Master Services Agreement

Last updated: 8 November 2024    Download PDF

 

1. Interpretation

 

1.1 The following rules of interpretation shall apply to our Agreement.

1.2 In our Agreement:

1.2.1 each Order Form entered into by the Customer, or on behalf of the Customer via the Reseller, shall form a separate agreement, incorporating these Master Service Terms together with an Addendums, or Product Specific Terms for the respective Subscribed Services and the Policies (our Agreement);

1.2.2 in the event of any conflict in respect of the provisions of our Agreement and/or the documents referred to in it the following order of priority shall prevail (in descending order of priority):

1.2.2.1 the Order Form;

1.2.2.2 the Product Specific Terms;

1.2.2.3 the Jurisdiction Specific Terms;

1.2.2.4 the Data Protection Agreement;

1.2.2.5 the Policies;

1.2.2.6 the Master Service Terms;

1.2.2.7 the Documentation;

1.2.2.8 the Software Reseller Agreement (where applicable);

1.2.3 subject to the order of priority between documents in clause 2.2, later versions of documents shall prevail over earlier ones if there is any conflict or inconsistency between them.

1.2.4 The Customer acknowledges and agrees to adhere to any Product Specific Terms and/or any Jurisdiction Specific Terms relating to the Subscribed Services purchased.

1.3 Any obligation of the Supplier under our Agreement to comply or ensure compliance by any person or the Services with any law shall be limited to compliance only with laws within the Subscribed Territory, as set out in the Order Form and Jurisdiction Specific Terms, as generally applicable to businesses and to Suppliers of software as a service solutions. Such obligations shall not be construed to create any obligation on the Supplier (or anyone acting on its behalf) or any part of the Services to comply with any laws or regulations which apply solely to specific commercial or other activities (such as insurance, legal advice or banking or other professional services) or which apply solely to a specific commercial or non-commercial sector (or part thereof) (such as the public, legal, accountancy, actuarial, insurance, banking or financial service sectors).

1.4 In our Agreement, unless otherwise stated:

1.4.1 the table of contents, background section and the clause, paragraph, schedule or other headings in our Agreement are included for convenience only and shall have no effect on interpretation;

1.4.2 the Supplier and the Customer are together the parties and each a party, and a reference to a party includes that party’s successors and permitted assigns;

1.4.3 words in the singular include the plural and vice versa;

1.4.4 any words that follow ‘include’, ‘includes’, ‘including’, ‘in particular’ or any similar words and expressions shall be construed as illustrative only and shall not limit the sense of any word, phrase, term, definition or description preceding those words;

1.4.5 a reference to ‘writing’ or ‘written’ includes any method of reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form (including email);

1.4.6 a reference to legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended, extended, re-enacted or consolidated from time to time and a reference to legislation includes all subordinate legislation made from time to time under that legislation; and

1.4.7 a reference to any English action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, court, official, legal document, legal status, legal doctrine, legal concept or thing shall, in respect of any jurisdiction other than England, be deemed to include a reference to that which most nearly approximates to the English equivalent in that jurisdiction.

 

2. Application of these conditions

 

2.1 The terms of our Agreement apply to and form part of the Contract between the Supplier and the Customer. They supersede any previously issued terms and conditions of purchase or supply.

2.2 No terms or conditions endorsed on, delivered with, or contained in the Customer’s purchase conditions, order, confirmation of order, specification or other document shall form part of the Contract except to the extent that the Supplier otherwise agrees in writing.

2.3 These terms are binding upon execution of an Order or the Contract. No variation of these Conditions or to an Order or to the Contract, shall be binding unless expressly agreed in writing and executed by a duly authorised signatory on behalf of the Customer and the Supplier.

2.4 The Customer, or Reseller acting on behalf of the Customer, shall submit an Order/Sales Request to the Supplier in order to purchase Subscribed Services or Additional Services; all of which are subject to these Conditions.

2.5 Each Order/Sales Request by the Customer, or Reseller, to the Supplier shall be an offer to purchase the Services set out on the Order Form subject to these Conditions.

2.6 The Supplier may accept or reject an Order at its discretion. An Order shall not be accepted, and no binding obligation to supply any Services shall arise, until the Customer, or Reseller, has signed and returned the Order Form to the Supplier.

2.7 The Supplier may issue quotations to the Customer, or Reseller, from time to time. Quotations are invitations to treat only. They are not an offer to supply Services and are incapable of being accepted by the Customer or Reseller, except for those Quotations contained within the Order Form.

2.8 Marketing and other promotional material relating to the Services are illustrative only and do not form part of the Contract.

2.9 On acceptance of an Order the Supplier shall arrange the Implementation Arrangements of the Services with the Customer in accordance with these Conditions and any Product Specific Terms.

 

 

 

3. Rights of use

 

3.1 Upon Order Acceptance and subject to the terms of our Agreement, the Supplier grants the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to:

3.1.1 use each Subscribed Service; and

3.1.2 copy and use the Documentation as strictly necessary for its use by Authorised Users of the Subscribed Services, within the relevant Subscribed Territory during the Subscribed Service Period for the Permitted Purpose.

3.2 The Customer acknowledges that access to the Subscribed Services from Order Acceptance to initially set up, will not be immediate and may need to be scheduled and agreed between the parties, and that use of the Subscribed Services is at all times subject to the Customer’s compliance with our Agreement and the requirements identified in our Agreement (including all minimum system requirements).

3.3 The Customer acknowledges that the Services do not include:

3.3.1 any services, systems or equipment required to access the internet (and that the Customer is solely responsible for procuring access to the internet and for all costs and expenses in connection with internet access, communications, data transmission and wireless or mobile charges incurred by it in connection with use of the Services); and

3.3.2 legal, accounting or other professional or regulated services and that, except as expressly stated in our Agreement, no assurance is given that the Services will comply with or satisfy any legal or regulatory obligation of any person.

3.4 The Customer acknowledges and agrees to adhere to any Product Specific Terms and/or any Jurisdiction Specific Terms relating to the Subscribed Services purchased.

3.5 The Customer may subscribe to Additional Services by placing an additional Order. Our Agreement will apply to all additional Order(s).

 

 

 

 

4. Authorised users

 

4.1 The Customer shall ensure that only Authorised Users use the Subscribed Services and that such use is at all times in accordance with our Agreement. The Customer shall ensure that Authorised Users are, at all times while they have access to the Subscribed Services, the employees, students or contractors of the Customer or the Authorised Affiliates.

4.2 The Customer shall ensure that the number of Authorised Users for each Subscribed Service do not exceed the number relating to the Purchased License(s) for the relevant Subscribed Service, in accordance with the Fair Usage Policy, at any time. The Customer is entitled to remove one individual as an Authorised User and replace them with another individual in accordance with the terms of our Agreement, but Authorised User accounts cannot be shared or used by more than one individual at the same time.

4.3 Without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Supplier, in the event the Customer is in breach of clause 4.2 then:

4.3.1 the Customer shall be liable to pay for the number of Authorised Users above the number of Purchased License(s) for that Subscribed Service for the relevant period during which infringement occurred in accordance with the Supplier’s Pricing Terms, set out in the Order Form.

4.4 The Customer shall:

4.4.1 be liable for the acts and omissions of the Authorised Users and the Authorised Affiliates as if they were its own;

4.4.2 where applicable and as set out in any Product Specific Terms, only provide Authorised Users with access to the Services via the access method agreed between the parties provided by the Supplier and shall not provide access to (or permit access by) anyone other than an Authorised User; and

4.4.3 where applicable and as set out in any Product Specific Terms, ensure that each Authorised User (and each Authorised Affiliate) is aware of, and complies with, the obligations and restrictions imposed on the Customer under our Agreement, including all obligations and restrictions relating to the Supplier’s Confidential Information.

4.5 The Customer warrants and represents that it, and all Authorised Users and all others acting on its or their behalf (including systems administrators) shall, keep confidential and not share with any third party (or with other individuals except those with administration rights at the Customer and its Authorised Affiliate’s organisation as necessary for use of the Service) their password or access details for any Subscribed Service.

4.6 The Customer shall (and shall ensure all Authorised Affiliates and Authorised Users shall) at all times comply with the Acceptable Use Policy and all other provisions of our Agreement.

4.7 If any password has been provided to an individual that is not an Authorised User, the Customer shall, without delay, disable any such passwords and notify the Supplier immediately.

4.8 The Customer shall comply (and shall ensure all Authorised Affiliates and Authorised Users comply) with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations governing export that apply to the Services and the Documentation (or any part), and shall not export or re-export, directly or indirectly, separately or as a part of a system, the Services or the Documentation (or any part) to, or access or use the Services or the Documentation (or any part) in, any country or territory for which an export licence or other approval is required under the laws pursuant with your region as defined in Jurisdiction Specific Terms without first obtaining such licence or other approval. Without prejudice to the Supplier’s obligations under the Data Protection Agreement, the Customer shall be solely responsible for ensuring its access, importation and use of the Services, the Customer Data and Documentation in or into any part of the Subscribed Territory or elsewhere complies with all export and other laws.

 

 

5. Customer’s responsibilities

 

5.1 The Customer shall (and shall ensure all Authorised Affiliates and Authorised Users shall) at all times comply with all applicable laws relating to the use or receipt of the Services, including laws relating to privacy, data protection and use of systems and communications.

5.2 The Customer is responsible for the configuration, implementation and testing of the Subscribed Service, except where otherwise stated in the Order Form.

5.3 The Supplier is able to provide such Additional Services as set out on the Order Form; an order for such shall be made by the Customer in substantially the same way as any Order/Sales Request for Subscribed Services as set out at clause 2; and the Fee for such shall be set out in the Order Form applicable to such order.

5.4 The Customer shall:

 

5.4.1 provide the Supplier with all necessary co-operation in relation to this Agreement and all necessary access to such information as may be required by the Supplier in order to render the Services and Support Services;

 

5.4.2 ensure that its network and systems comply with the relevant specifications provided by the Supplier from time to time and be solely responsible for procuring and maintaining its network connections and telecommunications links from its systems to the Supplier’s data centres, and all problems, conditions, delays, delivery failures and all other loss or damage arising from or relating to the Customer’s network connections or telecommunications links or caused by the internet.

 

5.5 In relation to the Authorised Users, the Customer undertakes that:

 

5.5.1 the maximum number of Authorised Users that it permits to access and use the Services within the Metered Period, unless otherwise stated in the Order Form, at any one time shall not exceed the number of purchased User Subscriptions, and in accordance with our Fair Usage policy;

 

5.5.2 it will not allow or suffer any User Subscription to be used by more than one individual Authorised User at the same time;

 

5.5.3 each User Subscription shall have a secure password for use of the Services and Documentation and that password shall be confidential;

 

5.5.4 it shall permit the Supplier to audit the Services. Such audit may be conducted no more than once every 6 months, at the Supplier’s expense, and this right shall be exercised with reasonable prior written notice and be conducted in such a manner as not to substantially interfere with the Customer’s normal conduct of business; if any of the audits referred to in clause 5.5.4 reveal that the number of Authorised Users that have access to the Services within the Metered Period  is greater than the number of User Subscriptions, and outside of the limits defined within our Fair Usage Policy, then without prejudice to the Supplier’s other rights, the Customer shall promptly either withdraw access from the extraneous users or request to purchase additional User Subscriptions.

 

5.5.5 if any of the audits referred to in clause 5.5.4 reveal that the Customer has underpaid Subscription Fees to the Supplier, the Customer shall pay to the Supplier an amount equal to such underpayment as calculated in accordance with the prices set out in the Supplier’s Pricing Terms within 10 Business Days of the date of the relevant audit.

 

5.6 The Customer is advised to ensure they have a dedicated data back up or disaster recovery facilities to ensure it at all times maintains backups of all Customer Data where applicable.

 

5.7 The Customer shall take full responsibility to undertake adequate testing, due diligence, and change control measures when deploying and making configuration changes to Subscribed Services and the IT environment hosting the Subscribed Services. This care and due diligence is required to ensure Subscribed Services work as intended. The Supplier cannot guarantee product efficacy in every IT environment but commits to undertaking a reasonable effort to ensure the Subscribed Services are kept up-to-date with modern IT standards, practices and systems. The system requirements and pre-requisites of our Subscribed Services are published in our knowledge bases found at either: https://support.iamcloud.com or https://cdm.iamcloud.info

 

5.8 The Customer is prohibited from copying and/or creating derivates from any installation application or any other access codes provided by the Supplier save for the rights provided herein.

 

5.9 Beta software:

 

5.9.1 The purpose of beta software is to allow willing users to get early-access to technology while it is still in development. This is done with the understanding that the software is not yet judged by the software vendor, i.e. the Supplier, to be production-ready. As such, it is in the very nature of beta software that it may include bugs, errors or be in some way incomplete or flawed. It is important that anyone using beta software does so in full knowledge and acceptance of the possible risks associated with it, and act with the appropriate level of care.

 

5.9.2 Whenever we release software that is ‘beta’ we will ensure it is clearly marked. Customers are under no obligation to use beta software whatsoever.

 

5.9.3 The ‘beta’ status can be assigned at different levels of our technology:

Product. A whole product version can be given the ‘beta’ status.

Feature. A specific individual feature within a broader production-status product can be given the ‘beta’ status. In this scenario, the feature would always be disabled by default and marked as ‘beta’ within our administrative portal, Iris. It is therefore the choice of the registered admins within our portal whether they wish to enable the beta feature or not.

API end-point. Often this will accompany a specific beta-feature or beta-product, but it is also possible for us to release beta API-endpoints that do not directly tie into specific products or features. Beta API endpoints are marked as such within our API documentation.

 

5.9.4 There is no pre-determined length of time a product, feature or API end-point will be assigned the ‘beta’ status. It may only be for a few weeks or conversely many months or even indefinitely. However, it is our intention that the ‘beta’ process is a temporary stage between development and production that allows us to receive real-world feedback on our software in order to maximise our confidence that the software satisfies the requirements of our customers and partners. As such, while we make no guarantees, it is likely ‘beta’ software will become ‘production’ software after a few months of beta testing.

 

5.9.5 The Customer acknowledges, that should the Subscribed Services include any beta software in particular, this could have serious bugs and/or vulnerabilities in it and agrees to use with appropriate caution. In particular, the Customer acknowledges and agrees to not use beta software within live production environments where it is understood that faults in the software could have a negative impact to End-Users and the Customer’s business processes.

 

5.9.6 The Customer shall take full responsibility for any loss or damage caused as a direct result of their use of and accessing any beta software outside of the parameters of any advice and/or guidance provided by the Supplier, as set out in this clause, and in writing from time to time.

 

6. Supplier’s responsibilities

 

6.1 The Supplier undertakes that the Services will be performed substantially in accordance with the Documentation and the Subscribed Services and Support Services will be performed with reasonable skill and care in a manner consistent with general industry standards.

 

6.2 The undertaking at clause 6.1 shall not apply to the extent of any non-conformance which is caused by use of the Subscribed Services contrary to the Supplier’s instructions, or modification or alteration of the Subscribed Services by any party other than the Supplier or the Supplier’s duly authorised contractors or agents. If the Subscribed Services and/or the Support Services do not conform with the foregoing undertaking, the Supplier will, at its expense, use all reasonable commercial endeavours to correct any such non-conformance promptly, or provide the Customer with an alternative means of accomplishing the desired performance. Such correction or substitution constitutes the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the undertaking set out in Clause 6.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Supplier:

 

6.2.1 does not warrant that the Customer’s use of the Subscribed Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor that the Services, Documentation, Support Services and/or the information obtained by the Customer through the Services will meet the Customer’s requirements; and

 

6.2.2 is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet, and the Customer acknowledges that the Subscribed Services and Documentation may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities.

 

6.3 If, in the opinion of the Supplier, the Customer breaches the Customer Obligations, the Supplier shall notify the Customer at the earliest opportunity and request that the Customer either provides compelling evidence to the contrary, or in the case of breach ceases the activity considered to breach the Customers Obligations. In the event the Customer fails to adhere to the notice provided by the Supplier within 30 days, the Supplier reserves the right, without liability to the Customer, to disable the Customer’s access to any material that breaches the Customer’s Obligations.

 

6.4 The Supplier has but does not guarantee data back up and disaster recovery facilities beyond that required to fulfil its commitments within the Service Level Agreement.

 

6.5 The Supplier accepts no liability for any breach or material loss deriving from any event where an Authorised User’s account experiences unauthorised access by a third party.

 

6.6 In some instances, the Supplier may provide the Customer with application codes to ensure access to the Services. If applicable, the Customer warrants to keep any codes confidential and only use them for the purpose intended.

 

6.7 The Supplier agrees to use all reasonable endeavours to meet the service levels set out in the Service Level Agreement, which can be found at: iamcloud.com/service-level-agreement

 

 

 

7. Support

 

7.1 Support Services shall be available to the Customer for the Support Hours for each Subscribed Service for the duration of the respective Subscribed Service Period or if alternative arrangements agreed as per the Order Form. The Supplier reserves the right to charge Additional Fees, in accordance with the Supplier Pricing Terms as set out in the Order Form, in the event that an issue is rectified that was not the fault of the Supplier or was due to the misuse of the Services by the Customer or an Authorised User or Affiliate.

 

7.2 The Customer may purchase Additional Services separately, the Pricing Terms for which are set out in the Order Form.

 

7.3 The Supplier will use reasonable endeavours to notify the Customer in advance of scheduled maintenance but the Customer acknowledges that it may receive no advance notification for downtime caused by Force Majeure or for other emergency maintenance.

 

7.4 The Supplier is able to provide Support Services should there be an error in the Services arising as a result of use stipulated in clause 11.5. Such Support Services are provided in addition to the Support Services described at clause 7.1 and shall attract Additional Fees as set out in the Order Form.

 

 

 

8. Indemnity

 

8.1 The Supplier shall indemnify the Customer for any losses, damages, liability, costs and expenses (including professional fees) incurred by it as a result of any action, demand or claim that the provision of the Services infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party (an IPR Claim).

8.2 In the event that the Customer receives notice of any IPR Claim, it shall:

8.2.1 notify the Supplier in writing as soon as reasonably practicable;

8.2.2 not make any admission of liability or agree any settlement or compromise of the Claim without the prior written consent of the Supplier (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

8.2.3 let the Supplier at its request and own expense have the conduct of or settle all negotiations and litigation arising from the IPR Claim at its sole discretion provided that if the Supplier fails to conduct the Claim in a timely or proper manner the Customer may conduct the Claim at the expense of the Supplier;

8.2.4 take all reasonable steps to minimise the losses that may be incurred by it or by any third party as a result of the IPR Claim; and

8.2.5 provide the Supplier with all reasonable assistance in relation to the IPR Claim (at the Customer’s expense) including the provision of prompt access to any relevant premises, officers, employees, contractors or agents of the Customer.

8.3 If any IPR Claim is made or is reasonably likely to be made, the Supplier may at its option:

8.3.1 procure for the Customer the right to continue receiving the relevant Services; or

8.3.2 re-perform the infringing part of the Services or modify or replace the infringing part of the Services so as to avoid the infringement or alleged infringement, provided the Services remain in conformance to the specifications agreed.

8.4 The Supplier shall have no liability or obligation under this clause 8 in respect of (and shall not be obliged to defend) any IP Claim which arises in whole or in part from:

8.4.1 any modification of the Services (or any part) without the Supplier’s express written approval;

8.4.2 any Non-Supplier Materials;

8.4.3 any Customer Data;

8.4.4 any Free or Trial Services (or any Support Services provided in connection with them);

8.4.5 any Open Source Software;

8.4.6 any breach of our Agreement by the Customer;

8.4.7 installation or use of the Services (or any part) otherwise than in accordance with our Agreement and the documentation within our knowledge base; or

8.4.8 installation or use of the Services (or any part) in combination with any software, hardware or data that has not been supplied or expressly authorised by the Supplier.

 

8.5 In respect of any indemnity given by either party under this Agreement, the party which receives the benefit of the indemnity shall take all reasonable steps so as to reduce or mitigate the loss covered by the indemnity.

8.6 This clause 8 shall survive termination or expiry of our Agreement.

 

 

 

 

9. Changes to services and terms

 

9.1 The Supplier agrees to provide the Services in accordance with these Terms and the Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) set out at https://www.iamcloud.com/service-level-agreement and to provide the Customer with Support Services. The Customer may purchase Additional Services and if so applicable such shall be set out in the Order Form and be subject to the terms herein and any Product Specific Terms and/or Jurisdiction Specific Terms.

 

9.2 The Supplier shall notify and provide the Customer with any Emergency Releases – for example on the discovery of a zero-day security vulnerability – if they consider such necessary. Emergency Releases by their nature are reactive to unforeseen circumstances, and prior notices cannot be guaranteed. Emergency Releases shall be announced on https://www.iamcloudstatus.com – the Customer should ensure it subscribes to alerts from this platform to be proactively informed of Emergency Releases, and other important information on the Subscribed Services.
9.2.1 The Supplier cannot be held responsible for a Customer’s exposure to a risk with the Supplier’s software in the event the Customer delays and/or fails to install an Emergency Release once notified by the Supplier that such is available.

 

9.3 The Supplier reserves the right to make changes to the Services and upgrade the Software. Any material functionality changes and/or removals of functionality to the existing Services would be made by prior written notice to the Customer. Such changes will be carried out at the Supplier’s discretion and may result in access to the Services being temporarily unavailable. The Supplier will use all reasonable endeavours to limit any period of unavailability of any of the Subscribed Services, in line with our Service Level Agreement. Production changes can be found at either https://www.iamcloud.com/changelog or https://cdm.iamcloud.info

 

9.4 The Supplier may at its absolute discretion make, and notify the Customer of, updated versions of the documents referred to in clauses 1.2.2.4, 1.2.2.5, 1.2.2.7, 1.2.2.8 or other documents referred to in any part of our Agreement (excluding in each case the Order Form, Master Service Terms, Jurisdiction Specific Terms and Product Specific Terms) from time to time by notifying the Customer of such update by e-mail (together with a copy of the update or a link to a copy of the update) The Supplier will comply with its related obligations in the Data Protection Agreement.

 

9.5 The document(s) subject to such Update Notification shall replace the preceding version of the same document(s) for the purposes of our Agreement from the date 60 days after Update Notification of such revised document(s) (the Update) (or at such later date as the Supplier may specify).

 

9.6 In the event that the Customer reasonably believes that any Update materially impacts it negatively in any permanent manner it may by notice elect to terminate our Agreement in respect of all permanently impacted Subscribed Services provided it exercises such right prior to such Update taking effect pursuant to clause 5 on not less than 30 days prior written notice and notifies the Supplier at the time of exercising such right of the negative impact which has caused it to exercise this right. In the event of such termination the Customer shall receive a refund of any pre-paid Fees, relating to the remaining agreement period, on a pro-rata basis in respect of such terminated Services.

 

9.7 The Customer acknowledges that the Supplier shall be entitled to modify the features and functionality of the Services. The Supplier shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any such modification does not materially adversely affect the use of the relevant Subscribed Service(s) by the Supplier’s customers generally. The Supplier may, without limitation to the generality of this clause 9.7, establish new limits on the Services (or any part), including limiting the volume of data which may be used, stored or transmitted in connection with the Service, remove or restrict application programming interfaces or make alterations to data retention periods, provided such changes are introduced by Update to the relevant impacted contractual documents. Any such changes would be put in place to enhance reliability and sustainability of the Service and would be done within the agreed commitments of the Service Level Agreement. The Supplier will comply with its related obligations in the Data Protection Agreement.

 

 

 

10. Fees

 

10.1 The Subscription Fee and any other charges (including expenses) expressly agreed between the parties in writing shall be paid by the Customer, or Reseller, at the rates and in the manner described in the Supplier Pricing Terms set out in the Order Form.

 

10.2 The Supplier shall invoice the Customer, or Reseller, as set out in the Order Form. Any invoice due under our Agreement shall be paid within 30 calendar days of the date on the invoice or otherwise stipulated in the Order Form.

 

10.3 The Fees are exclusive of VAT which shall be payable by the Customer, or Reseller, at the rate and in the manner prescribed by law.

 

10.4 Fees payable to the Supplier under our Agreement shall be paid into the Supplier’s bank account by Bank Transfer (Wire) OR BACS OR Card Payment unless otherwise notified by the Supplier to the Customer, or Reseller, in writing in accordance with our Agreement.

 

10.5 The Supplier shall have the right to charge interest on overdue invoices at the rate of 4% per year above the base rate of the Bank of England when purchasing in GBP EUR or AUD or the US Federal Reserve when purchasing in USD, calculated from the date when payment of the invoice becomes due for payment up to and including the date of actual payment whether before or after judgment.

 

10.6 The Supplier shall be entitled to increase the Fees for any and all Services, provided in a rolling monthly Agreement, at any time by notice to the Customer, or Reseller, provided that the Supplier shall not be entitled to increase the Fees with less than eight weeks prior notice.

 

10.7 Upon renewal, the Supplier shall be entitled to increase the Fees for any and all Services. If this increase applies, the Supplier shall notify the Customer, or Reseller, at least 45 days in advance of any renewal and the increased fees shall apply at the start of the renewal term. If the Customer does not agree to the increase, either party is able to terminate our Agreement at the end of the then-current Term by giving 30 days’ written notice to the other party.

 

10.8 To the extent our Agreement terminates or expires (other than due to termination by the Customer under clauses 9.6 or 21.2 the Customer, or Reseller, shall not be entitled to any refund or discount of Fees paid for any parts of any month during which the Services cease to be provided.

 

 

11. Warranties

 

11.1 Subject to the remainder of this clause 11, the Supplier warrants that:

 

11.1.1 each Subscribed Service shall operate materially in accordance with its Description when used in accordance with our Agreement under normal use and normal circumstances during the relevant Subscribed Service Period; and

 

11.1.2 it will provide each of the Services with reasonable care and skill.

 

11.2 The Customer acknowledges that clause 11.1 does not apply to Free or Trial Services or to Support Services provided in connection with the same. Without prejudice to the Supplier’s obligations under our Agreement in respect of Protected Data, Free or Trial Services and Support Services provided in connection with the same are provided ‘as is’ and without warranty to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

11.3 The Services may be subject to delays, interruptions, errors or other problems resulting from use of the internet or public electronic communications networks used by the parties or third parties. The Customer acknowledges that such risks are inherent in cloud services and that the Supplier shall have no liability for any such delays, interruptions, errors or other problems.

 

11.4 If there is a breach of any warranty in clause 11.1 the Supplier shall at its option: use reasonable endeavours to repair or replace the impacted Services within a reasonable time or (whether or not it has first attempted to repair or replace the impacted Service) refund the Fees for the impacted Services which were otherwise payable for the period during which the Supplier was in breach of any such warranty (provided such period is at least 7 consecutive days). To the maximum extent permitted by law, this clause 11.4 sets out the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy (however arising, whether in contract, negligence or otherwise) for any breach of any of the warranties in clause 11.1.

 

11.5 The warranties in clause 11.1 are subject to the limitations set out in clause 18 and shall not apply to the extent that any error in the Services arises as a result of:

 

11.5.1 incorrect operation or use of the Services by the Customer, any Authorised Affiliate or any Authorised User (including any failure to follow the Documentation or failure to meet minimum specifications);

 

11.5.2 use of any of the Services other than for the purposes for which it is intended;

 

11.5.3 use of any Services with other software or services or on equipment with which it is incompatible (unless the Supplier recommended or required the use of that other software or service or equipment in the Supplier documentation or knowledge base)

 

11.5.4 any act by any third party (including hacking or the introduction of any virus or malicious code);

 

11.5.5 any modification of Services (other than that undertaken by the Supplier or at its direction); or

 

11.5.6 any breach of our Agreement by the Customer (or by any Authorised Affiliate or Authorised User).

 

11.6 The Supplier may make Non-Supplier Materials available for the Customer’s use in connection with the Services. The Customer agrees that:

 

11.6.1 the Supplier has no responsibility for the use or consequences of use of any Non-Supplier Materials;

 

11.6.2 the Customer’s use of any Non-Supplier Materials shall be governed by the applicable terms between the Customer and the owner or licensor of the relevant Non-Supplier Materials;

 

11.6.3 the Customer is solely responsible for any Non-Supplier Materials used in connection with the Services and for compliance with all applicable third party terms which may govern the use of such Non-Supplier Materials; and

 

11.6.4 the continued availability, compatibility with the Services and performance of the Non-Supplier Materials is outside the control of the Supplier and the Supplier has no responsibility for any unavailability of or degradation in the Services to the extent resulting from the availability, incompatibility or performance of any of the Non-Supplier Materials;

 

11.7 The Customer acknowledges that no liability or obligation is accepted by the Supplier (howsoever arising whether under contract, tort, in negligence or otherwise):

 

11.7.1 that the Subscribed Services shall meet the Customer’s individual needs, whether or not such needs have been communicated to the Supplier;

 

11.7.2 that the operation of the Subscribed Services shall not be subject to minor errors or defects; or

 

11.7.3 that the Subscribed Services shall be compatible with any other software or service or with any hardware or equipment except to the extent expressly referred to as compatible in the Supplier’s Documentation.

 

11.8 Other than as set out in this clause 11, and subject to clause 18.6, all warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings or obligations whether express or implied and including any implied terms relating to quality, fitness for any particular purpose or ability to achieve a particular result are excluded to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law.

 

 

 

12. Intellectual property

 

12.1 All Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Services (including in all Applications, Documentation and all Supplier Provided Materials) belong to and shall remain vested in the Supplier or the relevant third-party owner. To the extent that the Customer, any of its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf acquires any Intellectual Property Rights in the Applications, Documentation, Supplier Provided Materials or any other part of the Services, the Customer shall assign or procure the assignment of such Intellectual Property Rights with full title guarantee (including by way of present assignment of future Intellectual Property Rights) to the Supplier or such third party as the Supplier may elect. The Customer shall execute all such documents and do such things as the Supplier may consider necessary to give effect to this clause.

 

12.2 All Intellectual Property Rights in and to Customer Data belong to and shall remain vested in the Customer or the relevant third-party owner.

 

12.3 All Intellectual Property Rights in and to the installation application codes or any other access codes provided to the Customer to ensure access to the Services belong to and shall remain vested in the Supplier or the relevant third-party owner.

 

12.4 Except as expressly stated in any Product Specific Terms or the Order Form, the Supplier has no obligation to deliver any copies of any software to the Customer in connection with our Agreement or the Services.

 

12.5 The Customer and Authorised Users may be able to store or transmit Customer Data using one or more Subscribed Service and the Subscribed Services may interact with Customer Systems. The Customer hereby grants a royalty-free, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence for the Supplier (and each of its direct and indirect sub-contractors) to use, copy and other otherwise utilise the Customer Data and Customer Systems to the extent necessary to perform or provide the Services or to exercise or perform the Supplier’s rights, remedies and obligations under our Agreement.

 

12.6 To the extent Non-Supplier Materials are made available to, or used by or on behalf of the Customer, any Authorised Affiliate or any Authorised User in connection with the use or provision of any Subscribed Service, such use of Non-Supplier Materials (including all licence terms) shall be exclusively governed by applicable third-party terms notified or made available by the Supplier or the third party and not by our Agreement. The Supplier grants no Intellectual Property Rights or other rights in connection with any Non-Supplier Materials.

 

12.7 The Supplier may use any feedback and suggestions for improvement relating to the Services provided by the Customer, the Authorised Affiliates or any Authorised User without charge or limitation (Feedback). The Customer hereby assigns (or shall procure the assignment of) all Intellectual Property Rights in the Feedback with full title guarantee (including by way of present assignment of future Intellectual Property Rights) to the Supplier at the time such Feedback is first provided to the Supplier.

 

12.8 The Customer hereby waives (and shall ensure all relevant third parties have waived) all rights to be identified as the author of any work, including Feedback, to object to derogatory treatment of that work and all other moral rights in the Intellectual Property Rights assigned to the Supplier under our Agreement.

 

12.9 Except for the rights expressly granted in our Agreement, the Customer, any Authorised User, any Customer Affiliate and their direct and indirect sub-contractors, shall not acquire in any way any title, rights of ownership, or Intellectual Property Rights of whatever nature in the Services (or any part including the Applications or Documentation) and no Intellectual Property Rights of either party are transferred or licensed as a result of our Agreement.

 

12.10 This clause 12 shall survive the termination or expiry of our Agreement.

 

 

 

13. Defence against infringement claims

 

13.1 Subject to clauses 13.2 and 13.5, the Supplier shall:

 

13.1.1 defend at its own expense any claim brought against the Customer by any third party alleging that the Customer’s use of the Services infringes any copyright, database right or registered trademark, registered design right or registered patent in the United Kingdom (an IP Claim); and

 

13.1.2 pay, subject to clause 13.3, all costs and damages awarded or agreed in settlement or final judgment of an IP Claim.

 

13.2 The provisions of clause 13.1 shall not apply unless the Customer acts in accordance with clause 0.

 

13.3 The provisions of clause 18 shall apply to any payment of costs and damages awarded or agreed in settlement or final judgment of an IP Claim under clause 13.1.

 

13.4 In the event of any IP Claim the Supplier may elect to terminate our Agreement immediately by written notice and promptly refund to the Customer on a pro-rata basis for any unused proportion of Fees paid in advance. This clause 13.4 is without prejudice to the Customer’s rights and remedies under clauses 13.1.

 

13.5 The Supplier’s obligations under clause 8.1 shall not apply to any Services modified or used by the Customer, as set out in 8.4, other than in accordance with this Agreement or the Supplier’s reasonable written instructions.

13.6 Subject to clause 18.6, the provisions of this clause 13 set out the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy (howsoever arising, including in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise) for any IP Claim.

 

 

 

14. Customer systems and Customer Data

 

14.1 Customer Data shall at all times remain the property of the Customer or its licensors.

 

14.2 Except to the extent the Supplier has direct obligations under data protection laws, the Customer acknowledges that the Supplier has no control over any Customer Data hosted as part of the provision of the Services and may not actively monitor or have access to the content of the Customer Data. The Customer shall ensure (and is exclusively responsible for) the accuracy, quality, integrity and legality of the Customer Data and that its use (including use in connection with the Service) complies with all applicable laws and Intellectual Property Rights.

 

14.3 If the Supplier becomes aware of any allegation that any Customer Data may not comply with the Acceptable Use Policy or any other part of our Agreement the Supplier shall have the right to remove or suspend access to any Customer Data which is suspected of being in breach of any of the foregoing from the Services and/or disclose Customer Data to law enforcement authorities (in each case without the need to consult the Customer). Where reasonably practicable and lawful the Supplier shall notify the Customer before taking such action.

 

14.4 Except as otherwise expressly agreed in our Agreement, the Supplier shall not be obliged to provide the Customer with any assistance extracting, transferring or recovering any data whether during or after the Service Period. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for maintaining safe backups and copies of any Customer Data, including as necessary to ensure the continuation of the Customer’s and Authorised Affiliates’ businesses. The Customer shall, without limitation, ensure that it backs up (or procures the back up of) all Customer Data regularly (in accordance with its, its Authorised Affiliates and its Authorised User’s needs) and extracts it from each Subscribed Service prior to the termination or expiry of our Agreement or the cessation or suspension of any of the Services.

 

14.5 The Supplier routinely undertakes regular backups of the Subscribed Services (which may include Customer Data) for its own business continuity purposes, and with the intention of effectively restoring Subscribed Services to the Customer in the event of an outage or other technical issue. The Customer acknowledges that such steps do not in any way make the Supplier responsible for ensuring the Customer Data does not become inaccessible, damaged or corrupted. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Supplier shall not be responsible (under any legal theory, including in negligence) for any loss of availability of, or corruption or damage to, any Customer Data.

 

14.6 Unless otherwise set out in the Order Form, the Product Specific Terms or subsequently agreed by the parties in writing, the Customer hereby instructs that the Supplier shall within Twelve weeks of the earlier of the end of the provision of the Services (or any part) relating to the processing of the Customer Data securely dispose of such Customer Data processed in relation to the Services (or any part) which have ended (and all existing copies of it) except to the extent that any applicable laws of the United Kingdom (or a part of the United Kingdom) requires the Supplier to store such Customer Data. The Supplier shall have no liability (howsoever arising, including in negligence) for any deletion or destruction of any such Customer Data undertaken in accordance with our Agreement.

 

 

 

15. Confidentiality and security of customer data

 

15.1 Each party undertakes that it shall keep any information that is confidential in nature concerning the other party and its Affiliates including, any details of its business, affairs, customers, clients, suppliers, plans or strategy (Confidential Information) confidential and that it shall not use or disclose the other party’s Confidential Information to any person, except as permitted by clause 0.

15.2 A party may:

 

15.2.1 subject to clause 0, disclose any Confidential Information to any of its employees, officers, representatives or advisers (Representatives) who need to know the relevant Confidential Information for the purposes of the performance of any obligations under this Agreement, provided that such party must ensure that each of its Representatives to whom Confidential Information is disclosed is aware of its confidential nature and agrees to comply with this clause 15 as if it were a party;

15.2.2 disclose any Confidential Information as may be required by law, any court, any governmental, regulatory or supervisory authority (including any securities exchange) or any other authority of competent jurisdiction to be disclosed; and

 

15.2.3 subject to clause 0, use Confidential Information only to perform any obligations under this Agreement.

 

15.3 Each party recognises that any breach or threatened breach of this clause 15 may cause irreparable harm for which damages may not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, in addition to any other remedies and damages, the parties agree that the non-defaulting party may be entitled to the remedies of specific performance, injunction and other equitable relief without proof of special damages.

 

15.4 To the extent any Confidential Information is Protected Data, such Confidential Information may be disclosed or used only to the extent such disclosure or use does not conflict with any terms agreed between the parties herein.

 

15.5 The Supplier shall maintain the confidentiality of the Customer Data and shall not without the prior written consent of the Customer or in accordance with our Agreement, disclose or copy the Customer Data other than as necessary for the performance of the Services or its express rights and obligations under our Agreement.

15.6 The Supplier warrants that Customer Data shall not be used for testing, development, or non-production purposes. Customer Data shall not be used in test environments or other non-live service contexts, whether directly or indirectly.

15.7 The Supplier shall use synthetic data to support testing of Services provided under this Agreement. Synthetic data shall not contain information that can be traced back to an individual or other customer-identifiable information.

 

15.8 The Supplier shall implement technical and organisational security measures in accordance with the Information Security Addendum.

 

15.9 The Supplier:

 

15.9.1 undertakes to disclose the Customer Data only to those of its officers, employees, agents, contractors and direct and indirect sub-contractors to whom, and to the extent to which, such disclosure is necessary for the purposes contemplated under our Agreement or as otherwise reasonably necessary for the provision or receipt of the Services, and

 

15.9.2 shall be responsible to the Customer for any acts or omissions of any of the persons referred to in clause 15.9.1 in respect of the confidentiality and security of the Customer Data as if they were the Supplier’s own.

 

15.10 The provisions of this clause 15 shall not apply to information which:

 

15.10.1 is or comes into the public domain through no fault of the Supplier, its officers, employees, agents or contractors;

 

15.10.2 is lawfully received by the Supplier from a third party free of any obligation of confidence at the time of its disclosure;

 

15.10.3 is independently developed by the Supplier (or any of its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf), without access to or use of such Confidential Information; or

 

15.10.4 is required by law, by court or governmental or regulatory order to be disclosed, provided that clauses 15.10.1 to 15.10.3 (inclusive) shall not apply to Protected Data.

 

15.11 This clause 15 shall survive the termination or expiry of our Agreement in perpetuity.

 

15.12 To the extent any Customer Data is Protected Data, the Supplier shall ensure that such Customer Data may be disclosed or used only to the extent such disclosure or use does not conflict with any of the Supplier’s obligations under the Data Protection Agreement. Clauses 15.9 to 15.10 (inclusive) are subject to this clause 15.12.

 

 

 

 

16. Monitoring compliance

 

16.1 Where it is not possible for the Supplier to directly monitor activity and usage of the Subscribed Service(s) within its cloud systems, it reserves the right to request evidence from the Customer of the Product use and distribution to the extent necessary to verify that the Customer is in compliance with its obligations under our Agreement. This may include timestamped screenshots or, with adequate notice, supervised access to relevant Customer systems via screenshare.

 

16.2 At the Supplier’s request from time to time the Customer shall promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days of such request) provide the Supplier with copies of the records referred to in clause 16.1.

 

16.3 The Supplier may monitor, collect, store and use information on the use and performance of the Services (including Customer Data) to detect threats or errors to the Services and/or Supplier’s operations and for the purposes of the further development and improvement of the Supplier’s services, provided that such activities at all times comply with the Privacy Policy and Data Protection Agreement.

 

16.4 This clause 16 shall survive termination or expiry of our Agreement for a period of 12 months.

 

 

 

17. Relief

 

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Supplier shall not be liable (under any legal theory, including negligence) for any breach, delay or default in the performance of our Agreement to the extent the same (or the circumstances giving rise to the same) arises or was contributed to by any Relief Event.

 

 

 

18. Limitation of liability

 

18.1 The extent of the Supplier’s liability under or in connection with our Agreement (regardless of whether such liability arises in tort, contract or in any other way and whether or not caused by negligence or misrepresentation or under any indemnity) shall be as set out in this clause 18.

 

18.2 Subject to clauses 18.3, 18.4 and 18.7, the Supplier’s aggregate liability in respect of each individual Subscribed Service (and all Support Services provided in connection with the same) (howsoever arising under or in connection with our Agreement) shall not exceed the greater of:

 

18.2.1 an amount equal to the Subscription Fees for the relevant Subscribed Service paid to the Supplier by the Customer in the 12-month period immediately preceding the first incident giving rise to any claim under our Agreement; or

 

18.2.2 an amount equal to 12 times the Subscription Fees for the relevant Subscribed Service due or paid to the Supplier for the first month of the relevant Subscribed Service Period.

 

18.3 Subject to clauses 18.6 and in accordance with clause 18.5, the Supplier shall have no liability in respect of loss or damaged suffered by the Customer when accessing Services that are Free or a Trial Service (and all Support Services provided in connection with the same). Any Free or Trial Services are offered at the risk of the Customer and on the basis that they are considered experimental, provide proof of concept and it is expected to be tested within a small safe environment where any issues arising from the Free or Trial Service would not cause significant impact, damage or loss to the Customer.

 

18.4 Subject to clause 18.6, the Supplier shall not be liable for consequential, indirect or special losses.

 

18.5 Subject to clause 18.6, the Supplier shall not be liable for any of the following (whether direct or indirect):

 

18.5.1 loss of profit;

18.5.2 destruction, loss of use or corruption of data;

18.5.3 loss or corruption of software or systems;

18.5.4 loss or damage to equipment;

18.5.5 loss of use;

18.5.6 loss of production;

18.5.7 loss of contract;

18.5.8 loss of opportunity;

18.5.9 loss of savings, discount or rebate (whether actual or anticipated); and/or

18.5.10 harm to reputation or loss of goodwill.

 

18.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of our Agreement, neither parties liability shall not be limited in any way in respect of the following:

 

18.6.1 death or personal injury caused by negligence;

18.6.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or

18.6.3 any other losses which cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law.

 

18.7 This clause 18 shall survive the termination or expiry of our Agreement.

 

 

19. Suspension

 

19.1 The Supplier may suspend access to the Services (or any part) to all or some of the Authorised Users if:

 

19.1.1 the Supplier suspects that there has been any misuse of the Services or breach of our Agreement;

 

19.1.2 the Customer fails to pay any sums due to the Supplier by the due date for payment; or

 

19.1.3 required by law, by court or governmental or regulatory order.

 

19.2 Where the reason for the suspension is suspected misuse of the Services or breach of our Agreement, without prejudice to its rights under clause 21, the Supplier will take steps to investigate the issue and may restore or continue to suspend access at its discretion.

 

19.3 In relation to suspensions under clause 19.1.2, access to the Services will be restored promptly after the Supplier receives payment in full and cleared funds.

 

19.4 Fees shall remain payable during any period of suspension notwithstanding that the Customer, Authorised Affiliates or some or all of the Authorised Users may not have access to the Services.

 

 

 

 

20. Renewals

 

20.1 Unless the Order Form specifies there shall be no automatic renewals and subject to clause 20.2, on expiry of the Subscribed Service Period indicated in the Order Form for each Subscribed Service the Subscribed Service Period shall either expire or, with the consent of the Customer, renew for a further period of twelve months (first Renewal Date) and thereafter optionally renew for a further period of twelve months on each anniversary of the first Renewal Date (each of the first Renewal Date and each such anniversary being a Renewal Date).

 

20.2 If either party wishes for the Subscribed Service Period to expire on the next Renewal Date, it may cause the Subscribed Service to expire on that Renewal Date by notice provided such notice is served at least 30 days prior to that Renewal Date. If the Customer does not respond in a timely fashion with a decision to either renew the Subscribed Service or let the Subscribed Service expire, the Supplier may at its discretion 1) withdraw the Subscribed Services immediately at the point of expiry, 2) provide a temporary extension to the Subscribed Service Period, and/or 3) allow the Subscribed Service to continue on a rolling monthly basis until a renewal decision is reached.

 

20.3 In the event that the Subscribed Service is continued via a temporary extension or on a rolling monthly basis, the Terms of this Agreement shall remain in full effect until expiry.

 

 

 

 

21. Term and termination

 

21.1 Our Agreement shall come into force on Order Acceptance and, unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms, shall continue for the duration of the Service Period after which it shall automatically expire, or be temporarily extended by the Supplier in accordance with clauses 20.2 and 20.3.

 

21.2 Either party may terminate our Agreement immediately at any time by giving notice in writing to the other party if:

 

21.2.1 the other party commits a material breach of our Agreement and such breach is not remediable;

 

21.2.2 the other party commits a material breach of our Agreement which is not remedied within 20 Business Days of receiving written notice of such breach; or

 

21.2.3 the other party has failed to pay any amount due under our Agreement on the due date and such amount remains unpaid within 20 Business Days after the other party has received notification that the payment is overdue.

 

21.3 The Supplier may terminate or suspend the provision of Free or Trial Services (and all related Support Services) at any time with or without notice.

 

21.4 The Customer may terminate our Agreement or the provision of any of the Subscribed Services for convenience on not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the Supplier.

 

21.5 Any breach by the Customer of the Acceptable Use Policy or of clause 5.1 shall be deemed a material breach of our Agreement which is not remediable.

 

 

 

 

22. Consequences of termination

 

22.1 Immediately on termination or expiry of our Agreement (for any reason), the rights granted by the Supplier under our Agreement shall terminate and the Customer shall (and shall procure that each Authorised User and Authorised Affiliate shall):

 

22.1.1 stop using the Services; and

 

22.1.2 destroy and delete or, if requested by the Supplier, return any copies of the Documentation in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of any person acting on behalf of any of them).

 

22.2 Termination or expiry of our Agreement shall not affect any accrued rights and liabilities of either party at any time up to the date of termination or expiry and shall not affect any provision of our Agreement that is expressly or by implication intended to continue beyond termination.

 

 

 

23. Entire agreement

 

23.1 Our Agreement includes all items specified at clause 1.2.2, these items constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all previous agreements, understandings and arrangements between them in respect of its subject matter, whether in writing or oral.

 

23.2 Each party acknowledges that it has not entered into our Agreement in reliance on, and shall have no remedies in respect of, any representation or warranty that is not expressly set out in our Agreement.

 

23.3 Nothing in our Agreement shall limit or exclude any liability for fraud.

 

 

 

24. Notices

 

24.1 Any notice or other communication given by a party under our Agreement shall be:

 

24.1.1 in writing and in English;

 

24.1.2 sent to the relevant party by email.

 

24.2 Notices shall be given by email, and are deemed received on receipt of a read receipt email from the correct address.

 

24.3 Notices and other communications shall be sent to:

 

24.3.1 in the case of those to the Supplier, to contact@iamcloud.com for the attention of Leon Mallett, Chief Operating Officer; and

 

24.3.2 in the case of those to the Customer, to any email or physical address or contact details notified on the Order Form (as updated from time to time pursuant to clause 4).

 

24.4 Any change to the contact details of a party as set out in clause 24.3 shall be notified to the other party in accordance with clause 24.1 and shall be effective:

 

24.4.1 on the date specified in the notice as being the date of such change; or

 

24.4.2 if no date is so specified, 5 Business Days after the notice is deemed to be received.

 

24.5 This clause does not apply to notices given in legal proceedings or arbitration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

25. Variation

 

25.1 No variation of our Agreement shall be valid or effective unless it is:

 

25.1.1 an Update made in accordance with our Agreement; or

 

25.1.2 made in writing, refers to our Agreement and is duly signed or executed by, or on behalf of, each party.

 

 

 

 

26. Assignments and subcontracting

 

26.1 Except as expressly provided in our Agreement, the Supplier may at any time sub-contract, sub-licence (including by multi-tier), transfer, mortgage, charge, declare a trust of or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights or obligations under our Agreement.

 

26.2 Except as expressly permitted by our Agreement, the Customer shall not assign, transfer, sub-contract, sub-licence, mortgage, charge, declare a trust of or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights or obligations under our Agreement (including the licence rights granted), in whole or in part, without the Supplier’s prior written consent.

 

 

27. Set off

 

Each party shall pay all sums that it owes to the other party under our Agreement without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding of any kind, save as may be required by law.

 

28. No partnership or agency

 

The parties are independent and are not partners or principal and agent and our Agreement does not establish any joint venture, trust, fiduciary or other relationship between them, other than the contractual relationship expressly provided for in it. Neither party shall have, nor shall represent that it has, any authority to make any commitments on the other party’s behalf.

 

 

 

29. Severance

 

29.1 If any provision of our Agreement (or part of any provision) is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of any other provision of our Agreement shall not be affected.

 

29.2 If any provision of our Agreement (or part of any provision) is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable but would be legal, valid and enforceable if some part of it was deleted or modified, the provision or part-provision in question shall apply with such deletions or modifications as may be necessary to make the provision legal, valid and enforceable. In the event of such deletion or modification, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in order to agree the terms of a mutually acceptable alternative provision.

 

 

 

 

30. Waiver

 

30.1 No failure, delay or omission by either party in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or under our Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that right, power or remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict any future exercise of that or any other right, power or remedy.

 

30.2 No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under our Agreement shall prevent any future exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

 

30.3 A waiver of any term, provision, condition or breach of our Agreement shall only be effective if given in writing and signed by the waiving party, and then only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is given.

 

 

 

31. Costs and expenses

 

Each party shall pay its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, signature and performance of our Agreement (and any documents referred to in it).

 

 

 

32. Third party rights

 

A person who is not a party to our Agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its provisions.

 

 

33. Authority

 

Each party represents and warrants to the other that it has the right, power and authority to enter into our Agreement and grant to the other the rights (if any) contemplated in our Agreement and to perform its obligations under our Agreement.

 

 

 

34. Governing law and jurisdiction

 

34.1 Our Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with, it, its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales unless stated otherwise in our Jurisdiction Specific Terms.

 

34.2 The parties agree to adhere to any Jurisdiction Specific Terms that form part of our Agreement.

 

34.3 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with, our Agreement, its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

 

 

35. Compliance

 

The parties agree to comply with all applicable Bribery Laws and Modern Slavery Laws. The Supplier’s policies can be found at:

Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy

Modern Slavery Statement

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

“Addendums”	means each of the following: (a)           the addendum identifying certain respective rights and obligations of the parties’ in respect of personal data and privacy under our Agreement (as Updated from time to time), which as at Order Acceptance is the latest version available at https://www.iamcloud.com/data-protection-agreement (the Data Protection Agreement); and (b)          the addendum identifying certain of the parties’ respective rights and obligations in respect of security under our Agreement (as Updated from time to time), which as at Order Acceptance is the latest version available at https://www.iamcloud.com/security (the Information Security Addendum);
“Additional Services”	the extra services as set out in the Order Form, offered by the Supplier and those that the Customer wishes to subscribe to; such shall be supplied to the Customer by the Supplier under the terms of this Agreement;
“Affiliate”	means, in respect of any entity, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with that entity within the meaning set out in section 1124 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010;
“Applications”	means the software or applications used by or on behalf of the Supplier to provide the Subscribed Services;
“Authorised Affiliates”	means, in respect of the relevant Subscribed Service, the Affiliates of the Customer (if any) identified in the Order Form as Authorised Affiliates in respect of that Subscribed Service;
“Authorised Users”	means, in respect of the relevant Subscribed Service, the end-users including employees, students, representatives, consultants, contractors or agents, internal to the Customers organisation, unless otherwise specified and agreed, authorised by the Customer to use that Subscribed Service in accordance with the terms of our Agreement, and have unique user identifications and passwords to access the Subscribed Services;
“Business Day”	means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or bank or public holiday in England;
“Contract”	means the agreement between the Supplier and the Customer for the sale and purchase of the Services incorporating these Conditions and the Order;
“Customer”	has the meaning given in the relevant Order Form;
“Customer Data”	means all data (in any form) that is provided to the Supplier or uploaded or hosted on any part of any Subscribed Service by the Customer or by any Authorised User (but excluding Feedback as defined in clause 11.5);
“Customer Systems”	means all software and systems used by or on behalf of the Customer, the Customer’s Affiliates, any of its or their direct or indirect sub-contractors, or any Authorised User in connection with the provision or receipt any of the Services or that the Services otherwise, link, inter-operate or interface with or utilise (in each case whether directly or indirectly);
“Data Protection Losses”	has the meaning given to that term in the Data Protection Agreement;
“Documentation”	means: (a)           the description of the relevant Subscribed Service (as Updated from time to time), which is available online at https://www.iamcloud.com  (the Description); (b)          in respect of each Subscribed Service, the relevant instructions as to how to use that part of the Services made available by the Supplier at https://support.iamcloud.com or https://cdm.iamcloud.info (as Updated from time to time) (the User Manual);
“Fees”	means the Subscription Fees together with any other amounts payable to the Supplier under our Agreement;
“Force Majeure”	means an event or sequence of events beyond a party’s reasonable control preventing or delaying it from performing its obligations under our Agreement (provided that an inability to pay is not Force Majeure), including any matters relating to transfer of data over public communications networks and any delays or problems associated with any such networks or with the internet;
“Free or Trial Service”	means any Subscribed Service identified as being provided on a trial basis or provided without charge (for the duration of the period during which it is provided on such basis);
“Implementation Arrangements”	the arrangements for the Supplier to implement the Software and Services as set out in the Order Form and/or Product Specific Terms;
“Intellectual Property Rights”	means any and all copyright, rights in inventions, patents, know-how, trade secrets, trade marks and trade names, service marks, design rights, rights in get-up, database rights and rights in data, semiconductor chip topography rights, utility models, domain names and all similar rights and, in each case: (a)           whether registered or not; (b)          including any applications to protect or register such rights; (c)           including all renewals and extensions of such rights or applications; (d)          whether vested, contingent or future; and (e)          wherever existing;
“Jurisdiction Specific Term”	means any additional terms that are applicable to the subscription, depending on your location. Such shall be referred to in the Order Form(s). These terms form part of the Agreement and are available at https://www.iamcloud.com/jurisdiction-specific-terms
“Maintenance Release”	a Service Pack Release or New Version Release of the Software that corrects faults, adds functionality or otherwise amends or upgrades the Software, but which does not constitute a new Subscribed Service or product.
“Master Service Terms”	means the terms set out in the clauses and other provisions of this document (including schedule 1), as Updated from time to time;
“Materials”	means all services, data, information, content, Intellectual Property Rights, websites, software and other materials provided by or on behalf of the Supplier in connection with the Services, but excluding all Customer Data;
“Metered Period”	means, per calendar month unless otherwise stated in the Order Form or Product Specific Terms;
“Non-Supplier Materials”	means Materials provided, controlled or owned by or on behalf of a third party the use of which is subject to a separate agreement or licence between the Customer and the relevant third party (including such Non-Supplier Materials which may be linked to, interact with or used by the Services) and all other Materials expressly identified as Non-Supplier Materials in our Agreement;
“Open Source Software”	means any software subject to a version of the General Public Licence, together with any other ‘open source’ software falling within the Open Source Definition issued by the Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org/docs/osd) at the date of our Agreement and any ‘free software’ as defined by the Free Software Foundation (www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) at the date of our Agreement;
“Order”	means the Customer’s order for the Services in substantially the same form as set out in the Order Form;
“Order Acceptance”	means the effective date of the relevant Order Form;
“Order Form”	means the electric or physical form (including its schedules, annexes and appendices (if any)) ordering the Subscribed Services entered into by or on behalf of the Customer and Supplier, incorporating these Master Service Terms and our Agreement (and as varied by the parties by agreement in writing from time to time);
“Permitted Downtime”	means: (a)           scheduled maintenance which the Supplier shall use reasonable endeavours to undertake from 12am to 6am (UK time); (b)          emergency maintenance; or (c)           downtime caused in whole or part by Force Majeure.
“Permitted Purpose”	means use solely for the Customer’s internal business operations and, in respect of each Subscribed Services, also for the internal business of operations of the Authorised Affiliates identified in respect of that Subscribed Service on the Order Form, in each case in accordance with the applicable Documentation and our Agreement. Permitted Purpose expressly excludes any of the following to the maximum extent permitted by law: (a)           copying, reproducing, publishing, distributing, redistributing, broadcasting, transmitting, modifying, adapting, editing, abstracting, storing, archiving, displaying publicly or to third parties, selling, licensing, leasing, renting, assigning, transferring, disclosing (in each case whether or not for charge) or in any way commercially exploiting any part of any Subscribed Service or Documentation; (b)          permitting any use of any Subscribed Service or Documentation in any manner by any third party (including permitting use in connection with any timesharing or service bureau, outsourced or similar service to third parties or making any Subscribed Service or Documentation (or any part) available to any third party or allowing or permitting a third party to do any of the foregoing (other than to the Authorised Affiliates for the Permitted Purpose)); (c)           combining, merging or otherwise permitting any Subscribed Service (or any part of it or any Application) to become incorporated in any other program or service, or arranging or creating derivative works based on it (in whole or in part); or (d)          attempting to reverse engineer, observe, study or test the functioning of or decompile the Applications or the Services (or any part), except as expressly permitted under our Agreement.
“Policies”	means each of the following: (a)           the Supplier’s policy on acceptable use of the Services (as Updated from time to time), which as at Order Acceptance is the latest version available at https://www.iamcloud.com/acceptable-use-policy the Acceptable Use Policy); and (b)          the Supplier’s privacy policy in relation to the Services (as Updated from time to time), which as at Order Acceptance is the latest version available at https://www.iamcloud.com/privacy-policy (the Privacy Policy); (c)          the Supplier’s fair usage policy in relation to the Services (as Updated from time to time), which as at Order Acceptance is the latest version available at https://www.iamcloud.com/fair-usage-policy (the Fair Usage Policy);
“Pricing Terms”	means the details of pricing and fees in respect of each part of the Services, as initially provided under the Order Form and updated from time to time in accordance with clause 8.6 or, in respect of any part of the Services for which prices are not expressly agreed, on the Supplier’s Standard Pricing Terms;
“Product Specific Terms”	means, in respect of each Subscribed Service, the specific additional or amended terms relevant to that Subscribed Service (as Updated from time to time) which form part of the Agreement as at Order Acceptance are available at https://www.iamcloud.com/product-specific-terms
“Protected Data”	has the meaning given in the Data Protection Agreement;
“Purchased License(s)”	means, in respect of each Subscribed Service, the number of Authorised Users who may use that Subscribed Service as set out in the Order Form;
“Relief Event”	means: (a)           any breach of our Agreement by the Customer; or (b)          any Force Majeure;
“Renewal Date”	has the meaning given in clause 22.1;
“Reseller”	means an intermediary company that resells the Subscribed Services to a Customer, typically identified as a Reseller, Distributor, Value-Added Reseller, Managed Service Provider, System Integrator, or some other IT company
“Service Hours”	means 24 hours a day, seven days a week excluding Permitted Downtime;
“Service Period”	means the period beginning on Order Acceptance and ending with the last of the Subscribed Service Periods;
“Services”	means the Subscribed Services and the Support Services;
“Software Support”	means the technical support and guidance provided by the Support Services for the purposes of deploying, maintaining, configuring, reconfiguring, and deprovisioning software. The modes of support include but are not limited to email support, online tickets, telephone support, support over screenshare and web conference, plus Product Documentation including knowledge-base articles, videos, webinars.
“Subscribed Service Period”	means (subject to clauses 22 and 23) in respect of each Subscribed Service, the duration during which such services are to be provided as initially set out in the Order Form and as varied in accordance with our Agreement;
“Subscribed Services”	means each cloud service to which the Customer has subscribed as set out in the Order Form (and Subscribed Service shall refer to each respective service separately);
“Subscribed Territory”	means, in respect of the relevant Subscribed Service, the territories identified in the Order Form, and set out in the Jurisdiction Specific Terms, except to the extent it is illegal (including as a result of any embargo) under the laws pursuant with your region as defined in Jurisdiction Specific Terms (as binding on any person) for the Subscribed Service to be provided to or received within such territories from time to time;
“Subscription Fee”	means, in respect of each Subscribed Service, the fees payable by the Customer in consideration of that Subscribed Service as set out in the Pricing Terms;
“Supplier”	has the meaning given in the relevant Order Form;
“Supplier Provided Materials”	means all of the Materials provided or made available by or on behalf of the Supplier, but excluding all Customer Data and all Non-Supplier Materials;
“Supplier’s Confidential Information”	means all information (whether in oral, written or electronic form) relating to the Supplier’s business which may reasonably be considered to be confidential in nature including information relating to the Supplier’s technology, know-how, Intellectual Property Rights, assets, finances, strategy, products and customers. All information relating to the Pricing Terms, the Description and any other technical or operational specifications or data relating to each Subscribed Service shall be part of the Supplier’s Confidential Information;
“Supplier’s Standard Pricing Terms”	means the Supplier’s standard pricing terms for each part of the Services, as amended by the Supplier from time to time, and as at the date of our Agreement the latest version available in the Order Form;
“Support Services”	means, in respect of the relevant Subscribed Service, the support services provided by the Supplier to the Customer as described in the Subscribed Service Specific Terms;
“Subscription Term”	means the initial term of the subscription to the applicable Subscribed Services, as set out on the Order Form(s), and each subsequent renewal thereafter. For Free Services, the Subscription Term will be the period during which you have an account to access the Free Services.
“Update”	has the meaning given in clause 9.5, and Updated shall be construed accordingly;
“Update Notification”	has the meaning given in clause 9.4; and
“User Subscription”	means an allocation of the Subscribed Services either assigned by name or in some way granted by permission (depending on the nature of the specific Subscribed Service) to a single Authorised User
“VAT”	means United Kingdom value added tax, any other tax imposed in substitution for it and any equivalent or similar tax imposed outside the United Kingdom.