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TERMS & CONDITIONS
This document sets out the terms and conditions (“Terms”) between (A) the Client, whose details are set out on the Service Agreement (“Client/you”) and (B) GO4CONTACT. These Terms and the Privacy Policy govern your use of the GO4CONTACT System and Services. By using our Platform and Services, you confirm that you accept these Terms and the Privacy Policy and that you agree to abide and be bound by them. YOU MAY NOT USE THE PLATFORM AND SERVICE UNLESS YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND THE PRIVACY POLICY.
1. Interpretation
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1.1 In these Terms the capitalized terms set out below shall have the following meanings:
“Pricing” means that GO4CONTACT charges for the Services as set out in the Service Agreement together with such other additional charges as may be agreed between the parties from time to time, including purchases made by the Client through the Software;
“Associated Company” means a company belonging to the same group as either party;
“Codes” means all applicable legislation, regulations, directions, rules, codes of practice and guidelines applicable to Messages in the countries in which the Client operates and/or in which recipients of Messages sent using the Services are located (including, without limitation, the Committee of Advertising Practice Code (CAP Code), Spamhaus best practice guides, DMA best practice guides, applicable guidelines published by the CTIA, the Mobile Marketing Association and also including, without limitation, any requirements or practices in relation to telemarketing such as a telephone preference service regime, ‘do not call’ regime) (as is relevant) as may be revised or adopted in relation to marketing best practice;
“Data Processing Agreement” means the addendum to these Terms found at https://go4.contact/legal-information?page=data-processing-agreement
“Data Protection Laws” means: (a) in relation to the Client all data protection and/or privacy laws, principles and agreements and all electronic marketing laws, principles and agreements applicable to the country (and state where applicable) in which the Client signing a Service Agreement is located and all countries (and states where applicable) in which recipients of Messages sent via the Services are located, including but not limited to the CAN-SPAM Act 2003 and Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) and, in Singapore, the Spam Control Act (Cap. 311A) and the ‘Do Not Call’ regime established by the Personal Data Protection Act (No 12 of 2012); (b) in relation to GO4CONTACT all data protection and/or privacy laws, principles and agreements and all electronic marketing laws, principles and agreements applicable to the country (or state where applicable) in which the GO4CONTACT entity signing a Service Agreement is located;
“GO4CONTACT” means the GO4 entity specified on a Service Agreement whose details are outlined below:
GO4AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, whose registered offices are at 34 Moate Avenue, Brighton Le Sands, NSW, 2216, Australia, ACN: 629841532 & ABN: 71629841532.
“Initial Term” means the fixed term, minimum term or initial term set out in the Service Agreement;
“Intellectual Property” means any and all patents, copyrights (including future copyrights), design rights, trade marks, Trade Mark, service marks, domain names, trade secrets, know-how, database rights, and all other intellectual property rights, whether registered or unregistered, and including applications for any of the foregoing and all rights of a similar nature which may exist anywhere in the world and provided by or owned by GO4AUSTRALIA, and/or its Associated Companies;
“Material” means written documentation and content, verbal, electronic and other information, databases, computer software, Software, designs, drawings, pictures or other images (whether still or moving), the Site, sounds or any other record of any information in any form belonging to GO4AUSTRALIA but for the avoidance of doubt does not include material belonging to the Client;
“Messages” means communications and content sent using the Services by Clients to recipients, including, but not limited to, emails, SMS and R.M.
“Permission-based Marketing Policy” means GO4CONTACT’s permission-based marketing policy, available at https://go4.contact/legal-information?page=data-processing-agreement
“Privacy Policy” means GO4CONTACT’s privacy policy available at https://go4.contact/legal-information?page=privacy-policy
“Renewal Period” means 12 (Twelve) months;
“Service Agreement” means the Service Agreement confirming the Level of Services you are purchasing and incorporating these Terms;
“Services” means the provision of the GO4CONTACT data processing services and Software for use by the Client according to the Service Agreement whereby: (a) GO4CONTACT, provides the Software to manipulate the personal data collected; (b) GO4CONTACT’ provides the facilities for the Client to send Messages to data subjects who have expressly consented to the Client sending them such Messages (except where otherwise agreed to by GO4CONTACT); and (c) GO4CONTACT provides facilities for the Client to export personal data together with such other services agreed between GO4CONTACT and the Client from time to time or ancillary to the Services;
“Site” means GO4CONTACT’s website at www.go4.contact;
“Software” means GO4CONTACT’s data management and manipulation software;
“Trade Mark” means the ‘GO4CONTACT’ unregistered trade mark and logo and any future registration of either of these marks or any similar mark or branding of GO4CONTACT or of any Associated Companies or third parties provided or used as a part of these Services or any application for registration anywhere in the World;
“Working Day” means Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays in the country in which GO4CONTACT is located; and
“Working Hours” means 9.00 to 17.00 on a Working Day in the time zone in which GO4CONTACT is located.
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1.2 Subject to clause 14, any reference in these terms to ‘writing’ or related expressions includes but shall not be limited to a reference to email, communications via websites and comparable means of communication.
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1.3 Except where the context requires otherwise: the singular includes the plural and vice versa; a reference to one gender includes all genders; and words denoting persons include firms and corporations and vice versa.
2. Supply of the Services
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2.1 GO4CONTACT, shall provide the Services to the Client for the term set out in clause 10.1 in accordance with these Terms and the Privacy Policy. These Terms shall come into force and govern the provision of the Services by GO4CONTACT and the use of the Services by the Client from the date set out on the Service Agreement signed by the Client.
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2.2 GO4CONTACT, uses third parties to host the GO4CONTACT application servers for the provision of the Services. The Client hereby consents to GO4CONTACT using data centers provided globally by GCP, that reach the client more efficiently for the provision of the hosting services. A list of locations can be supplied by contacting us at status@go4.contact. Client account data is, by default, hosted at our cloud based servers of GCP.
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2.3 Although GO4CONTACT does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error, bug or virus free or that the delivery of Messages will be without delay, GO4CONTACT will provide the Services and maintain security measures in accordance with industry best practice. The Services will be available with 98.9% uptime in any calendar month, excluding scheduled maintenance and emergency maintenance. The Client’s sole remedy for any failure by GO4CONTACT to meet the availability as stated herein shall be a service credit for the relevant calendar month calculated on the following basis:
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2.4 It may be necessary for GO4CONTACT to temporarily suspend the Services in whole or in part from time to time to carry out maintenance of the Services. GO4CONTACT will use its reasonable endeavors to provide the Client with at least 36 hours’ notice of any temporary suspensions of the Services and to undertake any scheduled and planned maintenance or repair work outside of Working Hours in order to minimize disruption to the Services provided to the Client. Such communications will be made via email to each and every client/customer of our service. The Client may subscribe to automated alerts, by emailing us at status@go4.contact. However, GO4CONTACT reserves the right to carry out urgent maintenance or repair work at any time where it would be unreasonable, in GO4CONTACT’s opinion, to delay repairing the Services taking into account the interests of the Client. Services may also be suspended in whole or in part where GO4CONTACT or any third-party host is obliged to comply with an order, instruction or request of government, a court or other competent administrative authority or an emergency service organisation. Except for the service credit procedure contained in clause 2.3, GO4CONTACT accepts no responsibility or liability to the Client for any direct or indirect loss or damage that may arise under this clause 2.4.
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2.5 GO4CONTACT cannot guarantee the delivery of Messages to any recipient under the Services, as this is dependent upon accurate and up to date recipient contact information, suitable internet availability and connectivity, on various anti-spam and junk mail policies adopted by recipient service providers as well as restrictions regarding the content, wording and graphics of a Message. GO4CONTACT will use reasonable endeavours to assist the Client with methods to maximise the delivery rate of Messages, however GO4CONTACT makes no representations or warranties whatsoever about the speed or number of Messages sent that will be received by recipients. GO4CONTACT accepts no responsibility or liability to the Client for any direct or indirect loss or damage that may arise under this clause 2.5, except due to GO4CONTACT’s error or omission causing any Messages not to be sent via the Services.
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2.6 GO4CONTACT will ensure that Clients will have access to GO4CONTACT’s support team, where support may be provided by email.
3. Charges, Invoicing and Payment
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3.1 The Client shall pay the Charges in accordance with these Terms, in the currency in which Charges are specified in the Service Agreement. Where Client pays the Charges in an alternative currency to that specified, Client shall also be responsible for the payment of currency conversion charges incurred by GO4CONTACT.
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3.2 After expiry of the Initial Term, GO4CONTACT may alter the level of Charges or the payment terms by giving the Client 30 (thirty) days’ written notice. Within 30 (thirty) days of receiving such notice, the Client must notify GO4CONTACT in writing if it does not accept the changes, otherwise the changes will be deemed accepted. If the Client gives notice of any objection as aforementioned the parties shall attempt to mutually agree the changes to be made to the Terms and if the parties cannot agree within 30 (thirty) days of the notice of objection being served, either party may terminate these Terms by giving the other 90 (ninety) days’ notice in writing. Note that unless agreed otherwise on a Service Agreement, changes relating to SMS, Email and R.M., charges may be amended on 14 (fourteen) days written notice to the Client.
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3.3 All Charges quoted to the Client for the provision of the Services are exclusive of any applicable tax, for which the Client shall be additionally liable at the applicable rate from time to time. The Client shall pay all Charges without withholding or deduction of, or in respect of, any tax unless required by law. If any such withholding or deduction is required, the Client shall, when making the payment to which the withholding or deduction relates, pay to GO4CONTACT such additional amount as will ensure that GO4CONTACT receives the same total amount that it would have received if no such withholding or deduction had been required.
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3.4 GO4CONTACT, provides all its services on the website on PAYG basis, using Stripe ass the Payment Gateway. No Postpaid services are offered, allowing GO4CONTACT to offer the best prices to its clients.
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3.5 If the charges exceed, 10,000 Euro per transaction, the client shall email at sales@go4.contact to be provided the bank account details to facilitate the transfer and upon receipt of payment, the amount will be credited to the clients account.
4. Data & Data Protection
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4.1 Each party undertakes to comply with its obligations under relevant applicable Data Protection Laws and the Data Processing Agreement.
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4.2 Personal data is derived from data provided by the Client and is not checked or monitored by GO4CONTACT. GO4CONTACT, has no liability or responsibility whatsoever howsoever arising directly or indirectly to the Client for the accuracy, content or use of such personal data under this clause 4.2, provided that such use is in accordance with the instructions of the Client and GO4CONTACT’s obligations set out in these Terms.
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4.3 GO4CONTACT has no responsibility or liability for the back-up of Client data and, although GO4CONTACT makes daily back-ups, the Client remains responsible for making its own back-ups, particularly but not limited to when the Client adds a significant amount of data to the Services over a period of 24 hours.
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4.4 GO4CONTACT shall not use any Client data or materials except in connection with the provision of Services to the Client:
(a) as set out in these Terms; or (b) as required by law, regulation or regulatory body or any court of competent jurisdiction.
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4.5 The Client shall:
(a) ensure that it is appropriately registered with any applicable data protection authority;
(b) take appropriate organisational and technical measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing;
(c) obtain where appropriate express, specific and informed consent when obtaining personal data from individuals;
(d) keep full records of Message recipients’ opt-in/opt-out choices regarding unsolicited Messages;
(e) ensure that it obtains all necessary consents from Message recipients in respect to transferring data to the hosting location specified at clause 2.2 herein these Terms.
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4.6 In the event of any conflict between the Data Processing Agreement and these Terms, the provisions of the Data Processing Agreement shall take precedence.
5.Client’s Obligations
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5.1 The Client warrants that it shall not:
(a) use the Services in breach of GO4CONTACT’s Permission Based Marketing Policy;
(b) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content or materials transmitted through the Services;
(c) use the Services in a manner which is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, indecent, obscene, libelous, menacing or which infringes the Intellectual Property, proprietary or personal rights of any third party;
(d) misuse or attack the Site of Services via a denial-of-service attack or by introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is technologically harmful or;
(e) attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site or Services, the server on which the Site or Services are stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Site or Services.
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5.2 The Client warrants that it shall:
(a) comply and ensure that its use of the Services complies with all Codes applicable to the country in which the Client is registered and recipients of Messages reside;
(b) provide all reasonable assistance required by GO4CONTACT to enable GO4CONTACT to comply with any requirements or conditions imposed by such Codes;
(c) provide, GO4CONTACT relevant authority, user group or regulator of the Codes with all information or material reasonably requested in order to carry out any investigation in connection with the Client’s use of the Services; and
(d) not use the Services to upload or send to records purchased, rented or acquired from a third party in any way.
GO4CONTACT, has no responsibility or liability whatsoever howsoever arising directly or indirectly to the Client for the content of any Messages sent using the Services or Messages being sent to recipients in breach of the Client of its obligations contained in this clause 5.2.
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5.3 In relation to email Messages sent using the Services, Client warrants that:
(a) it will identify itself in every email according to applicable law, but at least with postal address, register number, phone number, email address data and tax registry, where applicable; and
(b) it will not use the Service to send email communications advertising or promoting email lists or services supporting unsolicited bulk email. Any Client who uses the Services to promote or advertise email lists or services supporting unsolicited bulk email will have their account disabled without notice and with immediate effect and no refund of Charges or other payments to GO4CONTACT will be made. Unsolicited bulk email support services may include but are not limited to: services providing service to known spam operations listed on Register of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO), services providing ‘bullet-proof hosting’ for spam service purposes, services obfuscating or anonymising spam senders, services selling or providing hosting for the sales or distribution of spamware or address lists, and networks knowingly hosting spammers as either stated or de facto policy.
GO4CONTACT, accepts no responsibility or liability to the Client for any direct or indirect loss or damage that may arise under this clause 5.3.
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5.4 In relation to SMS Messages sent using the Services, Client warrants that:
(a) it will not attempt to use Services to access or allow access to emergency services or impersonate any other entity; and
(b) if Client has purchased a short code, then Client will not change the use of that short code from the use stated in any documentation in relation to approval of the short code without first obtaining an amendment to any application for approval of the short code under the new use.
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5.5 The Client shall indemnify GO4CONTACT against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal and other reasonable professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by GO4CONTACT arising out of a breach of the obligations in 5.1 to 5.4 above. This indemnity shall not cover GO4CONTACT to the extent that a claim under it results from GO4CONTACT’s negligence or wilful misconduct.
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5.6 GO4CONTACT monitors Messages created by the Client. If GO4CONTACT considers in its reasonable opinion that the Client is sending Messages in breach of clause 5.1 to 5.4 above, GO4CONTACT may at its absolute discretion (taking into account the Client’s track record of use of the Services):
(a) suspend provision of Services;
(b) block Client’s access to the Services for such time as in each case is reasonable; and
(c) add any recipient contact details to its global suppression list (“GSL”). GO4CONTACT will usually provide the Client with prior notice of any suspension, blocking or addition of an email to the GSL, unless immediate action is necessary in the circumstances. GO4CONTACT accepts no responsibility or liability to the Client for any direct or indirect loss or damage that may arise under this clause 5.5.
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5.7 Where GO4CONTACT suspends or blocks access to the Services pursuant to clause 5.5 above, a member of the GO4CONTACT compliance team shall contact the Client to:
(a) inform the Client of the action taken or proposed action (where applicable) giving rise to the suspension;
(b) explain why the access to the Services is suspended or blocked;
(c) to inform the Client of the remedial actions that the Client needs to take to rectify the issues with the Client’s use of the Services;
(d) inform the Client of any applicable de-listing fee payable to GO4CONTACT (if necessary and determined in GO4CONTACT’s sole discretion); and
(e) to agree on the timescale for the Client to take the necessary remedial actions.
GO4CONTACT shall only reactivate the Services once the Client has taken the remedial actions. If the Client fails to take the remedial actions within the timescale agreed, GO4CONTACT reserves the right to terminate these Terms upon giving notice to the Client and the Client shall become immediately liable to pay all outstanding fees for remainder of the unexpired Term.
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5.8 The Client will keep its password and other access details for use with the Services confidential and restricted to those members of staff who need to know such details and shall ensure all such staff are aware of the confidential nature of such information and treat it accordingly. The Client shall notify GO4CONTACT immediately if it believes that such information is no longer secret. The Client is solely responsible for all activities resulting from use of the Client’s password or account. The Client will not permit any person to access the Services for any unauthorised purpose that would constitute a breach of these Terms.
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5.9 Without prejudice to its other rights in these Terms GO4CONTACT reserves the right to prevent the sending of any Messages forming part of the Services or any other item or material made available via the Services by the Client at any time and without notice, where the content is in GO4CONTACT’s reasonable opinion a breach of these Terms. GO4CONTACT accepts no responsibility or liability to the Client for any direct or indirect loss or damage that may arise under this clause 5.8.
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5.10 The Client is not permitted to conduct vulnerability scanning, or any form penetration testing against the GO4CONTACT Services or application servers. GO4CONTACT shall provide Client with the results of GO4CONTACT’s own penetration tests upon written request.
6. Ownership & Use of the Intellectual Property Rights
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6.1 GO4CONTACT, warrants that to the best of its knowledge:
(a) GO4CONTACT, is the proprietor of the Intellectual Property and Materials supplied during the course of providing the Services; and
(b) the Intellectual Property and Materials provided by GO4CONTACT do not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third-party.
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6.2 Subject to the Client’s compliance with the rest of this Clause 6, GO4CONTACT shall indemnify the Client against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal and other reasonable professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by the Client arising from a breach of clause 6.1. This indemnity shall not cover the Client to the extent that a claim under it results from use of Client’s intellectual property.
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6.3 GO4CONTACT hereby grants to the Client a personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to use the Intellectual Property and/or Materials for the duration of these Terms strictly in accordance with these Terms only. The Client shall not be entitled to use the Intellectual Property and/or Materials for any other purpose than the use of the Services, including, without limitation, that the Client shall have no right to copy, translate, reproduce, adapt, reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble, create derivate works, modify, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, sub-licence, make any representations, warranties or guarantees with regard to the Intellectual Property and/or Materials in whole or part except as permitted by law.
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6.4 The Client shall only use the Intellectual Property and/or Materials or any GO4CONTACT branding in the form stipulated by GO4CONTACT from time to time and shall observe all directions given by GO4CONTACT as to colours and size and representations of the Trade Mark and branding and their manner and disposition on the Client’s products, packaging, labels, wrappers and any accompanying leaflets, brochures or other materials.
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6.5 The Client shall not use any mark or name confusingly similar to the Trade Mark in respect of any of its Services or use the Trade Mark as part of any corporate business or trading name or style. GO4CONTACT may use the Client’s trade marks for publicity purposes only in a form and manner approved by the Client in writing in advance. GO4CONTACT may not refer to the Client in GO4CONTACT’s marketing and advertising communications, without first obtaining consent.
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6.6 If the Client becomes aware that any other person, firm or company alleges that the Intellectual Property and/or Materials is invalid or that use of the Intellectual Property and/or Materials infringes any rights of another party or that the Intellectual Property and/or Materials is otherwise attacked or attackable the Client shall as soon as reasonably possible give GO4CONTACT full particulars in writing thereof and shall make no comment or admission to any third party in respect thereof.
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6.7 GO4CONTACT shall have the conduct of all proceedings relating to the Intellectual Property and/or Materials and shall in its sole discretion decide what action if any to take in respect of any infringement or alleged infringement of the Intellectual Property or passing off or any other claim or counterclaim brought or threatened in respect of the use or registration of the Intellectual Property. The Client shall not be entitled to bring any action relating to the Intellectual Property in its own name but shall reasonably assist GO4CONTACT upon GO4CONTACT’s reasonable request. GO4CONTACT agrees to reimburse the Client’s reasonable expenses incurred in complying with clauses 6.6 and 6.7.
7. Confidentiality
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7.1 Subject to clause 7.2, neither party shall disclose at any time during the Term or for a period of ten (10) years after termination, to any third party any information relating to the other party including information relating to:
(a) Intellectual Property, intellectual property, software, the Software, materials, Materials, products, systems, operations, processes, plans or intentions, product information, know-how and market opportunities; and
(b) business, identity and affairs and the business, identity and affairs of its directors, officers, employees, customers and potential customers or personal data relating to customers, suppliers, agents, or subcontractors and the like, which comes into the possession of the other party as a result of or in connection with the performance of these Terms (collectively, “Confidential Information”).
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7.2 The provisions of clause 7.1 shall not apply to any information which:
(a) is in or enters the public domain other than by a breach of clause 7.1; or
(b) is in the possession of the receiving party without restriction in relation to disclosure before the date of its receipt in connection with these Terms; or
(c) is obtained from a third party who is lawfully authorised to disclose such information and is provided to the receiving party without any obligation of confidentiality;
(d) is authorised in advance for release by the disclosing party; or
(e) may be required to be disclosed under applicable legislation or the order of a Court or other competent authority.
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7.3 The parties shall ensure that any Confidential Information which it receives from the other shall be held with the same degree of care as that party’s own Confidential Information.
8. Limitation of Liability and Indemnity
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8.1 This clause 8 sets out the entire financial liability of either party to the other (including any liability for the acts or omissions of a party’s employees, agents, consultants, and subcontractors) in respect of:
(a) any breach of these Terms;
(b) any use of the Services or any part of them; and
(c) any representation, statement or tortious act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with the Terms.
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8.2 Other than where expressly stated, all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from these Terms.
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8.3 Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes the liability of either party:
(a) for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or
(b) for any damage or liability incurred as a result of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) for any indemnities provided under these Terms; or
(d) for any other liability which cannot be excluded by applicable law.
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8.4 Subject to clauses 8.2, 8.3, and where expressly stated:
(a) neither party shall be liable to the other under these Terms for any loss of profits, loss of business; depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses; loss of goods; loss of contract; loss of use; loss or corruption of data or information; or any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses; and
(b) each party’s total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution arising in connection with the performance, or contemplated performance, of these Terms shall be limited to the Charges paid or payable under the Initial Term or then-current Renewal Term, in total in respect of any single claim or series of connected claims brought by either party under these Terms.
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8.5 If any third party makes a claim, or notifies an intention to make a claim, against either party which may reasonably be considered likely to give rise to a liability under any indemnity provided under these Terms (a “Claim”), the indemnifying party shall:
(a) as soon as reasonably practicable, give written notice of the Claim to the indemnifying party, specifying the nature of the Claim in reasonable detail; and
(b) not make any admission of liability, agreement or compromise in relation to the Claim without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), provided that the indemnifying party may settle the Claim (after giving prior written notice of the terms of settlement (to the extent legally possible) to the claiming party.
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8.6 Nothing in this clause shall restrict or limit either party’s general obligation at law to mitigate a loss it may suffer or incur as a result of an event that may give rise to a claim under this clause 8.
9. Force Majeure
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Neither party shall be responsible to the other in circumstances where some or all of the obligations (except for the obligation for the payment of Charges) under these Terms cannot be performed due to circumstances outside the reasonable control of the defaulting party including, without limitation, an Act of God, change in legislation, fire, explosion, flood, accident, strike, lockout or other industrial dispute, war, terrorist act, riot, civil commotion, failure of public power supplies, third party hacking, viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material attacking the Site, a denial-of-service attack, a distributed or malicious denial-of service attack, failure of communication facilities, unavailability of the internet. However, if such circumstances persist for more than 14 (fourteen) days, the non-defaulting party may terminate these Terms and all Charges due to GO4CONTACT up to the date of termination shall become immediately due and payable.
10. Term, Suspension and Termination
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10.1 GO4CONTACT, shall provide the Services set out in the Service Agreement and (where applicable) as purchased by the Client through the Software to the Client for the Initial Term. For the avoidance of doubt, any purchases made through the Software shall run coterminous with those set out in a Service Agreement. Upon expiry of the Initial Term, the Service Agreement and these Terms shall automatically renew for successive Renewal Periods, unless a party terminates:
(a) by giving at least 30 (thirty) days’ notice prior to expiry of the Initial Term or any Renewal Period via a cancellation email to support@go4.contact (or as otherwise may be directed by GO4CONTACT); or
(b) in accordance with clauses 10.3 or 10.4 below.
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10.2 GO4CONTACT, may immediately and without notice suspend the provision of Services to the Client if the Client’s account remains inactive for a period of 13 months or more.
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10.3 Either party may terminate these Terms on giving written notice if:
(a) either party commits a material breach of these Terms and (if capable of remedy) the breaching party fails to remedy the breach within 14 (fourteen) days after being required by written notice so to do; or
(b) either party becomes insolvent or bankrupt, enters into an arrangement with creditors, has a receiver or administrator appointed or its directors or shareholders pass a resolution to suspend trading, wind up or dissolve that party other than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction or it ceases, or threatens to cease trading. For the avoidance of doubt, neither party may terminate a Service Agreement for convenience unless in accordance with 11.1 below.
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10.4 The period during which GO4CONTACT may suspend the Services under these Terms will continue until the circumstances giving rise to GO4CONTACT’s right to suspend the Services ceases to subsist or until these Terms are terminated by either party. In the event that GO4CONTACT suspends the provision of Services to the Client, the Client will continue to be obliged to pay all Charges owing or due for the period when the Service is suspended.
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10.5 Any termination of these Terms for any reason shall be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies a party may be entitled to at law or under these Terms and shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party nor the coming into force or the continuance in force of any provision of these Terms which is expressly or by implication intended to come into or continue in force on or after such termination including but not limited to the warranties and indemnities contained in these Terms.
11. Effects of termination
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11.1 Where a Service Agreement is terminated by either party before the end of the Initial Term or then-current Renewal Term (except where terminated by the Client due to a material breach of these Terms by GO4CONTACT), all remaining Charges for the Initial Term or then-current Renewal Term (as applicable) shall be immediately payable.
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11.2 Following termination: (a) GO4CONTACT shall have no obligation to retain any Client data. If the Client wishes to export any data, it should do so prior to the effective date of termination. Where the Client requires GO4CONTACT to export any data on its behalf a charge may be applied for this additional service; (b) the Client shall immediately cease using the Intellectual Property and the Materials; and (c) any provision which expressly or by implication is intended to come into or remain in force on or after termination shall continue in full force and effect.
12. Disputes
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12.1 In the event of any dispute between the parties to these Terms the parties shall within 14 (fourteen) days of a written request from a party to the other, meet in a good faith effort to resolve the dispute without recourse to proceedings. If the dispute is not resolved as a result of such meeting, any party may (at such meeting or within 14 (fourteen) days from its conclusion) propose to the other in writing that structured negotiations be entered into with the assistance of a mediator via arbitration (the “Mediator”). If the parties are unable to agree on the appointment of a Mediator or the Mediator is unable or unwilling to act, either party may within fourteen days from the date of the proposal to appoint a Mediator or within 14 (fourteen) days of notice to any party that he or she is unable or unwilling to act, apply to appoint a Mediator. The parties shall within 14 (fourteen) days of the appointment of the Mediator,, so meet with him or her in order to agree a programme for the exchange of any relevant information and the structure to be adopted for the negotiations. All negotiations connected with the dispute shall be conducted in confidence and without prejudice to the rights of the parties in any future proceedings. If the parties accept the Mediator’s recommendations or otherwise reach agreement on the resolution of the disputes, such agreement shall be set down in writing and, when signed by their duly authorized representative, shall be binding on the parties. Failing agreement, either of the parties may invite the Mediator to provide a non-binding opinion in writing. Such opinion shall be provided on a without prejudice basis and shall not be used in evidence in any proceedings commenced pursuant to the terms of these Terms without the prior written consent of the parties.
13. Assignment
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13.1 Neither party shall assign the whole or any part of these Terms without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, however GO4CONTACT shall be entitled to assign these Terms to any entity that purchases the shares or assets of that party as the result of a merger, takeover or similar event, unless such acquiring entity is a competitor of the non-assigning party.
14. Communication & Notices
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14.1 Notices or proceedings relating to a dispute shall be given by post addressed to the other party at its registered office or principal place of business as may at the relevant time have been notified. Other notices required to be given by either party to the other under the terms of these Terms may be given in writing by post or by email. Where such notice is given by email it shall be sent to the registered email address provided to GO4CONTACT by the Client.
14.2 Any such notice shall be delivered by email to management@go4.contact and will be deemed to have been received.
15. General
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15.1 Except where otherwise expressly stated herein, these Terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter of these Terms and, supersedes any previous agreement or understanding whatsoever whether oral or written relating to the subject matter of these Terms. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the terms contained in the Service Agreement, the Service Agreement shall prevail.
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15.2 GO4CONTACT, may at its reasonable discretion, change or modify the Terms or Services to comply with a change in any applicable law upon giving the Client 30 (thirty) days’ notice of the same either by email or notification on the website. Within a further 14 (fourteen) days from the expiry of such 30 (thirty) days’ notice, the Client may notify GO4CONTACT in writing that it wishes to terminate these Terms with effect from the date of any proposed change to the Terms or Services. GO4CONTACT may then choose to either accept the notice of termination from the Client, alter the Terms or Service or withdraw its notice to the Client. If no such notice is received from the Client, the Client shall be deemed to have accepted the changes made by GO4CONTACT.
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15.3 Each party warrants to the other that it has the power and authority:
(a) to enter into these Terms; and (b) to perform its obligations under these Terms.
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15.4 These Terms shall not be deemed to create any partnership or employment relationship between the parties.
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15.5 Nothing contained in these Terms is intended to be enforceable by any third party pursuant to any rights that such third party may have under applicable law or otherwise.
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15.6 No act, failure or delay to act, or acquiescence by GO4CONTACT or the Client in exercising any of its rights under these Terms shall be deemed to be a waiver of that right or in any way prejudice any right of GO4CONTACT or the client under these Terms, and no waiver by GO4CONTACT of any breach of these Terms by the Client shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision. Any waiver or relaxation whether partly or wholly of any of the terms or conditions of these Terms shall be valid only if in writing and signed by or on behalf of GO4CONTACT and shall apply only to a particular occasion and shall not be continuing and further shall not constitute a waiver or relaxation of any other terms or conditions of these Terms.
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15.7 If any provision of these Terms is held by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the provision shall, to the extent required, be severed from these Terms and rendered ineffective as far as possible without modifying the remaining provisions of these Terms, and shall not in any way affect any other circumstances of or the validity or enforcement of these Terms.
16. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
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16.1 Each party agrees to these Terms being subject to the applicable law of the country or state as specified below, without regard to choice of law or conflict of law rules, and the courts specified below shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any disputes arising under these Terms, being: for Clients signing a Service Agreement with GO4AUSTRALIA Pty Ltd – the laws of New South Wales, Australia shall govern these Terms and the courts of New South Wales, Australia shall have exclusive jurisdiction; or an independent Mediation & Arbitration to be mutually agreed upon.
17. Compliance & Export Restrictions
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17.1 Modern Slavery. GO4CONTACT undertakes and represents that:
a) neither GO4CONTACT nor any of its officers, employees, agents or subcontractors has:
committed an offence under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (an “MSA Offence“); or
been notified that it is subject to an investigation relating to an alleged MSA Offence or prosecution under the Modern Slavery Act 2015; or
is aware if any circumstances within its supply chain that could give rise to an investigation relating to an alleged MSA Offence or prosecution under the Modern Slavery Act 2015;
b) it shall comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and GO4CONTACT’s Modern Slavery Policy (as applicable);
c) it shall notify the Client immediately in writing if it becomes aware or has reason to believe that it, or any of its officers, employees, agents or subcontractors have breached or potentially breached any of GO4CONTACT’s obligations under clause 17.1(b). Any such notice shall set out full details of the circumstances concerning the breach or potential breach of GO4CONTACT’s obligations.
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17.2 Bribery. For the purposes of this clauses, means the Bribery Act 2010 and associated guidance published by the Secretary of State for Justice under the Bribery Act 2010. GO4CONTACT, shall ensure that it and each person referred to in (a) to (c) below (inclusive) does not, by any act or omission, place Client in breach of any Bribery Laws. GO4CONTACT shall comply with all applicable Bribery Laws in connection with the performance of the Services, ensure that it has in place adequate procedures to prevent any breach of this clause 17.2 and ensure that:
(a) all of GO4CONTACT’s personnel and all direct and indirect subcontractors of GO4CONTACT;
(b) all others associated with GO4CONTACT; and
(c) each person employed by or acting for or on behalf of any of those persons referred to in (a) and (b) above), involved in performing the Services or with these Terms so comply.
Without limitation to the above, GO4CONTACT shall not in connection with the performance of the Services and/or these Terms make or receive any bribe (which term shall be construed in accordance with the Bribery Act 2010) or other improper payment or advantage, or allow any such to be made or received on its behalf, either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and will implement and maintain adequate procedures to ensure that such bribes or improper payments or advantages are not made or received directly or indirectly on its behalf.
GO4CONTACT shall immediately notify the Client as soon as it becomes aware of a breach of any of the requirements in this clause 17.2.
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17.3 Export Restrictions. The Services, content, and other technology that GO4CONTACT makes available, and derivatives thereof may be subject to export laws and regulations of the United States and other jurisdictions. Each party represents that it is not named on any U.S. government denied party list. The Client shall not permit users to access or use any Service or content in a U.S. embargoed country (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria) or in violation of any U.S. export law or regulation.