API License Terms

By accessing or using SumUp Application Programming Interfaces (“APIs”) as described herein below, you agree to be bound by these API License Terms which are the legal agreement between you and SumUp Payments Limited (together “SumUp”, “we”, “us”). Your use of the APIs, and related materials made available to you is subject to and must comply with these API License Terms, SumUp’s General Terms, Privacy Policy, any applicable Additional Terms, as well as the user documentation that SumUp may make generally available in hardcopy or electronic form to its customer base in conjunction with the offering of the SumUp APIs (“Documentation”).

1. SumUp APIs

The SumUp APIs are any form of application programming interfaces that SumUp makes available, including all associated tools, elements, components, executables, test instances or environments, and any related documentation, sample codes, updates and other related materials, whether tangible or intangible, in whatever form or medium that are made available by SumUp through the SumUp cloud or as otherwise provided to you. The SumUp APIs are offered as part of different packages and the service descriptions of the different SumUp API packages available on the Website define the scope of the respective SumUp API’s functionalities. You must have an Account with SumUp to access and use SumUp APIs, as described in section 1 of the General Terms.

Subject to these API License Terms, SumUp grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable and limited license to use and access SumUp APIs solely in connection with developing, implementing and distributing applications, websites, products or services you operate and offer that interoperate or integrate with our Services (your “Products”), and solely in the manner described in these API License Terms and in the Documentation accompanying SumUp APIs. Any payment processing enabled by you via a SumUp API requires an Account with SumUp and is subject to SumUp’s Payment Terms. You are solely responsible for, and SumUp disclaims all liability for, your Products. We reserve the right to modify or terminate SumUp APIs for any reason in accordance with our General Terms, the Payment Terms, or these API License Terms.

2. Your responsibilities 

You will use SumUp APIs and operate and offer Products which access SumUp APIs only as permitted by law (including without limitation laws regarding the import or export of data or software, privacy or local laws). You will not use SumUp API to encourage or promote illegal activity. You will only access the applicable SumUp API package following the implementation instructions and other requirements specified in the Documentation for the SumUp API package, which is expressly incorporated into these API License Terms by reference, or as otherwise provided by SumUp from time to time. You will ensure that any references to SumUp and/or the functions provided by the SumUp API in your Products, or in any other material to be seen by your customers shall follow any guidelines published on our Website. 

3. Restrictions

You will not, and will not allow others acting on your behalf to:

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

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

3. Access or use SumUp APIs for fraudulent or illegal purposes, or for any other purpose that may be harmful (in SumUp’s sole discretion) to SumUp, its Services or any customer, or to otherwise communicate any message or material that is deemed harassing, threatening, indecent, obscene, slanderous or otherwise unlawful;

4. Access or use SumUp APIs in a manner that exceeds a reasonable request volume or constitutes excessive or abusive usage, overburdens, impairs or materially disrupts the networks, security systems, our Services and/or Website, or interferes with another party’s use of our Services;

5. Interfere with or disrupt SumUp APIs or the servers or networks providing the SumUp APIs;

6. Try to access anything not authorized by SumUp, extract source code or try to extract or create derivative works;

7. Misrepresent or mask your identity when using SumUp APIs; 

8. Distribute, sell, lease, rent, lend, transfer, assign or sublicense any rights granted by these API License Terms to any third party;

9. Remove or destroy any copyright notices, proprietary markings or confidentiality notices placed upon, contained within or associated with the SumUp API;

10. Copy, rent, lease, sell, transfer, assign, sublicense, disassemble, reverse engineer or decompile (except to the limited extent expressly authorised by applicable law), modify or alter any part of the SumUp APIs.

SumUp may at its sole discretion decide whether your access or use of the SumUp APIs violates any restrictions imposed under the General Terms, the Payment Terms, or these API License Terms. We retain the right to suspend or terminate your Account and/or access to SumUp APIs if we determine, or reasonably suspect, that a violation has occurred. 

4. Privacy

You are fully and solely responsible to ensure that your privacy practices connected to the SumUp APIs are compliant with applicable data protection laws, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679). You will maintain a transparent privacy policy with description of the processing of personal data in clear, understandable and accurate terms and you will obtain prior consent for personal data processing where applicable. SumUp takes no responsibility for any services or personal data processing done by third parties using the SumUp APIs. You are fully responsible for the security of data on your site and processed via your Services and/or third parties you choose. You must promptly notify us of any breaches including security breaches that impact or may impact SumUp data and or customer base.

If you retrieve any personal data through our Services, you must access only the minimum data fields needed for the purposes of the processing and ensure that personal data is collected, processed, transmitted and maintained according to all applicable terms and legislation and that reasonable measures to protect the privacy and security of data are taken. 

5. Monitoring and limits

SumUp may monitor your use of SumUp APIs to ensure quality, improve our Services, and verify your compliance with these API License Terms, the General Terms and the Payment Terms. This monitoring may include SumUp accessing and using your API client to, among other things, identify security issues that could affect SumUp, its customers, or its licensors. You will not interfere with this monitoring. SumUp may use any technical means to overcome such interference. Your access to any SumUp API may be restricted, limited, or filtered in accordance with applicable laws.

Your use of SumUp APIs is subject to certain limitations on access, calls and use as set forth in these API License Terms, in the Documentation accompanying such SumUp API, or as otherwise provided to you by SumUp. You will not attempt to exceed or circumvent limitations on access, calls and use of the SumUp APIs, or otherwise use any SumUp APIs 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 License Terms, the General Terms or the Payment Terms. If SumUp believes that you have attempted to exceed or circumvent any limitations, your ability to use SumUp APIs may be temporarily or permanently blocked.