch law. Disputes fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent Dutch courts, unless mandatory consumer-law rules give you the right to sue in your country of residence.

11. Contact

Questions about these Terms: hello@technovize.com.