THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES A BINDING CONTRACT ON YOU AND GOVERNS YOUR USE OF AND ACCESS TO THE SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH A PAID OR FREE TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SERVICES.
By accepting this Agreement, either by accessing or using a Service, or authorizing or permitting any User or End-User to access or use a Service, You agree to be bound by this Agreement. If You are entering into this Agreement on behalf of a company, organization or another legal entity (an “Entity”), You are agreeing to this Agreement for that Entity and representing to Swifteq that You have the authority to bind such Entity and its Affiliates to this Agreement, in which case the terms “Customer,” “You,” “Your” or a related capitalized term herein shall refer to such Entity and its Affiliates. If You do not have such authority, or if You do not agree with this Agreement, You must not accept this Agreement and may not use any of the Services.
1. DEFINITIONS
When used in this Agreement with the initial letters capitalized, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
Account: means any accounts or instances created by or on behalf of Customer or its Users within the Services.
Affiliate: means, with respect to a Party, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Party, whereby “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
User: means an individual authorized to use a Service through Your Account as an user and/or administrator as identified through a unique login.
Agreement: means the Service Agreement together with any and all Supplemental Terms, Additional Features and Order Forms along with the Swifteq Privacy Policy located on Our Site.
Applicable Data Protection Law: means the following data protection law(s): (i) where You (acting as data controller or data processor) are established in an European Economic Area (“EEA”) member state or where Your Users or End-Users access the Services from an European Economic Area (“EEA”) member state: the EU Regulation 2016/679 (and any applicable national laws made under it)
API: means the application programming interfaces developed and enabled by Swifteq that permit Customers to access certain functionality provided by the Services, including, without limitation, the REST API that enables the interaction with the Services automatically through HTTP requests and the application development API that enables the integration of the Services with other web applications.
Associated Services: means products, services, features and functionality designed to be used in conjunction with the Services but not included in the Service Plan to which You subscribe. For avoidance of doubt, none of the Services or any other product, service, feature or functionality that is expressly stated to be governed by any alternative license, agreement or terms shall be deemed an Associated Service.
Beta Services: means a product, service or functionality provided by Swifteq that may be made available to You to try at Your option at no additional charge which is clearly designated as beta, pilot, limited release, non-production, early access, evaluation or by a similar description.
Confidential Information: means all information disclosed by You to Swifteq or by Swifteq to You which is in tangible form and labelled “confidential” (or with a similar legend) or which a reasonable person would understand to be confidential given the nature of the information and circumstances of disclosure, including, but not limited to, information relating to Swifteq’s security policies and procedures. For purposes of this Agreement, this Agreement as well as Service Data shall be deemed Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that (a) was already known to the receiving Party at the time of disclosure by the disclosing Party; (b) was or is obtained by the receiving Party by a third party not known by the receiving Party to be under an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information; (c) is or becomes generally available to the public other than by violation of this Agreement or another valid agreement between the Parties; or (d) was or is independently developed by the receiving Party without use of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.
Consulting Services: means consulting and professional services (including any training, success or implementation services) provided by Swifteq or its authorized subcontractors as indicated on an Order Form or other written document such as a statement of work “SOW”, as defined below.
Documentation: means any written or electronic documentation, images, video, text or sounds specifying the functionalities of the Services or describing Service Plans, as applicable, provided or made available by Swifteq; provided, however, that Documentation shall specifically exclude any “community moderated” forums as provided or accessible through such knowledge base(s).
End-User: means any person or entity other than Customer or Users with whom Customer or its Users interacts, or collects data from, using a Service.
Order Form: means any of Our generated service order forms executed or approved by You with respect to Your subscription to a Service, which form may detail, among other things, the number of Users authorized to use a Service under Your subscription to a Service and the Service Plan applicable to Your subscription to a Service.
Payment Agent: means Swifteq Ltd. or a payment agent designated by Swifteq.
Personal Data: means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person where an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to their physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
Personnel: means employees and/or non-employee service providers and contractors of Swifteq engaged by Swifteq in connection with performance hereunder.
Processing/To Process/Processed: means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction.
Service(s): means the products and services that are ordered by You online through a link or via an Order Form referencing this Agreement, whether on a trial or paid basis, and made available online by Us, via the applicable Customer login link and other web pages designated by Us, including, individually and collectively, the applicable Software, updates, API, Documentation, and all applicable Associated Services that You have purchased or deployed or to which You have subscribed (“Deployed Associated Services”) that are provided under this Agreement. “Services” exclude Third Party Services as that term is defined in this Agreement and Associated Services that are not provided under this Agreement. From time to time the names and descriptions of the Services or any individual Service may be changed. To the extent Customer is given access to such Service as so described by virtue of a prior Order Form or other prior acceptance of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to apply to such Service as newly named or described.
Service Data: means electronic data, text, messages, communications or other materials submitted to and stored within a
Service by You, Users and End-Users in connection with Your use of such Service, which may include, without limitation, Personal Data.
Service Plan(s): means the packaged service plan(s) and the functionality and services associated therewith (as detailed on the Site applicable to the Service) for the Services to which You subscribe.
Site: means a website operated by the Swifteq, including www.swifteq.com, as well as all other websites that Swifteq may operate.
Software: means software provided by Swifteq (either by download or access through the Internet) that provides functionality in connection with the applicable Service.
Subscription Term: means the period during which You have agreed to subscribe to a Service with respect to any individual User.
Supplemental Terms: means the additional terms and conditions that are (a) contained in this Agreement under the Section entitled, “Additional Terms and Conditions” which apply and are incorporated into this Agreement with certain Services, features, or functionality; (b) included or incorporated on an Order Form (e.g. when a Deployed Associated Service is purchased); or (c) applicable to Consulting Services when purchased by You.
Third Party Services: means third party products, applications, services, software, networks, systems, directories, websites, databases and information obtained separately by You which a Service links to, or which You may connect to or enable in conjunction with a Service, including, without limitation, Third Party Services which may be integrated directly into Your Account by You or at Your direction.
“We,” “Us” or “Our”: means Swifteq as defined below.
Swifteq: means Swifteq Ltd., an Irish corporation, or any of its successors or assignees.
2. GENERAL CONDITIONS; ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES
2.1 During the Subscription Term and subject to compliance by You, Users and End-Users with this Agreement, You have the limited right to access and use a Service consistent with the Service Plan(s) that You subscribe to, together with all applicable Deployed Associated Services, for Your internal business purposes. An Affiliate may receive Services under this Agreement provided that such Affiliate directly enters into an Service Order Form. By entering into a Service Order Form hereunder, an Affiliate agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if it were an original party hereto. Customer will be responsible for its Affiliates’ compliance with this Agreement. We will (a) make the Services and Service Data available to You pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Order Forms; (b) provide applicable standard customer support for the Services to You at no additional charge as detailed on the applicable Site and Documentation and/or upgraded support if purchased; (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except (i) during planned downtime for upgrades and maintenance to the Services (of which We will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify You in advance both through Our Site and a notice to Your Account owner and Users) (“Planned Downtime”); and (ii) for any unavailability caused by circumstances beyond Our reasonable control, including, for example, an act of God, act of government, flood, fire, earthquake, civil unrest, act of terror, strike or other labor problem (other than one involving Our employees), Internet service provider failure or delay, Third Party Services, or acts undertaken by third parties, including without limitation, denial of service attack (“Force Majeure Event”).
2.2 You may not use the Services to provide equivalent service on behalf of more than one third party (other than Affiliates) through a single Account. Without limiting the foregoing, Your right to access and use the API is also subject to the restrictions and policies implemented by Swifteq from time to time with respect to the API as set forth in the Documentation or otherwise communicated to You in writing.
2.3 A high speed Internet connection is required for proper transmission of the Services. You are responsible for procuring and maintaining the network connections that connect Your network to the Services, including, but not limited to, “browser” software that supports protocols used by Swifteq, including the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol or other protocols accepted by Swifteq, and to follow procedures for accessing services that support such protocols. We are not responsible for notifying You, Users or End-Users of any upgrades, fixes or enhancements to any such software or for any compromise of data, including Service Data, transmitted across computer networks or telecommunications facilities (including but not limited to the Internet) which are not owned, operated or controlled by Swifteq. We assume no responsibility for the reliability or performance of any connections as described in this section.
2.4 In addition to complying with the other terms, conditions and restrictions set forth below in this Agreement, You agree not to (a) license, sublicense, sell, resell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, time share or otherwise commercially exploit or make the Services available to any third party, other than authorized Users and End-Users in furtherance of Your internal business purposes as expressly permitted by this Agreement; (b) use the Services to Process data on behalf of any third party other than Users or End-Users; (c) modify, adapt, or hack the Services or otherwise attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or related systems or networks; (d) falsely imply any sponsorship or association with Swifteq or Swifteq, (e) use the Services in any unlawful manner, including, but not limited to, violation of any person’s privacy rights; (f) use the Services to send unsolicited or unauthorized bulk mail, junk mail, spam, pyramid schemes or other forms of duplicative or unsolicited messages; (g) use the Services to store or transmit files, materials, data, text, audio, video, images or other content that infringes on any person’s intellectual property rights; (h) use the Services in any manner that interferes with or disrupts the integrity or performance of the Services and its components; (i) attempt to decipher, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise discover the source code of any Software making up the Services; (j) use the Services to knowingly post, transmit, upload, link to, send or store any content that is unlawful, racist, hateful, abusive, libellous, obscene, or discriminatory; (k) use the Services to store or transmit any “protected health information” as that term is defined in 45 C.F.R. 160.103, unless expressly agreed to otherwise in writing by Swifteq; (l) use the Services to knowingly post transmit, upload, link to, send or store any viruses, malware, Trojan horses, time bombs, or any other similar harmful software (“Malicious Software”); (m) use or launch any automated system that accesses a Service (i.e., bot) in a manner that sends more request messages to a Service server in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser; or (n) attempt to use, or use the Services in violation of this Agreement.
2.5 As between You and Swifteq, You are responsible for compliance with the provisions of this Agreement by Users and End-Users and for any and all activities that occur under Your Account. Without limiting the foregoing, You are solely responsible for ensuring that use of the Services to store and transmit Service Data is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations as well as any and all privacy policies, agreements or other obligations You may maintain or enter into with Users or End-Users. You also maintain all responsibility for determining whether the Services or the information generated thereby is accurate or sufficient for Your purposes. Subject to any limitation on the volumes of Support Tickets available under the applicable Service Plan(s) to which You subscribed or applicable Deployed Associated Service, access to and use of the Services is restricted to the specified volume of Support Tickets permitted under Your subscription to the applicable Service. You agree and acknowledge that each User will be identified by a unique username and password (“Login”) and that a User Login may only be used by one (1) individual. You will not share an User Login among multiple individuals. You and Your Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all Login information for Your Account. Swifteq reserves the right to periodically verify that Your use of the Swifteq Services complies with the Agreement and the Service Plan restrictions on Our Site. Should Swifteq discover that Your use of a Swifteq Service is not in compliance with this Agreement or the Service Plan restrictions on Our Site, Swifteq reserves the right to charge You, and You hereby agree to pay for, said usage in addition to other remedies available to Us.
2.6 In addition to Our rights as set forth in Sections 2 and 8.4, We reserve the right, in Our reasonable discretion, to temporarily suspend Your access to and use of a Service if We suspect or detect any Malicious Software connected to Your Account or use of a Service by You, Users or End-Users.
2.7 You acknowledge that Swifteq may modify the features and functionality of the Services during the Subscription Term.
2.8 You may not access the Services if You are a direct competitor of Swifteq, except with Swifteq’s prior written consent. You may not access the Services for the purposes of monitoring performance, availability, functionality, or for any benchmarking or competitive purposes.
2.9 If You register for a free trial for any of the Services, We will make such Services available to You on a trial basis free of charge until the earlier of (a) the end of the free trial period for which You registered to use the applicable Service(s); (b) the start date of any subscription to such Service purchased by You for such Service(s); or (c) termination of the trial by Us in our sole discretion. Additional trial terms and conditions may appear on the trial registration web page. Any such additional terms and conditions are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and are legally binding. Please review the applicable Documentation during the trial period so that You become familiar with the features and functions of the Services under applicable Service Plans before You make Your purchase.
ANY SERVICE DATA YOU ENTER INTO A SERVICE, AND ANY CONFIGURATIONS OR CUSTOMIZATIONS MADE TO A SERVICE BY OR FOR YOU, DURING YOUR FREE TRIAL WILL BE PERMANENTLY LOST UNLESS YOU PURCHASE A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SAME SERVICE AS COVERED BY THE TRIAL, PURCHASE THE APPLICABLE SERVICE, OR EXPORT SUCH SERVICE DATA, BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL PERIOD.
2.10 From time to time, We may make Beta Services available to You at no charge. You may choose to try such Beta Services in Your sole discretion. Beta Services are intended for evaluation purposes and not for production use, are not supported, and may be subject to additional terms that will be presented to You. Beta Services are not considered “Services” under this Agreement; however, all restrictions, Our reservation of rights and Your obligations concerning the Service, and use of any Third Party Services shall apply equally to Your use of Beta Services. Unless otherwise stated, any Beta Services trial period will expire upon the earlier of one year from the trial start date or the date that a version of the Beta Services becomes generally available without the applicable Beta Services designation. We may discontinue Beta Services at any time in Our sole discretion and may never make them generally available. We will have no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with a Beta Service.
3. CONFIDENTIALITY; SECURITY AND PRIVACY
3.1 Subject to the express permissions of this Agreement, each Party will protect each other’s Confidential Information from unauthorized use, access or disclosure in the same manner as each protects its own Confidential Information, but with no less than reasonable care. Except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement, each Party may use each other’s Confidential Information solely to exercise our respective rights and perform our respective obligations under this Agreement and shall disclose such Confidential Information (a) solely to the employees and/or non-employee service providers and contractors who have a need to know such Confidential Information for such purposes and who are bound to maintain the confidentiality of, and not misuse, such Confidential Information; (b) as necessary to comply with an order or subpoena of any administrative agency or court of competent jurisdiction; or (c) as reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law or regulation. The provisions of this Section 3.1 shall supersede any non-disclosure agreement by and between the Parties and such agreement shall have no further force or effect.
3.2 Swifteq will maintain reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the security, confidentiality and integrity of Service Data, as described in the Agreement, the Supplemental Terms entitled, “How We Protect Service Data” attached hereto, as applicable. Those safeguards will include, but will not be limited to, measures for preventing access, use, modification or disclosure of Service Data by Personnel except (a) to provide the Services and prevent or address service, support or technical problems; (b) as compelled by law in accordance with Sections 3.1(b) or 3.1(c); (c) in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4; or (d) as You expressly permit in writing. Swifteq’s compliance with the provisions of Sections 3.2 through 3.5 and the Security Measures set forth in Exhibit B, Section 2 (“How We Protect Service Data”) shall be deemed compliance with the Swifteq’s Group’s obligations to protect Service Data as set forth in the Agreement.
3.3 To the extent Service Data constitutes Personal Data, You and Swifteq hereby agree that You shall be deemed to be the data controller and the relevant entity in Swifteq Party shall be deemed to be the data processor as those terms are understood under the Applicable Data Protection Law. Unless otherwise specifically agreed to by Swifteq, Service Data may be hosted by Swifteq or their respective authorized third-party service providers in the United States, the EEA or other locations around the world. In providing the Services, Swifteq will engage entities within Swifteq and other authorized service providers, to Process Service Data, including and without limitation, any associated Personal Data pursuant to this Agreement within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”), the United States and in other countries and territories.
Under no circumstances will Swifteq be deemed a data controller with respect to Service Data under Applicable Data Protection Law or any relevant law or regulation of any Member State as defined in Applicable Data Protection Law.
3.4 If Personal Data originates from an User or End-User in the EEA, We will ensure, pursuant to Applicable Data Protection Law that, to the extent that any Service Data constitutes Personal Data, if Service Data is transferred to a country or territory outside of the EEA (a “non-EEA country”), that such transfer will only take place if:
(a) the non-EEA country in question ensures an adequate level of data protection;
(b) one of the conditions listed in Article 26(1) of Directive 95/46/EC (or its equivalent under any successor legislation) is satisfied.
Upon Your request and subject to Your entry into Swifteq’s Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”) We will further ensure that the transfer is subject to the standard contractual clauses designed to facilitate transfers of Personal Data from the EEA to all third countries that have been adopted by the European Commission (known as the, “Model Clauses”), which have been incorporated into the DPA.
As a Customer, You can execute Our DPA by emailing Your request to Us at support@swifteq.com.
3.5 You agree that Swifteq and the third-party service providers that are utilized by Swifteq to assist in providing the Services to You shall have the right to access Your Account and to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, display and disclose Service Data to the extent necessary to provide the Services, including, without limitation, in response to Your support requests. Any third-party service providers utilized by Swifteq will only be given access to Your Account and Service Data as is reasonably necessary to provide the Services and will be subject to (a) confidentiality obligations which are commercially reasonable and substantially consistent with the standards described in Section 3.2; and (b) their agreement to comply with the data transfer restrictions applicable to Personal Data as set forth in Section 3.4.
3.6 Whenever You, Your Users or End-Users interact with our Services, We automatically receive and record information on Our server logs from the browser or device, which may include IP address, “cookie” information, the type of browser and/or device being used to access the Services. “Cookies” are identifiers We transfer to the browser or device of Your Users or End-Users that allow Us to recognize User or End-User and their browser or device along with how our Services are being utilized. When We collect this information, We only use this data in aggregate form, and not in a manner that would identify Your Users or End-Users personally. For example, this aggregate data can tell Us how often users use a particular feature of the Services, and We can use that knowledge to improve the Services.
3.7 We receive and store any information that You knowingly provide to Us. For example, through the registration process for Our Services and/or through your Account settings, We may collect Personal Data such as your name, email address, phone number, credit card information and third-party account credentials (for example, your log-in credentials for third party sites that integrate with the Services as further detailed in Section 3.9) of You and Your Users. In addition, We may communicate with You and Your Users. For example, We may send You and Your Users product announcements and promotional offers or contact You and Your Users about Your use of the Services. If You or an User does not want to receive communications from Us, please indicate this preference by sending an email to support@swifteq.com and provide us with the name and email address of each User that no longer wishes to receive these communications.
3.8 We neither rent nor sell Your Personal Data in personally identifiable form to anyone. However, we may share your Personal Data with third parties in the following ways:
Collecting Usage Data. For the purposes of this section, “Usage Data” means aggregated, encoded or anonymized data that Swifteq may collect about a group or category of services, features or users while You, Your Users or End-Users use a Service for certain purposes, including analytics, and which does not contain Personal Data, which is used to help understand trends in usage of the Services. In addition to collecting and using Usage Data ourselves, Swifteq may share the Usage Data with third parties, including Our Customers, partners and service providers, for various purposes, including to help Us better understand Our Customers’ needs and improve Our Services. We may also publish Usage Data to provide relevant information about the Services and for purposes of marketing.
Aggregated Personal Data that is not personally identifiable. We may anonymize the Personal Data of Your Users or End-Users so that they cannot be individually identified, and publish this anonymized information, as segmented by industry, geography and other metrics to provide qualitative insight on customer support metrics and other relevant insights.
Aggregated Personal Data that is not personally identifiable. We may anonymize the Personal Data of Your Users or End-Users so that they cannot be individually identified, and provide that information to our partners. We may also provide aggregate usage information to our partners for analytics purposes, who may use such information to help us understand how often and in what ways people use our Services. However, We never disclose aggregate information to a partner in a manner that would identify Your Users or End-Users personally, as an individual.
3.9 Swifteq may also obtain other information, including Personal Data, from third parties and combine that with information We collect through Our Services such as in the case where You use a Third Party Service or where we may have access to certain information from a third party social media or authentication service if You log into Our Services through such service or otherwise provide Us with access to information from such service. Any access that We may have to such information from a third party social or authentication service is in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by that service. By authorizing Us to connect with a Third Party Service, You authorize Us to access and store Your name, email address(es), current city, profile picture URL, and other Personal Data that the Third Party Service makes available to Us, and to use and disclose it in accordance with this Agreement and the Swifteq Privacy Policy as in effect from time to time and available here.
4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Each Party shall retain all rights, title and interest in and to all its respective patents, inventions, copyrights, trademarks, domain names, trade secrets, know-how and any other intellectual property and/or proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”). The rights granted to You, Users and End-Users to use the Service(s) under this Agreement do not convey any additional rights in the Service(s) or in any Intellectual Property Rights associated therewith. Subject only to limited rights to access and use the Service(s) as expressly stated herein, all rights, title and interest in and to the Services and all hardware, Software and other components of or used to provide the Services, including all related Intellectual Property Rights, will remain with Swifteq and belong exclusively to Swifteq. Swifteq shall have a fully paid-up, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable (through multiple layers), assignable, irrevocable and perpetual license to implement, use, modify, commercially exploit, and/or incorporate into the Services or otherwise use any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or other feedback We receive from You, Users, End-Users, or other third parties acting on Your behalf. Swifteq other product and service names and logos used or displayed in or on the Services are registered or unregistered trademarks of Swifteq(collectively, “Marks”), and You may only use applicable Marks in a manner permitted by Our Trademark Usage Guidelines to identify You as a Customer; provided You do not attempt, now or in the future, to claim any rights in the Marks, degrade the distinctiveness of the Marks, or use the Marks to disparage or misrepresent Us, Our services or products.
5. BILLING, PLAN MODIFICATIONS AND PAYMENTS
5.1 Unless otherwise indicated on an Order Form referencing this Agreement, in the Supplemental Terms entitled “Service Specific Terms”, or Additional Terms (as defined in Section 12.2) and subject to Section 5.2, all charges associated with Your access to and use of a Service (“Subscription Charges”) are due in full upon commencement of Your Subscription Term, or, with respect to a Deployed Associated Service, at the time such Deployed Associated Service is purchased, subscribed to or otherwise deployed. If You fail to pay Your Subscription Charges or other charges indicated on any Order Form within five (5) business days of Our notice to You that payment is due or delinquent, or if You do not update payment information upon Our request, in addition to Our other remedies, We may suspend or terminate access to and use of such Service by You, Users and End-Users.
5.2 If You choose to upgrade Your Service Plan or increase the number of Users or volume of tickets authorized to access and use a Service during Your Subscription Term (a “Subscription Upgrade”), any incremental Subscription Charges associated with such Subscription Upgrade will be prorated over the remaining period of Your then current Subscription Term, charged to Your Account and due and payable upon implementation of such Subscription Upgrade. In any future Subscription Term, Your Subscription Charges will reflect any such Subscription Upgrades.
5.3 No refunds or credits for Subscription Charges or other fees or payments will be provided to You if You elect to downgrade Your Service Plan. Downgrading Your Service Plan may cause loss of content, features, or capacity of the Service as available to You under Your Account, and Swifteq does not accept any liability for such loss.
5.4 Unless otherwise stated, Our charges do not include any taxes, levies, duties or similar governmental assessments, including value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes assessable by any local, state, provincial or foreign jurisdiction (collectively “Taxes”). You are responsible for paying Taxes. We will invoice You for such Taxes if We believe We have a legal obligation to do so and You agree to pay such Taxes if so invoiced.
5.5 If You pay by credit card or certain other payment instruments, the Services provide an interface for the Account owner to change credit card information (e.g. upon card renewal). The Account owner will receive a receipt upon each receipt of payment by the Payment Agent, or they may obtain a receipt from within the Services to track subscription status. You hereby authorize the Payment Agent to bill Your credit card or other payment instrument in advance on a periodic basis in accordance with the terms of the Service Plan for the Services and for periodic Subscription Charges applicable to Deployed Associated Services to which You subscribe until Your subscription to the Services terminates, and You further agree to pay any Subscription Charges so incurred. If applicable, You hereby authorize Swifteq and the Payment Agent to charge Your credit card or other payment instrument to establish such prepaid credit. You agree to promptly update Your Account information with any changes (for example, a change in Your billing address or credit card expiration date) that may occur. The Payment Agent uses a third-party intermediary to manage credit card processing and this intermediary is not permitted to store, retain or use Your billing information except to process Your credit card information for the Payment Agent.
5.6 Payments made by credit card, debit card or certain other payment instruments for the Swifteq Service are billed and processed by Swifteq’s Payment Agent. To the extent the Payment Agent is not Swifteq, the Payment Agent is acting solely as a billing and processing agent for and on behalf of Swifteq and shall not be construed to be providing the applicable Service.
5.7 Any Customer that mandates Swifteq to use a vendor payment portal or compliance portal which charges Swifteq a subscription fee or a percentage of any uploaded invoice as a required cost of doing business, shall be invoiced by Swifteq for the cost of this fee.
6. PROMOTIONAL CREDITS POLICY
We may, at Our sole discretion, choose to offer credits for the Services in various ways, including but not limited to, coupons, promotional campaigns and referrals for Swifteq services such as training. Swifteq reserves the right to award credits at its sole discretion. Credits have no monetary or cash value and can only be used by You to offset Your subsequent payments of Subscription Charges for the applicable Service. Credits may only be applied to Subscription Charges due for the Service specifically identified by Swifteq when issuing the credit. Credits can only be used by You and are non-transferable. To the extent that You have been awarded credits, unless the instrument (including any coupon) states an earlier expiration date, credits shall expire and no longer be redeemable twelve (12) months from the date the credit was issued.
7. CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION
7.1 Either Party may elect to terminate Your Account and subscription to a Service as of the end of Your then current Subscription Term by providing notice, in accordance with this Agreement, on or prior to the date thirty (30) days preceding the end of such Subscription Term. Unless Your Account and subscription to a Service is so terminated, Your subscription to a Service (including any and all Deployed Associated Services) will renew for a Subscription Term equivalent in length to the then expiring Subscription Term. Unless otherwise provided for in an Order Form, the Subscription Charges applicable to Your subscription to a Service for any such subsequent Subscription Term shall be Our standard Subscription Charges for the Service Plan and Deployed Associated Services to which You have subscribed or which You have deployed, as applicable, as of the time such subsequent Subscription Term commences.
7.2 No refunds or credits for Subscription Charges or other fees or payments will be provided to You if You elect to terminate Your subscription to the Service or cancel Your Account prior to the end of Your then effective Subscription Term.
7.3 Except for Your termination under Section 7.5, if You terminate Your subscription to a Service or cancel Your Account prior to the end of Your then effective Subscription Term or We effect such termination or cancellation pursuant to Sections 2, 7.4 and 7.5, in addition to other amounts You may owe Swifteq, You must immediately pay any then unpaid Subscription Charges associated with the remainder of such Subscription Term. This amount will not be payable by You in the event You terminate Your subscription to a Service or cancel Your Account as a result of a material breach of this Agreement by Swifteq, provided that You provide advance notice of such breach to Swifteq and afford Swifteq not less than thirty (30) days to reasonably cure such breach as provided for in Section 7.5 herein.
7.4 We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Services (or any part thereof), Your Account or Your and/or Users’ or End-Users’ rights to access and use the Services, and remove, disable and discard any Service Data if We believe that You, Users or End-Users have violated this Agreement. This includes the removal or disablement of Service Data. Unless legally prohibited from doing so, We will use commercially reasonable efforts to contact You directly via email to notify You when taking any of the foregoing actions. We shall not be liable to You, Users, End-Users or any other third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuation of Your rights to access and use the Services. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity by You, Users or End-Users may be referred to law enforcement authorities at Our sole discretion.
7.5 A Party may terminate this Agreement for cause (a) upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other Party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period; or (b) if the other Party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors. If this Agreement is terminated by You in accordance with this section, We will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, refund You any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the Subscription Term after the effective date of termination. If this Agreement is terminated by Us in accordance with this section, You will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the Subscription Term pursuant to all applicable Order Forms. In no event will termination relieve You of Your obligation to pay any fees payable to Us for the period prior to the effective date of termination.
7.6 Upon request by You made within thirty (30) days after the effective date of termination or expiration of this Agreement, We will make Service Data available to You for export or download as provided in the Documentation. After such 30-day period, We will have no obligation to maintain or provide any Service Data, and, as provided in the Documentation, will have the right to delete or destroy all copies of Service Data in Our systems or otherwise in Our possession or control, unless prohibited by law.
8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
8.1 Each Party represents that it has validly entered into this Agreement and has the legal power to do so.
8.2 We warrant that during an applicable Subscription Term (a) this Agreement and the Documentation will accurately describe the applicable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the security, confidentiality and integrity of Service Data; and (b) the Services will perform materially in accordance with the applicable Documentation. For any breach of a warranty above, Your exclusive remedies are those described in Section 7.5 herein.
8.3 EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN SECTION 8.2, THE SITES AND THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL SERVER AND NETWORK COMPONENTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR-FREE OR FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER MALICIOUS SOFTWARE, AND NO INFORMATION OR ADVICE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
9.1 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) WILL EITHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THEIR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, USERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES OR BUSINESS, LOST DATA, (BEING DATA LOST IN THE COURSE OF TRANSMISSION VIA YOUR SYSTEMS OR OVER THE INTERNET THROUGH NO FAULT OF Swifteq), BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR FOR ANY TYPE OF INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE LOSS OR DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER LOSS OR DAMAGES INCURRED BY THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES OR CONSULTING SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OR COULD HAVE FORESEEN SUCH DAMAGES.
9.2 NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT, Swifteq’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES OR CONSULTING SERVICES, SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE SUBSCRIPTION CHARGES AND/OR CONSULTING FEES PAID BY YOU DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FIRST EVENT OR OCCURRENCE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION 10.2 IS TO ALLOCATE THE RISKS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND LIMIT POTENTIAL LIABILITY GIVEN THE SUBSCRIPTION CHARGES AND CONSULTING FEES, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IF WE WERE TO ASSUME ANY FURTHER LIABILITY OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH HEREIN. WE HAVE RELIED ON THESE LIMITATIONS IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RIGHTS TO ACCESS AND USE THE SERVICES AND/OR CONSULTING SERVICES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT.
9.3 Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply to You. IN THESE JURISDICTIONS, Swifteq LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
9.4 Any claims or damages that You may have against Swifteq shall only be enforceable against Swifteq and not any other entity or its officers, directors, representatives or agents.
10. INDEMNIFICATION
10.1 We will indemnify and hold You harmless, from and against any claim against You by reason of Your use of a Service as permitted hereunder, brought by a third party alleging that such Service infringes or misappropriates a third party’s valid patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret (an “IP Claim”). We shall, at Our expense, defend such IP Claim and pay damages finally awarded against You in connection therewith, including the reasonable fees and expenses of the attorneys engaged by Swifteq for such defense, provided that (a) You promptly notify Swifteq of the threat or notice of such IP Claim; (b) We will have the sole and exclusive control and authority to select defense attorneys, and defend and/or settle any such IP Claim; and (c) You fully cooperate with Swifteq in connection therewith. If use of a Service by You, Users or End-Users has become, or, in Our opinion, is likely to become, the subject of any such IP Claim, We may, at Our option and expense, (a) procure for You the right to continue using the Service(s) as set forth hereunder; (b) replace or modify a Service to make it non-infringing; or (c) if options (a) or (b) are not commercially reasonable or practicable as determined by Swifteq, terminate Your subscription to the Service(s) and repay You, on a pro-rata basis, any Subscription Charges previously paid to Swifteq for the corresponding unused portion of Your Subscription Term for such Service(s). We will have no liability or obligation under this Section 11.1 with respect to any IP Claim if such claim is caused in whole or in part by (i) compliance with designs, data, instructions or specifications provided by You; (ii) modification of the Service(s) by anyone other than Swifteq; or (iii) the combination, operation or use of the Service(s) with other hardware or software where a Service would not by itself be infringing.
The provisions of this Section 10.1 state the sole, exclusive and entire liability of Swifteq to You and constitute Your sole remedy with respect to an IP Claim brought by reason of access to or use of a Service by You, Users or End-Users.
10.2 You will indemnify and hold Swifteq harmless against any claim brought by a third party against Swifteq arising from or related to use of a Service by You, Users or End-Users in breach of this Agreement or matters for which You have expressly agreed to be responsible pursuant to this Agreement; provided (a) We shall promptly notify You of the threat or notice of such claim; (b) You will have the sole and exclusive control and authority to select defense attorneys, and defend and/or settle any such claim (however, You shall not settle or compromise any claim that results in liability or admission of any liability by Us without Our prior written consent); and (c) We fully cooperate with You in connection therewith.
11. ASSIGNMENT, ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT
11.1 You may not, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, assign all or any part of this Agreement or Your rights under this Agreement or delegate performance of Your duties under this Agreement without Our prior consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. We may, without Your consent, assign this Agreement to any member of Swifteq or in connection with any merger or change of control of Swifteq or Swifteq or the sale of all or substantially all of Our assets provided that any such successor agrees to fulfil its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing restrictions, this Agreement will be fully binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.
11.2 This Agreement, together with any Order Form(s) and Supplemental Term(s) constitute the entire agreement, and supersede any and all prior agreements between You and Swifteq with regard to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall apply in lieu of the terms or conditions in any purchase order or other order documentation You or any Entity which You represent provides (all such terms or conditions being null and void), and, except as expressly stated herein, there are no other agreements, representations, warranties, or commitments which may be relied upon by either Party with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no oral promises, conditions, representations, understandings, interpretations, or terms of any kind between the Parties, except as may otherwise be expressly provided herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, You may be presented with additional features, functionality, or services as detailed in a Supplement hereto or that We offer as part of or distinct from the Services (the “Additional Features”). In those instances, We will notify You of such Additional Features prior to the activation of these features, functionality, or services and the activation of these features, functionality, or services in Your Account will be considered acceptance of the Additional Features. All such Additional Features will be considered incorporated into this Agreement when You or any User authorized as an administrator in Your Account activate the feature, functionality, or service.
11.3 We may amend this Agreement from time to time, in which case the new Agreement will supersede prior versions. We will notify You not less than ten (10) days prior to the effective date of any such amendment and Your continued use of the Services following the effective date of any such amendment may be relied upon by Swifteq as Your consent to any such amendment. Our failure to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of that provision or of any other provision of this Agreement.
12. SEVERABILITY
If any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision shall be modified by the court and interpreted so as to best accomplish the original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect.
13. EXPORT COMPLIANCE AND USE RESTRICTIONS
The Services and other Software or components of the Services that We may provide or make available to You, Users or End-Users may be subject to U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws. You agree to comply with all such laws and regulations as they relate to access to and use of the Services, Software and such other components by You, Users and End-Users. You shall not access or use the Services if You are located in any jurisdiction in which the provision of the Services, Software or other components is prohibited under U.S. or other applicable laws or regulations (a “Prohibited Jurisdiction”) and You shall not provide access to the Services to any government, entity or individual located in any Prohibited Jurisdiction. You represent, warrant and covenant that (a) You are not named on any U.S. government list of persons or entities prohibited from receiving U.S. exports, or transacting with any U.S. person; (b) You are not a national of, or a company registered in, any Prohibited Jurisdiction; (c) You shall not permit Users or End-Users to access or use the Services in violation of any U.S. or other applicable export embargoes, prohibitions or restrictions; and (d) You shall comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States and the country in which You, Users and End-Users are located.
14. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES
The Parties are independent contractors. This Agreement does not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, fiduciary or employment relationship among the Parties.
15. NOTICE
All notices to be provided by Swifteq to You under this Agreement may be delivered in writing (a) by nationally recognized overnight delivery service (“Courier”) or postal service to the contact mailing address provided by You on any Order Form; or (b) electronic mail to the electronic mail address provided for Your Account owner. You must give notice to Swifteq in writing by email to support@swifteq.com. All notices shall be deemed to have been given immediately upon delivery by electronic mail; or, if otherwise delivered upon the earlier of receipt or two (2) business days after being deposited in the mail or with a Courier as permitted above.
16. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Ireland, without reference to conflict of laws principles. Any disputes under this Agreement shall be resolved in a court of general jurisdiction in Ireland. You hereby expressly agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of this jurisdiction for the purpose of resolving any dispute relating to this Agreement or access to or use of the Services by You, Users or End Users.
17. ANTI-CORRUPTION
You agree that You have not received or been offered any illegal or improper bribe, kickback, payment, gift, or thing of value from any of Our employees or Users in connection with this Agreement. Reasonable gifts and entertainment provided in the ordinary course of business do not violate the above restriction. If You learn of any violation of the above restriction, You will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify Swifteq at support@swifteq.com.
19. SURVIVAL
Sections 1, 3.1, 4 and 9-20 shall survive any termination of our agreement with respect to use of the Services by You, Users or End Users. Termination of such agreement shall not limit a Party’s liability for obligations accrued as of or prior to such termination or for any breach of this Agreement.
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SECTION 1: HOW WE PROTECT SERVICE DATA
Swifteq is committed to providing a robust and comprehensive security program including the security measures set forth in these Supplemental Terms (“Security Measures”). During the Subscription Term, these Security Measures may change without notice, as standards evolve or as additional controls are implemented or existing controls are modified as We deem reasonably necessary.
Security Measures Utilized by Us
As provided for in Section 3.2 of the Agreement, We will abide by these Security Measures to protect Service Data as is reasonably necessary to provide the Services:
1. Security Policies and Personnel. We have and will maintain a managed security program to identify risks and implement preventative technology, as well as technology and processes for common attack mitigation. This program is and will be reviewed on a regular basis to provide for continued effectiveness and accuracy. We have, and will maintain, a full-time information security team responsible for monitoring and reviewing security infrastructure for Our networks, systems and services, responding to security incidents, and developing and delivering training to Our employees in compliance with Our security policies.
2. Data Transmission. We will maintain commercially reasonable administrative, physical and technical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of Service Data. These safeguards include encryption of Service Data in transmission (using TLS or similar technologies) over the internet, except for any Third Party Services that does not support encryption, which You may link to through the Services at Your election.
3. Incident Response. We have an incident management process for security events that may affect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of Our systems or data that includes a response time under which Swifteq will contact its Customers upon verification of a security incident that affects Your Service Data. This process specifies courses of action, procedures for notification, escalation, mitigation, and documentation. The incident response program includes 24×7 centralized monitoring systems and on-call staffing to respond to service incidents.
4. Access Control and Privilege Management. We restrict administrative access to Customer production systems to operational personnel. We require such personnel to have unique IDs and associated cryptographic keys. These keys are used to authenticate and identify each person’s activities on Our systems, including access to Service Data. Upon hire, Our operational personnel are assigned unique keys. Upon termination, these keys are revoked. Access rights and levels are based on Our employees’ job function and role, using the concepts of least-privilege and need-to-know to match access privileges to defined responsibilities.
5. Network Management and Security. The data centers utilized by Us maintain industry standard fully redundant and secure network architecture with reasonably sufficient bandwidth as well as redundant network infrastructure to mitigate the impact of individual component failure. Our security team utilizes industry standard utilities to provide defense against known common unauthorized network activity, monitors security advisory lists for vulnerabilities, and undertakes regular external vulnerability audits.
6. Data Center Environment and Physical Security. The data center environments which are utilized by Us in connection with Our provision of the Service employ the following security measures:
A security organization responsible for physical security functions 24x7x365.
Access to areas where systems or system components are installed or stored within data centers is restricted through security measures and policies consistent with industry standards.
N+1 uninterruptable power supply and HVAC systems, backup power generator architecture and advanced fire suppression.
Technical and Organizational Security Measures for Third-Party Service Providers
As provided for in Section 3.5 of the Agreement, any third-party service providers that are utilized by Swifteq will only be given access to Your Account and Service Data as is reasonably necessary to provide the Service and will be subject to, among the other requirements in Section 3.5, their implementing and maintaining compliance with the following appropriate technical and organizational security measures:
1. Physical Access Controls. Third-party service providers shall take reasonable measures, such as security personnel and secured buildings and factory premises, to prevent unauthorized persons from gaining physical access to data processing systems in which Service Data is Processed.
2. System Access Controls. Third-party service providers shall take reasonable measures to prevent data processing systems from being used without authorization. These controls shall vary based on the nature of Processing undertaken and may include, among other controls, authentication via passwords and/or two-factor authentication, documented authorization processes, documented change management processes, and/or logging of access on several levels.
3. Data Access Controls. Third-party service providers shall take reasonable measures to provide that Service Data is accessible and manageable only by properly authorized staff, direct database query access is restricted and application access rights are established and enforced to ensure that persons entitled to access Service Data only have access to Service Data to which they have privilege of access; and, that Service Data cannot be read, copied, modified or removed without authorization in the course of Processing.
4. Transmission Controls. Third-party service providers shall take reasonable measures to ensure that it is possible to check and establish to which entities the transfer of Service Data by means of data transmission facilities is envisaged so Service Data cannot be read, copied, modified or removed without authorization during electronic transmission or transport.
5. Input Controls. Third-party service providers shall take reasonable measures designed to ensure that it is possible to check and establish whether and by whom Service Data has been entered into data processing systems, modified or removed; and, any of transfer of Service Data to a third-party service provider is made via a secure transmission.
6. Data Protection. Third-party service providers shall take reasonable measures designed to ensure that Service Data is secured to protect against accidental destruction or loss.
7. Logical Separation. Third-party service providers shall logically segregate Service Data from the data of other parties on its systems to ensure that Service Data may be Processed separately.
SECTION 2: CONSULTING SERVICES
If Customer has engaged Swifteq for the provision of professional services (including any training, success, and implementation services, “Consulting Services”) as indicated on an Order Form, or other written document such as a Statement of Work, the provision of such Consulting Services will be governed by the Agreement, including these Supplemental Terms. Unless otherwise agreed to in a Statement of Work, Customer agrees that any Consulting Services must be scheduled for completion by Customer within six (6) months following the commencement of the Subscription Term as indicated on the Order Form. In consideration of the foregoing, Customer and Swifteq, intending to be legally bound, agree to the terms set forth below.
1. Scope. All Consulting Services pursuant to the Agreement provided by Swifteq to Customer will be outlined in one or more mutually agreed-upon and jointly executed Statement of Work(s) (“SOW(s)”) or Order Forms, each incorporated into the Agreement and describing in detail the scope, nature and other relevant characteristics of Consulting Services to be provided.
2. Retention. Customer hereby retains Swifteq to provide the Consulting Services described in one or more SOWs, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement. Swifteq shall not be obligated to perform any Consulting Services until both Parties have mutually agreed upon and executed an SOW with respect to such Consulting Services. After execution of an SOW, the Consulting Services to be provided under that SOW may only be changed through a change order mutually executed by the Parties (“Change Order”).
3. Performance of Consulting Services.
3.1 Each SOW will include reasonable details about Consulting Services, including, at a minimum, the Consulting Fees charged and the Consulting Services provided. Swifteq and Customer agree to cooperate in good faith to achieve satisfactory completion of the Consulting Services in a timely and professional manner.
3.2 The Parties will each designate a representative to interface and facilitate the successful completion of the Consulting Services (“Customer’s Representative” and “Swifteq’s Representative”, respectively). Any Subcontractor (defined below) designated by Swifteq to perform any portion of the Consulting Services will designate a representative to interface with Customer and Swifteq on all matters relating to Subcontractor’s performance of Consulting Services (“Subcontractor’s Representative”).
3.3 Swifteq will perform the Consulting Services through qualified employees and/or non-employee contractors of Swifteq (“Subcontractors” and together with Swifteq’s employees for the purposes of these Supplemental Terms, “Consulting Services Personnel”). Customer agrees to provide, at no cost to Swifteq, timely and adequate assistance and other resources reasonably requested by Swifteq to enable the performance of the Consulting Services (collectively, “Assistance”). Neither Swifteq, nor its Subcontractors will be liable for any deficiency in performance of Consulting Services to the extent resulting from any acts or omissions of Customer, including but not limited to, Customer’s failure to provide Assistance as required hereunder.
3.4 In performing the Consulting Services, Swifteq will provide such resources, and utilize Consulting Services Personnel as it deems necessary to perform the Consulting Services or any portion thereof. Customer may object to Swifteq’s election of Subcontractors by specifying its objection to Swifteq, in which case the Parties will cooperate in good faith to appoint another Subcontractor to perform such Consulting Services. Swifteq may replace Consulting Services Personnel in its normal course of business, provided that Swifteq will be responsible for the performance of Consulting Services by all Consulting Services Personnel.
3.5 Swifteq will control the method and manner of performing all work necessary for completion of Consulting Services, including but not limited to the supervision and control of any Personnel performing Consulting Services. Swifteq will maintain such number of qualified Consulting Services Personnel and appropriate facilities and other resources sufficient to perform Swifteq’s obligations under the Agreement in accordance with its terms.
3.6 With Customer’s approval, Swifteq may enter (“assume into”) Customer’s Account as needed to provide the Consulting Services.
3.7 In the event that Customer seeks to change the scope of Consulting Services to be provided under any SOW (including, but not limited to, any changes to the project schedule described in the SOW), Customer shall discuss such proposed changes with Swifteq. If Swifteq elects to perform such changes to the Consulting Services, the Parties shall work together in good faith to execute a Change Order. Swifteq shall be entitled to an adjustment in Consulting Fees pursuant to the changes reflected in the Change Order. Swifteq shall not be obligated to perform any differing or additional Consulting Services unless the Parties have mutually agreed upon a written Change Order.
3.8 For SOWs that are deliverable/milestone based, upon delivery of all deliverables or completion of all milestones detailed in the SOW, Swifteq shall provide Customer with written notice (“Completion Notice”). Thereafter, Customer shall have five (5) days after the date of the Completion Notice to provide Swifteq with written notice describing any deliverables that have not been provided or milestones not met. The SOW shall be deemed complete and the deliverables accepted absent Customer’s timely written notice of any deliverables or milestones not having been met. For the avoidance of doubt, a Completion Notice shall not be necessary for SOWs that are Time and Materials based.
4. Consulting Fees; Payment Terms.
4.1 Customer will pay Swifteq the fees to provide the Consulting Services as detailed or described in an Order Form or SOW (the “Consulting Fees”). Unless agreed upon otherwise in the applicable SOW or Order Form, Swifteq shall invoice Customer for the Consulting Services provided on a monthly basis. All Consulting Fees are due and payable upon date of invoice, except for Consulting Fees that Customer disputes in good faith for reasons articulated in writing by Customer within thirty (30) days after receiving such invoice.
4.2 All Consulting Services will be provided on either a time and materials or fixed-fee basis, as indicated in the applicable SOW. Each SOW providing for time and materials based Consulting Fees will contain a detailed estimate of such time and materials necessary for performance of Consulting Services (“T&M Estimate”). Swifteq will make a commercially reasonable effort to provide such Consulting Services within such T&M Estimate, up to the number of hours agreed to by the Parties. Swifteq will make a reasonable effort to notify Customer as soon as practicable if it appears that T&M Estimate may be exceeded. Upon receiving such amended T&M Estimate, Customer will assess, and accept or reject the amended T&M Estimate. Unless Customer rejects such amended T&M Estimate within five (5) days of delivery, such amended T&M Estimate shall be deemed accepted by Customer and Customer shall be liable for all Consulting Fees associated with Consulting Services delivered in reliance on such amended T&M Estimate. Any amended T&M Estimate which is or is deemed accepted by Customer shall be deemed a Change Order.
4.3 The performance of Consulting Services may be subject to a retainer to be paid in advance by Customer upon execution and delivery of the SOW. Such retainer will be applied against Consulting Fees which become payable by Customer. Swifteq may refuse to perform Consulting Services unless and until such retainer is paid to Swifteq.
4.4 In addition to any and all Consulting Fees, Customer will reimburse Swifteq for any reasonable expenses for travel, lodging, communications, shipping charges and out-of-pocket expenses, including change Consulting Fees to travel and accommodations resulting from Customer’s request incurred by Swifteq in connection with providing the Consulting Services (“Expenses”). Swifteq will provide reasonable documentation for all Expenses as requested by Customer. Customer shall reimburse Swifteq for Expenses within thirty (30) days of submission of the Expenses to Customer by Swifteq.
4.5 Any unpaid Consulting Fees or Expenses will become overdue thirty (30) days after payment is due and shall be subject to a late fee of one and a half percent (1.5%) per month for each month where payment is not received.
4.6 Cancellation/Changes: Any cancellations/changes less than five (5) days prior to agreed Consulting Services commencement date are subject to forfeiture of Consulting Fees paid and reserved date(s).
5. Relationship of the Parties. Swifteq is an independent contractor and will maintain complete control of and responsibility for its Consulting Services Personnel, methods and operations in providing Consulting Services. Swifteq at no time will hold itself out as an agent, subsidiary or affiliate of Customer for any purpose, including reporting to any government authority. The Agreement will not be construed so as to create a partnership, other joint venture or undertaking, or any agency relationship between the Parties, and neither Party shall become liable for any representation, act or omission of the other Party or have the authority to contractually bind the other Party. Any Consulting Fees, Expenses or other amounts paid by Customer to Swifteq hereunder shall not be considered salary for pension or wage tax purposes and neither Swifteq nor its Consulting Services Personnel will be entitled to any fringe benefits, including sick or vacation pay, or other supplemental benefits of Customer, unless otherwise required by law. Customer shall not be responsible for deducting or withholding from Consulting Fees or Expenses paid for Consulting Services any taxes, unemployment, social security or other such expense unless otherwise required by law.
6. Warranties.
6.1 Swifteq hereby represents and warrants that:
the Consulting Services provided pursuant to the Agreement will be performed in a timely and professional manner by Swifteq and its Consulting Services Personnel, consistent with generally-accepted industry standards; provided that Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of this warranty will be, at Swifteq’s option, re-performance of the Consulting Services or termination of the applicable SOW and return of the portion of the Consulting Fees paid to Swifteq by Customer for the nonconforming portion of the Consulting Services; and
it is under no contractual or other restrictions or obligations which are inconsistent with the execution of the Agreement, or, to its best knowledge, which will interfere with its performance of the Consulting Services.
6.2 The Parties hereby agree that:
CUSTOM APPLICATIONS THAT RESIDE WITHIN THE Swifteq SERVICE FRAMEWORK, HELP CENTER CUSTOMIZATIONS, INTEGRATIONS, AND PROGRAMMING SCRIPTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AND BEING DELIVERED UNDER A SOW (COLLECTIVELY, “CUSTOMIZED DELIVERABLES”) ARE PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER “AS IS” AND Swifteq MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ANY REPRESENTATIONS TO CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTY REGARDING THE USABILITY, CONDITION, OPERATION OR FITNESS OF THE CUSTOMIZED DELIVERABLES. Swifteq SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE, AT LAW OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY CUSTOMIZED DELIVERABLES DESPITE ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES, IN THE EVENT THAT CUSTOMER MODIFIES ANY CUSTOMIZED DELIVERABLES IN A MANNER NOT INSTRUCTED BY Swifteq. Swifteq DOES NOT WARRANT THAT CUSTOMER’S OR ANY THIRD PARTY’S ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE CUSTOMIZED DELIVERABLES SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT IT WILL MEET ANY PARTICULAR CRITERIA OF PERFORMANCE OR QUALITY. Swifteq EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING CUSTOMIZED DELIVERABLES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY OR ACCURACY. FURTHER, Swifteq EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT OR MAINTAIN CUSTOMIZED DELIVERABLES AND WILL NOT DO SO UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED BY THE PARTIES. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIABILITY IS EXPRESSLY MADE IN ADDITION TO ANY DISCLAIMERS MADE BY Swifteq OR ITS AFFILIATES UNDER THE AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AS APPLICABLE TO CUSTOMER AND ANY THIRD PARTY’S USE OF THE SERVICES.
7. Rights to Deliverables; Ownership.
7.1 The Parties hereby agree that the specified Consulting Services to be completed pursuant to any SOW primarily involve the configuration of Customer’s subscription to a Service and integration of Customer data with and into one or more Services using Pre-existing Technology, Developed Technology, and/or Generic Components (each as defined below). Unless otherwise expressly specified in a SOW, no deliverable provided in connection with the Consulting Services provided pursuant to the Agreement shall constitute a “Work Made For Hire” under the Agreement. In the event that any such deliverable is held to be a Work Made For Hire, Customer hereby assigns to Swifteq all right, title and interest therein or to the extent such assignment is not permitted or effective, hereby grants to Swifteq a perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive, worldwide, fully-paid, sub-licensable (through multiple layers), assignable license to any such deliverable. Additionally, Swifteq shall have a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully-paid, sub-licensable (through multiple layers), assignable license to incorporate into the Pre-existing Technology, Developed Technology, and/or Generic Components or otherwise use any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or other feedback Swifteq receives from Customer.
7.2 Without limiting the foregoing, Swifteq and its licensors reserve and retain ownership of all Pre-existing Technology, Developed Technology and Generic Components (each as defined below), and Swifteq hereby grants to Customer a non-exclusive, fully-paid, limited license to use Pre-existing Technology, Developed Technology and Generic Components solely in connection with Customer’s use of the Service(s). “Pre-existing Technology” means all of Swifteq’s inventions (including those of Swifteq’s Affiliates) (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas, concepts, information and tools in existence prior to the commencement of the Consulting Services. “Developed Technology” means ideas (whether or not patentable) know-how, technical data, techniques, concepts, information or tools, and all associated Intellectual Property Rights thereto developed by Swifteq and its Affiliates or their Consulting Services Personnel in connection with providing Consulting Services pursuant to the Agreement that derive from, improve, enhance or modify Swifteq’s Pre-existing Technology. “Generic Components” means all inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas, information and tools, including without limitation software and programming tools developed by Swifteq and its Affiliates or their Consulting Services Personnel in connection with providing Consulting Services generally to support Swifteq’s product and/or service offerings (including, without limitation the Services) and which can be so used without use of Customer’s Confidential Information.
SECTION 3: Swifteq Data Deletion Policy
Swifteq’s Data Deletion Policy (“Data Deletion Policy”) describes how our Customers’ Service Data is deleted in connection with the cancellation, termination or migration of an Account within the Swifteq Services detailed herein. This Policy does not apply to (a) data that resides in any Swifteq product or services not detailed in this Policy; (b) data that resides in Third Party Services managed and hosted by third parties and the Service Data that is or may be shared with such Third Party Services (as defined in our Master Services Agreement); or (c) data that resides in a Swifteq product or service that is in a Beta, Testing or Early Access Program (except as noted within this Data Deletion Policy).
Account Cancellation or Termination
Ninety (90) days after your Account for one of the Services listed below is cancelled or terminated; or, one hundred and 80 days (180) days after your trial has ended for one of the Services without you having purchased a subscription to that Service, we will delete your Service Data for the cancelled Service. Once started, this deletion can take up to one week (7 days).
Policy Limitations
As described in greater detail in our Privacy Policy and Service Agreement, Swifteq collects certain information from Subscribers to the Services, such as: the names and email addresses of Agents; billing address; and other information which may be used for billing, business analytics, marketing, and notification purposes (collectively, “Customer Information”).
The deletion procedures in this Data Deletion Policy do not apply to Customer Information, which is maintained by Swifteq in accordance with its Privacy Policy and this Service Agreement. Similarly, Swifteq collects and retains Usage Data (as defined in our Service Agreement), other metadata and statistical information concerning the use of the Swifteq Services which are not subject to the deletion procedures in this Data Deletion Policy.
Swifteq reserves the right not to adhere to this Policy when deleting Service Data in cases where Swifteq terminates an Account for violation of our Privacy Policy or Service Agreement.
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SECTION 4: Subprocessors
Introduction
A subprocessor is a third party data processor engaged by Swifteq to access or process Service Data (which may contain Personal Data). Swifteq requires its subprocessors to satisfy equivalent obligations as those required from Swifteq (as a Data Processor) as set forth in Swifteq’s Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”), including but not limited to the requirements to:
Process Personal Data in accordance with data controller’s (i.e. Customer’s) documented instructions (as communicated in writing to the relevant subprocessor by Swifteq);
In connection with their subprocessing activities, use only personnel who are reliable and subject to a contractually binding obligation to observe data privacy and security, to the extent applicable, pursuant to applicable data protection laws;
Provide regular training in security and data protection to personnel to whom they grant access to Personal Data;
Implement and maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures (including measures consistent with those to which Swifteq is contractually committed to adhere insofar as they are equally relevant to the subprocessor’s processing of Personal Data on Swifteq’s behalf) and provide an annual certification that evidences compliance with this obligation. In the absence of such certification Swifteq reserves the right to audit the subprocessor;
Promptly inform Swifteq about any actual or potential security breach; and Cooperate with Swifteq in order to deal with requests from data controllers, data subjects or data protection authorities, as applicable.
This policy does not give Customers any additional rights or remedies and should not be construed as a binding agreement. The information herein is only provided to illustrate Swifteq’s engagement process for subprocessors as well as to provide the actual list of third party subprocessors, subcontractors and content delivery networks used by Swifteq as of the date of this policy (which Swifteq may use in the delivery and support of its Services).
If you are a Swifteq Customer and wish to enter into our DPA, please email us at support@swifteq.com.
Process to Engage New Subprocessors:
For all Customers who have executed Swifteq’s standard DPA, Swifteq will provide notice via this policy of updates to the list of subprocessors that are utilized or which Swifteq proposes to utilize to deliver its Services. Swifteq undertakes to keep this list updated regularly to enable its Customers to stay informed of the scope of subprocessing associated with the Swifteq Services.
Pursuant to the DPA, a Customer can object in writing to the processing of its Personal Data by a new subprocessor within thirty (30) days after updating of this policy and shall describe its legitimate reasons to object. If Customer does not object during such time period the new subprocessor(s) shall be deemed accepted.
If a Customer objects to the use of a subprocessor pursuant to the process provided under the DPA, Swifteq shall have the right to cure the objection through one of the following options (to be selected at Swifteq’s sole discretion):
(a) Swifteq will cease to use the subprocessor with regard to Personal Data;
(b) Swifteq will take the corrective steps requested by Customer in its objection (which remove Customer’s objection) and proceed to use the subprocessor to process Personal Data; or
(c) Swifteq may cease to provide or Customer may agree not to use (temporarily or permanently) the particular aspect of a Swifteq Service that would involve use of the subprocessor to process Personal Data.
Termination rights, as applicable and agreed, are set forth exclusively in the DPA.