THIS IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU OR THE ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT (hereinafter "You" or "Your") AND SMB Services s.a. / Groobix (hereinafter "Groobix") GOVERNING YOUR USE OF THE GROOBIX SUITE OF ONLINE BUSINESS AND COLLABORATION SOFTWARE.
1) Definitions"Access Fee"
Means the monthly fee (excluding any taxes and duties) payable by you in accordance with the fee schedule set out on the Website (which Groobix may change from time to time on notice to you)."Confidential Information"
includes all information exchanged between the parties to this Agreement, whether in writing, electronically or orally, including the Software but does not include information which is, or becomes, publicly available other than through unauthorized disclosure by the other party."Data"
means any data inputted by you into the Software."Intellectual Property Right"
means any patent, trade mark, service mark, copyright, moral right, right in a design, know-how and any other intellectual or industrial property rights, anywhere in the world whether or not registered."Software"
means the software available (as may be changed or updated from time to time by Groobix) via the Website."Website"
means the Internet sites at the domains www.groobix.com and www.groobix.net or any other site operated by Groobix."you"
means you and includes your employees, consultants, representatives and agents."Groobix"
means the Groobix team / SMB Services S.A .1. Payment obligations:
Your first invoice for the Access Fee will be issued 1 month after the date you set-up a Groobix subscription plan for an organization(s) within Groobix and an invoice will be issued each month until these Terms are terminated in accordance with clause 8. All Groobix invoices will be sent to you by email and are payable within 10 days of the invoice date. You are responsible for payment of all taxes and duties in addition to the Access Fee.2. General obligations:
You must only use the Software and Website for your own lawful internal business purposes, in accordance with these Terms and any notice sent by Groobix or condition posted on the Website.3. Access conditions:
You will ensure that all usernames and passwords required to access the Software are kept secure and confidential. You will immediately notify Groobix of any unauthorized use of your passwords or any other breach of security and Groobix will reset your password. b. As a condition of these Terms, when accessing and using the Software, you must: i. not attempt to undermine the security or integrity of Groobix computing systems or networks or, where the Software is hosted by a third party, that third party's computing systems and networks; ii. not use, or misuse, the Software in any way which may impair the functionality of the Software or Website, or impair the ability of any other user to use the Software or Website; iii. not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any materials other than those to which you have been given express permission to access or to the computer system on which the Software is hosted; iv. not transmit, or input into the Software, any: files that may damage any other person's computing devices or software, content that may be offensive, or material or Data in violation of any law (including Data or other material protected by copyright or trade secrets which you do not have the right to use); and v. not modify, copy, adapt, reproduce, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer the Software or the Website except as is strictly necessary to use either of them for normal operation. the Website except as is strictly necessary to use either of them for normal operation.4. Communication conditions:
As a condition of these Terms, if you use any communication tools available through the Website (such as any forum, chat room or message centre), you agree only to use such communication tools for lawful and legitimate purposes. You must not use any such communication tool for posting or disseminating any material unrelated to the use of the Software including (but not limited to): offers of goods or services for sale, files that may damage any other person's computing devices or software, content that may be offensive to any of our other users, or material in violation of any law (including material that is protected by copyright or trade secrets which you do not have the right to use).When you make any communication on the Website, you represent that you own the content of the communication. Groobix is under no obligation to ensure that the communications on the Website are legitimate or that they are related only to the use of the Software. As with any other web-based forum, you must exercise caution when using the communication tools available on the Website. However, Groobix does reserve the right to remove any communication at any time in its sole discretion.5. Indemnity:
You indemnify Groobix against all claims, costs, damage and loss arising from your breach of any of these terms or any obligation you may have to Groobix, including (but not limited to) any costs relating to the recovery of any Access Fees that have not been paid by you.1. Confidentiality:
Unless the relevant party has the prior written consent of the other or unless required to do so by law: a. Each party will preserve the confidentiality of all Confidential Information of the other obtained in connection with these Terms. Neither party will, without the prior written consent of the other, disclose or make any Confidential Information available to any person, or use the same for its own benefit, other than as contemplated by these Terms. b. Each party's obligations under this clause will survive termination of these Terms. c. The provisions of clauses 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 shall not apply to any information which: i. is or becomes public knowledge other than by a breach of this clause; ii. is received from a third party who lawfully acquired it and who is under no obligation restricting its disclosure; iii. is in the possession of the receiving party without restriction in relation to disclosure before the date of receipt from the disclosing party; or iv. is independently developed without access to the Confidential Information.2. Privacy:
Groobix maintains a privacy policy that sets out the parties' obligations in respect of data. You should read that policy at www.groobix.com since you will be taken to have accepted it when you accept these Terms.1. General:
Title to, and all Intellectual Property Rights in the Software, the Website and any documentation relating to the Software remain the property of Groobix (or its licensors).2. Data:
Title to, and all Intellectual Property Rights in, the Data remain your property. You must maintain copies of all Data inputted into the Software. Groobix adheres to its best practice policies and procedures to prevent data loss, including a daily system data back-up regime, but does not make any guarantees that there will be no loss of Data. Groobix expressly excludes liability for any loss of Data no matter how caused.1. Acknowledgement:
You acknowledge that: a. You are authorized to use the Software and the Website and to access the information that you access using the Software and the Website (whether that information is your own or that of anyone else). b. If you are using the Software and accessing the Website on behalf of or for the benefit of an organization (whether a body corporate or not) then Groobix will assume that you have the right to do so and that organization will be liable for your actions or omissions (including any breach of these Terms). c. The provision of, access to, and use of, the Software is on an "as is, where is" basis and at your own risk. d. Groobix does not warrant that the use of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free. Among other things, the operation and availability of the systems used for accessing the Software, including public telephone services, computer networks and the Internet, can be unpredictable and may from time to time interfere with or prevent access to the Software. Groobix is not in any way responsible for any such interference or prevention of your access or use of the Software. e. It is your sole responsibility to determine that the Software meets the needs of your business.1. Five day return policy:
Within five days of being granted access to the Software by Groobix for the first time, you may terminate these Terms (and no Access Fee will be payable) by serving notice on Groobix within those 5 days.2. No-fault termination:
These Terms will continue for the period covered by the Access Fee paid in clause 3.1. These Terms will automatically continue for the same period unless either party terminates these Terms by giving notice to the other party at least 30 days before the end of the relevant payment period.3. Breach: If you:
of the breach if the breach is capable of being remedied; b. breach any of these Terms and the breach is not capable of being remedied (which includes (without limitation) any breach of clause 3.4 or any payment more than 30 days overdue); or c. the paying subscriber goes into liquidation or has a receiver or manager appointed of any of its assets or becomes insolvent, or makes any arrangement with its creditors, or becomes subject to any similar insolvency event in any jurisdiction, Groobix may take any or all of the following actions, at its entire discretion: d. Terminate these Terms and your use of the Software and the Website; e. Suspend for any definite or indefinite period of time, your use of the Software and the Website; f. Take either of the actions in sub-clause 4 and 5 of this clause 8(3) in respect of any other persons in your organization or who have access to your information or that of your organization.4. Accrued Rights:
Termination of these Terms is without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the parties accrued up to and including the date of termination. On termination of this Agreement you will: a. remain liable for any accrued charges and amounts which become due for payment before or after termination; and b. immediately cease to use the Software and the Website.5. Expiry or termination:
Clauses 3.1, 3.6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 survive the expiry or termination of these Terms.1. Technical Problems:
In the case of technical problems you must make all reasonable efforts to investigate and diagnose problems before contacting Groobix. If you still need technical help, please check the support provided online by Groobix or failing that email us at support@groobix.com.2. Service availability:
Whilst Groobix intends that the Software should be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it is possible that on occasion it may be unavailable to permit maintenance or other development activity to take place. If for any reason Groobix have to interrupt the Software for longer periods than Groobix would normally expect, we will use reasonable endeavors to publish in advance details of such activity on the Website.1. Entire agreement:
These Terms, together with the Groobix Privacy Policy and the terms of any other notices or instructions given to you under these terms, supersede and extinguish all prior agreements, representations (whether oral or written), and understandings and constitute the entire agreement between you and Groobix relating to the Software and the other matters dealt with in these Terms.2. Waiver:
If either party waives any breach of these Terms, this will not constitute a waiver of any other breach. No waiver will be effective unless made in writing.3. Delays:
Neither party will be liable for any delay or failure in performance of its obligations under these Terms if the delay or failure is due to any cause outside its reasonable control. This clause does not apply to any obligation to pay money.4. No Assignment:
You may not assign or transfer any rights to any other person without Groobix' prior written consent.5. Governing law and jurisdiction:
In all situations these Terms are governed by Argentine law and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Argentina for all disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms, without reference to any conflicts of laws.6. Severability:
If any part or provision of these Terms is invalid, unenforceable or in conflict with the law, that part or provision is replaced with a provision which, as far as possible, accomplishes the original purpose of that part or provision. The remainder of this Agreement will be binding on the parties.7. Notices:
Any notice given under these Terms by either party to the other must be in writing by email and will be deemed to have been given on transmission. Notices to Groobix must be sent to info@groobix.com or to any other email address notified by email to you by Groobix. Notices to you will be sent to the email address which you provided when setting up your access to the Software.8. Rights of Third Parties:
A person who is not a party to these Terms has no right to benefit under or to enforce any term of these Terms.