MINIBC Incorporated Terms – API Terms

Date of Last Revision: January 1, 2024

The terms below are incorporated into, and form an integral part of, the MINIBC Terms of Service. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Service. Any breach of the terms below will be deemed a material breach of the Terms of Service.

  1. API Use, Monitoring, Volume Limits

    1.1 Use. You will use the MINIBC APIs solely in connection with the Services and in compliance with the Terms and all applicable laws.

    1.2 Monitoring. MINIBC may, at its own discretion, monitor your use of any APIs to improve the quality of the Services, and to verify your compliance with the Terms. This monitoring may include accessing and using your API client to, amongst other reasons, identify security issues that could affect MINIBC or its customers. Your access to the content provided through any API may be restricted, limited, or filtered in accordance with applicable laws.

    1.3 Volume Limits. You will not attempt to exceed or circumvent limitations on access, calls and use of the MINIBC API, or otherwise use any API in a manner that exceeds reasonable request volumes, constitutes excessive or abusive usage, or fails to comply, or is inconsistent with, any part of these API Terms or the MINIBC Terms of Service.

  2. User Information and Security

    2.1 User Information. You will use commercially reasonable efforts to protect all information collected from Your Users through your API client from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. All personal data collected from Your Users through your API client should be stored and served using strong encryption. You must delete all personal data you have collected from Your User through your API client (i) upon request from Your User, or (ii) when Your User deauthorizes your application or closes its account with you.

    2.2 Security. The network, operating system, and software of your web servers, databases, and computer systems, as well as your API client, must be properly configured to securely operate your application and store data. You must not architect or select your systems in a manner to avoid your security obligations.

    2.3 Security Breach. In the event of a security breach involving unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or destruction of Your Users’ personal data, you will immediately disconnect any intrusions or intruder and promptly notify MINIBC of the breach.

  3. Prohibitions

    3.1 General Prohibitions. You will not, and will not allow others acting on your behalf to:

    • Share the APIs with any third party or create an API client that functions substantially the same as the APIs and offer it for use by any third party.

    • Use the APIs to introduce any virus, worm, defect, trojan horse, malware, or any items of a destructive or harmful nature.

    • Use the APIs to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, or threaten others.

    • Interfere with or disrupt the APIs or the servers or networks providing the APIs.

    • Reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code from any API or any related Software, except to the extent that this restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law.

    • Use the APIs for any activities where the use or failure of the APIs could lead to death, personal injury, or environmental damage (such as the operation of nuclear facilities, air traffic control, or life support systems).

    • Use the API to obtain or transmit personal data from Your Users, or expose such personal data to BigCommerce or any third party, without explicit opt-in consent from Your Users.

  4. Limitations

    You will use the MINIBC API with the complete understanding and full acknowledgement that it is solely your duty and responsibility to validate any and all API transactions you create or accept. Under no circumstances will MINIBC be held liable to you, your users or any third party for damages of any kind resulting from the use of the API.

  5. Termination

    Upon any termination of the Terms, or cancellation of all Services, you will immediately stop using the MINIBC API and the API client and permanently delete any cached or stored content.