Terms of Website Use
E-Caret Solutions Pty Ltd ACN 164 352 541 (Licensor) and the customer named in the schedule (Customer).
BACKGROUND
The Licensor grants and the Customer takes a license to use the Software on the terms of this agreement.
OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
Definitions and interpretation
Definitions
Authorised Users means a person authorised by the Customer to use the Software consistently with the terms of a Software Agreement.
Confidential Information all information (whether written or oral) disclosed by a party (Disclosing Party) to the other party (Receiving Party) which is either:
- (a) identified as confidential by the Disclosing Party at the time of disclosure; or
- (b) of a nature which should reasonably be regarded by the Receiving Party as confidential, but does not include information which:
- (c) was in the public domain when it was given to the Receiving Party;
- (d) becomes, after being given to the Receiving Party, part of the public domain, except through disclosure contrary to this agreement;
- (e) was in the Receiving Party's possession at the time of disclosure; or
- (f) the Receiving Party lawfully receives from a third party who has the right to disclose it to the Receiving Party.
Designated Computer Equipment means the Australian cloud computing environment on which the Software is installed by the Licensor and any computers, devices or kiosks contemplated by the Software Agreement.
Intellectual Property Rights means all present and future rights conferred by statute, common law or equity in or in relation to any copyright, trade marks, designs, patents, circuit layouts, business and domain names, inventions, and other results of intellectual activity in the industrial, commercial, scientific, literary or artistic fields.
License means the licence of Software granted pursuant to this agreement.
Moral right means:
- (g) a right of attribution of authorship;
- (h) a right not to have authorship falsely attributed;
- (i) a right of integrity of authorship; or
- (j) (j) a right of a similar nature,
which is conferred by statute, and which exists or comes to exist anywhere in the world in a deliverable form comprised within this agreement.
New Release means software which has been provided primarily to implement an extension, alteration, improvement or additional functionality to the Software.
Software means software and all enhancements of the software developed by the Licensor being a solution for the aged care industry including all server, application and other modules in each case, as modified from time to time by Updates and New Releases.
Term the period of currency of an agreement made between the Customer and the Australia-New Zealand Distributor for the Supply of the Software on the terms of this Enterprise Licence Agreement.
Terminating Event means:
- (a) the breach or threatened breach by either party of any of its material obligations under this agreement;
- (b) the appointment of any type of insolvency administrator in respect of the property or affairs of either party; or
- (c) the entry or proposed entry by either party into any scheme, composition or arrangement with any of its creditors.
Update means software which has been produced primarily to overcome defects in the licensed Software
CONDITIONS OF LICENCE
- (a) The Software must only be used on the Designated Customer Equipment.
- (b) The Customer acknowledges that the Licensor may modify the Software by the implementation of Updates and New Releases from time to time. The Licensor will use its best endeavours to allow the Customer the opportunity to view each New Release in a non- production environment ahead of the New Release going live.
IMPLEMENTATION
This licence permits the use of the Software by the Customer’s Authorised Users on the Designated Equipment only and, where those Authorised Users are agents or employees of the Customer, only in the performance of those Authorised Users’ proper role in the Customer’s business.
NO LICENSOR ASSISTANCE
The Licensor is not required to provide consultancy services, support or training in respect of the Software under this agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of those services may be the subject of the Software Agreement.
NO IMPROPER USE
The Customer must not, and must ensure that each of its Authorised Users do not:
- (a) copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Software in any form or media or by any means, or attempt to do so, except as expressly permitted by part 3 division 4A of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth);
- (b) discover the source code, de-compile, reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the Software, or attempt to so so;
- (c) allow the Software to be combined with, or to become incorporated or integrated in, any other programs, software or hardware except as specifically agreed by the Licensor;
- (d) knowingly use the Software in any manner not specifically permitted by this agreement;
- (e) use the Software in breach of any reasonable direction the Licensor may give from time to time;
- (f) access all or any part of the Software in order to build a product or service which competes with the Software or the Licensor’s business;
- (g) license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the Software available for display to or access or use by any third party;
- (h) introduce or permit the introduction of, any virus or a vulnerability into the Licensor’s network or information systems or any Designated Computer Equipment;
- (i) do anything which could reasonably be expected to damage, disable, overburden, or materially impair the Designated Computer Equipment or any associated network or which is likely to interfere with any other person’s access or use of the Software;
- (j) use the Software for any purpose which is immoral, illegal, offensive, threatening, abusive or otherwise harmful.
SECURITY
The Customer will use its best endeavours to ensure that any access credentials of Authorised Users are not improperly used.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
The Customer will ensure that its Authorised Users comply with any reasonable directions the Licensor publishes from time to time in respect of access and use of the Software.
MUTUAL INDEMNITIES
Each party indemnifies the other in respect of any loss that the other suffers or incurs, as a result of:
- (a) any breach of this agreement by the party;
- (b) any breach of any law or any negligent act or omission or willful misconduct by the party, its employees or agents in connection with this agreement; or
- (c) any fine or penalty imposed by a regulatory agency in connection with any failure by the party to comply with any law in connection with this agreement -
except to the extent that the loss was caused or contributed to by the other party.
WARRANTIES
- (a) The Licensor agrees that the consumer guarantees provided under Division 1 of Part 3-2 of the Australian Consumer Law apply in respect of the provision of services by the Licensor to the Customer.
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(b) To the fullest extent consistent with the previous clause the Customer acknowledges that the Software is licensed to the Customer “as is” and at the Customer’s risk and the Licensor does not warrant or guarantee that the Subscription Service will be:
- (i) be suitable for the Customer’s intended use;
- (ii) error-free or that errors will be corrected;
- (iii) available, timely or reliable; or
- (iv) entirely secure or virus-free.
- (c) Subject to any non-excludable statutory liability, the liability of the Licensor for damages in respect of any act or omission of the Licensor in connection with its obligations under this agreement will not exceed $100,000.00.
DATA
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(a) The Customer agrees that the Licensor:
- (i) uses data provided to it by the Customer (“Customer Data”);
- (ii) makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the Customer Data as provided by the Customer; and is released from any claim whatsoever arising in connection with any incorrect, false or misleading Customer Data.
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(b) The Licensor warrants that
- (i) all Customer Data will be hosted in Australia;
- (ii) Customer shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the Customer Data provided to Licensor. Licensor hereby acknowledges and agrees that except as set forth herein, Licensor has no right, title or interest in or to the Customer Data provided to Licensor by Customer.
- (c) The Licensor acknowledges that all Customer Data is subject to Australian privacy legislation.
- (d) The Licensor acknowledges that the Customer has record-retention obligations under Australian legislation and agrees that Customer Data will not be deleted by the Licensor without the Customer’s prior written consent.
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(e) The Licensor agrees:
- (i) to only collect, use or disclose personal information (information regarding any identifiable individual) in connection with this agreement for the performance of its obligations under this agreement;
- (ii) not to use or disclose personal information for the purpose of direct marketing;
- (iii) to maintain reasonable safeguards against loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, and other misuse of Personal Information held in connection with this Agreement;
- (iv) to comply and to ensure that all employees and agents of the Licensor comply with, and at all times act in a manner that is consistent with Australian legislation including Australian legislation relating to privacy;
PRIVACY INCIDENTS
If a party becomes aware that a Data Breach as defined by the Privacy Act 1988 has or may have occurred in respect of any Customer Data the party must immediately notify the other party and each party must do all things reasonably required by the other in relation to that breach or suspected breach and each party must meet all notification obligations under law.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- (a) The Customer acknowledges that all rights in the Software are licensed (not sold) to the Customer, and that the Customer has no rights in or to the Software other than the right to use the Software in accordance with the terms of this Licence.
- (b) All copyright, database rights, trade marks and other Intellectual Property Rights in any external data sources or embedded third party services used in the Software are the intellectual property of the relevant third party provider.
- (c) The Licensor warrants that it has the right to grant the Licence to the Customer.
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(d) Subject to clause 13(e), the Licensor will indemnify and hold harmless the Customer against any claim made against the Customer by a third party alleging that the Software infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of that third party.
- (i) The Licensor will not be liable to the Customer under clause 13(a) or 13(d) if: the Customer does not notify the Licensor of the other person's claim or of infringement of Intellectual Property Rights within seven days after becoming aware of the claim;
- (ii) the Licensor's ability to defend the claim has been prejudiced by the Customer's non- compliance with any of its obligations under this agreement;
- (iii) the Customer does not give the Licensor reasonable assistance in defending the claim;
- (iv) the claim has arisen because of the use of the Software in combination with equipment, materials or computer programs not supplied or approved by the Licensor; or
- (v) the Customer does not permit the Licensor to have control of the defence of the claim and all related settlement negotiations.
TERMINATION
- (a) This agreement may be terminated immediately on the happening of a Terminating Event at the option of the other party.
- (b) If the Terminating Event is the breach or threatened breach by a party of any of its material obligations under this agreement the other party must give to the party notice of the happening of that event and require the breach to be remedied or a written undertaking to be given that the breach will not occur, as the case may be. If the breach is not remedied or the undertaking not given (as the case may be) within fourteen (14) days, the affected party may exercise its right under clause 14(a) or agree to waive its rights under this clause if satisfied that the happening of the Terminating Event has not in any way prejudiced its position under this agreement.
- (c) Neither party will be liable for the consequences of an occurrence of any event beyond its reasonable control.
- (d) The Customer will, immediately on termination by the Licensor pursuant to clause 14(a), delete all copies of the Software and notify all Authorised Users that they must cease using the Software immediately and delete all copies of the Software in their possession or control.
- (e) Any termination of the Licence will not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party, nor will it affect any provision of this agreement which is expressly or by implication intended to continue in force after such termination.
CONFIDENTIALITY
- (a) For the purposes of this agreement, Confidential Information means all information (whether written or oral) disclosed by a party (Disclosing Party) to the other party (Receiving Party) which is either:
- (i) identified as confidential by the Disclosing Party at the time of disclosure; or
- (ii) of a nature which should reasonably be regarded by the Receiving Party as confidential, but does not include information which:
- (iii) was in the public domain when it was given to the Receiving Party;
- (iv) becomes, after being given to the Receiving Party, part of the public domain, except through disclosure contrary to this agreement; was in the Receiving Party's possession at the time of disclosure; or
- (v) the Receiving Party lawfully receives from a third party who has the right to disclose it to the Receiving Party.
- (b) A party will not, without the prior written approval of the other party, disclose the other party's Confidential Information.
- (c) A party will not be in breach of clause 15(a) in circumstances where it is legally compelled to disclose the other party's Confidential Information.
- (d) Each party will take all reasonable steps to ensure that its employees and agents, and any sub-contractors engaged for the purposes of this agreement, do not make public or disclose the other party's Confidential Information.
- (e) Despite any other provision of this clause, a party may disclose the terms of this agreement (other than Confidential Information of a technical nature) to its related companies, solicitors, auditors, insurers and accountants.
- (f) This clause will survive the termination of this agreement.
GENERAL
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Entire agreement
This agreement supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and undertakings between the parties and constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the Software. No addition to or modification of any provision of this agreement will be binding upon the parties unless made by written instrument signed by a duly authorised representative of the party.
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Notices
All notices which are required to be given under this agreement may be given in writing to the recipient to an email address generally used by the recipient for receipt of such notices. Any such notice will be deemed to have been served when the electronic communication becomes capable of being retrieved by the addressee. Unless agreed otherwise, an electronic communication is assumed to be capable of being retrieved by the addressee when it reaches the addressee's mail server without being rejected.
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Assignment
The Licensor may assign, whether in whole or part, the benefit of this agreement or any rights or obligations under this agreement, without the prior written consent of the Customer.