These GTU supplement Quickote's General Terms of Sale.

Article 1: Purpose & Scope

These General Terms of Use (hereinafter "the GTU") define the conditions for accessing and using the Quickote application and the quickote.app website (hereinafter the "Platform"), published by Alexandre RENDA, an individual trader registered with the Monaco Trade and Industry Register under number 25P10811, operating under the trade name (Pro)pulse (hereinafter "(Pro)pulse" or "the Publisher"), whose professional address is 7 avenue des Papalins, Le Michelangelo, 98000 Monaco. The GTU apply to all access to the Platform, whether it is carried out within the framework of a paid subscription, a free trial period, or freemium access. They apply to the exclusion of all other conditions and supplement the General Terms of Sale (GTS). In case of contradiction, the GTS prevail on commercial matters; the GTU prevail on matters of use. These GTU are systematically communicated to every user prior to any access to the Platform. As these GTU may be subject to subsequent modifications, the applicable version is that in force on the date of access to the Platform. The validation of the registration by the Client constitutes unrestricted and unreserved acceptance of these GTU.

Article 2: Eligibility & Registration

The Platform is exclusively intended for legally capable adult professionals — natural persons acting within the scope of their professional activity, or legal entities represented by an authorized agent. Any personal use or use by a minor is prohibited. Registration requires the provision of accurate, complete, and up-to-date information: name or company name, valid professional email address, and any other information required during the registration form. The Client undertakes to keep this information up-to-date throughout the duration of their subscription. (Pro)pulse reserves the right to refuse any registration at its sole discretion. Each Client may only hold one active account on the Platform. The creation of multiple accounts for the purpose of circumventing usage limitations or abusing a trial period is expressly prohibited and may result in the deletion of all concerned accounts. The Client is responsible for verifying the completeness and accuracy of the information they provide to (Pro)pulse during registration. The registration confirmation email signifies the opening of the account by (Pro)pulse. The Client is responsible for retaining this email. (Pro)pulse cannot be held responsible if this email is filtered by an anti-spam device.

Article 3: Access to the Platform & Identifiers

Access to the Platform is conditional upon holding strictly personal and confidential login credentials (email address and password), created during registration. The Client is solely responsible for the security and confidentiality of their identifiers. They undertake, in particular, to: choose a strong password and renew it regularly; never share their identifiers, including with other members of their organization, outside of the multi-user functionalities provided by the Platform; log out after each session from a shared device; activate two-factor authentication when available. Any use of the Platform from the Client's identifiers is presumed to be carried out by them or under their responsibility. In case of suspected compromise, the Client undertakes to immediately change their password and notify (Pro)pulse at support@quickote.app. (Pro)pulse cannot be held responsible for the consequences of a compromise occurring before such notification. The Platform is accessible via a modern and up-to-date web browser. (Pro)pulse cannot be held responsible for malfunctions resulting from the use of an outdated or unsupported browser. (Pro)pulse reserves the right to deactivate or delete any account that has remained inactive for a continuous period of twenty-four (24) months, subject to prior notification sent to the email address associated with the account.

Article 4: Acceptable Use

The Client and its users undertake to use the Platform exclusively for lawful professional purposes, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, respecting the rights of third parties and in a reasonable manner with regard to (Pro)pulse's infrastructures. The Client is solely responsible for the compliance of the documents they generate via the Platform (quotes, invoices, etc.) with the legal, tax, and accounting obligations applicable to them. Quickote is not a legal or tax advisory tool. The total or partial impossibility of using the Platform due to incompatibility with the Client's IT environment cannot give rise to any compensation, unless there is a proven defect attributable to (Pro)pulse. The Client remains solely responsible for verifying the content, accuracy of information, calculations, amounts, taxes, legal notices, and any data appearing in the documents generated or edited via the Platform before transmitting them to a third party. The documents generated by the Platform constitute assistance for commercial and administrative management. They cannot be interpreted as a legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory validation of their content. (Pro)pulse cannot be held responsible for the consequences resulting from erroneous, incomplete, or unverified information by the Client. Some functionalities of the Platform may rely on automated processing or artificial intelligence technologies. Automatically generated results, suggestions, content, or recommendations are provided for informational and assistance purposes only. The Client remains solely responsible for their verification, validation, and use before any decision-making or communication to third parties. (Pro)pulse does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of automatically generated content for a particular need.

Article 5: Prohibited Conduct

The following are strictly prohibited, without this list being exhaustive: 5.1 Attacks on the Platform — any attempt at unauthorized access to restricted areas, any act of intrusion or vulnerability testing without prior written authorization from (Pro)pulse, any introduction of malicious code (virus, malware, injection scripts), any use of robots or automated extraction mechanisms (scraping), any decompilation or reverse engineering of the code, any deliberate overloading of infrastructures. 5.2 Fraudulent uses — using the Platform to create fraudulent or falsified documents, impersonating a third party, circumventing tax obligations, money laundering, or financing illicit activities. 5.3 Harm to third parties — integrating into the Platform any content infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties, processing third-party personal data via the Platform without a legal basis. 5.4 Commercial abuses — reselling or sublicensing access to the Platform, creating multiple accounts to abuse trial offers, using the Platform for competitive analysis or the development of a similar service without prior written agreement. It is also prohibited to use the Platform for benchmarking, commercial reverse engineering, training automated models, building competing databases, or directly or indirectly developing a competing product or service. Any breach of the provisions of this article may result in the immediate and definitive suspension of the account without refund, as well as civil and criminal prosecution. Regardless of any other measure provided for by these GTU or the GTS, (Pro)pulse may immediately suspend, without notice or compensation, any account whose activity is likely to compromise the security, integrity, stability, or normal functioning of the Platform or associated services.

Article 6: User Content

The Client is solely and entirely responsible for the content they create, import, or generate via the Platform (quotes, invoices, customer data, etc.). They guarantee that this content is lawful, accurate, and does not infringe the rights of third parties. (Pro)pulse exercises no editorial control over user content. By submitting content to the Platform, the Client grants (Pro)pulse a limited, non-exclusive, and free license, solely for the purposes of hosting, technical processing, and securing the Service. This license does not confer any right of commercial exploitation of user content to (Pro)pulse. (Pro)pulse reserves the right to delete any manifestly illicit content without prior notice, particularly at the request of a competent judicial or administrative authority. In the event that (Pro)pulse is informed of the presence of illicit content, it undertakes to act promptly to remove it or make access to it impossible.

Article 6.1: Data Backup and Retention

The Client remains solely responsible for the retention of their data and for carrying out any additional backups they deem necessary. (Pro)pulse implements reasonable measures for securing and backing up the Platform, without however guaranteeing the perpetual or uninterrupted retention of hosted data. In the event of termination, voluntary account deletion, or account closure for violation of these GTU or the GTS, data may be permanently deleted after the applicable legal, contractual, or technical deadlines.

Article 7: Service Availability

(Pro)pulse undertakes to make its best efforts to maintain access to the Platform 24/7, with a target availability of 99% per calendar month, except in cases of force majeure. Given the complexity of the internet and the constraints inherent in communication networks, (Pro)pulse's responsibility will be limited to the operation of its own servers. (Pro)pulse cannot be held responsible for access speeds, slowdowns external to its servers, poor transmissions due to third-party network failures, or any computer virus. The Platform may rely on services, infrastructures, or software provided by third-party providers, particularly for hosting, email sending, payments, security, or certain technical functionalities. (Pro)pulse cannot be held responsible for malfunctions, interruptions, unavailability, or service degradations attributable to these third-party providers. (Pro)pulse reserves the right to limit or suspend access to the Platform for any maintenance or improvement operation, by informing users in advance by any useful means. Users acknowledge and accept that this service level guarantee does not cover interruptions attributable to telecom operators, internet service providers, or any event constituting force majeure under Monegasque law.

Article 8: Intellectual Property

(Pro)pulse is the exclusive owner of all intellectual property rights relating to the Quickote Platform, its brand, logo, source code, algorithms, graphical interfaces, design, and more generally all of its content, worldwide. These elements are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Any disassembly, decompilation, decryption, extraction, copying, or any act of reproduction, representation, dissemination, and use of the Platform or any of its elements, in whole or in part, without the express prior authorization of (Pro)pulse is strictly prohibited and may be subject to legal proceedings. Violation of these provisions exposes the offender to the penalties provided for by Monegasque law and applicable legislation. Subscription to the Platform grants the Client a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license for the duration of the subscription, limited to internal professional use in accordance with the purpose of the Service. The Client retains full intellectual property rights over the documents and data they generate via the Platform.

Article 9: Personal Data & Cookies

Personal data collected during the use of the Platform is processed by (Pro)pulse in accordance with Monegasque Law No. 1.565 of December 3, 2024, relating to the protection of personal data (competent authority: APDP) and, where applicable, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). For complete information on processing, its purposes, legal bases, retention periods, and user rights, the Client is invited to consult Quickote's Privacy Policy. The Platform uses cookies and trackers necessary for its operation and, subject to user consent, for improving the experience and audience measurement. For complete information, consult the Cookie Policy.

Article 10: Liability

(Pro)pulse cannot be held responsible for damages of any kind, whether direct or indirect, resulting from non-compliant use of the Platform, an unplanned interruption, or the consequences of a Client's decision based on documents generated via the Platform. (Pro)pulse's liability is limited to the operation of its own systems under the conditions defined in these GTU and the GTS. Are considered as fortuitous events or force majeure exonerating from liability all irresistible, unforeseeable facts or circumstances beyond the control of (Pro)pulse, including large-scale cyberattacks, global internet infrastructure failures, natural disasters, or decisions by public authorities. Specifically assimilated to cases of force majeure are distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, ransomware, compromises of third-party providers, major cloud infrastructure incidents, massive failures of essential internet services, or any reasonably unforeseeable large-scale cyberattack. In no event shall (Pro)pulse be liable for indirect damages suffered by the Client, including loss of turnover, operating losses, loss of profits, loss of customers, loss of contracts, loss of data, loss of business opportunities, damage to image, commercial or financial prejudice, even if (Pro)pulse has been informed of the possibility of such damages. Without limiting the preceding paragraphs, (Pro)pulse's total liability cannot exceed the amounts paid by the Client during the six (6) months preceding the event giving rise to the damage. Any action for liability must be brought within twelve (12) months from the date of the damaging event, failing which it will be time-barred.

Article 11: Evidential Value of Electronic Records

Computerized registers, technical journals, connection logs, action histories, electronic traces, and records kept by (Pro)pulse under reasonable security conditions will be considered admissible and will be authentic between the parties until proven otherwise. These elements may be used as evidence in any administrative, judicial, or arbitration procedure.

Article 12: Modifications to the GTU

(Pro)pulse reserves the right to modify these GTU at any time, particularly to take into account legislative, regulatory, or technical developments. Substantial modifications are notified to the Client by any useful means (message within the Service and/or email) at least thirty (30) days before their entry into force. Continued use of the Platform after this date constitutes unreserved acceptance of the new GTU. In case of disagreement, the Client may terminate their subscription free of charge before the effective date, in accordance with the GTS. The current version is permanently available at quickote.app/cgu. The applicable version is the one in force on the day of use of the Platform.

Article 13: Applicable Law, Language & Jurisdiction

By express agreement between the parties, these General Terms of Use and the operations resulting therefrom are governed, interpreted, and executed exclusively according to the law of the Principality of Monaco, to the express exclusion of any other national or international law, including conflict of laws rules. These GTU are written in French. In the event that they are translated into one or more foreign languages, only the French text shall be authentic in case of dispute. All disputes to which the use of the Platform may give rise — concerning their validity, interpretation, execution, termination, consequences, and follow-up — and which could not be resolved amicably, will be submitted to the competent courts of the Principality of Monaco. The Client expressly waives the right to invoke any forum of convenience or any contrary jurisdiction clause.

Article 14: Pre-contractual Information & Acceptance

The Client acknowledges having received, prior to any use of the Platform, in a clear and understandable manner, these General Terms of Use, the General Terms of Sale, Quickote's Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. The act of a natural or legal person accessing the Platform or creating an account thereon implies full and complete adherence to and acceptance of these General Terms of Use, which is expressly acknowledged by the Client, who waives the right to invoke any contradictory document that would be unenforceable against (Pro)pulse.

Article 15: Severability of Clauses

If for any reason one or more of the clauses of these General Terms of Use were to be declared null, unenforceable, void, illegal, or inapplicable due to a law, regulation, or a final decision of a competent court, this invalidity shall not call into question the validity and applicability of the other provisions, which shall remain fully in force. The parties undertake to replace the void provision with a valid clause producing economic effects as close as possible.