DataStax Astra Block Beta Program Terms

These DataStax Astra Block Beta Program Terms (“Beta Terms”) are part of your customer agreement (the “Agreement”) between the person or entity agreeing to these terms (“Customer” or “You”), and DataStax, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The Agreement includes all of the applicable terms stated in these Beta Terms, and any other documents or terms expressly incorporated into this Agreement by reference. Use of DataStax Astra Block requires an Astra account, which is subject to separate terms and conditions.  In interpreting this Agreement, these Beta Terms, the Astra terms, and any other documents, terms, or agreements shall take precedence in that order in the event of a conflict, to the extent of the conflict. These Beta Terms are effective as of the date Customer accepts these Beta Terms..

1. Beta Service 

Subject to the terms of the Agreement, you may use the Beta Service solely for beta testing purposes, and as further set out herein. “Beta Service” means the limited-release DataStax Astra Block offering made available to you by DataStax.  

DataStax reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Beta Service under these Beta Terms at any time on written notice to you.  In connection with your use of the Beta Service, you will not upload, store or utilize any Regulated Data with the Beta Service.  “Regulated Data” means (i) any data that constitutes personal information under any applicable law, rule or regulation, (ii) Protected Health Information as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 or (iii) any other data that if inadvertently disclosed, would trigger data breach notification laws.  DataStax will have access to all data that You upload or store to the Beta Service, and You acknowledge and agree that DataStax may delete any sample data used with the Beta Service at any time after 24 hours.  

2. Beta Testing

DataStax will at its sole discretion provide technical resources to assist with questions or issues with the Beta Service. You agree to test the Beta Service and provide DataStax with development and related data including comments, notes, bug reports and feature comments with sufficient documentation, samples, code error, screen shots, etc., to help DataStax evaluate and improve the Beta Service user interface, features, functionality, and/or product (“Development Data”). As part of the provision of Development Data, you agree to have your personal information collected by DataStax through the creation of Beta Service accounts that are used to access any DataStax demonstrated products. You also agree to have your user demonstration sessions recorded and monitored in order to collect usage data and related information.  

During your use of the Beta Service, DataStax may also use Google Analytics, a web analytics service, including Google Analytics UserID tracking.  Google Analytics uses cookies to help DataStax analyze how you use the Beta Service. The information generated by cookies about your use of the Beta Service (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by a Google server in the United States.  Google uses this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Beta Service, compiling reports on website activity related to the Beta Service for our operators and providing them with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.  The UserID  associates your cross-session activity and related engagement data with a unique ID, which is also shared with Google in pseudonymised form.  You hereby consent to the use of Google Analytics and UserID Tracking during the testing sessions.

DataStax welcomes your suggestions and feedback. If you provide any suggestions, feedback, or improvements to the Beta Service, DataStax will own and have the right to use and have others use such suggestions, feedback, and improvements for any purpose.

Upon your written approval, you agree to provide a press release, case study, and references for the Beta Service and/or the features and functionality you have tested in the Beta Service. All information regarding the Beta Service and your experience with it is Confidential Information of DataStax. You shall not blog or provide any external information to anyone outside DataStax regarding the Beta Service. 

3. Future Generally Available Releases

Statements concerning the production release of any DataStax product are by nature forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and are subject to change. Such statements are intended to reflect the current views of DataStax with respect to the production release of DataStax software or service and may ultimately be updated with different or contrary statements. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include shifts in customer demand, rapid technology changes, competitive factors, and unanticipated delays in scheduled product availability.  There is no guarantee that a feature released in the Beta Service will ever become generally available. It may remain a Beta Service feature indefinitely, be shutdown, or be combined with other features. Some of the Beta Service features may eventually become generally available, but there is no fixed schedule for this.

4. No Warranty, No Indemnification, No Liability

The Beta Service is not intended for production use, has not been fully certified for production workloads, and therefore may contain bugs and other functional issues. THE BETA SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR INDEMNITY OF ANY KIND, WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO SUPPORT. DATASTAX SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE BETA SERVICE.