These Fulldata B.V. (hereinafter:
“Fulldata”) Terms of Service (“Terms of service”) apply to heuse by any customer
(hereinafter: “Customer”) of Fulldata’s software product called CloudXcellence , or
any other software product made available by Fulldata, on the basis
of‘Software-as-a-service’, which is understood to mean a service by which Fulldata
makes functionality available to and keeps functionality available for client
remotely, through the Internet or another data network, without providing client with
a physical carrier with or download of the relevant underlying software (hereinafter:
“CloudXcellence”).
SCOPE OF THESE TERMS OF
SERVICE
Fulldata owns, holds and controls
CloudXcellence. CloudXcellence includes proprietary rightsin certain valuable trade
names, trademarks and computer programs. By installing, having installed, clicking to
accept, or using CloudXcellence, all the foregoing by using the orderform as
designated by Fulldata, Customer accepts these Terms of service. If Customer complies
with these Terms of service, Customer has the rights as described below.
USAGE RIGHTS AND
LIMITATIONS
Fulldata owns, holds and controls
CloudXcellence. CloudXcellence includes proprietary rightsin certain valuable
trade names, trademarks and computer programs. By installing, havinginstalled,
clicking to accept, or using CloudXcellence, all the foregoing by using the
orderform as designated by Fulldata, Customer accepts these Terms of service. If
Customer complies with these Terms of service, Customer has the rights as
described below.
Customer shall not be allowed to
remove or modify any designation concerning theconfidential nature or concerning
copyrights, trademarks, business names or other intellectual or industrial
property rights from the software or databases.
Fulldata shall be allowed to take
technical measures to protect the software in CloudXcellence or with a view to
agreed restrictions in the duration of the right to use CloudXcellence. Customer
shall not be allowed to remove or evade such a technicalmeasure.
Infringement. Customer shall notify
Fulldata as soon as practicable after Customer becomes aware of: (i) any actual,
threatened or suspected infringement of anyintellectual property (including
know-how) in respect of CloudXcellence, any related material or of any breach of
confidence relating to any of the foregoing; (ii) any claim brought against
Customer alleging that its use of CloudXcellence, any related material any
intellectual property or other rights belonging to or alleged to belong to the
claimant.
PRODUCT SUPPORT AND PRODUCT
LIFECYCLE SUPPORT
Fulldata does not guarantee that
CloudXcellence made available and held in thecontext of CloudXcellence is free
of errors and functions without interruption. Fulldata shall make efforts to
have bugs in the Fulldata software be fixed within areasonable term if and
insofar the Customer has provided to Fulldata a detailed,written description of
the interruption and circumstances under which the bugsoccurred. Fulldata shall
provide a copy thereof upon request of the Customer. Wherethere are grounds for
doing so, Fulldata may postpone the fixing of bugs until a newversion of the
software is put into operation. Fulldata shall make available newversions of the
Fulldata Software from time to time. More information is available the
CloudXcellence Service Level Agreement.
Fulldata has the right to charge the
repair costs to Customer if Fulldata candemonstrate, after repairing the error,
that the cause of the error cannot be attributed to Fulldata for one of the
following reasons:
- The error was caused by Customer or a third party, or by
software changes carriedout by Customer without Fulldata consent or
authorization.
- The error was caused by software or hardware that was
not supplied by Fulldata.
- The error was caused by Microsoft software or by third party software, and
Microsoft or the third party in question has announced not to repair the
errorwithin the current version of the software.
Fulldata does not guarantee that
defects in the Microsoft software or in other third-party software shall be
fixed. Such software shall be supported and maintained inaccordance with the
relevant third-party maintenance and support terms as may be applicable from
time to time. More information on the applicable Microsoft Corporation
maintenance and support terms for Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us
Fulldata is entitled to install
temporary solutions, program bypasses or problem-avoiding limitations in
CloudXcellence.
Based on the information provided by
Fulldata concerning measures to prevent andlimit the effects of malfunctions,
defects in CloudXcellence, corruption or loss of dataor other incidents, the
customer shall identify and list the risks to its organization and take
additional measures if necessary. Fulldata declares that it is prepared to
provide assistance, at the customer’s request, to the extent reasonable and
according to the financial and other conditions set by Fulldata, with respect to
further measures to betaken by the customer. Fulldata is never obliged to
recover data that has been corrupted or lost.
MAINTENANCE TIME AND SERVICES
OF THIRD PARTIES
If and insofar as Fulldata, when
providing CloudXcellence, uses software and/or services from third parties, the
terms and conditions of such third parties shall applying the relationship
between Fulldata and the Customer with respect to such softwareand/or services
instead of the provisions herein in sofar these differ from those third-party
terms and conditions.
If and insofar as, for whatever
reason, the terms of third parties referred to above are deemed not to apply or
are declared inapplicable in the relationship between the customer and Fulldata,
the provisions of the conditions herein apply in full.
CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION
The parties shall keep confidential
all data, facts and events that come to theirknowledge in relation to the order
form and of which they know or should know thatpublic disclosure negatively
impacts the interests of the other party. Information shallin any event be
deemed confidential in the event such confidentiality is indicated by the
disclosing party in writing. The order form shall be considered confidential.
The parties shall only use any
confidential information for the purpose and during the period for which such
information is made available.
The parties shall not be obliged to
keep confidential any information that is available to the public, that the
receiving party already had in its position without any illegal act,that is
independently developed by the receiving party or that was received from athird
party without any illegal act. The parties may use any experience, know-how and
techniques that they have gained in relation to the order form and the order
forms without limitation unless explicitly stated otherwise.
CUSTOMER DATA
Use of Customer Data. Customer Data
will be used only to provide Customer CloudXcellence including purposes
compatible with providing those services.Fulldata will not use the Customer Data
or derive information from it for anyadvertising or similar commercial purposes.
Customer retains all right, title andinterest in the Customer Data. Fulldata
acquires no rights in Customer Data, otherthan the rights required by Fulldata
to provide CloudXcellence.
Fulldata shall only process any
personal data following customer’s explicit order. The parties shall then adhere
to the rules and regulations following the EU General Data Protection Regulation
(hereinafter: “GDPR”). In such event the parties shall conclude aseparate data
processing agreement. Fulldata shall comply with the obligations of aprocessor
set forth in the GDPR and the customer shall comply with the obligationsof a
processor set forth in the GDPR. Fulldata shall support customer in complying
with its obligations to third parties based on the GDPR. The costs of such
supportshall be invoiced at the tariff listed in the tariff list.
Customer Responsibilities. Customer
shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy,quality, integrity, legality,
reliability, appropriate and ownership of all of its data.Customer agrees to
provide any notices and obtain any consents related to its useand Fulldata’s
provision of CloudXcellence, including those related to the collection,use,
processing, transfer and disclosure of personal information.
Customer agrees to provide
notification to the individual users of CloudXcellence that their data may be
processed for the purpose of disclosing it to law enforcement or other
governmental authorities and agree to obtain the users consent for the same.
LIMITATION OF WARRANTY AND
LIABILITY - DISCLAIMER
Warranty. Fulldata confirms and
warrants that it is the owner of and/or controls allintellectual property rights
and any other rights to CloudXcellence necessary toperform and administer an
order form.
Limited Warranty. CloudXcellence is
provided “as is” with all faults and, to the fullestextent permitted by law,
Fulldata makes no other warranties or representations thandescribed above and
accepts no other conditions in relation to CloudXcellence.Fulldata does not give
any further representation, warranty or undertaking as to theeffectiveness,
performance, quality, merchantability, durability or fitness for anypurpose of
CloudXcellence or any related material or documentation or services, orthat
CloudXcellence, or any related material or documentation or services supplied
byFulldata is free from any defect or error.
Fulldata’ total liability due to an
attributable failure in the performance of anobligation under the order form or
on any other legal basis whatsoever, expresslyincluding each and every failure
to fulfil a warranty obligation agreed with thecustomer, shall be limited to
compensation for direct loss up to a maximum of theprice stipulated for the
order form concerned (excluding VAT, discounts and third-party costs). If the
order form mainly concerns a continuing performance obligationwith a term of
more than one year, the price stipulated for that order form shall be setat the
total amount of the payments (excluding VAT, discounts and third-party costs)
stipulated for one year. Fulldata’s total liability for direct loss, on any
legal basis whatsoever, shall never amount to more than the 12 months
subscription fees.
Limited Liability. To the maximum
extent permitted by law, Fulldata (and/or itssuppliers) is in no way liable to
Customer by reason of any representation or thebreach of any implied condition,
warranty or other term or any duty under any law orstatues, or under any express
term of this Agreement, for any direct or indirect loss,damages, costs, expenses
or other claim for compensation whatsoever (includingwithout limitation,
consequential, special or incidental damages, damages for lostprofits or
revenues, business interruption, or loss of business information),
whetheroccasioned by the negligence of Fulldata, its servants or agents or
otherwise, which arises out of or in connection with this Agreement, even if
advised of the possibility of such damages or if such possibility was reasonably
foreseeable.
Direct damages shall consist
exclusively of the following:
Damages to equipment and software of
the other party;
- Reasonable costs incurred to bring the performance in
compliance with theorder form (such costs shall not be compensated in the
event the order formis terminated);
- Reasonable costs made in order to prevent or restrict
the damage, includingtaking emergency measures. Cost of personnel shall not
be deemedreasonable costs to prevent or restrict damage;
- Reasonable costs to repair the damage.
- Reasonable costs to determine the damage;
Save for the provisions expressly
laid down in these terms and/or order forms to which these terms apply, Fulldata
does not accept any other obligations, nor does itprovide any guarantees with
that CloudXcellence will reach customer’s aim or resultset. The provisions of
this article and all other limitations and exclusions of liability referred to
in these terms shall also apply for the benefit of all natural persons and legal
entities that Fulldata engages in the performance of the order form.
COMMENCEMENT OF CLOUDXCELLENCE,
RENEWAL AND TERMINATION
As stated in section 2 (a) of this
Agreement the making available of CloudXcellence shall commence on the date of
the order form. CloudXcellence is provided by Fulldata on a subscription- and
fixed-term basis as further specified in the order form. The term shall
automatically be extended unless either party terminates the subscription.
Fulldata receives either directly from Customer or through Partner, Customer’s
notification that Customer does not wish to renew at the end of the month.
Customer shall promptly ensure that
it has the facilities required to use CloudXcellence. Fulldata shall only
provide CloudXcellence on the instructions of the Customer. Customer may not
allow third parties to make use of CloudXcellence as provided by Fulldata.
The customer shall owe the payment
specified in the order form. In the absence of anagreed payment schedule, all
amounts that relate to CloudXcellence provided byFulldata shall be payable End
of Month.
Fulldata may change the content or
scope of CloudXcellence delivery model. If suchchanges result in a change in the
Customer’s current procedures, Fulldata shallinform the Customer about the
matter as soon as possible and the costs of thischange shall be borne by the
Customer. Customer may in this case give notice oftermination of the contract,
which termination shall then take effect on the date onwhich the change takes
effect, unless the change is related to changes in relevantlegislation or other
instructions issued by competent bodies, or Fulldata bears thecosts of the
change. Fulldata may continue to provide CloudXcellence using a new ormodified
version of the software. Fulldata is not obliged to maintain, modify or
addcertain features or functionalities of the service or Software Solution
specifically forthe Customer.
Fulldata may temporarily put all or
part of CloudXcellence out of operation for preventive, corrective or adaptive
maintenance or other forms of service, especially inthe event Microsoft
Corporation performs or announces to perform such preventive, corrective or
adaptive maintenance. Fulldata shall endeavor to allow the period duringwhich
the service is out of operation to last longer than necessary and shall endeavor
that this period occurs outside office hours, unless this is not possible due to
then applicable Microsoft Corporation’s service windows. Fulldata is never
obliged toprovide a physical carrier to the customer that contains the software
provided to and held by the customer in the context of CloudXcellence.
In addition to any other rights and
remedies at law, Fulldata shall be entitled toterminate Terms of service
forthwith by giving written notice if:
- Customer commits any breach of Terms of service and if
the breach iscapable of remedy, fail to remedy it within 30 days after
being given a writtennotice containing full particulars of the breach and
requiring it to be remedied;
or
- Customer becomes directly or indirectly involved, in the
design, development, manufacture and/or distribution of any products which
compete directly with CloudXcellence.
- Customer breaches Fulldata’s intellectual property
rights.
- In the event of bankruptcy or moratorium of payment of
Customer.
- In the event Customer is liquidated or ceasing its business.
Obligations Surviving Termination.
Notwithstanding any expiration or termination ofTerms of service and any
exercise of rights by Customer under a separate agreementhereunder, the
following rights and obligations shall survive any such termination orexercise
of rights necessary to permit their complete fulfillment or discharge:
- Fulldata’s right (’s right if applicable) to receive or
recover, and Customer’sobligation to pay any fees or other sums payable
which are vested in, accruedor accruable at the time of termination or
exercise of such rights.
- Any rights or remedies of Fulldata under this Agreement,
with regards anycause of action or claim of either party, whether or not
accrued at the time oftermination, arising from the other party’s breach of
or failure to perform anyobligation under this Agreement.
- In addition to the rights and obligations which survive as expressly
provided inthis Agreement, the Articles and Schedules which by their nature
shouldsurvive, shall survive and continue after any termination or
expirationhereunder.
MISCELLANEOUS
Assignment. This Agreement is
personal to Customer, Customer is not entitled to assign, mortgage, charge, or
otherwise transfer or sub-license any rights under this Agreement, except with
prior written approval.
Severability. If any provision
hereof is determined by a tribunal of competentjurisdiction to be illegal or
unenforceable, it shall automatically be deemed conformedto the minimum
requirements of law and, along with all other provisions hereof, shallthereupon
be given full force and effect.
Validity. Whenever possible, each
provision of Terms of service shall be interpreted insuch a manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provisionof Terms of
service shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision
shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity and
shall not invalidate the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions
of Terms of service that shall continue in full force and effect.
The order form, these terms and any
non-contractual obligations relating to or arisingout of the order form shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with Dutchlaw. Any disputes that may
arise between Fulldata and customer on the basis of theorder form, any other
agreement and/or any non-contractual obligations relating to orarising out of
the order form or any other agreement, shall be settled through arbitration in
accordance with the Arbitration Regulations of the Foundation for the Settlement
of Automation Disputes (www.sgoa.org), without prejudice to the right ofeither
of the parties to request an injunction in summary arbitral proceedings
andwithout prejudice to the right of either of the parties to take precautionary
legalmeasures.
Not withstanding the foregoing, the
Fulldata reserve the right to seek and obtain injunctive relief, whether in the
form of a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, injunction to
enforce an arbitration award, or other order of similar import, including
obtaining full payment of all fees and costs under Terms of service fromany
court of competent jurisdiction.