MOLZANA Ltd, is a company registered in England under number 11339101 and whose registered office is at 45b, Wickham Road, London, United Kingdom, SE4 1LT. We provide Web Analytics services to business clients.
These Terms and Conditions shall apply to the provision of services by the Service Provider to its clients.
1. Interpretation
1.1. In these Conditions, save where the context requires otherwise, the following words and expressions have the following meaning:
Agreement: the agreement between you and us on the terms set out in these Conditions, the Order and any Statement of Work;
Client Materials: all text, images, designs, layouts, graphical user interfaces and other graphical elements, software (including any modifications and/or documentation related to it), code, data, product, invention, discovery, improvement, scripting, document and/or other material created, prepared, made or produced by you, your licensors and/or any of your Personnel (except us) that are provided to us;
Confidential Information: any trade secrets, business, commercial or operational information, data, personal data or any other confidential or proprietary information that is marked as confidential or, from its nature, content or the circumstances in which it is disclosed, might reasonably be supposed to be confidential including this Agreement and its terms;
Data Protection Law the Data Protection Act 1998: as may be amended, modified or replaced from time to time;
Fees: the fees for provision of the Services, as stated in the Agreement;
Intellectual Property:
(i) patents, registered trademarks, registered designs, applications and rights to apply for any of those rights;
(ii) unregistered trademarks, service marks, copyrights (including, where applicable, applications and rights to apply for registration of copyright and rights in computer software), topography rights, database rights, moral rights, know-how, rights in designs and inventions;
(iii) trade secrets, rights in confidence, business and company names, Internet domain names; the goodwill attaching to any of the aforementioned rights;
(iv) any forms of protection of a similar nature and having equivalent or similar effect to any of them which may subsist anywhere in the world;
Molzana Collateral: text, images, designs, layouts, graphical user interfaces and other graphical elements, software, (including any modifications and/or documentation related to it), code, data, product, invention, discovery, improvement, scripting, document and/or other material created, prepared, made or produced by us, and/or any of our Personnel, during the term of our Agreement which was not created specifically and exclusively for the Services;
Personnel: directors, employees, agents and contractors;
Pre-existing Property: all text, images, designs, layouts, graphical user interfaces and other graphical elements, software, (including any modifications and/or documentation related to it), code, data, product, invention, discovery, improvement, scripting, document and/or other material created, prepared, made or produced by us in which we own the Intellectual Property prior to the date of our Agreement;
Services: the services described in the Order; and Statement of Work the statement of work attached to the Order.
2. Conditions
2.1. The Agreement shall govern the relationship between you and Molzana in respect of the provision of the Services detailed above and replace any and all other prior agreements whether written, oral, express or implied, in relation to the Services.
2.2. We shall provide the Services to you in accordance with the Agreement and fees applied accordingly.
2.3. We shall provide the Services with reasonable care and skill, in a diligent, prompt and professional manner by the Molzana team. If any Services fail to conform to this standard, we shall use reasonable endeavours to rectify this at no additional charge.
2.4. We shall use reasonable endeavours to meet any performance targets specified in the Agreement. However, we do not promise that any result or objective can be or will be achieved or attained at all or by a given date, whether stated in the Order, the Statement of Work or elsewhere.
2.5. The Agreement may only be amended by either party informing the other of any changes in writing, and signed by both parties. The changes shall be clearly identified, together with the additional or amended applicable fees.
2.6. Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent either party from engaging in similar agreements with third parties before, during, or after the term of the Agreement.
3. Client’s Obligations
3.1. During the period of the Agreement, clients must:
3.1.1. ensure that your client team work collaboratively with Molzana in relation to the provision of the Services;
3.1.2. promptly provide required assets such as information, passwords, material, data and documents in relation to the provision of the Services;
3.1.3. procure copyright and other appropriate licences or consents where necessary for the provision of any information, material, data and/or documents provided to us during the provision of our Services.
4. Fees and Payment
4.1. Fees are due within 30 days of the invoice date.
4.2. The fees are exclusive of VAT.
4.3. Fees do not include expenses such as travel, hotel or subsistence expenses or the cost of materials and external services incurred unless expressly agreed. Any expenses payable will be agreed in writing by both parties.
4.4. If fees remain unpaid, we reserve the right to engage in legal action where appropriate.
5. Confidentiality
5.1. Each party (“Receiving Party”) shall keep the Confidential Information of the other party (“Disclosing Party”) confidential and secret, whether disclosed to or received by the Receiving Party.
The Receiving Party shall only use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for the purpose of performing the Receiving Party’s obligations under the Agreement. The Receiving Party shall inform its employees of the Receiving Party’s obligations under the provisions of this clause, and ensure that the Receiving Party’s Personnel meet the confidentiality obligations.
5.2. The obligations of clause 5.1 shall not apply to any information which:
5.2.1. was known to or in the possession of the Receiving Party before it was provided to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party;
5.2.2. is, or becomes, publicly available through no fault of the Receiving Party; and/or
5.2.3. is required to be disclosed by court order.
6. Personal Data
6.1. To the extent that the nature of the Services requires us to process Personal Data on yours or your clients’ behalf, you acknowledge and agree that, for the purposes of Data Protection Law, we act as a processor and shall:
6.1.1. comply with, and only act upon your instructions
6.1.2. not process Personal Data for any purposes other than in relation to the provision of Services;
6.1.3. ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures are taken to avoid unauthorised or unlawful processing of Personal Data and against loss or destruction of, or damage to any Personal Data;
6.1.4. ensure the reliability of all employees who have or will receive access to Personal Data;
6.1.5. not, by any act or omission, place you in breach of Data Protection Law;
6.1.6. inform you immediately of any suspected or confirmed data protection breaches or unauthorised or unlawful processing, loss, or destruction of, or damage to, that Personal Data;
6.1.7. not sub-contract to any third party any of our obligations to process that Personal Data on your or your clients’ behalf without your prior written consent; and
6.1.8. not process, or cause to be processed, that Personal Data outside the European Economic Area unless we have: (i) your prior written consent to do so; and (ii) fulfilled all of our requirements to enable the processing to take place outside of the European Economic Area.
7. Intellectual Property
7.1. You (or your licensors) shall retain all Intellectual Property Rights in the Client Materials. You grant us a personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, modify and adapt the Client Materials (or portions of them) solely for the purpose of providing the Services under this Agreement.
7.2. We shall own all Intellectual Property Rights in Molzana Materials and/or Pre-existing Property. To the extent that you are, or any of your Personnel are deemed to own any rights to Molzana Materials and/or Pre-existing Property, you hereby assign, or shall procure that applicable Personnel assign, to us all Intellectual Property Rights in Molzana Materials and/or Pre-existing Property. You shall, or shall procure that the applicable Personnel, waive any and all moral rights to the Molzana Materials and/or Pre-existing Property to the extent permitted under applicable law. If requested by us, you shall sign all documents and complete all other actions necessary to give effect to this clause.
7.3. If we incorporate any Pre-existing Property and/or Molzana Materials into the Services we provide, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, modify and adapt the Molzana Materials and/or Pre-existing Property (or portions of them) solely to the extent necessary for you to make use of the Services and (after the Agreement has terminated) on the condition that you have paid for the Services in full.
7.4. All Client Materials, Pre-existing Materials and Molzana Materials shall be deemed Confidential Information, except for any open source software.
8. Indemnity
8.1. Each party shall indemnify the other against any losses, liability, damages and expenses (including all legal fees) that the indemnified party incurs or are awarded against it as a result of any claim against the indemnified party that its use or provision of the Services
(a) infringes a third party’s Intellectual Property, or
(b) is in breach of Data Protection Law, provided that:
8.1.1. the indemnifying party is given prompt notice of such claim;
8.1.2. the indemnifying party is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim; and
8.1.3. the indemnified party provides reasonable co-operation to the indemnifying party in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the indemnifying party’s expense.
9. Restriction
9.1. You shall not during the Agreement or within a period of 6 months after termination of the Agreement directly or indirectly entice away or try to entice away any person who has during the previous 12 months been employed or engaged by us and who was at any time involved in the provision of the Services to you, whether or not the person would commit a breach of his or her contract of employment or engagement by being enticed by or accepting employment or engagement with you.
10. Limitation of Liability
10.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude or limit either party’s liability for:
10.1.1. death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the other or their Personnel
10.1.2. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
10.1.3. breach of any implied condition as to title or quiet enjoyment.
10.2. Subject to clause 10.1, neither party shall be liable in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent misrepresentation) or otherwise arising out of or in connection with this Agreement for:
10.2.1. any economic losses (including without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, data, business, anticipated savings or cost of substitute services);
10.2.2. any loss of goodwill or reputation; or
10.2.3. any special, indirect or consequential losses,
10.3. in any case, whether or not such losses were within the contemplation of the parties at the date of this Agreement, suffered or incurred by either party arising out of or in connection with the provisions of, or any matter under, this Agreement.
10.4. Subject to clauses 10.1 and 10.2, each party’s total liability in relation to all events or series of connected events occurring under this Agreement (and whether the liability arises because of breach of contract, negligence or for any other reason) shall be limited to 125% of the Fees paid by you to us in the lesser of (a) the contract term of this Agreement or (b) the twelve month period immediately prior to the first event allegedly giving rise to the liability.
10.5. You acknowledge that, in entering into the Agreement, you do not do so in reliance on any representation, warranty or other provision except as expressly provided in the Agreement, and any conditions, warranties or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded from the Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by law.
10.6. You acknowledge that the Fees have been calculated with reference to the limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this clause.
11. Termination
11.1. The Agreement shall commence on the contract start date agreed in writing and (subject to clauses 11.2 and 11.3) shall continue:
11.1.1. for the project term; or
11.1.2. until terminated by either party giving written notice to the other, such notice being of not less than 10 business days.
11.2. We may (without prejudice to any other right or remedy) terminate the Agreement by notice in writing to you if you fail to pay any sum due to us on its due date.
11.3. Either party may (without prejudice to any other right or remedy) terminate the Agreement by notice in writing to the other having immediate effect if:
11.3.1. the other party is in material breach of its obligations under the Agreement, and where a breach is capable of remedy, the breach is not remedied with 30 days by the other party receiving a notice which specifies the breach and requiring the breach to be remedied; or
11.3.2. the other party becomes insolvent or if an order is made or a resolution is passed for the winding up of the other party (other than voluntarily for the purpose of solvent amalgamation or re-construction), or if an administrator, administrative receiver or receiver is appointed in respect of the whole or any part of the other party’s assets or business, or if the other party makes any composition with its creditors or takes or suffers any similar or analogous action in consequence of debt.
11.4. On termination of the Agreement you shall pay us for all Services provided up to the date of termination;
11.5. The rights and obligations of Clauses 4 (Fees), 5 (Confidentiality), 6 (Intellectual Property), 8 (Indemnity), 9 (Restriction), 10 (Limitation of Liability) and 11 (Termination)) of this Agreement and of any other clauses which under their terms or by implication ought to survive, shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
12. Dispute Resolution
12.1. We agree that if any controversy or claim arises in relation to the Agreement, our respective representatives shall negotiate promptly and in good faith in an attempt to resolve the matter between themselves.
12.2. If we are unable to resolve any controversy or claim pursuant to clause 12.1 the matter shall be referred to mediation in accordance with the procedures laid down from time to time by the Centre for Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) within thirty (30) days of one of us giving notice to the other that, in its reasonable opinion, no agreement will be reached.
12.3. If having followed the processes set out in clauses 12.1 and 12.2, we have failed to resolve the controversy or settle the claim, then the matter shall be determined in accordance with clause 13.11.
13. Dispute Resolution
13.1. Neither party shall assign (in whole or in part) or otherwise transfer the Agreement or any of its rights and obligations under the Agreement without the prior written consent of the other, (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), except that we may assign (in whole or in part) or otherwise transfer the Agreement or any of our rights and obligations under the Agreement without your consent to a purchaser of all or a substantial part of our assets.
13.2. The Agreement is the full agreement between you and us for the provision of the Services. These terms are the only ones that will apply and they replace any previous agreement for the provision of the Services. The person signing the Agreement will be deemed to be properly authorised by you.
13.3. We may use sub-contractors to provide part or all of the Services. We shall be responsible for the work of a sub-contractor to the same standard as stated in this Agreement.
13.4. Any notices sent in accordance with this Agreement shall be sent by email to the contact names and email addresses on the Order. Notice shall be deemed to have been served on the date the email is opened.
13.5. Your rights and our rights under the Agreement will not be affected if either of us do not enforce or delay enforcing any of these terms.
13.6. We are not liable for delaying, or not carrying out any of our duties if caused by circumstances beyond our control. Under these circumstances, we can choose to suspend or terminate part or all of the Agreement or delay carrying out any duty under it.
13.7. Both parties are independent contractors under the Agreement who cannot act on behalf of the other. Nothing in this Agreement shall create an agency, partnership or joint venture of any kind between the parties.
13.8. For the purposes of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, the Agreement is not intended to, and does not, give any person who is not a party to it any right to enforce any of its provisions.
13.9. If a court of law decides that a term of the Agreement is illegal or not binding, it will not affect the other terms of the Agreement. The term in question will be changed so it is binding and no longer illegal. If that is not possible, we will take it out of the Agreement. In either case, the change will take effect on the date of our agreement or decision.
13.10. The Agreement is the whole agreement setting out the terms agreed between the parties in relation to its subject matter. Any representation or term on which you seek to rely shall be of no effect unless incorporated into the Agreement. No variation of the Agreement shall be of any effect unless made in writing and signed by both parties.
13.11. The 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 construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
