Terms and Conditions
a. This Agreement is entered into between Vouch For Pty Ltd (ABN 44 642 623 130) (we, us or our) and you, the person, organisation or entity described in the Schedule or on the Site (as applicable) (you or your), together the Parties and each a Party.
b. If you accept this Agreement on the Site, and you are agreeing to this Agreement on behalf of a company, your employer, an organisation, government or other legal entity (Entity), then “you” means the Entity and you are binding that Entity to this Agreement. If you are accepting this Agreement on behalf of an Entity, you as an individual represent and warrant that you are authorised by the Entity to do so.
c. This Agreement forms the agreement under which we agree to provide you the Services. Please read this Agreement carefully. If you have any questions, please contact us using the contact details in the Schedule or on the Site (as applicable), before accepting this Agreement.
Background
We have developed the Software as a tool for you to obtain videos directly form your clients, employees, stakeholders and more.
1. Acceptance
1. 1 You accept this Agreement by the earlier of:
a) signing and returning this Agreement to us;
b) confirming by email that you accept this Agreement;
c) confirming that you accept this Agreement via the platforms or applications through which we provide this Agreement to you, including our Site;
d) clicking a box on the Site indicating your acceptance of this Agreement;
e) instructing us (whether orally or in writing) to proceed with the provision of the Services; and
f) making part or full payment of the Fees.
1.2 This Agreement will commence on the Commencement Date and will continue until the date the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms (Term). If you do not terminate this Agreement in accordance with its terms, you agree that our provision of the Services will automatically continue for the upcoming month or annual period (as applicable).
2. Services
2.1 In consideration of your payment of the Fees or providing us with your information, we will provide the Services in accordance with this Agreement, whether ourselves or through our Personnel.
2.2 You agree that we may amend the Services (including any features) or the Fees at any time, by providing written notice to you. If you do not agree to any amendment made to the Services or the Fees, you may terminate this Agreement by giving us 30 days’ notice in writing, in which case, clause 21.3 will apply. If you do not terminate this Agreement, any amendment will be effective from the date of the next billing period.
2.3 We warrant and agree that, we will use reasonable effort to ensure all of our obligations under this Agreement will be carried out:
a) by suitably competent and trained Personnel; and
b) in an efficient and professional manner.
3. Accounts
3.1 You will require an Account, and each of your Authorised Users will require a login (which is linked to your Account), in order to use the Services (including the SaaS Services).
3.2 Once you, or we, have created an Account, you will be able to invite your Authorised Users to create logins, subject to any limitations on the number of Authorised Users.
3.3 You must ensure that any information you provide to us, or we request from you, for any Account or login, is complete and accurate, and you are authorised to provide this information to us.
3.4 You are the Account owner and regardless of any change in any contact details, you will remain responsible for your Account (and all logins), as set out in this Agreement. If you wish to change the Account owner, you must provide us with a written request to transfer the ownership of the Account to the incoming party, which must also include the incoming party's written consent to take over full responsibility for the Account, in a form acceptable to us.
3.5 It is your responsibility to keep your Account details confidential and to ensure that all Authorised Users do the same in relation to their login details. You are responsible for all activity on your Account and all activity by any Authorised User, and for ensuring that any activities on any Account and login complies with this Agreement.
3.6 We are not responsible for the management or administration of your Account, any logins or your Authorised Users.
3.7 Please be aware that each Entity may only have one Account. If another user has already created an Account for your Entity, please contact us using the contact details at the bottom of this Agreement for further details.
3.8 Free Account: We may offer you a free Account with limited features. Any free Account can change at any time without notice. We have the right to terminate any free Account if you are found to be misusing the Services. Despite anything to the contrary, you may terminate your free Account at any time. If you have a free Account, we agree that the terms throughout this Agreement relating to the payment of the Fee, will not apply to your Account, unless you choose to upgrade to a paid Account.
4. Licence and restrictions on use
4.1 Subject to the payment of any applicable Fees and your and your Authorised Users’ compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement), personal and revocable licence to access and use the Services for the Term, for your use and enjoyment of the Services, as contemplated by this Agreement, including subject to any Authorised User or Video limits (if applicable) (Licence).
4.2 You must not (and must ensure your Authorised Users do not) access or use the Services except as permitted by the Licence and you must not (and must not permit any other person to) use the Services in any way which is in breach of any applicable Laws or which infringes any person's rights, including Intellectual Property Rights, including to;
a) use the Services to transmit, publish or communicate material that is defamatory, offensive, abusive, indecent, menacing or unwanted;
b) use the Services in any way that damages, interferes with or interrupts the supply of the Services;
c) introduce malicious programs into our hardware and software or Systems, including viruses, ransomware, malware, trojan horses and e-mail bombs;
d) reveal or allow others access to your Account’s password or authentication details or allow others to use your Account or authentication details (other than Authorised Users);
e) carry out security breaches or disruptions of a network, including accessing data where you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account that you are not expressly authorised to access or corrupting any data (including network sniffing/monitoring, pinged floods, packet spoofing, denial of service and forged routing information for malicious purposes);
f) use any program/script/command, or send messages of any kind, with the intent to interfere with, or disable, any person’s use of the Services;
g) if applicable, send any form of harassment via email, or any other form of messaging, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages, or use the Services in breach of any person’s privacy (such as by way of identity theft or “phishing”); or
h) circumvent user authentication or security of any of our Services, networks, accounts or hosts or those of our other users.
5. Variations
5.1 You agree that the Licence permits you to access and use the Services in accordance with the description of the Services, as set out in the Schedule or the Site (if applicable).
5.2 You may, at any time, request for an upgrade to the Services (Variation Request) by providing written notice to us, including by email or through the Site.
5.3 We will not be obliged to comply with a Variation Request unless we accept the Variation Request, and you accept any variation to the Fee to effect the Variation Request (Fee Variation).
5.4 You may accept the Fee Variation in writing (including by email) and after your acceptance:
a) you agree to pay the relevant amount of the Fee Variation on a pro-rata basis for the then current billing period; and
b) we will apply the Fee Variation to any subsequent billing periods in the Term, which will be considered the new Fee for the purpose of this Agreement.
5.5 If the Variation Request is accepted, you agree that the Services will be upgraded within a reasonable time after the Variation Request is accepted or as otherwise agreed between the Parties.
6. Access and availability
6.1 We agree to use commercially reasonable endeavours to ensure that the SaaS Services will be available and accessible at all times during the Term.
6.2 During the Term, from time to time, we may perform scheduled and emergency maintenance and updates in relation to the SaaS Services. You agree that access to, or the functionality of all or part of the SaaS Services, may need to be suspended for a time in order for us to do this.
6.3 We will endeavour to provide you with reasonable notice, where possible, of any interruptions to access and availability of the SaaS Services.
7. Third Party Inputs
7.1 You agree that the provision of the Services may be contingent on, or impacted by, Third Party Inputs.
7.2 You agree that the Services may include Third Party Inputs that may interface, or interoperate with, the Services, including third party software or services.
7.3 To the extent that you choose to use such Third Party Inputs, you are responsible for:
a) the purchase of;
b) the requirements; and
c) the licensing obligations,
related to the applicable Third Party Input, including third party software and services.
7.4 You agree that the benefit of the Third Party Input’s interface, or interoperation with, the Services, is subject to your compliance with clause 7.3.
8. Support Services
8.1 If included in our provision of the Services to you, during the Term, we will provide you online support via email or message, between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm on Business Days (Support Services). In order for you to receive the Support Services, you or your Authorised User must place a request. We agree to respond to any such request on a timely basis and will endeavour to respond, where possible, within 48-72 business hours of the request being made.
8.2 Where you continuously or frequently submit requests of a volume or effort level that is greater than average (based on the data we gather from requests by our other clients), we may:
a) give you notice of this; and
b) if you do not adjust your usage in line with any request to do so:
- adjust our response time accordingly; and
- vary the Fees to reflect your use of our limited resources, effective on and from us giving you written notice of the new Fees.
9. Additional Services
9.1 You may request Additional Services, including bespoke customisation to the scope or functionality of the Services or development services, by providing written notice (including by email) to us.
9.2 We may, at our discretion, provide you with written notice in the form of a scope of services, a proposal or a statement of work (as applicable) covering the Additional Services requested and any further fee required for us to undertake the Additional Services.
9.3 If you agree to the scope of services, proposal or statement of work (as applicable), for the Additional Services, then we will provide the Additional Services to you in consideration for payment of the additional fee, which will form part of the Fees.
10. Payment
10.1 You agree to pay us the Fees, and any other amounts payable to us under this Agreement, without set-off or delay, in accordance with the Payment Terms.
10.2 If any payment has not been made in accordance with the Payment Terms, we may (at our absolute discretion):
a) immediately cease or suspend the provision of the Services, and recover as a debt due and immediately payable from you, our additional costs of doing so;
b) charge interest at a rate equal to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate from time to time plus 8% per annum, calculated daily and compounding monthly, on any such amounts unpaid after the due date for payment in accordance with the Payment Terms; and
c) engage debt collection services and/or commence legal proceedings in relation to any such amounts.
10.3 If you rectify such non-payment within a reasonable time after the Services have been suspended, then we may, at our discretion, recommence the provision of the Services as soon as reasonably practicable.
10.4 The Fees are non-refundable. To the maximum extent permitted by law, there will be no refunds or credits for any unused Licence (or part thereof).
11. Privacy
11.1 You are responsible for the collection, use, storage and otherwise dealing with Personal Information related to your business and all matters relating to the Customer Data (including any Videos).
11.2 You must, and must ensure that your Personnel and Authorised Users, comply with the legal requirements of the Australian Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and any privacy or anti-spam Laws applicable to you in respect of all Personal Information collected, used, stored or otherwise dealt with under or in connection with this Agreement (Privacy Laws).
11.3 Without limiting this clause 11, you must only disclose Personal Information, if:
a) you are authorised by Privacy Laws to collect the Personal Information and to use or disclose it in the manner required by this Agreement;
b) you have informed the individual to whom the Personal Information relates, that it might be necessary to disclose the Personal Information to third parties; and
c) where any Personal Information is Sensitive Information, you have obtained the specific consent to that disclosure from the individual to whom the Sensitive Information relates.
11.4 We agree to handle any Personal Information provided to us, solely for the purpose of performing our obligations under this Agreement, and in accordance with any applicable Laws and our Privacy Policy.
12. Confidential Information
12.1 Each Receiving Party agrees:
a) not to disclose the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any third party;
b) to use all reasonable endeavours to protect the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party from any unauthorised disclosure; and
c) to only use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for the purposes for which it was disclosed or provided by the Disclosing Party, and not for any other purpose.
12.2 The obligations in clause 12.1 do not apply to Confidential Information that:
a) is required to be disclosed in order for the Parties to comply with their obligations under this Agreement;
b) is authorised to be disclosed by the Disclosing Party;
c) is in the public domain and/or is no longer confidential, except as a result of a breach of this Agreement; or
d) must be disclosed by Law or by a regulatory authority, including under subpoena.
12.3 Each Party agrees that monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for a breach of this clause 12. A Party is entitled to seek an injunction, or any other remedy available at law or in equity, at its discretion, to protect itself from a breach (or continuing breach) of this clause 12.
12.4 This clause 12 will survive the termination of this Agreement.
13. Intellectual Property Rights
13.1 You agree that all Intellectual Property Rights:
a) in the Services, including the Software and SaaS Services;
b) in the Intellectual Property developed, adapted, modified or created by us, or our Personnel (including in connection with this Agreement, the Services, the Software and the SaaS Services, but excluding the Videos); and
c) Feedback,
will at all times vest, or remain vested, in us (or, if applicable, our third party service providers). To the extent that ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights do not automatically vest in us, you agree to do all acts necessary or desirable to assure our title to such rights.
13.2 You agree that we may use Feedback in any manner which we see fit (including to develop new features) and no benefit will be due to you as a result of any use by us of any Feedback.
13.3 We agree that, subject to your payment of the Fees, all Intellectual Property Rights in the Videos, will vest, in you.
13.4 You grant us:
a) a non-exclusive, revocable, worldwide, non-sublicensable and non-transferable right and licence, to use Your Materials, solely for the purposes for which they were developed and for the performance of our obligations under this Agreement, as contemplated by this Agreement; and
b) a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, sublicensable and transferable right and licence, to use the Videos, for the performance of our obligations under this Agreement, as contemplated by this Agreement, and to market and promote the Services we have provided to you subject to your written consent.
13.5 You must not whether directly or indirectly, without our prior written consent:
a) copy or use, in whole or in part, any of our Intellectual Property;
b) reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any of our Intellectual Property to any third party;
c) reverse assemble, reverse engineer, reverse compile or enhance the Services;
d) attempt to discover the source code or object code or underlying structures, ideas, know how or algorithms in relation to the Services, the data or documentation;
e) breach any Intellectual Property Rights connected with the Services, including altering or modifying any of our Intellectual Property;
f) cause any of our Intellectual Property to be framed or embedded in another website; or create derivative works from any of our Intellectual Property;
g) resell, assign, lease, hire, sub-license, transfer, distribute or make available the Services to third parties;
h) “frame”, “mirror” or serve any of the Services on any web server or other computer server over the Internet or any other network; and
i) alter, remove or tamper with any trademarks, any patent or copyright notices, any confidentiality legend or notice, any numbers or any other means of identification used on or in relation to the Services.
13.6 This clause 13 will survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.
14. Analytics
14.1 Despite anything to the contrary, we may monitor, analyse and compile statistical and performance information based on and/or related to your use of the Services, in an aggregated and anonymised format (Analytics). You agree that we may make such Analytics publicly available, provided that it:
a) does not contain identifying information; and
b) is not compiled using a sample size small enough to make the underlying Customer Data identifiable.
14.2 We, and our licensors own all right, title and interest in and to the Analytics and all related software, technology, documentation and content used or provided in connection with the Analytics, including all Intellectual Property Rights in the foregoing.
15. Customer Data
15.1 You grant us a limited licence to copy, transmit, store and back-up or otherwise access the Customer Data during the Term and for a reasonable period after the Term to:
a) supply the Services (including for back-ups) to you (including to enable you, your Authorised Users and your Personnel to benefit from the Services);
b) diagnose problems with the Services;
c) enhance and otherwise modify the Services, and
d) as reasonably required to perform our obligations under this Agreement.
15.2 You must, at all times, ensure the integrity of the Customer Data and that your provision of, and use of the Customer Data is compliant with all Laws.
15.3 You represent and warrant that:
a) you have obtained all necessary rights, releases and permissions to provide all your Customer Data to us and to grant the rights granted to us in this Agreement;
b) the Customer Data is accurate and complete;
c) the Customer Data (and its transfer to and use by us as authorised by you) under this Agreement does not violate any Laws (including those relating to export control and electronic communications) or rights of any third party, including any Intellectual Property Rights, rights of privacy, or rights of publicity. For the avoidance of doubt, you agree that you have all the necessary rights, releases and permissions from your clients (or your client’s personnel) to obtain Videos, and allow us to use the Videos in order to perform our obligations, or exercise our rights, under this Agreement; and
d) any use, collection and disclosure authorised in this Agreement is not inconsistent with the terms of any applicable privacy policies.
15.4 We assume no responsibility or Liability for the Customer Data (including any Videos). You are solely responsible for the Customer Data (including Videos) and the consequences of using, disclosing, storing or transmitting it. It is your responsibility to back up the Customer Data (including Videos).
15.5 You acknowledge and agree that the operation of the Services is reliant on the accuracy of the Customer Data, and the provision of inaccurate or incomplete Customer Data by you may affect the use, output and operation of the Services.
16. Warranties
- You warrant and agree that:
- there are no legal restrictions preventing you from entering into this Agreement;
- you are not and have not been the subject of an Insolvency Event;
- you will cooperate with us and provide us with all assistance, resources, data, people, information, facilities, access and documentation that is reasonably necessary to enable us to perform the Services and as otherwise requested by us, from time to time, and in a timely manner;
- all information and documentation that you provide to us in connection with this Agreement is true, correct and complete and that we will rely on such information and documentation in order to provide the Services;
- you have not relied on any representations or warranties made by us in relation to the Services (including as to whether the Services are or will be fit or suitable for your particular purposes), unless expressly stipulated in this Agreement;
- you will inform us if you have reasonable concerns relating to our provision of the Services under this Agreement, with the aim that the Parties will use all reasonable efforts to resolve your concerns;
- you are responsible for obtaining, and providing to us in a timely manner, any consents, licences, authorities and permissions from third parties necessary for the Services to be provided in accordance with this Agreement, at your cost;
- the Services are provided to you solely for your benefit and you will not (or you will not attempt to) disclose, or provide access to, our Services to third parties without prior written consent;
- you will be responsible for the use of any part of the Services, and you must ensure that no person uses any part of the Services to break any Law or infringe any person’s rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) or in any way that damages, interferes with or interrupts the supply of the Services;
- you have reviewed this Agreement, including our Privacy Policy, and you understand them and will use the Services in accordance with them;
- you have the authority to act on behalf of any person or entity for whom you are using the Services and you are deemed to have agreed to this Agreement on behalf of any entity for whom you use the Services; and
- you have all the hardware, software and services which are necessary to access and use the Services, including any required operating systems as set out on the Site or as otherwise communicated to you.
- Australian Consumer Law
- Certain legislation, including the ACL, and similar consumer protection laws and regulations may confer you with rights, warranties, guarantees and remedies relating to the provision of our services which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (Statutory Rights).
- If the ACL applies to you as a consumer, nothing in this Agreement excludes your Statutory Rights as a consumer under the ACL. You agree that our Liability for the Services provided to an entity defined as a consumer under the ACL is governed solely by the ACL and this Agreement.
- Subject to your Statutory Rights, we exclude all express and implied warranties, and all material, work and services (including the Services) are provided to you without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, whether in statute, at Law or any other basis.
- This clause 17 will survive termination or expiry of this Agreement.
- Indemnities
- Except to the extent that the Liability arose from our negligent acts or omissions or any of our Personnel, you indemnify us and our Personnel against all Liability that we or any of our Personnel may sustain or incur as a result, whether directly or indirectly, of:
- your or your Personnel’s breach of clauses 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 17;
- your or your Personnel’s negligent, unlawful or wilful acts or omissions in connection with this Agreement.
- Limitations on Liability
- Despite anything to the contrary (except for clause 17) and to the maximum extent permitted by law:
- neither Party will be liable for any Consequential Loss;
- a Party’s liability for any Liability under this Agreement will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the acts or omissions of the other Party (or any of its Personnel); and
- our aggregate liability for any Liability arising from or in connection with this Agreement will be limited to us resupplying the Services to you or, in our sole discretion, to us repaying you the amount of the Fees paid by you to us in respect of the supply of the relevant Services to which the Liability relates.
- This clause 19 will survive termination or expiry of this Agreement.
- Exclusions to Liability
- Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for, and you waive and release us from and against, any Liability, caused or contributed to by, arising from or connected with:
- loss of, or damage to, any property or any injury to or loss to any person;
- the Computing Environment;
- your or your Personnel’s acts or omissions;
- any use or application of the Services by a person or entity other than you, or other than as reasonably contemplated by this Agreement (which includes the production of Videos);
- any work, services, goods, materials or items which do not form part of the Services (as expressed in this Agreement), or which have not been provided by us;
- any Third Party Inputs;
- the Services being unavailable, or any delay in us providing the Services to you, for whatever reason;
- any Customer Data;
- any event outside of our reasonable control (including a fault, defect, error or omission in the Computing Environment or Customer Data).
- You acknowledge and agree that:
- you are responsible for all users using the Services, including your Personnel and any Authorised Users;
- you use the Services and any associated programs and files at your own risk;
- the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including Customer Data, may be transferred unencrypted and involves:
- transmissions over various networks; and
- changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices;
- we may use third party service providers to integrate with the Services or to host the SaaS Services. If the providers of third party applications or services cease to make their services or programs available on reasonable terms, we may cease providing any affected features without Liability or entitling you to any refund, credit, or other compensation;
- the Services may use third party products, facilities or services. We do not make any warranty or representation in respect of the third party products, facilities or services;
- we do not guarantee that any file or program available for download and/or execution from or via the Services is free from viruses or other conditions which could damage or interfere with data, hardware or software with which it might be used;
- we are not responsible for the integrity or existence of any data on the Computing Environment, network or any device controlled by you, your Authorised Users or your Personnel; and
- we may pursue any available equitable or other remedy against you if you breach any provision of this Agreement.
- This clause 20 will survive termination or expiry of this Agreement.
- Termination
- An Account and this Agreement may be terminated by either party on 30 days’ written notice to the other party. Where this termination right it exercised, this Agreement, your Account and all Authorised User logins will terminate:
- for the provision of the Services on a monthly basis, at the end of the month that the 30 day notice period ends in; and
- for the provision of the Services on an annual basis, at the end of the annual period that the 30 day notice period ends in.
- This Agreement will terminate immediately upon written notice by:
- us:
- if you (or any of your Personnel) breach any provision of this Agreement and that breach has not been remedied within 10 Business Days of being notified by us;
- if you fail to provide us with clear or timely instructions or information to enable us to provide the Services;
- for any other reason outside our control which has the effect of compromising our ability to provide the Services; or
- if you are unable to pay your debts as they fall due; and
- you, if we:
- are in breach of a material term of this Agreement, and that breach has not been remedied within 10 Business Days of being notified by you; or
- are unable to pay our debts as they fall due.
- Upon expiry or termination of this Agreement:
- we will immediately cease providing the Services;
- we will be entitled to permanently delete all Customer Data within 1 month from expiry or termination of this Agreement;
- you agree that any payments made are not refundable;
- you are to pay for all Services provided prior to termination, including Services which have been provided and have not yet been invoiced to you, and all other amounts due and payable under this Agreement;
- pursuant to clauses 21.2(a)(1), (2) or (4), you also agree to pay us additional costs arising from, or in connection with, such termination; and
- immediately return (where possible) or delete or destroy (where not possible to return), any of our property (including any of our Confidential Information and Intellectual Property).
- Termination of this Agreement will not affect any rights or liabilities that a Party has accrued under it.
- This clause 21 will survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.
- GST
- If GST is payable on any supply made under this Agreement, the recipient of the supply must pay an amount equal to the GST payable on the supply. That amount must be paid at the same time that the consideration is to be provided under this Agreement and must be paid in addition to the consideration expressed elsewhere in this Agreement, unless it is expressed to be inclusive of GST. The recipient is not required to pay any GST until the supplier issues a tax invoice for the supply.
- If an adjustment event arises in respect of any supply made under this Agreement, a corresponding adjustment must be made between the supplier and the recipient in respect of any amount paid by the recipient under this clause, an adjustment note issued (if required), and any payments to give effect to the adjustment must be made.
- If the recipient is required under this Agreement to pay for or reimburse an expense or outgoing of the supplier, or is required to make a payment under an indemnity in respect of an expense or outgoing of the supplier, the amount to be paid by the recipient is to be reduced by the amount of any input tax credit in respect of that expense or outgoing that the supplier is entitled to.
- The terms “adjustment event”, “consideration”, “GST”, “input tax credit”, “recipient”, “supplier”, “supply”, “taxable supply” and “tax invoice” each has the meaning which it is given in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
- General
- Access: The Services may be accessed in Australia and overseas. We make no representation that the Services comply with the Laws (including Intellectual Property Laws) of any country outside of Australia. If you access the Services from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for complying with the Laws in the place you access the Services.
- Amendment: This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by the Parties.
- Assignment: A Party must not assign or deal with the whole or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party (such consent is not to be unreasonably withheld).
- Counterparts: This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts that together will form one instrument.
- Dispute: A Party may not commence court proceedings relating to any dispute, controversy or claim arising from, or in connection with, this Agreement (including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination) (Dispute) without first meeting with a senior representative of the other Party to seek (in good faith) to resolve the Dispute. If the Parties cannot agree how to resolve the Dispute at that initial meeting, either Party may refer the matter to a mediator. If the Parties cannot agree on who the mediator should be, either Party may ask the Law Society of New South Wales to appoint a mediator. The mediator will decide the time, place and rules for mediation. The Parties agree to attend the mediation in good faith, to seek to resolve the Dispute. The costs of the mediation will be shared equally between the Parties. Nothing in this clause will operate to prevent a Party from seeking urgent injunctive or equitable relief from a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
- Email: You agree that we are able to send electronic mail to you and receive electronic mail from you. You release us from any Liability you may have as a result of any unauthorised copying, recording, reading or interference with that document or information after transmission, for any delay or non-delivery of any document or information and for any damage caused to your system or any files by a transfer.
- Entire agreement: This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the Parties, and supersedes all previous discussions, communications, negotiations, understandings, representations, warranties, commitments and agreements, in respect of its subject matter.
- Exclusivity: The Services will be provided to you on a non-exclusive basis.
- Further assurance: You agree to promptly do all things and execute all further instruments necessary to give full force and effect to this Agreement and your obligations under it.
- Governing law: This Agreement is governed by the laws of New South Wales. Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts operating in New South Wales and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts and waives any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts.
- Notices: Any notice given under this Agreement must be in writing addressed to the relevant address last notified by the recipient to the Parties. Any notice may be sent by standard post or email, and will be deemed to have been served on the expiry of 3 Business Days in the case of post, or at the time of transmission in the case of transmission by email.
- Publicity: You agree that we may advertise or publicise the broad nature of our provision of the Services to you, including on our website or in our promotional material, with your prior written consent.
- Relationship of Parties: This Agreement is not intended to create a partnership, joint venture, employment or agency relationship between the Parties.
- Severance: If a provision of this Agreement is held to be void, invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision is to be read down as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be valid or enforceable, failing which, that provision (or that part of that provision) will be severed from this Agreement without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remainder of that provision or the other provisions.
- Definitions
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms have the meanings given to them in this Agreement, the Schedule or the Site (as applicable), and:
Account means an account accessible to you and/or your Authorised Users to use the Services, including, the SaaS Services;
ACL or Australian Consumer Law means the Australian consumer laws set out in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), as amended, from time to time;
Additional Services means any Services not set out in the Services description in the Schedule which we agree to provide to you, and may include development services;
Agreement means these terms and conditions, all schedules (including the Schedule), annexures and attachments included, or referred to, in this agreement;
Authorised User, if applicable, means a user permitted to access and use the Services under your Account, as further particularised in the Schedule or the Site;
Business Day means a day on which banks are open for general bank business in New South Wales, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
Commencement Date means the date this Agreement is accepted in accordance with its terms;
Computing Environment means your computing environment including all hardware, software, information technology and telecommunications services and Systems;
Confidential Information includes information which:
- is disclosed to the Receiving Party in connection with this Agreement at any time;
- is prepared or produced under or in connection with this Agreement at any time;
- relates to the Disclosing Party’s business, assets or affairs; or
- relates to the subject matter of, the terms of and/or any transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
whether or not such information or documentation is reduced to a tangible form or marked in writing as “confidential”, and howsoever the Receiving Party receives that information;
Consequential Loss includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise;
Customer Data means the information, materials, logos, documents, qualifications and other Intellectual Property or data inputted by you, your Personnel, customers or Authorised Users into the Services or stored by the Services or generated by the Services as a result of your use of the Services, and includes Videos;
Feedback means any idea, suggestion, recommendation or request by you or any of your Personnel or Authorised Users, your customers, whether made verbally, in writing, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Services;
Fees means the fees set out in the Schedule or the Site, relevant to the Services (as applicable), or as otherwise quoted by us, to you;
Insolvency Event means any of the following events or any analogous event:
- a Party disposes of the whole or any part of the Party’s assets, operations or business other than in the ordinary course of business;
- a Party ceases, or threatens to cease, carrying on business;
- a Party is unable to pay the Party’s debts as the debts fall due;
- any step is taken by a mortgagee to take possession or dispose of the whole or any part of the Party’s assets, operations or business;
- any step is taken for a party to enter into any arrangement or compromise with, or assignment for the benefit of, a Party’s creditors or any class of a Party’s creditors; or
- any step is taken to appoint an administrator, receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, provisional liquidator or liquidator of the whole or any part of a Party’s assets, operations or business;
Intellectual Property means any copyright, registered and unregistered trade marks, designs (whether or not registered or registrable), domain names, know-how, inventions, processes, trade secrets or Confidential Information; or circuit layouts, software, computer programs, databases or source codes, including any application, or right to apply, for registration of, and any improvements, enhancements or modifications of, the foregoing;
Intellectual Property Rights means for the duration of the rights in any part of the world, any industrial or intellectual property rights, whether registrable or not, including in respect of Intellectual Property.
Laws means all applicable laws, regulations, codes, guidelines, policies, protocols, consents, approvals, permits and licences, and any requirements or directions given by any person with the authority to bind the relevant Party in connection with this Agreement or the provision of the Services, and includes the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Spam Act 2003 (Cth);
Liability means any expense, cost, liability, loss, damage, claim, notice, entitlement, investigation, demand, proceeding or judgment (whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising, whether direct or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent and whether involving a third party or a Party to this Agreement or otherwise;
Licence is defined in 4.1;
Payment Terms means the fees set out in the Schedule or the Site, relevant to the Services (as applicable), or as otherwise quoted by us, to you;
Personal Information is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and also includes any similar term as defined in any other privacy law applicable to you;
Personnel means, in respect of a Party, any of its employees, consultants, suppliers, subcontractors or agents;
Privacy Policy means any privacy policy set out on our Site;
SaaS Services means our Software as a service as described in the Schedule and on the Site;
Schedule means the schedule attached to these terms and conditions;
Sensitive Information is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and also includes any similar term as defined in any other privacy law applicable to you;
Site means the website located at www.vouchfor.com, and may be available through other addresses and channels;
Services means the Software, the SaaS Services any Support Services and any Additional Services requested throughout the Term.
Software means the software used to provide any of the SaaS Services, and includes any instructions in hard copy or electronic form and any update, modification or release of any part of that software after this Agreement is entered into by the Parties;
System means all hardware, software, networks and other IT systems used by a Party from time to time, including a network;
Videos means the video content generated by the Software;
Third Party Inputs means third parties or any goods and services provided by third parties, including customers, end users, suppliers, transportation or logistics providers or other subcontractors which the provision of the Services may be contingent on, or impacted by; and
Your Materials means all work, models, processes, technologies, strategies, materials, information, documentation and services (including Intellectual Property), owned, licensed or developed by or on behalf of you or your Personnel before the Commencement Date and/or developed by or on behalf of you or your Personnel independently of this Agreement.
- Interpretation
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
- a reference to this Agreement or any other document includes the document, all schedules and all annexures as novated, amended, supplemented, varied or replaced from time to time;
- a reference to any legislation or law includes subordinate legislation or law and all amendments, consolidations, replacements or re-enactments from time to time;
- a reference to a natural person includes a body corporate, partnership, joint venture, association, government or statutory body or authority or other legal entity and vice versa;
- no clause will be interpreted to the disadvantage of a Party merely because that Party drafted the clause or would otherwise benefit from it;
- a reference to a party (including a Party) to a document includes that party’s executors, administrators, successors, permitted assigns and persons substituted by novation from time to time;
- a reference to a covenant, obligation or agreement of two or more persons binds or benefits them jointly and severally;
- a reference to time is to local time in New South Wales; and
- a reference to $ or dollars refers to the currency of Australia from time to time.