Terms of Use
Swrve (a MessageGears company) Terms of Use
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Date: July 20, 2022
Please read these terms of service (”TOS”) carefully. They constitute a legally binding agreement and contain terms limiting Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s liability to you, exclusions of certain warranties, and terms relating to access to and use of data collected and analyzed by the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
BY CLICKING THE “I ACCEPT” BUTTON, OR SIGNING OUR COMMERCIAL TERMS, OR COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, AND/OR USING THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TOS. If you are using the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service on behalf of a company, you must have the authority to bind that company to these TOS. If you are not willing to be bound by these TOS, you should not complete the registration process and may not use the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
We reserve the right to change or modify any of these TOS at any time, in our sole discretion. Acceptance of such changes or modifications is constituted by either: (i) continued use of any part of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service thirty (30) days after the modified TOS have been posted to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) website or (ii) your indication of agreement to the updated terms, via click-through or otherwise.
1. THE BASICS
Swrve (a MessageGears company):
Within North America, the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is made available by Swrve New Media Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices at 75 Broadway, Suite 202, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA.
For UK Customers, the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Services is made available by New Game Technologies Limited t/a Swrve New Media UK, a company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom with registered offices at Mercham House, 25-27 The Burroughs, London, United Kingdom, NW4 4AR.
Outside of North America and the UK, the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is provided by New Game Technologies Limited t/a Swrve New Media UK, a company organized under the laws of Ireland with registered offices at 13 Adelaide Road, Saint Peter’s, Dublin, D02 P950, Ireland.
Definitions:
In these TOS the Swrve (a MessageGears company) entity above will be referred to as “Swrve (a MessageGears company)”, “us” or “we”. You and/or your company will be referred to as “Customer” or “you”. Definitions for capitalized terms used in these TOS and not otherwise defined in the text are set out in the attached Appendix 1: Glossary.
2. ACCESS
Use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service:
These TOS apply to your use of Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service. The Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service may be used by you for the purposes of content delivery, campaign tracking, behavioral and location targeting, in-app messaging, push notifications, A/B testing and analytics for Customer’s mobile, web, and streaming applications (“OTT App(s)”) according to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Edition to which you have subscribed and the Add-On Services you have ordered.
Use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is subject to the Service Limits at https://www.messagegears.com/service-limits. Exceeding the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service Limits may result in Swrve (a MessageGears company) suspending or terminating your ability to access the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service and/or these TOS. Additionally, Swrve (a MessageGears company) will not be obligated to support any issues that arise due to usage outside of the Service Limits and any service level guarantees will be null and void. Although the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service will usually adjust to meet spikes in usage, you agree to use reasonable efforts to provide Swrve (a MessageGears company) with at least thirty (30) days prior notice before the launch of a Customer App and/or any event reasonably anticipated to lead to a spike in monthly active users, so that Swrve (a MessageGears company) can properly allocate resource to support you.
Programmatic or automated access to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is limited to the official Swrve (a MessageGears company) API as indicated in the product documentation (available at docs.swrve.com). The use of manual or automated software, script robots, other means or processes to access the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service outside of the official Swrve (a MessageGears company) API is prohibited, without express written permission from Swrve (a MessageGears company).
License Grants:
Subject to you abiding by the terms and conditions set forth in these TOS and any applicable Commercial Terms, and in consideration thereof, we hereby grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide license for the Term to (a) make calls to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) API and/or (b) install, use and embed the Swrve (a MessageGears company) SDK and Integration Code (in executable form only) into your application, each for the purposes of using the functionality offered by the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, in respect of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Edition to which you have subscribed, and any Add-On Services you may have ordered.
Subject to payment of the fees set out in the applicable Commercial Terms and/or SOW, Swrve (a MessageGears company) grants you a royalty-free, non-transferable, non-exclusive worldwide license for the Term to use, copy, modify and distribute internally any Swrve (a MessageGears company) Work Product delivered pursuant to a professional services engagement, solely for use in your facilities, in conjunction with the Customer App(s). The foregoing license grant to the Work Product is dependent on you having an active license to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
Use of Sample Content:
Certain images, photos and other copyrighted materials may be provided via the Swrve (a MessageGears company) SDK or “Conversations” feature (collectively the “Sample Content”). The Sample Content has been licensed for Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s use only. If you wish to re-use such Sample Content, you are solely responsible for obtaining the rights to use the Sample Content from its owner. For the avoidance of doubt, use of the Sample Content is not required for normal operation of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, and is provided by way of example only.
Logins:
Access to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is limited to those of your employees and contractors who have been issued user names and passwords by you or us or have been provided with access via single sign on for your organization (“Authorized Users”).
Your Swrve (a MessageGears company) system administrator may also ask us (via email) to create logins for third party users who are assisting you with OTT App development and maintenance. Administrator users can set access permissions for other Authorized Users.
You should ensure that details of your administrator users are kept up to date and that you notify us if your administrator users are changed or leave your company.
You are responsible for any activity by users issued under your account. You must notify Swrve (a MessageGears company) immediately of any unauthorized use of any password or account or any other known or suspected breach of security.
Where Swrve (a MessageGears company) is provided with access to Third Party Services to facilitate integration, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your Third Party Services account and ensuring that Swrve (a MessageGears company) has the requisite permissions to access the account from the End User and the provider of the Third Party Services.
Reports:
Reports may be distributed within your organization for the purpose of analyzing Customer App(s). Any use of Reports outside of your organization must be purged of any Swrve (a MessageGears company) proprietary information
3. SERVICE UPDATES
From time to time we may update the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service and add new or different features and functionality. Provided you are in compliance with these TOS, you will be granted access to the updated versions of features to which you have subscribed.
Optional or new features and functions may be subject to additional fees. We may also adjust or remove certain features from time to time.
4. FEES
Whether fees are payable by you will depend on whether you have a temporary or a commercial license to use the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service or whether your have opted to purchase PST.
For commercial clients, you will have entered into written Commercial Terms, which outline the access fees payable and other commercial terms applicable, including the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Edition to which you have subscribed or PST purchased. The Commercial Terms are in addition to these TOS and to the extent there is a conflict, the Commercial Terms will control.
You agree to pay any fees free of any set off or counterclaim.
5. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Respect End User Data Privacy: You are responsible for ensuring your compliance with the following:
You may not use the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service to breach any right of privacy, publicity, confidentiality or right under applicable consumer or data protection laws, wherever and howsoever arising;
You are responsible for complying with all applicable data protection laws and regulations, and where necessary ensuring that you have provided all notices, and obtained all rights, permissions, and consents for Swrve (a MessageGears company) (and where applicable its subcontractors) to process, access, use and display End User data for the purpose of providing the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service under the terms of this Agreement, as requested by you;
You may not process sensitive personal information or protected categories of personal data, including without limitation social security numbers, individually identifiable health or health insurance information (including national health id numbers where applicable), data related to children, bank account information, or credit card information, data related to political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, sex life or sexual orientation, racial or ethnic origin, criminal records, genetic data, biometric data, or any other information which is subject to elevated data processing responsibilities in Customer’s jurisdiction, or any jurisdiction in which Swrve (a MessageGears company) or Customer operates (“Sensitive Personal Information”) on the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service without Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s prior written agreement. Additional terms may apply to the processing of Sensitive Personal Information;
You may not use the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service to effect “automated decision making” (as such term is understood in the GDPR) or differential pricing on the Customer App without Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s prior written agreement. Any agreement to carry out “automated decision making” or differential pricing is subject to the Customer carrying out a Data Protection Impact Assessment in respect of such processing.
Don’t Be Mean or Lie: Through your use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, you may not, directly or indirectly, post, send, email, or otherwise transmit (whether intentionally, accidentally or maliciously) any of the following (all of which are strictly prohibited by this Agreement):
- content that contains unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, hateful, or racially or ethnically objectionable material or message;
- content that misleads End Users by impersonating any person or entity or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity;
- any content that contains falsified contact information or subject line, does not contain an unsubscribe function or that lacks detailed “contact us” information including your physical address for End Users to contact you;
In the case of email campaigns using Third-Party Services, content that contains falsified contact information or subject line, constitutes spam, does not contain an unsubscribe function, or that lacks detailed “contact us” information including your physical address for End Users to contact Customer;
Don’t Break the Law: Through your use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, you may not, directly or indirectly, post, send, email, or otherwise transmit (whether intentionally, accidentally or maliciously) any of the following (all of which are strictly prohibited by this Agreement):
- content or material that you don’t have the right to transmit or any material that infringes any Intellectual Property Right of any third party;
- material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, harm, or otherwise limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment;
- material in any manner that violates applicable local, state, national or international laws, including without limitation:
- any “unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,”
- “unsolicited commercial communications’ including by email or SMS or other form of communication prohibited by the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, the anti-spam laws of the countries End Users live in,
- COPPA, CalOPPA, or the e-Privacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC as amended by Directive 2006/24/EC and 2009/136/EC), or
- any other unauthorized forms of solicitation, as applicable.
- material which requires consent or notification of End Users where Customer has not obtained such consent or provided such notification. Swrve (a MessageGears company) does not communicate with End Users and Customer is at all times responsible for obtaining consents and providing all necessary notifications required by applicable laws.
Don’t Violate Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s Rights: Except as expressly authorized by this Agreement, you may not:
- copy, modify or create derivative works of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service;
- license, sublicense, sell, rent, lease, resell, transfer, assign or otherwise make available to any third party, the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service or any part thereof;
- publicly perform, display, disclose or provide any third party with access to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, including without limitation the Swrve (a MessageGears company) API, except as permitted in this Agreement;
- distribute the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Integration Code, in any form other than executable, object code form, compiled into the Customer App(s);
- use Swrve (a MessageGears company) Event APIs and/or A/B test APIs directly from your server (as opposed to via the Swrve (a MessageGears company) SDK) without Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s permission and providing an administrator contact to whom Swrve (a MessageGears company) can escalate issues that may arise due to such use.
- disclose the results of any quality, benchmark, or performance testing of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service to any third party, without Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s prior written permission;
- conduct security scans or code reviews of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, without Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s prior written permission and subject to appropriate agreed prior notice.
- interfere with the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connect to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service or its related systems or networks;
- reverse engineer or access the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service in order to build a competitive product or service or copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service; or
- work around any limitations or permissions of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service;
You agree to promptly notify your customer service representative at Swrve (a MessageGears company) of any actual or suspected unlawful use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service by or through Customer, including without limitation, by data breach or intrusion.
Comply with App Store terms: You are responsible for compliance with App Store terms when publishing your Customer App(s).
6. CUSTOMER SUCCESS AND SUPPORT
Customer technical support is provided as part of our Customer Success and Support packages.
Descriptions of the current Success and Support packages and details regarding the provision of technical support can be found at https://www.swrve.com/company/service-descriptions.
All technical support will be performed during Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s normal business hours.
Questions regarding technical support and support queries may be logged via email to support@swrve.com to your Customer Success Manager. Customer shall ensure that End User Personal Data is never sent to Swrve (a MessageGears company) via email.
Pursuant to a Customer Success package, Swrve (a MessageGears company) will provide technical support for the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, including any PST delivered by Swrve (a MessageGears company). However, Swrve (a MessageGears company) will not support changes made by you or on your behalf (other than by Swrve (a MessageGears company)) to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) SDK or Integration Code.
7. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES & TRAINING
Statement of Work:
Professional Services & Training (“PST”) will be carried out on a time and materials basis in accordance with a mutually agreed written statement of work (“SOW”) or pursuant to Commercial Terms signed by the parties. Any reference to PTOS shall be deemed to be a reference to this Section 7 of the TOS.
Your requirements may vary during the course of performance of the PST, and accordingly, review and revision of a SOW may be required. Any such revision and review may result in additional charges. All changes to existing SOWs will be in writing or agreed to expressly via email.
All work is performed on the basis of the fee structure set forth on applicable Commercial Terms or SOW. Any scheduled performance dates and times are estimates only. It is understood between the parties that delay in performance of an assigned task under a SOW by the assigned party shall give rise to the right in the other party to push back the directly related and dependent events of that SOW to reasonably accommodate for the delay.
Swrve (a MessageGears company) may choose to change the personnel assigned to your account or delivering PST at any time for any reason.
PST are non-cancellable, and fees are non-refundable. PST must be used or will expire on the earlier of (a) the period indicated in the SOW or Commercial Terms as the “Expiration Period” or (b) upon the expiration or earlier termination of your license to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
Unless the context provides otherwise, each reference in these TOS to “Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service” also refers to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) PST.
Deliverables:
PST are performed on a time and materials basis. If a professional services engagement includes deliverables, we expect that those deliverables will be complete in with the “Delivery Period” indicated in the SOW or on the Commercial Terms. If we cannot complete the deliverables because of missing resources, technical limitations or other items we need from you, the PST will be considered complete as is. However, if we cannot complete the deliverables because of missing resources, technical limitations or other items you need from us, we will extend the Delivery Period, at our sole discretion, to allow us to complete the PST.
On-Site Performance:
Swrve (a MessageGears company) PST is generally performed remotely, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
In the event of performance of Swrve (a MessageGears company) PST, at Customer’s site or a site designated by Customer, Customer shall reimburse Swrve (a MessageGears company) for its reasonable travel, meals, and accommodation, subject to any agreed restrictions set out in the applicable Statement of Work.
While performing on-site Swrve (a MessageGears company) PST, Swrve (a MessageGears company) personnel will abide by all reasonable security, health and safety and other policies of Customer notified to Swrve (a MessageGears company) in writing.
Insurance:
We will maintain adequate public liability, workers’ compensation and professional liability insurance in respect of the provision of the PST and will furnish satisfactory evidence of such insurance(s) to you upon your written request.
8. THIRD PARTY SERVICES
The Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service may be integrated with selected partner Third Party Services.
It is your responsibility to ensure that such integration and your configuration of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is permitted under the terms of service in place between you the provider of such Third Party Services.
Swrve (a MessageGears company) will only transfer data to a Third Party Service at your direction and we have no responsibility for, or control over Third Party Services. Third Party Services are specifically excluded from the definition of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
Where Swrve (a MessageGears company) is provided with access to Third Party Services to facilitate integration, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your Third Party Service account and ensuring that Swrve (a MessageGears company) has the requisite permissions to access the account from the End User (as necessary) and the provider of the Third Party Services.
9. NON-DISCLOSURE
The Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, including the ideas and concepts contained therein and the documentation accompanying the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, constitutes our confidential information. You shall not disclose the details of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, or portion thereof, to any third party.
This section shall survive termination of this Agreement until and to the extent that such information becomes publicly available (other than by a breach of these obligations).
If we have signed a non-disclosure agreement, the terms of such agreement shall also apply to your use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, to the extent that such terms do not conflict with this Agreement.
10. DATA PRIVACY AND AGGREGATE DATA
Data Privacy:
The collection and use of User Data by Swrve (a MessageGears company) is set out in the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Data Processing Agreement.
Swrve (a MessageGears company) Use of Anonymous User Data:
- Swrve (a MessageGears company) may use User Data, that does not contain Personal Data, for internal business purposes such as trend analysis, predictive models, testing, optimization, support and diagnostics.
- Swrve (a MessageGears company) may also use Aggregate Data for its external business purposes such as in the preparation of industry reports and white papers for publication. Swrve (a MessageGears company) will never disclose or publish Aggregate Data relating to an individual Customer or Customer App without Customer’s prior consent.
- Swrve (a MessageGears company) will never disclose or publish User Data relating to any individual.
11. OWNERSHIP
The Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, Swrve (a MessageGears company) Work Product and all Intellectual Property Rights therein are owned by Swrve (a MessageGears company) and/or our licensors and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws in the United States, Europe and throughout the world.
The Swrve (a MessageGears company) Services is licensed and not sold under this Agreement. This Agreement does not convey to you any rights of ownership in or related to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s technology and/or Swrve (a MessageGears company) or its licensors Intellectual Property Rights.
With regard to Swrve (a MessageGears company) Work Product, Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s ownership rights therein shall immediately vest and remain vested upon the creation thereof. However, to the extent the foregoing is not effective, you hereby fully assign all such Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Work Product to Swrve (a MessageGears company), on an exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free basis, with full title guarantee. In connection with such assignment, you agree to execute any document that we may reasonably require to perfect our right, title or interest in and to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Work Product.
You acknowledge and agree that IPR developed or created by us during the course of performing PST (“PST Material”) shall on the creation of the rights from time to time vest in Swrve (a MessageGears company). You assign all such IPR with full title guarantee to Swrve (a MessageGears company).
You shall do and execute, or arrange for the doing and executing of, each act, document and thing that we may consider necessary or desirable to perfect our right, title or interest in and to the IPR in the PST, including any uncompleted PST.
We agree that you will have a royalty-free, revocable, non-exclusive worldwide license for the Term to use, copy, modify and distribute internally PST Material within your facilities solely for use in conjunction with the applications with which you use the PST.
The Swrve (a MessageGears company) name and any logos and product names associated with the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service are trademarks of Swrve (a MessageGears company) or third parties, and no right or license is granted to use them.
All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by Swrve (a MessageGears company).
12. FEEDBACK
We encourage you to provide feedback on errors or quality issues and suggestions for the improvement of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service (“Feedback”).
You agree that we may use any such Feedback that you provide to us in any way, including without limitation in any future enhancements and modifications to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
You hereby grant Swrve (a MessageGears company) a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty free license to use, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, distribute, and display the Feedback for any purpose.
13. TERM
The Term of your subscription to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is based on the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Edition that you have licensed, as follows:
Temporary Edition:
- The Term of temporary or evaluation subscriptions is on a month-to-month basis.
- Either party may terminate access at any time by giving emailed written notice to the other.
Commercial Edition and all other Editions:
- The Term of commercial or other subscriptions will be set out in your Commercial Terms.
- On expiration of the initial term set out in the Commercial Terms, the Agreement will automatically renew for annual periods (each a “Renewal Term”), unless either party gives the other not less than thirty (30) calendar days’ emailed written notice of its intention not to renew, prior to the end of the then current Term or Renewal Term. Such termination will be effective as of the end of the then current Term or Renewal Term.
The license granted to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Work Product shall expire concurrently with the expiration of your subscription term to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
14. TERMINATION
Other that as set out above, either party may terminate this Agreement as follows:
Termination for Cause:
Either party may terminate this agreement for cause, if the other party breaches a material term of this Agreement and fails to remedy such breach, where capable of remedy, within thirty (30) days of notice from the non-breaching party.
Either party may terminate this agreement for cause in the event the other party becomes bankrupt, makes any arrangement with or for the benefit of its creditors, enters into compulsory or voluntary liquidation or amalgamation (other than for the purpose of a bona fide reconstruction), has a receiver or manager appointed of the whole or substantially the whole of its undertakings, or any equivalent procedure under any applicable law, or if the other party becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due.
Suspension of Service:
Swrve (a MessageGears company) reserves the right to suspend your access to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, without liability to you, if you are (a) more than fifteen (15) days late in payment of the fees due; (b) in material breach of this Agreement or (c) where there is an actual or reasonably suspected breach of Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s Acceptable Use policy or Service Limits. The foregoing shall be in addition to any other rights or remedies available to Swrve (a MessageGears company), including termination of this Agreement.
Effect of Termination:
Upon termination, for any reason, you must stop using the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
You must cease using all copies of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service and destroy or return any other Swrve (a MessageGears company) confidential information in your possession or control.
You must remove the Integration Code from the Customer App(s) with a reasonable period and cease all use of such Integration Code and Swrve (a MessageGears company) API. However, in the event the Agreement is terminated by Swrve (a MessageGears company) for cause, no reasonable grace period is given, and you must remove the Integration Code from your app immediately.
You acknowledge that upon termination for any reason, Swrve (a MessageGears company) may terminate your account.
You also acknowledge that, on termination, you will no longer have access to any personalization features or customized versions of the Customer App(s) that were enabled by the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
Any provision of this Agreement which by its terms reasonably ought to survive termination of this Agreement, shall so survive.
Data Retention:
We will maintain your User Data and Customer App(s) information that Swrve (a MessageGears company) maintains in accordance with the retention terms in the Data Processing Agreement for a further period of thirty (30) days and make it available to you to download in a format reasonably determined by us.
Under no circumstance will Swrve (a MessageGears company) be obliged to maintain User Data or Customer App(s) information for longer than thirty (30) days from when you cease the use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service or this Agreement has been terminated.
Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s detailed data retention policies can be found in the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Data Processing Agreement.
15. WARRANTIES
By Swrve (a MessageGears company):
With regard to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, provided that you comply with the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service Limits, we warrant that the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service will operate substantially and materially in accordance with its published specifications and documentation on the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Platform.
With regard to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) PST, we warrant that the PST will be provided in a professional and workmanlike manner.
By You:
You warrant and undertake that: (i) you have all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement; (ii) use of your User Data by the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service does not breach the rights of any person or entity, including without limitation rights of publicity, privacy or under applicable data protection laws; and (iii) Sensitive Personal Information will not be processed via the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service without first obtaining Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s prior agreement in writing to such processing.
Disclaimer of Warranties & Exclusions:
The representations and warranties set out above are in lieu of all other warranties, representations and guarantees of any kind by Swrve (a MessageGears company), and except as otherwise set forth above, the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, Swrve (a MessageGears company) PST and any other applications, services, or materials hereunder (if any) are furnished by Swrve (a MessageGears company) and accepted by Customer “AS IS”.
ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED BY Swrve (a MessageGears company), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, COMPATIBILITY, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Swrve (a MessageGears company) DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE, PST, OR ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS, SERVICES, MATERIALS PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THEY OR THEIR ACCESS OR USE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE WILL BE SUITABLE FOR YOUR NEEDS OR YOUR INTENDED APPLICATIONS, OR THAT THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE OR PST WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH OR OPERATE IN THE HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR WEBSITE CONFIGURATIONS THAT YOU SELECT. Swrve (a MessageGears company) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTIES IN RELATION TO THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE BY VIRTUE OF RENDERING THE PST.
Swrve (a MessageGears company) DOES NOT WARRANT THAT REPORTS WILL BE ERROR-FREE.
Swrve (a MessageGears company) IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELAYS, DELIVERY, FAILURES OR OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF THE INTERNET OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR RELATED EQUIPMENT TO WHICH THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE OR PST MAY BE SUBJECT.
Swrve (a MessageGears company) makes no performance warranties whatsoever, including those set out above with regard to Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service OR PST features identified as “alpha”, “beta”, “first access”, “early access” or “pre-release”.
Remedies:
In the event the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, PST or any part thereof, is held to constitute an infringement of a third party Intellectual Property Right, Swrve (a MessageGears company) may, at its sole discretion and expense: (i) modify the infringing portion of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service or PST without impairing in any material respect the functionality or performance, so that it becomes non-infringing, (ii) procure for you at Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s expense the right to continue to use the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service or PST, or the infringing portion thereof; (iii) replace the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, PST, or infringing portion thereof with equally suitable, non-infringing software; or (iv) if none of the foregoing options is commercially practicable, in Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s sole discretion, terminate this Agreement immediately with no liability to you.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
General Limitation:
IN NO EVENT SHALL Swrve (a MessageGears company) BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, AND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGE OR LOSS OF PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, INFORMATION OR DATA; LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS; BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; COST OF REPLACEMENT SERVICES OCCASIONED BY ANY DEFECT IN THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE, OR THE INABILITY TO USE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER; OR ANY OTHER CAUSE WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE, Swrve (a MessageGears company) PST, THIRD PARTY SERVICES, OR THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY AT LAW OR IN EQUITY. THESE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY EVEN IF Swrve (a MessageGears company) HAS BEEN ADVISED OR IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY PROVIDED HEREIN.
Nothing in these TOS will limit or exclude any liability in a way that is not permitted under applicable law.
Third Party Services:
WE DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE PROVIDERS OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES FOR LOSS, DAMAGES OR CLAIMS ARISING AS A RESULT OF DEPLOYING SUCH INTEGRATIONS.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE SUITABILITY OF SUCH THIRD PARTY SERVICES OR FOR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF SUCH PROVIDERS OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CEASE TO PROVIDE INTEGRATIONS IF CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE SUCH THAT INTEGRATIONS ARE NO LONGER PERMISSIBLE OR PRACTICABLE.
Sensitive Personal Information, automated decision making and differential pricing:
EXCEPT WHERE YOU HAVE OBTAINED Swrve (a MessageGears company)’S PRIOR AGREEMENT IN WRITING THAT SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE, OR THAT THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE MAY BE USED TO DEPLOY AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING OR DIFFERENTIAL PRICING, IN NO EVENT SHALL Swrve (a MessageGears company) OR ANYONE ACTING ON BEHALF OF Swrve (a MessageGears company), BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN RESPECT OF ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE ACCESS TO OR PROCESSING OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION, AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING OR DIFFERENTIAL PRICING BY Swrve (a MessageGears company) OR ANYONE ACTING ON BEHALF OF Swrve (a MessageGears company).
Liability Cap:
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL Swrve (a MessageGears company)’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANYONE CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH YOU, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE, OR PST FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, CLAIMS AND/OR CAUSES OF ACTIONS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY) WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED (A) THE FEES ACTUALLY PAID TO Swrve (a MessageGears company) BY YOU IN RESPECT OF THE Swrve (a MessageGears company) SERVICE FOR THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CLAIM; OR (B) IN REGARD TO THE PST, THE FEES ACTUALLY PAID TO Swrve (a MessageGears company) BY YOU IN RESPECT OF THE PST IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING THE CLAIM.
17. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Swrve (a MessageGears company), its subsidiaries, affiliates and subcontractors, and each of their respective employees, directors, officers, shareholders, attorneys, agents and representatives, from and against any and all claims, costs, losses, damages, judgments, penalties, interest and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) from any claim, action, judgment, audit, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding that arises out of or relates to: (a) any breach of your representations, warranties, duties, or obligations set forth in this Agreement; (b) any use of Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s or its licensors’ Intellectual Property Rights or technology in a manner not expressly authorized by this Agreement; (c) your failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations in your use of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, including without limitation any applicable data protection or other laws relating to your directly marketing activities; (d) your violation of the rights of a third party, including without limitation through any data processing instructions or data transfer instructions to Swrve (a MessageGears company), or any integrations with Third Party Services requested by you.
The indemnification obligations set forth herein shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
18. APPLICABLE LAW
North America:
If you are based in North America, the laws of the State of California shall govern the interpretation of this Agreement, without reference to conflict of laws principles, and the parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in San Francisco, California.
UK:
If you are based in the UK, the laws of England and Wales apply, without reference to conflict of laws principles, and the parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in London, England.
Outside North America and United Kingdom:
If you are based outside North America and the United Kingdom, the laws of Ireland apply, without reference to conflict of laws principles, and the parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Dublin, Ireland.
The U.N. Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded from any interpretation of this Agreement.
19. GENERAL
Entire Agreement:
These TOS, the Commercial Terms (if any), the Data Processing Agreement and the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service Limits constitute the complete and entire Agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all other agreements, representations, understandings or communications, whether oral or written, between the parties.
No representations or statements of any kind made by either party, which are not expressly stated herein, shall be binding on such party.
Amendment:
Other than changes by Swrve (a MessageGears company) as set forth at the beginning of these TOS, the Agreement may not be modified or amended except in writing signed by both parties for the purposes of which the parties agree email is insufficient, Signature of this Agreement and any amendments to it may be effected by electronic signature services.
Waiver:
A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall not be deemed or construed to be a continuing waiver of such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof.
Severability:
If any provision, or part thereof, of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties shall use their best efforts to replace such provision by a provision that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, achieves the purposes originally intended.
If it cannot be so reformed it shall be omitted. The balance of this Agreement shall remain valid and unchanged and in full force and effect.
Assignment:
You may not assign, license, sub-license, or transfer this Agreement or any of its rights hereunder, without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
In the event of a sale, merger, acquisition or similar corporate activity Swrve (a MessageGears company) may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to the successor in interest or title to all or substantially all of that part of the business to which this Agreement relates.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure for the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns, in title of the parties hereto.
Export:
Each party agrees to comply all export laws, restrictions, national security controls and regulations of the United States or other applicable national or foreign agency or authority, and not to export or re-export, or allow the export or re-export of any software or other Confidential Information, or any copy or direct product thereof, in violation of any such restrictions, laws or regulations.
US Government Rights:
The technical data and computer software covered by this license is a “Commercial Item,” as such term is defined by the FAR 2.101 (48 C.F.R. 2.101) and is “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as specified under FAR 12.212 (48 C.F.R. 12.212) or DFARS 227.7202 (48 C.F.R. 227.7202), as applicable.
This commercial computer software and related documentation is provided to end users for use by and on behalf of the U.S. or any foreign Government, with only those rights as are granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein.
Equitable Relief:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the parties agree that a material breach of this Agreement adversely affecting Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s Intellectual Property Rights or Swrve (a MessageGears company)’s rights in its confidential information may cause irreparable injury to Swrve (a MessageGears company) for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and that Swrve (a MessageGears company) shall be entitled to apply for equitable relief, without the posting of a bond, in addition to any remedies it may have hereunder or at law.
Force Majeure:
Neither party shall be liable to the other for acts beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, acts of God, or public enemy, the acts or failure to act of any governmental authority, civil unrest, acts of civil or military authority, war, embargos, labor disputes, fires, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, unusually severe weather, or shortage or absence of power, without limitation including primary power and failure of backup systems.
Independent Contractors:
Each party will act at all times as an independent contractor to the other party and will have no right or authority to act on behalf of, create any obligation for, or bind the other party in any way. Nothing in this Agreement will be deemed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties.
Forms:
Pre-printed or standard terms and conditions of any purchase or other ordering document issued by you in connection with this Agreement shall be void, and as such shall not be binding on Swrve (a MessageGears company) and shall not be deemed to supersede or replace any terms and conditions hereof or otherwise modify this Agreement, regardless of whether such documents claim to do so.
This shall apply to all ordering documents that relate to fees paid under this Agreement, regardless of when they are created.
Headings, Captions and Names:
The name of this Agreement, and all headings and captions herein contained, are for reference and convenience only and do not define, limit or expand the scope or intent of any provision hereof and shall not be relied upon in or in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
The words “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and similar terms refer to this entire Agreement and shall not be limited to the specific sections in which they are used.
20. Glossary
Capitalized terms used in the TOS, Commercial Terms, Data Processing Agreement and Service Limits, and not otherwise defined shall have the following meanings:
- “Add-on Services” means services other than the standard Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service made available by Swrve (a MessageGears company) which are separately purchased by a Customer for fees in addition to the base license price for the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service. The Add-on Services as licensed by the Customer are shown in the Commercial Terms.
- “Aggregate Data” means aggregated statistics derived from User Data, not containing Personal Data
- “Agreement” means collectively, these TOS, the Commercial Terms (if any), the Data Processing Agreement, and the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service Limits.
- “Commercial Terms” means the description of the services, fees, and terms and conditions related thereto that is a separate writing that references these TOS and are signed by the parties thereto.
- “Customer App(s)” means your OTT App(s) using the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
- “DPA” means Appendix 2: Data Protection or such other data protection addendum that the parties may agree in writing with regard to the processing of User Data.
- “End User” means an end user of Customer App(s).
- “Integration Code” means the software code for the integration of the Swrve (a MessageGears company) SDK and a third party software.
- “Intellectual Property Right” means any patent, utility model, design patent, copyright, trademark, service mark, trade dress, trade name, logo, trade secret, moral right, know-how, all rights whatsoever nature in computer software and data, database rights, rights of privacy, and all other intangible property rights and privileges, throughout the world, whether or not a party has applied for or been granted registration or other protection therefor.
- “Personal Data” means any data relating to living individuals who are or can be identified from the data or from the data in conjunction with other information that is in, or is likely to come into, our possession.
- “PST” means professional services and training provided by Swrve (a MessageGears company) with regard to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service and/or the Customer App(s).
- “Reports” means the various reports related to the behavior and usage patterns of users using the Customer’s application generated through the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
- “Swrve (a MessageGears company) API” means the Swrve (a MessageGears company) application programming interface in connection with the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
- “Swrve (a MessageGears company) Edition” means the type of license under which the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service is provided to customers. There are various types of developer, temporary and commercial licenses in use by Swrve (a MessageGears company) which may have varying terms and conditions.
- “Swrve (a MessageGears company) Platform” means the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Services described as the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Platform in the online documentation or in any Commercial Terms agreed to between you and Swrve (a MessageGears company).
- “Swrve (a MessageGears company) SDK” means the Swrve (a MessageGears company) software development kits in connection with the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service.
- “Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service” means collectively (a) the services provided by Swrve (a MessageGears company) (including the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Platform, and Add-on Services as ordered by Customer pursuant to the Commercial Terms), documentation, sample code and any fixes, updates and upgrades thereto that are provided by Swrve (a MessageGears company); (b) access to the Swrve (a MessageGears company) API, the Swrve (a MessageGears company) SDKs and/or the Integration Code necessary for Customer to install and deploy in order to make use of the functionality of the services; (c) the Swrve (a MessageGears company) dashboard, analysis, testing, messaging tools and administrative console; and (d) Reports.
- “Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service Limits” means the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service Limits, as updated from time to time at https://www.messagegears.com/company/service-limits.
- “Term” means the period of validity of this Agreement, including any Renewal Term.
- “Third Party Services” means the applications and platforms of third parties that may be integrated at the direction of Customer using Swrve (a MessageGears company) Amplify or otherwise.
- “User Data” means all End User information that is collected by the Swrve (a MessageGears company) Service, including Personal Data.
- “Work Product” means any materials used, developed or created by Swrve (a MessageGears company) in the course of performing PST.