Effective date: March 05 2025
These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) govern access to and use of the CoV Ledger, including any related pages, forms, downloads, exports, verification tools, and documentation (the “System”).
1) Acceptance of Terms
By downloading, installing, accessing, or using any part of the System, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not download, install, access, or use the System.
2) Changes to Terms
These Terms may be updated at any time and may change without prior notice. The most current version will be posted within the System or associated documentation. Continued use of the System after updates constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
3) Purpose and Scope
The System is a private recordkeeping and verification tool intended to support internal traceability, certificate recording, and statement generation for participating propagators. It is not a government registry and does not provide legal, licensing, compliance, or regulatory approval.
4) DIY Use and Self Serve Support
The System is designed as a DIY workflow. Support is intended to be self serve and self AI assisted. Users are responsible for their own setup, usage, troubleshooting, and operational decisions.
5) Eligibility and Access Control
Access may require a token or other credentials. You agree not to share, resell, publish, or otherwise disclose access tokens. Administrators may revoke, rotate, or disable tokens at any time.
6) User Responsibilities and Data Accuracy
You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of any information you submit, including certificate codes, buyer references, dates, and status changes. Entries are subject to human error. Records may be corrected or updated if discrepancies are identified and supported by evidence.
7) Third Party Data Responsibility
You are solely responsible for any collection, entry, storage, use, and sharing of information related to third parties (including buyers or recipients). You represent that you have the right to provide such information and that your use complies with applicable laws, regulations, and any privacy obligations. Breeder Steve and Carlos Landázuri assume no responsibility for third party data entered by users.
8) Transactions Between Propagators and End Customers
Any transaction, agreement, delivery, refund, dispute, warranty, chargeback, or communication between a propagator and an end customer is strictly between those parties. Breeder Steve and – or Carlos Landázuri are not parties to such transactions and assume no responsibility or liability for them.
9) No Financial Services
The System is not a financial service, payment processor, escrow, banking product, or marketplace. Payments and commercial terms occur outside the System between independent parties.
10) Verification Limits
Verification confirms only that an entry exists in the System and matches recorded details at the time of verification. Verification does not guarantee plant performance, yield, phenotype expression, disease resistance, legality, or product quality.
11) Prohibited Use
You agree not to misuse the System, including but not limited to:
- submitting false, misleading, or fraudulent information,
- attempting to bypass access controls or alter records without authorisation,
- scraping, reverse engineering, or attacking the System,
- using the System to harass, defame, infringe rights, or violate any law.
12) Right to Suspend, Void, Correct
Administrators reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to suspend access, revoke tokens, void certificates, correct or update records, restrict functionality, or discontinue any part of the System, including in cases of suspected misuse, inconsistency, abuse, or operational necessity.
13) Intellectual Property
All System content, structure, workflows, text, and related materials are protected. You receive a limited, revocable, non exclusive, non transferable permission to use the System as intended. No ownership rights are granted.
14) Use at Your Own Risk
Use of the System is entirely at your own risk. The System is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, including accuracy, completeness, availability, merchantability, non infringement, or fitness for a particular purpose.
15) Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Breeder Steve and Carlos Landázuri will not be liable for any direct or indirect loss, damages, delays, or consequences arising from use, misuse, inability to use, or reliance on the System. This includes any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or lost profit damages.
16) Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Breeder Steve and Carlos Landázuri from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the System, your submissions, third party data you enter, or your transactions and interactions with third parties.
17) Governing Law and Venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of Costa Rica. Any dispute will be handled exclusively in the courts located in Costa Rica, unless mandatory law requires otherwise.
18) Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
19) Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement regarding use of the System and supersede any prior understandings related to the System.