This Agreement (the “Agreement”) governs the use of any and all Archie Services by
the company or organization named in the Order Form (or other form of registration)
completed or submitted by you (as defined below, “Subscriber”). By executing and
returning to Archie an Order Form, or by clicking the button during the registration
process or otherwise using the Services, you expressly agree on behalf of Subscriber
to be bound by and comply with this Agreement. If you are not authorised to enter
into this Agreement on behalf of Subscriber or Subscriber does not agree to be bound
by any term or condition contained in this Agreement, do not use the Services. This
Agreement is effective as between Subscriber and Archie from the earliest date on
which you returned to Archie an executed Order Form, clicked the confirm button
during the registration process or otherwise started to use the Services.
1. Definitions & Interpretations
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“API” means the Archie Application Program Interface and associated documentation.
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“Account Holder” means the individual(s) appointed by Subscriber to manage the
Account and Users on behalf of the Subscriber. All Account Holders must be employees
of Subscriber.
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“Asset” means a real estate resource with economic value registered at a
geographical address that an individual, corporation or country owns or controls
with the expectation that it will provide future benefit. provide future benefit.
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“Content” means all documents, files, contact details, discussions, tasks, meetings,
electronic media, calendar dates, visual, written or audible data, information or
material associated to the management of Assets, that is entered into, uploaded to,
posted, transmitted or displayed through the Services by Subscriber or any User,
including, without limitation, any hyperlink, graphic, artwork, video, music, text,
image, logo, document, spreadsheet, presentation, text message, form entry, web page
or other data.
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“Intellectual Property Rights” means all right, title, and interest in and to any
copyright, database, design, logo, trademark, service mark, patent, invention, trade
secret, domain name, confidential and proprietary information, know-how, technology,
business name, trade name, trade dress, technical solutions, associated right to sue
(past, present, and future), and any other intellectual property rights whether
existing at common law, applied for, registered or unregistered and all extensions,
renewals, continuations, continuations in part, divisionals, reissues,
re-examinations, and revivals thereof and existing anywhere in the world.
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“Order Form” means any written or electronic document or registration form for
placing orders for the Services and any addenda or amendments thereof, entered into
contemporaneously with this Agreement or from time to time thereafter. Each Order
Form shall be governed by and deemed to incorporate the terms and conditions
contained herein, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Order Form. Each
Order Form will describe all of the Services that Archie agree to make available to
Subscriber.
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“Package” means the level of the Services Subscriber has been licensed to use, as
provided on the Order Form, which details the features and limits to the features
Subscriber is permitted to use. “Services” means, collectively, the computer
applications, interfaces, software, programs, products, services and websites
provided or made available by Archie and its affiliates pursuant to any Order Form,
including provision of access to the Website for, among other things, creating and
managing the Account.
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“Subscriber” means the company, organization, employer, principal or other legal
entity named in each Order Form and for whom Archie provide the Services pursuant to
this Agreement. “User” means an individual who has completed the user registration
process and created a user account at the Website. This includes any individual that
Archie create a user account for at Subscriber’s direction and any individual
invited by Subscriber to become a user.
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“Website” means the website at archieapp.co ; and any other URLs maintained by
Archie for the purpose of making the Services accessible to Users.
“We/Us/Our/Archie” means the Archie company described in Section 14 ‘Governing Law;
Jurisdiction’. “Account” means an interface within the Website configured for Users
authorised by Subscriber to upload, manage and share files and information including
Content.
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In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, any phrase introduced by
the words “including”, “include”, “in particular”, “for example” or any similar
expression shall be construed as illustrative only and shall not be construed as
limiting the generality of any preceding words, and references to the singular
include the plural and in each case vice versa.
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The headings and sub headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only
and shall not affect the meaning of this Agreement.
2. Grant of Licence; Proprietary Rights
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Archie hereby grant to Subscriber a
non-transferable, non-exclusive, non- sublicensable limited term right and licence
to access and use, and to authorise and permit Users to access and use, the
Services, solely as provided in each Order Form. Except for the rights specifically
granted under this Agreement, Subscriber is not given any right, title or interest
in or to the Services or Website, and Archie expressly reserves all such rights,
title and interests.
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As between the parties, Archie shall hold title to all Intellectual Property Rights
in and to the Services and Website. Such Intellectual Property Rights may only be
used by Subscriber in the manner stated in this Agreement and Order Form. Under no
circumstances shall Subscriber or a third party acquire any Intellectual Property
Rights to the Services or Website. Access to the Services and Website is licenced,
and not sold, on the terms set out in this Agreement
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Subscriber agrees that it shall not do or permit or authorise any Users to do any of
the following acts:
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Modify, translate, amend or otherwise alter the Services or Website;
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Attempt to decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise disassemble, or create
derivative works of or from any part of the Services or Website;
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Redistribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any Services or
portion of the Website, including in a timeshare or service bureau relationship;
or
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Remove, alter, or destroy from the Services or Website any logo, copyright or
proprietary notices, legends, symbols, labels, watermarks, signatures or any
other like marks affixed to or embedded therein.
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All Content shall remain Subscriber’s sole property or the property of its
respective legal owner. Archie shall have no liability for such Content. By
uploading Content, Subscriber represents and warrants that it has obtained all
necessary licences, permissions, consents and agreements necessary for the lawful
use of such Content by Archie and by third parties in accordance with this Agreement
and in order for Archie to provide the Services. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees
Archie does not control the Content posted by Users, and does not guarantee the
accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Subscriber agrees that Subscriber
must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any third party
Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such
Content. Under no circumstances will Archie be liable in any way for any third party
Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any third party
content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any
third party Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the
Services or Website.
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Subscriber agrees to use the Services within the parameters of the Package
Subscriber has purchased. Archie reserves the right to terminate the Services
immediately on breach of this clause and Archie are under no obligation to provide a
refund in full or in part for the fees paid.
3. Digital Millenium Copyright Act
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We will not knowingly publish content in violation of applicable copyright law. If
you believe content has been displayed, reproduced, printed or otherwise distributed
by us through this website in violation of any third party copyright, please notify
us in writing and include the following:
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electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act for the copyright
owner
- description of the copyrighted work
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description of where the infringing content is located on this website your
office or home address, telephone number and email address
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a statement of good faith belief that the use of the work is not permitted by
the copyright owner, and
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a statement under penalty of perjury that the above is true and you are
authorized to act for the owner.
You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all the requirements of this
Section, your DMCA notice may not be valid.
4. Availability of Service
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The Services are normally available over the Internet around the clock. Archie shall
be entitled to take measures that affect the aforementioned accessibility when
Archie deem such to be necessary for technical, maintenance, operational, or
security reasons. Archie guarantee at least 99.5% total uptime of the Service, as
measured over a rolling 3 month (90 day) period by a reputable external monitoring
service of our choice from time to time. This excludes any planned maintenance
periods as described below. Availability is currently measured as continuous
availability of the Archie login page, tested every minute from one of at least 8
global locations. Archie will make available the official uptime reports to
Subscriber on request. Archie will notify Subscriber at least 2 weeks in advance of
any planned maintenance periods that exceed 15 minutes in length. Archie will
endeavour to carry out any such planned maintenance outside of normal Quebec office
hours. There will be a maximum of one (1) planned maintenance period in any three
(3) week period. Archie will backup Subscriber’s data stored on Our system,
including files stored in the Subscriber Account and associated User data such as
notifications, permissions and comments. Backups of the Archie file store are
carried out daily at our disaster recovery data centre. Full backups of the Archie
database are carried out on a regular basis. At a minimum, Archie takes full
snapshots every 24 hours, ensuring that in the event of a serious issue, the oldest
your data will be is 24 hours. Any problems experienced by Subscriber in accessing
the Service should be reported to Archie through the Website or at
[email protected] The service levels as described above are compensated by Archie
as follows: If Archie fail to meet the described service levels for service
availability, Archie will compensate Subscriber by crediting Subscriber one day of
Subscriber annual fee for each one hour of downtime. If availability of the Service
as described in this clause is lower than 75% (seventy five percent) in any 3 month
(90 day) period Subscriber shall be able to terminate Subscriber Agreement with
immediate effect.
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Archie assume no responsibility for technical support or problems arising from or
relating to third party systems, equipment owned or maintained by Subscriber or any
Users, or the administration of email addresses or the email account of any User.
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Archie agree to take commercially reasonable steps to maintain the Services in a
secure manner. If a security flaw is detected with respect to which Archie has
reason to believe the security or integrity of Content or account information of
Subscriber’s Users may be affected, Archie shall use reasonable efforts to notify
Subscriber promptly of such defect and any related remedial steps Archie propose to
take.
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Archie reserve the right at any time and from time to time to reasonably modify or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services or Website (or any part
thereof), including but not limited to modifications to the design, operational
method, technical specifications, systems, and other functions. However any changes
will not materially limit the scope of the Services. Subscriber agrees that Archie
shall not be liable to Subscriber or to any third party for any modification,
suspension, or discontinuance of the Services or Website (except for refunding to
Subscriber any prepaid fees corresponding to the period following any permanent
discontinuance of Services other than due to Subscriber’s breach).
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Services may be performed by Our affiliates or subcontractors in Our discretion,
provided that Archie shall be responsible for compliance with and performance of
this Agreement by any such persons and such persons will be under the same
confidentiality provisions as set forth in this Agreement.
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The Services or Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned
or controlled by Archie. These links are provided solely for Users’ convenience.
Archie have no control over any linked third party sites, are not responsible for
the content of such sites, and make no representations or warranties with respect to
such sites.
5. Subscriber Obligations
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Subscriber agrees to reasonably:
- appoint at least one Account Holder
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provide true, accurate, current and complete information about Users who access
the Services on Subscriber’s behalf (“Subscriber’s Users”) as prompted by the
registration process, including Users’ identity and a correct and legitimate
email address (the “Registration Data”);
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maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete;
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cause Subscriber’s Users to maintain the security of their login credential(s);
and
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consent and authorise Archie to verify any Registration Data. If Subscriber or a
User provides any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, or Archie have a reasonable belief that such information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, Archie have the right to suspend or
terminate the relevant User accounts and refuse any current or future use of the
Services or Website.
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Subscriber acknowledges,consents, and agrees that Archie may access, preserve and
disclose Subscriber’s account information and Content if and solely to the extent
required to do so by law or in good faith belief that such access, preservation, or
disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
- respond to Subscriber’s requests for service;
- comply with legal process;
- enforce this Agreement;
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respond to claims that Subscriber’s Content violates the rights of third
parties;
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or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Archie, other Users, or
the public.
Where Archie is required to access and disclose Subcriber’s account information and
Content, Archie will use commercially reasonable efforts, to the extent Archie are
permitted to do so, to give Subscriber as much notice of this disclosure as possible.
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Subscriber agrees to notify Archie immediately of any unauthorised use of
Subscriber’s account, the login credentials of any of Subscriber’s Users, or any
other breach of security. Subscriber may be held liable for losses incurred by
Archie or any User of the Services or Website due to someone else using the
Registration Data.
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Subscriber represents that Subscriber is authorised to receive the Services under
the laws of the geographical jurisdictions in which Subscriber and Subscriber’s
Users are located. Subscriber shall be responsible for all activities,
communications and transactions of Subscriber and Subscriber’s employees and agents
conducted through use of the Services and Website and their compliance with
applicable national, federal, state and local laws.
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Subscriber agrees that Archie may include Subscriber’s company name and/or logo
among our clients listed in Our marketing materials, including the Website. Nothing
herein shall require Subscriber to endorse the Services.
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Subscriber agrees not to:
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Use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots”,
“spiders” or “offline readers” that accesses the Services or Website in a manner
that sends more request messages to Our servers in a given period of time than a
single human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional
online web browser;
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Collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including names,
from the Services or Website;
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Use any information provided in the Services or Website for the sending of spam,
bulk email messages or bulk instant messages for marketing or other purposes
other than internal business use;
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Use any part of the Services or Website to upload, post, email, or transmit
viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any
other software, files or programs that may interrupt, damage, destroy or limit
the functionality of any computer software or hardware or network equipment;
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Use any part of the Services or Website to pretend to be Archie or someone else
or otherwise misrepresent the identity or affiliation of a User or attempt to
disguise the origin of any Content;
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Use the Services, Website or any part thereof to violate or infringe anyone’s
Intellectual Property Rights;
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Interfere with or disrupt the Website, servers, or networks connected to the
Website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of
networks connected to the Website;
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Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that
Archie, in our sole discretion, deem to be unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of
another’s privacy, inflammatory, hateful, or racially, religiously, ethnically,
or otherwise objectionable, or harmful to minors;
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Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Services or Website or any portion or
feature of thereof, or any other systems or networks connected to the Website or
to any of Our servers;
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Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Website or any network connected
to the Website (except with Archie express prior written consent and cooperation
for security testing purposes only), nor breach the security or authentication
measures on the Website or any network connected to the Website;
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Take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on the Services or Website or
on Archie infrastructure or networks or any networks connected to the Website;
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Use the Services or Website in order to obtain material which per se or if sent
to another party might injure the reputation of a third party, or in any manner
which may result in the infringement of any third party’s Intellectual Property
Rights, or which constitutes a dissemination of business secret, or may incite a
third party to commit or participate in a crime, or may be understood as
constituting a threat, or to use the Services in any other manner incompatible
with the purpose thereof; or
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Provide access to the Services or Website to anyone else other than Users.
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Both parties agree that a breach of this Agreement by either party may cause the
other party substantial and irreparable damages and, therefore, in the event of
any such breach, in addition to other remedies which may be available, the other
party shall have the right to seek specific performance and other injunctive and
equitable relief.
6. API Terms
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In case Subscriber is granted a license to the API under the Order Form, the license
is a limited, non-sub-licensable right to access the API, the Services and Data for
the purpose of enabling Subscriber and users it authorizes to access the Archie
Services via 3rd party software or website. Any use of the API, including use of the
API through a third-party software or website that accesses the Services, is subject
to the terms of this Agreement plus the following specific terms:
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Subscriber agrees that Subscriber is solely responsible for (and that Archie have no
responsibility to Subscriber or to any third party for) any services and/or products
Subscriber provide or use through any 3rd party software.
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Subscriber expressly understand and agree that Archie shall not be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including
but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other
intangible losses (even if Archie has been advised of the possibility of such
damages), resulting from Subscriber use of the API or third-party products that
access data via the API.
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Subscriber will not collect any users’ personal information or data in a misleading,
illegal, unauthorised or unfair way. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Subscriber will never collect, store or record passwords used by users’
to log-in to the Services. If users need a separate password to use Subscriber
software Subscriber will generate a unique password and securely communicate it to
the user. Subscriber agrees that any 3rd party software shall be provided by
Subscriber in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (including without
limitation those relating to the protection of privacy and the processing of
personal data or traffic data).
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Subscriber will not use the API to create software that sends unsolicited
communications (whether commercial or otherwise) to any third party.
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Archie reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or
permanently the API (or any part thereof). Where Archie permanently discontinues the
API, Archie will continue to provide appropriate levels of support to ensure
continuance of the API which has just been replaced for a period not less than 6
months to be determined by Archie, in our sole discretion.
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Abuse or excessively frequent requests to the Services via the API may result in the
temporary or permanent suspension of Subscriber account’s access to the API. Archie,
in our sole discretion, will determine abuse or excessive usage of the API.
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Archie retain the right to the Services, including the API. In no way will
Subscriber pass off, market or otherwise make representations that the Archie brand,
Services or Website is owned or otherwise connected with Subscriber. Subscriber must
make it clear that Subscriber are allowing access to the Archie API via an
independent 3rd party piece of software and must prominently display the following
text: “This product uses the Archie API but is not endorsed, certified or otherwise
approved in any way by Archie”. Subscriber shall not have any rights to use Archie
trademarks or logos.
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Archie reserves the right to limit Subscriber access to the API or the number of
calls Subscriber software can otherwise make to it, except solely as agreed in a
separate written order.
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Archie reserve the right to make information about any software or website that uses
the API available to our users on our Website and any other marketing collateral.
7. Confidentiality
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“Confidential Information” means any and all information disclosed by or at the
direction of either party to the other in connection with the provision or use of
Services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, information relating
to the business, operations, technology, properties, employees and customers of the
disclosing party. Without limiting the foregoing, as between the parties, all
Content shall be treated as Subscriber’s Confidential Information. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, “Confidential Information” does not include any information that a
receiving party can demonstrate
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was known to it prior to the information’s disclosure in connection with
provision or use of the Services;
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is or becomes known publicly through no wrongful act of the receiving party;
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was rightfully received from a third party under no contractual, legal or
fiduciary obligation to keep such information confidential; or
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was independently developed by the receiving party, without the use of any
Confidential Information.
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Each receiving party agrees that it shall use Confidential Information of the
disclosing party solely in furtherance of the performance of this Agreement and for
no other purpose. Each party shall use the same degree of care to protect the other
party’s Confidential Information as it uses to protect its own confidential
information of like nature, but in no circumstances with less than reasonable care.
Each party agrees not to disclose the other party’s Confidential Information to any
person or entity other than: (i) to employees, agents, subcontractors or consultants
of the receiving party on an as-needed basis, provided such persons have entered
into written confidentiality agreements consistent with this Section 7 or otherwise
are bound under substantially similar confidentiality restrictions; (ii) with
respect to Subscriber Confidential Information, as authorised by Subscriber; (iii)
to the extent required by court order, legal process, governmental or exchange
regulation or applicable law, provided that the party required to disclose the
information provides prompt advance written notice thereof (to the extent permitted
by law) to the other party; or (iv) otherwise solely as expressly authorised in
writing by the disclosing party. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the
contrary, Archie may use and disclose anonymous, aggregated data and statistics
regarding use of the Services, provided no individual organization or person can be
identified and no Content is disclosed in connection with such data and statistics.
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Each party acknowledges and agrees the use or disclosure of Confidential Information
inconsistent with this Agreement could cause irreparable harm to a disclosing party,
the extent of which would be difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, each party agrees
that, in addition to any remedies available at law, any non-breaching party shall
have the right to obtain immediate injunctive relief, without the necessity of
posting a bond, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Section 7 by
the other party, any of its affiliates or their representatives. This Section 7
shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.
8. Warranties
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Archie warrants, to the best of its knowledge after implementing reasonable
measures, that components of the Services and Website made accessible to Subscriber
do not contain viruses, worms, code or other third party computer code intentionally
designed to disrupt, disable, or harm the operation of Subscriber’s computer
systems. Archie further warrant, to the best of Our knowledge, that the Services do
not infringe any third party trade secret, copyright, issued patent or trademark.
OTHER THAN THE FOREGOING, THE SERVICES AND WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND
“AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ARCHIE MAKE NO WARRANTY THE
SERVICES WILL BE ERROR FREE OR AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES, NOR DOES ARCHIE WARRANT THE
COMPATIBILITY OR OPERATION OF THE SERVICES WITH ALL SUBSCRIBER OR USER SITES,
HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CONFIGURATIONS. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 8, ARCHIE
MAKES AND SUBSCRIBER RECEIVES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING OR
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. ARCHIE DISCLAIMS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
SUBSCRIBER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED ON ANY WARRANTY, CONDITION,
GUARANTY OR REPRESENTATION BY ARCHIE OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES OTHER THAN THOSE
CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
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The entire and exclusive remedy for breach of this Limited Warranty shall be, at Our
option, either:
- the return of the relevant license fee paid, or
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to repair, upgrade, or otherwise enhance the performance of Archie to address
the failure of performance.
9. INDEMNITY
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Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Archie and its subsidiaries,
affiliates, directors, officers, agents, and employees from and against any losses,
damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees, expert fees, and other
costs of litigation) (collectively, “Losses”) arising from or related to any
third-party claim, demand, or action (an “Action”) based upon:
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Content Subscriber or Subscriber’s Users submit, post, transmit, or otherwise
make available through use of the Services, Platform or Website,
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Subscriber’s, Subscriber’s Users or Account Holder’s violation of this Agreement
or any applicable law, or
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Subscriber’s, Subscriber’s Users or Account Holder’s violation of any rights of
another, except, in any case, to the extent such Action is based on Our breach
of this Agreement, willful misconduct or negligence, provided that there would
not have been an Action except for such breach, willful misconduct or
negligence.
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Archie agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Subscriber, its subsidiaries
affiliates, directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any Losses
arising from or related to any Action based upon
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infringement by Archie of any third-party trade secret, copyright, issued patent
or registered trademark, except to the extent such infringement is attributable
to (i) the use or publication of Content, (ii) breach of the License Restriction
by the Subscriber, (iii) failure by the Subscriber to incorporate updates
provided by Archie without additional charges, (iv) unauthorized use of the
Services, Platform and the Website in combination with software not provided by
Archie (an “Infringement Claim”); or
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breach of Our obligations under Section 7 (confidentiality), except, in any
case, to the extent such Action is based on Subscriber’s breach of this
Agreement, willful misconduct or negligence. In the event of an Infringement
Claim, Archie may at Archie’s discretion mitigate any Losses indemnified
hereunder by any of the following actions:
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procure for Subscriber the necessary right to continue using the Services;
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replace or modify any infringing portion of the Services with a functionally
equivalent non-infringing substitute thereof;
- modify the Services so as to be non-infringing; or
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if none of the foregoing are commercially reasonable, terminate this
Agreement (and in the event of such termination, Subscriber shall be
entitled to a refund of any prepaid fees for the unexpired portion of any
Order Form).
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Indemnification under subsections 9.1 and 9.2 hereof will be provided only on
the conditions that: (i) the indemnifying party is given written notice promptly
after the indemnified party receives notice of the subject Action; provided,
however, that late notice shall only excuse the indemnifying party from its
obligations hereunder if such late notice materially prejudices the indemnifying
party; (ii) the indemnifying party has sole control of the defense and all
related settlement negotiations, provided any settlement that would impose any
monetary or injunctive obligation upon the indemnified party shall be subject to
such party’s prior written approval; and (iii) the indemnified party provides
cooperation and information in furtherance of such defense, as reasonably
required by the indemnifying party. This Section 9 shall survive termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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EXCEPT FOR CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY (INCLUDING DEATH) AND CLAIMS BASED ON WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT OR FRAUD, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR
RELATED TO THE SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES
FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA OR BUSINESS OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
(EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES).
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EXCEPT FOR CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY (INCLUDING DEATH), CLAIMS BASED ON WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT OR FRAUD, AND CLAIMS FOR INDEMNIFICATION UNDER SECTION 9, THE AGGREGATE
LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY TO THE OTHER FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR
RELATED TO THE SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE THE AMOUNT OF FEES
AND OTHER CHARGES PAID OR PAYABLE BY SUBSCRIBER DURING THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD
PRECEDING THE FIRST EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH CLAIM.
11. Term & Termination
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This Agreement shall remain in effect while any performance by either party remains
to be completed under any Order Form, subject to termination in accordance with
subsection 11.2. Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Order Form, upon
termination of this Agreement, all Services shall cease and Subscriber and
Subscriber’s Users will discontinue use of the Services and Website.
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Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice if the
other party: (i) becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy which is not
withdrawn or dismissed within 60 days thereafter; (ii) makes an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or (iii) breaches any material obligation under this Agreement
and fails to cure such breach within 30 days after delivery of notice thereof by the
non-breaching party. Otherwise, Subscriber’s contract can be canceled following the
expiration of the minimum commitment period for which the Agreement has been signed
by and between the Parties on the Order Form, which shall not be less than 12 months
(the “Initial Term”) or following the expiration of a renewal term, equal to the
Initial Term for which the Agreement is concluded which commences upon the
expiration of the Initial Term or a previous renewal term (the “Renewal Term”), as
the case may be, if a Notice of non-renewal has been served by either of the Parties
at least 30 days prior to a Renewal Term.
12. Fees and Payment for Services
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All Fees are payable in advance, either annually in advance or in accordance with
any different payment terms as stated in the applicable Order Form. Subscriber shall
pay all fees specified in all Order Forms hereunder. Once an Order Form is executed
by Subscriber and accepted by Archie the Order and payment obligations thereunder
are non-cancellable, and fees paid are non-refundable unless specified otherwise in
this Agreement. Failure to pay Archie the agreed amount within the invoice payment
terms may result in the Services being made unavailable to Subscriber or legal
action being taken to secure any outstanding fees. Subscriber shall also be liable
for any additional costs, including legal costs, incurred by Archie to secure such
fees.
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Fees stated on Order Forms exclude any applicable sales and use taxes, value added
tax or other taxes relating to provision or use of the Services. Subscriber is
responsible for the payment of all such taxes (excluding taxes on Archie’s income)
and taxes applicable to the territory the Subscriber resides in.
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Orders and their invoices shall be paid by credit cards, unless agreed otherwise
between the Subscriber and Archie. If you provide Archie with credit card details,
you authorize Archie to charge such a credit card for all fees listed in the Order
Form as soon as practicable by Archie.
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Unless paid by credit card, fees are payable 15 days from invoice date, unless
alternative, agreed terms are stated on the Order Form and Subscriber is responsible
for providing Archie with complete and accurate billing and contact information and
notifying Archie of any changes to such information.
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If any amount owing by Subscriber under an Order is 15 or more days overdue (or 5 or
more days overdue in the case of Orders Subscriber has authorized Archie to charge
Subscriber’s Credit card), Archie may, without limiting Our other rights and
remedies, suspend Subscriber’s account and Subscriber’s Users’ access to the
Services until such amounts owing are paid in full.
13. Miscellaneous
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Modification; Archie reserve the right to amend this Agreement at any time by
notifying Subscriber as provided in this Agreement, provided that no notice shall be
required for non-substantive changes to the Agreement. If Archie substantively amend
this Agreement, Archie will post the updated Agreement on the website at least seven
(7) days notice before the the changes take effect during which period of time you
may reject the changes by terminating your account. If Subscriber does not agree to
any of these terms or any future Agreement, then Subscriber is not to use or access
(or continue to access) the Services or Website. No failure or delay by either party
in exercising any right, power, or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of
such right, power, or remedy.
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Remedies; The provisions of this Agreement are necessary for the protection of the
business and goodwill of the parties and are considered by the parties to be
reasonable for such purpose. Subscriber agrees that any breach of this Agreement may
cause Archie substantial and irreparable damages and, therefore, in the event of any
such breach, in addition to other remedies which may be available, Archie shall have
the right to seek specific performance and other injunctive and equitable relief. In
the event that Subscriber use the Services or Website for commercial purposes in
breach of this Agreement, Subscriber agrees that Archie shall be entitled to any
proceeds that Subscriber has obtained from such activity, without prejudice to other
rights or remedies Archie may have against Subscriber.
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Independent Contractors; No Third Party Beneficiaries. The parties are independent
contractors with respect to each other, and neither shall be deemed an employee,
agent, partner or legal representative of the other for any purpose or shall have
any authority to create any obligation on behalf of the other. No third-party
beneficiary rights are granted as a result of or pursuant to this Agreement.
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Force Majeure; Any delay in or failure of performance by either party under this
Agreement will not be considered a breach and will be excused to the extent caused
by any event beyond the reasonable control of such party including, but not limited
to, acts of God, acts of civil or military authorities, strikes or other labor
disputes, fires, interruptions in telecommunications or Internet or network provider
services, power outages, and governmental restrictions.
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Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements,
understandings, representations, warranties, proposals, requests for proposal and
negotiations, if any, related to the subject matter hereof. Each provision of this
Agreement is severable from each other provision for the purpose of determining the
enforceability of any specific provision. This Section 13 shall survive termination
or expiration of this Agreement.
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Assignment; Except as otherwise provided below, neither party may assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent
of the other party. Either party shall have the right to assign this Agreement
without the consent of the other party: (a) to any affiliate of such party; or (b)
in connection with the merger, reorganization or acquisition of such party or the
sale of all or substantially all of its assets related to this Agreement. Any
purported assignment of this Agreement in violation of this subsection shall be
invalid. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
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Notices; Invoices and other correspondence relating to this Agreement may be
delivered by email to the email addresses furnished by Subscriber in each Order
Form.Any notice of termination, breach or Actions under this Agreement shall be
given by either email or internationally recognised courier service to the addresses
set forth in the applicable Order Form or such other address as either party may
provide in writing from time to time.
14. Governing law; Jurisdiction.
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Subscriber is contracting with 9338-9666 Québec inc, a company organized under the
laws of the Quebec, Canada with offices located at 4012 Wellington Street, Verdun,
H4G 1V3, Quebec, Canada and this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Law of Quebec, Canada without giving effect to its conflict of
laws principles. The parties agree the United Nations Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods does not apply to this Agreement. The parties agree
to submit to the jurisdiction of Quebec, Canada, for the adjudication of any case or
controversy arising under this Agreement, and the parties hereby waive their right
to a trial by jury in any such litigation.
Subscribers with questions about this Agreement or the Privacy Policy may contact
Archie at [email protected].