By using or accessing https://jobs.y-axis.com/websites (“Site”), you are consenting to Y-Axis’s Terms and conditions as outlined below.
MASTER SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS YOUR ACQUISITION AND USE OF OUR SERVICES.
IT WILL ALSO GOVERN FREE TRIAL AND SERVICES IF YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR A FREE TRIAL OF OUR SERVICES.
BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, BY EXECUTING AN ORDER FORM THAT REFERENCES THIS AGREEMENT OR BY USING ANYSERVICES BEING OFFERED BY US, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY AND ITS AFFILIATES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IN WHICH CASE THE TERMS "YOU" OR "YOUR" SHALL REFER TO SUCH ENTITY AND ITS AFFILIATES. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MUST NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT USE THE SERVICES.
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPEAR ON THE REGISTRATION WEB PAGE. SUCH ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE INCORPORATED IN TO THIS AGREEMENT BY REFERENCE AND ARE LEGALLY BINDING BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT.
THE SERVICE SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSED FOR MONITORING AVAILABILITY, FUNCTIONALITY OR ANY OTHER BENCHMARKING OR COMPETITIVE PURPOSE.
THE SERVICE SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSED BY A COMPETITOR OR ANY ONE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMPETITOR WITHOUT A PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT.
This Agreement is effective between You and Us as of the date of Your accepting this Agreement.
Use and Disclosure of Information on Y-Axis Jobsite
Contact Information shared by you
When you give Y-Axis Jobsite contact information (such as your name and email address) and other forms of Personal and Non-Personal Data, you agree that Y-Axis Jobsite may utilize this details for the purposes outlined in Jobsite operations, to the extent applicable. In particular, you agree that Y-Axis Jobsite may, as part of its services to you, communicate with you, or initiate communication with you on behalf of a third party, through your account on Y-Axis Jobsite or through other means such as email, telephone (including mobile phone), or postal-mail, including through the use of contact information that you may provide to Y-Axis Jobsite or that Y-Axis Jobsite may otherwise obtain from third-party resources.
Details shared through your Resume
Your information, including Personal Details, gets placed on the Jobsite when you upload or edit your profile/resume. Y-Axis Jobsite reserves the right to charge the third parties a fee for accessing your information, including Personal Data, as part of Y-Axis Jobsite’s services. After receiving your consent to make the information public to employers, Y-Axis Jobsite may also send your Profile details to Employers if you choose to apply for a job listing on the Y-Axis Jobsite. The extent to which your profile details is made available to Employers depends on the privacy settings you choose on Account page on the Y-Axis Jobsite, in accordance with this Agreement. When a Job Aspirant creates a profile on Y-Axis Jobsite, they are given the option to make their profile public or private. This is detailed below.
(a) Private Candidate Profiles
Private profiles are only made available to Employers to whom the Job Aspirant has initiated an application to or provided their consent to apply. When this occurs, you would enable your resume, your name and other Personal information that you have mentioned on your profile available to Employers. Those Employers may be interested in you as an employee, and may choose to forward your profile details to other Employers.
(b) Public Candidate Profiles
Public profiles are available to anyone with access to Y-Axis Jobsite’s ‘Find Experts’ search application, in order to increase the visibility of that profile and help Y-Axis Jobsite find you a job. When this happenss, you make your profile, your name and other Personal information that you have mentioned on your profile available to Employers. Those Employers may be interested in you as an employee, and may forward your resume to other Employers.
If you make yours a public profile, this may be searched by, and displayed through search engines when someone searches for your name. This means that employers can view the Personal information contained in your profile and you may receive request to contact from parties not affiliated with Y-Axis Jobsite and for whom Y-Axis Jobsite has no responsibility. If you post a public profile on Y-Axis Jobsite, please note that although Y-Axis Jobsite expressly prohibits any parties from the scraping of its Jobsite any resume you post publicly is public information and the content may be copied by a third party in violation of these terms.
For public profiles, you also authorize Y-Axis Jobsite to remove your name from your public profile, in certain instances. Y-Axis Jobsite may also change the display of your profile from public profile to private profile in certain instances to maintain the quality of the Experts Database.
(c) Switching Your Resume Privacy Settings
You will be given the option to switch your profile between private or public when you place your profile on Y-Axis Jobsite. You can change this setting at any point by accessing and modifying your account settings on Y-Axis Jobsite. Where you adjust your profile from public to private, Y-Axis Jobsite does not warrant how often third-party search engines will update their caches, which may continue to contain your profile information.
1. DEFINITIONS
2. FREE TRIAL AND FREE SERVICES
2.1 If You register on Our website for a FREE TRIAL, one or more Services will be made available to You on a trial basis free of charge until the end of the free trial period or on purchase of any Service subscription by You. Termination of Free Trial is at our sole discretion.
2.2 ANY DATA YOU ENTER INTO THE SERVICES, AND ANY CUSTOMIZATIONS MADE TO THE SERVICES BY OR FOR YOU, DURING YOUR FREE TRIAL WILL BE PERMANENTLY LOST UNLESS YOU PURCHASE A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SAME OR UPGRADED SERVICES OR EXPORT SUCH DATA, BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL PERIOD. YOU CANNOT TRANSFER ‘DATA ENTERED’ OR ‘CUSTOMIZATIONS MADE’ DURING THE FREE TRIAL TO A SERVICE THAT WOULD BE A DOWNGRADE FROM THAT COVERED BY THE TRIAL (E.G., FROM PREMIUM EDITION TO STANDARD EDITION); THEREFORE, IF YOU PURCHASE A SERVICE THAT WOULD BE A DOWNGRADE FROM THAT COVERED BY THE TRIAL, YOU MUST EXPORT YOUR DATA BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL PERIOD OR YOUR DATA WILL BE PERMANENTLY LOST.
2.3 NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS 9 (REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AND DISCLAIMERS) AND 10.1 (INDEMNIFICATION BY US), DURING THE FREE TRIAL THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
“AS-IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AND Y-AXIS SHALL HAVE NO INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES FOR THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, Y-AXIS DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT: (A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES DURING THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES DURING THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR, AND (C) USAGE DATA PROVIDED DURING THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD WILL BE ACCURATE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN SECTION 11.1 (LIMITATION OF LIABILITY), YOU SHALL BE FULLY LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO Y-AXIS FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES DURING THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD, ANY BREACH BY YOU OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
Please review the applicable Service’s Documentation during the trial period so that You become familiar with the features and functions of the Services before You make Your purchase.
2.4 Y-AXIS may make FREE SERVICES available to You subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Not withstanding anything to the contra anywhere in this Agreement, please note that Free Services are provided to you without charge up to certain limits as described in the Documentation. Usage over these limits requires your purchase of additional resources or services. You agree that Y-Axis, in its sole discretion and for any or no reason, may terminate your access to the Free Services or any part thereof. You agree that any termination of your access to the Free Services may be without prior notice, and you agree that Y-Axis will not be liable to you or any third party for such termination. You are solely responsible for exporting Your Data from the Free Services prior to termination of Your access to the Free Services for any reason, provided that if We terminate your account, except as required by law We will provide you a reasonable opportunity to retrieve Your Data.
2.5 NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS 9 (REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AND DISCLAIMERS) AND 10.1 (INDEMNIFICATION BY US), THE FREE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AND Y-Axis SHALL HAVE NO INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, Y-Axis DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT: (A) YOUR USE OF THE FREE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (B) YOUR USE OF THE FREE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR, AND (C) USAGE DATA PROVIDED THROUGH THE FREE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN SECTION 11.1 (LIMITATION OF LIABILITY), YOU SHALL BE FULLY LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO Y-Axis AND ITS AFFILIATES FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE FREE SERVICES, ANY BREACH BY YOU OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
3. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
3.1 We will (a) make the Services and Content available to You pursuant to this Agreement and any applicable Order Forms, (b) provide standard support for the Purchased Services to You at no additional charge, and/or upgraded support if purchased, (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to make the online Purchased Services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for: (i) planned downtime (of which We shall give advance electronic notice), and (ii) any unavailability caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including, for example, an act of God, act of government, flood, fire, earthquake, civil unrest, act of terror, strike or other labor problem and Internet service provider failure.
3.2 We will maintain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the security, confidentiality and integrity of your data, as described in the Documentation. Those safeguards will include, but will not be limited to, measures for preventing access, use, modification or disclosure of your data by our personnel except (a) to provide the Purchased Services and prevent or address service or technical problems, (b) as compelled by law in accordance with Section 8.3 (Compelled Disclosure) below, or (c) as You expressly permit in writing. Except with respect to a Free Trial, to the extent that Y-Axis processes any Personal Data (as defined in the DPA) contained in Customer Data, on Customer’s behalf, in the provision of the Services, the terms of the data processing addendum at http://www.y-axis.com_______("DPA"), which are hereby incorporated by reference, shall apply and the parties agree to comply with such terms. For the purposes of the Standard Contractual Clauses attached to the DPA, when and as applicable, Customer and its applicable Affiliates are each the data exporter, and Customer's signing of this Agreement, and an applicable Affiliate's signing of an Order Form, shall be treated as signing of the Standard Contractual Clauses and their Appendices.
3.3 Beta Services: From time to time, We may make Beta Services available to You at no charge. You may choose to try such Beta Services or not in Your sole discretion. Beta Services are intended for evaluation purposes and not for production use, are not supported, and may be subject to additional terms. Beta Services are not considered “Services” under this Agreement, however, all restrictions, Our reservation of rights and Your obligations concerning the Services, and use of any related Non-Y Axis Applications and Content, shall apply equally to Your use of Beta Services. Unless otherwise stated, any Beta Services trial period will expire upon completion of one year from the trial start date or the date that a version of the Beta Services becomes generally available without the applicable Beta Services designation. We may discontinue Beta Services at any time in Our sole discretion and may never make them generally available. We will have no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with a Beta Service.
4. USE OF SERVICES AND CONTENT
4.1 Subscriptions: Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Order Form or Documentation, (a) Purchased Services and access to Content are purchased as subscriptions, (b) subscriptions for Purchased Services may be added during a subscription term at the same pricing as the underlying subscription pricing, prorated for the portion of that subscription term remaining at the time the subscriptions are added, and (c) any added subscriptions will terminate on the same date as the underlying subscriptions.
4.2 Usage Limits: Services and Content are subject to usage limits, including, for example, the quantities specified in Order Forms and Documentation. Unless otherwise specified, (a) a quantity in an Order Form refers to Users, and the Service or Content may not be accessed by more than that number of Users, (b) a User’s password may not be shared with any other individual, and (c) except as set forth in an Order Form, a User identification may only be reassigned to a new individual replacing one who will no longer use the Service or Content. If You exceed a contractual usage limit, We may work with You to seek to reduce Your usage so that it conforms to that limit. If, notwithstanding Our efforts, You are unable or unwilling to abide by a contractual usage limit, You will execute an Order Form for additional quantities of the applicable Services or Content promptly upon Our request, and/or pay any invoice for excess usage in accordance with Section 6.2 (Invoicing and Payment).
4.3 Your Responsibilities: You will (a) be responsible for Users’ compliance with this Agreement, Documentation and Order Forms, (b) be responsible for the accuracy, quality and legality of Your Data, the means by which You acquired Your Data and Your use of Your Data with our Services, (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorised access to or use of Services and Content, and notify Us promptly of any such unauthorised access or use, (d) use Services and Content only in accordance with this Agreement, Documentation, Order Forms and applicable laws and government regulations, and (e) comply with terms of service of any Non-Y Axis Applications with which You use Services or Content.
4.4 Usage Restrictions: You will not (a) make any Service or Content available to anyone other than Users, or use any Service or Content for the benefit of, anyone other than You, unless expressly stated otherwise in an Order Form or the Documentation, (b) sell, resell, license, sublicense, distribute, make available, rent or lease any Service or Content, or include any Service or Content in a service bureau or outsourcing offering, (c) use a Service or Non-Y Axis Application to store or transmit infringing, libellous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious material, or to store or transmit material in violation of third-party privacy rights, (d) use a Service or Non-Y Axis Application to store or transmit Malicious Code, (e) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of any Service or third- party data contained therein, (f) attempt to gain unauthorised access to any Service or Content or its related systems or networks, (g) permit direct or indirect access to or use of any Service or Content in a way that circumvents a contractual usage limit, or use of any of Our Services in a manner that violates Our Acceptable Use and External Facing Services Policy, or to access or use any of Our intellectual property except as permitted under this Agreement, an Order Form, or the Documentation, (h) modify, copy, or create derivative works based on a Service or any part, feature, function or user interface thereof, (i) copy Content except as permitted herein or in an Order Form or the Documentation, (j) frame or mirror any part of any Service or Content, other than framing on Your own intranets or otherwise for Your own internal business purposes or as permitted in the Documentation, or (k) disassemble, reverse engineer, or decompile a Service or Content, or access it to (1) build a competitive product or service, (2) build a product or service using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service, (3) copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service or (4) determine whether the Services are within the scope of any patent. Any use of the Services in breach of this Agreement, Documentation or Order Forms, by You or Users that in Our judgment threatens the security, integrity or availability of Our services, may result in Our immediate suspension of the Services, however We will use commercially reasonable efforts under the circumstances to provide You with notice and an opportunity to remedy such violation or threat prior to such suspension.
4.5 Removal of Content and Non-Y Axis Applications: If We are required by a licensor to remove Content, or receive information that Content provided to You may violate applicable law or third-party rights, We may so notify You and in such event You will promptly remove such Content from Your systems. If We receive information that a Non-Y Axis Application hosted on a Service by You may violate Our Acceptable Use and External-Facing Services Policy or applicable law or third-party rights, We may so notify You and in such event You will promptly disable such Non-Y Axis Application or modify the Non-Y Axis Application to resolve the potential violation. If You do not take required action in accordance with the above, We may disable the applicable Content, Service and/or Non-Y Axis Application until the potential violation is resolved.
5. NON-Y Axis PROVIDERS
5.1 We or third parties may make available third-party products or services, including, for example, Non-Y Axis Applications and implementation and other consulting services. Any acquisition by You of such products or services, and any exchange of data between You and any Non-Y Axis provider, product or service is solely between You and the applicable Non-Y Axis provider. We do not warrant or support Non-Y Axis Applications or other Non-Y Axis products or services, whether or not they are designated by Us as “certified” or otherwise, unless expressly provided otherwise in an Order Form.
5.2 If You choose to use a Non-Y Axis Application with a Service, You grant Us permission to allow the Non-Y Axis Application and its provider to access Your Data as required for the interoperation of that Non-Y Axis Application with the Service. We are not responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of Your Data resulting from access by such Non-Y Axis Application or its provider.
5.3 Interoperation with Non-Y Axis Applications. The Services may contain features designed to interoperate with Non-Y Axis Applications. To use such features, You may be required to obtain access to such Non-Y Axis Applications from their providers, and may be required to grant Us access to Your account(s) on such Non-Y Axis Applications. We cannot guarantee the continued availability of such Service features, and may cease providing them without entitling You to any refund, credit, or other compensation, if for example and without limitation, the provider of a Non-Y Axis Application ceases to make the the Application available for interoperation with the corresponding Service features in a manner acceptable to Us.
6. FEES AND PAYMENT FOR PURCHASED SERVICES
6.1 Fees: You will pay all fees specified in Order Forms. Except as otherwise specified herein or in an Order Form,(i) fees are based on Services and Content subscriptions purchased and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees paid are non-refundable, and (iii) quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant subscription term.
6.2 Invoicing and Payment: You will provide Us with a valid purchase order or alternative document reasonably acceptable to Us. If You provide credit card information to Us, You authorise Us to charge such credit card for all Purchased Services listed in the Order Form for the initial subscription term and any renewal subscription term(s) as set forth in Section 12.2 (Term of Purchased Subscriptions). Such charges shall be made in advance, either annually or in accordance with any different billing frequency stated in the applicable Order Form. If the Order Form specifies that payment will be by a method other than a credit card, We will invoice You in advance and otherwise in accordance with the relevant Order Form. Unless otherwise stated in the Order Form, invoiced charges are due net 30 days from the invoice date. You are responsible for providing complete and accurate billing and contact information to Us and notifying Us of any changes to such information.
6.3 Overdue Charges: If any invoiced amount is not received by Us by the due date, then without limiting Our rights or remedies, (a) those charges may accrue late interest at the rate of ___% of the outstanding balance per month and/or (b) We may condition future subscription renewals and Order Forms on payment terms shorter than those specified in Section 6.2 .
6.4 Suspension of Service and Acceleration: If any amount owing by You under this or any other agreement for Our services is 30 or more days overdue, We may, without limiting Our other rights and remedies, accelerate Your unpaid fee obligations under such agreements so that all such obligations become immediately due and payable, and suspend Our services to You until such amounts are paid in full. We will give You at least 10 days’ prior notice that Your account is overdue, in accordance with Section 13.2 (Manner of Giving Notice) for billing notices, before suspending services to You.
6.5 Taxes: Our fees do not include any taxes, levies, duties or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including, for example, value -added, sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any jurisdiction whatsoever (collectively, “Taxes”). You are responsible for paying all Taxes associated with Your purchases hereunder. If We have the legal obligation to pay or collect Taxes for which You are responsible under this Section 6.5, We will invoice You and You will pay that amount unless You provide Us with a valid tax exemption certificate authorised by the appropriate taxing authority.
6.6 Future Functionality: You agree that Your purchases are not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features, or dependent on any oral or written public comments made by Us regarding future functionality or features.
7. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND LICENSES
7.1 Subject to the limited rights expressly granted hereunder, We and Our Affiliates, Our licensors and Content Providers reserve all of Our/their right, title and interest in and to the Services and Content, including all of Our/their related intellectual property rights. No rights are granted to You hereunder other than as expressly set forth herein.
7.2 You have the right to access and use applicable Content subject to the terms of applicable Order Forms, this Agreement and the Documentation.
7.3 License to Host Your Data and Applications: You grant Us, Our Affiliates and applicable contractors a worldwide, limited-term license to host, copy, display and use any Non-Y Axis Applications and program code created by or for You using a Service or for use by You with the Services, and Your Data, each as reasonably necessary for Us to provide, and ensure proper operation of, our Services and associated systems in accordance with this Agreement. Subject to the limited licenses granted herein, We acquire no right, title or interest from You or Your licensors under this Agreement in or to any of Your Data, Non-Y Axis Application or such program code.
7.4 You grant to Us and Our Affiliates a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use and incorporate into Our and/or Our Affiliates’ services any suggestion, enhancement request, recommendation, correction or other feedback provided by You or Users relating to the operation of Our or Our Affiliates’ services.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1 “Confidential Information” means all information disclosed by a party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other party (“Receiving Party”), whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure. Your Confidential Information includes Your Data; Our Confidential Information includes the Services and Content; and Confidential Information of each party includes the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all Order Forms (including pricing), as well as business and marketing plans, technology and technical information, product plans and designs, and business processes disclosed by such party. However, Confidential Information does not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (iii) is received from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, or (iv) was independently developed by the Receiving Party.
8.2 The Receiving Party will use the same degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information of like kind (but not less than reasonable care) to (i) not use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement and (ii) except as otherwise authorised by the Disclosing Party in writing, limit access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to those of its and its Affiliates’ employees and contractors who need that access for purposes consistent with this Agreement and who have signed confidentiality agreements with the Receiving Party containing protections not materially less protective of the Confidential Information than those herein. Neither party will disclose the terms of this Agreement or any Order Form to any third party other than its Affiliates, legal counsel and accountants without the other party’s prior written consent, provided that a party that makes any such disclosure to its Affiliate, legal counsel or accountants will remain responsible for such Affiliate’s, legal counsel’s or accountant’s compliance with this “Confidentiality” section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, We may disclose the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Order Form to a subcontractor or Non-Y Axis Application Provider to the extent necessary to perform Our obligations to You under this Agreement, under terms of confidentiality materially as protective as set forth herein.
8.3 Compelled Disclosure. The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to the extent compelled by law to do so, provided the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party prior notice of the compelled disclosure (to the extent legally permitted) and reasonable assistance, at the Disclosing Party's cost, if the Disclosing Party wishes to contest the disclosure. If the Receiving Party is compelled by law to disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information as part of a civil proceeding to which the Disclosing Party is a party, and the Disclosing Party is not contesting the disclosure, the Disclosing Party will reimburse the Receiving Party for its reasonable cost of compiling and providing secure access to that Confidential Information.
9. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AND DISCLAIMERS
9.1 Each party represents that it has validly entered into this Agreement and has the legal power to do so.
9.2 We warrant that during an applicable subscription term (a) this Agreement, the Order Forms and the Documentation will accurately describe the applicable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the security, confidentiality and integrity of Your Data, (b) We will not materially decrease the overall security of the Services, (c) the Services will perform materially in accordance with the applicable Documentation, and (d) subject to the “Integration with Non-Y Axis Applications” section above, We will not materially decrease the overall functionality of the Services. For any breach of a warranty above, Your exclusive remedies are those described in the “Termination” and “Refund or Payment upon Termination” sections below.
9.3 Disclaimers: EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. CONTENT AND BETA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” EXCLUSIVE OF ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. EACH PARTY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS FOR ANY HARM OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY THIRD-PARTY HOSTING PROVIDERS.
10. INDEMNIFICATION
You will defend Us and Our Affiliates against any claim, demand, suit or proceeding made or brought against Us by a third party alleging that (a) any of Your Data or Your use of Your Data with our Services, (b) a Non-Y Axis Application provided by You, or (c) the combination of a Non-Y Axis Application provided by You and used with Our Services, infringes or misappropriates such third party’s intellectual property rights, or arising from Your use of the Services or Content in an unlawful manner or in violation of the Agreement, the Documentation, or Order Form (each a “Claim Against Us”), and You will indemnify Us from any damages, attorney fees and costs finally awarded against Us as a result of, or for any amounts paid by Us under a settlement approved by You in writing of, a Claim Against Us.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
11.1 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF EACH PARTY TOGETHER WITH ALL OF ITS AFFILIATES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU AND YOUR AFFILIATES HEREUNDER FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE FIRST INCIDENT OUT OF WHICH THE LIABILITY AROSE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION WILL APPLY WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, BUT WILL NOT LIMIT YOUR AND YOUR AFFILIATES’ PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE “FEES AND PAYMENT” SECTION ABOVE.
11.2 Exclusion of Consequential and Related Damages: IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, GOODWILL, OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF A PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR IF A PARTY’S OR ITS AFFILIATES’ REMEDY OTHERWISE FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
12. TERM AND TERMINATION
12.1 This Agreement commences on the date You first accept it and continues until all subscriptions hereunder have expired or have been terminated.
12.2 Term of Purchased Subscriptions: The term of each subscription shall be as specified in the applicable Order Form. Except as otherwise specified in an Order Form, subscriptions will automatically renew for additional periods equal to the expiring subscription term or one year (whichever is shorter), unless either party gives the other notice of non-renewal at least 30 days before the end of the relevant subscription term. The per-unit pricing during any renewal term will increase by up to __% above the applicable pricing in the prior term, unless We provide You notice of different pricing at least 30 days prior to the applicable renewal term. Except as expressly provided in the applicable Order Form, renewal of promotional or one-time priced subscriptions will be at Our applicable list price in effect at the time of the applicable renewal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any renewal in which subscription volume for any Services has decreased from the prior term will result in re-pricing at renewal without regard to the prior term’s per-unit pricing.
12.3 Termination: A party may terminate this Agreement for cause (i) upon 30 days written notice to the other party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period, or (ii) if the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors.
12.4 Payment upon Termination: If this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 12.3 for reasons relatable to you, You will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all Order Forms. In no event will termination relieve You of Your obligation to pay any fees payable to Us for the period prior to the effective date of termination.
12.5 Your Data Portability and Deletion: Upon request by You made within 30 days after the effective date of termination or expiration of this Agreement, We will make Your Data available to You for export or download as provided in the Documentation. After such 30-day period, We will have no obligation to maintain or provide any Your Data, and as provided in the Documentation will thereafter delete or destroy all copies of Your Data in Our systems or otherwise in Our possession or control, unless legally prohibited.
12.6 Surviving Provisions: The sections titled “Free Services,” “Fees and Payment,” “Proprietary Rights and Licenses,” “Confidentiality,” “Disclaimers,” “Mutual Indemnification,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Refund or Payment upon Termination,” “Your Data Portability and Deletion,” “Removal of Content and Non-Y Axis Applications,” “Surviving Provisions” and “General Provisions” will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
13. WHOM YOU ARE CONTRACTING WITH, NOTICES, GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
13.1 Manner of Giving Notice: Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, all notices related to this Agreement will be in writing and will be effective upon (a) personal delivery, (b) the second business day after mailing, or (c), except for notices of termination or an indemnifiable claim (“Legal Notices”), which shall clearly be identifiable as Legal Notices, the day of sending by email. Billing-related notices to You will be addressed to the relevant billing contact designated by You. All other notices to You will be addressed to the relevant Services system administrator designated by You.
13.2 Jurisdiction: Each party agrees that the Courts at Hyderabad will have exclusive jurisdiction as regards any issue arising out of this Agreement.
13.3 For the avoidance of doubt, We are entering into this Agreement as principal and not as agent for any other company. Subject to any permitted Assignment under Section 14.4, the obligations owed by Us under this Agreement shall be owed to You solely by Us and the obligations owed by You under this Agreement shall be owed solely to Us.
14. GENERAL PROVISIONS
14.1 The Services, Content, other technology We make available, and derivatives thereof may be subject to export laws and regulations. Each party represents that it is not named on any government denied-party list. You shall not permit Users to access or use any Service or Content in a U.S. embargoed country (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria or Crimea) or in violation of any export law or regulation.
14.2 You agree that You have not received or been offered any illegal or improper bribe, kickback, payment, gift, or thing of value from any of Our employees or agents in connection with this Agreement. Reasonable gifts and entertainment provided in the ordinary course of business do not violate the above restriction. If You learn of any violation of the above restriction, You will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify Us.
14.3 This Agreement is the entire agreement between You and Us regarding Your use of Services and Content and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, proposals or representations, written or oral, concerning its subject matter. Except as otherwise provided herein, no modification, amendment, or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the modification, amendment or waiver is to be asserted. The parties agree that any term or condition stated in Your purchase order or in any other of Your order documentation (excluding Order Forms) is void. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency among the following documents, the order of precedence shall be: (1) the applicable Order Form, (2) this Agreement, and (3) the Documentation.
14.4 Neither party may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the other party’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, either party may assign this Agreement in its entirety (together with all Order Forms), without the other party’s consent to its Affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganisation, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a party is acquired by, sells substantially all of its assets to, or undergoes a change of control in favour of, a direct competitor of the other party, then such other party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice. In the event of such a termination, We will refund to You any prepaid fees allocable to the remainder of the term of all subscriptions for the period after the effective date of such termination. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
14.5 The parties are independent contractors. This Agreement does not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, fiduciary or employment relationship between the parties.
14.6 There are no third-party beneficiaries under this Agreement.
14.7 No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of that right.
14.8 If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the provision will be deemed null and void, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in effect.
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