Tatta Bio Terms of Service

Effective date: August 1, 2025

1. Definitions

The following terms are used throughout the Agreement, with the following definitions:

“Account” represents your legal relationship with Tatta Bio and your authorization to log in to and use the Services in accordance with this Agreement. The Account serves as your identity on the Services.
“Agreement” means, collectively, all the terms, conditions included or referenced in these Tatta Terms of Service (“Terms”) and all other applicable order forms, operating rules, policies (including the Tatta Privacy Notice, available at seqhub.org/privacy) and procedures that we may publish from time to time on the Site.
“Beta Services” mean software, services, or features identified as alpha, beta, preview, early access, or evaluation, or words or phrases with similar meanings.
“Content” means content featured or displayed through the Site, including without limitation code, text, data, articles, images, photographs, graphics, software, applications, packages, designs, features, and other materials that are available on the Site or otherwise available through the Services. “Content” also includes Services.
“Freemium Account” means a free Account.
“Paid Account” means an Account with monthly or annual billing.
“Services” refers to the applications, software, products, and services provided by Tatta, including any Beta Services.
“Site” refers to Tatta's website located at tatta.bio, and any subdomains owned by Tatta, including but not limited to seqhub.org and gaia.tatta.bio, and all content, services, and products provided by Tatta on or through the Site.
“Tatta,” “We,” and “Us” refer to Tatta, as well as, where applicable, our affiliates, directors, subsidiaries, contractors, licensors, officers, agents, and employees.
“User,” “You,” and “Your” refer to the individual person, company, or organization that has visited or is using the Site or Services; that accesses or uses any part of the Account; or that directs the use of the Account in the performance of its functions. A User must be at least 18 years of age.
“User Submission” means text, biological sequence data, experiment metadata, other data, articles, images, graphics, AI feature input, and other materials that you create or own, and upload to the Services, such as protein sequences.

2. Account Terms

2.1 Account Creation

You must provide your first name, last name, valid email address and professional or academic affiliation in order to complete the signup process. Subject to these Terms, you retain ultimate administrative control over your Account and the Content within it.

2.2 Account Requirements

The following is required for all Accounts:

You must be a human to create an Account. Accounts registered by bots or other automated methods are not permitted.
You may only create one Account per person, and your login may only be used by one person, meaning a single login may not be shared by multiple people.
You must be at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside) to use the Services. The Services are not intended for anyone under 18.
You may not use the Services in violation of export control or sanctions laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.

2.3 Account Security

You are responsible for:

Keeping your Account secure while you use our Services
All content posted and activity that occurs under your Account
Maintaining the security of your Account and password

You will promptly notify Tatta by contacting us at legal@tatta.bio if you become aware of any unauthorized use of, or access to, our Services through your Account.

3. Acceptable Use

We want to ensure Users from all over the world are able to work together in our Services. Your use of the Site and Services must not violate any applicable laws, including copyright or trademark laws, export control or sanctions laws, or other applicable laws in your jurisdiction.

You agree that you will not post or submit any User Submissions or use Services in a manner that violates our acceptable use policies, including but not limited to content that is obscene, threatening, harassing, or that infringes on third-party rights.

4. User Submissions

4.1 Responsibility for User Submissions

You are solely responsible for the content of, and for any harm resulting from, any User Submissions that you post, upload, link to or otherwise make available via the Services. You may not upload any human clinical data or other data related to humans to the Services.

4.2 Right to Remove User Submissions

We have the right to refuse or remove any User Submissions that, in our sole discretion, violates any laws, these Terms or other Tatta terms or policies.

4.3 Ownership and License Grants

You retain ownership of and responsibility for User Submissions. Because you retain ownership, we need you to grant us certain licenses to provide the Services.

5. Private Repositories

Some Accounts may have private repositories, which allow the User to control access to Content. Tatta considers the contents of private repositories to be confidential to you and will protect them from unauthorized use, access, or disclosure.

6. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy

If you believe that content on our Site violates your copyright, please contact us at legal@tatta.bio in accordance with our Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy.

7. Intellectual Property Notice

8. Use of AI and Open Source

You acknowledge that Tatta may use Open Source technologies and AI features in the Services. AI features are designed to assist users but may not always be error-free. You are responsible for reviewing and making appropriate changes to any AI-generated content before use.

9. Beta Services

Beta Services are offered “as-is” to allow testing and evaluation. Tatta makes no warranties for Beta Services and they may be changed at any time without notice.

10. Payment

Our pricing and payment terms are available on our Site. Fees are billed in advance and are non-refundable. You are responsible for all fees associated with your use of the Services.

11. Cancellation and Termination

You can cancel your Account at any time by logging into your Account. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, but will delete your profile and content within 90 days of cancellation.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

Tatta provides the Site and Services “as is” and “as available,” without warranty of any kind. We expressly disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied or statutory.

13. Limitation of Liability

Tatta will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages resulting from your use of the Services. For Freemium Accounts, Tatta's liability is excluded. For Paid Accounts, Tatta's liability is limited to USD 1,000.

14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Tatta harmless from any claims arising out of your use of the Services or violation of this Agreement.

15. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time. We will notify Users of material changes at least 30 days prior to the change taking effect.

16. Miscellaneous

16.1 Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Massachusetts.

16.2 Electronic Communications

The parties consent to electronic communications via email for contractual purposes.

16.3 Complete Agreement

This Agreement represents the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us.

17. Questions

If you have any questions about these Terms, please email us at team@tatta.bio.