SaaS Terms of Use
NB. These are the SaaS terms, relevant for those wishing to create an account and
utilise the
services provided by elevio. For general site usage terms, please
see Terms & Conditions
Effective starting May 25, 2018
Please read this Agreement carefully and immediately cease using the
Services if you do not agree to it.
1. Acceptance
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These Terms and Conditions, and any other terms and policies referred
to in these Terms and Conditions, form the agreement between Elevio
Pty Ltd ABN 46 609 441 116 (referred to as “SaaS
Provider”, “we” or “us”) and the user
(referred to as “Customer” or “you”),
collectively referred to as the Parties or each a Party, (Agreement).
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The SaaS Provider owns, or holds the relevant rights to, the Elevio
Software and will license the use of the Software as a service to the
Customer.
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The Customer wishes to license the SaaS Services available
at https://app.elev.io (Site) from the SaaS Provider.
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This Agreement sets out the terms upon which the SaaS Provider has
agreed to grant a license to the Customer to use the SaaS Services.
This Agreement is binding on any use of the Services and applies to
the Customer from the time that the SaaS Provider provides the
Customer with an account (Customer’s account)
to access and use the Services (Effective Date).
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By accessing and/or using the Services you:
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warrant to us that you have reviewed this Agreement, including our
Website Terms of Use (available on the Site) and our Privacy Policy
(available on the Site), with your parent or legal guardian (if you
are under 18 years of age), and you understand it;
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warrant to us that you have the legal capacity to enter into a
legally binding agreement with us or (if you are under 18 years of
age) you have your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission
to access and use the Site and they have agreed to the Terms on your
behalf; and
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agree to use the Services in accordance with this Agreement.
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You must not create a Customer account unless you are at least 18
years of age. If you are a parent or legal guardian permitting a
person who is at least 13 years of age but under 18 years of age (a
Minor) create a Customer account and/or use the Site, you agree
to: (i) supervise the Minor’s use of the Site and their account;
(ii) assume all risks associated with, and liabilities resulting from,
the Minor’s use of the Site and their Customer account; (iii)
ensure that the content on the Site is suitable for the Minor; (iv)
ensure all information submitted to us by the Minor is accurate; and
(v) provide the consents, representations and warranties contained in
the Terms on the Minor’s behalf.
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By using our Services and subscribing on our Site, you acknowledge
that you have read, understood, and accepted this Agreement and you
have the authority to act on behalf of any person or entity for whom
you are using the Services, and you are deemed to have agreed to this
Agreement on behalf of any entity for whom you use the
Services.
2. Services
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On or from the Effective Date and during the Term, the SaaS
Provider agrees to provide the Services in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
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The Customer agrees the SaaS Provider owns or holds the applicable
licences to all Intellectual Property Rights including but not limited
to copyright in the Software and SaaS Services and any documentation
provided with the Services by the SaaS Provider to the Customer
including any Customer configuration documentation.
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The SaaS Provider reserves the right to change or remove features of
the SaaS Services from time to time. Where there is any material
alteration to the SaaS Services in accordance with this clause, the
SaaS Provider will provide the Customer with 20 Business Days’
notice and the Customer agrees that any material alteration is at the
SaaS Provider’s discretion.
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The Parties agree that the SaaS Provider:
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will supply the Services on a non-exclusive basis;
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does not make any warranty or representation as to the ability of the
facilities or services of any third-party suppliers; and
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is not liable for any failure in, fault with or degradation of the
Services if that failure, fault or degradation is attributable to or
caused by any failure of the Customer Environment or the facilities or
services of any third party.
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The SaaS Provider reserves the right to refuse any request in
relation to the Services that it deems inappropriate, unreasonable or
illegal.
3. SaaS Service Licence
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In consideration for payment of the Fees, the SaaS Provider grants to
the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable (except as otherwise
permitted under this Agreement), personal, revocable, licence to
access and use the SaaS Services in accordance with the Service
Provider’s intended purpose for the SaaS Services (SaaS
Licence).
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The Customer agrees that the SaaS Licence:
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commences from the Effective Date or the day the Customer is granted
access to the SaaS Services by the SaaS Provider, whichever
occurs first;
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permits the Customer to use the SaaS Services in accordance with the
SaaS Services’ normal operating procedures; and
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permits the Customer to provide access and use of the SaaS Services
to Authorised Users by embedding the SaaS Services into
Customer’s services to its customers, as applicable.
4. Licence Restrictions
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The Customer must not access or use the SaaS Services except as
permitted by the SaaS Licence and may not do or authorise the
commission of any act that would or might invalidate or be
inconsistent with the SaaS Provider’s Intellectual Property
Rights in the SaaS Services or Software. Without limiting the
foregoing provisions, the Customer agrees and acknowledges that it
must not and will not permit any person to:
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resell, assign, transfer, distribute or provide others with access to
the SaaS Services;
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“frame”, “mirror” or serve any of the SaaS
Services on any web server or other computer server over the Internet
or any other network;
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copy, alter, modify, create derivative works from, reproduce, resell,
transfer to a third party, reverse assemble, reverse engineer, reverse
compile or enhance the SaaS Services or Software (except as expressly
permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth));
or
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alter, remove or tamper with any trademarks, any patent or copyright
notices, or any confidentiality legend or notice, or any numbers, or
other means of identification used on or in relation to the SaaS
Services or Software.
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The Customer must not use the SaaS Services in any way which is in
breach of any statute, regulation, law or legal right of any person
within Australia or the jurisdiction in which the Customer or its
Personnel are located.
5. Data
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The Customer grants to the SaaS Provider a limited licence
to copy, transmit, store and back-up or otherwise access, use or make
reference to any Intellectual Property Rights in the Data:
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to supply the Services including to enable the Customer, its
Personnel and any Authorised Users to access and use the
Services;
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to do analysis for the purposes of predictive safety analytics,
industry guideline production and other construction safety-related
uses, provide such Data is re-identified;
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for diagnostic purposes;
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to test, enhance and otherwise modify the Services whether requested
by the Customer or not;
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to develop other Services; and
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as reasonably required for the performance of the SaaS
Provider’s obligations under this Agreement.
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The Customer represents and warrants that:
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any and all Data supplied by the Customer or otherwise accessed
by the SaaS Provider through the provision of the Services
is the sole and exclusive property of the Customer or the Customer has
secured any and all authorisations and rights to use the Data as
applicable;
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its Data does not breach any relevant laws, regulations or
codes;
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its Data does not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any
third party;
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it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the
jurisdiction where the Customer accesses and publishes content using
the SaaS Services; and
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to the extent that the Data contains personal data, it has obtained
the necessary consents in order to transfer or permit access to this
Data in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection
laws.
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The Customer acknowledges and agrees that:
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any collation, conversion and analysis of Data performed as part of
the Services whether by the Services or otherwise is likely to be
subject to human input and machine errors, omissions, delays and
losses including but not limited to any loss of Data. The SaaS
Provider is not liable for any such errors, omissions, delays or
losses. The Customer acknowledges and agrees it is responsible for
adopting reasonable measures to limit the impact of such loss or
error;
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The SaaS Provider may relocate the Data to another jurisdiction.
In each case, the SaaS Provider will give the Customer 15 Business
Days’ notice and use all reasonable endeavours to minimise the
effect of such change on the Customer’s access and use of the
Services;
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The SaaS Provider is not responsible for any corruption or loss
of any Data if such corruption or loss is due to an act or omission by
the Customer, its Personnel, its Related Bodies Corporate or any
Authorised Users; and
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The SaaS Provider is not responsible for the integrity or
existence of any Data on the Customer’s Environment, network or
any device controlled by the Customer or its Personnel.
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The Customer agrees to indemnify and hold the SaaS Provider
harmless for the corruption or loss of any Data controlled or stored
by the Customer or any Related Bodies Corporate, to extent the
corruption or loss is not caused by the negligent act or omission
of the SaaS Provider or its Personnel.
6. Support and Service Levels
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During the Term, the SaaS Provider will provide the Support
Services in accordance with the Service Levels during the Support
Hours provided that:
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the Customer provides the SaaS Provider with notice for
applicable Services in accordance with any applicable system and
processes as set out on the Site, as applicable; and
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where required, the Customer assists with investigating and
ascertaining the cause of the fault and provides to the SaaS
Provider all necessary information relevant to the fault (including
but not limited to what the Customer or their Personnel has done in
relation to the fault).
7. SaaS Provider Additional Responsibilities and Obligations
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The SaaS Provider must maintain commercially reasonable security
measures to protect all Confidential Information in its possession or
control, or in the possession or control of its Personnel, from
unauthorised access, use, copying or disclosure.
8. Customer Responsibilities and Obligations
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The Customer will provide all required materials as required by the
SaaS Provider from time to time for the SaaS Provider to perform the
Services.
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The Customer must, at the Customer’s own expense:
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provide all reasonable assistance and cooperation to the SaaS
Provider in order to enable the SaaS Provider to supply the Services
in an efficient and timely manner including but not limited to
obtaining from Authorised Users any consents necessary to allow the
Customer and its Personnel to engage in the activities described in
this Agreement and to allow the SaaS Provider to provide the
Services;
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use reasonable endeavours to ensure the integrity of the Data;
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permit the SaaS Provider and its Personnel to have reasonable
access to the Customer Environment for the purposes of supplying the
Services;
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ensure that only Customer Personnel and Authorised Users will access
and use the SaaS Services and such use and access will be in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the SaaS Licence;
and
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make any changes to its Customer Environment that may be required to
support the delivery and operation of any Services.
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The Customer is responsible for its use of the Services and must
ensure that no person uses the Services:
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to break any law or infringe any person’s rights including but
not limited to Intellectual Property Rights;
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to transmit, publish or communicate material that is defamatory,
offensive, abusive, indecent, menacing or unwanted; or
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in any way that damages, interferes with or interrupts the supply of
the Services.
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The Customer acknowledges and agrees that:
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it is responsible for all users using the Services including its
Personnel and any Authorised Users;
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its use of the Services will be at its own risk;
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it is responsible for maintaining the security of its account and
password. The SaaS Provider cannot and will not be liable for any loss
or damage from the Customer’s failure to comply with this
security obligation;
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the SaaS Provider may alter or update the Customer’s account
logins and passwords and the logins and passwords of any Authorised
Users at any time throughout the Term;
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the Customer is responsible for all content posted and activity that
occurs under their account. This includes content posted by others who
have logins or accounts associated with the Customer’s
account;
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if they operate a shared Customer account, make (or allow any third
party to make) material available by means of the Services (including
shareable links and SCORM objects), the Customer is entirely
responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that
content. That is the case regardless of what form the content takes,
which includes, but is not limited to text, photo, video, audio, or
code;
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the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including
the Customer’s content, may be transferred unencrypted and
involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to
conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or
devices;
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if the SaaS Provider wishes to alter the delivery of the SaaS
Services which requires a change to the Customer Environment
(including reconfigurations or interface customisations the extent
necessary to access or use the SaaS Services) the Customer will give
any assistance to the SaaS Provider or make any such changes
to the Customer Environment, that the SaaS Provider reasonably
requires; and
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the SaaS Provider may pursue any available equitable or other
remedy against the Customer as a result of a breach by the Customer of
any provision of this Agreement.
9. Prohibited Use
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The Customer acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement incorporates
by reference the terms of any acceptable use policy as set out
on the SaaS Provider’s website or as provided to the
Customer from time to time.
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The Customer acknowledges and agrees that it must not, and will
ensure each Authorised User does not:
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use the SaaS Services to violate any legal rights of any person, the
Customer or other entity in any jurisdiction;
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use the SaaS Services in relation to crimes such as theft and
fraud;
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use the Services in breach of laws relating to the protection of
copyright, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property and
laws relating to spam or privacy;
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make any unauthorised copy of any copyrighted material owned or
licenced by the SaaS Provider;
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introduce malicious programs into the SaaS Provider System (e.g.
viruses, worms, trojan horses, e-mail bombs);
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reveal the Customer’s account password to others or allow use
of the Customer’s account the to those who are not the
Customer’s Personnel or Authorised Users;
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use the SaaS Services to make fraudulent offers of goods or
services;
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use the SaaS Services to carry out security breaches or disruptions
of a network. Security breaches include, but are not limited to,
accessing data of which the Customer is not an intended recipient or
logging into a server or account that the Customer is not expressly
authorised to access or corrupting any data. For the purposes of this
paragraph, “security breaches” includes, but is not
limited to, network sniffing/monitoring, pinged floods, packet
spoofing, denial of service, and forged routing information for
malicious purposes;
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use any program/script/command, or sending messages of any kind, with
the intent to interfere with, or disable, any persons’ use of
the SaaS Services;
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send any unsolicited email messages through or to users of the SaaS
Services in breach of the Spam Act 2003 (Cth)
or to send any form of harassment via email, or any other
form of messaging, whether through language, frequency, or size of
messages; use the SaaS Services in breach of any person’s
privacy (such as by way of identity theft or “phishing”)
is strictly prohibited; and
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use the SaaS Services to circumvent user authentication or security
of any of the Customer’s hosts, networks or accounts or those of
the Customer’s customers or suppliers.
10. Communication
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Each Party will appoint and maintain at all times a relationship
manager who will be responsible for the management of this
Agreement.
11. Payment
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The Customer must pay the SaaS Provider:
- the Fee; and
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any other amount payable to the Provider under this
Agreement,
without set off or delay using the Payment Method in accordance with
the Payment Terms. All Fees are in USD$, and are payable in
advance.
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If the Customer requires the use of a purchase order, the Customer is
responsible for providing the applicable purchase order at the time of
purchase. The Customer acknowledges and agrees to the extent of any
inconsistency between this Agreement and any terms and conditions
attached to the Customer’s purchase order, the terms of this
Agreement will prevail. The Parties acknowledge and agree that any
pre-printed standard terms and conditions attached to or on the back
of any purchase order will not apply to this Agreement.
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If there is a Variation, the SaaS Provider will include the Variation
Fees due and payable for the Variation performed in invoice(s)
subsequent to the performance of any Variation.
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If any payment has not been made in accordance with the Payment
Terms, the SaaS Provider may (at its absolute discretion):
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immediately cease providing the Services, and recover as a debt due
and immediately payable from the Customer its Additional Costs of
doing so;
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charge interest at a rate equal to the Reserve Bank of
Australia’s cash rate from time to time plus 8% per annum,
calculated daily and compounding monthly, on any such amounts unpaid
after the due date;
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engage debt collection services and/or commence legal
proceedings in relation to any such amounts;
and/or
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report the Customer to any independent credit data
agencies.
12. Confidentiality
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Subject to clause 12.2, each Party must (and must ensure that its
Personnel do):
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keep confidential; and
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not use or permit any unauthorised use of,
all Confidential Information.
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Clause 12.1 does not apply where:
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the information is in, or comes into, the public domain (other than
by a breach of this clause 12 by the relevant Party);
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the relevant Party has the prior written consent of the Party that
disclosed the Confidential Information;
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the disclosure is required by law;
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the disclosure is required in order to comply with this Agreement,
provided that the Party disclosing the Confidential Information
ensures the recipient complies with the terms of this clause 12;
and
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the disclosure is to a professional adviser in order to obtain advice
in relation to matters arising in connection with this Agreement and
provided that the Party disclosing the Confidential Information
ensures the adviser complies with the terms of this
clause 12.
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Each Party acknowledges and agrees that monetary damages may not be
an adequate remedy for a breach of this clause 12. A Party
is entitled to seek an injunction, or any other remedy available at
law or in equity, at its discretion, to protect itself from a breach
(or continuing breach) of this clause 12.
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This clause 12 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
13. Intellectual Property Rights
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A Party’s ownership of, or any right, title or interest in, any
Intellectual Property Rights in an item which exists prior to the
Effective Date (Pre-Existing Material) will not be altered, transferred or assigned by virtue of this
Agreement.
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The Customer grants to the SaaS Provider a non-exclusive,
royalty free, non-transferable and revocable licence to use any of the
Customer’s Intellectual Property Rights including any
Pre-Existing Material as reasonably required for the SaaS
Provider to provide the Services to the Customer.
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We do not screen content uploaded onto the SaaS Service, but we have
the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to refuse or
remove any content that is available via the Service that we deem
inappropriate, illegal, offensive, threatening, libellous, defamatory,
pornographic, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or violate any
party’s Intellectual Property Rights or this Agreement.
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We have the discretion (but not obligation) to terminate a
Customer’s access to and use of the Services if, we determine
that Customer or its Authorised Users are repeat infringer of the
Intellectual Property Rights of us or third parties.
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This clause 13 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
14. Privacy
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Each Party and its Personnel agrees to comply with its obligations
under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and any other
applicable legislation or privacy
guidelines as amended from time to time in relation to personal
information collected, used or disclosed by that Party or its
Personnel in connection with the Services and this Agreement.
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Details on how the SaaS Provider complies with
the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and how it collects, discloses, holds
or uses personal
information is available in the SaaS Provider’s
Privacy Policy as set out on the SaaS Provider’s
website at Privacy Policy or as provided to the Customer from time to
time. The SaaS Provider reserves the right to amend its
Privacy Policy as required from time to time.
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This Agreement supplements and incorporates the Privacy Policy and,
to the extent the European Union General Data Protection Regulation
(Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR) applies to this
Agreement, the GDPR Data Processing Schedule where
we are a processor under the GDPR, as set out at https://unqscs.com/legal/gdpr.html.
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The SaaS Provider will take all reasonable steps to notify the
Customer in writing if it becomes aware of any actual, threatened or
suspected breach of Data where such breach involves personal
information.
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The Customer warrants that it has obtained each of its
Personnel’s informed consent for the Service Provider, its
related bodies corporate, and their respective Personnel to use,
store, manipulate or otherwise deal with the personal information
contained in the Data.
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The Customer must ensure that any collection, processing, use,
disclosure and transfer by the Customer and its Personnel of personal
information in connection with the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement complies with all applicable privacy law and the
privacy policy of the Customer.
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The Customer must take all necessary steps to ensure that the
personal information held or accessed by it in connection with this
Agreement is protected against misuse, interference and loss, and from
unauthorised access, modification and disclosure (Data Breach). The
Customer will promptly give written notice to the Service Provider of
any actual or suspected Data Breach and will provide information,
assistance and other cooperation as requested by the Service Provider
in respect of the Data Breach.
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The Customer must co-operate with any reasonable requests or
directions of the Service Provider relating to the security, use,
disclosure, and transfer of personal information, the Service
Provider’s legal obligations relating to the personal
information, complaints relating to the personal information and the
rights of individuals to access and correct the personal information
or opt out of receiving any communications from or on behalf of the
Customer.
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The Service Provider will retain Customer’s information for as
long as Customer account is active or as needed to provide Customer
services. Service Provider will retain and use information as
necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and
enforce agreements.
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This clause 14 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
15. Representations and Warranties
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General
Each Party represents and
warrants to each other Party:
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it has full legal capacity and power to enter into this
Agreement, to perform its obligations under this Agreement
to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to own
its property and assets and to carry on its business;
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no Insolvency Event has occurred in respect of it;
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this Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable in accordance with its terms; and
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the execution and performance by it of this Agreement and each
transaction contemplated by it does not conflict with any law, order,
judgment, rule or regulation applicable to it or any document binding
on it.
- SaaS Provider
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The SaaS Provider warrants that to the best of its knowledge the
Services do not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any third
party and there are no actual or threatened proceedings for any
intellectual property infringements in relation to the SaaS
Services.
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The SaaS Provider does not warrant that the Services will be
error-free or will operate without interruption or that, except as set
out in this Agreement, the Services will be performed in the manner
intended by the Customer or the Services will meet the requirements of
the Customer.
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Repitition
Each Party makes the
representations and warranties in
clause 15.1 on each day on which it is a Party.
16. Indemnity and liability
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The SaaS Provider is liable for the acts and omissions of all its
Personnel as if they were done by the SaaS Provider.
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Despite anything to the contrary (but subject to clause 16.3), to the
maximum extent permitted by the law:
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the SaaS Provider’s maximum aggregate Liability arising from or
in connection with this Agreement (including the Services or the
subject matter of this Agreement) will be limited to, and must not
exceed, in any Contract Year, the total amount of Fees paid to SaaS
Provider in the prior Contract Year; and
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the SaaS Provider will not be liable to the Customer for: (i) any
loss of profit (including anticipated profit), loss of revenue, loss
of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings
(including anticipated savings), loss of reputation, loss of use
and/or loss or corruption of data ); (ii) lack of access to or use of
or inability to access or use the Service; (iii) any conduct or
content of any third party on the Services; (iv) any content obtained
from the Services; nor (v) unauthorised access, use or alteration of
your transmissions or content,
whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence),
indemnity or otherwise.
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Clause 16.2 will not apply to the SaaS Provider’s Liability to
the Customer under this Agreement for any liability which cannot be
excluded or limited by applicable law, including:
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fraud or criminal conduct; or
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death or personal injury.
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Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by
the law, the SaaS Provider will have no Liability, and the Customer
releases and discharges the SaaS Provider from all Liability, arising
from or in connection with any:
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failure or delay in providing the Services;
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breach of this Agreement; or
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misuse of the Services,
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where caused or contributed to by any:
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Force Majeure Event;
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a fault or defect in any item of the Customer Environment; or
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act or omission of the Customer or its Personnel.
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The SaaS Provider uses third-party Service Providers to host the
Services. The SaaS Provider will not be liable for any interruption to
the Services, unavailability or outage, or any interruption,
unavailability or outage of the Customer’s Systems, caused by
any such third-party service provider.
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The Customer agrees that, to the maximum extent permitted by the law,
this Agreement excludes all terms, conditions and warranties implied
by statute, in fact or on any other basis, except to the extent such
terms, conditions and warranties are fully expressed in this
Agreement.
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The Customer agrees to indemnify, and hold harmless, the Service
Provider against all Liabilities and Claims arising out of or in
connection with:
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any and all unauthorised use of the SaaS Service;
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Authorised Users access or use of the Services;
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injury to or death of any person caused by any act or omission by or
on behalf of the Customer or its Personnel; and
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damage to any real or tangible property caused by any act or omission
by or on behalf of the Customer or its personnel.
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This Clause 16 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
17. Term
- Commencement
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The Term of this Agreement takes effect on and from the Effective
Date and continues for the Initial Term, if specified, and any Renewal
Term, or otherwise indefinitely, unless this Agreement is terminated
earlier in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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Applicable to Initial Terms and any Renewal Term: At
least 30 Business Days prior to the expiry of the current
Contract Year, either Party may notify the other that it does not wish
for the Term to be renewed and in such event, this Agreement will
expire at the end of the then current Contract Year. If a Party has
not given notice pursuant to this clause, this Agreement is
automatically renewed for another 12-month period (Renewal
Term).
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Applicable to Initial Terms and any Renewal Term: If a Party wishes
to vary any of the Terms of this Agreement,
it must give at least 30 Business Days’ notice prior to the
expiry of the current Contract Year to enable the Parties to meet to
discuss any proposed variation.
18. Termination
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Where there is no Initial Term or Renewal Term, Customer may
terminate this Agreement by giving SaaS Provider at least 30 days
prior written notice, such termination will take effect with at the
expiry of the then current billing cycle.
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Where there is an Initial Term or Renewal Term, Customer
may only terminate this Agreement in accordance with clause
17.1(b)
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The Customer may terminate this Agreement by giving at least 30
Business Days’ notice to the SaaS Provider, or
if the SaaS Provider is in breach (other than a trivial
breach causing no material harm) of any provision of this Agreement
and, where the breach is capable of remedy, the SaaS
Provider has failed to remedy the breach within 30 Business
Days’ of receipt of written notice from the Customer describing
the breach and calling for it to be remedied.
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The SaaS Provider may terminate this Agreement by giving at
least 30 Business Days’ notice to the Customer if the Customer
is in breach (other than a trivial breach causing no material harm) of
any provision of this Agreement and, where the breach is capable
of remedy, the Customer has failed to remedy the breach within 30
Business Days of receipt of written notice from the SaaS
Provider describing the breach and calling for it to be
remedied.
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The SaaS Provider may terminate this Agreement immediately
by giving written notice to the Customer where:
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the Customer undergoes a Change of Control to a competitor
of the SaaS Provider as determined by the SaaS
Provider;
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an Insolvency Event occurs in relation to the Customer;
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the Customer commits a breach of this Agreement not capable of
remedy; or
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breaches clause 4 (Licence Restrictions) or
clause 9 (Prohibited Use).
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The SaaS Provider may suspend overdue accounts without notice to
the Customer. A $300 reinstatement charge applies to reactivate any
suspended account once full payment has been received.
19. Events Following Termination
-
Upon termination of this Agreement, the SaaS Provider
will:
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immediately stop performing the Services;
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immediately stop placing orders for supplies or services required in
connection with the performance of the Services; and
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promptly return to the Customer or destroy all property, including
Confidential Information, Intellectual Property and Data in its
possession that belongs to the Customer.
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Upon termination of this Agreement, the Customer will
immediately:
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cease and desist from any use of the Services;
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return to the SaaS Provider all property, including
Confidential Information and Intellectual Property, in its possession
that belongs to the SaaS Provider;
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pay the Fees for all Services completed; and
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Where Customer has terminated due to a major failure of the Services
as such term is defined under the Australian Consumer Law, the Service
Provider will refund the Customer that portion of the Service Fee
directly relating to the period of the major failure.
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The expiry or termination of this Agreement for any reason will be
without prejudice to any rights or liabilities which have accrued
prior to the date of expiry or termination of this Agreement.
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This clause 19 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
20. Dispute Resolution
- Disputes
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A Party must not commence court proceedings relating to any dispute
arising from, or in connection with, this Agreement (Dispute) without first complying with this clause 20 unless:
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that Party is seeking urgent interlocutory relief; or
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the Dispute relates to compliance with this clause.
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Notwithstanding the existence of a Dispute, the Parties must continue
to perform their obligations under this Agreement.
- Negotiation
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In the event of a Dispute, the Party claiming there is a Dispute must
give written notice to the other Party or Parties to the Dispute
setting out the details of the Dispute and proposing a resolution
(Dispute Notice).
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Within 10 Business Days after receipt of the Dispute Notice, each
relevant Party must (if applicable by its senior executives or senior
managers who have authority to reach a resolution on its behalf) meet
at least once to attempt to resolve the Dispute in good faith.
All aspects of every such conference, except for the occurrence
of the conference, will be privileged.
- Mediation
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If the relevant Parties are unable to resolve the Dispute with 15
Business Days after receipt of the Dispute Notice, any Party involved
in the Dispute may (by written notice to the other Parties) submit the
Dispute to mediation administered by the Australian Commercial
Disputes Centre (ACDC), with such
mediation to be conducted:
- in good faith;
- in Victoria; and
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in accordance with the ACDC Mediation Guidelines.
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The costs of mediation are to be split between the relevant Parties,
provided that each Party will bear its own costs in relation to the
mediation.
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If the Dispute has not been settled within 20 Business Days after the
appointment of a mediator, or such other period as agreed in writing
between the Parties, the Dispute may be referred by any Party involved
in the Dispute (by written notice to the other Parties) to
litigation.
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This clause 20 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
21. Subcontracting
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The Parties agree the SaaS Provider may engage subcontractors to
perform the Services on its behalf
22. Non-Solicitation
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The Customer will not solicit or entice away, any person or
organisation that was an actual or prospective, client, employee,
contractor, representative, agent of, or developer
to, the SaaS Provider, during the Term of this
Agreement.
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This clause 22 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
23. GST
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Taxable supply
If GST is payable on any
supply made under this Agreement, the
recipient of the supply must pay an amount equal to the GST payable on
the supply. That amount must be paid at the same time that the
consideration is to be provided under this Agreement, and must be paid
in addition to the consideration expressed elsewhere in this
Agreement, unless it is expressed to be inclusive of GST. The
recipient is not required to pay any GST until the supplier issues a
tax invoice for the supply.
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Adjustment events
If an adjustment
event arises in respect of any supply made
under this Agreement, a corresponding adjustment must be made between
the supplier and the recipient in respect of any amount paid by the
recipient under this clause, an adjustment note issued (if required),
and any payments to give effect to the adjustment must be made.
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Payments
If the recipient is required under this
Agreement to pay for or
reimburse an expense or outgoing of the supplier, or is
required to make a payment under an indemnity in respect of an expense
or outgoing of the supplier, the amount to be paid by the recipient is
to be reduced by the amount of any input tax credit in respect of that
expense or outgoing that the supplier is entitled to.
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GST terminology
The terms “adjustment event”,
“consideration”, “GST”, “input tax
credit”, “recipient”, “supplier”,
“supply”, “taxable supply” and “tax
invoice” each has the meaning given in the A New Tax System (Goods and
Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
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This clause 23 will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
24. General
- Notices
-
A notice or other communication given under this Agreement must be:
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in writing, in English and signed by the sender; and
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addressed and delivered to the intended recipient by hand, prepaid
post or email in accordance with the notice details last notified by
the recipient to the Parties.
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The Customer’s notice details are set out in the
Customer’s account. The SaaS Provider’s notice details are
set out on the Site. A Party may change its notice details by written
notice to the other Parties, which, for the Customer, is by updating
their Account, and for SaaS Provider, is by updating the
Site.
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A notice or communication is taken as having been given:
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when left at a Party’s current address for notices;
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if mailed, on the third Business Day after posting (if delivered to
an address within the same country) or on the tenth Business Day after
posting (if delivered to an address within another country); or
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if sent by email, if sent before 5pm on a Business Day in the place
of receipt then on the Business Day when it is sent, otherwise on the
following Business Day.
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This subclause will survive the termination or expiry of this
Agreement.
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Force Majeure
If performance of this Agreement or any
obligation under this
Agreement is prevented,
restricted or interfered with by reasons of Force
Majeure and the affected party unable to carry out its obligations
gives the other party prompt written notice of such event, then the
obligations of the affected party invoking this provision shall be
suspended to the extent necessary by such event. The affected party
shall use reasonable efforts under the circumstances to remove such
prevention, restriction or interference or to limit the impact of the
event on its performance and must continue to perform with reasonable
dispatch when the Force Majeure is removed.
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Waiver
Any failure or delay by a Party
in exercising a power or right
(either wholly or partially) in relation to this Agreement does not
operate as a waiver or prevent that Party from exercising that power
or right or any other power or right. A waiver must be in
writing.
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Powers, rights, and remedies
Except as
provided in this Agreement or permitted by law, the
powers, rights, and remedies of a Party under this Agreement are
cumulative and in addition to any other powers, rights and remedies
the Party may have.
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Consents or approvals
Except as
provided in this Agreement, a Party may give, attach
conditions to or withhold any consent or approval under this Agreement
at its sole and absolute discretion. A Party is not obliged to
give reasons for giving or withholding its consent or approval or for
giving its consent or approval subject to conditions.
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Assignment
No Party may assign,
transfer or otherwise deal with all or any
of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior
written consent of the other Parties. Any purported dealing in
breach of this clause 24.6 is of no force or effect.
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Further assurance
Each Party must
promptly do all things and execute all further
documents necessary to give full force and effect to this Agreement
and their obligations under it. This subclause will survive the
termination or expiry of this Agreement.
-
Costs and expenses
Each Party must pay
its own costs and expenses (including legal
costs) in connection with the negotiation, preparation, and execution
of this Agreement and any document relating to it.
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Relationship of Parties
-
This Agreement is not intended to create a partnership, joint venture
or agency relationship between the Parties.
-
Nothing in this Agreement gives a Party authority to bind any other
Party in any way.
-
Links to Third Parties
The Services may
contain links to third-party web sites or
services that are not owned or controlled by the SaaS Provider.
The
SaaS Provider has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for,
the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web
sites or services. The Customer further acknowledges and agree that
the SaaS Provider shall not be responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by
or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or
services available on or through any such web sites or services.
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Independent legal advice
Each Party
acknowledges and agrees that it has had an
opportunity to read this Agreement, it agrees to its terms and, prior
to executing it, it has been provided with the opportunity to seek
independent legal advice about its terms.
- Severance
-
If a provision of this Agreement is held to be void, invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, that provision must be read down as narrowly as
necessary to allow it to be valid or enforceable.
-
If it is not possible to read down a provision (in whole or in part),
that provision (or that part of that provision) is severed from this
Agreement without affecting the validity or enforceability of the
remainder of that provision or the other provisions in this
Agreement.
-
Entire agreement
The Agreement contains
the entire understanding between the
Parties, and supersedes all previous discussions, communications,
negotiations, understandings, representations, warranties, commitments
and agreements, in respect of its subject matter.
-
Amendment
This Agreement may only be
amended by written document executed
by all Parties.
- Cumulative Rights
-
The rights arising out of this Agreement do not exclude any other
rights of either Party.
-
Each indemnity in this Agreement is a continuing obligation that is
separate and independent from the other obligations of the Parties
under this Agreement.
-
A Party is not obliged to take any action, or incur any expense,
before enforcing any indemnity under this Agreement.
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Governing law and jurisdiction
This
Agreement is governed by the laws of Victoria. Each
Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts operating in Victoria and any courts
entitled to hear appeals from those courts and waives any right to
object to proceedings being brought in those courts.
25. Definitions and Interpretation
- Definitions
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
Additional Costs means any additional
costs, expenses, damages or losses suffered or
incurred by the SaaS Provider.
Authorised User means the user(s) permitted
to use the SaaS Services and the
content, including Data, generated by, or the output of, the SaaS
Services as a part of the Customer’s services to its
customers.
Business Day means a day on which banks are
open for general banking business in
Victoria, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Business Hours means 9am to 5pm on a
Business Day.
Change in Control occurs in respect of a
Party if, after the Effective Date, a person
acquires (directly or indirectly):
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shares in that Party conferring alone or in aggregate 50% or more of
the voting or economic interests in that Party on a fully diluted
basis;
-
the power to control the appointment or dismissal of a majority of
the directors of that Party; or
-
the capacity to control the financial and operating policies or
management of that Party.
Claim means any actual, contingent, present
or future claim, demand,
action, suit or proceeding for any Liability, restitution, equitable
compensation, account, injunctive relief, specific performance or any
other remedy of whatever nature and however arising, whether direct or
indirect, and whether in contract, tort (including but not limited to
negligence) or otherwise.
Confidential Information includes
information or documentation which:
-
is disclosed to the recipient in connection with this
Agreement (whether before or after the Effective Date);
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is prepared or produced under or in connection with this
Agreement (whether before or after the Effective Date); or
- relates to:
-
the business, assets or affairs of a Party or any of its
affiliates;
-
the business, assets or affairs of a company in a group of companies
to which the Customer belongs, or any client of that company in the
group; or
-
the subject matter of, the terms of and/or any transactions
contemplated by this Agreement,
whether or not such information or documentation is reduced to a
tangible form or marked in writing as “confidential”, and
whether it is disclosed to the recipient or received, acquired,
overheard or learnt by the recipient in any way whatsoever.
Contract Year means a 12 month period
commencing on: (i) the Effective Date; and (ii)
each subsequent anniversary of the Effective Date, of this Agreement
during the Term.
Customer Environment means the computing
environment of the Customer including all hardware,
software, information technology and telecommunications services and
Systems.
Data means all of the information,
documents and other data provided by the
Customer or their Personnel to the SaaS Provider, any content uploaded
by the Customer or Personnel to the SaaS Provider’s System, or
otherwise accessed by the SaaS Provider in providing the Services.
Dispute has the meaning given in clause
20.1(a).
Dispute Notice has the meaning given in
clause 20.2(a).
Fee means the fee set out on the Site for the Customer
account.
Force Majeure means any event or
circumstances beyond the reasonable control of a
Party including any fire, lightning strike, flood, earthquake, natural
disaster, sabotage, nuclear contamination, terrorism, war or civil riot
that occurs to the extent that it:
-
would be unreasonable to expect the affected Party to have planned
for, avoided or minimised the impact of such circumstance by
appropriate risk management, disaster recovery or business resumption
plan; and
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results in a Party being unable to perform an obligation under this
Agreement on time.
Initial Term means the initial term set out
in the Customer account.
Insolvency Event means the occurrence of
any one or more of the following events in
relation to a Party:
-
the Party is or states that it is insolvent or is deemed or presumed
to be insolvent under any applicable laws;
-
an application or order is made for the winding up, bankruptcy or
dissolution of the Party or a resolution is passed or any steps are
taken to pass a resolution for its winding up or dissolution;
-
an administrator, provisional liquidator, liquidator or person having
a similar or analogous function under the laws of any relevant
jurisdiction is appointed in respect of the Party or any action is
taken to appoint any such person and the action is not stayed,
withdrawn or dismissed within 10 Business Days;
-
a controller is appointed in respect of any of the Party’s
property;
-
the Party is deregistered under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or other legislation or notice of its proposed
deregistration is given to it;
-
a distress, attachment or execution is levied or becomes enforceable
against the Party or any of its property;
-
the Party enters into or takes action to enter into an arrangement,
composition or compromise with, or assignment for the benefit of, all
or any class of its creditors or members or a moratorium involving any
of them;
-
a receiver or manager (or both) or trustee in bankruptcy is appointed
in respect of the Party or its property;
-
a petition for the making of a sequestration order against the estate
of the Party is presented and the petition is not stayed, withdrawn or
dismissed within 10 Business Days or the Party presents a petition
against itself; or
-
anything analogous to or of a similar effect to anything described
above under the law of any relevant jurisdiction occurs in respect of
the Party.
Intellectual Property Rights means all
present and future rights to:
- copyright;
-
registered or unregistered designs, patents, trade marks;
-
trade, business, company or domain names;
-
know-how, inventions, processes, trade secrets;
-
circuit layouts, databases or source codes; and
-
any similar rights in any part of the world,
including any application, or right to apply, for registration of, and
any improvements, enhancements or modifications of, the
foregoing. Liability means any expense,
charge, cost, liability, loss, damage, claim, demand
or proceeding (whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including
negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising, whether direct
or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or
contingent. Page View means as any time
Customer’s account loads a page (website)
that has SaaS Services embedded in it. Party means a party to this Agreement from time to time,
and Parties means all of
them.
Payment Method is by credit card, Wire
Transfers, or Bank Deposit.
Payment Terms means 30 days from the date
of the invoice.
Personnel means in relation to a Party, any
employee, contractor, officer and
agent of that Party.
Products means hardware or software.
Related Body Corporate has the meaning given in section 9 of
the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
SaaS Licence is defined in clause
3.1.
SaaS Services means the Elevio Software as
a service described on the Site.
Service Level means any service levels set
out on the Site.
Services means the SaaS Services and
Support Services, to be provided or
licensed by the SaaS Provider to the Customer on the terms and
conditions set out in this Agreement.
Software means the software used to provide
the Services, and includes any
instructions in hard copy or electronic form and any update,
modification or release of any part of that software after this
Agreement is entered into by the Parties.
Support Hours means:
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the hours the SaaS Provider will provide the Support
Services as set out on the Site; or
-
if such hours are not specified, AEST Business Hours.
Support Services are set out on the
Site.
System means a combination of Products or a
combination of Products and
services which are integrated and operate together, including a
network.
Term means the term of this Agreement as
set out in clause 17.
Variation means a change to the SaaS
Licence after the date of this
Agreement.
Variation Fee means any variation to the Fee as a consequence
of the Variation.
- Interpretation
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
-
the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
-
headings are for convenience only and do not affect
interpretation;
-
a reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure is a
reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure, as the case
may be, of this Agreement;
-
if any act which must be done under this Agreement is to be done on a
day that is not a Business Day then the act must be done on or by the
next Business Day;
-
a reference to any legislation or law includes subordinate
legislation or law and all amendments, consolidations, replacements or
re-enactments from time to time;
-
where a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a
corresponding meaning;
-
a reference to a natural person includes a body corporate,
partnership, joint venture, association, government or statutory body
or authority or other legal entity and vice versa;
-
includes and similar words mean includes without limitation;
-
no clause will be interpreted to the disadvantage of a Party merely
because that Party drafted the clause or would otherwise benefit from
it;
-
a reference to a party to a document includes that party’s
executors, administrators, successors, permitted assigns and persons
substituted by novation from time to time;
-
a reference to this Agreement or any other document includes the
document, all schedules and all annexures as novated, amended,
supplemented, varied or replaced from time to time;
-
a reference to a covenant, obligation or agreement of two or more
persons binds or benefits them jointly and severally;
-
if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the
day of an act or event, it is to be calculated exclusive of that
day;
-
a reference to time is to local time in Victoria, Australia;
and
-
a reference to $ or dollars refers to American Dollars from time to
time.
For any questions, please contact us at:
Elevio Pty Ltd ABN 46 609 441 116
Level 1 / 2 Mill Plc, Melbourne 3000, VIC Australia
Email: support@elev.io
Last update: 6 June 2018