Customer acknowledges and agrees to the following terms of service, which together with the terms of the Trakref Subscription Services Agreement entered into between Customer and Trakref, shall govern Customer’s access and use of the Service (collectively, the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in these Terms of Service shall have the meaning given to them in the Agreement signed by Customer. In addition, Customer agrees that unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the Service, and/or any new service(s) subsequently purchased by the Customer will be subject to this Agreement. Trakref may modify these terms of service, as well as its Privacy Policy, at any time, for any or no reason. Such modified terms and conditions will become effective ten (10) days after they are initially posted (unless Trakref is required by law to modify such terms and conditions in less than ten (10) days. Continued use of the Service after such modified terms and conditions have been posted will constitute acceptance thereof and agreement to be bound by such modified terms.
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Accuracy of Customer’s Contact Information.
Customer shall provide accurate, current and complete information on Customer’s legal business name, address, email address, and phone number, and maintain and promptly update this information if it should change.
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Users: Passwords, Access, And Notification.
Customer shall authorize access to and assign unique passwords and user names to the number of Users procured by Customer on the Estimate/Order Form. User logins are for designated Users and cannot be shared or used by more than one User. Customer will be responsible for the confidentiality and use of User’s passwords and user names. Customer will also be responsible for all Electronic Communications, including those containing business information, account registration, account holder information, financial information, Customer Data, and all other data of any kind contained within emails or otherwise entered electronically through the Service or under Customer’s account. Trakref will act as though any Electronic Communications it receives under Customer’s passwords, user name, and/or account number will have been sent by Customer. Customer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Service and shall promptly notify Trakref of any unauthorized access or use of the Service and any loss or theft or unauthorized use of any User’s password or name and/or Service account numbers.
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Customer Must Have Internet Access.
In order utilize the Service, Customer must have or must obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through devices that access Web-based content. Customer must also provide all equipment necessary to make such (and maintain such) connection to the World Wide Web. Customer understands that DSL, cable, or other high speed Internet connection is required for proper performance of the Service.
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General Restrictions.
Customer is responsible for all activities conducted under its User logins and for its Users' compliance with this Agreement. Customer’s use of the Service shall not include service bureau use, outsourcing, renting, reselling, sublicensing, concurrent use of a single User login, or time-sharing of the Service. Customer shall not and shall not permit any third party to: (a) copy, translate, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble, or decompile the Service or any part thereof or otherwise attempt to discover any source code or modify the Service in any manner or form unless expressly allowed; (b) access or use the Service to circumvent or exceed Service account limitations or requirements; (c) use the Service for the purpose of building a similar or competitive product or service, (d) obtain unauthorized access to the Service (including without limitation permitting access to or use of the Service via another system or tool, the primary effect of which is to enable input of requests or transactions by other than authorized Users); (e) use the Service in a manner that is contrary to applicable law or in violation of any third party rights of privacy or intellectual property rights; (f) publish, post, upload or otherwise transmit Customer Data that contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any systems, data, personal information or property of another; or (g) use or permit the use of any tools in order to probe, scan or attempt to penetrate or benchmark the Service. Customer shall comply with all applicable local, state, federal, and foreign laws, treaties, regulations, and conventions in connection with its use of the Service, including without limitation those related to privacy, electronic communications and anti-spam legislation. (h) Customer shall not permit Users to access or use the Service in violation of any U.S. export embargo, prohibition or restriction, and (i) Customer shall comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States and the country in which its Users are located. Customer will not send any Electronic Communication from the Service that is unlawful, harassing, libelous, defamatory or threatening. Except as permitted by this Agreement, no part of the Service may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means. Customer agrees not to access the Service by any means other than through the interfaces that are provided by Trakref. Customer shall not do any "mirroring" or "framing" of any part of the Service, or create Internet links to the Service which include log- in information, user names, passwords, and/or secure cookies. Customer will not in any way express or imply that any opinions contained in Customer’s Electronic Communications are endorsed by Trakref. Customer shall ensure that all access and use of the Service by Users is in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any action or breach by any of such User shall be deemed an action or breach by Customer.
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Third Party Applications.
Trakref may offer certain Third Party Applications under Estimate/Order Forms. Any procurement of such Third Party Applications by Customer shall be subject to the terms specified in such Estimate/Order Forms. In addition, Trakref or third party providers may offer Third Party Applications through the Service or otherwise related to Customers’ use of the Service. Except as expressly set forth in the Estimate/Order Form, Trakref does not warrant any such Third Party Applications. Any procurement by Customer of such Third Party Applications or services is solely between Customer and the applicable third party provider. Customer may not use Third Party Applications to enter and/or submit transactions to be processed and/or stored in the Service, unless Customer has procured the applicable subscription to the Service for such use and access. Trakref is not responsible for any aspect of such Third Party Applications that Customer may procure or connect to through the Service, or any descriptions, promises or other information related to the foregoing. If Customer installs or enables Third Party Applications for use with the Service, Customer agrees that Trakref may enable such third party providers to access Customer Data as required for the interoperation of such Third Party Applications with the Service, and any exchange of data or other interaction between Customer and a third party provider is solely between Customer and such third party provider pursuant to a separate privacy policy or other terms governing Customer’s access to or use of the Third Party Applications. Trakref shall not be responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of Customer Data resulting from any such access by Third Party Applications or third party providers. No procurement of such Third Party Applications is required to use the Service.
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Transmission of Data.
Customer understands that the technical processing and transmission of Customer’s Electronic Communications is fundamentally necessary to use of the Service. Customer is responsible for securing DSL, cable or another high speed Internet connection and up-to-date “browser” software in order to utilize the Service. Customer expressly consents to Trakref’s interception and storage of Electronic Communications and/or Customer Data, and Customer acknowledges and understands that Customer’s Electronic Communications will involve transmission over the Internet, and over various networks, only part of which may be owned and/or operated by Trakref. Customer further acknowledges and understands that Electronic Communications may be accessed by unauthorized parties when communicated across the Internet, network communications facilities, telephone or other electronic means. Trakref is not responsible for any Electronic Communications and/or Customer Data which are delayed, lost, altered, intercepted or stored during the transmission of any data whatsoever across networks not owned and/or operated by Trakref, including, but not limited to, the Internet and Customer’s local network.
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Service Level.
During the Term, the Service will meet the service level specified in the “Service Level Commitment” located in Schedule I, If the Service fails to achieve the service level, then Customer will be entitled, as its sole and exclusive remedy, to a credit for the Service in accordance with the terms set forth in the Service Level Commitment. The Service’s system logs and other records shall be used for calculating any service level events.
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Trakref’s Support Services and Professional Services.
As part of the Service, Trakref will provide Customer with Help Documentation and other online resources to assist Customer in its use of the Service. Trakref also offers optional “for fee” Support Services and Professional Services. Support. Trakref will make commercially reasonable efforts to promote Customer’s successful utilization of the Service, including but not limited to providing Customer with User Guides, Knowledge Base and online help, as well as optional and “for fee” training classes. Trakref also offers customer support and professional services consultation. Customer acknowledges that Trakref has extensive experience helping Customers improve utilization and realization of benefits of the Service, and that not following the advice of Trakref or engaging Trakref in the provision of professional services may substantially limit Customer’s ability to successfully utilize the Service or to enjoy the power and potential of the Service.
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Confidentiality.
Each party agrees to use the same degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information of like kind (at all times exercising at least a commercially reasonable degree of care in the protection of such confidential information) not to use or disclose Confidential Information except to the extent necessary to perform its obligations or exercise rights under this Agreement or as directed by Customer. Either party may disclose Confidential Information on a need to know basis to its Affiliates, contractors and service providers who have executed binding written agreements requiring confidentiality and non-use obligations at least as restrictive as those in this Section. For purposes of this Agreement, confidential information shall include the terms of this Agreement, Customer Data, and any information that is clearly identified in writing at the time of disclosure as confidential (“Confidential Information”). Each party agrees: (a) to keep confidential all Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other party or by a third-party; (b) not to use the Confidential Information of the other party except to the extent necessary to perform its obligations or exercise rights under this Agreement; and (c) to protect the confidentiality thereof in the same manner as it protects the confidentiality of similar information and data of its own (at all times exercising at least a reasonable degree of care in the protection of such Confidential Information) and to make Confidential Information available to authorized persons only on a “need to know” basis. Either party may disclose Confidential Information on a need-to-know basis to its contractors who have executed written agreements requiring them to maintain such information in strict confidence and use it only to facilitate the performance of their services in connection with the performance of this Agreement. Confidential Information shall not include information which: (1) is known publicly; (2) is generally known in the industry before disclosure; (3) has become known publicly, without fault of the recipient, subsequent to disclosure by the disclosing party; or (4) the recipient becomes aware of from a third party not bound by non-disclosure obligations to the disclosing party and with the lawful right to disclose such information to the recipient. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 2.9 will not prohibit the disclosure of Confidential Information to the extent that such disclosure is permitted by law or order of a court or other governmental authority or regulation. With respect to any information received by either party from the other as a result of any other relationship between the parties other than in the course of performance under this Agreement (i.e., business development, partnership, alliance, etc.), the parties will abide by the terms and conditions of any applicable Nondisclosure Agreement (or similar agreement) executed between the parties.
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Ownership of Customer Data.
As between Trakref and Customer, all title and intellectual property rights in and to the Customer Data is owned exclusively by Customer. Customer acknowledges and agrees that in connection with Service, Trakref as part of its standard Service offering makes daily backup copies of the Customer Data in Customer’s “live” account and stores and maintains such data for a period of time consistent with Trakref standard business processes, which period shall not be less than one year.
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Trakref Intellectual Property Rights.
All rights, title and interest in and to the Service (including without limitation all intellectual property rights therein and all modifications, extensions, customizations, scripts or other derivative works of the Service provided or developed by Trakref) are owned exclusively by Trakref or its licensors. Except as provided in this Agreement, the rights granted to Customer do not convey any rights in the Service, express or implied, or ownership in the Service or any intellectual property rights thereto. Customer grants Trakref a royalty free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable right to use, modify, distribute and incorporate into the Service (without attribution of any kind) any suggestions, enhancement request, recommendations, proposals, correction or other feedback or information provided by Customer or any Users related to the operation or functionality of the Service. Any rights in the Service or Trakref’s intellectual property not expressly granted herein by Trakref are reserved by Trakref. Trakref service marks, logos and product and service names are marks of Trakref. Customer agrees not to display or use the Trakref Marks in any manner without Trakref’s express prior written permission.
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U.S. Government Rights.
The Service is a “commercial item” as that term is defined at FAR 2.101. If Customer or User is a US Federal Government (Government) Executive Agency (as defined in FAR 2.101), Trakref provides the Service, including any related software, technology, technical data, and/or professional services in accordance with the following: (a) if acquired by or on behalf of any Executive Agency (other than an agency within the Department of Defense (DoD), the Government acquires, in accordance with FAR 12.211 (Technical Data) and FAR 12.212 (Computer Software), only those rights in technical data and software customarily provided to the public as defined in this Agreement; or (b) if acquired by or on behalf of any Executive Agency within the DoD, the Government acquires, in accordance with DFARS 227.7202-3 (Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation), only those rights in technical data and software customarily provided in this Agreement. In addition, DFARS 252.227-7015 (Technical Data – Commercial Items) applies to technical data acquired by DoD agencies. Any Federal Legislative Agency or Federal Judicial Agency shall obtain only those rights in technical data and software customarily provided to the public as set forth in this Agreement. If any Federal Executive Agency, Federal Legislative Agency, or Federal Judicial Agency has a need for rights not conveyed under the terms described in this Section, it must negotiate with Trakref to determine if there are acceptable terms for transferring such rights, and a mutually acceptable written addendum specifically conveying such rights must be included in any applicable contract or agreement to be effective. This U.S. Government Rights Section is in lieu of, and supersedes, any other FAR, DFARS, or other clause, provision, or supplemental regulation that addresses Government rights in computer software or technical data under this Agreement.
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Dispute Resolution.
(a) The parties agree to maintain the confidential nature of all disputes and disagreements between them, including, but not limited to, informal negotiations, mediation or arbitration, except as may be necessary to prepare for or conduct these dispute resolution procedures or unless otherwise required by law or judicial decision. Except as provided in 2.14(b), each party agrees that before it seeks mediation, arbitration, or any other form of legal relief, it shall provide written notice to the other of the specific issues in dispute (and referencing the specific portions of any contract between the parties and which are allegedly being breached). Within thirty days after such notice knowledgeable executives of the parties shall hold at least one meeting (in person or by video- or tele-conference) for the purpose of attempting in good faith to resolve the dispute. Mediation may be commenced by a party providing a written request for mediation setting forth the subject of the dispute and the relief requested. The parties will cooperate in selecting a single mediator and scheduling a mediation, which should take place within 45 days following a request for mediation. The mediator shall be a retired judge who has had experience with technology disputes. The parties agree that they will participate in the mediation in good faith and share equally in its costs. The mediation shall take place in either Nashville or Davidson County, Tennessee. (b) The dispute resolution procedures in this Agreement shall not apply prior to a party seeking a provisional remedy related to claims of misappropriation or ownership of intellectual property, trade secrets or Confidential Information.
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Storage Limits.
Trakref currently limits the amount of storage of attachments and files, not including database storage to 250GB. Any customers using storage in excess of this limit will be charged additional fees.
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Copyright Infringement.
Trakref is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others, and expects users of the Sites and Services to do the same. Trakref may terminate your registration with the Site or deny Customer or any user access to or use of the Site and/or Service if Customer or any user infringes, or are believed to be infringing, a copyright or other intellectual property right. In addition, Trakref reserves the right to remove, or disable access to, infringing material.