Terms and Conditions
Company number: 10428051, trading as GetAutomate
Last updated: 29 July 2025
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. By accessing or using the GetAutomate website and software as a service platform, you agree to these Terms and to all documents that are incorporated by reference, including the Acceptable Use Policy, the Data Processing Addendum, and the Support and Availability Addendum. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.
1. Definitions
(a) Provider means the company registered in England and Wales with company number 10428051, trading as GetAutomate.
(b) Customer means the business entity that registers for and uses the Service.
(c) End User means a customer of the Customer who books, pays, or interacts through the Service.
(d) Service means the GetAutomate software platform and related websites, applications, application programming interfaces, documentation, and tools.
(e) Order means an executed order form, plan selection in product, or other agreed commercial terms describing the Services purchased.
(f) Content means data, text, images, audio, video, and other materials submitted to or processed by the Service.
(g) Laws means all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance, including UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
2. Scope and formation
(a) These Terms govern all access to and use of the Service by the Customer and End Users invited by the Customer.
(b) The Agreement consists of the Order, these Terms, the Acceptable Use Policy, the Data Processing Addendum, the Support and Availability Addendum, and any other policies referenced in the Order.
(c) Order of precedence is: Order, Data Processing Addendum, these Terms, Acceptable Use Policy, Support and Availability Addendum, then any online policies.
3. Eligibility and business use
(a) The Service is provided for business use only. The Customer confirms it is acting for business purposes. Consumer rights do not apply.
(b) The Service is intended for valeting and detailing and related service businesses operating in the United Kingdom. Use in other sectors is permitted, however features are designed primarily for service booking and field operations.
4. Accounts and access
(a) The Customer must provide accurate and complete registration information and keep it up to date.
(b) The Customer is responsible for all activity that occurs under its accounts, including that of its staff and contractors.
(c) The Customer must keep credentials confidential and must notify the Provider without undue delay if it suspects unauthorised access.
(d) The Customer must ensure that End Users are presented with its own terms and privacy notices where required by law.
5. The Service
(a) The Service provides tools for online booking, scheduling, messaging, payments integration, marketing, analytics, and related functions. Features may vary by plan and region.
(b) The Provider may make changes to the Service, including new features, modifications, or removal of features. Where a change is material, the Provider will give at least thirty days notice where practicable.
6. Trials, free plans, and beta features
(a) Trials and free plans are provided for evaluation and may be changed or terminated at any time.
(b) Beta features are provided for testing, may be unstable or incomplete, and are provided without any commitment to availability or support.
7. Fees, billing, and taxes
(a) Fees are set out in the Order or plan selection and are billed in advance per billing cycle, typically monthly. Some features may be billed in arrears on a usage basis, for example messaging or emails.
(b) Unless stated otherwise, fees are exclusive of VAT and other taxes. The Customer is responsible for taxes, except for taxes on the Provider's income.
(c) Late payment may result in suspension. The Provider may charge interest on overdue amounts at four percent per year above the Bank of England base rate, accruing daily until paid.
(d) The Provider may change prices on thirty days notice. Changes take effect at the start of the next renewal term.
8. Term, renewal, and cancellation
(a) The Agreement starts on the effective date of the Order or the date the Customer first uses the Service, whichever is earlier.
(b) Subscriptions renew automatically for successive billing cycles unless cancelled.
(c) The Customer may cancel with effect at the end of the current paid term by written notice to the address in Section 27. No refunds are due after the initial fourteen day period, unless required by law or agreed otherwise in the Order.
9. Suspension and termination
(a) The Provider may suspend the Service, with prior notice where practicable, if there is a security risk, suspected fraud, failure to pay, violation of the Acceptable Use Policy, or to comply with law or a government request.
(b) Either party may terminate for material breach if the breach is not cured within thirty days of written notice.
(c) On termination, the Customer must stop using the Service and pay all amounts due.
10. Data export, retention, and deletion
(a) During the term, the Customer can export its data using in product tools or by requesting reasonable assistance.
(b) After termination, the Provider will retain Customer data for thirty days, then delete or irreversibly anonymise it, subject to legal retention duties and backup retention cycles.
(c) The Provider may charge reasonable fees for bespoke data export services.
11. Customer responsibilities
(a) The Customer is solely responsible for its Content and for compliance with Laws, including Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations for marketing and messaging.
(b) The Customer must obtain and document all required End User consents, including consents for recurring communications and for storing a payment method where applicable.
(c) The Customer must not use the Service in a way that causes the Provider to breach Laws.
12. Payments and Merchant of Record
(a) The Service integrates with third party payment processors. The Customer is the Merchant of Record for End User transactions, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
(b) The Provider is not a party to End User transactions, does not hold End User funds, and is not responsible for chargebacks, refunds, tax determination, or remittance.
(c) The Customer must comply with Strong Customer Authentication and any payment network rules that apply. The Customer must maintain PCI responsibilities that apply to its operations.
13. Third party services and open source
(a) The Service may depend on third party platforms and services. Use of those services may be subject to the third party's terms.
(b) The Service may include open source components, which are licensed under their own licences. To the extent required, those licences apply in addition to these Terms.
14. Intellectual property
(a) The Service, including software, templates, and documentation, is owned by the Provider or its licensors. No rights are granted except as expressly stated.
(b) Subject to payment of fees, the Provider grants the Customer a limited, non exclusive, non transferable right to access and use the Service for its internal business purposes during the term.
(c) Feedback may be used to improve the Service without obligation.
15. Acceptable Use
The Acceptable Use Policy in Schedule A applies. The Customer must ensure its users and End Users comply with it.
16. Confidentiality
(a) Confidential Information means any non public information that is disclosed by one party to the other and is marked confidential or would reasonably be considered confidential.
(b) Each party will protect the other party's Confidential Information using a standard of care that is not less than reasonable care, will use it only for the Agreement, and will not disclose it except to personnel, professional advisers, and subprocessors who need to know and are bound to confidentiality.
(c) The obligations do not apply to information that is already public, already known without duty of confidence, independently developed, or rightfully received from another source without duty of confidence.
(d) If compelled by law to disclose, a party may disclose after giving reasonable notice, where permitted by law.
17. Privacy, data protection, and security
(a) The Data Processing Addendum in Schedule B forms part of the Agreement. It describes roles, processor obligations, subprocessors, transfers, security measures, and incident notice.
(b) Each party will comply with applicable data protection laws.
(c) The Provider will implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data and the Service. A summary appears in Schedule B.
18. Support and availability
Support and availability terms appear in Schedule C. Unless the Order states otherwise, support is provided during business hours, UK time, Monday to Friday, excluding UK public holidays.
19. Warranties and disclaimers
(a) Each party warrants it has the authority to enter into the Agreement.
(b) The Provider warrants the Service will perform in material accordance with the documentation when used as directed. The Customer's exclusive remedy is re performance or, if re performance is not commercially reasonable, a pro rata refund of prepaid fees for the period of confirmed non conformance.
(c) Except as expressly stated, the Service is provided as is and as available. The Provider does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error free, or secure, or that it will meet the Customer's requirements.
20. Indemnities
(a) IP indemnity by the Provider. The Provider will defend the Customer from claims alleging that the Service, when used as permitted, infringes a third party intellectual property right in the United Kingdom, and will pay damages and reasonable legal fees finally awarded. The Provider may modify the Service, procure a licence, or terminate the affected Service and refund prepaid fees for the remaining term for that Service. This indemnity does not apply to claims based on Customer Content, combinations not provided by the Provider, or use in breach of the Agreement.
(b) Indemnity by the Customer. The Customer will defend the Provider from claims arising from Customer Content, End User claims related to the Customer's services, or use of the Service in breach of the Agreement or Laws, and will pay damages and reasonable legal fees finally awarded.
21. Liability cap
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the total aggregate liability of the Provider arising out of or related to the Agreement will not exceed the fees paid or payable by the Customer to the Provider for the Service in the twelve months immediately preceding the event giving rise to liability.
(b) Neither party will be liable for indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary, or punitive losses, including loss of profits, revenue, savings, goodwill, or data.
(c) Nothing in the Agreement limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be limited by law.
22. Compliance, sanctions, and anti bribery
Each party will comply with applicable export control and sanctions Laws and anti bribery Laws including the Bribery Act 2010. The Customer confirms it and its directors and officers are not subject to sanctions.
23. Force majeure
Neither party is liable for delay or failure that results from events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, industrial disputes, power failures, or internet failures.
24. Assignment and subcontracting
(a) The Customer may not assign or transfer the Agreement without the Provider's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
(b) The Provider may assign to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, and may use subprocessors to provide the Service, remaining responsible for their performance.
25. Severability, waiver, and interpretation
(a) If any provision is found invalid, the remainder remains in effect.
(b) A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
(c) Headings are for convenience only. Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.
26. Governing law and jurisdiction
The Agreement and any dispute or claim are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.
27. Notices
(a) Legal notices to the Provider: by email to [email protected], and by post to the registered address available from Companies House for company number 10428051.
(b) Notices to the Customer: by email to the account owner's email address.
(c) Notices by email are deemed received one business day after sending. Notices by post are deemed received two business days after posting within the United Kingdom.
28. Publicity
The Provider may use the Customer's name and logo in customer lists and marketing materials. The Customer may opt out by notifying the Provider.
29. Entire agreement
The Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior statements and understandings on the subject matter.
Schedule A: Acceptable Use Policy
The Customer must not, and must ensure End Users do not:
- Use the Service in violation of Laws, including data protection, consumer protection for their own dealings with End Users, advertising, and telecommunications rules.
- Send spam or unsolicited communications, or send messages without valid consent or a clear opt out.
- Upload or transmit malware, ransomware, or malicious code.
- Infringe intellectual property or other rights of any person, or submit illegal, harmful, or defamatory content.
- Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service, or bypass security or rate limits.
- Use the Service to provide emergency services or life critical operations.
- Resell, sublicense, or provide the Service on a timesharing or service bureau basis without written consent.
- Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service.
- Exceed reasonable usage limits. The Provider may throttle or suspend abusive traffic, for example excessive messaging, email sends, or API calls that materially exceed typical usage patterns for the chosen plan.
The Provider may investigate any suspected breach and may remove content, suspend access, or notify authorities where required.
Schedule B: Data Processing Addendum
This Schedule applies to the extent the Provider processes personal data on behalf of the Customer.
B1. Roles
(a) The Customer is controller of Customer personal data.
(b) The Provider is processor of Customer personal data.
(c) For Provider's own analytics, billing, product improvement, security, and compliance data, the Provider acts as controller.
B2. Processing instructions
The Provider will process Customer personal data only on documented instructions from the Customer, including to provide, secure, and improve the Service, to prevent fraud and abuse, to provide support, and to comply with law.
B3. Security
The Provider will implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data, including access controls, encryption in transit, segregation of environments, regular vulnerability management, and employee confidentiality obligations and security training.
B4. Personnel
The Provider will ensure personnel are bound by confidentiality and receive appropriate training.
B5. Subprocessors
The Customer authorises the use of subprocessors that provide hosting, storage, messaging, analytics, and support services. The Provider will impose data protection terms on subprocessors and remains responsible for their performance. The Provider will provide a mechanism to be informed of changes to subprocessors and the Customer may object on reasonable grounds. If the parties cannot agree, the Customer may terminate the affected Service for convenience with a pro rata refund of prepaid fees for the remaining term for that Service.
B6. International transfers
Where personal data is transferred outside the UK, the Provider will ensure appropriate safeguards, for example the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, or another lawful transfer mechanism.
B7. Assistance
Taking into account the nature of the processing, the Provider will assist the Customer with data subject requests, data protection impact assessments, and consultations with supervisory authorities, in each case to the extent required by law and subject to reasonable fees for excessive or unfounded requests.
B8. Incident notice
The Provider will notify the Customer without undue delay after becoming aware of a personal data breach that affects Customer personal data, and will provide information reasonably required for the Customer to meet its breach reporting obligations.
B9. Return and deletion
Upon termination or at the Customer's written request, the Provider will delete or return Customer personal data, unless retention is required by law or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. Deletion from backups will occur on standard backup rotation schedules.
B10. Audits
On reasonable notice, no more than once in any twelve month period, the Customer may request information to demonstrate compliance with this Schedule. If information is not sufficient, the Customer may conduct an audit, subject to confidentiality, reasonable scheduling, and minimal disruption. The Customer will avoid reviewing information that is unrelated to the Customer and will use a mutually agreed independent auditor where practicable.
B11. End User transparency
The Customer must provide End Users with clear privacy notices and obtain all required consents for processing and communications.
Schedule C: Support and Availability
C1. Support
(a) Channels: email support and in product help.
(b) Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:30 UK time, excluding England and Wales public holidays.
(c) Targets: the Provider aims to respond to standard requests within one business day and to urgent service affecting requests within four business hours.
C2. Availability
(a) The Provider aims to operate the Service on a high availability basis. Planned maintenance may occur, preferably outside UK business hours. The Provider will use reasonable efforts to give notice of planned maintenance that is expected to cause material downtime.
(b) No service credits apply unless expressly agreed in the Order.
C3. Customer obligations
The Customer will use supported browsers and versions, maintain reliable connectivity, and follow the Provider's integration and security guidance.
Schedule D: Payment features, messaging, and fair usage
D1. Messaging and emails
(a) The Customer is responsible for message content and compliance with Laws and carrier rules.
(b) The Provider may apply fair usage limits per plan. Where usage materially exceeds plan norms, the Provider may require the Customer to upgrade plans or pay overage fees, or the Provider may apply rate limits.
D2. Cards on file and recurring charges
Where the Customer stores a payment method token with a payment processor, the Customer must obtain clear End User consent for recurring or variable charges where applicable and must provide a simple cancellation route.
Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to [email protected].
