These Terms of Service (these “Terms”) govern your use of the GobyWifi Platform (the “GobyWifi Platform”), accessible through the https://www.gobywifi.com website (the “Site”), and which was developed and published by Whale Laboratories, Inc. (“GobyWifi”, “us”, or “we”).
AS A CONDITION TO USING THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BE BOSUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE SO BOUND, YOU MAY NOT USE THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM. ADDITIONALLY, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE ACCESSING AND USING THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY (SUCH AS YOUR EMPLOYER), AND THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND THAT ENTITY TO THESE TERMS, WHEREBY “YOU” AND “YOUR” REFER TO THAT ENTITY.
Last Updated on September 6, 2025
1. GOBYWIFI PLATFORM.
(a) Eligibility and Registration. You must register for the GobyWifi Platform by providing accurate information as prompted via the Site, which registration we will approve or decline in our sole discretion.
(b) Authorized Users. You shall not allow any person or entity to use the GobyWifi Platform other than your employees or contractors who you have authorized to use the GobyWifi Platform on your behalf (“Authorized Users”). Once approved by GobyWifi, you may permit Authorized Users to access the GobyWifi Platform by creating an account for each Authorized User under your organization’s administrative account, and provided in all cases that you are responsible for all acts or omissions by your Authorized Users in connection with their use of the GobyWifi Platform and their compliance with these Terms, including, without limitation, the obligations and the restrictions set forth in Section 3(b) herein.
(c) Data Collection and Use. In addition to the data collected during registration, GobyWifi may capture your browsing history and the URL of pages visited using the GobyWifi Platform, and store and use such data to facilitate your use of the GobyWifi Platform. We may also collect and use all data collected from your use of the GobyWifi Platform for our internal business purposes, such as to provide, maintain, and improve the GobyWifi Platform. Additionally, we may collect or create data that is derived or aggregated, in deidentified form, from the data you provide through the GobyWifi Platform or from your use of the GobyWifi Platform, including usage data or trends with respect to the GobyWifi Platform (“Aggregate Data”), and we retain sole and exclusive ownership of all Aggregate Data and may use it without restriction, including for our current and future business purposes, such as product development, research, legal compliance, and testing. We have no obligation to retain any data that you may have provided to us. You agree to all such collection, use, and disclosure, and will take any further acts to affect the intent of this Section requested by GobyWifi.
(d) Third-party Content. The GobyWifi Platform may provide links to content provided by third parties. We have no obligation to monitor, we do not endorse, and we are not liable for any third-party content available via the GobyWifi Platform.
2. TERM AND TERMINATION. These Terms will take effect when you first access the GobyWifi Platform (“Effective Date”) and remain in effect until the sooner of: (a) our announcement that the GobyWifi Platform is no longer in “beta test” form and that the GobyWifi Platform will be subject instead to a separate software-as-a-service, subscription, or similar license agreement with associated fees; or (b) termination of these Terms by us, which will be effective upon written notice given by us to you. For clarity, GobyWifi may terminate these Terms for convenience at any time upon written notice. Upon termination, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, you will immediately cease all access and use of the GobyWifi Platform, and your license to the GobyWifi Platform will terminate immediately. The following Sections will survive termination or expiration of these Terms: This Section 2 (with regard to termination and survival) and Sections 3(c), 3(d), 4, 5, 6, and 7.
3. LICENSE AND OWNERSHIP.
(a) License Grant. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, GobyWifi grants you a limited, revocable, royalty-free, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and non-exclusive license to use the GobyWifi Platform during the term of these Terms solely for your internal business purposes to improve employee job descriptiveness and efficiency. These Terms do not entitle you to use the GobyWifi Platform for purposes other than as explicitly stated herein.
(b) Restrictions. You shall not: (i) reverse engineer, reverse assemble, decompile, modify, translate or otherwise create derivative works from the GobyWifi Platform, or attempt to discover any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of the GobyWifi Platform; (ii) attempt to disable, defeat or circumvent any copyright or other intellectual property protection mechanisms built into the GobyWifi Platform; (iii) use or access the GobyWifi Platform for commercial purposes, including but not limited to in the development of a competing product or services; (iv) reproduce, distribute, publicly display or publicly perform the GobyWifi Platform or any aspect of the GobyWifi Platform; or (v) license, sell or otherwise exploit or allow anyone besides an Authorized User to access the GobyWifi Platform.
(c) Ownership. GobyWifi is and will remain the exclusive owner of all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property and other rights in and to the GobyWifi Platform. All rights not specifically granted to you in these Terms are reserved by GobyWifi. The GobyWifi Platform are licensed and not sold.
(d) Suggestions. You may provide, from time to time, to GobyWifi suggestions as to changes or modifications to the GobyWifi Platform or GobyWifi's business or products generally (“Suggestions”). GobyWifi will have (and you hereby grant) the non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon, and otherwise exploit all such Suggestions at its discretion and without restriction for any purpose known or hereafter invented.
4. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. In connection with your use of the GobyWifi Platform, you may be exposed to confidential information of GobyWifi that is designated as confidential or due to its nature, you should know is confidential (“Confidential Information”). Confidential Information includes the GobyWifi Platform, its performance and functionality, and your experience with the GobyWifi Platform. You will not use the Confidential Information except to use the GobyWifi Platform internally in accordance with these Terms or to provide Suggestions to us. You will not disclose the Confidential Information to any third party and will take reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. If you are required by applicable law to disclose any Confidential Information, you will give GobyWifi reasonable advance written notice to seek confidential treatment or otherwise protect its Confidential Information. Upon GobyWifi's request, or upon termination of these Terms, you will return and delete from your computer systems all Confidential Information (including any copies, summaries, extracts and other forms thereof) within your possession or control.
5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. GOBYWIFI DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM OR YOUR USE OF THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM (I) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE, (II) WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS, INACCURACIES, OR ERRORS, (III) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, OR (IV) WILL OPERATE IN THE CONFIGURATION OR WITH OTHER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE YOU USE. GOBYWIFI MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT USE OF THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM WILL COMPLY WITH ANY LAW; YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS. GOBYWIFI MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. GOBYWIFI FURTHER DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES ARISING BY STATUTE, COURSE OF DEALING, CUSTOM OR USAGE, TRADE PRACTICE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES UNDER THE UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT OR SIMILAR LAW, AS IN EFFECT ANYWHERE.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; INDEMNITY. IN NO EVENT WILL GOBYWIFI BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION FROM WHICH THEY ARISE), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, DAMAGES FROM DISCLOSURE OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PERSONAL DATA, FOR INTERRUPTED COMMUNICATIONS OR NETWORK OUTAGES, OR FROM ANY DEFECT, ERROR OR MALFUNCTION OF THE GOBYWIFI PLATFORM, ANY SERVICES, OR OTHER SOFTWARE, HARDWARE OR EQUIPMENT, EVEN IF GOBYWIFI OR ANY OTHER HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSE A REMEDY TO FAIL OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF GOBYWIFI ARISING FROM, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID TO GOBYWIFI BY YOU OR $100, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, EVEN IF GOBYWIFI OR ANY OTHER HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LIABILITY, OR IF CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSE A REMEDY TO FAIL OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS SECTION 6 FORMS AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES. Additionally, you will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless GobyWifi from and against any damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), arising in connection with third-party claims arising from (i) your violation of applicable law; (ii) your misuse of the GobyWifi Platform; or (iii) your gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud.
7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Choice of Law. These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any principles of conflict of laws that would lead to the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The parties expressly agree that the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply. Any legal action or proceeding arising under these Terms will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Los Angeles, California and the parties irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue therein.
(b) Notices. All notices required or permitted under these Terms will be in writing, will reference these Terms, and will be deemed given: (i) when delivered personally; (ii) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally-recognized express courier, with written confirmation of receipt; (iii) when sent by email, on the date the email was sent without a bounce back message if sent during normal business hours of the receiving party, and on the next business day if sent after normal business hours of the receiving party; or (iv) three (3) business days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All such notices will be sent to the addresses set forth above or to such other address as may be specified by either party to the other party in accordance with this Section.
(c) Miscellaneous. You will not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of GobyWifi. GobyWifi will have the right to freely assign its rights and delegate its obligations in these Terms. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms are binding upon and will inure to the benefit of each of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. These Terms are the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and understandings, both written and oral, with respect to its subject matter. These Terms may be amended or modified only by a written document executed by duly authorized representatives of the parties. Either party’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other provision. No waiver of any provision of these Terms will be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the party granting the waiver. Nothing in these Terms will be construed to create a partnership, joint venture or agency relationship between the parties. Neither party will have the power to bind the other or to incur obligations on the other’s behalf without such other party’s prior written consent. Unless otherwise expressly provided, no provisions of these Terms are intended or will be construed to confer upon or give to any person or entity, other than GobyWifi and you, any rights, remedies or other benefits under or by reason of these Terms. Each party acknowledges and agrees that it has been represented by legal counsel of its choice throughout the negotiation of these Terms, that it has participated in the drafting thereof, and that these Terms will not be construed in favor of or against either party solely on the basis of a party's drafting or participation in the drafting of any portion of these Terms. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, given the fundamental intentions of the parties, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. Captions of the articles, sections and subsections of these Terms are for reference purposes only and do not constitute terms or conditions of these Terms and will not limit or affect the meaning or construction of the terms and conditions of these Terms.