Cloud Services Agreement

Paradigm Digital Terms & Conditions

BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT THROUGH AN ORDERING DOCUMENT THAT INCORPORATES THIS AGREEMENT (THE “ORDERING DOCUMENT”), YOU AGREE TO FOLLOW AND BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND, IN SUCH EVENT, “YOU” AND “YOUR” AS USED IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL REFER TO SUCH ENTITY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU OR SUCH ENTITY DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICES.

PARADIGM DIGITAL CLOUD SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Cloud Services Agreement (this “Agreement”) is between Paradigm Digital (Pty) Ltd (“Paradigm Digital”) and the individual or entity that has executed this Agreement (“You”). This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions that govern orders placed by You for Services under this Agreement.

  1. AGREEMENT DEFINITIONS

    1. “Ancillary Software” means any software agent or tool that Paradigm Digital makes available to You for download for purposes of facilitating Your access to, operation of, and/or use with, the Services Environment.
    2. “Auto Renew” or “Auto Renewal” is the process by which the Services Period of certain Cloud Services under an order is automatically extended for an additional Services Period unless such Services are otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of the order or this Agreement. The Service Specifications incorporated into Your order define which Cloud Services are eligible for Auto Renewal as well as any terms applicable to any such renewal.
    3. “Cloud Services” means,  collectively, the Paradigm Digital cloud services (e.g., Paradigm Digital software as a service offerings and related Paradigm Digital Programs) listed in Your order and defined in the Service Specifications. The term “Cloud Services” does not include Professional Services.
    4. “Data Center Region” refers to the geographic region in which the Services Environment is physically located. The Data Center Region applicable to the Cloud Services is set forth in Your order.
    5. “Paradigm Digital Programs” refers to the software products owned or licensed by Paradigm Digital to which Paradigm Digital grants You access as part of the Cloud Services, including Program Documentation, and any program updates provided as part of the Cloud Services.
    6. “Professional Services” means, collectively, the consulting and other professional services which You have ordered. Professional Services include any deliverables described in Your order and delivered by Paradigm Digital to You under the order. The term “Professional Services” does not include Cloud Services.
    7. “Program Documentation” refers to the user manuals referenced within the Service Specifications for Cloud Services, as well as any help windows and readme files for the Paradigm Digital Programs that are accessible from within the Services. The Program Documentation describes technical and functional aspects of the Paradigm Digital Programs. 
    8. “Services” means, collectively, both the Cloud Services and Professional Services that You have ordered.
    9. “Services Environment” refers to the combination of hardware and software components owned, licensed or managed by Paradigm Digital to which Paradigm Digital grants You and Your Users access as part of the Cloud Services which You have ordered. As applicable and subject to the terms of this Agreement and Your order, Paradigm Digital Programs, Third Party Content, Your Content and Your Applications may be hosted in the Services Environment. 
    10. “Service Specifications” means the descriptions on www.paradigmdigital.co.za, or such other address specified by Paradigm Digital, that are applicable to the Services under Your order, including any Program Documentation, hosting, support and security policies, and other descriptions referenced or incorporated in such descriptions or Your order.
    11. “Services Period” refers to the period of time for which You ordered Cloud Services as specified in Your order.
    12. “Third Party Content” means all text, files, images, graphics, illustrations, information, data, audio, video, photographs and other content and material, in any format, that are obtained or derived from third party sources outside of Paradigm Digital and made available to You through, within, or in conjunction with Your use of, the Cloud Services. Examples of Third Party Content include data feeds from social network services, rss feeds from blog posts, data libraries and dictionaries, and marketing data.
    13. “Users” means those employees, contractors, and end users, as applicable, authorized by You or on Your behalf to use the Cloud Services in accordance with this Agreement and Your order. For Cloud Services that are specifically designed to allow Your clients, agents, customers, suppliers or other third parties to access the Cloud Services to interact with You, such third parties will be considered “Users” subject to the terms of this Agreement and Your order.
    14. “You” and “Your” refers to the individual or entity that has executed this Agreement.
    15. “Your Applications” means all software programs, including any source code for such programs, that You or Your Users provide and load onto. Services under this Agreement, including Paradigm Digital Programs and Services Environments, Paradigm Digital intellectual property, and all derivative works thereof, do not fall within the meaning of the term “Your Applications.”
    16. “Your Content” means all text, files, images, graphics, illustrations, information, data (including Personal Data as that term is defined in the Data Processing Agreement for Paradigm Digital Cloud Services described in Section 11.2 below), audio, video, photographs and other content and material (other than Your Applications), in any format, provided by You or on behalf of Your Users that reside in, or run on or through, the Services Environment.
  2. TERM OF AGREEMENT

    1. This Agreement is valid for the order which this Agreement accompanies. This Agreement may also be referenced for any purchase that increases the quantity of the original Services ordered (e.g., additional Users), for any Cloud Services options offered by Paradigm Digital for the original Services ordered, and for any renewal or Auto Renewal of the Services Period of the original order.
  3. RIGHTS GRANTED

    1. For the duration of the Services Period and subject to Your payment obligations, and except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or Your order, You have the non-exclusive, non-assignable, worldwide limited right to access and use the Services that You ordered, including anything developed by Paradigm and delivered to You as part of the Services, solely for Your internal business operations and subject to the terms of this Agreement and Your order.. You may allow Your Users to use the Services for this purpose and You are responsible for Your Users’ compliance with this Agreement and the order.
    2. You do not acquire under this Agreement any right or license to use the Services, including the Paradigm Digital Programs and Services Environment, in excess of the scope and/or duration of the Services stated in Your order. Upon the end of the Services ordered, Your right to access and use the Services will terminate.
    3. To enable Paradigm Digital to provide You and Your Users with the Services, You grant Paradigm Digital the right to use, process and transmit, in accordance with this Agreement and Your order, Your Content and Your Applications for the duration of the Services Period plus any additional post-termination period during which Paradigm Digital provides You with access to retrieve an export file of Your Content and Your Applications. If Your Applications include third party programs, You acknowledge that Paradigm Digital may allow providers of those third party programs to access the Services Environment, including Your Content and Your Applications, as required for the interoperation of such third party programs with the Services. Paradigm Digital will not be responsible for any use, disclosure, modification or deletion of Your Content or Your Applications resulting from any such access by third party program providers or for the interoperability of such third party programs with the Services.
    4. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Your order for certain Cloud Services offerings (e.g., a private cloud hosted at Your facility), You acknowledge that Paradigm Digital has no delivery obligation for Paradigm Digital Programs and will not ship copies of such programs to You as part of the Services.
    5. As part of certain Cloud Services offerings, Paradigm Digital may provide You with access to Third Party Content. The type and scope of any Third Party Content is defined in Your order or applicable Service Specifications. The third party owner, author or provider of such Third Party Content retains all ownership and intellectual property rights in and to that content, and Your rights to use such Third Party Content are subject to, and governed by, the terms applicable to such content as specified by such third party owner, author or provider, unless otherwise specified in Your order.
  4. OWNERSHIP AND RESTRICTIONS

    1. You retain all ownership and intellectual property rights in and to Your Content and Your Applications. Paradigm Digital or its licensors retain all ownership and intellectual property rights to the Services, including Paradigm Digital Programs and Ancillary Software, and derivative works thereof, and to anything developed or delivered by or on behalf of Paradigm Digital under this Agreement.
    2. You may not, and may not cause or permit others to:
      1. remove or modify any program markings or any notice of Paradigm Digital or its licensors’ proprietary rights;
      2. make the programs or materials resulting from the Services (excluding Your Content and Your Applications) available in any manner to any third party for use in the third party’s business operations (unless such access is expressly permitted for the specific Services You have acquired);
      3. modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, reproduce, distribute, republish or download any part of the Services (the foregoing prohibitions include but are not limited to review of data structures or similar materials produced by programs), or access or use the Services in order to build or support, and/or assist a third party in building or supporting, products or Services competitive to Paradigm Digital;
      4. perform or disclose any benchmark or performance tests of the Services, including the Paradigm Digital Programs;
      5. perform or disclose any of the following security testing of the Services Environment or associated infrastructure: network discovery, port and service identification, vulnerability scanning, password cracking, remote access testing, or penetration testing; and
      6. license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, outsource, permit timesharing or service bureau use, or otherwise commercially exploit or make available the Services, Paradigm Digital Programs, Ancillary Software, Services Environments or Paradigm Digital materials to any third party, other than as expressly permitted under the terms of the applicable order.
  5. SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS

    1. The Services are subject to and governed by Service Specifications applicable to Your order.   Service Specifications may define provisioning and management processes applicable to the Services (such as capacity planning), types and quantities of system resources (such as storage allotments), functional and technical aspects of the Paradigm Digital Programs, as well as any Services deliverables.   You acknowledge that use of the Services in a manner not consistent with the Service Specifications may adversely affect Services performance and/or may result in additional fees.  If the Services permit You to exceed the ordered quantity (e.g., soft limits on counts for Users, sessions, storage, etc.), then You are responsible for promptly purchasing additional quantity to account for Your excess usage.  For any month that You do not promptly purchase such additional quantity, Paradigm Digital may require You to pay, in addition to the fees for the additional quantity, an excess usage fee for those Services equivalent to 10% of the fees for the additional quantity in the month in which such excess usage occurred.
    2. Paradigm Digital may make changes or updates to the Services (such as infrastructure, security, technical configurations, application features, etc.) during the Services Period, including to reflect changes in technology, industry practices, patterns of system use, and availability of Third Party Content. The Service Specifications are subject to change at Paradigm Digital's discretion; however, Paradigm Digital changes to the Service Specifications will not result in a material reduction in the level of performance, security or availability of the applicable Services provided to You for the duration of the Services Period. 
    3. Your order will specify the Data Center Region in which Your Services Environment will reside. As described in the Service Specifications and to the extent applicable to the Cloud Services that You have ordered, Paradigm Digital will provide production, test, and backup environments in the Data Center Region stated in Your order. Paradigm Digital and its affiliates may perform certain aspects of Cloud Services, such as service administration and support, as well as other Services (including Professional Services and disaster recovery), from locations and/or through use of subcontractors, worldwide.
  6. USE OF THE SERVICES

    1. You are responsible for identifying and authenticating all Users, for approving access by such Users to the Services, for controlling against unauthorized access by Users, and for maintaining the confidentiality of usernames, passwords and account information. By federating or otherwise associating Your and Your Users’ usernames, passwords and accounts with Paradigm Digital, You accept responsibility for the confidentiality and timely and proper termination of user records in Your local (intranet) identity infrastructure or on Your local computers. Paradigm Digital is not responsible for any harm caused by Your Users, including individuals who were not authorized to have access to the Services but who were able to gain access because usernames, passwords or accounts were not terminated on a timely basis in Your local identity management infrastructure or Your local computers. You are responsible for all activities that occur under Your and Your Users’ usernames, passwords or accounts or as a result of Your or Your Users’ access to the Services, and agree to notify Paradigm Digital immediately of any unauthorized use. You agree to make every reasonable effort to prevent unauthorized third parties from accessing the Services.
    2. You shall not use or permit use of the Services, including by uploading, emailing, posting, publishing or otherwise transmitting any material, including Your Content, Your Applications and Third Party Content, for any purpose that may (a) menace or harass any person or cause damage or injury to any person or property, (b) involve the publication of any material that is false, defamatory, harassing or obscene, (c) violate privacy rights or promote bigotry, racism, hatred or harm, (d) constitute unsolicited bulk e-mail, “junk mail”, “spam” or chain letters; (e) constitute an infringement of intellectual property or other proprietary rights, or (f) otherwise violate applicable laws, ordinances or regulations. In addition to any other rights afforded to Paradigm Digital under this Agreement, Paradigm Digital reserves the right, but has no obligation, to take remedial action if any material violates the restrictions in the foregoing sentence (the “Acceptable Use Policy”), including the removal or disablement of access to such material. Paradigm Digital shall have no liability to You in the event that Paradigm Digital takes such action. You shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, appropriateness and ownership of all of Your Content and Your Applications. You agree to defend and indemnify Paradigm Digital against any claim arising out of a violation of Your obligations under this section.
    3. You are required to accept all patches, bug fixes, updates, maintenance and service packs (collectively, “Patches”) necessary for the proper function and security of the Services, including for the Paradigm Digital Programs, as such Patches are generally released by Paradigm Digital or its affiliates as described in the Service Specifications. Paradigm Digital is not responsible for performance or security issues encountered with the Cloud Services that result from Your failure to accept the application of Patches that are necessary for the proper function and security of the Services. Except for emergency or security related maintenance activities, Paradigm Digital will coordinate with You the scheduling of application of Patches, where possible, based on Paradigm Digital's next available standard maintenance window.
  7. TRIAL USE AND PILOT CLOUD SERVICES

    1. For certain Cloud  Services, Paradigm Digital may make available “trials” and “conference room pilots” for non- production evaluation purposes. Cloud trials and conference room pilots must be ordered under a separate agreement.
    2. Paradigm Digital may make available “production pilots” for certain Cloud Services under this Agreement. Production pilots ordered by You are described in the Service Specifications applicable to Your order, and are provided solely for You to evaluate and test Cloud Services for Your internal business purposes. You may be required to order certain Professional Services as a prerequisite to an order for a production pilot.
  8. FEES AND TAXES

    1. All fees payable to Paradigm Digital are due within sixty (60) days from the invoice date. Once placed, Your order is non-cancelable and the sums paid nonrefundable, except as provided in this Agreement or Your order. You will pay any sales, value-added or other similar taxes imposed by applicable law that Paradigm Digital must pay based on the Services  You  ordered,  except  for  taxes  based  on  Paradigm Digital's  income.    Also,  You  will  reimburse  Paradigm Digital  for reasonable expenses related to providing any Professional Services. Fees for Services listed in an order are exclusive of taxes and expenses.
    2. You understand that You may receive multiple invoices for the Services You ordered. Invoices will be submitted to You pursuant to Paradigm Digital's Invoicing Standards.
    3. You agree and acknowledge that You have not relied on the future availability of any Services, programs or updates in entering into the payment obligations in Your order; however, the preceding does not relieve Paradigm Digital of its obligation during the Services Period to deliver Services that You have ordered per the terms of this Agreement.
  9. SERVICES PERIOD; END OF SERVICES

    1. Services provided under this Agreement shall be provided for the Services Period defined in Your order, unless earlier suspended or terminated in accordance with this Agreement or the order. If stated in the Service Specifications, certain Cloud Services that are ordered will Auto Renew for additional Services Periods unless (i) You provide Paradigm Digital with written notice no later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of the applicable Services Period of Your intention not to renew such Cloud Services, or (ii) Paradigm Digital provides You with written notice no later than ninety (90) days prior to the end of the applicable Services Period of its intention not to renew such Cloud Services.
    2. Upon the end of the Services, You no longer have rights to access or use the Services, including the associated Paradigm Digital Programs and Services Environments; however, for a period of up to 60 days after the end of the applicable Services Period, Paradigm Digital will make available Your Content and Your Applications then in the Services Environment for the purpose of retrieval by You. At the end of such 60 day period, and except as may be required by law, Paradigm Digital will delete or otherwise render inaccessible any of Your Content and Your Applications that remain in the Services Environment.
    3. Paradigm Digital may temporarily suspend Your password, account, and access to or use of the Services if You or Your Users violate any provision within the ‘Rights Granted’, ‘Ownership and Restrictions’, ‘Fees and Taxes’, ‘Use of the Services’, or ‘Export’ sections of this Agreement, or if in Paradigm Digital’s reasonable judgment, the Services or any component thereof are about to suffer a significant threat to security or functionality. Paradigm Digital will provide advance notice to You of any such suspension in Paradigm Digital’s reasonable discretion based on the nature of the circumstances giving rise to the suspension. Paradigm Digital will use reasonable efforts to re-establish the affected Services promptly after Paradigm Digital determines, in its reasonable discretion, that the situation giving rise to the suspension has been cured; however, during any suspension period, Paradigm Digital will make available to You Your Content and Your Applications as existing in the Services Environment on the date of suspension. Paradigm Digital may terminate the Services under an order if any of the foregoing causes of suspension is not cured within 30 days after Paradigm Digital’s initial notice thereof. Any suspension or termination by Paradigm Digital under this paragraph shall not excuse You from Your obligation to make payment(s) under this Agreement.
    4. If either of us breaches a material term of this Agreement and fails to correct the breach within 30 days of written specification of the breach, then the breaching party is in default and the non-breaching party may terminate the order under which the breach occurred. If Paradigm Digital terminates the order as specified in the preceding sentence, You must pay within 30 days all amounts that have accrued prior to such termination, as well as all sums remaining unpaid for the Services under such order plus related taxes and expenses. Except for nonpayment of fees, the nonbreaching party may agree in its sole discretion to extend the 30 day period for so long as the breaching party continues reasonable efforts to cure the breach. You agree that if You are in default under this Agreement, You may not use those Services ordered.
    5. Provisions that survive termination or expiration of this Agreement are those relating to limitation of liability, indemnification, payment and others which by their nature are intended to survive.
  10. NONDISCLOSURE

    1. By virtue of this Agreement, the parties may have access to information that is confidential to one another (“Confidential Information”). We each agree to disclose only information that is required for the performance of obligations under this Agreement.  Confidential information shall be limited to the terms and pricing under this Agreement, Your Content and Your Applications residing in the Services Environment, and all information clearly identified as confidential at the time of disclosure.
    2. A party’s Confidential Information shall not include information that: (a) is or becomes a part of the public domain through no act or omission of the other party; (b) was in the other party’s lawful possession prior to the disclosure and had not been obtained by the other party either directly or indirectly from the disclosing party; (c) is lawfully disclosed to the other party by a third party without restriction on the disclosure; or (d) is independently developed by the other party.
    3. We each agree not to disclose each other’s Confidential Information to any third party other than as set forth in the following sentence for a period of three years from the date of the disclosing party’s disclosure of the Confidential Information to the receiving party; however, Paradigm Digital will hold Your Confidential Information that resides within the Services Environment in confidence for as long as such information resides in the Services Environment. We each may disclose Confidential Information only to those employees, agents or subcontractors who are required to protect it against unauthorized disclosure in a manner no less protective than required under this Agreement. Paradigm Digital will protect the confidentiality of Your Content or Your Applications residing in the Services Environment in accordance with the Paradigm Digital security practices defined as part of the Service Specifications applicable to Your order. In addition, Your Personal Data will be treated in accordance with the terms of Section 11 below. Nothing shall prevent either party from disclosing the terms or pricing under this Agreement or orders placed under this Agreement in any legal proceeding arising from or in connection with this Agreement or from disclosing the Confidential Information to a governmental entity as required by law.
  11. DATA PROTECTION

    1. Your Content may be accessed and used to perform services under your order for support, consulting, Cloud or other services and to confirm your compliance with the terms of your order. This may include testing and applying new product or system versions, patches, updates and upgrades; monitoring and testing system use and performance; and resolving bugs and other issues you have reported to Paradigm Digital. Any copies of services data created for these purposes are only maintained for time periods relevant to those purposes.
    2. As a result of legal requirements, Paradigm Digital may be required to retain or provide access to services data to comply with legally mandated reporting, disclosure or other legal process requirements.
    3. Paradigm Digital may transfer your data globally as required for the purposes specified above. If Paradigm Digital hires subcontractors to assist in providing services, their access to services data will be consistent with the terms of your order for services and this services privacy policy. Paradigm Digital is responsible for its subcontractors’ compliance with the terms of this policy and your order.
    4. Paradigm Digital does not use your data except as stated above or in your order. Paradigm Digital may process your data, but does not control your collection or use practices. If you provide any data to Paradigm Digital, you are responsible for providing any notices and/or obtaining any consents necessary for Paradigm Digital to access, use, retain and transfer such data as specified in this policy and your order
    5. In performing the Services, Paradigm Digital will comply with the Paradigm Digital  Privacy Policy. The Paradigm Digital Privacy Policy is subject to change at Paradigm Digital’s discretion; however, policy changes will not result in a material reduction in the level of protection provided for Your Personal Data provided as part of Your Content during the Services Period of Your order.
    6. The Service Specifications applicable to Your order define the administrative, physical, technical and other safeguards applied to Your Content residing in the Services Environment, and describe other aspects of system management applicable to the Services. You are responsible for any security vulnerabilities, and the consequences of such vulnerabilities, arising from Your Content and Your Applications, including any viruses, Trojan horses, worms or other programming routines contained in Your Content or Your Applications that could limit or harm the functionality of a computer or that could damage, intercept or expropriate data. You may disclose or transfer, or request Paradigm Digital to disclose or transfer, Your Content or Your Applications to a third party, and upon such disclosure or transfer Paradigm Digital is no longer responsible for the security or confidentiality of such content and applications outside of Paradigm Digitial.
    7. You may not provide Paradigm Digital access to health, payment card or similarly sensitive personal information that imposes specific data security obligations for the processing of such data unless specified in Your order. 
  12. WARRANTIES, DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES

    1. Paradigm Digital warrants that it will perform (i) Cloud Services in all material respects as described in the Service Specifications, and (ii) Professional Services in a professional manner in accordance with the Service Specifications. If the Services provided to You were not performed as warranted, You must promptly provide written notice to Paradigm Digital that describes the deficiency in the Services (including, as applicable, the service request number notifying Paradigm Digital of the deficiency in the Services).
    2. PARADIGM DIGITAL DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT (A) THE SERVICES WILL BE PERFORMED ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT PARADIGM DIGITAL WILL CORRECT ALL SERVICES ERRORS, (B) THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR CONTENT OR YOUR APPLICATIONS, OR WITH ANY OTHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS, SERVICES OR DATA NOT PROVIDED BY PARADIGM DIGITAL, AND (C) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS OR EXPECTATIONS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PARADIGM DIGITAL DOES NOT CONTROL THE TRANSFER OF DATA OVER COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, AND THAT THE SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, DELAYS, AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF SUCH COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES. PARADIGM DIGITAL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELAYS, DELIVERY FAILURES, OR OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING FROM SUCH PROBLEMS. PARADIGM DIGITAL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ISSUES RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE, OPERATION OR SECURITY OF THE SERVICES THAT ARISE FROM YOUR CONTENT, YOUR APPLICATIONS OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT.  .
    3. FOR ANY BREACH OF THE SERVICES WARRANTY, YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND PARADIGM DIGITAL’S ENTIRE LIABILITY SHALL BE THE CORRECTION OF THE DEFICIENT SERVICES THAT CAUSED THE BREACH OF WARRANTY, OR, IF PARADIGM DIGITAL CANNOT SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT THE DEFICIENCY IN A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE MANNER, YOU MAY END THE DEFICIENT SERVICES AND PARADIGM DIGITAL WILL REFUND TO YOU THE FEES FOR THE TERMINATED SERVICES THAT YOU PRE-PAID TO PARADIGM DIGITAL FOR THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF TERMINATION.
    4. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, THESE WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND THERE ARE NO OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS INCLUDING FOR SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, SYSTEMS, NETWORKS OR ENVIRONMENTS OR FOR MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

    1. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS (EXCLUDING FEES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT), DATA, OR DATA USE. PARADIGM DIGITAL’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR ORDER, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR DELICT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID TO PARADIGM DIGITAL FOR THE SERVICES UNDER THE ORDER GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY LESS ANY REFUNDS OR CREDITS RECEIVED BY YOU FROM PARADIGM DIGITAL UNDER SUCH ORDER.
  14. INDEMNIFICATION

    1. Subject to the terms of this Section 14 (Indemnification), if a third party makes a claim against either You or Paradigm Digital (“Recipient” which may refer to You or Paradigm Digital depending upon which party received the Material), that any information, design, specification, instruction, software, service, data, hardware, or material (collectively, “Material”) furnished by either You or Paradigm Digital (“Provider” which may refer to You or Paradigm Digital depending on which party provided the Material) and used by the Recipient infringes the third party’s intellectual property rights, the Provider, at the Provider’s sole cost and expense, will defend the Recipient against the claim and indemnify the Recipient from the damages, liabilities, costs and expenses awarded by the court to the third party claiming infringement or the settlement agreed to by the Provider, if the Recipient does the following:
      1. notifies the Provider promptly in writing, not later than 30 days after the Recipient receives notice of the claim (or sooner if required by applicable law);
      2. gives the Provider sole control of the defense and any settlement negotiations; and
      3. gives the Provider the information, authority and assistance the Provider needs to defend against or settle the claim.
    2. If the Provider believes or it is determined that any of the Material may have violated a third party’s intellectual property rights, the Provider may choose to either modify the Material to be non-infringing (while substantially preserving its utility or functionality) or obtain a license to allow for continued use, or if these alternatives are not commercially reasonable, the Provider may end the license for, and require return of, the applicable Material and refund any unused, prepaid fees the Recipient may have paid to the other party for such Material. If such return materially affects Paradigm Digital’s ability to meet its obligations under the relevant order, then Paradigm Digital may, at its option and upon 30 days prior written notice, terminate the order. If such Material is third party technology and the terms of the third party license do not allow Paradigm Digital to terminate the license, then Paradigm Digital may, upon 30 days prior written notice, end the Services associated with such Material and refund to You any unused, prepaid fees for such Services.
    3. The Provider will not indemnify the Recipient if the Recipient (a) alters the Material or uses it outside the scope of use identified in the Provider’s user or program documentation or Service Specifications, (b) uses a version of the Material which has been superseded, if the infringement claim could have been avoided by using an unaltered current version of the Material which was made available to the Recipient, or (c) continues to use the applicable Material after the end of the license to use that Material. The Provider will not indemnify the Recipient to the extent that an infringement claim is based upon any information, design, specification, instruction, software, service, data, hardware or material not furnished by the Provider. Paradigm Digital will not indemnify You for any portion of an infringement claim that is based upon the combination of any Material with any products or Services not provided by Paradigm Digital. Paradigm Digital will not indemnify You to the extent that an infringement claim is based on Third Party Content or any Material from a third party portal or other external source that is accessible or made available to You within or by the Services (e.g., a social media post from a third party blog or forum, a third party Web page accessed via a hyperlink, marketing data from third party data providers, etc.). Paradigm Digital will not indemnify You for infringement caused by Your actions against any third party if the Services as delivered to You and used in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would not otherwise infringe any third party intellectual property rights. Paradigm Digital will not indemnify You for any intellectual property infringement claim(s) known to You at the time Services rights are obtained.
    4. This Section 14 provides the parties’ exclusive remedy for any infringement claims or damages.
  15. THIRD PARTY WEB SITES, CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

    1. The Services may enable You to link to, transmit Your Content to, or otherwise access, other Web sites, platforms, content, products, services, and information of third parties. Paradigm Digital does not control and is not responsible for such Web sites or platforms or any such content, products, services and information accessible from or provided through the Services, and You bear all risks associated with access to and use of such Web sites and third party content, products, services and information.
    2. Any Third Party Content made accessible by Paradigm Digital is provided on an “as-is” and “as available” basis without any warranty of any kind. Third Party Content may be indecent, offensive, inaccurate, infringing or otherwise objectionable or unlawful, and You acknowledge that Paradigm Digital is not responsible for and under no obligation to control, monitor or correct Third Party Content; however, Paradigm Digital reserves the right to take remedial action if any such content violates applicable restrictions under Section 6.2 of this Agreement, including the removal of, or disablement of access to, such content. Paradigm Digital disclaims all liabilities arising from or related to Third Party Content.
    3. You acknowledge that: (i) the nature, type, quality and availability of Third Party Content may change at any time during the Services Period, and (ii) features of the Services that interoperate with third parties such as Facebook™, Google™, YouTube™ and Twitter™ etc. (each, a “Third Party Service”), depend on the continuing availability of such third parties’ respective application programming interfaces (APIs) for use with the Services. Paradigm Digital may update, change or modify the Services under this Agreement as a result of a change in, or unavailability of, such Third Party Content, Third Party Services or APIs. If any third party ceases to make its Third Party Content or APIs available on reasonable terms for the Services, as determined by Paradigm Digital in its sole discretion, Paradigm Digital may cease providing access to the affected Third Party Content or Third Party Services without any liability to You. Any changes to Third Party Content, Third Party Services or APIs, including their availability or unavailability, during the Services Period does not affect Your obligations under this Agreement or the applicable order, and You will not be entitled to any refund, credit or other compensation due to any such changes.
    4. Any Third Party Content that You store in Your Services Environment will count towards any storage or other allotments applicable to the Cloud Services that You ordered.
  16. SERVICES TOOLS AND ANCILLARY SOFTWARE

    1. Paradigm Digital may use tools, scripts, software, and utilities (collectively, the “Tools”) to monitor and administer the Services and to help resolve Your service requests. The Tools will not collect or store any of Your Content or Your Applications residing in the Services Environment, except as necessary to provide the Services or troubleshoot service requests or other problems in the Services. Information collected by the Tools (excluding Your Content and Your Applications) may also be used to assist in managing Paradigm Digital’s product and service portfolio, to help Paradigm Digital address deficiencies in its product and service offerings, and for license and Services management.
    2. Paradigm Digital may provide You with on-line access to download certain Ancillary Software for use with the Services. If Paradigm Digital licenses Ancillary Software to You and does not specify separate terms for such Ancillary Software, then, subject to Your payment obligations, (i) You have the non-exclusive, non-assignable, worldwide limited right to use such Ancillary Software solely to facilitate Your access to, operation of, and/or use of the Services Environment, subject to the terms of this Agreement and Your order, including the Services Specifications, (ii) Paradigm Digital will maintain such Ancillary Software as part of the Cloud Services, and (iii) Your right to use such Ancillary Software will terminate upon the earlier of Paradigm Digital’s notice (which may be through posting on www.paradigmdigital.co.za or such other URL designated by Paradigm Digital) or the end of the Cloud Services associated with the Ancillary Software. If Ancillary Software is licensed to You under separate third party license terms, then Your use of such software is subject solely to such separate terms.
  17. SERVICE ANALYSES

    1. Paradigm Digital may (i) compile statistical and other information related to the performance, operation and use of the Services, and (ii) use data from the Services Environment in aggregated form for security and operations management, to create statistical analyses, and for research and development purposes (clauses i and ii are collectively referred to as “Service Analyses”). Paradigm Digital may make Service Analyses publicly available; however, Service Analyses will not incorporate Your Content or Confidential Information in a form that could serve to identify You or any individual, and Service Analyses do not constitute Personal Data. Paradigm Digital retains  all intellectual property rights in Service Analyses.
  18. EXPORT

    1. Export laws and regulations of South Africa and any other relevant local export laws and regulations apply to the Services. You agree that such export laws govern Your use of the Services (including technical data) and any Services deliverables provided under this Agreement, and You agree to comply with all such export laws and regulations (including “deemed export” and “deemed re-export” regulations). You agree that no data, information, software programs and/or materials resulting from Services (or direct product thereof) will be exported, directly or indirectly, in violation of these laws, or will be used for any purpose prohibited by these laws including, without limitation, nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons proliferation, or development of missile technology.
    2. You acknowledge that the Cloud Services are designed with capabilities for You and Your Users to access the Services Environment without regard to geographic location and to transfer or otherwise move Your Content and Your Applications between the Services Environment and other locations such as User workstations. You are solely responsible for the authorization and management of User accounts, as well as export control and geographic transfer of Your Content and Your Applications.
  19. FORCE MAJEURE

    1. Neither of us shall be responsible for failure or delay of performance if caused by: an act of war, hostility, or sabotage; act of God; pandemic; electrical, internet, or telecommunication outage that is not caused by the obligated party; government restrictions (including the denial or cancelation of any export, import or other license); or other event outside the reasonable control of the obligated party. We both will use reasonable efforts to mitigate the effect of a force majeure event. If such event continues for more than 30 days, either of us may cancel unperformed Services and affected orders upon written notice. This Section does not excuse either party’s obligation to take reasonable steps to follow its normal disaster recovery procedures or Your obligation to pay for the Services.
  20. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

    1. This Agreement is governed by the substantive and procedural laws of the Republic of South Africa and you and Paradigm Dgital agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of, and venue in, the high courts of the Republic of South Africa in any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
  21. NOTICE

    1.  Any notice required under this Agreement shall be provided to the other party in writing. If You have a legal dispute with Paradigm Digital or if You wish to provide a notice under the Indemnification Section of this Agreement, or if You become subject to insolvency or other similar legal proceedings, You will promptly send written notice to: Paradigm Digital  (Pty) Ltd, 251 Muckleneuk Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, 0181, Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department.
    2. To request a termination of Services in accordance with this Agreement, You must submit a service request to Paradigm Digital at the address specified in Your order or the Service Specifications.
    3. Paradigm may give notices applicable to Paradigm Digital’s Cloud Services customer base by means of a general notice on the Paradigm Digital website, and notices specific to You by electronic mail to Your e-mail address on record in Paradigm Digital’s account information or by written communication  to Your address on record in Paradigm Digital’s account information.
  22. ASSIGNMENT

    1. You may not assign this Agreement or give or transfer the Services (including the Paradigm Digital Programs) or an interest in them to another individual or entity. If You grant a security interest in any portion of the Services, the secured party has no right to use or transfer the Services or any deliverables.
  23. OTHER

    1. Paradigm Digital is an independent contractor and we agree that no partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship exists between us. We are each responsible for paying our own employees, including employment related taxes and insurance. You understand that Paradigm Digital’s business partners and other third parties, including any third parties with which Paradigm Digital has an integration or that are retained by You to provide consulting or implementation services or applications that interact with the Cloud Services, are independent of Paradigm Digital and are not Paradigm Digital’s agents. Paradigm Digital is not liable for, bound by, or responsible for any problems with the Services, Your Content or Your Applications arising due to any acts of any such business partner or third party, unless the business partner or third party is providing Services as a Paradigm Digital subcontractor on an engagement ordered under this Agreement and, if so, then only to the same extent as Paradigm Digital would be responsible for Paradigm Digital resources under this Agreement.
    2. If any term of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain effective and such term shall be replaced with another term consistent with the purpose and intent of this Agreement.
    3. Except for actions for nonpayment or breach of Paradigm Digital's proprietary rights, no action, regardless of form, arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be brought by either party more than three years after the cause of action has accrued.
    4. Paradigm Digital Programs and Services are not designed for or specifically intended for use in nuclear facilities or other hazardous applications. You agree that it is Your responsibility to ensure safe use of Paradigm Digital Programs and Services in such applications.
    5. You shall obtain at Your sole expense any rights and consents from third parties necessary for Your Content, Your Applications, and Third Party Content, as well as other vendor’s products provided by You that You use with the Services, including such rights and consents as necessary for Paradigm Digital to perform the Services under this Agreement.
    6. You agree to provide Paradigm Digital with all information, access and full good faith cooperation reasonably necessary to enable Paradigm Digital to provide the Services and You will perform the actions identified in Your order as Your responsibilities.
    7. You remain solely responsible for Your regulatory compliance in connection with Your use of the Services. You are responsible for making Paradigm Digital aware of any technical requirements that result from Your regulatory obligations prior to entering into an order governed by this Agreement. Paradigm Digital will cooperate with Your efforts to determine whether use of the standard Paradigm Digital Services offering is consistent with those requirements. Additional fees may apply to any additional work performed by Paradigm Digital or its partners for changes to the Services. 
    8. Paradigm Digital may audit Your use of the Services (e.g., through use of software tools or manually) to assess whether Your use of the Services is in accordance with Your order and the terms of this Agreement. You agree to cooperate with Paradigm Digtial’s audit and provide reasonable assistance and access to information. Any such audit shall not unreasonably interfere with Your normal business operations. You agree to pay within 30 days of written notification any fees applicable to Your use of the Services in excess of Your rights. If You do not pay, Paradigm Digital can end Your Services and/or Your order. You agree that Paradigm Digital shall not be responsible for any of Your costs incurred in cooperating with the audit.
    9. The purchase of Cloud Services, Professional Services, or other service offerings, programs or products are all separate offers and separate from any other order. You understand that You may purchase Cloud Services, Professional Services, or other service offerings, programs or products independently of any other order. Your obligation to pay under any order is not contingent on performance of any other service offerings or delivery of programs or products.
  24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

    1. You agree that this Agreement and the information which is incorporated into this Agreement by written reference (including  reference to information contained in a URL or referenced policy), together with the applicable order, is the complete agreement for the Services ordered by You and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or representations, written or oral, regarding such Services.
    2. It is expressly agreed that the terms of this Agreement and any Paradigm Digital order shall supersede the terms in any purchase order, procurement internet portal, or other similar non-Paradigm Digital document and no terms included in any such purchase order, portal, or other non-Paradigm Digital document shall apply to the Services ordered. In the event of any inconsistencies between the terms of an order and the Agreement, the order shall take precedence. Except as otherwise permitted in Section 5 (Service Specifications), Section 11 (Data Protection) and Section 15 (Third Party Web Sites) with respect to the Services,  this Agreement and orders hereunder may not be modified and the rights and restrictions may not be altered or waived except in a writing signed or accepted online through the Paradigm Digital by authorized representatives of You and of Paradigm Digital. No third party beneficiary relationships are created by this Agreement.