TERMS OF WEBSITE USE

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

This terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website(s) under the domain of svaltd.com (our site(s)), whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site. Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our site. By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and we do not accept any liability for the use of third party websites or any material on them. The third party websites may also be subject to their own terms of use and other documents, which you should read and ensure you are familiar with them. We shall not be responsible or liable for your failure to adhere to the terms applicable to the use of any third party website.

OTHER APPLICABLE TERMS

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site(s):

  • Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
  • Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
INFORMATION ABOUT US

Sites under the domain svaltd.com are operated by SGS United Kingdom Limited ("we", “us” or “our”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 01193985 and have our registered office at Rossmore Business Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 3EN.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

CHANGES TO OUR SITE

We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

ACCESSING OUR SITE

Some of our site is made available free of charge, though you may have to register and pay a subscription to use certain parts of it.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

YOUR ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at sgsashby.portaladmin@sgs.com.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The material published on our site is protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

NO RELIANCE ON INFORMATION

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

  • use of, or inability to use, our site; or
  • use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site

If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:

  • loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
  • business interruption;
  • loss of anticipated savings;
  • loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
  • any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

VIRUSES

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

LINKING TO OUR SITE

You may link to our site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

If you wish to make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact sgsashby.portaladmin@sgs.com.

APPLICABLE LAW

As a business user, these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

CONTACT US

To contact us, please email sgsashby.portaladmin@sgs.com or visit our contact page.

Thank you for visiting our site.

Privacy Policy

The SGS Group is committed to the responsible handling and protection of your personal data. In addition, please refer to the following information regarding our privacy practices when you are accessing or using the group website (www.sgs.com) so that you can make informed choices about the use of your personal data by SGS.

Cookie Policy

The SGS Group is committed to the responsible handling and protection of your personal data. In addition, please refer to the following information regarding our cookie policy when you are accessing or using the group website (www.sgs.com)

Terms & Conditions

1 Definitions

1.1 Definitions
In these Conditions, the following definitions apply:
Authorised Users
those employees, agents and independent contractors of the Customer who are authorised by the Customer to use the Services and the Documentation, as further described in clause 2.2.3.
Business Day
a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England when banks in London are open for business.
Conditions
these terms and conditions as amended form time to time in accordance with clause 16.
Confidential Information
information that is proprietary or confidential and is either clearly labelled as such or identified as Confidential Information in clause 10.5.
Contract
the contract between the Supplier and the Customer for the supply of Services in accordance with these Conditions.
Customer
the firm who purchases Services from the Supplier.
Customer Data
the data inputted by the Customer, Authorised Users, or the Supplier on the Customer's behalf for the purpose of using the Services or facilitating the Customer’s use of the Services.
Documentation
the documents and sales materials made available to the Customer by the Supplier online via https://www.evision.svaltd.com or such other web address notified by the Supplier to the Customer from time to time which sets out a description of the Services and the user instructions for the Services.
Normal Business Hours
8.00 am to 6.00 pm local UK time, each Business Day.
Order
the Customer’s order for the Services as set out in the online order confirmation form.
Services
the subscription services provided by the Supplier to the Customer under these Conditions via https://www.evision.svaltd.com or any other website notified to the Customer by the Supplier from time to time, as more particularly described in the Documentation.
Software
the online software applications provided by the Supplier as part of the Services, as set out on the Order.
Subscription Fees
the subscription fees payable by the Customer to the Supplier for the User Subscriptions, as set out in the Order.
Subscription Term
as set out in the Order.
Supplier
SGS United Kingdom Limited registered in England and Wales with company number 01193985 whose registered office is at Rossmore Business Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 3EN.
Support Services Policy
the Supplier's policy for providing support in relation to the Services as made available at https://www.evision.svaltd.com or such other website address as may be notified to the Customer from time to time.
User Subscriptions
the user subscriptions purchased by the Customer pursuant to clause 8.1 which entitle Authorised Users to access and use the Services and the Documentation in accordance with the Contract.
Virus
any thing or device (including any software, code, file or programme) which may: prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network, any telecommunications service, equipment or network or any other service or device; prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect access to or the operation of any programme or data, including the reliability of any programme or data (whether by re-arranging, altering or erasing the programme or data in whole or part or otherwise); or adversely affect the user experience, including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or devices.
1.2 Construction
In these Conditions, the following rules apply:
1.2.1
a person includes an individual, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality);
1.2.2
a reference to a company shall include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established;
1.2.3
unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural and in the plural shall include the singular;
1.2.4
a reference to writing or written includes faxes but not e-mail.

2 User subscriptions

2.1
Subject to these Conditions, the Supplier grants to the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to permit the Authorised Users to use the Services and the Documentation during the Subscription Term solely for the Customer's internal business operations
2.2
In relation to the Authorised Users, the Customer undertakes that:

2.2.1
the maximum number of Authorised Users that it authorises to access and use the Services and the Documentation at any one time shall not exceed the number of User Subscriptions it has purchased from time to time;
2.2.2
each Authorised User shall keep a secure password for his use of the Services and Documentation, that such password shall be changed no less frequently than monthly and that each Authorised User shall keep his password confidential;
2.2.3
it shall maintain a written, up to date list of current Authorised Users and provide such list to the Supplier within 5 Business Days of the Supplier’s written request at any time or times;
2.2.4
it shall permit the Supplier to audit the Services in order to establish the name and password of each Authorised User. Such audit may be conducted no more than once per quarter, at the Supplier's expense, and this right shall be exercised with reasonable prior notice, in such a manner as not to substantially interfere with the Customer's normal conduct of business;
2.2.5
if any of the audits referred to in clause 2.2.4 reveal that any password has been provided to any individual who is not an Authorised User, then without prejudice to the Supplier's other rights, the Customer shall promptly disable such passwords and the Supplier shall not issue any new passwords to any such individual; and
2.2.6
if any of the audits referred to in clause 2.2.4 reveal that the Customer has underpaid Subscription Fees to the Supplier, then without prejudice to the Supplier’s other rights, the Customer shall pay to the Supplier an amount equal to such underpayment as calculated in accordance with the prices set out in the Order within 10 Business Days of the date of the relevant audit.
2.3
The Customer shall not access, store, distribute or transmit any Viruses, or any material during the course of its use of the Services that:
2.3.1
is unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive;
2.3.2
facilitates illegal activity;
2.3.3
depicts sexually explicit images;
2.3.4
promotes unlawful violence;
2.3.5
is discriminatory based on race, gender, colour, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability; or
2.3.6
in a manner that is otherwise illegal or causes damage or injury to any person or property;

and the Supplier reserves the right, without liability or prejudice to its other rights to the Customer, to disable the Customer’s access to any material that breaches the provisions of this clause.

2.4
The Customer shall not:
2.4.1

except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is incapable of exclusion by the Contract between the parties:

  1. and except to the extent expressly permitted under these Conditions, attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Software and/or Documentation (as applicable) in any form or media or by any means; or
  2. attempt to reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the Software; or
2.4.2
access all or any part of the Services and Documentation in order to build a product or service which competes with the Services and/or the Documentation; or
2.4.3
use the Services and/or Documentation to provide services to third parties; or
2.4.4
license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the Services and/or Documentation available to any third party except the Authorised Users, or
2.4.5
attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access to the Services and/or Documentation, other than as provided under this clause 2; and
2.5
The Customer shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any unauthorised access to, or use of, the Services and/or the Documentation and, in the event of any such unauthorised access or use, promptly notify the Supplier.
2.6
The rights provided under this clause 2 are granted to the Customer only, and shall not be considered granted to any subsidiary or holding company of the Customer.

3 Additional user subscriptions

3.1
Subject to clause 3.2 and clause 3.3, the Customer may, from time to time during any Subscription Term, purchase additional User Subscriptions in excess of the number set out in the Order and the Supplier shall grant access to the Services and the Documentation to such additional Authorised Users in accordance with the provisions of these Conditions.
3.2
If the Customer wishes to purchase additional User Subscriptions, the Customer shall notify the Supplier in writing. The Supplier shall evaluate such request for additional User Subscriptions and respond to the Customer with approval or rejection of the request.
3.3
If the Supplier approves the Customer’s request to purchase additional User Subscriptions, the Customer shall pay to the Supplier on approval of the Customer’s request for additional Authorised Users the relevant fees for such additional User Subscriptions as set out on the website (www.evision.svaltd.com) and, if such additional User Subscriptions are purchased by the Customer part way through the Subscription Term, such fees shall be pro-rated for the remainder of the Subscription Term (as applicable).

4 Services

4.1
The Supplier shall, during the Subscription Term, provide the Services and make available the Documentation to the Customer on and subject to these Conditions. Once the customer has registered and paid for the Services, the Supplier shall make the User Subscriptions available within two Business Days of the Supplier’s confirmation of the Order.
4.2
4.2 The Supplier shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to make the Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for:
4.2.1
planned maintenance carried out during the maintenance window of 10.00 pm to 2.00 am UK time; and
4.2.2
unscheduled maintenance performed outside Normal Business Hours, provided that the Supplier has used reasonable endeavours to give the Customer at least 6 Normal Business Hours’ notice in advance.
4.3
The Supplier will, as part of the Services and at no additional cost to the Customer, provide the Customer with the Supplier’s standard customer support services during Normal Business Hours in accordance with the Supplier's Support Services Policy in effect at the time that the Services are provided. The Supplier may amend the Support Services Policy in its sole and absolute discretion from time to time. The Customer may purchase enhanced support services separately at the Supplier’s then current rates.

5 Customer data

5.1
The Customer shall own all right, title and interest in and to all of the Customer Data and shall have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of the Customer Data.
5.2
The Supplier shall follow its archiving procedures for Customer Data as set out in its Back-Up Policy available at www.evision.svaltd.com or such other website address as may be notified to the Customer from time to time, as such document may be amended by the Supplier in its sole discretion from time to time. In the event of any loss or damage to Customer Data, the Customer's sole and exclusive remedy shall be for the Supplier to use reasonable commercial endeavours to restore the lost or damaged Customer Data from the latest back-up of such Customer Data maintained by the Supplier in accordance with the archiving procedure described in its Back-Up Policy. The Supplier shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Customer Data caused by any third party (except those third parties sub-contracted by the Supplier to perform services related to Customer Data maintenance and back-up).
5.3
The Supplier shall, in providing the Services, comply with its Privacy and Security Policy relating to the privacy and security of the Customer Data available at www.evision.svaltd.com or such other website address as may be notified to the Customer from time to time, as such document may be amended from time to time by the Supplier in its sole discretion.
5.4
If the Supplier processes any personal data on the Customer’s behalf when performing its obligations under the Contract, the parties record their intention that the Customer shall be the data controller and the Supplier shall be a data processor and in any such case:
5.4.1
the Customer acknowledges and agrees that the personal data may be transferred or stored outside the EEA or the country where the Customer and the Authorised Users are located in order to carry out the Services and the Supplier’s other obligations under the Contract;
5.4.2
the Customer shall ensure that the Customer is entitled to transfer the relevant personal data to the Supplier so that the Supplier may lawfully use, process and transfer the personal data in accordance with the Contract on the Customer's behalf;
5.4.3
the Customer shall ensure that the relevant third parties have been informed of, and have given their consent to, such use, processing, and transfer as required by all applicable data protection legislation;
5.4.4
each party shall take appropriate technical and organisational measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing of the personal data or its accidental loss, destruction or damage.

6 Supplier's obligations

6.1
The Supplier undertakes that the Services will be performed substantially in accordance with the Documentation and with reasonable skill and care.
6.2
The undertaking at clause 6.1 shall not apply to the extent of any non-conformance which is caused by use of the Services contrary to the Supplier's instructions, or modification or alteration of the Services by any party other than the Supplier or the Supplier's duly authorised contractors or agents. If the Services do not conform with the foregoing undertaking, Supplier will, at its expense, use all reasonable commercial endeavours to correct any such non-conformance promptly, or provide the Customer with an alternative means of accomplishing the desired performance. Such correction or substitution constitutes the Customer's sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the undertaking set out in clause 6.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Supplier:
6.2.1
does not warrant that the Customer's use of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; or that the Services, Documentation and/or the information obtained by the Customer through the Services will meet the Customer's requirements; and
6.2.2
is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet, and the Customer acknowledges that the Services and Documentation may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities.
6.3
The Supplier warrants that it has and will maintain all necessary licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the performance of its obligations under these Conditions.

7 Customer's obligations

7.1
The Customer shall:
7.1.1

provide the Supplier with:

  1. all necessary co-operation in relation to the Contract; and
  2. all necessary access to such information as may be required by the Supplier; in order to provide the Services, including but not limited to Customer Data, security access information and configuration services;
7.1.2
comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its activities under these Conditions;
7.1.3
carry out all other Customer responsibilities set out in the Contract in a timely and efficient manner. In the event of any delays in the Customer's provision of such assistance as agreed by the parties, the Supplier may adjust any agreed timetable or delivery schedule as reasonably necessary;
7.1.4
ensure that the Authorised Users use the Services and the Documentation in accordance with these Conditions and shall be responsible for any Authorised User’s breach of the Contract;
7.1.5
obtain and shall maintain all necessary licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the Supplier, its contractors and agents to perform their obligations under these Conditions, including without limitation the Services;
7.1.6
ensure that its network and systems comply with the relevant specifications provided by the Supplier from time to time; and
7.1.7
be solely responsible for procuring and maintaining its network connections and telecommunications links from its systems to the Supplier’s data centres, and all problems, conditions, delays, delivery failures and all other loss or damage arising from or relating to the Customer's network connections or telecommunications links or caused by the internet.

8 Charges and payment

8.1
The Customer shall pay the Subscription Fees to the Supplier for the User Subscriptions in advance at the time of placing the Order.
8.2
The Customer shall provide to the Supplier valid, up-to-date and complete credit card details or approved purchase order information acceptable to the Supplier as set out in the Order, the Customer hereby authorises the Supplier to bill such credit card the Subscription Fees payable in respect of the Subscription Term as set out in the Order.
8.3
All amounts and fees stated or referred to in the Order:
8.3.1
shall be payable in pounds sterling;
8.3.2
are, subject to clause 12.4.2, non-cancellable and non-refundable;
8.3.3
are exclusive of value added tax, which shall be added to the Supplier's Order at the appropriate rate.
8.4
The Supplier shall be entitled to increase the Subscription Fees, the fees payable in respect of the additional User Subscriptions purchased pursuant to clause 3.3 upon 90 days' prior notice to the Customer.

9 Proprietary rights

9.1
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Supplier and/or its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Services and the Documentation. Except as expressly stated herein, these Conditions does not grant the Customer any rights to, or in, patents, copyright, database right, trade secrets, trade names, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights or licences in respect of the Services or the Documentation.
9.2
The Supplier confirms that it has all the rights in relation to the Services and the Documentation that are necessary to grant all the rights it purports to grant under, and in accordance with, the terms of these Conditions.

10 Confidentiality

10.1
Each party may be given access to Confidential Information from the other party in order to perform its obligations under the Contract. A party's Confidential Information shall not be deemed to include information that:
10.1.1
is or becomes publicly known other than through any act or omission of the receiving party;
10.1.2
was in the other party's lawful possession before the disclosure;
10.1.3
is lawfully disclosed to the receiving party by a third party without restriction on disclosure;
10.1.4
is independently developed by the receiving party, which independent development can be shown by written evidence; or
10.1.5
is required to be disclosed by law, by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any regulatory or administrative body.
10.2
Each party shall hold the other's Confidential Information in confidence and, unless required by law, not make the other's Confidential Information available to any third party, or use the other's Confidential Information for any purpose other than the implementation of these Conditions.
10.3
Each party shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the other's Confidential Information to which it has access is not disclosed or distributed by its employees or agents in violation of the terms of these Conditions.
10.4
Neither party shall be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Confidential Information caused by any third party.
10.5
The Customer acknowledges that details of the Services, and the results of any performance tests of the Services, constitute the Supplier's Confidential Information.
10.6
The Supplier acknowledges that the Customer Data is the Confidential Information of the Customer.
10.7
No party shall make, or permit any person to make, any public announcement concerning the Contract without the prior written consent of the other parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as required by law, any governmental or regulatory authority (including, without limitation, any relevant securities exchange), any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction.

11 Indemnity

11.1
The Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Supplier against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses and costs (including without limitation court costs and reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with the Customer's use of the Services and/or Documentation, provided that:
11.1.1
the Customer is given prompt notice of any such claim;
11.1.2
the Supplier provides reasonable co-operation to the Customer in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Customer's expense; and
11.1.3
the Customer is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
11.2
The Supplier shall defend the Customer, its officers, directors and employees against any claim that the Services or Documentation infringes any United Kingdom patent effective as of the date the Software is accessible to the Customer, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality, and shall indemnify the Customer for any amounts awarded against the Customer in judgment or settlement of such claims, provided that:
11.2.1
the Supplier is given prompt notice of any such claim;
11.2.2
the Customer provides reasonable co-operation to the Supplier in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Supplier's expense; and
11.2.3
the Supplier is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
11.3
In the defence or settlement of any claim, the Supplier may procure the right for the Customer to continue using the Services, replace or modify the Services so that they become non-infringing or, if such remedies are not reasonably available, terminate the Contract on 2 Business Days’ notice to the Customer without any additional liability or obligation to pay liquidated damages or other additional costs to the Customer.
11.4
In no event shall the Supplier, its employees, agents and sub-contractors be liable to the Customer to the extent that the alleged infringement is based on:
11.4.1
a modification of the Services or Documentation by anyone other than the Supplier; or
11.4.2
the Customer's use of the Services or Documentation in a manner contrary to the instructions given to the Customer by the Supplier; or
11.4.3
the Customer's use of the Services or Documentation after notice of the alleged or actual infringement from the Supplier or any appropriate authority.
11.5
The foregoing and clause 12.4.2 states the Customer's sole and exclusive rights and remedies, and the Supplier's (including the Supplier’s employees', agents' and sub-contractors’) entire obligations and liability, for infringement of any patent, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality.

12 Limitation of liability

12.1
This clause 12 sets out the entire financial liability of the Supplier (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Customer:
12.1.1
arising under or in connection with the Contract;
12.1.2
in respect of any use made by the Customer of the Services and Documentation or any part of them; and
12.1.3
in respect of any representation, statement or tortious act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with these Conditions.
12.2
Except as expressly and specifically provided in the Contract:
12.2.1
the Customer assumes sole responsibility for results obtained from the use of the Services and the Documentation by the Customer, and for conclusions drawn from such use. The Supplier shall have no liability for any damage caused by errors or omissions in any information, instructions or scripts provided to the Supplier by the Customer in connection with the Services, or any actions taken by the Supplier at the Customer's direction;
12.2.2
all warranties, representations, conditions and all other terms of any kind whatsoever implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, excluded from these Conditions; and
12.2.3
the Services and the Documentation are provided to the Customer on an "as is" basis.
12.3
Nothing in these Conditions excludes the liability of the Supplier:
12.3.1
for death or personal injury caused by the Supplier's negligence; or
12.3.2
for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
12.4
Subject to clause 12.2 and clause 12.3:
12.4.1
the Supplier shall not be liable whether in tort (including for negligence or breach of statutory duty), contract, misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise for any loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses or loss or corruption of data or information, or pure economic loss, or for any special, indirect or consequential loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses however arising under or in connection with the Contract; and
12.4.2
the Supplier's total aggregate liability in contract (including in respect of the indemnity at clause 11.2), tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the total Subscription Fees paid for the User Subscriptions during the 12 months immediately preceding the date on which the claim arose.

13 Termination

13.1
Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
13.1.1
the other party fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than 30 days after being notified in writing to make such payment;
13.1.2
the other party commits a material breach of any other term of the Contract which breach is irremediable or (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 14 days after being notified in writing to do so;
13.1.3
the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986;
13.1.4
the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
13.1.5
a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of that other party other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
13.1.6
an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator, or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed, over the other party;
13.1.7
the holder of a qualifying floating charge over the assets of that other party has become entitled to appoint or has appointed an administrative receiver;
13.1.8
a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the other party;
13.1.9
a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of the other party's assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;
13.1.10
any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the other party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 13.1.3 to clause 13.1.9 (inclusive); or
13.1.11
the other party suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or cease, carrying on all or a substantial part of its business.
13.2
On termination of the Contract for any reason:
13.2.1
all licences granted under the Contract shall immediately terminate;
13.2.2
each party shall return and make no further use of any equipment, property, Documentation and other items (and all copies of them) belonging to the other party;
13.2.3
the Supplier may destroy or otherwise dispose of any of the Customer Data in its possession unless the Supplier receives, no later than ten days after the effective date of the termination of the Contract, a written request for the delivery to the Customer of the then most recent back-up of the Customer Data. The Supplier shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to deliver the back-up to the Customer within 30 days of its receipt of such a written request, provided that the Customer has, at that time, paid all fees and charges outstanding at and resulting from termination (whether or not due at the date of termination). The Customer shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred by the Supplier in returning or disposing of Customer Data; and
13.2.4
any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract which existed at or before the date of termination shall not be affected or prejudiced.

14 Force majeure

The Supplier shall have no liability to the Customer under the Contract if it is prevented from or delayed in performing its obligations under the Contract, or from carrying on its business, by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, provided that the Customer is notified of such an event and its expected duration.

15 Variation

No variation of the Contract shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).

16 Waiver

No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under the Contract or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

17 Rights and remedies

Except as expressly provided in the Contract, the rights and remedies provided under the Contract are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.

18 Severance

18.1
If any provision (or part of a provision) of the Contract is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions shall remain in force.
18.2
If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with whatever modification is necessary to give effect to the commercial intention of the parties.

19 No partnership or agency

Nothing in the Contract is intended to or shall operate to create a partnership between the parties, or authorise either party to act as agent for the other, and neither party shall have the authority to act in the name or on behalf of or otherwise to bind the other in any way (including, but not limited to, the making of any representation or warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise of any right or power).

20 Third party rights

The Contract does not confer any rights on any person or party (other than the parties to the Contract and, where applicable, their successors and permitted assigns) pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

21 Notices

21.1
Any notice required to be given under the Contract shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery post to the other party at its address set out in these Conditions, or such other address as may have been notified by that party for such purposes, or sent by fax to the other party's fax number as set out in these Conditions.
21.2
A notice delivered by hand shall be deemed to have been received when delivered (or if delivery is not in business hours, at 9 am on the first business day following delivery). A correctly addressed notice sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery post shall be deemed to have been received at the time at which it would have been delivered in the normal course of post. A notice sent by fax shall be deemed to have been received at the time of transmission (as shown by the timed printout obtained by the sender).

22 Governing law

The Contract 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.

23 Jurisdiction

Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

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