The definitions in the Contract Particulars above and the following definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause apply in this Agreement.
1.2. Clause headings shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
1.3. A person includes an individual, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality) and that person's legal and personal representatives, successors or permitted assigns.
1.4. A reference to a company shall include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established.
1.5. Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural and in the plural shall include the singular.
1.6. Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to one gender shall include a reference to the other genders.
1.7. A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as it is in force as at the date of this Agreement.
1.8. A reference to a statute or statutory provision shall include all subordinate legislation made as at the date of this Agreement under that statute or statutory provision.
1.9. A reference to writing or written excludes fax but not email.
1.10. References to clauses are to the clauses of this Agreement.
2.1. Subject to the restrictions set out in this clause 2 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, Connected Apps hereby grants to the Client a non-exclusive, non-transferable right and licence, without the right to grant sublicences, to permit the Authorised Users to use the Services and the Documentation during the Subscription Term solely for the Client's internal business operations.
2.2. In relation to the Authorised Users, the Client undertakes that:
(a) the maximum number of Authorised Users that it authorises to access and use the Services and the Documentation shall not exceed the User Number;
(b) it will not allow or suffer any User Subscription to be used by more than one individual Authorised User unless it has been reassigned in its entirety to another individual Authorised User, in which case the prior Authorised User shall no longer have any right to access or use the Services and/or Documentation;
(c) each Authorised User shall keep a secure password for their use of the Services and Documentation and shall keep their password confidential;
(d) it shall maintain a written, up to date list of current Authorised Users and provide such list to Connected Apps within 5 Business Days of Connected Apps' written request at any time or times;
(e) the maximum number of Open Jobs at any time shall not exceed the Open Jobs Number;
(f) it shall permit Connected Apps or Connected Apps' designated auditor to audit the Services in order to establish the name and password of each Authorised User and the Client's data processing facilities to audit compliance with this Agreement. Each such audit may be conducted no more than once per quarter, at Connected Apps' expense, and this right shall be exercised with reasonable prior notice, in such a manner as not to substantially interfere with the Client's normal conduct of business;
(g) if any of the audits referred to in clause 2.2(f) reveal that any password has been provided to any individual who is not an Authorised User, then without prejudice to Connected Apps' other rights, the Client shall promptly disable such passwords and Connected Apps shall not issue any new passwords to any such individual; and
(h) if any of the audits referred to in clause 2.2(f) reveal that the Client has underpaid Subscription Fees to Connected Apps, then without prejudice to Connected Apps' other rights, the Client shall pay to Connected Apps an amount equal to such underpayment as calculated in accordance with the applicable package offered by Connected Apps at the time within 10 Business Days of the date of the relevant audit.
2.3. The Client shall not access, store, distribute or transmit any Viruses, or any material during the course of its use of the Services that:
(a) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive;
(b) facilitates illegal activity;
(c) depicts sexually explicit images;
(d) promotes unlawful violence;
(e) is discriminatory based on race, gender, colour, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability; or
(f) is otherwise illegal or causes damage or injury to any person or property;
and Connected Apps reserves the right, without liability or prejudice to its other rights to the Client, to disable the Client's access to any material that breaches the provisions of this clause.
2.4. The Client shall not:
(a) except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is incapable of exclusion by Agreement between the parties and except to the extent expressly permitted under this Agreement:
(i) attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Software and/or Documentation (as applicable) in any form or media or by any means; or
(ii) attempt to de-compile, reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the Software; or
(b) access all or any part of the Services and Documentation in order to build a product or service which competes with the Services and/or the Documentation; or
(c) use the Services and/or Documentation to provide services to third parties or to promote the services of third parties; or
(d) subject to clause 20.1, license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the Services and/or Documentation available to any third party except the Authorised Users, or
(e) attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access to the Services and/or Documentation, other than as provided under this clause 2; or
(f) introduce or permit the introduction of, any Virus or Vulnerability into Connected Apps' network and information systems.
2.5. The Client shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any unauthorised access to, or use of, the Services and/or the Documentation and, in the event of any such unauthorised access or use, promptly notify Connected Apps.
2.6. The rights provided under this clause 2 are granted to the Client only, and shall not be considered granted to any subsidiary or holding company of the Client.
3.1. Connected Apps shall, during the Subscription Term, provide the Services and make available the Documentation to the Client on and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
3.2. Connected Apps shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to make the Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for:
(a) planned maintenance carried out during the maintenance window of 10.00 pm to 2.00 am UK time; and
(b) unscheduled maintenance performed outside Normal Business Hours, provided that Connected Apps has used reasonable endeavours to give the Client at least 6 Normal Business Hours' notice in advance.
3.3. Connected Apps will, as part of the Services and at no additional cost to the Client, provide the Client with Connected Apps' standard Client support services during Normal Business Hours in accordance with support services policy in effect at the time that the Services are provided. Connected Apps may amend the support services policy in its sole and absolute discretion from time to time.
4.1. In this clause the following terms shall have the meaning set against them:
(a) Controller, Processor, Data Subject, Personal Data, Personal Data Breach, Processing and appropriate technical and organisational measures:as defined in the Data Protection Legislation.
(b) Data Protection Legislation: all applicable data protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time in the UK including the UK GDPR; the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) (and regulations made thereunder) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426) as amended.
(c) Domestic Law: the law of the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom.
(d) UK GDPR: has the meaning given to it in section 3(10) (as supplemented by section 205(4)) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
4.2. The parties understand and acknowledge that Connected Apps and the Client are independent Controllers in relation to their respective obligations under this Agreement.
4.3. The parties shall, at all times, comply with all such Data Protection Legislation and any regulations made under it and in particular with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Legislation and with all relevant guidance notes issued from time to time by the Information Commissioner's Office. Any material breach of the Data Protection Legislation by one party shall, if not remedied within 10 Business Days of written notice from the other party, give grounds to the other party to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect.
4.4. The parties warrant to each other that the Personal Data they share in relation to their respective activities and obligations under this Agreement can be lawfully used or disclosed to and by each other in the manner anticipated by this Agreement.
4.5. Where Personal Data is supplied to one party by the other party, the party in receipt of such Personal Data will ensure that it is only used for purposes lawfully authorised and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
4.6. Each party shall be responsible for responding to and resolving:
(a) any complaint or request to exercise their rights from a data subject; or
(b) any correspondence with the Information Commissioner's Office;
in relation to Processing it undertakes or in connection with this Agreement.
4.7. Each party agrees to maintain all Personal Data received pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation and shall ensure that they have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to protect against the unauthorised or unlawful Processing of Personal Data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to Personal Data.
4.8. Each party shall ensure that the fair processing notices and (as required under Data Protection Legislation) any requests for consent are sufficient in scope to enable it to Process the Personal Data as required in order to obtain the benefit of its rights and fulfil its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation.
4.9. In so far as one party (the Processing Party) Processes any Personal Data on behalf of the other party (the Controlling Party), it shall:
(a) act only on the written instructions of the other party (unless required by Domestic Law to act without such instructions);
(b) ensure that all employees, agents and/or contractors Processing Personal Data are subject to a duty of confidentiality no less onerous than that set out in this Agreement;
(c) take all appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of all Processing in accordance with Article 32 of the UK GDPR;
(d) notify the other party promptly, without undue delay, in the event of a Personal Data Breach for which the severity of such carries a likelihood of risk to data subjects' rights and freedoms to include but emotional, physical, financial or other economic disadvantage, a "Notifiable Breach" or where the other party identifies that such breach has been caused by the other party;
(e) employ a data protection officer if so required in accordance with Article 37 of the UK GDPR;
(f) reasonably assist the other party in meeting its data protection obligations in relation to the security of Processing, the notification of Personal Data Breaches and data protection impact assessments;
(g) submit to audits and inspections providing the other party with all reasonable assistance and information necessary to ensure that both parties meet their obligations as set out in Article 28 of the UK GDPR;
(h) provide full co-operation with supervisory authorities such as the Information Commissioner's Office in compliance with Article 31 of the UK GDPR where applicable; and
(i) at the choice of the Controlling Party, delete or return all Personal Data to the other party upon termination or expiry of this Agreement unless it must be retained by the party in order to comply with any regulatory requirements.
4.10. Where the Processing Party Processes Personal Data of the Controlling Party under this Agreement, the Controlling Party hereby consents to the Processing Party appointing any other third party to Process the Personal Data on behalf of the Controlling Party provided that the Processing Party imposes obligations upon the third party relating to the Processing activity that are at least equivalent to those contained in this clause 4. Each party shall notify the other of any sub-processors engaged and where a sub-processor fails to fulfil its data protection obligations, the Processing Party shall remain fully liable to the Controlling Party for the performance of the sub-processor's obligations.
4.11. If either party receives:
(a) a complaint or a request to exercise their rights, from a data subject; or
(b) any correspondence with the Information Commissioner's Office;
in relation to the Processing undertaken by the other party, it shall refer such complaint, request or correspondence to the other party and each party shall provide such co-operation, information and assistance as is reasonably requested in relation to any complaint, request or other correspondence in relation to the Personal Data.
4.12. Each party shall maintain all registrations under the Data Protection Legislation required for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
4.13. Neither party shall transfer any personal data relating to this Agreement, outside the UK or European Economic Area without the prior consent of the other party and where consent is provided, in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Legislation.
The Client acknowledges that the Services may enable or assist it to access the website content of, correspond with, and purchase products and services from, third parties via third-party websites and that it does so solely at its own risk. Connected Apps makes no representation, warranty or commitment and shall have no liability or obligation whatsoever in relation to the content or use of, or correspondence with, any such third-party website, or any transactions completed, and any contract entered into by the Client, with any such third party. Any contract entered into and any transaction completed via any third-party website is between the Client and the relevant third party, and not Connected Apps. Connected Apps recommends that the Client refers to the third party's website terms and conditions and privacy policy prior to using the relevant third-party website. Connected Apps does not endorse or approve any third-party website nor the content of any of the third-party website made available via the Services.
6.1. Connected Apps undertakes that the Services will be performed substantially in accordance with the Documentation and with reasonable skill and care.
6.2. The undertaking at clause 6.1 shall not apply to the extent of any non-conformance which is caused by use of the Services contrary to Connected Apps' instructions, or modification or alteration of the Services by any party other than Connected Apps or Connected Apps' duly authorised contractors or agents. If the Services do not conform with the foregoing undertaking, Connected Apps will, at its expense, use all reasonable commercial endeavours to correct any such non-conformance promptly, or provide the Client with an alternative means of accomplishing the desired performance. Such correction or substitution constitutes the Client's sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the undertaking set out in clause 6.1.
6.3. Connected Apps:
(a) does not warrant that:
(i) the Client's use of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; or
(ii) that the Services, Documentation and/or the information obtained by the Client through the Services will meet the Client's requirements; or
(iii) that the information obtained by the Client using the Services is complete or accurate or compliant with applicable law; or
(iv) the Software or the Services will be free from Vulnerabilities or Viruses; or
(v) the Software, Documentation or Services will comply with any Heightened Cybersecurity Requirements.
(b) is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet, and the Client acknowledges that the Services and Documentation may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities.
6.4. This Agreement shall not prevent Connected Apps from entering into similar agreements with third parties, or from independently developing, using, selling or licensing documentation, products and/or services which are similar to those provided under this Agreement.
6.5. Connected Apps warrants that it has and will maintain all necessary licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
6.6. Connected Apps shall follow its archiving procedures for Client Data as set out in its back-up policy from time to time. In the event of any loss or damage to Client Data, the Client's sole and exclusive remedy against Connected Apps shall be for Connected Apps to use reasonable commercial endeavours to restore the lost or damaged Client Data from the latest back-up of such Client Data maintained by Connected Apps in accordance with the archiving procedure described in its back-up policy. Connected Apps shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Client Data caused by any third party (except those third parties sub-contracted by Connected Apps to perform services related to Client Data maintenance and back-up for which it shall remain fully liable.
6.7. Connected Apps is neither an employment agency nor an employment business as defined in section 13(2) and section 13(3) respectively of the Employment Agencies Act 1973. Connected Apps does not provide work-finding services for the purposes of regulation 2 of the Conduct Regulations. Accordingly, all of the obligations of an employment agency and/or an employment business under the Conduct Regulations which arise in relation to the Services shall fall on and be discharged solely by the Client. The Client shall indemnify Connected Apps for and against any losses, liabilities, costs (including legal costs), damages, expenses, fines, penalties and/or interest that Connected Apps may suffer or incur as a result of the Client's failure to comply with the Conduct Regulations.
7.1. The Client shall:
(a) provide Connected Apps with:
(i) all necessary co-operation in relation to this Agreement; and
(ii) all necessary access to such information as may be required by Connected Apps;
in order to provide the Services, including but not limited to Client Data, security access information and configuration services;
(b) without affecting its other obligations under this Agreement, comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its activities under this Agreement;
(c) carry out all other Client responsibilities set out in this Agreement in a timely and efficient manner. In the event of any delays in the Client's provision of such assistance as agreed by the parties, Connected Apps may adjust any agreed timetable or delivery schedule as reasonably necessary;
(d) ensure that the Authorised Users use the Services and the Documentation in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be responsible for any Authorised User's breach of this Agreement;
(e) obtain and shall maintain all necessary licences, consents, and permissions necessary for Connected Apps, its contractors and agents to perform their obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation the Services;
(f) ensure that its network and systems comply with the relevant specifications provided by Connected Apps from time to time; and
(g) be, to the extent permitted by law and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, solely responsible for procuring, maintaining and securing its network connections and telecommunications links from its systems to Connected Apps' data centres, and all problems, conditions, delays, delivery failures and all other loss or damage arising from or relating to the Client's network connections or telecommunications links or caused by the internet.
7.2. The Client shall own all right, title and interest in and to all of the Client Data that is not personal data and shall have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of all such Client Data.
8.1. The Client shall pay the Subscription Fees in advance to Connected Apps in accordance with the Payment Terms.
8.2. If Connected Apps has not received payment within 30 days after the due date, and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of Connected Apps:
(a) Connected Apps may, without liability to the Client, disable the Client's password, account and access to all or part of the Services and Connected Apps shall be under no obligation to provide any or all of the Services while the invoice(s) concerned remain unpaid; and
(b) interest shall accrue on a daily basis on such due amounts at an annual rate equal to 3% over the then current base lending rate of Connected Apps' bankers in the UK from time to time, commencing on the due date and continuing until fully paid, whether before or after judgment.
8.3. All amounts and fees stated or referred to in this Agreement:
(a) shall be payable in pounds sterling;
(b) are, subject to clause 12.3(b), non-cancellable and non-refundable;
(c) are exclusive of value added tax, which shall be added to Connected Apps' invoice(s) at the appropriate rate.
8.4. If, at any time whilst using the Services, the Client exceeds the amount of disk storage space specified in the Documentation, Connected Apps shall charge the Client, and the Client shall pay, Connected Apps' then current excess data storage fees.
8.5. Connected Apps shall be entitled to increase the Subscription Fees upon 30 days' prior notice to the Client.
9.1. The Client acknowledges and agrees that Connected Apps and/or its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Services and the Documentation. Except as expressly stated herein, this Agreement does not grant the Client any rights to, under or in, any patents, copyright, database right, trade secrets, trade names, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights or licences in respect of the Services or the Documentation.
9.2. Connected Apps confirms that it has all the rights in relation to the Services and the Documentation that are necessary to grant all the rights it purports to grant under, and in accordance with, the terms of this Agreement.
10.1. Each party undertakes that it shall not at any time disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the business, assets, affairs, customers, clients or suppliers of the other party, except as permitted by clause 10.2.
10.2. Each party may disclose the other party's confidential information:
(a) to its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of exercising the party's rights or carrying out its obligations under or in connection with this Agreement. Each party shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers to whom it discloses the other party's confidential information comply with this clause 10; and
(b) as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.
10.3. No party shall use any other party's confidential information for any purpose other than to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under or in connection with this Agreement.
11.1. The Client shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Connected Apps against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses and costs (including without limitation court costs and reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with the Client's use of the Services and/or Documentation, provided that:
(a) the Client is given prompt notice of any such claim;
(b) Connected Apps provides reasonable co-operation to the Client in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Client's expense; and
(c) the Client is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
11.2. Connected Apps shall defend the Client, its officers, directors and employees against any claim that the Client's use of the Services or Documentation in accordance with this Agreement infringes any patent effective as of the Effective Date, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality, and shall indemnify the Client for any amounts awarded against the Client in judgment or settlement of such claims, provided that:
(a) Connected Apps is given prompt notice of any such claim;
(b) the Client does not make any admission, or otherwise attempt to compromise or settle the claim and provides reasonable co-operation to Connected Apps in the defence and settlement of such claim, at Connected Apps' expense; and
(c) Connected Apps is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
11.3. In the defence or settlement of any claim, Connected Apps may procure the right for the Client to continue using the Services, replace or modify the Services so that they become non-infringing or, if such remedies are not reasonably available, terminate this Agreement on 2 Business Days' notice to the Client without any additional liability or obligation to pay liquidated damages or other additional costs to the Client.
11.4. In no event shall Connected Apps, its employees, agents and sub-contractors be liable to the Client to the extent that the alleged infringement is based on:
(a) a modification of the Services or Documentation by anyone other than Connected Apps; or
(b) the Client's use of the Services or Documentation in a manner contrary to the instructions given to the Client by Connected Apps; or
(c) the Client's use of the Services or Documentation after notice of the alleged or actual infringement from Connected Apps or any appropriate authority.
11.5. The foregoing and clause 12.3(b) state the Client's sole and exclusive rights and remedies, and Connected Apps' (including Connected Apps' employees', agents' and sub-contractors') entire obligations and liability, for infringement of any patent, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality.
12.1. Except as expressly and specifically provided in this Agreement:
(a) the Client assumes sole responsibility for results obtained from the use of the Services and the Documentation by the Client, and for conclusions drawn from such use. Connected Apps shall have no liability for any damage caused by errors or omissions in any information, instructions or scripts provided to Connected Apps by the Client in connection with the Services, or any actions taken by Connected Apps at the Client's direction;
(b) Connected Apps bears no responsibility for the accuracy of information provided to the Client by Applicants on the Portal and shall have no liability for any damage caused by errors or omissions in such information. The Client bears sole responsibility for validating Applicant credentials.
(c) all warranties, representations, conditions and all other terms of any kind whatsoever implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, excluded from this Agreement; and
(d) the Services and the Documentation are provided to the Client on an "as is" basis.
12.2. Nothing in this Agreement excludes the liability of Connected Apps:
(a) for death or personal injury caused by Connected Apps' negligence; or
(b) for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
12.3. Subject to clause 12.1 and clause 12.2:
(a) Connected Apps shall not be liable whether in tort (including for negligence or breach of statutory duty), contract, misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise for any loss of profits, loss of business, wasted expenditure, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses or loss or corruption of data or information, or pure economic loss, or for any special, indirect or consequential loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses however arising under this Agreement; and
(b) Connected Apps' total aggregate liability in contract (including in respect of the indemnity at clause 11.2), tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of this Agreement shall be limited to the total Subscription Fees paid by the Client during the 12 months immediately preceding the date on which the claim arose.
13.1. This Agreement shall, unless otherwise terminated as provided in this clause 13, commence on the Effective Date and shall continue unless:
(a) One party notifies the other party of termination, in writing, at least 30 days before an anniversary of the Effective Date or, where there is a Minimum Term, the end of the Minimum Term, in which case this Agreement shall terminate on that anniversary or, as the case may be, the end of the Minimum Term; or
(b) otherwise terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
13.2. Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
(a) the other party fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than 15 days after being notified in writing to make such payment;
(b) the other party commits a material breach of any other term of this Agreement and (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 30 days after being notified in writing to do so;
(c) the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) as if the words "it is proved to the satisfaction of the court" did not appear in sections 123(1)(e) or 123(2) of the IA 1986 or (being an individual) is deemed either unable to pay its debts or as having no reasonable prospect of so doing, in either case, within the meaning of section 268 of the IA 1986 or (being a partnership) has any partner to whom any of the foregoing apply;
(d) the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
(e) the other party applies to court for, or obtains, a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986;
(f) a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of that other party other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
(g) an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator, or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed, over the other party (being a company, partnership or limited liability partnership);
(h) the holder of a qualifying floating charge over the assets of that other party (being a company or limited liability partnership) has become entitled to appoint or has appointed an administrative receiver;
(i) a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the other party;
(j) a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of the other party's assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;
(k) the other party suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or cease, carrying on all or a substantial part of its business.
13.3. On termination of this Agreement for any reason:
(a) all licences granted under this Agreement shall immediately terminate and the Client shall immediately cease all use of the Services and/or the Documentation;
(b) each party shall return and make no further use of any equipment, property, Documentation and other items (and all copies of them) belonging to the other party;
(c) Connected Apps may destroy or otherwise dispose of any of the Client Data in its possession unless Connected Apps receives, no later than ten days after the effective date of the termination of this Agreement, a written request for the delivery to the Client of the then most recent back-up of the Client Data. Connected Apps shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to deliver the back-up to the Client within 30 days of its receipt of such a written request, provided that the Client has, at that time, paid all fees and charges outstanding at and resulting from termination (whether or not due at the date of termination). The Client shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred by Connected Apps in returning or disposing of Client Data; and
(d) any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Agreement which existed at or before the date of termination shall not be affected or prejudiced.
Neither party shall be in breach of this Agreement or otherwise liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations if such delay or failure results from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control. The time for performance of such obligations shall be extended accordingly. If the period of delay or non-performance continues for three months, the party not affected may terminate this Agreement by giving 14 days' written notice to the affected party.
No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).
16.1. A waiver of any right or remedy is only effective if given in writing and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent right or remedy.
16.2. A delay or failure to exercise, or the single or partial exercise of, any right or remedy shall not waive that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the rights and remedies provided under this Agreement are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.
18.1. If any provision or part-provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of this Agreement.
18.2. If any provision or part-provision of this Agreement is deemed deleted under clause 18.1 the parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree a replacement provision that, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.
19.1. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, promises, assurances and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.
19.2. Each party acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement it does not rely on, and shall have no remedies in respect of, any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this Agreement.
19.3. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in this Agreement.
19.4. Nothing in this clause shall limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
20.1. The Client shall not, without the prior written consent of Connected Apps, assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.
20.2. Connected Apps may at any time assign, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that it gives prior written notice of such dealing to the Client.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall operate to create a partnership between the parties, or authorise either party to act as agent for the other, and neither party shall have the authority to act in the name or on behalf of or otherwise to bind the other in any way (including, but not limited to, the making of any representation or warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise of any right or power).
This Agreement does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute a duplicate original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute the one agreement.
24.1. Any notice given to a party under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be:
(a) delivered by hand or by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service at its registered office (if a company) or its principal place of business (in any other case); or
(b) sent by email to the address in the Contract Particulars (or an address substituted in writing by the party to be served).
24.2. Any notice shall be deemed to have been received:
(a) if delivered by hand, at the time the notice is left at the proper address;
(b) if sent by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting; or
(c) if sent by email, at the time of transmission, or, if this time falls outside Business Hours in the place of receipt, when Business Hours resume.
24.3. This clause does not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action or, where applicable, any arbitration or other method of dispute resolution.
This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
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