DirectKey
SOFTWARE AND SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Software and Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of the (the “Effective Date”) between DirectKey (“DirectKey LLC”), a company with its principal place of business at 4213, 1603 Capitol Avenue, Suite 413 Cheyenne Laramie 82001, USA and You, either an individual or an entity (“You” or “Company”).
BY ACCEPTANCE OR INDICATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, BY EXECUTING AN ORDER FORM THAT REFERENCES THIS AGREEMENT, OR BY UTILIZING THE SERVICES (DEFINED BELOW), YOU AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND SOFTWARE SOLUTION GROUP LLC AND SETS FORTH THE TERMS THAT GOVERN THE LICENSE PROVIDED TO YOU HEREUNDER. IF YOU ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY THEN YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THIS AGREEMENT. ANY MODIFICATIONS, CHANGES, ADDITIONS, OR DELETIONS BY YOU TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL NOT BE A PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS, DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, OR USE THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES.
DirectKey may modify this Agreement from time to time and will post the most up-to-date version of software on its website. Your continued use of the Services and Software following modification to the updated Agreement constitutes your consent to be bound by the same.
In this agreement all capitalized terms, which are not otherwise defined herein, will have the meanings as defined below;
If You are an MSP, you further acknowledge, agree, and warrant that: (i) You have sufficient technical infrastructure, knowledge, and expertise to perform Your duties for Your Clients; (ii) You will provide all sales, problem resolution, and support services to Your Clients; (iii) You will be responsible for billing, invoicing, and collection for Your Clients; and (iv) You will operate at Your own expense and risk under Your own name as an MSP.
(i) Disassemble, decompile, decrypt, reverse engineer, or in any way attempt to discover or reproduce source code for any part of the Services or Software; adapt, modify, or prepare derivative works or use any DirectKey Data Man DLLs to create any computer program or other material that replicates, performs, or utilizes the same or substantially similar functions as the Services or Software.
(ii) By any means sell, transform, resell, translate, assign, pledge, mortgage, encumber, or otherwise dispose of any DirectKey Intellectual Property or any of the rights or obligations granted or imposed on purchaser hereunder. In no case shall this Agreement, or any rights or privileges arising out of it, be an asset of the purchaser under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization proceedings, or in any other manner whatsoever.
Proprietary Information shall not include information that is (1) already known to the receiving party free of any restriction at the time it is obtained from the disclosing party; (2) subsequently learned by the receiving party from an independent third-party free of any restriction and without breach of this Agreement; (3) publicly available or becomes available through no wrongful or illegal act of either party (4) independently developed by the receiving party without reference to any Proprietary Information of the disclosing party; or (5) is required to be disclosed according to a requirement of a governmental agency or law so long as the parties provide each other with timely written prior notice of such requirements. Each party hereto shall institute internal operating procedures to assure limited access and use of Proprietary Information consistent with this Agreement, and shall exercise due care to monitor and ensure compliance with this Agreement. The nondisclosure and confidentiality obligations set forth in this Section shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason and shall remain in effect with respect to Trade Secrets for as long as the owner of such information is entitled to protection thereof and with respect to Confidential Information for a period of two (2) years after termination hereof.
Your Data. You agree and acknowledge that SG LLC and its Affiliates hold the right to remove or delete Your Data or any other personal data, information, or content of data or files used, stored, processed, or otherwise by You or Your Users if found or believes to be or is: (a) illegal, unethical, threatening, harmful, libelous, abusive, vulgar, pornographic, or obscene; (b) a Virus; (c) used to spam, chain letters, or dissemination of objectionable material; (d) used to cause offense, defame or harass; or (e) infringing the intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party.
You and Your Users are responsible for the protection and maintaining backups of Your Data directly or indirectly processed using the Services and Software and DirectKey is not responsible for any loss due to exportation, the failure to store, or the corruption of Your Data. You agree that DirectKey and its Affiliates will process configuration, performance, usage, and consumption data about You and Your User’s use of the Services and Software to assist with the necessary operation and function of the Services and Software and to improve and keep up to date DirectKey products and services and Your and Your Users’ experience with DirectKey and its Affiliates pursuant to the DirectKey Privacy Notice. You represent and warrant that You and Your Users, regarding the processing of Personal Data hereunder, you shall be deemed the data controller (and DirectKey, the data processor) and shall determine the purpose and manner in which such Personal Data is, or will be processed.
As used in this Agreement, Confidential Information means any nonpublic information or materials disclosed by either party to the other party, either directly or indirectly, in writing, orally, or by inspection of tangible objects that the disclosing party identifies as confidential or proprietary. For clarity, Confidential Information includes Personal Data, and DirectKey Confidential Information includes the Services, Software, and any information or materials relating to the Services, Software (including pricing), or otherwise. Confidential Information may also include confidential or proprietary information disclosed to a disclosing party by a third party.
The receiving party will: (i) hold the disclosing party’s Confidential Information in strict confidence and use reasonable care and caution to protect the same; (ii) restrict disclosure of such Confidential Information to those employees or agents with a need to know such information and who are under a duty of confidentiality respecting the protection of Confidential Information substantially similar to those of this Agreement; and (iii) use Confidential Information only for the purposes for which it was disclosed, unless otherwise set forth herein.
The restrictions will not apply to Confidential Information, excluding Personal Data, to the extent it (i) is (or through no fault of the recipient, has become) generally available to the public; (ii) was lawfully received by the receiving party from a third party without such restrictions; (iii) was known to the receiving party without such restrictions prior to receipt from the disclosing party; or (iv) was independently developed by the receiving party without breach of this Agreement or access to or use of the Confidential Information.
The recipient may disclose Confidential Information to the extent the disclosure is required by law, regulation, or judicial order, provided that the receiving party will provide to the disclosing party prompt notice, where permitted, of such order and will take reasonable steps to contest or limit the steps of any required disclosure. The parties agree that any material breach will cause irreparable injury and that injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction will be appropriate to prevent an initial or continuing breach of these Sections in addition to any other relief to which the applicable party may be entitled.
THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, AND ALL OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER, INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY HOSTED SERVICES, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. DirectKey DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, SECURITY, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF YOUR DATA, CONTINUITY, OR ABSENCE OF DEFECT RELATING TO THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, ANY OTHER PRODUCT OR SERVICES, OR RESULTS OF THE SAME PROVIDED TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. DirectKey DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS OR FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY OF THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WITH WHICH YOU MAY UTILIZE THE SERVICES AND SOFTWARE, AND EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS AND WAIVES ANY RIGHTS AND CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, (I) IN NO EVENT WILL DirectKey AND ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS HAVE ANY LIABILITY, CONTINGENT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, STATUTORY OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, OR ANY OTHER PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, LOST OR CORRUPTED DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF, AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, INDEMNITY OR OTHERWISE) UPON WHICH ANY SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED; AND (II) THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF DirectKey AND ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS, AND THE SOLE REMEDY AVAILABLE TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER SHALL BE LIMITED TO TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND DAMAGES NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE OR PAID TO DirectKey UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR TO TERMINATION.
You may be granted access to third-party programs through the Services or Software, or third-party programs may be bundled with the Services or Software. These third-party software programs are governed by their own license terms, which may include open source or free software licenses, and those terms will prevail over this Agreement as to Your use of the third-party programs. Nothing in this Agreement limits Your or Your Users’ rights under, or grants You or Your User rights that supersede, the terms of any such third-party program.
During the Term, DirectKey shall be responsible to provide You with support and assistance in accordance with the applicable support terms and conditions, if you agree to: (i) promptly notify or contact DirectKey with all problems in connection with the Services or Software; and (ii) cooperate with and provide all relevant information and implement any corrective procedures that DirectKey requires to provide Support. DirectKey shall have no responsibility or obligation support you for problems caused by or arising out of the following: (i) modifications or changes to the Software or Services by you; (ii) use of the Software or Services in contravention with the Agreement or Documentation; or (iii) problems arising due to third-party products that are not authorized in the Documentation or from third-party products authorized in the Documentation, if solely arising from such third-party products.
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