biG-CToS - Last modified 2023-08-24
PLEASE READ THESE CUSTOMER TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY.
Our Customer Terms of Service is a contract that governs our customers' use of the biGENIUS services. It consists of the following documents:
General Terms: These contain the core legal and commercial terms that apply to your use of our products and services. Any references to Master Terms means these General Terms.
Product Specific Terms: These include any additional terms that apply to your use of each of our product offerings, our consulting and other services, and third-party services.
Data Processing Agreement (DPA): This explains how we process your data and includes the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
Your Order or Order Form or Signed Quote is the biGENIUS-approved form created following your purchase of one of our products or services through our sales process or via in-app purchase. It contains all of the details about your purchase, including your subscription term, products and services purchased and your fees.
We’ve aimed to keep these documents as readable as possible, but in some cases for legal reasons, some of the language is necessarily “legalese”. By using the Subscription Service or receiving the Consulting Services, you are agreeing to these terms.
We update these terms from time to time. If you have an active biGENIUS subscription, we will let you know when we update the terms via in-app notification or by email (if you subscribe to receive email updates). You can find archived versions of the General Terms, Product Specific Terms, DPA in our archives at https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/legal-documents#archieved-docs
General Terms
1. Definitions
“Add-Ons” means additional product enhancements (including Limit increases and other add-ons) that are made available for purchase and are listed in the 'Add-Ons & Limit Increases' and the 'Technical Limits and Definitions' sections of our Products and Services Catalog.
"Affiliate" means any entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party to this Agreement. For purposes of this definition, control means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting interests of the subject entity.
"Agreement" or “Customer Terms of Service” means these General Terms and all materials referred or linked to in here, unless otherwise stated. Throughout this Agreement, we link to knowledge base articles to help facilitate your use of our products and services and manage your biGENIUS Account; however, these knowledge base articles are for your information only, and they are not incorporated into this Agreement.
"Authorized Payment Method" means a current, valid, payment method accepted by us, as may be updated from time to time and which may include payment through your account with a third party.
"Billing Period" means the period for which you agree to prepay fees under an Order Form. This may be the same length as the Subscription Term specified in the Order Form, or it may be shorter. For example, if you subscribe to the Subscription Service for a one (1) year Subscription Term, with a twelve (12) month upfront payment, the Billing Period will be twelve (12) months.
“Confidential Information” means all confidential information disclosed by a party ("Disclosing Party") to the other party ("Receiving Party"), whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential or a reasonable person would consider confidential. Confidential Information includes all information concerning: the Disclosing Party's customers and potential customers, past, present or proposed products, marketing plans, engineering and other designs, technical data, business plans, business opportunities, finances, research, development, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 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. Subject to the foregoing exclusions, Customer Data will be considered Confidential Information under this Agreement regardless of whether or not it is designated as confidential.
"Consulting Services" means the professional services provided to you by us, which may include training services, installation, integration or other consulting services.
"Customer Data" means all information that you submit or collect via the Subscription Service. Customer Data does not include biGENIUS Content.
"Customer Materials" means all materials that you provide or post, upload, input or submit for public display through the Subscription Service.
“Free Services” means the Subscription Service or other products or features made available by us to you on an unpaid trial or free basis.
"biGENIUS Content" means all information, data, text, messages, software, sound, music, video, photographs, graphics, images, and tags that we incorporate into the Subscription Service or Consulting Services.
"Order" or "Order Form" or "Signed Quote" means the biGENIUS-approved form or online subscription process by which you agree to subscribe to the Subscription Service and/or purchase Consulting Services.
“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual where (i) such information is contained within Customer Data and (ii) is protected as personal data, personal information, or personally identifiable information under applicable Data Protection Laws (as defined in the DPA).
“Product and Services Catalog” means biGENIUS’s Product and Services Catalog available at https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/product-and-services-catalog, as updated by us from time-to-time.
“Product Specific Terms" means the additional product-related terms that apply to your use of biGENIUS products, our Consulting Services and Third-Party Products. These terms form part of the Agreement and can be found at http://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/product-specific-terms.
"Subscription Fee" means the amount you pay for the Subscription Service.
"Subscription Service" means all of our web-based applications, tools and platforms that you have subscribed to under an Order Form or that we otherwise make available to you, and are developed, operated, and maintained by us, accessible via http://bigenius-x.com or another designated URL, and any ancillary products and services, that we provide to you.
"Subscription Term" means the initial term of your subscription to the applicable Subscription Service, as specified on your Order Form(s), and each subsequent renewal term (if any). For Free Services, the Subscription Term will be the period during which you have an account to access the Free Services.
"Third-Party Products" means non-embedded products and professional services that are provided by third parties which interoperate with or are used in connection with the Subscription Service. These products and services include non-biGENIUS apps available from, for example, our marketplaces, directories, and links made available through the Subscription Service and non-biGENIUS services listed on services.bigenius-x.com.
"Third-Party Sites" means third-party websites linked to from within the Subscription Service, including Communications Services.
“Total Committed Subscription Value” means the aggregate amount of Subscription Fees paid or payable to us during your then-current Subscription Term(s) for all of your biGENIUS accounts, but this amount excludes fees for renewals, Consulting Services and applicable taxes.
"Users" means your employees, representatives, consultants, contractors or agents who are authorized to use the Subscription Service for your benefit and have unique user identifications and passwords for the Subscription Service.
"biGENIUS", "we", "us" or “our” means the applicable contracting entity as specified in the ‘Contracting Entity and Applicable Law’ section.
"You", "your" or “Customer” means the person or entity using the Subscription Service or receiving the Consulting Services and identified in the applicable account record, billing statement, online subscription process, or Order Form as the customer and your Affiliates included in the scope of your purchase.
2. Use of Service
2.1 Access
During the Subscription Term, we will provide your Users access to use the Subscription Service as described in this Agreement and the applicable Order. We may provide your Users access to use our Services at any time by activating them in your biGENIUS account. We might provide some or all elements of the Subscription Service through third party service providers.
You must ensure that all access, use and receipt by your Users is subject to and in compliance with this Agreement. You may provide access and use of the Subscription Service to your Affiliate's Users or allow them to receive the Consulting Services purchased under an Order; provided that, all such access, use and receipt by your Affiliate's Users is subject to and in compliance with the Agreement and you will at all times remain liable for your Affiliates' compliance with the Agreement.
2.2 Additional Features
You may subscribe to additional features of the Subscription Service by placing an additional Order or activating the additional features from within your biGENIUS account (if this option is made available by us.). This Agreement will apply to all additional Order(s) and all additional features that you activate from within your biGENIUS account.
2.3 Availability and Uptime
For details of biGENIUS’s Service Uptime Commitment, please see the Product Specific Terms.
2.4 Limits
The limits that apply to you will be specified in your Order Form, this Agreement or in our Product and Services Catalog, these limits may also be designated only from within the product itself. For further information on the limits that apply to your subscription, please refer to the Product Specific Terms.
You must be 18 years of age or older to use the Subscription Service.
2.5 Downgrades
Depending on your biGENIUS product, you may be entitled to downgrade your subscription. For further information on the downgrade terms that apply to your subscription, please refer to the Product Specific Terms.
2.6 Modifications
We modify the Subscription Service from time to time, including by adding or deleting features and functions, in an effort to improve your experience. For further information on our modification rights that apply to your subscription, please refer to the Product Specific Terms.
2.7 Customer Support
For information on the customer support terms that apply to your subscription, please refer to the Product Specific Terms.
2.8 Prohibited and Unautherized Use
You will not use the Subscription Service in any way that violates the terms of the AUP or for any purpose or in any manner that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement.
You may not use the Subscription Service if you are legally prohibited from receiving or using the Subscription Service under the laws of the country in which you are resident or from which you access or use the Subscription Service.
You will notify us promptly of any unauthorized use of your Users’ identifications and passwords or your account.
2.9 No Sensitive Information
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES HAVE NOT BEEN DESIGNED TO PROCESS OR MANAGE SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND ACCORDINGLY YOU AGREE NOT TO USE THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE TO COLLECT, MANAGE OR PROCESS SENSITIVE INFORMATION. WE WILL NOT HAVE AND WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE TO COLLECT, PROCESS OR MANAGE SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
2.10 Customer Responsibilities
To realize the full value of the Subscription Service and Consulting Services, your participation and effort are needed.
Resources that may be required from you include a project manager, one or more developer of your analytical solution. Responsibilities that may be required include planning of first implementation steps; providing top level internal goals for the use of the Subscription Service; attending regular success review meetings; and supporting the integration of the Subscription Service with other data analytics tools and systems.
2.11 Free Trial
If you register for a free trial, we will make the applicable Subscription Service available to you on a trial basis free of charge until the earlier of (a) the end of the free trial period (if not terminated earlier) or (b) the start date of your paid subscription. Unless you purchase a subscription to the applicable Subscription Service before the end of the free trial, all of your data in the Subscription Service may be permanently deleted at the end of the trial, and we will not recover it. If we include additional terms and conditions on the trial registration web page, those will apply as well.
2.12 Legacy Products
If you have a legacy biGENIUS product, some of the features and limits that apply to that product may be different than those that appear in these General Terms, Product Specific Terms and/or the Product and Services Catalog. If you have legacy biGENIUS products, we may choose to move you to our then-current products at any time. If you determine that you are using a legacy product and would like to upgrade to a current-version, you must execute a new Order.
3. Fees
3.1 Subscrition Fees
The Subscription Fee will remain fixed during the initial term of your subscription unless (i) you exceed applicable limits (see the ‘Limits’ section above), (ii) you upgrade products or base packages, (iii) you subscribe to additional features or products, or (iv) otherwise agreed to in your Order. We may also choose to decrease your fees upon written notice to you. You can find all the information about how your fees may be otherwise adjusted in Product Specific Terms.
3.2 Fee Adjustment at Renewal
Upon renewal, we may increase your fees up to our then-current list price set out in our Product and Services Catalog. If this increase applies to you, we will notify you at least thirty (30) days in advance of your renewal and the increased fees will apply at the start of the next renewal term. If you do not agree to this increase, either party can choose to terminate your subscription at the end of your then-current term by giving the notice required in the ‘Notice of Non-Renewal’ section below.
3.3 Payment of Fees
If you are paying by credit card, you authorize us to charge your Authorized Payment Method for all fees payable during the Subscription Term. You further authorize us to use a third party to process payments, and consent to the disclosure of your payment information to such third party.
In the event of a failed attempt to charge your Authorized Payment Method (for example, if your Authorized Payment Method has expired or is no longer valid), we reserve the right, and you authorize us, to retry billing your Authorized Payment Method. If you update your Authorized Payment Method to remedy a change in validity or expiration date, we will automatically resume billing; we may also receive updates on your Authorized Payment Method through our payment service providers and automatically resume billing. We may suspend your access in accordance with the 'Suspension' section or terminate your account in accordance with the 'Termination for Cause' section if we remain unable to successfully charge a valid Authorized Payment Method.
3.4 Payment against invoice
If you are paying by invoice, we will invoice you no more than thirty (30) days before the beginning of the Subscription Term and each subsequent Billing Period, and other times during the Subscription Term when fees are payable. All amounts invoiced are due and payable within ten (10) days from the date of the invoice, unless otherwise specified in the Order Form.
3.5 Payment Information
You will keep your business information up to date, including your company name, address, and primary contact. You will also keep your Authorized Payment Method and billing information up to date for the payment of incurred and recurring fees, including your tax information.
Changes may be made on your Billing Page within your biGENIUS account. You authorize biGENIUS to continue to charge your Authorized Payment Method for applicable fees during your Subscription Term and until any and all outstanding Fees have been paid in full. All payment obligations are non-cancelable and all amounts paid are non-refundable, except as specifically provided for in this Agreement. All fees are due and payable in advance throughout the Subscription Term. If you are a biGENIUS Partner that purchases on behalf of a client, you agree to be responsible for the Order Form and to guarantee payment of all fees.
3.6 Sales Tax
All fees are exclusive of taxes, which we will charge as applicable. You agree to pay any taxes applicable to your use of the Subscription Service and performance of Consulting Services. You will have no liability for any taxes based upon our gross revenues or net income.
4. Term and Termination
4.1 Term and Renewal
Your initial subscription term will be specified in your Order, and, unless otherwise specified in your Order, your subscription will automatically renew for one year.
4.2 Notice of Non-Renewal
Unless otherwise specified in your Order, to prevent renewal of your subscription, you or we must give written notice of non-renewal. The deadline for sending this notice varies depending on the biGENIUS product and edition you have subscribed to. For more information on non-renewal notice periods, please see the Product Specific Terms.
If you decide not to renew, you may send this non-renewal notice to us by indicating that you do not want to renew by turning auto-renew off by accessing the billing details information in your biGENIUS account, or by following the steps at this knowledge base article How do I cancel my biGENIUS-X account, as applicable.
4.3 Early Cancellation
You may choose to cancel your subscription early at your convenience provided that, we will not provide any refunds of prepaid fees or unused Subscription Fees, and you will promptly pay all unpaid fees due through the end of the Subscription Term. See the 'Notice of Non-Renewal' section for information on how to cancel your subscription.
4.4 Termination for Cause
Either party may terminate this Agreement for cause, as to any or all Subscription Services: (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the other party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period, or (ii) immediately, if the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, cessation of business, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors.
We may also terminate this Agreement for cause on thirty (30) days’ notice if we determine that you are acting, or have acted, in a way that has or may negatively reflect on or affect us, our prospects, or our customers.
This Agreement may not otherwise be terminated prior to the end of the Subscription Term.
4.5 Suspension
4.5.1 Suspension for Prohibited Acts
We may suspend any User’s access to any or all Subscription Services without notice for use of the Subscription Service in a way that violates applicable local, state, federal, or foreign laws or regulations or the terms of this Agreement.
4.5.2 Suspension for Non-Payment
We will provide you with notice of non-payment of any amount due. Unless the full amount has been paid, we may suspend your access to any or all of the Subscription Services ten (10) days after such notice. We will not suspend the Subscription Service while you are disputing the applicable charges reasonably and in good faith and are cooperating diligently to resolve the dispute. If a Subscription Service is suspended for non-payment, we may charge a re-activation fee to reinstate the Subscription Service.
4.5.3 Suspension and Termination of Free Services
We may suspend, limit, or terminate the Free Services for any reason at any time without notice. We may terminate your subscription to the Free Services due to your inactivity.
4.6 Effect of Termination or Expiration
If your paid subscription is terminated or expires, we will continue to make available to you our Free Services provided however, this may not be the case if your Agreement was terminated for cause.
You will continue to be subject to this Agreement for as long as you have access to a biGENIUS account.
Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, you will stop all use of the Subscription Service. If you terminate this Agreement for cause, we will promptly refund any prepaid but unused fees covering use of the Subscription Service after termination. If we terminate this Agreement for cause, you will promptly pay all unpaid fees due through the end of the Subscription Term. Fees are otherwise non-refundable.
5. Customer Data
5.1 Customer´s Proprietary Rights
You own and retain all rights to the Project Meta Data. This Agreement does not grant us any ownership rights to biGENIUS Project Meta Data or Generated Artifacts. You grant permission to us and our licensors to use the Meta Data and Generted Artifacts only as necessary to provide the Subscription Service and Consulting Services to you and as otherwise permitted by this Agreement. If you are using the Subscription Service or receiving Consulting Services on behalf of another party, then you represent and warrant that you have all sufficient and necessary rights and permissions to do so.
5.2 Data Practices
5.3.1 Usage Data
We may collect information about you and your Users when you interact with the Subscription Service as permitted by the Agreement.
5.3.3 Privacy Policy
For more information on these practices, please see our Privacy Policy.
5.4 Regional Data Hosting
We will store your Organization/Account Data in a specific location or geographical region (e.g. Europe or North America) as part of your subscription subject to the terms of this Agreement and our Regional Data Hosting Policy.
6. Intellectual Property
6.1 Subscription and Consulting Services
This is an agreement for access to and use of the Subscription Service, and you are not granted a license to any software by this Agreement. We retain all intellectual property rights to the biGENIUS Content, the Subscription Service, the Consulting Services, and any other products or services provided under this Agreement. You agree not to copy, rent, lease, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the biGENIUS Content, the Subscription Service, or the Consulting Services in whole or in part, by any means, except as expressly authorized in writing by us.
6.2 Trademarks
Our trademarks include, but aren’t limited to, those listed on our trademarks page at https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/trademarks (which we may update at any time without notice to you), and you may not use any of these without our prior written permission.
6.3 Comments and Suggestions
We encourage all customers to comment on the Subscription Service or Consulting Services, provide suggestions for improving it, and vote on suggestions they like. You agree that all such comments and suggestions will be non-confidential and that we own all rights to use and incorporate them into the Subscription Service or Consulting Services, without payment or attribution to you.
7. Confidentiality
The Receiving Party will: (i) protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party using the same degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information of like kind, but in no event less than reasonable care, (ii) not use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement, (iii) not disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any third party (except those third party service providers used by us to provide some or all elements of the Subscription Service or Consulting Services and except for your bIGENIUS Partner bound by confidentiality obligations), and (iv) limit access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to those of its and its affiliates' employees, contractors and agents who need such access for purposes consistent with this Agreement and who have signed confidentiality agreements with the Receiving Party containing protections no less stringent than those herein.
The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party if required to do so under any federal, state, or local law, statute, rule or regulation, subpoena or legal process; provided, however, that (i) the Receiving Party will provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice of any request that it disclose Confidential Information, sufficient to allow the Disclosing Party to object to the request and/or seek an appropriate protective order or, if such notice is prohibited by law, the Receiving Party will disclose the minimum amount of Confidential Information required to be disclosed under the applicable legal mandate; (ii) the Receiving Party will refer the request to the Disclosing Party and will provide reasonable assistance to the Disclosing Party, at the Disclosing Party’s cost, in opposing such disclosure or seeking a protective order, unless the Receiving Party is explicitly prohibited from doing so by law or court order; and (iii) in no event will the Receiving Party disclose Confidential Information to a party other than a government agency except under a valid order from a court having jurisdiction requiring the specific disclosure, including in circumstances where the Disclosing Party refuses to provide their consent or fails to respond to the Receiving Party’s inquiries in connection with the request to disclose the Confidential Information.
8. Publicity
You grant us the right to add your name and company logo to our customer list and website. You can opt-out of this use by filling out the Publicity Opt-Out form at https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/publicity-opt-out.
9. Indemnification
You will indemnify, defend and hold us and our Affiliates harmless, at your expense, against any third-party claim, suit, action, or proceeding (each, an "Action") brought against us (and our officers, directors, employees, agents, service providers, licensors, and Affiliates) by a third party not affiliated with us or our Affiliates to the extent that such Action is based upon or arises out of
(a) unauthorized or illegal use of the Subscription Service by you or your Affiliates,
(b) your or your Affiliates' noncompliance with or breach of this Agreement,
(c) your or your Affiliates' use of Third-Party Products, or
(d) the unauthorized use of the Subscription Service by any other person using your User information.
We will: notify you in writing within thirty (30) days of our becoming aware of any such claim; give you sole control of the defense or settlement of such a claim; and provide you (at your expense) with any and all information and assistance reasonably requested by you to handle the defense or settlement of the claim. You will not accept any settlement that (i) imposes an obligation on us; (ii) requires us to make an admission; or (iii) imposes liability not covered by these indemnifications or places restrictions on us without our prior written consent.
10. Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability
10.1 Performance Warranty
We warrant that: (i) the Subscription Service and Consulting Services will be provided in a manner consistent with generally accepted industry standards, and (ii) we will not knowingly introduce any viruses or other forms of malicious code into the Subscription Service; provided however, this warranty will not apply to you if you only use the Free Services.
In the event of non-conformance with this warranty, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct such non-conformance. If we cannot correct such non-conformance within sixty (60) days from the date when you notified us of the non-conformity (the “Remedy Period”), then either party may terminate this Agreement by providing the other party written notice within thirty (30) days after the end of the Remedy Period. If you terminate the Agreement for this reason, we will promptly refund any prepaid but unused fees covering use of the Subscription Service after termination in accordance with the ‘Effect of Termination or Expiration’ provision of this Agreement.
We will not have any obligation or liability under this section if the non-conformance is caused by or based on: (i) any combination of the Subscription Service with any hardware, software, equipment, or data not provided by us, (ii) modification of the Subscription Service by anyone other than us, or modification of the Subscription Service by us in accordance with specifications or instructions that you provided, or (iii) use of the Subscription Service in violation of or outside the scope of this Agreement.
We will not have any obligation or liability under this section if the non-conformance is caused by or based on: (i) any combination of the Subscription Service with any hardware, software, equipment, or data not provided by us, (ii) modification of the Subscription Service by anyone other than us, or modification of the Subscription Service by us in accordance with specifications or instructions that you provided, or (iii) use of the Subscription Service in violation of or outside the scope of this Agreement.
THIS SECTION STATES OUR ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION.
10.2 Disclaimer of Warranties
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE ‘PERFORMANCE WARRANTY’ SECTION AND WITHOUT LIMITING OUR OBLIGATIONS IN THE 'CUSTOMER DATA' SECTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WE AND OUR AFFILIATES AND AGENTS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, DATA SYNCHED TO OR MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, biGENIUS CONTENT, OR THE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIs) MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, biGENIUS CONTENT AND CONSULTING SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH REGARD TO THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE AND THE CONSULTING SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
10.3 No Indirect Damages
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY; PROVIDED THAT, THIS LIMITATION WILL NOT APPLY TO YOU IF YOU ONLY USE THE FREE SERVICES.
10.4 Limitation of Liability
EXCEPT FOR YOUR LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF FEES, YOUR LIABILITY ARISING FROM YOUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ‘INDEMNIFICATION’ SECTION, AND YOUR LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, EITHER PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES IS DETERMINED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY THIRD PARTY, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF A PARTY AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL BE LIMITED TO A SUM EQUAL TO THE TOTAL AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO A CLAIM; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THIS LIMITATION WILL NOT APPLY TO YOU IF YOU ONLY USE THE FREE SERVICES, AND IN THIS CASE, IF WE ARE DETERMINED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE FREE SERVICES, THEN OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED SWISS FRANKS.
10.5 Third Party Products
WE AND OUR AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS THAT YOU USE. OUR LICENSORS WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
10.6 Agreement to Liability Limit
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ABSENT YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, WE WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE TO YOU.
10.7 Additional Coverage Terms
If your Total Committed Subscription Value exceeds hundred-twenty thousand Swiss Franks (CHF 120,000), then the biGENIUS Additional Coverage Terms available at Appendix 1 to these General Terms will apply. If these terms apply to you, then they are incorporated into the Agreement.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Amendment; No Waiver
We may modify any part or all of the Agreement by posting a revised version at http://knowledge.bigenius-x.com. The revised version will become effective and binding the next business day after it is posted. We will provide you notice of this revision by email or in-app notification. If you would like to receive an email notification when we update the Agreement, complete the form found at https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/subscribe-to-legal-updates.
If you do not agree with a modification to the Agreement, you must notify us in writing within thirty (30) days after we send notice of the revision. If you give us this notice, then your subscription will continue to be governed by the terms and conditions of the Agreement prior to modification until your next renewal date, after which the current terms posted at http://knowledge.bigenius-x.com will apply. However, if we can no longer reasonably provide the subscription to you under the terms prior to modification (for example, if the modifications are required by law or result from general product changes), then the Agreement and/or affected Subscription Services will terminate upon our notice to you and we will promptly refund any prepaid but unused fees covering use of the Subscription Service after termination in accordance with the ‘Effect of Termination or Expiration’ provision of this Agreement.
No delay in exercising any right or remedy or failure to object will be a waiver of such right or remedy or any other right or remedy. A waiver on one occasion will not be a waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.
11.2 Force Majeure
Except for payment obligations of amounts due under this Agreement, neither party will be responsible for failure or delay of performance if caused by: an act of war, hostility, or sabotage; act of God; electrical, internet, or telecommunication outage that is not caused by the obligated party; government restrictions; pandemic; or other event outside the reasonable control of the obligated party. Each party will use reasonable efforts to mitigate the effect of a force majeure event.
11.3 Actions Permitted
Except for actions for nonpayment or breach of a party’s proprietary rights, no action, regardless of form, arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be brought by either party more than one (1) year after the cause of action has accrued.
11.4 Relationship of the Parties
You and we agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between us.
11.5 Compliance with Laws
We will comply with all Swiss state and federal laws (where applicable) in our provision of the Subscription Service, the Consulting Services and our processing of Customer Data. We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
You will comply with all applicable laws in your use of the Subscription Service and Consulting Services, including any applicable export laws.
You will not directly or indirectly export, re-export, or transfer the Subscription Service or Consulting Services to prohibited countries or individuals or permit use of the Subscription Service or Consulting Services by prohibited countries or individuals.
11.6 Severability
If any part of this Agreement or an Order Form is determined to be invalid or unenforceable by applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of this Agreement will continue in effect.
11.7 Notices
To biGENIUS: Notice will be sent to the contact address set forth in the Jurisdiction Specific Terms, and will be deemed delivered as of the date of actual receipt.
To you: your address as provided in our biGENIUS Subscription account information for you. We may give electronic notices by general notice via the Subscription Service and may give electronic notices specific to you by email to your e-mail address(es) on record in our account information for you or through the notifications center of the Subscription Service. We may give notice to you by telephone calls to the telephone numbers on record in our account information for you. You must keep all of your account information current.
11.8 Entire Agreement
This Agreement (including each Order), along with our Privacy Policy is the entire agreement between us for the Subscription Service and Consulting Services and supersedes all other proposals and agreements, whether electronic, oral or written, between us. We object to and reject any additional or different terms proposed by you, including those contained in your purchase order, acceptance, supplier portal, or website. Our obligations are not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features of the Subscription Service or dependent on any oral or written comments made by us regarding future functionality or features of the Subscription Service. We might make versions of this Agreement available in languages other than English. If we do, the English version of this Agreement will govern our relationship and the translated version is provided for convenience only and will not be interpreted to modify the English version of this Agreement.
11.9 Assignment
You will not assign or transfer this Agreement without our prior written consent, except that you may assign this Agreement to a successor by reason of merger, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of your assets, change of control or operation of law, provided such successor is not a competitor of ours. We may assign this Agreement to any biGENIUS Affiliate or in the event of merger, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, change of control or operation of law.
11.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries
Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or will confer upon any third party person or entity any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
11.11 Contract for Services
This Agreement is a contract for the provision of services and not a contract for the sale of goods. The parties agree that the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not govern this Agreement or the rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement.
If you are located in the territory of the United States, the parties agree that the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA), or any substantially similar legislation as may be enacted, will not apply to this Agreement.
11.12 Authority
Each party represents and warrants to the other that it has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that it is binding upon such party and enforceable in accordance with its terms. You further warrant and represent that you have the authority to procure your Affiliates compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
11.15 Survival
The following sections will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement: 'Definitions’, ‘Fees’, 'Prohibited and Unauthorized Use', ‘Early Cancellation', ‘Termination for Cause’, ‘Suspension for Prohibited Acts’, ‘Suspension for Non-Payment’, ‘Suspension for Present Harm’, ‘Suspension and Termination of Free Services’, ‘Effect of Termination or Expiration’, ‘Intellectual Property’, ‘Customer’s Proprietary Rights’, 'Confidentiality’, ‘Publicity’, ‘Indemnification’, ‘Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability’, ‘Miscellaneous’ and ‘Contracting Entity and Applicable Law’. Additionally, the ‘Retrieval of Customer Data’ sections and the ‘Beta Services’ section of the Product Specific Terms page will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.
11.16 Precedence
In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Agreement and an Order, the terms of the Order will control, but only as to that Order.
APPENDIX 1
ADDITIONAL COVERAGE TERMS
If your Total Committed Subscription Value exceeds hundret-twenty thousand Swiss Franks (CHF 120,000), then these Additional Coverage Terms apply. If, at any point during your Subscription Term, your Total Committed Subscription Value is below this amount, then these terms will not apply. We may update or change these terms in the same way as we can update or change our Agreement, as we describe in the ‘Amendment; No Waiver’ section of the General Terms.
1. biGENIUS Indemnification
We will indemnify, defend and hold you harmless, at our expense, against any Action brought against you (and your officers, directors, employees, agents, service providers, licensors, and Affiliates) by a third party not affiliated with you to the extent that such Action is based upon or arises out of (1) an allegation that the Subscription Service infringes a valid patent in a member state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, registered trademark, or registered copyright (“IP Indemnification”), or (2) our breach of our confidentiality obligations or our use of Customer Data in violation of this Agreement (“Confidentiality and Data Misuse Indemnification”).
You will: notify us in writing within thirty (30) days of you becoming aware of any such claim; give us sole control of the defense or settlement of such a claim; and provide us (at our expense) with any and all information and assistance reasonably requested by us to handle the defense or settlement of the claim. We will not accept any settlement that (i) imposes an obligation on you; (ii) requires you to make an admission; or (iii) imposes liability not covered by these indemnifications or places restrictions on you without your prior written consent.
We will not have any obligation or liability under this section if the alleged claim is caused by or based on: (i) any combination of the Subscription Service with any hardware, software, equipment, or data not provided by us, (ii) modification of the Subscription Service by anyone other than us, or modification of the Subscription Service by us in accordance with specifications or instructions that you provided, (iii) use of the Subscription Service in violation of or outside the scope of this Agreement, (iv) an allegation that the Subscription Service consists of a function, system or method traditionally utilized in data management or services software that is not commercially unique to the Subscription Service, and the commercially unique aspects of the Subscription Service are not identified in the allegation giving rise to the claim, or (v) user interface or related user design elements not provided by us.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of such a claim, or if we believe that such a claim is likely, we may, at our sole option and expense: (a) modify the Subscription Service or provide you with substitute Subscription Service that is non-infringing; or (b) obtain a license or permission for you to continue to use the Subscription Service, at no additional cost to you; or (c) if neither (a) nor (b) is, in our judgment, commercially practicable, terminate your access to the Subscription Service (or to a portion of the Subscription Service as necessary to resolve the claimed infringement) and refund any prepaid but unused fees covering use of the Subscription Service after termination in accordance with the ‘Effect of Termination or Expiration’ provision of this Agreement. THIS SECTION STATES OUR ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION.
2. Limitation of Liability
The 'Limitation of Liability' sub-section in the ‘Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability’ section of the General Terms is revised to read as follows:
"EXCEPT FOR YOUR LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF FEES, YOUR LIABILITY ARISING FROM YOUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ‘INDEMNIFICATION’ SECTION, OUR LIABILITY ARISING FROM OUR IP INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ‘biGENIUS INDEMNIFICATION’ SECTION AND YOUR LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, EITHER PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES IS DETERMINED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY THIRD PARTY, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF A PARTY AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL BE LIMITED TO A SUM EQUAL TO THE TOTAL AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO A CLAIM".