aangel clear your mind

terms and conditions

1. Definitions
1.1 "AANGEL" means Aangel Processing Limited and any of its successors, transferees or assignees, and any trading names associated with or licensed to Aangel Processing Limited.
1.2 "Customer" means you, our customer.
1.3 "Services" means:

the recording of the Customer's voice messages, and storage of the same on a computer;

potentially the interpretation of these messages;

potentially the sending of one or more text messages to the Customer's mobile phone and/or the sending of one or more emails to the Customer's email address, containing a representation of the information in the Customer's voice message;

potentially the provision of attachments in email messages that are designed to utilise automatic features of the Customer's preferred email software; and

any other services provided by AANGEL to the Customer pursuant to this Agreement.
1.4 "Vodafone" means Vodafone New Zealand Limited.
2. Commencement and term
2.1 This Agreement begins when AANGEL sets up the Customer's connection to the Services to be available for the Customer's use.
2.2 This Agreement will continue until it is terminated by either party under clause 9.
3. Provision of the Services
3.1 AANGEL will always do its best to provide the Services in a reliable and high-quality manner, however AANGEL does not guarantee that the Services will always operate uninterrupted or error-free.
4. Customer responsibilities
4.1 The Customer acknowledges that the range of Services provided to the Customer depends to some extent on the hardware operated by that Customer. The Customer must have an on account Vodafone mobile phone and connection to the Vodafone network, and may also have a computer with active email facilities, in order to receive Services.
4.2 The Customer is responsible for checking the validity of messages, and the accuracy of details in messages provided by AANGEL under this agreement. The Customer agrees to keep AANGEL protected against any legal action taken against AANGEL and to meet any losses AANGEL may incur as a result of the Customer's use of the Services.
4.3 The Customer is responsible for all charges accrued to the Customer's account, no matter who uses the Customer's phone to access the Services.
5. Volume and content of messages
5.1 The customer acknowledges that AANGEL has a fair use policy relating to the Service. To maintain the highest quality and flexibility of service to all customers, AANGEL reserves the right to intervene with the Customer if AANGEL deems that the Customer's use of AANGEL, either by volume, frequency or content falls outside the intended fair use of the Service. As a guideline, this may occur, but is not limited to, where a Customer exceeds 40 messages per month on a sequential basis or where messages frequently exceed 50 seconds in duration.
5.2 The maximum recording time for an AANGEL message is 60 seconds. AANGEL reserves the right to transcribe 60 seconds or 60 words of an individual message.
5.3 The Customer acknowledges that AANGEL is not offered or sold as a dictation service and dictation of long passages of text falls outside the fair use policy in 5.1.
6. Privacy statement
6.1 AANGEL recognises that the Customer's privacy is important. The Customer agrees that AANGEL can collect, and that AANGEL and its agents may hold, personal information about the Customer. The Customer may ask to see personal information AANGEL or its agents hold about them, and may ask AANGEL to correct any information that is not correct. AANGEL's agents include Vodafone as the operator on whose network the Services are being provided.
6.2 Except pursuant to clause 6.3, personal information will not be used for any other purpose than as intended under this agreement unless the Customer gives explicit consent to act otherwise. Subject to clause 6.3, AANGEL will not supply the personal information to any third party unless this consent is given.
6.3 AANGEL may share the Customer's personal information with its employees and agents, and may send that information by any medium, including voicemail, text messaging or by the Internet. AANGEL may do this so it can provide the Services to the Customer, and maintain and improve the quality of the Services. AANGEL and its agents may share the Customer's personal information and the content of messages if required by law, or as requested by law enforcement agencies.
6.4 The Customer will comply with all laws when using the Services, and will not send any messages or data which in the reasonable opinion of AANGEL are unsuitable or unlawful. AANGEL and its agents may review the content of messages for compliance with this requirement. Subject to any rights the Customer may have under the Privacy Act 1993, AANGEL and its agents will not be liable to the Customer, or to anyone else, for the content or lack of confidentiality of any Services the Customer uses, or for any disclosure AANGEL or its agents must make by law or are requested to make by a law enforcement agency.
7. Payments
7.1 The Customer, by using the Services, agrees to pay the fees that are payable.
7.2 The statement of fees for use of the Services will be included on the Customer's Vodafone statement each month. The Customer agrees to pay the amount of fees for the Services, by the due date, as set out in the Vodafone statement.
7.3 The Customer agrees to make all payments that are payable under this Agreement to Vodafone, or in any other manner as directed by AANGEL from time to time.
8. Limitation of liability
8.1

To the extent permissible by law, neither AANGEL nor its suppliers or its agents will be liable for any loss of data or information resulting from delays, non-deliveries, missed deliveries or service interruptions. AANGEL specifically exclude any representation or warranty that:

a. the information, representations or material the information, representations or material received through the Service will be correct, accurate, timely or otherwise reliable; or
b. the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Service, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses or other harmful components,

and is not to be liable for any action the Customer takes in reliance upon such information or the Services.

8.2 Where the Customer does use, or holds itself out as using, the Services for the purposes of a business, then the Consumer Guarantees Act statutory guarantees do not apply to the Customer's use of the Services.
8.3

Without limiting clause 8.1, AANGEL excludes any liability of any kind (including loss of profits or revenue, loss of use, lost business or missed opportunities, wasted expenditure or savings the Customer might have made) arising from:

a. the Customer's connection to a telecommunications network or the Internet;
b. the supply of, or failure, interruption or delay in the supply of, the Services or any part thereof, or any negligence in this regard;
c. the fitness of the Services or any part of them for any particular purpose;
d. the incorrect, inaccurate or delayed transmission of any information or data;
e. the Customer's use of the Services.

8.4

Save as expressly set out in this agreement, all conditions or warranties which may be implied or incorporated into this agreement by law or otherwise are expressly excluded to the extent permitted by law. In no circumstances whatsoever will AANGEL be liable for direct, indirect, special, punitive, economic or consequential loss, to the extent permitted by law, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the Services or otherwise howsoever arising whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise.

8.5

To the extent permissible by law the liability of AANGEL (if any) in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the supply of the Services under this agreement is to be limited in respect of any one event or a series of two or more connected events to $100.00.

9. Intellectual property
9.1 The Services, and the know-how connected with them (and their provision), are the intellectual property of AANGEL under license. The Customer may only use the Services in the manner as provided for in this agreement and as directed by AANGEL, and the Customer has no form of property right in the Services or the know-how connected with them (and their provision).
10. Termination
10.1 The Customer may at any time terminate this agreement by calling Customer Services on 0800 080380 and giving not less than 7 days prior notice. The Services will be disconnected 7 days after giving such notice and this will be the date of termination.
10.2

AANGEL may terminate this agreement:

a. if any of our licenses to operate our service is ended or suspended or any interconnection agreement with any other party expires or is ended;
b. for any other reason AANGEL believes that it is appropriate to do so,

and in either case the Customer will only have to pay any outstanding charges incurred up to and including the date of termination.

11. Survivability after termination
11.1 Termination of this Agreement for any reason does not affect any rights and obligations which are intended to continue or come into existence after this Agreement ends including (without limitation) any obligations the Customer may have under clauses 4, 7, 8 and 9.
12. Unilateral variation
12.1 The Customer acknowledges and agrees that AANGEL may unilaterally vary these terms and conditions. AANGEL will, upon any such variation, give notice to the Customer by way of announcement on the AANGEL website of fact there has been a change, and the change will be incorporated in new terms and conditions in substitution for these conditions. The Customer will be taken to have accepted such variations by any use of the Services on or after the date of the variation.
13. Meeting responsibilities through agents
13.1 AANGEL may have any of its agents perform any part of its obligations under this agreement. In that case each of those agents and their officers, employees, contractors or agents shall have the benefit of any terms of this agreement that confer benefits on AANGEL.
14. Transferring responsibilities
14.1 AANGEL may transfer to someone else any part, or the whole, of its rights and obligations under this agreement.
15. Governing law and jurisdiction
15.1 This agreement is governed by the laws of New Zealand and the jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.