View the latest Terms of Service here.
Date of Last Revision: May 22, 2018.
We updated the RingCentral Terms of Service on May 22, 2018. These changes will be effective June 22, 2018, to customers who signed up for RingCentral service before June 22, 2018. View a record of the previous Enterprise Online Terms of Service at https://www.ringcentral.com/legal/rcoffice-tos_10202017.html.
The use of the Services is subject to these Online Terms, which are incorporated into and made a part of Customer’s Office Plan Purchase Agreement.
1. Service Descriptions
The Service Attachment(s) applicable to Customer’s Services are incorporated into and forms a part of this Agreement. RingEX is a cloud-based unified communications service that includes enterprise-class voice, fax, text, call handling, mobile apps, and BYOD capability that integrates with a growing list of applications. The Service Attachment for RingEX is available at https://www.ringcentral.com/legal/office-service-attachment.html.
2. Use of the Service
A. Service Requirements
The Services are dependent upon Customer’s maintenance of sufficient Internet access, networks and power as set forth in RingCentral’s Technical Sufficiency Criteria, available at https://www.ringcentral.com/legal/policies/technical-sufficiency-criteria.html. RingCentral will not be responsible for any deficiencies in the provision of the Services if Customer’s network does not meet RingCentral’s Technical Sufficiency Criteria.
B. Use Policies
Customer and its End Users may use the Services only in compliance with this Agreement, applicable Law, and the Use Policies referenced below, which are incorporated into and form part of this Agreement. Customer may not use, or permit the use of the Services, to interfere with the use of RingCentral’s service by others or with the operation of the RingCentral Network. Customer may not resell the Services. Customer must ensure that its End Users comply with the Use Policies. Any breach of this Section (Use Policies) will be deemed a material breach of this Agreement.
RingCentral may update the Use Policies from time to time, and will provide notice to Customer at the email address on file with the Account. Such updates will become effective thirty (30) days after such notice to Customer.
C. Acceptable Use Policy
The Services must be used in accordance with RingCentral’s Acceptable Use Policy, available at https://www.ringcentral.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy.html. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, RingCentral may act immediately and without notice to suspend or limit the Services if RingCentral reasonably suspects fraudulent or illegal activity in the Customer’s Account, material breach of the Acceptable Use Policy, or use of the Services that could interfere with the functioning of the RingCentral Network provided that such suspension or limitation may only be to the extent reasonably necessary to protect against the applicable condition, activity, or use. RingCentral will promptly remove the suspension or limitation as soon as the condition, activity or use is resolved and mitigated in full. If Customer anticipates legitimate but unusual activity on its Account, Customer should contact RingCentral Support in advance to avoid any Service disruption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, RingCentral’s right to terminate this Agreement or any Service provided hereunder arising from breach of the Acceptable Use Policy is limited by Section 5(D) (Termination for Cause).
D. Emergency Services
RingCentral’s policy governing the provision of emergency services accessed via the Services is available at https://www.ringcentral.com/legal/emergency-services.html.
E. Numbering Policies
The provision, use, and publication of numbers used in conjunction with the Services are governed by RingCentral’s Numbering Policies, available at https://www.ringcentral.com/legal/policies/numbering-policy.html.
F. Export Control
Any services, products, software, and technical information (including, but not limited to, services and training) provided pursuant to the Agreement may be subject to U.S. export Laws and regulations. Customer will not use distribute, transfer, or transmit the services, products, software, or technical information (even if incorporated into other products) except in compliance with U.S. and other applicable export regulations.
3. Data Protection
A. Data Privacy
RingCentral respects Customer’s privacy and will only use the information provided by Customer to RingCentral or collected in the provision of the Services in accordance with the Privacy Notice, which can be found at http://www.ringcentral.com/legal/privacy-notice.html. RingCentral may update the Privacy Notice from time to time, and will provide notice of such update to Customer at the email address on file with the Account. Such updates will be effective thirty (30) days after such notice to Customer.
B. Data Security
RingCentral will take commercially reasonable precautions, including, without limitation, technical (e.g., firewalls and data encryption), administrative and physical measures, to help safeguard Customer’s Account, Account Data, and Customer Content against unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification.
Customer must protect all End Points using industry-standard security measures. Customer is solely responsible to keep all user identifications and passwords secure. Customer must monitor use of the Services for possible unlawful or fraudulent use. Customer must notify RingCentral immediately if Customer becomes aware or has reason to believe that the Services are being used fraudulently or without authorization by any End User or third party. Failure to notify RingCentral may result in the suspension or termination of the Services and additional charges to Customer resulting from such use. RingCentral will not be liable for any charges resulting from unauthorized use of Customer’s Account.
4. Definitions
- 1. “Account” means the numbered account established with RingCentral and associated with Customer and the Services provided to Customer under this Agreement. For billing and convenience purposes, multiple services, Digital Lines, or End Users may be included in a single billing account, and/or a single Customer may have multiple billing accounts encompassing different geographic locations, business units, or other designations as requested by Customer and accepted by RingCentral.
- 2. “Account Data” means: any business contact information provided with the Account; RingCentral-generated logs of calling or other metadata developed or collected in the provision of the Services; configuration data; and records of Digital Lines and any Services purchased under this Agreement.
- 3. “Administrative Portal” means the online administrative portal through which Account Administrators control settings and/or make additional purchases for the Account.
- 4. “Attachment (s)” means documents appended to the contract containing additional terms for products and Services. Attachments are part of this Agreement.
- 5. “Customer Content” means the content of calls, facsimiles, SMS messages, voicemails, voice recordings, shared files, conferences or other communications transmitted or stored through the Services.
- 6. “Digital Line” means a phone number assigned to an End User or a specifically designated location (e.g., conference room) and the associated voice service for inbound and outbound calling that permits an End User generally to make and receive calls to and from the public switched telephone network as well as to and from other extensions within the same Account.
- 7. “End Point” means an application or device through which any End-User might access and/or use any of the Services, including without limitation IP Desk Phones, Desktop Clients, Web Clients, Mobile Applications, and Software Integrations.
- 8. “End User” means an individual user to whom Customer makes the Services available, and may be a natural person, and may include but is not limited to Customer’s employees, consultants, clients, external users, invitees, contractors and agents.
- 9. “RingCentral Network” means the network and supporting facilities between and among the RingCentral points of presence (“PoP(s)”), up to and including the interconnection point between the RingCentral’s network and facilities, and the public Internet, private IP networks, and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The RingCentral Network does not include the public Internet, a Customer’s own private network, or the PSTN.
- 10. “Use Policy” refers to any of the policies identified in Section 2(B) (Use Policies).