Last Updated: June 1, 2025
These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) constitute a legal agreement between you and Guangzhou Kuodao IoT Technology Co., Ltd. and its affiliated entities (collectively, “Kuodao,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms apply to all Kuodao websites, software, devices and related firmware, applications, products, and any other services, features, or content offered or provided by Kuodao (collectively, the “Services”). By accessing, using, or interacting with the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms and agree to be bound by them. If you do not accept these Terms, you must stop accessing or using the Services. We may modify these Terms at any time in our sole discretion. It is your responsibility to check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Services after any such updates constitutes your acceptance of the changes and agreement to be bound by them, unless applicable law requires separate notice for such updates, in which case we will comply with such additional notice requirements.
Certain Services may be subject to additional or separate terms and conditions. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and such additional or separate terms, the additional or separate terms will prevail.
1. Eligibility
You must be of the age of majority in your jurisdiction to use the Services, unless your parent or legal guardian agrees to these Terms on your behalf and grants you permission to use the Services. If you are agreeing to these Terms on behalf of an organization or entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to do so. You may not access or use the Services if you are prohibited from doing so under applicable law or if you have previously been suspended or removed from the Services.
2. Intellectual Property
“Content” means all websites, software, designs, text, art, audio, video, graphics, images, music, user interfaces, works of authorship of any kind, names, logos, trademarks, service marks, and any other information or materials published, generated, provided, or otherwise made available through the Services. The Services and Content are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other laws in jurisdictions within and outside the People’s Republic of China. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, Kuodao and its licensors exclusively own all right, title, and interest in and to the Services and Content, including all related intellectual property rights.
You may not remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark, or other proprietary rights or notices contained in or accompanying the Services or Content. Unauthorized use of any material contained in or provided through the Services may violate copyright, trademark, privacy and publicity rights, and communications laws and regulations.
3. License
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to access, view, and use the Services and Content, and to access and use any software embedded in our products or devices, whether provided by us or third parties. This license is solely for your personal, non-commercial use and enjoyment of the Services as permitted by these Terms.
You may not use, sublicense, copy, adapt, modify, translate, disclose, create derivative works from, distribute, license, sell, rent, lease, assign, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, broadcast, or otherwise exploit the Content, the Services, or any portion thereof (including any third-party software) except as expressly permitted by these Terms. Except for the license and rights expressly granted in these Terms, no other license or right in any intellectual property owned or controlled by us or our licensors is granted to you by implication or otherwise.
Kuodao may revoke this license at any time in its sole discretion. Upon revocation of the license, you must immediately destroy all materials downloaded from or otherwise obtained from the Services and all copies thereof, regardless of whether such materials were obtained in accordance with these Terms.
4. Account Registration
You may need to create an account to use certain features of the Services. To create an account, you may need to provide a password, username, and other information (such as your name and email address). You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information. You may not transfer, sell, assign, or sublicense your account without our prior written approval. You are fully responsible for all use and activity that occurs under your account, including any use by others with or without your authorization. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use or any other breach of security related to your account. Kuodao is not liable for any loss arising from unauthorized use of your account. The information you submit is governed by our Privacy Policy.
5. User Content and Feedback
5.1 User Content. You are solely responsible for any content you submit, post, upload, or otherwise make available through the Services (collectively, “User Content”), including any third-party rights necessary for such User Content. When you submit User Content, you grant Kuodao a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, cache, distribute, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, translate, create derivative works from, sell, rent, transmit, communicate to the public, reverse engineer, and publish all or any portion of such User Content in any form or medium now known or hereafter devised, without any compensation to you, and for any purpose, including but not limited to promoting and redistributing part or all of the Services (and derivative works thereof).
We may, in our sole discretion, pre-screen User Content before displaying it on the Services and may prohibit or prevent you at any time from posting, uploading, storing, sharing, sending, or displaying User Content to or through the Services. We may refuse, move, edit, or remove any User Content submitted to the Services for any reason, including but not limited to User Content that violates these Terms. See the “Acceptable Use” section below for more details.
5.2 Feedback. We do not accept unsolicited ideas and ask that you not send them to us. However, if you still choose to submit any ideas in any form, whether as User Content or otherwise (“Feedback”), the following terms apply:
(a) Feedback is Kuodao’s proprietary property, and you will receive no compensation for it. You hereby irrevocably assign all Feedback to Kuodao and agree to irrevocably assign all rights, title, and interest in such Feedback (including any intellectual property rights) to Kuodao.
(b) Kuodao has no obligation with respect to Feedback and may reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute Feedback, including any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained therein, for any purpose (including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services incorporating Feedback) without limitation and without any compensation or obligation to you.
6. Acceptable Use
To promote a safe and positive experience, the following conduct is strictly prohibited when accessing and using the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not:
- Harass, defame, threaten, intimidate, stalk, harass, or harm others;
- Engage in advertising or solicitation to induce users to purchase or sell any product or service without their prior express consent, or contact users or advertise, solicit, or sell to them using any information obtained from the Services;
- Alter or tamper with any materials contained in or associated with the Services;
- Attempt to circumvent any technical measures implemented by us, our providers, or any other third party (including other users) to protect or restrict access to the Services;
- Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software or other underlying code used to provide the Services;
- Damage, disable, overload, attack, modify, or interfere with the Services or any related software, hardware, or servers;
- Engage in data scraping or collection, or use any software designed to collect data from the Services, including spyware;
- Prevent or interfere with others’ use of the Services;
- Impersonate any person or entity or engage in any other fraudulent activity, such as phishing;
- Post or share any illegal, abusive, harassing, pornographic, obscene, profane, indecent, hateful, racist, or otherwise objectionable content;
- Post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain passwords, account data, or any other personal or private information from any user;
- Submit content linking to multi-level marketing schemes, illegal pyramid schemes, or off-topic content;
- Submit, send, post, upload, or otherwise provide unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or commercial communications, such as spam, advertisements, promotional materials, junk mail, chain letters, or any other form of solicitation;
- Take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
- Transmit any virus, malicious code, or other computer instructions or technological means intended to destroy, damage, or interfere with the use of computers or related systems;
- Use any means to scrape or crawl any web pages contained in the Services;
- Use any robots, spiders, crawlers, or other automated means to access the Services for any purpose;
- Violate, infringe, or misappropriate the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights of others;
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations; or
- Advocate, encourage, or assist any third party in engaging in any of the above conduct.
In addition to the foregoing use restrictions, the materials contained in or provided through the Services are provided with “Limited Rights.” Any use, reproduction, or disclosure by any provincial, municipal, or local government or agency is further restricted by applicable laws and regulations. Such government or agency use constitutes acknowledgment that Kuodao owns such materials.
7. Privacy
For information about our data practices (including the collection and use of your information), please see our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Services and is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
8. Warranties, Disclaimers, and Limitation of Liability
Except as expressly stated in writing by Kuodao in connection with your purchase of Kuodao products or services, the Services and Content are provided “as is” without any warranties of any kind, express or implied. Without limiting the foregoing, Kuodao expressly disclaims all express or implied warranties, representations, conditions, or guarantees, including but not limited to warranties of quality, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement. Specifically and without limitation, Kuodao does not warrant that: (i) the Services or Content will be error-free; (ii) the functions or features of the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free; (iii) defects will be corrected; or (iv) the Services and Content will be free of viruses or other harmful components. Kuodao does not warrant that it will update or continue to offer the Services, including any specific software, application, or product, at any particular time, and Kuodao reserves the right to change, update, or discontinue the Services without notice. The foregoing disclaimers apply to the maximum extent permitted by law and survive termination or expiration of these Terms or your use of the Services.
You acknowledge and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, you assume all risk arising from your access and use of the Services and Content. To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall Kuodao or its affiliates, or any other parties involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Services or Content, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, or representatives, be liable to you or any other person or entity for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, or other damages (including but not limited to loss of profits, data loss, damage to any computer or device, loss of use, or costs of obtaining substitute products or services) arising from the Services, any Content, or any links or contact information provided through the Services, whether or not Kuodao has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, violation of law, or any other legal theory.
In no event shall Kuodao’s total liability arising out of or related to these Terms, or arising from your use of or inability to use the Services, exceed the amount paid by you for the specific product or service giving rise to the claim, or, if the claim does not relate to a paid product or service, one hundred (100) RMB.
Kuodao makes no warranties, endorsements, guarantees, or representations regarding any products or services advertised or offered by third parties through the Services or any website linked to or from the Services, and Kuodao does not participate in or assume responsibility for any transactions between you and third-party product or service providers. Kuodao is not responsible for any offensive or illegal conduct by any third party. You assume the risk of injury or harm resulting from such conduct.
The above limitations are fundamental and material elements of the agreement between you and Kuodao and will apply to the maximum extent permitted by law, even if any remedy fails of its essential purpose.
9. Indemnification
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Kuodao and its respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, and representatives (and any successors and assigns thereof) from and against any claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, arising out of or related to your use of the Services or Content, your interaction with the Services, your disclosure of Content or User Content, your violation of these Terms, your violation of applicable law, your submission, posting, or transmission of User Content, and/or your infringement of any rights of others. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such cases, you agree to cooperate with our defense.
10. Modification and Termination
10.1 Service Modifications. Unless prohibited by applicable local law, Kuodao reserves the right to modify or temporarily or permanently discontinue the Services (or any part thereof) at any time, with or without notice. Kuodao shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services.
10.2 Termination. We may terminate, suspend, or otherwise refuse your access to all or any part of the Services at any time in our sole discretion, with or without notice and for any reason. If we terminate your right to access the Services, these Terms will terminate, and your right to access the Services will immediately cease; however, certain provisions of these Terms will survive termination, including but not limited to the mandatory arbitration and class action waiver provisions (if applicable). Termination of your use or access to the Services may also include deletion of your account and/or User Content at our sole discretion, and you will not be able to retrieve any information associated with your account unless required by applicable law.
11. Intellectual Property Infringement Notices
In accordance with the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China and other applicable laws, it is Kuodao’s policy, in appropriate circumstances, to terminate the registered accounts of users who are deemed to be repeat infringers of third-party intellectual property rights and/or to remove User Content deemed to be infringing.
12. General Terms
12.1 Force Majeure. In no event will Kuodao be liable for any delay or failure to perform any obligation due to events beyond its reasonable control.
12.2 No Waiver. Our failure to insist on your performance of any obligation under these Terms or our failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right against you does not constitute a waiver of such right, nor does it relieve you of your obligations. Any waiver of your breach or default will be made only in writing, and such waiver will not constitute a waiver of any future breach or default.
12.3 Severability. Each provision of these Terms is severable. If any court or competent authority finds any provision of these Terms to be illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
12.4 Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise provided in these Terms, you agree that there are no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms.
12.5 Entire Agreement. These Terms (together with all terms and conditions incorporated herein) constitute the entire agreement between you and Kuodao and supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements between you and Kuodao regarding this subject matter, unless otherwise expressly provided.
12.6 Assignment. You may not assign or delegate these Terms or any rights or licenses granted hereunder. Kuodao may assign or delegate these Terms and any rights or licenses granted hereunder without restriction. These Terms are binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
12.7 Amendment. These Terms may only be amended by mutual agreement between you and a duly authorized signatory of Kuodao, subject to the provisions herein.
12.8 No Agency. These Terms do not create or establish any agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship. You have no authority to assume or create any obligation or to make any representations on behalf of Kuodao or to bind Kuodao in any way.
12.9 Electronic Agreement. You agree that any agreement between you and us has the same legal effect as a written agreement.
12.10 Headings. The headings and subheadings in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
12.11 Survival. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination of these Terms will survive termination.
12.12 Notices. We may send notices to you by email, by posting on the Services, or by any other method we choose, and such notices will be effective immediately upon sending. Notices you send to us will be effective upon mailing to: Room 219, Hongye Comprehensive Building, Shiji Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City.
12.13 SMS. By using the Services, you agree that we and those acting on our behalf may, in certain circumstances, send you text messages (SMS) to the phone number you provide to us.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us. For contact information, please see the Contact Us page.