APPLOZIC TERMS OF SERVICE
By signing up, you (the "Customer") accept to be bound by the terms and conditions given here under:
A. DEFINITIONS
- Applozic means Applozic Inc., located at 710 East Wing Street, Arlington Heights, IL 60005,United States, and its subsidiaries or affiliates.
- The Customer and Applozic shall thereafter be individually referred to as "Party" and collectively as "Parties".
- "Applozic Solution" shall mean the set of client and server software applications licensed to the Customer by Applozic
- "Monthly Uptime Percentage" is calculated by subtracting from 100% the percentage of minutes during the month in which the Applozic Solution, as applicable, was in the state of "Unavailable." Monthly Uptime Percentage measurements exclude downtime resulting directly or indirectly from any Applozic Exclusion (as defined below).
- "Applozic Exclusions" shall mean: Any unavailability, suspension or termination of Applozic Solution performance:
- caused by factors outside of Applozic's reasonable control, including any force majeure event or Internet access or related problems beyond the demarcation point of the Applozic Solution;
- that result from any actions or inactions of the Customer or any third party, including failure to acknowledge a recovery volume;
- that result from the Customer's equipment, software or other technology and/or third party equipment, software or other technology (other than third party equipment within direct control of Applozic);
- that result from any maintenance provided; or
- arising from Applozic's suspension and termination of the Customer's right to use Applozic Solution in accordance with the Order Form (collectively, the "Applozic Exclusions")
- "Unavailable" means that Applozic servers servicing traffic either do not respond at all or respond erroneously with unexpected results. Any word which has not expressly been defined in these Terms and Conditions shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Proposal and/or the relevant Order Form.
B. ACCEPTANCE
- The Applozic Solution shall be subject to acceptance testing by the Customer to verify that it satisfies the acceptance criteria mutually agreed to by Applozic and the Customer in writing before work commences, where possible, but no later than fifteen (15) business days in advance of the date identified for completion of the Applozic Solution in the Proposal
- Acceptance testing for the Applozic Solution shall commence within five (5) business days of the date on which Applozic notifies the Customer that Applozic Solution has been completed and is ready for acceptance testing by the Customer, failing which Applozic Solution shall be deemed to be accepted by the Customer.
- Acceptance testing shall continue for the period of time specified in the acceptance criteria or, if no such time period has been agreed upon by the parties, for a period of fifteen (15) business days ("the Initial Acceptance Period") from the date of commencement of the testing.
- Customer will give Applozic detailed written notification of the deficiency or non-conformance within the Initial Acceptance Period, failing which Applozic Solution shall be deemed to be accepted by the Customer. Applozic then shall, within ten (10) business days of receipt of such written notification, either correct the deficiency or non-conformance or provide Customer with a plan acceptable for correcting the deficiency or non-conformance
C. SERVICE LEVEL TERMS
Applozic will use commercially reasonable efforts to make Applozic Solution available with a Monthly Uptime Percentage of at least 99.9%, in each case during any monthly billing cycle
D.SUPPORT
Effective support of in-scope services is a result of maintaining consistent service levels. The following sections provide relevant details on service availability, monitoring of in-scope services and related components
- Telephone support
- Email support
- Remote connections/access share
All business and technical support is provided through email, live chat, remote connections/access share and phone. Applozic provides two (2) named contacts for priority support to all its “Enterprise Customers”
- 0-8 hours for issues classified as High priority.
- Within 48 hours for issues classified as Medium priority.
- Within 3 working days for issues classified as Low priority
Note: These response time tiers are only applicable to Pro and Enterprise plan. See the table below for response time for Starter and Growth plan
Growth | Pro | Enterprise | |
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Response Time | 48 Hours | 48 Hours | SLA Based |
Knowledge Base | |||
Live Chat | |||
Phone | |||
Dedicated Account Manager |
E. ADDITIONAL SERVICES
- During the term, Customer and/or Applozic may desire a change in the scope of the Applozic Solution. Customer's and/or Applozic's requests for changes shall be made in writing and delivered to the Customer and Applozic. The parties will review the proposed change and determine the effect that the implementation of the change will have on price, schedule, and other terms and conditions of the relevant Order Form in question.
- Upon completion of the review, any changes in price, schedule, or other terms will be documented, as the Parties select, either by an amendment to or a sequentially numbered replacement of the relevant Order Form in question.
- No change to any Service Terms shall be binding on the Parties unless the change order has been signed by authorized representatives of each Party.
F. TERM AND TERMINATION
- Any Order Form shall continue for the Initial Term set forth in such Order Form unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Clause F.
- This Agreement shall unless otherwise terminated as provided in this Clause F, commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for a period of Twelve (12) months from the Effective Date hereof. Thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive periods of Twelve (12) months unless either party may terminate the Agreement by providing a prior written notice of thirty (30) days to the other party, provided however that in the event, the Customer terminates the Agreement before completion of the Renewal Period of that Agreement, the Customer shall pay Applozic all fees due under the SOW for the remaining term of the Agreement.
- No Early Termination; No Refunds:- The Subscription Term will end on the expiration date and the subscription cannot be canceled early. We do not provide refunds if you decide to stop using the Applozic subscription during your Subscription Term.
G. PAYMENT TERMS
- Customer’s subscription fee is based on Monthly Active Users (MAU) and additional services requested (such as Professional Services and Add-ons), as agreed upon by both parties.
- If the due payment is not received post 30 days of the subscription renewal date, Applozic may terminate the services provided to the Customer.
- Subscription Fees. The Subscription Fee will remain fixed during the Subscription Term unless you: (i) exceed your Maximum MAU limit, (ii) upgrade products or base packages, (iii) subscribe to additional features or products, including additional MAU, or (iv) unless otherwise agreed to in the Order.
- Applozic may increase or add new fees and charges for any existing Services the Customer is using by giving at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Customer.
- For Applozic chat Product, once increased, your Subscription Fee will not decrease, even if there is a subsequent reduction in the number of MAU. We will monitor or audit remotely the number of monthly active users (MAU) in the Subscription Service. This information is also made available to you on request or via our APIs.
- 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.
- Payment can only be done through cards: When you are paying by card, you authorize us to charge your card or bank account 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.
H. CONFIDENTIALITY
- Neither Party shall disclose to any third party, any Confidential Information that a Party discloses ("Discloser"), in writing, orally, visually or in any other medium, to the other Party ("Recipient") or to which Recipient obtains access and that relates to Discloser. Confidential Information shall mean all data, trade secrets, business information and other information of any kind whatsoever and includes, without limitation, the financial records of the Discloser, its customer information and its consumer information. ("Confidential Information"
- This obligation of confidentiality shall not apply to information which (a) is published by the Discloser or otherwise becomes available to the public other than by a breach of an Order Form, (b) is rightfully received by the Recipient from a third party not under an obligation of confidentiality, (c) is known by the Recipient prior to disclosure, or independently developed by the recipient at any time, or (d) is required to be disclosed pursuant to a lawful summons from a court of competent jurisdiction or in response to a valid request by a governmental agency, so long as the Recipient uses reasonable efforts to notify the owner prior to such disclosure.
- Upon expiration or termination of an Order Form for any reason or at the written request of either Party during the term of an Order Form, the other Party shall promptly return or destroy all the Confidential Information.
I. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- i. Subject to Clause I (ii) below, each party acknowledges that ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights existing prior to the date of an Order Form or acquired independent of its obligations under an Order Form and any additions, modifications or enhancements made thereto will remain with the owner or licensor of such intellectual property rights ( "Pre-existing Rights"). "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean and include copyrights, patents, mask works, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, inventions (whether or not patentable), know how, authors rights, rights of attribution, and other proprietary rights and all applications and rights to apply for registration or protection of such rights anywhere in the world;
- Except for any Pre-existing Rights, the Customer understands and agrees that Applozic is the sole and exclusive owner of all the Intellectual Property Rights used in rendering the Applozic Solution and arising in connection with the solutions and/or services provided under an Order Form. The Customer agrees that it shall not have any right, title or interest in such Intellectual Property Rights.
- The Customer agrees that all applications created or developed by Applozic specifically for the Customer pursuant to an Order Form along with any derivatives, additions, upgrades, modifications or enhancements made thereto (the "Applications"), together with any associated copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Applozic. The same shall be licensed to the Customer with a restricted right to sub-license it to the end users of the Applozic Solution for the sole purpose of using such Applications to access and use the Customer's online content services and solely for the term of the relevant Order Form.
- The Customer shall have the option of purchasing the Applications at any time from Applozic at a price mutually agreed upon by the parties.
J. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
- Each party represents and warrants to the other party that, as of the date of the relevant Order Form that: a. It has full authorisation and power to execute and perform its obligations under the Order Form; b. It has all licences, authorisations, consents, approvals and permits required by all applicable laws to perform its obligations under the Order Form; and c. It shall comply with all applicable laws in performing its obligations under the Order Form.
- Except as specifically set forth in this clause J, applozic disclaims all other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and those arising from a course of dealing.
K. INDEMNITY
- Applozic shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Customer from and against any damages arising out of any claim that the Applozic Solution infringes any patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret of a third party, provided the Customer provides prompt notice of such claim and allows Applozic sole control of the defence or settlement of such claim.
- For the avoidance of doubt, Applozic shall have no liability under this Clause K for any claim arising in connection with any information, software, content, designs, details, specifications or other data provided to Applozic by the Customer.
L. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- The customer agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere contained, the maximum aggregate liability of applozic, under any theory of law, whether for breach of contract, breach of warranty or in tort, including but not limited to negligence, will be limited to The amount of fees paid under the order form to which the claim relates in the immediate twelve (12) months preceding the claim.
- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere contained, Applozic shall not be liable in respect of any claim for any indirect, special punitive, exemplary Or consequential losses or damages or others costs or liabilities (whether foreseeable or unforseeable), including but not be limited to loss of profit, loss of Data, loss of contracts or loss of business.
M. MISCELLANEOUS
- Independent Contractor. Applozic is an independent Contractor, and not an employee, agent, or partner of the Customer. Applozic is solely responsible for the payment of all remuneration, taxes, benefits, and expenses of its employees, agents, and sub- contractors.
- Waiver. Any failure or delay in enforcing rights or remedies by a party hereto shall not be deemed a waiver unless the waiving party states it as a waiver in writing.
- Severability. In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions is declared illegal or unenforceable by a competent court or administrative agency, the parties shall in good faith try to promptly mutually agree on a substitute provision which accomplishes the same objectives as the original provision.
- Survival. Rights and obligations under an Order Form, which by their nature should survive the termination or expiry of an Order Form, including Clauses G (ii), H, I, K, L and Customer's payment obligations shall survive expiry or termination of an Order Form.
- Jurisdiction. Any dispute arising in connection with an Order Form shall be subject to the sole and compulsory jurisdiction of the courts in the State of California, USA.