1.
Fees. Monthly System Access Fees - The Customer shall pay
Apsis Business Components Ltd (Apsis) the fees for these services in the
amounts set forth in the prevailing price list effective as at the date of
commencement of System Access. Apsis shall have the right to increase prices
for system access from time to time upon written notice to each customer not
less than thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such increase.
Monthly Date Storage / Data Usage / Data Processing
fees – The Customer shall pay Apsis the fees for these services in the amounts
set forth in the prevailing price list effective as at the date of commencement
of the services. Apsis shall have the right to increase prices for data usage, data storage and processing
speed from time to time upon written notice to each customer not less than
thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such increase.
Training and Integration Services - The Customer shall
pay Apsis the fees for the services in the amounts set forth in the signed Training
and Integration Services agreement describing the scope of the services.
Hereinafter the above will be referred to collectively
as “The Services”
All fees quoted are exclusive of any Value-Added Tax
or any similar local taxes (“VAT”) chargeable on or in connection with those
fees for Services, disbursements or expenses.
2.
Ownership and Licenses. Customer agrees that all intellectual
property rights, including all copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks
and trade secrets, in and to the services and any deliverables provided by
Apsis are solely the property of Apsis or its licensors, and that any
confidential or proprietary information relating to the Services or
deliverables shall be deemed Apsis confidential information, which shall not be
disclosed to any third party. Customer may not remove, alter or obscure any
copyright or other proprietary rights notices marked on any part of the
deliverables. Commencing at the time Apsis receives full and final payment for
the Services, Apsis grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
non-sublicenseable license to internally use the deliverables. If Customer
participates in the creation or development of any deliverables, Customer
expressly waives, and hereby assigns to Apsis, any and all right title and
interest, including any and all intellectual property rights that Customer may
acquire in, the deliverables, except for the licenses expressly granted
hereunder and any pre-existing intellectual property belonging to Customer.
3.
Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL
THEORY, TORT (INCLUDING STRICT LIABILITY OR NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE,
SHALL APSIS BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, FOR ANY LOSS
OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT, LOST OR DAMAGED DATA, OR OTHER COMMERCIAL OR
ECONOMIC LOSS OR FOR ANY OTHER INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS,
EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR IF SUCH DAMAGES ARE
FORESEEABLE. IN NO EVENT WILL APSIS'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO THESE TERMS EXCEED THE FEES PAID BY CUSTOMER TO APSIS IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS ENGAGEMENT.
4.
Warranty. Apsis
will perform the Services in a professional and workmanlike manner. WITH
RESPECT TO THE ESTIMATING/ PLANNING / PROCUREMENT / QUANTITY SURVEYING /
DOCUMENT CONTROL / INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FORMS AND/OR DEVELOPED SOFTWARE OR
ANY OTHER PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDED BY APSIS HEREUNDER, TO THE FULL EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION ARE APSIS'S
EXCLUSIVE WARRANTIES AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS,
UNDERTAKINGS OR TERMS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, BY
OPERATION OF LAW, ARISING BY STATUTE, COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OF TRADE OR
OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, LACK OF VIRUSES, TITLE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF RESPONSES, RESULTS, LACK OF NEGLIGENCE
AND/OR LACK OF WORKMANLIKE EFFORT. NO REPRESENTATION OR OTHER AFFIRMATION OF
FACT, INCLUDING STATEMENTS REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF THE FORMS AND/OR DEVELOPED
SOFTWARE, WHICH IS NOT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS, SHALL BE BINDING ON APSIS.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, APSIS DOES NOT WARRANT AGAINST
ANY BUG, ERROR, OMISSION, DEFECT, DEFICIENCY, OR NONCONFORMITY IN ANY SERVICE
OR SOFTWARE. THIS LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY TO PROTECT APSIS LICENSORS.
5.
General.
(a) The parties to these terms are independent contractors. Neither party has
the authority to bind the other or incur any obligation on behalf of the other.
(b) Neither party may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to any
third party without the other party's prior written consent.
(c) These terms shall be governed by the laws of Scotland, without giving
effect to the principles of conflicts of law and that body of law applicable to
choice of law.
(d) Neither party shall be liable hereunder by reason of any failure or delay
in the performance of its obligations hereunder (except for the payment of
money) on account of any cause beyond the reasonable control of such party.
(e) Neither party's right to require performance of the other party's
obligations hereunder shall be affected by any previous waiver, forbearance or
course of dealing, unless or only to the extent of any waiver given in writing.
Failure or delay by either party to exercise any of its rights, powers or
remedies hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of those rights, powers or
remedies. The single or partial exercise of a right, power or remedy shall not
prevent its subsequent exercise or the exercise of any other right, power or
remedy.
(f) These terms and the signed agreement that references them constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter described
in the signed agreement, and supersedes all oral or written prior statements,
representations, discussions, and negotiations. No provisions in any purchase
orders, or in any other business forms employed by or on behalf of either party
in connection with the matters contemplated by the signed agreement will modify
the terms hereof, and no supplement or amendment of the signed agreement shall
be binding, unless executed in writing by both parties and specifically
referencing the supplementing or amendment of the signed agreement. Any
provision of the signed agreement or these terms and conditions found to be
illegal or unenforceable shall be deemed severed, and the balance of the signed
agreement and these terms shall remain in full force and effect
(g) Customer consents to publication of its name by Apsis as an end user of the
Apsis software and/or services.
(h) The parties' execution of the agreement that references these terms by URL
shall constitute agreement to these terms and conditions.
(i) The customer agrees to take full responsibility of any data provided / used
and agree to fully check the information provided. No claim for any loss not
previously covered under clause 3 of these terms and conditions shall be made
by any third party in respect of the accuracy of the data provide in the event
that any future loss is incurred.
(j) Where Apsis provides take off, quantification and measurement services the
customer agrees to full responsibility of any data / information provided /
used and agree to fully check the information provided. No claim for any loss
not previously covered under clause 3 of these terms and conditions shall be
made by any third party in respect of the accuracy of the data provide in the
event that any future loss is incurred.
TERMS
OF USE
1. Acceptance of
Terms.
a. By (i)
using this web site or any other web sites (each, a “Site”) or other online
service of Apsis Business Components Ltd, its affiliates and agents (“Apsis”)
with links to these Terms of Use (the “General Terms”) (collectively,
the “Services”) in any way, including using, transmitting, downloading
or uploading any Materials made available or enabled via the Services by Apsis
or, you, or other users of the Service (“Users”), or (ii) merely
browsing the Services, you agree that you have read, understand and agree to
these General Terms and the Apsis Online Privacy Policy which is incorporated
herein by reference. “Materials” means any content made available or
enabled by Apsis, you or other users of the Services and includes, without
limitation, any (x) information, data, documents, images, photographs,
graphics, audio, videos, or webcasts, (y) products, and (z) Apsis software code
and associated documentation (“Software”). “Apsis Materials”
means those Materials that are made available through the Services by Apsis or
its licensors and specifically do not include Materials made by you or other
users of the Services.
b. You
may not use the Services if you are prohibited by Law (as defined below in
Section 2(d)) from receiving or using the Services. Also, unless expressly
stated in the Additional Terms for any given Service, you may not use the
Services unless you are fully able and competent to enter into the conditions,
obligations, representations and other terms of these General Terms and are
either of legal age to form a binding contract with Apsis, possess legal
parental or guardian consent or are an emancipated minor. In particular,
unless expressly stated in the Additional Terms for any given Service, you
affirm that you are over the age of 13 and acknowledge that these Services were
not intended for children under 13.
c. Apsis
makes certain Services and Materials available only if you have paid a fee or
have provided Apsis certain Registration Information (as such term is defined
in the Apsis Online Privacy Policy) and/or created an Apsis ID and password or
other log-in ID and password (collectively, “Account Information”). Some
Services may also be subject to a subscription or other agreement, posted
guidelines, rules, or terms of service (“Additional Terms”). If there is
any conflict between the General Terms and the Additional Terms, the Additional
Terms take precedence in relation to that Service. The General Terms and any
applicable Additional Terms and all other documents incorporated by reference
in these General Terms are referred to herein as the “Terms”.
d. Apsis
may change the Terms from time to time at its sole discretion, including by
imposing a charge for access to or use of a Service. If such changes are made,
Apsis will make a new copy of the General Terms, with any new Additional Terms
made available to you from within or through the affected Service. Apsis may
require you to provide consent to the updated Terms in a specified manner
before further use of the Services is permitted. Otherwise, your continued use
of any affected Service constitutes your acceptance of the changes. Your use
of the Services is subject to the most current version of the Terms posted on
or through the affected Service at the time of such use. Please regularly check
https://portal.apsisbc.co.uk/ to
view the any updates to General Terms and Addition Terms.
e.
Services and Materials provided by third parties are governed by separate
agreements accompanying such Services and Materials.
2. Use of Services
and Materials.
a. You
agree to adhere to all limitations on dissemination, use and reproduction of
any Materials that you download or access from the Services.
b. Unless
expressly agreed to by Apsis in writing elsewhere, Apsis has no obligation to
store any Materials that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available through your use of the Services (“Your Content”). “User
Content” means any Materials uploaded by you or the other users of the
Services. Apsis has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or accuracy
of any Materials, including Your Content, the failure to store, transmit or
receive transmission of Materials, or the security, privacy, storage or
transmission of other communications originating with or involving use of the
Services. Certain Services may enable you to specify the level at which such
Services restrict access to Your Content. You are solely responsible for
applying the appropriate level of access to Your Content. If you do not choose,
the system may default to its most permissive setting. You agree that Apsis
retains the right to create reasonable limits on the use of the Materials,
including Your Content, such as limits on file size, storage space, processing
capacity, and similar limits described in the web pages accompanying the
Services and as otherwise determined by Apsis in its sole discretion.
c.
You
agree that your Account Information will always be complete, accurate and
up-to-date. It is your responsibility to keep your Account Information
confidential at all times and you are solely responsible for all activity that
occurs to your Account Information when you are logged in to your account. If
you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account or Account
Information, or any other breach of security, you agree to notify Apsis
immediately. You may not use another person’s Account Information. Apsis may
require that you change your Account Information or certain parts of your
Account Information at any time for any reason.
d. You
agree to use the Services and the Materials only for purposes that are
permitted by the Terms and any applicable law, regulation, or generally
accepted practices or guidelines in any applicable jurisdiction (including any
laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United Kingdom or
other applicable countries) (“Law”).
e. You
agree not to access or attempt to access the Services by any means other than
the interface provided by Apsis or circumvent any access or use restrictions
put into place to prevent certain uses of the Services.
3. Ownership.
a.
The
Services and Apsis Materials, and their selection and arrangement, are
protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress, patent, trade secret, unfair
competition, and other intellectual and proprietary rights (the “Intellectual
Property Rights”). Except as expressly provided in the Terms, Apsis and its
suppliers do not grant any express or implied rights to use the Services and
Materials.
b. The
trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on the Services (the “Marks”)
are the property of Apsis or third parties. You are not permitted to use the
Marks without the prior consent of Apsis or the third party that may own the
Marks. Apsis and the Apsis logo are trademarks of Apsis Business Components
Ltd. For a current list of Apsis’ Marks, as well as certain third party Marks,
please refer make full request in writing to Apsis.
4. Use of
Software.
a.
Any
Software that is made available via the Services is the property of Apsis and
its suppliers. If the Software made available via the Services is accompanied
by license terms, then use of such Software is governed by the terms of such
license agreement that accompanies or is included with the Software, or by the
license agreement expressly stated on the hyperlinks referenced in the
Software. License terms may be posted with the Software downloads or at the web
page where the Software can be accessed. You shall not use, download or install
any Software that is accompanied by or includes a license agreement unless you
agree to the terms of such license agreement. Unless the accompanying license
agreement expressly allows otherwise, any copying or redistribution of the
Software is prohibited, including any copying or redistribution of the Software
to any other server or location, redistribution or use on a service bureau
basis. If there is any conflict between these Terms and the license agreement
provided with such Software, the license agreement shall take precedence in
relation to that Software; except only that if the Software is a pre-release
version, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary included within an
accompanying license agreement, you are not permitted to use or otherwise rely
on the Software for any commercial or production purposes.
b. If no
license agreement accompanies the Software, use of the Software will be
governed by the terms of this Section 4(b). Apsis grants you a personal,
worldwide, freely revocable, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable,
royalty-free, non-assignable, nonexclusive license to use the Software in the
manner permitted by the Terms. You agree that you will not decompile, reverse
engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, decompiling the Software is permitted to the
extent the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located give you the right to
do so to obtain information necessary to render the Software interoperable with
other software, provided, however, that you must first request the information
from Apsis and Apsis may, in its discretion, either provide such information to
you or impose reasonable conditions, including reasonable fees, on use of the
Software to ensure that Apsis’ Intellectual Property Rights in the Software are
protected. You may not assign (or grant a sublicense of) your rights to use the
Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software,
or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software. For clarity,
your use of the Software is also subject to the disclaimers and limitations in
Section 14, below and your compliance with the export control provisions.
c. The
Software may automatically download and install updates from Apsis from time to
time. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the
Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new Software
modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and
permit Apsis to deliver these to you with or without your knowledge) as part of
your use of the Services.
5. Use of Apsis
Materials, User Content and Shared Group Content.
a. Except
as expressly indicated to the contrary in any applicable Additional Terms,
Apsis hereby grants you a nonexclusive, freely revocable (upon notice from
Apsis), non-transferable, license to view, download and print Apsis Materials,
subject to the following conditions:
i. You may access and use the Apsis Materials solely for personal,
informational, non-commercial and internal purposes, in accordance with the
Terms;
ii. You may not modify or alter the Apsis Materials;
iii. You may not distribute or sell, rent, lease, license or otherwise
make the Apsis Materials available to others; and
iv. You may not remove any text, copyright or other proprietary notices
contained in the Apsis Materials.
b. Some
Services involve collaboration and file-sharing services among other users or a
specific group in conjunction with such collaboration and file-sharing. The
User Content that you or other Users share with other Users through the
Services shall be referred to as “Shared Group Content”. While some
Services offer functionality to limit another User’s use of your Shared Group
Content, such limitations are not guaranteed and it is your sole responsibility
to determine what limitations, if any, are placed on Shared Group Content that
you distribute. You agree that Apsis has no liability of any kind should other
Users use, modify, destroy, corrupt, copy or distribute your Shared Group
Content in violation of the limitations that you may impose on its use.
Further, it is your sole responsibility to determine what limitations are
placed on your use of another User’s Shared Group Content, including by looking
at a given Service’s functionality and Additional Terms along with any
additional restrictions placed by such User on your use of their Shared Group
Content
d.
Software is subject to the additional provisions governing Software set forth
herein.
e. The
rights granted to you in Apsis Materials as specified above are not applicable
to the design, layout or look and feel of the of any Services. Such elements of
the Services are protected by Intellectual Property Rights and may not be
copied or imitated in whole or in part. No Apsis Materials may be copied or
retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Apsis.
6. User Conduct.
a. You agree
that you, not Apsis, are entirely responsible for all of Your Content that you
distribute, perform, display, upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available on or through the Services (“Make Available”), whether
publicly posted or privately transmitted. You assume all risks associated with
use of Your Content, including any reliance on its accuracy, completeness or
usefulness.
b. You
represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Intellectual Property Rights, or
have obtained all necessary license(s) and permission(s), to use Your Content
in keeping with your use in connection with the Services or as otherwise
permitted by the Terms; (ii) you have the rights necessary to grant the license
and sublicenses described in the Terms; and (iii) you have received consent
from any and all persons depicted in Your Content to use Your Content as set
forth in the Terms, including distribution, public display, public performance
and reproduction of Your Content.
c. You
acknowledge and agree that by accessing or using the Services or Materials, you
may be exposed to Materials (including Shared Group Content) from others that
you may consider offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable and hereby do
waive any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against
Apsis with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold Apsis, its
affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law
regarding all matters related to your use of the site.
d. You
agree not to use, or to encourage or permit others to use, the Services to: i.
Make Available any Material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
tortuous, defamatory, libellous, vulgar, obscene, child-pornographic, lewd,
profane, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or
otherwise objectionable;
ii. Stalk, intimidate and/or harass another;
iii. Incite others to commit violence;
iv. Harm minors in any way;
v. Make Available any Material that you do not have a right to Make Available
under any Law or contractual or fiduciary relationship;
vi. Make Available any Material that infringes any Intellectual Property Right
or other proprietary right of any party;
vii. Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
viii. Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin
of any of Materials posted on or transmitted through the Services;
ix. Use the Services or Materials such that it will mislead a User into
believing that they are interacting directly with Apsis or any Service;
x. Engage in any chain letters, contests, junk email, pyramid schemes,
spamming, surveys or other duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or
otherwise);
xi. Use any Apsis domain name as a pseudonymous return email address;
xii. Make Available any Material that contains software viruses or any other
computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications
equipment;
xiii. Access or use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable,
overburden or impair any Apsis server or the networks connected to any Apsis
server;
xiv. Intentionally or unintentionally interfere with or disrupt the Services or
violate any applicable Laws related to the access to or use of the Services,
violate any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks
connected to the Services, or engage in any activity prohibited by the Terms;
xv. Disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the
Services, Materials, systems resources, accounts, passwords, servers or
networks connected to or accessible through the Services or any affiliated or
linked sites;
xvi. Disrupt, interfere with, or inhibit any other User from using and enjoying
the Services or Materials, or other affiliated or linked sites, Services or
Materials;
xvii. Access or attempt to access any Material that you are not authorized to
access or through any means not intentionally made available through the
Services;
xviii. Market any goods or services for any business purposes (including
advertising and making offers to buy or sell goods or services), unless
specifically allowed to do so by Apsis;
xix. Reproduce, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purpose, any
portion of the Services or any Materials, use of any Service or Materials, or
access to any Service or Materials; or
xx. Use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction
methods in connection with the Services or Materials.
xxi. Collect or store data about other users in connection with the prohibited
conduct and activities set forth in this Section 6(d).
7. Investigations.
a. Apsis,
in its sole discretion, may (but has no obligation to) monitor or review the
Services and Materials at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, Apsis shall
have the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any of Your Content for any
reason (or no reason), including if it violates the Terms or any Law.
b.
Although Apsis does not generally monitor User activity occurring in connection
with the Services or Materials, if Apsis becomes aware of any possible
violations by you of any provision of the Terms, Apsis reserves the right to
investigate such violations, and Apsis may, at its sole discretion, immediately
terminate your rights hereunder, including your right to use the Services, or
Materials or change, alter or remove Your Content or Account Information, in
whole or in part, without prior notice to you. If, as a result of such
investigation, Apsis believes that criminal activity has occurred, Apsis
reserves the right to refer the matter to, and to cooperate with, any and all
applicable law enforcement authorities. Except to the extent prohibited by
applicable Law, Apsis is entitled to retain and/or disclose any information or
Materials, including Your Content or Account Information (or elements thereof),
in Apsis’ possession in connection with your use of the Services to (i) comply
with applicable Law, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce the
Terms; (iii) respond to any claims that Your Content violates the Terms or
rights of third parties; (iv) respond to your requests for customer services;
or (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Apsis, its Users or
third parties, including the public at large, as Apsis in its sole discretion
believes to be necessary or appropriate.
8. Use of Your
Content.
A
note in common terms: We realize that this section might look a
bit scary and so we want to point out a few things. This section only applies
to those portions of our sites, such as User Forums, where we intend for users
to share content freely with Apsis and with each other. It does not apply to
all of the content that you share, contribute or post to our sites.
a.
Apsis
does not claim ownership of Your Content. However, except as provided in
Section 8(b), you grant Apsis a worldwide (because the Internet is global),
royalty-free, nonexclusive, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully
sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
translate, publicly perform and publicly display Your Content (in whole or in
part) and to incorporate Your Content into other Materials or works in any
format or medium now known or later developed.
b. The terms of Section 8(a) shall not apply to Your Content:
i. When specifically agreed that Section 8(a) shall not apply in any Additional
Terms that may accompany certain Services; or
ii. When Your Content is Made Available through Services that are intended for
private communication or which allow you to limit public access or use to Your
Content and you do in fact limit public access or use.
In the case of Your Content covered by Section 8(b)(i), you grant Apsis only
those rights set forth in such Additional Terms.
In the case of Your Content covered by Section 8(b)(ii), you grant Apsis a
worldwide (because the Internet is global), royalty-free, nonexclusive,
transferable, and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce,
modify, publish and translate Your Content solely for the purpose of enabling
your use of the Service. You may revoke this license and terminate Apsis’
rights at any time by removing Your Content from the Service; provided that you
agree that Apsis may retain and use copies of Your Content for archival
purposes and pursuant to Section 7 (Investigations), above.
9. Feedback.
You
have no obligation to provide Apsis with ideas, suggestions, documentations
and/or proposals (“Feedback”). However, if you submit Feedback to Apsis,
while you retain ownership in such Feedback, you hereby grant Apsis a
nonexclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable,
transferable, unlimited license under all of your Intellectual Property Rights
to use and otherwise exploit your Feedback for any purpose throughout the
universe. Further, by submitting Feedback, you represent and warrant that (i)
your Feedback does not contain the confidential or proprietary information of
you or of third parties; (ii) Apsis is not under any obligation of
confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Feedback; (iii) Apsis
may have something similar to the Feedback already under consideration or in
development; and (iv) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement
of any kind from Apsis for the Feedback under any circumstances.
10. Right to
Derive Revenue/Advertisements.
Except
for Your Content subject to Section 8(b) above, you agree that Apsis may derive
revenue and/or other remuneration from Your Content that you Make Available via
the Services without payment to you. For example, Apsis may display Apsis
and/or third party paid advertisements and/or other information adjacent to or
included with the Services and adjacent to or in connection with Your Content,
and you agree that you are not entitled to any compensation for any such
advertisements. The manner, mode and extent of advertising or other revenue
generating models pursued by Apsis on or in conjunction with the Services
and/or Your Content are subject to change without specific notice to you.
11. Links to Third
Party Sites.
The
Services and Materials may include links that will take you to other sites
outside of the Services (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are provided
by Apsis to you as a convenience and the inclusion of the links does not imply
any endorsement by Apsis of any Linked Site. Apsis has no control of the Linked
Sites and you agree that Apsis is not responsible for the availability or
contents of any Linked Site (including any advertising, products or other
materials on or available from such Linked Site), any link contained in a
Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site.
12. Modifications
to Services and Materials.
Apsis
may at any time and from time to time modify or discontinue, temporarily or
permanently, the Services or Materials, or any portion thereof, with or without
notice. You agree that Apsis shall not be liable to you or any third party for
any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services or Materials.
13. Termination.
a. The
Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Apsis as set
forth below.
b. If you want to terminate your agreement with Apsis, you may do so by
(i) notifying Apsis at any time and (ii) closing your accounts for all of the
Services or Materials that you use, where Apsis has made this option available
to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Apsis’ address set forth
below.
c. Apsis may at any time terminate the Terms (or portion thereof, such
as any individual Additional Terms) with you if:
i. You have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in a manner that
clearly shows you do not intend to, or are unable to, comply with the Terms);
ii. Apsis is required to do so by Law (for example, where the provision of the
Services or Materials to you is, or becomes, unlawful);
iii. The provision of the Services to you by Apsis is, in Apsis’ opinion, no
longer commercially viable;
iv. Apsis has elected to discontinue the Services or Materials (or any part
thereof); or
v. There has been an extended period of inactivity in your account.
d.Apsis may also terminate or suspend all or a portion of your account
and/or access to the Services for any reason. Except as may be set forth in any
Additional Terms applicable to a particular Service, termination of your
account may include: (i) removal of access to all offerings within the
Services; (ii) deletion of Your Content and Account Information, including your
personal information, log-in ID and password, and all related information,
files and Materials associated with or inside your account (or any part
thereof); and (iii) barring of further use of the Services.
e. You agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in Apsis’ sole
discretion and that Apsis shall not be liable to you or any third party for any
termination of your account (and accompanying deletion of your Account
Information), or access to the Services and Materials, including Your Content.
f. Upon expiration or termination of the Terms, you shall promptly discontinue
use of the Services and Materials. However, any perpetual licenses you have
granted, any of your indemnification obligations hereunder, any of Apsis’
disclaimers or limitations of damages of liabilities hereunder and Sections 2,
3, 6(b-d), 7, 9-13, 14, 16, 19, 20 and 21 will survive any termination or
expiration of the Terms.
14. DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES.
YOU
EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW:
a. THE SITE, SERVICES AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED BY APSIS “AS IS,” WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, APSIS MAKES NO WARRANTY
THAT (I) THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (II) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE,
ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (III) THE QUALITY OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL
MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; OR THAT (IV) ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS IN THE SITE,
SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE CORRECTED.NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL
OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM APSIS OR THROUGH OR FROM USE OF THE SERVICES
SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
b. APSIS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO ANY ACTIONS
RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY SERVICES AND YOUR USE OF
MATERIALS. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE
SERVICES IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS
FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. APSIS ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY
COMPUTER VIRUS OR SIMILAR CODE THAT IS DOWNLOADED TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM ANY OF
THE SERVICES.
c. APSIS DOES NOT CONTROL, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
MATERIALS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THIRD PARTIES ACCESSIBLE THROUGH LINKED SITES.
APSIS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER ABOUT, AND SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR, ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES, THEIR MATERIALS OR SERVICES. ANY DEALINGS
THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH SUCH THIRD PARTIES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
d. MANAGERS, HOSTS, PARTICIPANTS, MODERATORS AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES ARE
NOT AUTHORIZED APSIS SPOKESPERSONS, AND THEIR VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT
THOSE OF APSIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, APSIS WILL
HAVE NO LIABILITY RELATED TO USER CONTENT ARISING UNDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS, LIBEL, PRIVACY, PUBLICITY, OBSCENITY OR OTHER LAWS. APSIS ALSO
DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE MISUSE, LOSS, MODIFICATION OR UNAVAILABILITY
OF ANY USER CONTENT.
e. APSIS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS THAT YOU MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF
SOMEONE ELSE USING YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNT INFORMATION IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR MATERIALS, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT
YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
f. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN
IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
15. International
Users.
a. The
Services can be accessed from countries around the world and may contain
references to Services and Materials that are not available in your country.
These references do not imply that Apsis intends to announce such Services or
Materials in your country.
b. These Services are controlled, operated and administered by Apsis
Solutions (Estimator) Ltd from its offices in the United Kingdom. Apsis makes
no representation that the Services or Materials are appropriate or available
for use at other locations outside the United Kingdome and access to the
Services from jurisdictions where the Services or Materials are illegal is
prohibited. Apsis reserves the right to block access to the Services or
Materials by certain international users. If you access the Services from a
location outside the United Kingdom, you are responsible for compliance with
all local Laws.
16. Limitation of
Liability.
a.
IN NO EVENT SHALL APSIS, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS OR
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING THOSE
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE OR IF
APSIS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR BASED ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH
YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS. NOTHING IN THE TERMS
SHALL LIMIT OR EXCLUDE APSIS’S LIABILITY FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR INTENTIONAL
MISCONDUCT OF APSIS OR ITS EMPLOYEES, OR FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY.
b. APSIS’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY AND THAT OF ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS
UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED
UNITED GREAT BRITISH POUNDS (£100) OR THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR
ACCESS TO THE SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS LARGER. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF
APSIS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.
c. THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS IN THIS SECTION 16 APPLY TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN YOUR JURISDICTION. SOME
JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
SET FORTH ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.