These Terms and Conditions (the "Terms") govern the use of Lexbell (the "App"), a desktop app for Mac and Windows and, soon, a companion app for iPhone, provided by Eduardo Espinal ("we", "Lexbell"). By downloading, installing or using the App, you accept these Terms.
1. Acceptance
By installing or using the App, you declare that you have read, understood and accepted these Terms. If you do not agree, do not install or use the App.
2. License
We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to install and use the App on the computers (Mac or Windows) and the iPhone you control, solely for lawful purposes within your professional practice.
This license does not include the rights to:
- Copy, distribute or sublicense the App.
- Modify, decompile, reverse engineer or attempt to derive the source code, except as permitted by applicable law.
- Remove copyright notices, trademarks or other ownership indications.
- Use the App to build competing products or derivative services.
3. Intellectual property
The App, its texts, designs, source code, icons, trademarks, logos and associated materials are owned by Lexbell or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. These Terms do not transfer any ownership rights to you.
4. User content
You retain all rights over the information you enter in the App (cases, contacts, notes, calendar, documents). By default, all of it lives on your device and we receive no copy. If you turn on sync with your phone, we keep a copy on our server solely to provide that service, under clause 5 and the Privacy Policy; we acquire no rights over it.
You are responsible for:
- The accuracy and legality of the information you record.
- Complying with your professional confidentiality duties towards your clients.
- Keeping adequate backups of your information (the App provides export and import).
5. Sync and data processing on your behalf
Sync with your phone is optional and part of Lexbell Premium. When you turn it on, we process on your behalf the personal data contained in your cases. This clause is the data processing agreement required by Article 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and by Law 172-13 of the Dominican Republic, and applies for as long as sync is on:
- Subject matter and purpose: storing and transmitting your data between your computer and your phone. Nothing else.
- Instructions: we process the data only on your instructions, which are the actions you take in the App (generate key, sync, sign out). We do not use it for our own purposes.
- Confidentiality: we do not access the content except to diagnose a problem you report to us, and anyone who does is bound by confidentiality.
- Security: encryption in transit and at rest, per-firm access rules, anonymous accounts and an attempt limit on the key.
- Sub-processors: Supabase, Inc. and its infrastructure on Amazon Web Services. We will announce in the Privacy Policy before adding or changing one, and you may object by signing out.
- International transfers: with the safeguards described in the Privacy Policy.
- Assistance: we will help you respond to data-subject requests and, should a security breach affect your data, we will notify you without undue delay and in any case within 72 hours of becoming aware of it.
- Return and deletion: your computer always keeps the complete copy. When you sign out or generate a new key, we delete all the firm's data and files from the server.
- Verification: we will make available the information needed to demonstrate compliance with these obligations.
As the controller of your clients' data, it is up to you to have a legal basis for processing it and for entrusting its storage to us.
6. Usage restrictions
You agree not to use the App to:
- Engage in illegal, fraudulent or deceptive activities.
- Store content that infringes third-party rights.
- Compromise the security of the App or the sync service, or attempt to access other firms.
- Distribute the App to third parties without our written authorization.
7. App provided "AS IS"
The App is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App or the sync service will be error-free, uninterrupted or meet all of your specific requirements. Nothing above limits the rights granted to you by the mandatory consumer laws of your country.
8. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Lexbell will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, nor for loss of profits, revenue, data, opportunities or reputation, arising from the use of or inability to use the App.
Specifically, the App is an organization tool; it does not replace the attorney's professional judgment, deadline compliance or due diligence in handling matters. You are solely responsible for legal decisions and procedural deadlines applicable to your cases.
9. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Lexbell against any claim, demand or damage arising from misuse of the App or breach of these Terms.
10. Updates
We may release updates to the App from time to time. Some updates may be mandatory for security or compatibility with new versions of your operating system. We are not obligated to maintain indefinite compatibility with older macOS, Windows or iOS versions.
11. Termination
These Terms remain in effect while you keep the App installed. We may suspend or terminate your license if you breach these Terms. You may terminate the license at any time by uninstalling the App. Clauses that by their nature should survive (intellectual property, limitation of liability, governing law) will remain in effect after termination.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms to reflect legal, technical or business changes. The date of the last update appears at the top of the document. If changes are material, we will notify you via an in-app notice or at this same URL.
13. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Dominican Republic, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any dispute arising from the use of the App will be submitted to the competent courts of the National District. If you reside in the European Union, you keep the protection of the mandatory rules of your country of residence and the right to bring proceedings before its courts.
14. Subscription and in-app purchases
Lexbell can be used for free up to a certain number of cases, and every feature can be tried free for 15 days from the first launch. After that, unlimited features are offered through Lexbell Premium, an auto-renewable subscription, monthly or annual, at your choice.
- The price and duration are shown in the app before purchase and on the App Store purchase screen.
- Payment is charged to your Apple account upon confirming the purchase.
- The subscription renews automatically for the same period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- You can manage or cancel the subscription at any time in your App Store account settings.
- Billing and refunds are handled by Apple under App Store policies; we do not process payment data.
15. Contact
For questions about these Terms, write to support@lex-bell.com.