Terms and Conditions

Online Tools & Subscriptions

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“AGREEMENT”) GOVERN ACCESS TO AND USE OF SOCIAL PROGRESS IMPERATIVE’S PUBLIC AND PREMIUM ONLINE TOOLS,SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RELATED CONTENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE GLOBAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX, THE US SOCIAL PROGRESS MAP, THE SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX TIME SERIES, AND THE JUST TRANSITION SCORE (“TOOLS”). TOOLS MAY BE PROVIDED BY SOCIAL PROGRESS IMPERATIVE TO SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS (THE “USER”). 

BY ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE TOOL(S) IN ANY WAY, THE USER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, IMMEDIATELY CEASE USE OF THE TOOL(S)  AND DESTROY ALL COPIES OF THE TOOL(S) AND RELATED MATERIAL IN YOUR POSSESSION. 

  1. Public Tools. Refers to the complementary Tools that are available to the public via the Social Progress Imperative website, which may include an online platform, related     online documentation, data sets, and any other files.
  2. Premium Tools. Refers to select Tools providing non-exclusive and non-transferable access restricted to specific Users, which may include an online platform, related online documentation, data sets, and any other files.
  3. Updates. Refers to any upgrades,  updates, bug fixes, additional products, or modified versions of the  Public Tools or Premium Tools.
  4. Restrictions on Use. Use of the Tools is subject to the following restrictions:
     
  1. Absolute Prohibited Usage. 
    1. The User may not publish or resell any aspect of  the Tools provided under this Agreement or transfer or assign any rights or obligations granted to any other person or legal entity. 
    2. The User may not attempt to reverse engineer or derive source code or other trade secrets from the Tools to (a) build a competitive product or service, (b) build a product using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics, or (c) copy any ideas, features,  functions or graphics.
    3. Access to the Premium Tools is assigned to individual users based on their unique email address and may not be  shared with other users.
  2. No Other Rights. This Agreement is related to the Tools only and does not convey to any other products or services created  or provided by Social Progress Imperative.

5. Trial Access. If Social  Progress Imperative has made available to Users a free, trial, or evaluation access to any of the Premium Tools and/or related materials (“Trial Access”), such access is limited to evaluating the product only. Customers may not use Trial Access for any other purposes, including but not limited to competitive analysis, commercial, professional, or  for-profit purposes. Upon expiration of Trial Access access, access to the  Premium Tools will cease.

6. Ownership of the Data. The Tools, including without limitation any other copyright and intellectual property therein, are and will remain the exclusive property of Social Progress  Imperative. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed to transfer  to the User any proprietary interest or other rights in the Tools, its  dataset, or in any copyright, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property of Social Progress Imperative, except to the extent expressly  granted by this Agreement. 

7. Disclaimer of Warranties. The Tools  are provided “as is.” Social Progress Imperative assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the Tools, data sets, or related products and makes no warranty expressed or implied, including without limitation of  the merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. 

8. Warrants and Representations. Social  Progress Imperative warrants and represents that it is the copyright  holder of the Tools and that granting access to the User does not violate any other agreement, copyright, or applicable statute.

9. Indemnification. The User will indemnify and hold harmless Social Progress Imperative, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates, from and against any and all     claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses  (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection  with a) any breach by the User of any provision of this Agreement; (b) the User's use of the Tool; and (c) any claim that the Tools are inaccurate or  incomplete.

10. Terms. For Premium Tools, this Agreement will commence upon acceptance of the Premium Tool(s) and will remain in effect for the period of 12 months unless otherwise     stated in writing.

11. Termination. This Agreement will be terminated, and access to the Tools will be forfeited where the User has failed to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement or is in breach of this Agreement. If this occurs, the User is     not entitled to a refund of any donation or fee. Upon termination of this  Agreement for any reason, the User will promptly destroy all copies of Tools and related materials in their possession.