Terms of Service

SurveyBrand Service | Effective from January 1, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to SurveyBrand. These Terms of Service govern your use of our website and services. By accessing or using SurveyBrand, you agree to be bound by these Terms. Our service offers survey creation with AI assistance, response collection, styling options, and analytical tools. Please read these terms carefully as they contain important information about your legal rights, remedies, and obligations.

2. Definitions

Service: "Service" refers to the SurveyBrand website and survey creation platform.

User: "User" refers to individuals who access or use the Service.

Content: "Content" refers to surveys, questions, responses, and any other materials created or uploaded through the Service.

3. Account Registration

To use certain features of the Service, you must register for an account. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep this information updated. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.

Each account is for a single user only. You may not share your account credentials with others or allow others to access or use your account. We reserve the right to terminate accounts that are used by multiple individuals.

4. User Content

You retain ownership of any Content you create or upload to the Service. By submitting Content, you grant SurveyBrand a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and display your Content for the purpose of operating and improving the Service.

You are solely responsible for your Content and the consequences of sharing it through the Service. You represent and warrant that:

  • You own or have necessary rights to the Content you post
  • Your Content does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party
  • Your Content does not violate these Terms or any applicable law
  • Your Content is not fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations
  • Infringe upon the rights of others
  • Distribute malware or other harmful code
  • Collect personal information without proper consent
  • Send spam or unsolicited communications
  • Interfere with the proper functioning of the Service
  • Create surveys that promote hate speech, discrimination, or illegal activities
  • Impersonate another person or entity
  • Access the Service through automated means without our permission

6. Subscription and Payments

SurveyBrand offers various subscription plans with different features and limitations. When you subscribe to a paid plan, you agree to pay the subscription fees as described at the time of purchase.

Subscription fees are charged in advance and are non-refundable. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you cancel it before the renewal date. You can cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings.

We reserve the right to change subscription fees upon reasonable notice. Such changes will take effect on your next billing cycle. By continuing to use the Service after the fee change, you accept the new fees.

7. AI-Generated Survey Content

Our Service offers AI-powered tools to assist in generating survey questions, options, and content. While we strive to provide high-quality AI assistance, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

  • AI Limitations: AI-generated content is created through automated processes and may not always be perfect, accurate, or appropriate for your specific needs. You are responsible for reviewing, editing, and approving all AI-generated content before using it in your surveys.
  • No Guaranteed Outcomes: We do not guarantee that AI-generated content will produce specific results or outcomes for your surveys. The effectiveness of surveys depends on many factors beyond our control.
  • Content Ownership: You own the final versions of surveys created using our AI tools, subject to our license to use such content as described in these Terms. However, the underlying AI technology, algorithms, and models remain our exclusive property.
  • Usage Limits: We may impose reasonable limits on the use of AI features, including limits on the number of AI-generated surveys or questions, as specified in your subscription plan.
  • Quality Control: While our AI systems are designed to create appropriate and effective survey content, you must exercise independent judgment and quality control. We are not responsible for any misleading, biased, or inappropriate questions that may be generated.
  • Prohibited Content: You may not use our AI tools to generate surveys that violate our Acceptable Use policies, including but not limited to content that is discriminatory, harmful, misleading, or illegal.
  • Training Data: By using our AI features, you acknowledge that anonymized patterns from your interactions may contribute to improving our AI systems. No personal information or specific survey content will be used for this purpose without explicit consent.
  • AI Availability: We reserve the right to modify, limit, or discontinue any AI features at any time. We will make reasonable efforts to provide notice of significant changes to AI functionality.

8. Data Storage and Processing

Our Service allows you to collect, store, and process survey responses. With respect to this data:

  • Response Storage: Survey responses are stored securely in our systems. Storage duration depends on your subscription plan and account settings. We recommend you export and back up important data regularly.
  • Data Controller: For purposes of data protection laws, you are considered the data controller for survey responses you collect. You are responsible for ensuring you have appropriate legal bases and permissions to collect respondent data.
  • Our Role: We act as a data processor for the survey responses you collect. We will only process this data according to your instructions and as necessary to provide the Service.
  • Data Deletion: We may delete survey responses and related data after a reasonable period following account termination or as specified in our data retention policies.
  • Usage Limits: Depending on your subscription plan, there may be limits on the number of responses you can collect or the amount of data you can store.
  • Data Security: We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your survey data. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You should take appropriate measures to secure your account credentials and sensitive survey data.
  • Data Encryption: Survey responses are encrypted both during transmission and at rest in our databases. Access to decrypted data is strictly limited to authorized personnel and systems.
  • Respondent Privacy: You must provide clear privacy information to your survey respondents, including how their data will be used and who will have access to it. You are responsible for obtaining any necessary consents from respondents.
  • Data Portability: We provide tools to export your survey data in standard formats. You may request a complete export of your data at any time during your active subscription.
  • Breach Notification: In the event of a data breach affecting your survey responses, we will notify you in accordance with applicable laws and provide reasonable assistance in your compliance with any notification obligations you may have to respondents or authorities.

9. Survey Styling and Customization

Our Service provides tools to customize the appearance and styling of your surveys. Regarding these features:

  • Templates and Designs: We offer various templates and design elements that you may use to style your surveys. These templates and elements are licensed, not sold, to you for use exclusively within the Service.
  • Custom Branding: You may upload your own branding elements, such as logos and color schemes. You represent and warrant that you own or have properly licensed any custom branding elements you upload.
  • Intellectual Property: The design elements, templates, and styling tools provided by the Service remain our intellectual property or that of our licensors. Your rights to use these elements are limited to creating and distributing surveys through our Service.
  • Feature Availability: Certain styling and customization features may only be available in specific subscription plans.
  • Responsive Design: Our styling tools are designed to create responsive surveys that work across various devices and screen sizes. However, we do not guarantee perfect rendering on all possible devices, browsers, or operating systems.
  • Design Limitations: While we offer extensive customization options, certain design elements may have technical limitations. Not all styling combinations or custom designs may be possible within the constraints of the platform.
  • Third-Party Integrations: If you incorporate third-party design elements or integrations into your survey styling, you are responsible for ensuring you have the right to use such elements and that they function correctly with our Service.
  • Accessibility: You are responsible for ensuring that your styled surveys meet applicable accessibility requirements for your intended audience. We provide certain accessibility features, but the final accessibility of your survey depends on your design choices.
  • Preview Capabilities: Our Service provides preview functionality to review your survey's appearance before publishing. You should always use this feature to verify that your styling achieves the intended results across different devices.

10. Survey Analysis and Reporting

Our Service includes tools for analyzing survey responses and generating reports. With respect to these features:

  • Analysis Tools: We provide various visualization, reporting, and analysis tools to help you understand survey responses. These tools are licensed for use within the Service and may vary based on your subscription plan.
  • No Warranty: While we strive for accuracy, we do not warrant that our analysis tools will be error-free or suitable for your specific purposes. You should independently verify any critical results or decisions based on our analysis tools.
  • Export Rights: You may export and utilize the results and reports generated by our analysis tools for your own use, subject to the appropriate protection of any respondent personal data contained therein.
  • Aggregated Data: We may use anonymized, aggregated data from surveys to improve our Service and provide industry benchmarks or insights. Such use will not identify you or your respondents.
  • Statistical Methods: Our analysis tools use standard statistical methods to process and present survey data. We do not guarantee that these methods are appropriate for specialized research or statistical analysis beyond general survey insights.
  • Data Visualization: The Service offers various data visualization options including charts, graphs, and tables. These visualizations are provided to help interpret data but should not be the sole basis for critical business or research decisions.
  • Real-time Analysis: While many analysis features update in real-time as new responses are collected, some complex analyses or reports may be processed periodically or on-demand. Processing times may vary based on data volume and system load.
  • Data Retention for Analysis: Analysis data may be cached in our systems to improve performance. This cached data is subject to the same security and privacy controls as the original response data.
  • AI-Assisted Insights: Our Service may include AI-powered analytical features that suggest patterns or insights from your data. These suggestions are algorithmic in nature and should be reviewed critically before being acted upon.
  • Report Sharing: You may share reports with third parties, but you remain responsible for ensuring any shared data complies with privacy laws and respondent consent terms. We provide tools to help anonymize or aggregate sensitive data for sharing.

Last updated: January 1, 2025