By checking the "I Agree with Shown's Terms & Conditions" box, you agree to be bound by these Terms as of the date you register as a customer of Instaon (referred to as "We," "Us," "Our," or "Shown").
These Terms of Use (the "Terms") are a legally binding agreement between Instaon SRL, a company incorporated in Belgium (company registration number 0667.685.14) with a registered office at Chaussée de Huy 368, 1325 Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium, and you, the user (referred to as "You," "Your," or "Customer").
Each order made through Shown incorporates these Terms by reference.
1. Description of Shown
Shown is a proprietary web application that creates and manages online advertising campaigns for third-party advertising networks. Our services are available through our website at https://shown.io/.
2. License and Access
- Grant of License: We grant you a non-transferable, non-exclusive license to access and use Shown solely for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.
- User Responsibility: You are solely responsible for your use of Shown, including use by your employees, agents, or other authorized individuals. You must implement reasonable security measures to prevent unauthorized access or use of Shown.
- Prohibited Activities: You shall not allow any third party to use Shown, modify its code, or gain unauthorized access to the platform.
3. Customer Responsibilities
- Accurate Information: You must provide and maintain true, accurate, and up-to-date account information.
- Content Responsibility: You are solely responsible for all text, logos, images, and other materials ("Customer Content") uploaded to Shown, including compliance with third-party advertising network policies. If you do not comply with third party advertising networks' Terms or/and Shown's Terms, any of the following actions may be taken: (1) your ad might be rejected by third party Advertising network or Shown; (2) we might suspend or terminate your Shown account.
- Compliance with Laws: You agree not to use Shown for any illegal, obscene, or immoral purposes and ensure all uploaded materials are virus-free.
- Corporate Authority: If acting on behalf of a company;
- you warrant that you are authorized to bind the company to these Terms.
- you represent and warrant that Your company or corporate entity is properly incorporated or properly able to perform acts in law.
4. Customer Data and Privacy
- Data Accuracy: The Customer will be solely responsible for the user's name, email and password of the account. The Customer is responsible for the accuracy and veracity of the personal data provided in the sign-up and for future modifications, and must inform of such changes and update them.
- We do not own any keyword data, information, performance data, paid search campaigns or material that You submit to Us in the course of Us providing the Service to You (collectively called “Customer Data”).
- You hereby grant Us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive right during the Term (section 11) to use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, perform, transmit and publish your Customer Data for the sole purposes of (i) processing your Customer Data in connection with providing the Services to you; and (ii) storing or hosting the Customer Data in a remote database or on shown.io website for access by You.
- Ownership of Data: You retain ownership of your advertising data ("Customer Data"). Shown processes Customer Data solely to provide the Services.
- GDPR Compliance: We act as a data controller under GDPR. You have the right to access, amend, or delete your personal data. For details, see our Privacy Policy.
- Aggregated Metrics: Shown may compile aggregated data metrics for analytics purposes, ensuring no uniquely identifiable information is disclosed.
- For the avoidance of doubt you acknowledge and agree that all data related to your use of the Services, not including Customer Data, shall be owned by Shown.
5. Shown Services
- Modifications: We reserve the right to modify the Services at any time without prior notice.
- Service Scope:
- Shown is provided "as is" and "as available." We are not responsible for the success or failure of advertising campaigns.
- We have no obligation to review Your use of Shown. We do not control, nor are We to be held responsible for, Your use of Shown or any other content that You send or receive through Shown.
6. Intellectual Property
- Ownership: All software, algorithms, and data processed by Shown are our exclusive property.
- Restrictions: You may not rent, lease, sublicense, distribute, transfer, copy, modify, or reverse-engineer Shown.
7. Privacy & Confidentiality
- You agree to the terms of Shown's privacy policy at https://shown.io/privacy which may be viewed on the Shown website (the “Site”), and which may be modified by Shown in its reasonable discretion from time to time.
- Confidential Information: You agree to protect any confidential information disclosed during your use of Shown.
- Injunctive Relief: We may seek legal remedies for breaches of confidentiality.
8. Payment and Fees
- Subscription prices are based on Your chosen plan, and reflects the offering shown on Our website at the time You entered into this agreement.
- You must provide Shown with a valid credit card or bank automatic clearing house validation as a condition to signing up for the Services. You represent that you are authorized to provide any credit card or bank account information you use to sign up for the Services.
- You shall pay all fees to your account in accordance with the fees and billing terms in the applicable Order.
- The first billing period begins on the date of registration as a Shown customer and ends the day before the date of the following month that corresponds to the date of registration. Subsequent billing periods shall begin on the date of each month that corresponds to the date of registration and end the day before that date in the following month.
- Late Payment: We reserve the right to suspend Services for late payments.
- Advertising Fees: If using Shown’s Advertising Buying Feature (Section 10.), a 20% service fee applies. This fee may increase to 40% if we detect policy violations to cover our additional costs and risks.
9. Shown Credit Vouchers
- Eligibility: Free credit vouchers are subject to specific terms available in your account. Misuse may result in account suspension.
- You will not be notified once the Shown free voucher has been used up.
- Limitations: Unused free credit vouchers are not refundable.
10. Advertising Buying Feature
- Service Scope:
- Advertising Buying Through Shown allows you to quickly and easily create third-party ad accounts and purchase Google and Microsoft advertisements directly from within your Shown account (collectively, the “Advertising Buying Feature”).
- The Advertising Buying Feature is an add-on to your Shown account and will be billed as such. When creating an advertising campaign through the Advertising Buying Feature, you will be required to select a daily advertising budget for your campaign. You agree to pay for five (5) days of the selected daily budget upfront, and your credit card will be charged for this amount in its entirety. Ads will then be placed by Google and Microsoft on your behalf according to the criteria you select using the Advertising Buying Feature until your budget is fully utilized.
- If your campaigns are still enabled and the balance of your Advertising Credits reaches zero (0), Shown will automatically charge your credit card for an additional five (5) days of daily budget to avoid campaign disruption. You will receive an in-app notification and email when this charge is processed.
- In certain circumstances, your entire budget may not be exhausted. Any unused portion of your budget will be credited to your account as “Advertising Credits (Balance)” and may be used toward the purchase of future advertising campaigns using the Advertising Buying Feature. Advertising Credits may not be used to purchase or pay for other Shown services. Advertising Credits do not expire.
- Compliance: Shown may refuse service or limit, suspend, or terminate your access to the Advertising Buying Feature at any time, with or without cause. You may discontinue your use of the Advertising Buying Feature at any time. The Advertising Buying Feature allows you to create, purchase, and manage Google & Microsoft ads, from your Shown account. By using the Advertising Buying Feature, you also agree to comply with Google, & Microsoft’ Advertising Policies, Terms of Service, and Commercial Terms. Google and Microsoft are not affiliates, partners, agents, or representatives of Shown. You understand and agree that Shown is an independent third party and has no right, responsibility, or ability to control, direct, or influence any action, inaction, conduct, or decision made by Google & Microsoft
- Suspensions: If your ad account is suspended by external ad platforms, you may be required to provide identity verification documents for refunds.
11. Term
This agreement remains effective as long as you are a registered user of Shown.
12. Termination
- Termination by Either Party: Either party may terminate this agreement with notice.
- Refunds: Unused credits will be refunded; consumed credits are non-refundable. Subscriptions beyond the 48-hour cancellation window are non-refundable. This applies to the active month and all previous months of the subscription.
13. Disclaimer of Warranties
Shown is provided "as is" without any warranties. We disclaim all implied warranties to the maximum extent permitted by law.
- Shown, our respective officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, advisors, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, vendors, users and agents (collectively “the shown parties”) are not responsible for any content provided by third parties (including clients).
- The shown parties disclaim any representation or warranty regarding (a) the success of shown (b) the error-free, disruption-free or interruption-free nature of shown, (c) the requirements or expectations of the services, or (d) the products, services, information, leads or other material purchased or obtained by you through the services will meet your requirements or expectations. the platform is provided “as is”, “with all faults” and “as available” without warranty, of any kind, and any use by you shall be at your sole risk. all representations and warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement, are hereby disclaimed to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law by shown and its licensors.
14. Limitation of Liability
in no event shall the shown parties be liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, punitive, or other damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of or relating to these terms or the use of or inability to use shown, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Our total liability for any claims under these Terms shall not exceed forty-nine euros (€49.00). We are not liable for indirect or consequential damages.
15. Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms and will notify you via email. Updated Terms are available for download on our website.
16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by Belgian law. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of Brussels, Belgium.
For questions, please contact support@shown.io.