Acceptance of Terms
By creating an account or using Vulcan Clerk, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you use the service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind it to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.
Service Description
Vulcan Clerk is a corporate meeting management platform offering meeting creation and scheduling, AI-powered agenda generation and document synthesis, recording, transcription and speaker identification, structured minutes generation and task distribution. The service is provided as Software as a Service (SaaS).
Authorizations and consents included in your acceptance
By accepting these Terms of Use as an account holder of Vulcan Clerk (hereafter the Account Holder), you expressly authorize the following, as required for the service to operate:
- Recording and transcription of your own participation. You authorize Vulcan Clerk to record, transcribe and process the audio of meetings in which you participate, when started by you or by your organization, for the purpose of generating agendas, minutes and tasks.
- Processing by artificial intelligence. You authorize your meeting audio to be transcribed by Google LLC (Gemini API), and the resulting text transcript to be processed by Anthropic PBC (Claude API) for agenda generation, summarization, minutes and task extraction. Both providers operate under Zero Data Retention agreements and never use your content for AI model training.
- Google account integration. If you connect your Google account, you authorize Vulcan Clerk to access your Google account through the scopes described in the Privacy Policy, limited to the purposes described there and in accordance with the Google API Services User Data Policy, including Limited Use requirements.
- Operational communications. You authorize Vulcan Clerk to send you operational communications related to your account, meetings and tasks. Marketing communications are separate and require a specific opt-in.
- Voice ID (when launched, opt-in). The Voice ID feature requires separate, specific and revocable consent, which will be requested in a dedicated flow before any biometric data is processed. Acceptance of these Terms of Use does not constitute consent to Voice ID.
- Your responsibility for meeting participants. As Account Holder, you acknowledge that any meeting you record using Vulcan Clerk requires affirmative consent from each participant, collected through the Vulcan Clerk participant confirmation page. You will not disable, bypass or circumvent this consent collection mechanism, and you will not record meetings in which a participant has declined consent.
These authorizations can be revoked at any time through your account settings or by contacting privacy@byvulcan.com. Revocation stops future processing and triggers deletion of associated data under the terms of the Privacy Policy.
Invitation and confirmation flow for meeting participants
Vulcan Clerk operates a first-party invitation workflow. When you schedule a meeting through the platform:
- Vulcan Clerk sends each invitee an email containing meeting context and a link to the participant confirmation page hosted on vulcanclerk.com.
- On the confirmation page, the invitee reviews recording disclosures and provides affirmative, unbundled consent through separate checkboxes for (a) recording and transcription, (b) Voice ID biometric processing when available, and (c) aggregated analytics.
- Only after this consent is recorded with timestamp, IP address and user agent, Vulcan Clerk creates the corresponding event on the invitee's Google Calendar (if they have connected their Google account) or inside the Vulcan Clerk interface for the invitee to access the meeting.
- Participants who decline recording do not have their Calendar event created automatically by Vulcan Clerk and must coordinate an alternative meeting arrangement with the Account Holder.
The Account Holder agrees not to record a meeting using Vulcan Clerk if any participant has declined consent, and agrees not to use Vulcan Clerk to record conversations where recording is prohibited by applicable law.
Permitted Use
- ·Use the service exclusively for legitimate corporate purposes.
- ·Do not record participants without the consent collected through the Vulcan Clerk participant confirmation page.
- ·Do not use the platform to process data from individuals under 18 years of age.
- ·Do not share access credentials with third parties.
- ·Do not attempt to bypass security controls or reverse-engineer the system.
Data Ownership
All data generated by your organization, including documents, recordings, minutes and transcripts, belongs to you. Vulcan Clerk claims no rights over that content. We grant you a license to use the platform; you grant us a limited technical license to process your data exclusively for the purpose of delivering the contracted service. We do not use your data to train, fine-tune or improve any artificial intelligence or machine learning model, whether our own or any third party's.
Artificial Intelligence
Vulcan Clerk uses a two-step AI pipeline: meeting audio is first transcribed by Google's Gemini API, and the resulting text transcript is then processed by Anthropic PBC (Claude API) to generate agendas, summaries, minutes and task extractions. AI-generated content is an assistance tool, not a definitive decision. You are responsible for reviewing and validating any output before using it in a business context. AI processing occurs under Zero Data Retention agreements and your content is never used for model training.
Voice ID and Biometric Data
The Voice ID feature, when available, will capture and process voice patterns for speaker identification. Biometric data is classified as sensitive data under LGPD (art. 5, II) and GDPR (art. 9), and is additionally regulated in the United States under Illinois BIPA, Texas CUBI, Washington HB 1493 and similar laws. Use will require explicit, specific and separate written consent from each participant, collected before any biometric identifier is captured, through a dedicated flow on the Vulcan Clerk participant confirmation page. The organization Account Holder is responsible for using Voice ID only with participants who have provided this specific consent. Consent can be revoked at any time in Settings, Voice ID.
Availability and SLA
Vulcan Clerk targets 99.5% monthly availability, excluding scheduled maintenance windows communicated with at least 24 hours advance notice. Outages caused by third parties are excluded from SLA calculations. Enterprise plans have a dedicated contractual SLA.
Limitation of Liability
Vulcan Clerk is not liable for business decisions made based on platform-generated content, for losses arising from unavailability within SLA limits, or for data entered by users that infringes third-party rights. Our total liability is limited to the amount paid for the service in the prior 12 months.
Suspension and Cancellation
You may cancel your subscription at any time. Cancellations take effect at the end of the current billing period. We reserve the right to suspend accounts that violate these terms, with prior notice whenever possible.
Changes to Terms
We may update these terms periodically. Material changes will be communicated by email with at least 15 days advance notice. Continued use of the service after that period constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
Brazil, LGPD (Law 13,709/2018)
For users in Brazil, data processing is governed by the General Data Protection Law. Biometric data collected by Voice ID is treated as sensitive data under art. 5, II of the LGPD. The applicable legal basis is specific and highlighted consent (art. 11, I). The Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be reached at dpo@byvulcan.com. Security incidents posing relevant risk to data subjects are reported to the ANPD within regulatory deadlines.
European Union, GDPR (Reg. 2016/679)
For users in the European Economic Area, processing is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation. The legal basis is consent (art. 6(1)(a)) and contract performance (art. 6(1)(b)). Biometric data is processed on the basis of explicit consent (art. 9(2)(a)). A DPIA has been conducted for Voice ID processing. Incidents are reported to the competent supervisory authority within 72 hours (art. 33). Transfers outside the EEA take place under SCCs approved by the European Commission.
United States, CCPA/CPRA and applicable state laws
For residents of California and other states with applicable privacy laws: Vulcan Clerk does not sell or share personal data for advertising purposes. Residents have the right to know, delete and limit the use of sensitive data (including biometric data). Biometric privacy laws (Illinois BIPA, Texas CUBI, Washington HB 1493) are specifically observed for Voice ID processing. Requests are answered within 45 days. Exercising rights does not result in discrimination or service reduction. Contact: privacy@byvulcan.com.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The courts of São Paulo, SP are exclusively elected to resolve any disputes. For users in the European Union or the United States, applicable local consumer protection and privacy laws are not displaced by this clause.
Contact
Terms and legal matters: legal@byvulcan.com. Privacy and data: privacy@byvulcan.com.
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