Prancer Terms and Conditions
Services Order Form
1. Customer details
The Customer details are collected during the signup process
2. Set Up Services
Prancer SaaS platform is being setup for the customer. Two different plans are available, Free plan and Premium plan
3. Specification of Hosted Services
The specifications of the service are fully detailed out on prancer.io website
4. Customer Systems
The customer system requirement is detailed out in the terms and conditions document
5. Financial provisions
The detail of the financial provisions is being presented to the customer at the time of registration for the system
6. Representatives
The Provider Representatives are: Farshid Mahdavipour
The Customer Representatives are: the user who registers on the prancer.io website
7. Contractual notices
The parties have indicated their acceptance of the Agreement by signing up on prancer.io website.Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. All contracts that the Prancer Enterprise may enter into from time to time for the provision of the Hosted Services and related services shall be governed by these Terms and Conditions, and Prancer Enterprise will ask the Customer for the Customer's acceptance of these Terms and Conditions before providing any such services to the Customer.
1. Definitions
1.1 Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise, in these Terms and Conditions:
"Acceptance Criteria" means:
"Acceptance Period" means a period of 10 Business Days following the making available of the Prancer Premium SaaS Platform to the Customer for the purposes of testing in accordance with Clause 4 or any repeated making available of the Hosted Services to the Customer for the purposes of testing in accordance with Clause 4, or such other period or periods as the parties may agree in writing;
"Acceptance Tests" means a set of tests designed to establish whether the Prancer Premium SaaS Platform meets the Acceptance Criteria, providing that the exact form of the tests shall be agreed and documented by the Prancer Enterprise on its public website;
"Account" means an account enabling a person to access and use the Prancer Premium SaaS Platform including both administrator accounts and user accounts;
"Affiliate" means an entity that Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with the relevant entity;
"Agreement" means a contract between the parties incorporating these Terms and Conditions, and any amendments to that contract from time to time;
"Business Day" means any weekday other than a bank or public holiday in United States;
"Business Hours" means the hours of 09:00 to 17:00 Pacific Time on a Business Day;
"CCN" means a change control notice issued in accordance with Clause 17;
"CCN Consideration Period" means the period of 10 Business Days following the receipt by a party of the relevant CCN from the other party;
"Change" means any change to the Agreement;
"Charges" means the following amounts:
"Confidential Information" means the Provider Confidential Information and the Customer Confidential Information;
"Control" means the legal power to control (directly or indirectly) the management of an entity (and "Controlled" should be construed accordingly);
"Customer" means the person or entity identified as such during the sign up process on the website;
"Customer Confidential Information" means:
(i) was marked or described as "confidential"; or
(ii) should have been reasonably understood by the Provider to be confidential; and
"Customer Data" means all data, works and materials: uploaded to or stored on the Platform by the Customer; transmitted by the Platform at the instigation of the Customer; supplied by the Customer to the Provider for uploading to, transmission by or storage on the Platform; or generated by the Platform as a result of the use of the Hosted Services by the Customer (but excluding analytics data relating to the use of the Platform and server log files);
"Customer Indemnity Event" has the meaning given to it in Clause 27.3;
"Customer Personal Data" means any Personal Data that is processed by the Provider on behalf of the Customer in relation to the Agreement
"Customer Representatives" means the person or persons identified as such during the signup process, and any additional or replacement persons that may be appointed by the Customer giving to the Provider written notice of the appointment;
"Customer Systems" means the software systems (clouds, repositories) of the Customer that interact with, or may reasonably be expected to interact with, the Hosted Services;
"Customization" means a customization of the Hosted Services, whether made through the development, configuration or integration of software, or otherwise;
"Data Protection Laws" means all applicable laws relating to the processing of Personal Data in the State of California
"Documentation" means the documentation for the Hosted Services produced by the Provider and delivered or made available by the Provider to the Customer;
"Effective Date" means following the Customer completing and submitting the online Services Order Form published by the Provider on the Provider's website, the date upon which the Provider sends to the Customer an order confirmation;
"Expenses" means the travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses that are reasonably necessary for, and incurred by the Provider exclusively in connection with, the performance of the Provider's obligations under the Agreement;
"Force Majeure Event" means an event, or a series of related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the party affected (including failures of the internet or any public telecommunications network, hacker attacks, denial of service attacks, virus or other malicious software attacks or infections, power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third party, changes to the law, disasters, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and wars);
"Hosted Services" means Prancer Premium SaaS platform , as specified in the Hosted Services Specification, which will be made available by the Provider to the Customer as a service via the internet in accordance with these Terms and Conditions;
"Hosted Services Defect" means a defect, error or bug in the Platform having an adverse effect on the appearance, operation, functionality or performance of the Hosted Services, but excluding any defect, error or bug caused by or arising as a result of:
"Hosted Services Specification" means the specification for the Platform and Hosted Services set out in Provider’s website documentation;
"Intellectual Property Rights" means all intellectual property rights wherever in the world, whether registrable or unregistrable, registered or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights (and these "intellectual property rights" include copyright and related rights, database rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names, trademarks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents, petty patents, utility models, semi-conductor topography rights and rights in designs);
"Maintenance Services" means the general maintenance of the Platform and Hosted Services, and the application of Updates and Upgrades;
"Minimum Term" means, in respect of the Agreement, the period of 12 months beginning on the Effective Date;
"Personal Data" has the meaning given to it in the Data Protection Laws applicable in California from time to time;
"Platform" means the platform managed by the Provider and used by the Provider to provide the Hosted Services, including the application and database software for the Hosted Services, the system and server software used to provide the Hosted Services, and the cloud provider on which that application, database, system and server software is working;
"Provider" means Prancer Enterprise, a company incorporated in California having its registered office at 431 Dos Cabazos, Escondido, CA, 92029;
"Provider Confidential Information" means:
"Provider Indemnity Event" has the meaning given to it in Clause 27.1;
"Provider Representatives" means the person or persons assigned to the customer after the signup process, and any additional or replacement persons that may be appointed by the Provider giving to the Customer written notice of the appointment;
"Remedy Period" means a period of 20 Business Days following the Customer giving to the Provider a notice that the Hosted Services have failed the Acceptance Tests, or such other period as the parties may agree in writing;
"Services" means any services that the Provider provides to the Customer, or has an obligation to provide to the Customer, under these Terms and Conditions;
"Services Order Form" means an online order form published by the Provider and completed and submitted by the Customer or otherwise agreed by or on behalf of each party, in each case incorporating these Terms and Conditions by reference;
"Set Up Services" means the configuration, implementation and integration of the Hosted Services in accordance with online Services Order Form;
"Support Services" means support in relation to [the use of, and the identification and resolution of errors in, the Hosted Services, but shall not include the provision of training services];
"Supported Web Browser" means the current release from time to time of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Apple Safari;
"Term" means the term of the Agreement, commencing in accordance with Clause 2.1 and ending in accordance with Clause 2.2;
"Terms and Conditions" means all the documentation containing the provisions of the Agreement, namely the Services Order Form, the main body of these Terms and Conditions and the Schedules, including any amendments to that documentation from time to time;
"Third Party Services" means any hosted or cloud services provided by any third party that may transmit data to and/or from the Hosted Services;
"Update" means a hotfix, patch or minor version update to any Platform software; and
"Upgrade" means a major version upgrade of any Platform software.
2. Term
2.1 The Agreement shall come into force upon the Effective Date.
2.2 The Agreement shall continue in force indefinitely, subject to termination in accordance with Clause 30.
2.3 Unless the parties expressly agree otherwise in writing, each Services Order Form shall create a distinct contract under these Terms and Conditions.
3. Set Up Services
3.1 The Provider shall provide the Set Up Services to the Customer.
3.2 The Provider shall use reasonable endeavors to ensure that the Set Up Services are provided 2 Business Days following the Effective Date.
3.3 The Customer acknowledges that a delay in the Customer performing its obligations in the Agreement may result in a delay in the performance of the Set Up Services; and subject to Clause 28.1 the Provider will not be liable to the Customer in respect of any failure to meet the Set Up Services timetable to the extent that that failure arises out of a delay in the Customer performing its obligations under these Terms and Conditions.
3.4 Subject to any written agreement of the parties to the contrary, any Intellectual Property Rights that may arise out of the performance of the Set Up Services by the Provider shall be the exclusive property of the Provider.
4. Acceptance procedure
4.1 During each Acceptance Period, the Customer shall carry out the Acceptance Tests.
4.2 The Provider shall provide to the Customer at the Customer's cost and expense all such assistance and co-operation in relation to the carrying out of the Acceptance Tests as the Customer may reasonably request.
4.3 Before the end of each Acceptance Period, the Customer shall give to the Provider a written notice specifying whether the Hosted Services have passed or failed the Acceptance Tests.
4.4 If the Customer fails to give to the Provider a written notice in accordance with Clause 4.3, then the Hosted Services shall be deemed to have passed the Acceptance Tests.
4.5 If the Customer notifies the Provider that the Hosted Services have failed the Acceptance Tests, then the Customer must provide to the Provider, at the same time as the giving of the notice, written details of the results of the Acceptance Tests including full details of the identified failure.
4.6 If the Customer notifies the Provider that the Hosted Services have failed the Acceptance Tests:
4.7 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Clause 4, but subject to any written
agreement of the parties to the contrary, the maximum number of rounds of Acceptance
Tests under this Clause 4 shall be 3, and if the final round of Acceptance Tests is failed,
the Provider shall be deemed to be in material breach of the Agreement.
4.8 If the Customer notifies the Provider that the Hosted Services have passed, or are deemed to have passed, the Acceptance Tests under this Clause 4, then subject to Clause 28.1 the Customer will have no right to make any claim under or otherwise rely upon any warranty given by the Provider to the Customer in the Agreement in relation to the specification and performance of the Hosted Services, unless the Customer could not reasonably have been expected to have identified the breach of that warranty during the testing process.
5. Hosted Services
5.1 The Provider shall create an Account for the Customer and shall provide to the Customer login details for that Account 2 business days following the Effective Date.
5.2 The Provider hereby grants to the Customer a worldwide, non-exclusive license to use the Hosted Services by means of a Supported Web Browser for the internal business purposes of the Customer in accordance with the Documentation during the Term.
5.3 The license granted by the Provider to the Customer under Clause 5.2 is subject to the following limitations:
5.4 Except to the extent expressly permitted in these Terms and Conditions or required by law on a non-excludable basis, the license granted by the Provider to the Customer under Clause 5.2 is subject to the following prohibitions:
5.5 The Customer shall use reasonable endeavors, including reasonable security measures relating to administrator Account access details, to ensure that no unauthorized person may gain access to the Hosted Services using an administrator Account.
5.6 The parties acknowledge and agree that Schedule 2 (Availability SLA) shall govern the availability of the Hosted Services.
5.7 The Customer must comply with Schedule 1 (Acceptable Use Policy), and must ensure that all persons using the Hosted Services with the authority of the Customer or by means of an administrator Account comply with Schedule 1 (Acceptable Use Policy).
5.8 The Customer must not use the Hosted Services in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Hosted Services or Platform or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Hosted Services.
5.9 The Customer must not use the Hosted Services:
5.10 For the avoidance of doubt, the Customer has no right to access the software code (including object code, intermediate code and source code) of the Platform, either during or after the Term.
6. Customizations
6.1 The Provider and the Customer may agree that the Provider shall design, develop and implement a Customization or Customizations in accordance with a specification and project plan agreed in writing by the parties
6.2 All Intellectual Property Rights in the Customizations shall, as between the parties, be the exclusive property of the Provider (unless the parties agree otherwise in writing).
6.3 From the time and date when a Customization is first delivered or made available by the Provider to the Customer, the Customization shall form part of the Platform, and accordingly from that time and date the Customer's rights to use the Customization shall be governed by Clause 5.
6.4 The Customer acknowledges that the Provider may make any Customization available to any of its other customers or any other third party at any time after making available of the Customization to the Customer.
7. Maintenance Services
7.1 The Provider shall provide the Maintenance Services to the Customer during the Term.
7.2 The Provider shall provide the Maintenance Services with reasonable skill and care.
7.3 The Provider shall provide the Maintenance Services in accordance with Schedule 3 (Maintenance SLA).
7.4 The Provider may suspend the provision of the Maintenance Services if any amount due to be paid by the Customer to the Provider under the Agreement is overdue, and the Provider has given to the Customer at least 30 days' written notice, following the amount becoming overdue, of its intention to suspend the Maintenance Services on this basis.
8. Support Services
8.1 The Provider shall provide the Support Services to the Customer during the Term.
8.2 The Provider shall provide the Support Services with reasonable skill and care.
8.3 The Provider shall provide the Support Services in accordance with Schedule 4 (Support SLA).
8.4 The Provider may suspend the provision of the Support Services if any amount due to be paid by the Customer to the Provider under the Agreement is overdue, and the Provider has given to the Customer at least 30 days' written notice, following the amount becoming overdue, of its intention to suspend the Support Services on this basis.
9. Customer obligations
9.1 Save to the extent that the parties have agreed otherwise in writing, the Customer must provide to the Provider, or procure for the Provider, such:
as are reasonably necessary to enable the Provider to perform its obligations under the Agreement.
9.2 The Customer must provide to the Provider, or procure for the Provider, such access to the Customer's cloud, software, networks and systems as may be reasonably required by the Provider to enable the Provider to perform its obligations under the Agreement.
10. Customer Systems
10.1 The Customer shall ensure that the Customer Systems comply, and continue to comply during the Term, with the requirements of Section 4 of the Services Order Form in all material respects, subject to any changes agreed in writing by the Provider.
11. Customer Data
11.1 The Customer hereby grants to the Provider a non-exclusive license to copy, reproduce, store, distribute, publish, export, adapt, edit and translate the Customer Data to the extent reasonably required for the performance of the Provider's obligations and the exercise of the Provider's rights under the Agreement. The Customer also grants to the Provider the right to sub-license these rights to its cloud providers, connectivity and telecommunications service providers, subject to any express restrictions elsewhere in the Agreement.
11.2 The Customer warrants to the Provider that the Customer Data when used by the Provider in accordance with the Agreement will not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any person, and will not breach the provisions of any law, statute or regulation, in the state of California.
11.3 The Provider shall create three synchronous copies of the Customer Data , shall ensure that each such copy is sufficient to enable the Provider to restore the Hosted Services to the state they were in at the time the back-up was taken.
11.4 The provider does not keep any backup of the customer data and cannot restore the system to a previous state.
12. Integrations with Third Party Services
12.1 The Hosted Services are integrated with those Third Party Services identified on the providers public website as at the Effective Date. The Provider may integrate any Third Party Services with the Hosted Services at any time.
12.2 The Provider may remove, suspend or limit any Third Party Services integration at any time in its sole discretion.
12.3 The supply of Third Party Services shall be under a separate contract or arrangement between the Customer and the relevant third party. The Provider does not contract to supply the Third Party Services and is not a party to any contract for, or otherwise responsible in respect of, the provision of any Third Party Services. Fees may be payable by the Customer to the relevant third party in respect of the use of Third Party Services.
12.4 The Customer acknowledges that:
12.5 Without prejudice to its other obligations under this Clause 12, the Customer must ensure that it has in place the necessary contractual safeguards to ensure that both:
12.6 The Customer shall have the opportunity to consent to transfers of Customer Data to any Third Party Services operator. The Provider must ensure that such transfers shall not take place without the consent of the Customer.
12.7 The Customer hereby consents to the transfer of the following categories of Customer Data to the following Third Party Services: Customer Contact information, Customer Credit Card information.
12.8 The use of some features of the Hosted Services may depend upon the Customer enabling and agreeing to integrations between the Hosted Services and Third Party Services.
12.9 The Customer warrants to the Provider that the transfer of Customer Data by the Provider to a provider of Third Party Services in accordance with this Clause 12 will not infringe any person's legal or contractual rights and will not put the Provider in breach of any applicable laws.
12.10 Additional Charges may be payable by the Customer to the Provider in respect of a Third Party Services integration.
12.11 Save to the extent that the parties expressly agree otherwise in writing and subject to Clause 28.1:
13. Mobile App
13.1 Provider provides no Mobile App for the platform
13.2 the use of the mobile devices for the Providers platform is not supported
14. No assignment of Intellectual Property Rights
14.1 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall operate to assign or transfer any Intellectual Property Rights from the Provider to the Customer, or from the Customer to the Provider.
15. Representatives
15.1 The Provider shall ensure that all instructions given by the Provider in relation to the matters contemplated in the Agreement will be given by a Provider Representative to a Customer Representative, and the Customer:
15.2 The Customer shall ensure that all instructions given by the Customer in relation to the matters contemplated in the Agreement will be given by a Customer Representative to a Provider Representative, and the Provider:
16. Management
16.1 The parties shall hold management meetings using internet-based conferencing facilities:
16.2 A party requesting a management meeting shall give to the other party at least 10 Business Days' written notice of the meeting.
16.3 Wherever necessary to enable the efficient conduct of business, the Provider shall be represented at management meetings by at least 1 Provider Representative and the Customer shall be represented at management meetings by at least 1 Customer Representative.
17. Change control
17.1 The provisions of this Clause 17 apply to each Change requested by a party.
17.2 Either party may request a Change at any time.
17.3 A party requesting a Change shall provide to the other party a completed CCN in the form specified in Schedule 5 (Form of CCN).
17.4 A party in receipt of a CCN may:
17.5 A proposed Change will not take effect until such time as a CCN recording the Change has been signed by or on behalf of each party.
18. Charges
18.1 The Customer shall pay the Charges to the Provider in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
18.2 If the Charges are based in whole or part upon the time spent by the Provider performing the Services, the Provider must obtain the Customer's written consent before performing Services that result in any estimate of time-based Charges given to the Customer being exceeded or any budget for time-based Charges agreed by the parties being exceeded; and unless the Customer agrees otherwise in writing, the Customer shall not be liable to pay to the Provider any Charges in respect of Services performed in breach of this Clause 18.2.
18.3 All amounts stated in or in relation to these Terms and Conditions are, unless the context requires otherwise, stated exclusive of any applicable value added taxes, which will be added to those amounts and payable by the Customer to the Provider.
18.4 The Provider may elect to vary any element of the Charges by giving to the Customer not less than 30 days' written notice of the variation[ expiring on any anniversary of the date of execution of the Agreement.
19. Expenses
19.1 The Customer shall reimburse the Provider in respect of any Expenses, providing that the Provider must obtain the prior written authorization of the Customer before incurring any Expenses.
19.2 The Provider must collect and collate evidence of all Expenses, and must retain such evidence during the Term and for a period of 90 days following the end of the Term.
19.3 Within 10 Business Days following receipt of a written request from the Customer to do so, the Provider must supply to the Customer such copies of the evidence for the Expenses in the possession or control of the Provider as the Customer may specify in that written request.
20. Timesheets
20.1 The Provider must:
20.2 Within 10 Business Days following receipt of a written request, the Provider shall supply to the Customer copies of such of the timesheets referred to in Clause 20.1 and in the Provider's possession or control as the Customer may specify in that written request.
21. Payments
21.1 The Provider shall issue invoices for the Charges to the Customer from time to time during the Term.
21.2 The Customer must pay the Charges to the Provider within the period of 10 days following the issue of an invoice in accordance with this Clause 21.
21.3 The Customer must pay the Charges by debit card, credit card, PO (using such payment details as are notified by the Provider to the Customer from time to time).
21.4 If the Customer does not pay any amount properly due to the Provider under these Terms and Conditions, the Provider may:
22. Confidentiality obligations
22.1 The Provider must:
22.2 The Customer must:
22.3 Notwithstanding Clauses 22.1 and 22.2, a party's Confidential Information may be disclosed by the other party to that other party's officers, employees, professional advisers, insurers, agents and subcontractors who have a need to access the Confidential Information that is disclosed for the performance of their work with respect to the Agreement and who are bound by a written agreement or professional obligation to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information that is disclosed.
22.4 No obligations are imposed by this Clause 22 with respect to a party's Confidential Information if that Confidential Information:
22.5 The restrictions in this Clause 22 do not apply to the extent that any Confidential Information is required to be disclosed by any law or regulation, by any judicial or governmental order or request, or pursuant to disclosure requirements relating to the listing of the stock of either party on any recognized stock exchange.
22.6 Upon the termination of the Agreement, each party must immediately cease to use the other party's Confidential Information.
22.7 Following the termination of the Agreement, and Within 10 Business Days following the date of termination of the Agreement, the relevant party must destroy all media containing the other party's Confidential Information, and must irrevocably delete the other party's Confidential Information from its computer systems.
22.8 The provisions of this Clause 22 shall continue in force indefinitely following the termination of the Agreement.
23. Publicity
23.1 The Provider must not make any public disclosures relating to the Agreement or the subject matter of the Agreement (including disclosures in press releases, public announcements and marketing materials) without the prior written consent of the Customer, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and providing that the Provider may make the following public disclosures without the consent of the Customer: showcasing the client name in marketing material without any detail.
23.2 Nothing in this Clause 23 shall be construed as limiting the obligations of the parties under Clause 22.
24. Data protection
24.1 The Provider shall comply with the Data Protection Laws with respect to the processing of the Customer Personal Data.
24.2 The Customer warrants to the Provider that it has the legal right to disclose all Personal Data that it does in fact disclose to the Provider under or in connection with the Agreement.
24.3 The Customer shall only supply to the Provider, and the Provider shall only process, in each case under or in relation to the Agreement:
24.4 The Provider shall only process the Customer Personal Data for the purposes specified in Part 3 of Schedule 6 (Data processing information).
24.5 The Provider shall only process the Customer Personal Data during the Term and for not more than 30 days following the end of the Term, subject to the other provisions of this Clause 24.
24.6 The Provider shall only process the Customer Personal Data on the documented instructions as set out in these Terms and Conditions or any other document agreed by the parties in writing.
24.7 The Customer hereby authorizes the Provider to make the following transfers of Customer Personal Data:
24.8 The Provider shall promptly inform the Customer if, in the opinion of the Provider, an instruction of the Customer relating to the processing of the Customer Personal Data infringes the Data Protection Laws.
24.9 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the Provider may process the Customer Personal Data if and to the extent that the Provider is required to do so by applicable law. In such a case, the Provider shall inform the Customer of the legal requirement before processing, unless that law prohibits such information.
24.10 The Provider shall ensure that persons authorized to process the Customer Personal Data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.
24.11 The Provider and the Customer shall each implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security for the Customer Personal Data.
24.12 The Provider must not engage any third party to process the Customer Personal Data without the prior specific or general written authorization of the Customer. In the case of a general written authorization, the Provider shall inform the Customer at least 14 days in advance of any intended changes concerning the addition or replacement of any third party processor, and if the Customer objects to any such changes before their implementation, then the Customer may terminate the Agreement on 7 days' written notice to the Provider, providing that such notice must be given within the period of 7 days following the date that the Provider informed the Customer of the intended changes. The Provider shall ensure that each third party processor is subject to equivalent legal obligations as those imposed on the Provider by this Clause 24.
24.13 As at the Effective Date, the Provider is hereby authorized by the Customer to engage, as sub-processors with respect to Customer Personal Data, the third parties, and third parties within the categories, identified in Part 5 of Schedule 6 (Data processing information).
24.14 The Provider shall, insofar as possible and taking into account the nature of the processing, take appropriate technical and organizational measures to assist the Customer with the fulfilment of the Customer's obligation to respond to requests exercising a data subject's rights under the Data Protection Laws.
24.15 The Provider shall assist the Customer in ensuring compliance with the obligations relating to the security of processing of personal data, the notification of personal data breaches to the supervisory authority, the communication of personal data breaches to the data subject, data protection impact assessments and prior consultation in relation to high-risk processing under the Data Protection Laws. The Provider may charge the Customer at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Customer pursuant to this Clause 24.15.
24.16 The Provider must notify the Customer of any Personal Data breach affecting the Customer Personal Data without undue delay and, in any case, not later than 72 hours after the Provider becomes aware of the breach.
24.17 The Provider shall make available to the Customer all information necessary to demonstrate the compliance of the Provider with its obligations under this Clause 24 and the Data Protection Laws. The Provider may charge the Customer at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Customer pursuant to this Clause 24.17, providing that no such charges shall be levied with respect to the completion by the Provider (at the reasonable request of the Customer, not more than once per calendar year) of the standard information security questionnaire of the Customer.
24.18 The Provider shall, at the choice of the Customer, delete or return all of the Customer Personal Data to the Customer after the provision of services relating to the processing, and shall delete existing copies save to the extent that requires storage of the relevant Personal Data.
24.19 The Provider shall allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, conducted by the Customer or another auditor mandated by the Customer in respect of the compliance of the Provider's processing of Customer Personal Data with the Data Protection Laws and this Clause 24. The Provider may charge the Customer at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Customer pursuant to this Clause 24.19, providing that no such charges shall be levied where the request to perform the work arises out of any breach by the Provider of the Agreement or any security breach affecting the systems of the Provider.
24.20 If any changes or prospective changes to the Data Protection Laws result or will result in one or both parties not complying with the Data Protection Laws in relation to processing of Personal Data carried out under the Agreement, then the parties shall use their best endeavors promptly to agree such variations to the Agreement as may be necessary to remedy such non-compliance.
25. Warranties
25.1 The Provider warrants to the Customer that:
25.2 The Provider does its best to warrant to the Customer that:
25.3 The Provider warrants to the Customer that the Hosted Services, when used by the Customer in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, will not breach any laws, statutes or regulations applicable under California law.
25.4 The Provider warrants to the Customer that the Hosted Services, when used by the Customer in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, will not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any person in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law.
25.5 If the Provider reasonably determines, or any third party alleges, that the use of the Hosted Services by the Customer in accordance with these Terms and Conditions infringes any person's Intellectual Property Rights, the Provider may at its own cost and expense:
25.6 The Customer warrants to the Provider that it has the legal right and authority to enter into the Agreement and to perform its obligations under these Terms and Conditions.
25.7 All of the parties' warranties and representations in respect of the subject matter of the Agreement are expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no other warranties or representations concerning the subject matter of the Agreement will be implied into the Agreement or any related contract.
26. Acknowledgements and warranty limitations
26.1 The Customer acknowledges that complex software is never wholly free from defects, errors and bugs; and subject to the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions, the Provider gives no warranty or representation that the Hosted Services will be wholly free from defects, errors and bugs.
26.2 The Customer acknowledges that complex software is never entirely free from security vulnerabilities; and subject to the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions, the Provider gives no warranty or representation that the Hosted Services will be entirely secure.
26.3 The Customer acknowledges that the Hosted Services are designed to be compatible only with that software and those systems specified as compatible in the Hosted Services Specification; and the Provider does not warrant or represent that the Hosted Services will be compatible with any other software or systems.
26.4 The Customer acknowledges that the Provider will not provide any legal, financial, accountancy or taxation advice under these Terms and Conditions or in relation to the Hosted Services; and, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these Terms and Conditions, the Provider does not warrant or represent that the Hosted Services or the use of the Hosted Services by the Customer will not give rise to any legal liability on the part of the Customer or any other person.
26.5 The Customer acknowledges that the Compliance tests in the Hosted Services are based on the interpretation of the Provider. Passing a full compliance test based on the available templates on the hosted service platform does not mean the Customer is fully compliant under an external party audit.
27. Indemnities
27.1 The Provider shall indemnify and shall keep indemnified the Customer against any and all liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including legal expenses and amounts reasonably paid in settlement of legal claims) suffered or incurred by the Customer and arising directly as a result of any breach by the Provider of these Terms and Conditions (a "Provider Indemnity Event").
27.2 The Customer must:
and the Provider's obligation to indemnify the Customer under Clause 27.1 shall not apply unless the Customer complies with the requirements of this Clause 27.2.
27.3 The Customer shall indemnify and shall keep indemnified the Provider against any and all liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including legal expenses and amounts reasonably paid in settlement of legal claims) suffered or incurred by the Provider and arising directly or indirectly as a result of any breach by the Customer of these Terms and Conditions (a "Customer Indemnity Event").
27.4 The Provider must:
without prejudice to the Customer's obligations under Clause 27.3.
27.5 The indemnity protection set out in this Clause 27 shall be subject to the limitations and exclusions of liability set out in the Agreement.
28. Limitations and exclusions of liability
28.1 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will:
28.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Clause 28 and elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions:
28.3 Neither party shall be liable to the other party in respect of any losses arising out of a Force Majeure Event.
28.4 Neither party shall be liable to the other party in respect of any loss of profits or anticipated savings.
28.5 Neither party shall be liable to the other party in respect of any loss of revenue or income.
28.6 Neither party shall be liable to the other party in respect of any loss of use or production.
28.7 Neither party shall be liable to the other party in respect of any loss of business, contracts or opportunities.
28.8 Neither party shall be liable to the other party in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
28.9 Neither party shall be liable to the other party in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
28.10 The liability of each party to the other party under the Agreement in respect of any event or series of related events shall not exceed the greater of:
28.11 The aggregate liability of each party to the other party under the Agreement shall not exceed the greater of:
29. Force Majeure Event
29.1 If a Force Majeure Event gives rise to a failure or delay in either party performing any obligation under the Agreement (other than any obligation to make a payment), that obligation will be suspended for the duration of the Force Majeure Event.
29.2 A party that becomes aware of a Force Majeure Event which gives rise to, or which is likely to give rise to, any failure or delay in that party performing any obligation under the Agreement, must:
29.3 A party whose performance of its obligations under the Agreement is affected by a Force Majeure Event must take reasonable steps to mitigate the effects of the Force Majeure Event.
30. Termination
30.1 Either party may terminate the Agreement by giving to the other party not less than 30 days' written notice of termination, expiring [at the end of any calendar month.
30.2 Either party may terminate the Agreement immediately by giving written notice of termination to the other party if:
30.3 Either party may terminate the Agreement immediately by giving written notice of termination to the other party if:
(i) is dissolved;
(ii) ceases to conduct all (or substantially all) of its business;
(iii) is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due;
(iv) is or becomes insolvent or is declared insolvent; or
(v) convenes a meeting or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors;
30.4 The Provider may terminate the Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the Customer if:
30.5 The rights of termination set out in the Agreement shall not exclude any rights of termination available at law.
31. Effects of termination
31.1 Upon the termination of the Agreement, all of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall cease to have effect, save that the following provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall survive and continue to have effect (in accordance with their express terms or otherwise indefinitely): Clauses 1, 4.8, 5.10, 12.11, 13, 19.2, 19.3, 20, 21.2, 21.4, 22, 23, 24.1, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6, 24.7, 24.8, 24.9, 24.10, 24.11, 24.12, 24.13, 24.14, 24.15, 24.16, 24.17, 24.18, 24.19, 24.20, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42.
31.2 Except to the extent that these Terms and Conditions expressly provides otherwise, the termination of the Agreement shall not affect the accrued rights of either party.
31.3 Within 10 days following the termination of the Agreement for any reason:
without prejudice to the parties' other legal rights.
32. Non-solicitation of personnel
32.1 The Customer must not, without the prior written consent of the Provider, either during the Term or within the period of 6 months following the end of the Term, engage, employ or solicit for engagement or employment any employee or subcontractor of the Provider who has been involved in any way in the negotiation or performance of the Agreement.
32.2 The Provider must not, without the prior written consent of the Customer, either during the Term or within the period of 6 months following the end of the Term, engage, employ or solicit for engagement or employment any employee or subcontractor of the Customer who has been involved in any way in the negotiation or performance of the Agreement.
33. Notices
33.1 Any notice given under these Terms and Conditions must be in writing, whether or not described as "written notice" in these Terms and Conditions.
33.2 Any notice given by the Customer to the Provider under these Terms and Conditions must be:
using the relevant contact details set out in Section 7 of the Services Order Form.
33.3 Any notice given by the Provider to the Customer under these Terms and Conditions must be:
using the relevant contact details set out in Section 7 of the Services Order Form.
33.4 The addressee and contact details set out in Section 7 of the Services Order Form may be updated from time to time by a party giving written notice of the update to the other party in accordance with this Clause 33.
33.5 A party receiving from the other party a notice by email must acknowledge receipt by email promptly, and in any event within 2 Business Days following receipt of the notice.
33.6 A notice will be deemed to have been received at the relevant time set out below or, where such time is not within Business Hours, when Business Hours next begin after the relevant time set out below:
34. Subcontracting
34.1 Subject to any express restrictions elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions, the Provider may subcontract any of its obligations under the Agreement.
34.2 The Provider shall remain responsible to the Customer for the performance of any subcontracted obligations.
34.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Clause 34 but subject to any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Provider may subcontract to any reputable third party hosting business the hosting of the Platform and the provision of services in relation to the support and maintenance of elements of the Platform.
35. Assignment
35.1 The Customer hereby agrees that the Provider may assign, transfer or otherwise deal with the Provider's contractual rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions. providing that the Provider may assign the entirety of its rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions to any Affiliate of the Provider or to any successor to all or a substantial part of the business of the Provider from time to time.
35.2 The Provider hereby agrees that the Customer may assign, transfer or otherwise deal with the Customer's contractual rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions, providing that the Customer may assign the entirety of its rights[ and obligations under these Terms and Conditions to any Affiliate of the Customer or to any successor to all or a substantial part of the business of the Customer from time to time.
36. No waivers
36.1 No breach of any provision of the Agreement will be waived except with the express written consent of the party not in breach.
36.2 No waiver of any breach of any provision of the Agreement shall be construed as a further or continuing waiver of any other breach of that provision or any breach of any other provision of the Agreement.
37. Severability
37.1 If a provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.
37.2 If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision of these Terms and Conditions would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
38. Third party rights
38.1 The Agreement is for the benefit of the parties, and is not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party.
38.2 The exercise of the parties' rights under the Agreement is not subject to the consent of any third party.
39. Variation
39.1 The Agreement may not be varied except by means of a written document signed by or on behalf of each party.
40. Entire agreement
40.1 The Services Order Form, the main body of these Terms and Conditions and the Schedules shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties in relation to the subject matter of the Agreement, and shall supersede all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties in respect of that subject matter.
40.2 Neither party will have any remedy in respect of any misrepresentation (whether written or oral) made to it upon which it relied in entering into the Agreement.
40.3 The provisions of this Clause 40 are subject to Clause 28.1.
41. Law and jurisdiction
41.1 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with California law.
41.2 Any disputes relating to the Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of California.
42. Interpretation
42.1 In these Terms and Conditions, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to:
42.2 The Clause headings do not affect the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions.
42.3 References in these Terms and Conditions to "calendar months" are to the 12 named periods (January, February and so on) into which a year is divided.
42.4 In these Terms and Conditions, general words shall not be given a restrictive interpretation by reason of being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things.
Schedule 1 (Acceptable Use Policy)
1.1 This acceptable use policy (the "Policy") sets out the rules governing:
1.2 References in this Policy to "you" are to any customer for the Services and any individual user of the Services (and "your" should be construed accordingly); and references in this Policy to "us" are to Prancer Enterprise (and "we" and "our" should be construed accordingly).
1.3 By using the Services, you agree to the rules set out in this Policy.
1.4 We will ask for your express agreement to the terms of this Policy before you upload or submit any Content or otherwise use the Services.
1.5 You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Services; and by using the Services, you warrant and represent to us that you are at least 18 years of age.
2. General usage rules
2.1 You must not use the Services in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Services or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Services.
2.2 You must not use the Services:
2.3 You must ensure that all Content complies with the provisions of this Policy.
3. Unlawful Content
3.1 Content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any person's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action against any person (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law).
3.2 Content, and the use of Content by us in any manner licensed or otherwise authorised by you, must not:
3.3 You must ensure that Content is not and has never been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.
4. Graphic material
4.1 Content must be appropriate for all persons who have access to or are likely to access the Content in question.
4.2 Content must not depict violence.
4.3 Content must not be pornographic.
5. Factual accuracy
5.1 Content must not be untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading.
5.2 Statements of fact contained in Content and relating to persons (legal or natural) must be true; and statements of opinion contained in Content and relating to persons (legal or natural) must be reasonable, be honestly held and indicate the basis of the opinion.
6. Negligent advice
6.1 Content must not consist of or contain any advice, and you must not use the Services to provide any advisory services.
6.2 Content must not consist of or contain any advice, instructions or other information that may be acted upon and could, if acted upon, cause death, illness or personal injury, damage to property, or any other loss or damage.
7. Etiquette
7.1 Content must be appropriate, civil and tasteful, and accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette and behaviour on the internet.
7.2 Content must not be offensive, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, menacing, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory.
7.3 Content must not be liable to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
7.4 You must not use the Services to send any hostile communication or any communication intended to insult, including such communications directed at a particular person or group of people.
7.5 You must not use the Services for the purpose of deliberately upsetting or offending others.
7.6 You must not unnecessarily flood the Services with material relating to a particular subject or subject area, whether alone or in conjunction with others.
7.7 You must ensure that Content does not duplicate other content available through the Services.
7.8 You must ensure that Content is appropriately categorized.
7.9 You should use appropriate and informative titles for all Content.
7.10 You must at all times be courteous and polite to other users of the Services.
8. Marketing and spam
8.1 You must not without our written permission use the Services for any purpose relating to the marketing, advertising, promotion, sale or supply of any product, service or commercial offering.
8.2 Content must not constitute or contain spam, and you must not use the Services to store or transmit spam - which for these purposes shall include all unlawful marketing communications and unsolicited commercial communications.
8.3 You must not send any spam or other marketing communications to any person using any email address or other contact details made available through the Services or that you find using the Services.
8.4 You must not use the Services to promote, host or operate any chain letters, Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, matrix programs, multi-level marketing schemes, "get rich quick" schemes or similar letters, schemes or programs.
8.5 You must not use the Services in any way which is liable to result in the blacklisting of any of our IP addresses.
9. Regulated businesses
9.1 You must not use the Services for any purpose relating to gambling, gaming, betting, lotteries, sweepstakes, prize competitions or any gambling-related activity.
9.2 You must not use the Services for any purpose relating to the offering for sale, sale or distribution of drugs or pharmaceuticals.
9.3 You must not use the Services for any purpose relating to the offering for sale, sale or distribution of knives, guns or other weapons.
10. Monitoring
10.1 You acknowledge that we may actively monitor the Content and the use of the Services.
11. Data mining
11.1 You must not conduct any systematic or automated data scraping, data mining, data extraction or data harvesting, or other systematic or automated data collection activity, by means of or in relation to the Services.
12. Hyperlinks
12.1 You must not link to any material using or by means of the Services that would, if it were made available through the Services, breach the provisions of this Policy.
13. Harmful software
13.1 The Content must not contain or consist of, and you must not promote, distribute or execute by means of the Services, any viruses, worms, spyware, adware or other harmful or malicious software, programs, routines, applications or technologies.
13.2 The Content must not contain or consist of, and you must not promote, distribute or execute by means of the Services, any software, programs, routines, applications or technologies that will or may have a material negative effect upon the performance of a computer or introduce material security risks to a computer.
Schedule 2 (Availability SLA)
1.1 This Schedule 2 sets out the Provider's availability commitments relating to the Hosted Services.
1.2 In this Schedule 2, "uptime" means the percentage of time during a given period when the Hosted Services are available at the gateway between public internet and the network of the hosting services provider for the Hosted Services.
2.1 The Provider shall[ use reasonable endeavors to ensure that the uptime for the Hosted Services is at least 99% during each calendar year.
2.2 The Provider shall be responsible for measuring uptime, and shall do so using any reasonable methodology.
2.3 The Provider shall report uptime measurements to the Customer in writing upon request of the customer.
3.1 In respect of each calendar year during which the Hosted Services uptime is less than the commitment specified in Paragraph 2.1, the Customer shall earn service credits in accordance with the provisions of this Part 3.
3.2 The service credits earned by the Customer shall be as follows: one free month of using the premium version of the platform.
3.3 The Provider shall deduct an amount equal to the service credits due to the Customer under this Part 3 from amounts invoiced in respect of the Charges for the Hosted Services. All remaining service credits shall be deducted from each invoice issued following the reporting of the relevant failure to meet the uptime commitment, until such time as the service credits are exhausted.
3.4 Service credits shall be the sole remedy of the Customer in relation to any failure by the Provider to meet the uptime guarantee in Paragraph 2.1.
3.5 Upon the termination of the Agreement, the Customer's entitlement to service credits shall immediately cease, save that service credits earned by the Customer shall be offset against any amounts invoiced by the Provider in respect of Hosted Services following such termination.
4.1 Downtime caused[ directly or indirectly by any of the following shall not be considered when calculating whether the Provider has met the uptime guarantee given in Paragraph 2.1:
Schedule 3 (Maintenance SLA)
1.1 This Schedule 3 sets out the service levels applicable to the Maintenance Services.
2.1 The Provider shall where practicable give to the Customer at least 5 Business Days' prior written notice of scheduled Maintenance Services that are likely to affect the availability of the Hosted Services or are likely to have a material negative impact upon the Hosted Services, without prejudice to the Provider's other notice obligations under this Schedule 3.
2.2 The Provider shall provide all scheduled Maintenance Services outside Business Hours as much as possible.
3.1 The Provider shall give to the Customer written notice of the application of any security Update to the Platform and at least 5 Business Days' prior written notice of the application of any non-security Update to the Platform.
3.2 The Provider shall apply Updates to the Platform as follows:
4. Upgrades
4.1 The Provider shall produce Upgrades at least once in each calendar year during the Term.
4.2 The Provider shall give to the Customer at least 10 Business Days' prior written notice of the application of an Upgrade to the Platform.
4.3 The Provider shall apply each Upgrade to the Platform within any period notified by the Provider to the Customer or agreed by the parties in writing.
Schedule 4 (Support SLA)
1.1 This Schedule 4 sets out the service levels applicable to the Support Services.
2.1 The Provider shall make available to the Customer a helpdesk in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule 4.
2.2 The Customer may use the helpdesk for the purposes of requesting and, where applicable, receiving the Support Services; and the Customer must not use the helpdesk for any other purpose.
2.3 The Provider shall ensure that the helpdesk is accessible by email and using the Provider's web-based ticketing system.
2.4 The Provider shall ensure that the helpdesk is operational and adequately staffed during Business Hours during the Term.
2.5 The Customer shall ensure that all requests for Support Services that it may make from time to time shall be made through the helpdesk.
3.1 Issues raised through the Support Services shall be categorized as follows:
3.2 The Provider shall determine, acting reasonably, into which severity category an issue falls.
3.3 The Provider shall use reasonable endeavors to respond to requests for Support Services promptly, and in any case in accordance with the following time periods:
3.4 The Provider shall ensure that its response to a request for Support Services shall include the following information (to the extent such information is relevant to the request): an acknowledgement of receipt of the request, where practicable an initial diagnosis in relation to any reported error, and an anticipated timetable for action in relation to the request.
3.5 The Provider shall use reasonable endeavors to resolve issues raised through the Support Services promptly, and in any case in accordance with the following time periods:
4. Provision of Support Services
4.1 The Support Services shall be provided remotely, save to the extent that the parties agree otherwise in writing.
5. Limitations on Support Services
5.1 Provider Support Services are only available for customers who select the option at the checkout time. Other customers can use public forums to submit their request.
5.2 If the total hours spent by the personnel of the Provider performing the Support Services during any calendar month exceed then:
5.3 The Provider shall have no obligation to provide Support Services in respect of any issue caused by:
Schedule 5 (Form of CCN)
Title of Change: [insert title]
CCN number: [insert number]
Change proposed by: [insert individual name(s)]
Date of issue of CCN: [insert date]
Summary details of proposed Change: [insert details]
[Insert full details of proposed Change]
Impact upon resources: [insert details]
Impact upon timetable: [insert details]
Impact upon Charges: [insert details]
Other effects of Change: [insert details]
The parties have indicated their acceptance of the Change described in this CCN by signing below.
SIGNED BY [[individual name] on [...............], the Provider / [individual name] on [...............], duly authorised for and on behalf of the Provider]:....................
SIGNED BY [[individual name] on [...............], the Customer / [individual name] on [...............], duly authorised for and on behalf of the Customer]:....................
Schedule 6 (Data processing information)
The individual customers and customer personnel of the Customer
Full Name
Company name
Address
Phone
Payment Information
Payments
All Personal Data being stored in a security vault with no public endpoint
Stripe.com for payment process