Wordibly Terms of Service
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND EACH
PROVISION. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A MANDATORY INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION
PROVISION IN SECTION 15.B (THE “ARBITRATION AGREEMENT”) AND CLASS
ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER PROVISION IN SECTION 15.C (THE “CLASS
ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER”) THAT REQUIRE, UNLESS YOU OPT OUT PURSUANT TO
THE INSTRUCTIONS IN SECTION 15.B, THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF FINAL AND BINDING
ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND
WORDIBLY, INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS THAT AROSE OR WERE ASSERTED BEFORE YOU
AGREED TO THESE TERMS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU
EXPRESSLY WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO SEEK RELIEF IN A COURT OF LAW AND TO HAVE
A JURY TRIAL ON YOUR CLAIMS, AS WELL AS YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AS A
PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, PRIVATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are between you
(“you,” “your,”
“Customer” (with respect to a business, organization or
other legal entity) or “User” (with respect to an individual)) and
Wordibly.com (“Wordibly,” “we,”
“our” or “us”) and govern your use of
the Services procured through the Wordibly.com website (the
“Site”) and related desktop or mobile applications (each,
an “App,” and collectively with the Site, the
“Platform”). As used in these Terms,
“Services” means Wordibly’s transcription, captioning,
translation, automated speech recognition (“ASR”) and
related hosting and other services, including technical support and other
services specific to Wordibly’s and our affiliates’ products and services.
These Terms, any Order Forms (as defined in Section 3.A (Orders for
Services) below), and any policies, conditions and disclaimers referenced
in these Terms or otherwise required to access certain features of the
Services (the “Additional Terms”) form the “Agreement” between you and us
with respect to the Services. If there is a conflict between these Terms
and any Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will control with respect
to the specific feature. In the Agreement, the words “include” and
“including” will not be construed as terms of limitation.
By accessing or using the Services, clicking a button or checking a box
indicating acceptance of these Terms, or placing an Order Form, you
signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this
Agreement, and are legally able to receive the Services under the laws
of the United States or other countries in which you are resident or
from which you use the Services. Users must be over the age of 18 (or
the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater, and of
legal age to form a binding contract), and, if a business, duly
organized and legally in good standing. Our collection and use of
personal information in connection with your access to and use of the
Services, whether or not you are a registered User, is described in
our Privacy Policy. All references to “you” or “your,” as applicable, mean the person who
accesses, uses, and/or participates in the Services in any manner, and
each of your heirs, assigns, and successors. If you use the Services on
behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you have the
authority to bind that entity, your acceptance of the Agreement will be
deemed an acceptance by that entity, and “you” and “your” herein shall
refer to that entity, its directors, officers, employees, agents, and
all associated Users.
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Changes to these Terms We may
update these Terms from time to time. If we materially update any
portion of these Terms, we will notify you, at the email address
provided in your Account profile, or other reasonable means (for
example, by posting a notice on the Site). We will also post the updated
Terms on the Platform. Your renewal of your Term (or, for Services
without a set Term, your ongoing use of the Services) after we publish
or send a notice about changes to these Terms means that you are
consenting to the updated terms.
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Accounts
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Users. Users must register an account on the
Platform (an “Account”) to access certain features
of the Services. Users agree to: (a) not share your Account or
transfer any part of it to anyone else; (b) provide accurate,
current and complete information during the registration process and
keep your Account up-to-date; and (c) keep your password secure and
confidential. You agree to notify Wordibly immediately of any
unauthorized use of your Account and are responsible for anything
that happens through your Account. Wordibly is not liable for any
losses by any party caused by an unauthorized use of your Account.
You agree to keep your contact and billing information (including
but not limited to email address) up-to-date, and to comply with all
billing procedures, including providing and maintaining accurate and
lawful billing information on your Account.
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Account Profile. You may modify your Account
profile and how it interacts with the Services by changing the
settings in your Account. You consent to Wordibly using the email
address you provide in your Account profile to send you
Services-related notices, including any notices required by law, in
lieu of communication by other means such as postal mail. Wordibly
may also use your email address to send you other messages, such as
changes to Services features, special offers, or Services-related
newsletters. If you do not want to receive marketing emails, you may
opt out or change your preferences by following the instructions on
the applicable email message. Opting out may prevent you from
receiving email messages regarding updates, improvements or offers.
Even if you opt out of marketing emails, we may still send you
administrative emails regarding the Services, including, for
example, notices of updates to these Terms or our Privacy Policy,
and information related to your Account.
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Account Access. Customer is
responsible for ensuring that access to and use of the Services
comports with any limits stated in the applicable Order Form,
including by (a) protecting all authentication keys and access
tokens for the Services, as applicable, in accordance with the usage
limitations; (b) prohibiting access to or use of the Services by
anyone other than authorized Users; and (c) ensuring that the
authentication keys or access tokens are used solely as necessary to
exercise your rights granted under the Agreement. Customer is
responsible and liable to Wordibly for all activity that occurs with
the authentication keys, access tokens or otherwise through or in
connection with your Account, including any associated User
Accounts.
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Provision of the Services
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Orders for Services. Services may be procured
through the Services interface (or in some cases, via a
mutually-executed order form) (each mechanism for procuring
Services, an “Order Form”). During the Term (as
defined in Section 8.A (Term and Renewal) below), Wordibly grants
you a revocable, nonexclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable,
limited license to (a) access and use the Services described in the
applicable Order Form solely in accordance with any usage or license
limitations set forth in the Agreement, including the Order Form;
(b) install, run and use the Apps on a device that you own and
control, in executable, machine-readable, object code form only; and
(c) access any and all documentation related to the Services that
Wordibly may make available from time to time (the
“Documentation”) internally and solely in
connection with your authorized use of the Services. You agree that
your execution of an Order Form is not contingent on the delivery of
any future functionality or features, or dependent on any oral or
written public comments made by Wordibly regarding future
functionality or features.
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Fees. Fees for Services
(“Fees”) are payable by credit card or other
payment method permitted by us from time to time, in U.S. dollars
(unless another currency is specified in the Order Form), and you
authorize us to charge your credit card or bank account for all fees
payable during the Term as set forth in your Order Form (which
includes, for subscription Services, at the start of the applicable
billing period specified in your Order Form). You represent and
warrant to Wordibly that all payment information you provide is
accurate and that you are authorized to use the applicable payment
instrument. You further authorize us to use a third party to process
payments, and consent to the disclosure of your payment information
to such third party. Except as otherwise specified in the applicable
Order Form, Fees for the Term are non-refundable, including in the
event of a suspension or termination pursuant to Section 8.B
(Termination or Suspension) below, and may only be used for future
Services. Customer is responsible for any wire transfer fees.
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Invoicing. Wordibly may choose to bill through an
invoice, in which case, full payment for invoices issued in any
given month must be received by Wordibly thirty (30) days after the
mailing date of the invoice, or the Services may be suspended.
Unpaid invoices are subject to a finance charge of 1.5% per month on
any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted by law, whichever
is lower. If you dispute any charges you must provide written
notification to Wordibly within thirty (30) days after the date that
Wordibly invoices you, or such charges shall be deemed valid and
due.
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Usage Limitations. The
Services may be subject to certain additional limitations, such as,
for example, (a) limits on the number of Users per Customer Account;
(b) limits to named (not concurrent) devices or persons; or (c)
limits on content storage capacity. We reserve the right to charge
or invoice you for any additional usage (including to upgrade you to
a higher Services tier for your then-current usage, as applicable),
on a prorated basis, commencing on the first day of the month of the
Term in which the usage exceeded the applicable limit or, for
Services without a set Term, immediately upon overage of the
applicable limit).You are responsible for all taxes, duties or other
fees imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority of any
governmental body (“Taxes”) imposed on the
transaction or the delivery of Services (except Taxes based on our
net income), and acknowledge and agree that the amount billed under
your Order Form may vary due to promotional offers, changes in your
billing plan at the time of renewal (in accordance with this
Agreement) or changes in Taxes, and you authorize us (or payment
processor, as applicable) to charge your payment method for the
changed amounts. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible
for payment for any Services performed because of an accidental
duplicative upload of Your Content.
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Services Updates. Your use of
the Services includes the right to access all functionality
available in the Services to which you subscribed in the Order Form,
on the effective date of such Order Form. Wordibly may enhance and
modify the Services and introduce new Services from time to time but
will not make changes to the Services that materially reduce the
functionality you purchased for the Term if a set Term applies to
your Services. We reserve the right to change Wordibly's prices at
any time without notice. Wordibly’s pricing will be reflected on the
Platform, and your continued use of the Service after the price
change becomes effective constitutes your agreement to pay the
changed amount; provided, however, that if pricing modifications
would negatively impact your then-current Term, e.g., for a
subscription-based offering, these modifications will not apply to
you until the start of the renewal Term, if any. To the extent
Wordibly makes available any new or different features,
functionality or enhancements to the Services, Wordibly may market
these separately and may require the payment of additional fees. You
agree that Wordibly will not be liable to you or any third party for
any modification of the Services in keeping with this section.
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Third Party Products, Links, and Information. The
Services may integrate with, or contain, third-party products,
services, materials, or information, or links thereto that are not
owned or controlled by us (“Third Party Materials”). We do not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such
Third Party Materials. If you access any third-party website or
service, you do so at your own risk, and you acknowledge and agree
that the Agreement and our Privacy Policy do not apply to your
access to or use of such sites or services. You expressly relieve us
from any and all liability arising from your access to or use of any
Third Party Materials.
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Additional Terms for Apps. To
use an App to access the Services, you must have a mobile device
that is compatible with the applicable App. We do not warrant that
an App will be compatible with your mobile device. You may use
mobile data in connection with the Apps and may incur additional
charges from your wireless provider for these services. You agree
that you are solely responsible for any such charges (subject to
your App settings impacting mobile data usage). You acknowledge that
we may from timetotime issue upgraded versions of the Apps and may
automatically electronically upgrade the version of the App that you
are using on your mobile device. You consent to such automatic
upgrading on your mobile device and agree that these Terms will
apply to all such upgrades.
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Apps from Apple App Store. The following
applies to any Apps you acquire from the Apple App Store
(“Apple-Sourced Software”): You acknowledge and
agree that these Terms are solely between you and Wordibly, not
Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) and that Apple has no
responsibility for the Apple-Sourced Software or content
thereof. Your use of the Apple-Sourced Software must comply with
the App Store Terms of Service. You acknowledge that Apple has
no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support
services with respect to the Apple-Sourced Software. In the
event of any failure of the Apple-Sourced Software to conform to
any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will
refund the purchase price for the Apple-Sourced Software to you;
to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will
have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the
Apple-Sourced Software, and any other claims, losses,
liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any
failure to conform to any warranty will be solely governed by
these Terms and any law applicable to Wordibly as provider of
the software. You acknowledge that Apple is not responsible for
addressing any claims of you or any third party relating to the
Apple-Sourced Software or your possession and/or use of the
Apple-Sourced Software, including, but not limited to: (a)
product liability claims; (b) any claim that the Apple-Sourced
Software fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory
requirement; and (c) claims arising under consumer protection or
similar legislation; and all such claims are governed solely by
these Terms and any law applicable to Wordibly as provider of
the software. You acknowledge that, in the event of any third
party claim that the Apple-Sourced Software or your possession
and use of that Apple-Sourced Software infringes that third
party’s intellectual property rights, Wordibly, not Apple, will
be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement
and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement
claim to the extent required by these Terms. You and Wordibly
acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are
third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as relates to your
license of the Apple-Sourced Software, and that, upon your
acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Terms, Apple
will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the
right) to enforce these Terms as relates to your license of the
Apple-Sourced Software against you as a third-party beneficiary
thereof.
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Apps from Google Play Store. The following
applies to any Apps you acquire from the Google Play Store
(“Google-Sourced Software”): (a) You
acknowledge that the Agreement is between you and Wordibly only,
and not with Google, Inc. (“Google”); (b) your
use of Google-Sourced Software must comply with Google’s
then-current Google Play Store Terms of Service; (c) Google is
only a provider of the Google Play Store where you obtained the
Google-Sourced Software; (d) Wordibly, and not Google, is solely
responsible for its Google-Sourced Software; (e) Google has no
obligation or liability to you with respect to Google-Sourced
Software or the Agreement; and (f) you acknowledge and agree
that Google is a third-party beneficiary to the Agreement as it
relates to Wordibly’s Google-Sourced Software.
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Your Content, including Services Output
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License to Your Content. You grant us a fully
paid-up, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive right and license,
with the right to sublicense, copy, reproduce, modify, use, publicly
perform, display, distribute and create derivative works of video,
audio and other materials, information and data that you provide,
post, upload, publish, transmit or distribute (whether publicly or
privately) on or through the Platform(collectively, “Your Content”)during the Term: (a) as necessary to provide the Services to you
in accordance with the Agreement; (b) to perform necessary
maintenance, calibration, diagnostic and troubleshooting of the
Services, and to monitor the performance of the Services; (c) to
improve the Services, e.g., totrain and maintain Wordibly’s ASR
speech-to-text model, and other Wordibly artificial intelligence
models; (d) to perform such other actions as authorized or
instructed by you in writing (email to suffice); and (e) as required
by law and subject to the compelled disclosure requirements of
Section 9 (Confidential Information).
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Your Responsibility for Your Content. We do not own Your Content, and you, not
Wordibly, will have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality,
integrity, legality, reliability, appropriateness, and intellectual
property ownership or right to use of Your Content. In connection
with Your Content, Customer, and User as applicable, represent and
warrant that: (a) you have the written consent of each and every
identifiable natural person in Your Content to use such person’s
name or likeness in the manner contemplated by the Services and the
Agreement; (b) you have obtained (and are solely responsible for
obtaining) all consents that may be required by applicable
provisions of foreign, federal, state or local laws, rules,
regulations or orders of all governmental bodies, courts, tribunals
and arbitrators (“Applicable Law”) to submit Your
Content; (c) Your Content does not otherwise violate the Agreement,
including Section 6 (Acceptable Use) of these Terms; and (d) Your
Content and our use thereof as contemplated by the Agreement and the
Services will not violate any law or infringe any rights of any
third party, including but not limited to any intellectual property
rights and/or privacy rights. We expressly disclaim any liability
for the data and content transmitted through or intermediately,
temporarily or permanently stored on Wordibly networks or any server
and for the actions or omissions of Customers or Users. You
acknowledge and agree that (i) Wordibly need not pre-screen Your
Content, although Wordibly reserves the right in our reasonable
discretion to pre-screen, refuse or remove any of Your Content; and
(ii) you are responsible for ensuring that you back up Your Content.
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Our Right to Remove Your Content. We have the
absolute right to remove or disable access to any content on the
Services as needed (a) to operate, secure and improve the Services
(including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment,
investigation and customer support purposes); (b) to ensure
compliance with the Agreement (or any Wordibly policy), Applicable
Law, or an order or requirement of a court, law enforcement or other
administrative agency or governmental body; or (c) as otherwise set
forth in this Agreement. If we become aware of any content posted
through the Services that allegedly violates this Agreement, we may
investigate the allegation and determine in our sole discretion
whether to act, but have no liability or responsibility to you to do
so. You agree to cooperate with us in good faith, as we may
reasonably request, in any investigation we choose to undertake with
respect to Your Content.
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User Data
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Compliance with Data Protection Laws. The parties to this Agreement recognize that
this Agreement is subject to, and intended to comply with, all
Applicable Law Relating to the use, collection, retention, storage,
security, disclosure, transfer, sale or other processing of personal
information (collectively, the “Data Protection Laws”). If Wordibly processes Personal Data (as defined in Section 1 of
the Woridbly Data Processing Addendum (“Data Processing Addendum” or
“DPA”)) on behalf of Customer pursuant to these
Terms, Wordibly and Customer will comply with the terms of the DPA,
the terms of which are incorporated into these Terms.
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License to User Data. In
connection with the provision of the Services, Wordibly may process
personal information and data from or about Users, Customer
employees, clients and contractors, and other individuals that is
collected, submitted, posted, displayed, uploaded or otherwise
received from or provided by Customer and Users by or through the
Services (collectively, “User Data”). (For clarity,
“User Data” does not include data for which Wordibly is deemed a
controller under Data Protection Laws, e.g., Customer’s business
data related to the administration of Order Forms.) You grant to
Wordibly a fully paid-up, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive
right and license, with the right to sublicense, copy, reproduce,
modify, use, publicly perform, display, distribute and create
derivative works of all User Data during the Term for the purpose of
(a) providing the Services in accordance with the purposes set forth
in the Agreement and applicable Order Form and in accordance with
your instructions set forth in writing; (b) detecting data security
incidents or to protect against fraudulent or illegal activity; and
(c) enforcing Wordibly’s rights under this Agreement.
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User Data Disclosure. Wordibly will not disclose or sell User Data
other than as necessary to perform the agreed-upon Services, or in
accordance with a User’s instructions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will restrict Wordibly’s
ability to disclose User Data (a) to a subcontractor for a business
purpose pursuant to a written agreement to protect the
confidentiality of User Data, provided that Wordibly will be liable
to you for the acts or omissions of any subcontractor to whom
Wordibly has disclosed or permitted to access User Data as if they
were the acts or omissions of Wordibly; (b) to a third party as
necessary to comply with Applicable Laws; (c) with your consent; or
(d) as otherwise permitted by applicable Data Protection Laws.
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Your Responsibility for User Data. You acknowledge and affirm that you have
provided all notices and obtained all consents necessary, if any,
under the Data Protection Laws, to provide to Wordibly, or permit
Wordibly to access and collect, User Data for the purposes described
in this Agreement. You will not submit, or cause to be submitted,
User Data in violation of Section 6.B (Prohibited Content) below.
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De-Identified or Anonymized Data. You acknowledge and agree that we may
collect, retain, analyze, create, use and disclose information
relating to the performance of the Services and statistics and
metrics regarding the Services (e.g., number of files transcribed
using the Services across all Wordibly customers), provided that
such information is solely in an aggregated and anonymized format
that does not identify Customer or any individual (“De-Identified Data”). For clarity, De-Identified Data will not be considered Your
Content or personal data, and nothing in these Terms will limit
Wordibly’s right, both during and after the Term of the Agreement,
to use, store, transmit, disclose, modify, copy, display, sublicense
and create derivative works from De-Identified Data.
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Acceptable Use
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Prohibited Activities. You agree not to, nor permit
any other party to:
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use, or cause others to use, any automated system or software
to extract content from the Platform;
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interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks
connected to the Platform;
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take any action that negatively affects the ability of others
to access or use the Platform;
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use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized
purpose;
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provide access to the Services to anyone but authorized
Users;
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rent, lease, lend, sell or sublicense the Services or
otherwise provide access to the Services as part of a service
bureau or similar fee-for-service purpose;
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reverse engineer, decode, decompile, disassemble or otherwise
attempt to access or derive the source code or architectural
framework of the Platform or any other part of the
Services; or
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introduce any viruses to the Services.
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Prohibited Content. Unless expressly agreed in an
Order Form with respect to a certain type of content, you must not
nor permit others to submit, upload, email, transmit or otherwise
make available through the Platform:
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any content not owned by you or for which you do not have all
necessary authorization to make available through the
Platform, including in accordance with all applicable
intellectual property laws and data laws, regulations and
privacy standards;
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sensitive financial data (e.g., bank account numbers, credit
card or debit card numbers, passwords, and other access codes
for financial accounts);
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personal health information subject to protection under the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(“HIPAA”);
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content that violates Applicable Law or creates a security
risk to any person (e.g., by exposing sensitive personal
information);
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illegal content (including but not limited to obscenity,
sexual content involving minors); or
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content that a reasonable person would find abusive,
harassing, threatening, defamatory, libelous, obscene, or
otherwise objectionable.
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Without limiting other rights available, Wordibly reserves
the right to reject and/or remove any of Your Content that
Wordibly believes, in its reasonable discretion, violates this
Section 6.
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Proprietary Rights
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Ownership. As between Wordibly and you (a) you
and your licensors, as applicable, own all right, title and interest
in and to (i) Your Content, (ii) User Data, (iii) your copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, and other
intellectual and proprietary rights with respect to your products
and services; and (iv) any translations, transcriptions, or captions
or any derivative work of Your Content created through the Services
(“Work Product”); and (b) Wordibly and our
licensors own all right, title and interest in and to (i) the
Platform; (ii) Wordibly’s ASR speech-to-text model, and all
improvements, enhancements or modifications to it; (iii) the APIs
and any software accessible through the Platform; (iv) De-Identified
Data; and (v) all information, text, links, graphics, photos, audio,
video, and other forms of data or communication that users can view,
access or otherwise interact with through the Services (except for
Your Content and Work Product).
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Feedback. If Customer or a
User provides any feedback, comments, questions, suggestions, or the
like about the Services (collectively "Feedback"),
then Customer or User, as applicable, grants to Wordibly a
worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to any
ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques, or other intellectual
property rights contained in the Feedback, for any purpose
whatsoever, including, without limitation, for the improvement,
marketing, and promotion of the Services. You agree that Feedback
provided by you is given entirely voluntarily and that Feedback,
even if designated as confidential by you, will not, absent a
separate written agreement, create any confidentiality obligation
for Wordibly with respect to such Feedback.
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Reservation of Rights. Each party reserves all
rights not expressly granted in the Agreement, and no licenses are
granted by either party to the other under the Agreement, whether by
implication, estoppel or otherwise, except as expressly set forth
herein.
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Term and Termination
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Term and Renewal. The initial term of the
Services will begin on the start date as specified in the Order Form
for the applicable Services, and extend for the term specified in
the applicable Order Form, as applicable (the
“Term”). For Services purchased on a subscription
basis, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Order Form, you
may not terminate your subscription before the expiration of the
Term specified in the Order Form. A Term may be renewed upon mutual
agreement of the parties and payment of the applicable Fee
pertaining to the renewal.
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Termination and Suspension. We may temporarily or permanently suspend
access to the Services with respect to Customer or a User in the
event that we suspect in good faith that Customer or a User is
engaged in any conduct in violation of this Agreement or has failed
to make payment of the applicable Fee when due. In the event we
suspend a Customer Account, all associated User Accounts will be
likewise suspended.
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Effect of Termination. Upon
the expiration or termination of the Agreement: (a) Wordibly will
terminate your and/or applicable Users’ access to Your Content and
User Data through the Services; and (b) your licenses hereunder will
terminate, and you will immediately cease all use of the Platform.
Any section of the Agreement that, by its terms or its nature,
should survive the termination or expiration of the Agreement will
so survive including Sections 5(e) (De-Identified or Anonymized
Data), 7 (Proprietary Rights), 9 (Confidential Information) through
19 (Information or Complaints), and this Section 8(c) (Effect of
Termination).
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Confidential Information
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Confidentiality. Wordibly and
you each agree to retain in confidence the non-public information
and know-how disclosed pursuant to the Agreement which is either
designated in writing as proprietary and/or confidential, if
disclosed in writing, or if disclosed orally, is designated in
writing (which may be via email) as confidential within thirty (30)
days of the oral disclosure or should reasonably be understood to be
confidential by the recipient (the “Confidential Information”). Notwithstanding any failure to so designate them, the Services
will be Wordibly's Confidential Information; and the User Data and
Your Content will be your Confidential Information. Each party
agrees to: (a) preserve and protect the confidentiality of the other
party’s Confidential Information; (b) refrain from using the other
party’s Confidential Information except as contemplated herein; and
(c) not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party
except to employees, officers, affiliates, controlling stockholders,
agents, advisors, subcontractors and other representatives as is
reasonably required to provide the Services and otherwise in
connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations under the
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may disclose
Confidential Information of the other party which is: (i) already
publicly known without breach of the Agreement; (ii) discovered,
created or independently developed by the receiving party without
use of, or reference to, the Confidential Information of the
disclosing party, as shown in records of the receiving party; (iii)
otherwise known to the receiving party through no wrongful conduct
of the receiving party; or (iv) required to be disclosed by law or
court order; provided that the receiving party will provide prompt
notice thereof and commercially reasonable assistance to the
disclosing party to enable the disclosing party to seek a protective
order or otherwise prevent or restrict such disclosure. Moreover,
either party hereto may disclose any Confidential Information
hereunder to such party’s agents, attorneys and other
representatives (and only subject to confidentiality obligations at
least as protective as those set forth herein) or any court of
competent jurisdiction as reasonably required to resolve any dispute
between the parties hereto. Upon the disclosing party’s written
request, the receiving party will, within a reasonable time,
permanently delete or destroy any and all of the disclosing party’s
Confidential Information, and any and all copies thereof, within its
possession or control as may have been provided pursuant to the
Agreement.
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Data Security. Wordibly employs
administrative, physical and technical safeguards and technologies
designed to secure Your Content and User Data from unauthorized
access, disclosure or use. In the event that Wordibly determines
that unencrypted or unredacted User Data or Your Content was
accessed or acquired by an unauthorized party, Wordibly will
promptly inform you without undue delay and will provide reasonable
cooperation with your investigation of the incident. In the case of
Customer as the owner of User Data, Customer will be solely
responsible for compliance with any notification obligations that
may be required under Applicable Laws. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING
IN THIS SECTION 9.B, WORDIBLY DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT UNAUTHORIZED
THIRD PARTIES WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DEFEAT WORDIBLY’S SECURITY
MEASURES OR USE YOUR CONTENT OR THE USER DATA FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU PROVIDES USER DATA AND YOUR CONTENT AT YOUR
OWN RISK AND THAT WORDIBLY TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND ASSUMES NO
LIABILITY FOR USER DATA AND YOUR CONTENT.
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Indemnification. You agree to
indemnify and hold harmless Wordibly, our affiliates, and each of our
respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders and agents
(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties, actions, proceedings,
judgments, or any and all costs thereof (collectively,
"Losses") to which the Indemnified Parties may become
subject and which Losses arise out of, or relate to, the Agreement, your
use of the Services, Your Content, User Data, your breach of any
confidentiality obligation, or any alleged infringement of any
trademark, copyright, patent or other intellectual property right, and
will reimburse the Indemnified Parties for all legal and other expenses,
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees incurred by
the Indemnified Parties, in connection with investigating, defending, or
settling any Loss, whether or not in connection with pending or
threatened litigation in which the Indemnified Parties may be a party.
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Limitation on Liability and Claims. WORDIBLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR: (A) ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS
OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF REVENUE RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES BY
YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES OR ANY FAILURE OF THE SERVICES; OR (B) ANY
LOSS, EXFILTRATION, DISCLOSURE OR CORRUPTION OF USER DATA, YOUR CONTENT
OR OTHER DATA, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA RESULTING
FROM DELAYS, NON-DELIVERIES, MIS-DELIVERIES, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS,
FAILURE OF WORDIBLY’S NETWORK, RECLAMATION OF SERVERS, FAILURE OF
SERVERS, OR THE RELOADING OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM OR OTHER SOFTWARE ON A
SERVER. IN NO EVENT SHALL WORDIBLY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THE
AGREEMENT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE ACTUAL DAMAGES INCURRED UP TO
THE GREATER OF: (I) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SIX (6) TIMES THE FEES PAYABLE BY
YOU FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE CLAIM IN THE
FIRST MONTH IN WHICH FEES ARE CHARGED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT; OR (II) THE
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO WORDIBLY FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICES THAT
ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE CLAIM IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING THE EVENT(S) THAT FIRST GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM.
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Disclaimer of Warranties. WORDIBLY PROVIDES THE SERVICES “AS IS,” WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND DISCLAIMS ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING (A) THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; AND (B) ANY
WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR COMPLETENESS
OF THE SERVICES, SERVICES OUTPUT, OR ANY OTHER DATA OR RESULTS OBTAINED
THROUGH THE SERVICES; OR (C) THAT USE OF SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE,
UNINTERRUPTED, FREE FROM OTHER FAILURES OR WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENT. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THE ACCURACY
AND COMPLETENESS OF THE WORK PRODUCT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE
RISKS INHERENT IN INTERNET CONNECTIVITY THAT COULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF
USER DATA, YOUR CONTENT, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIALS.
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Force Majeure. Neither party will
lose any rights hereunder or be liable to the other party for damages or
losses on account of failure of performance by the defaulting party if
the failure is due by any occurrence or contingency beyond its
reasonable control, including, but not limited to, war, strike, fire,
Act of God, earthquake, flood, lockout, embargo, epidemics, pandemics,
governmental acts or orders or restrictions, failure of suppliers, or
any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable
control of the nonperforming party; provided that such party will use
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly mitigate any damages or
losses.
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Publicity. Customers agree that
Wordibly may publicly disclose that Wordibly is providing Services to
Customer and may include your name, logo, trade names, trademarks,
service marks, trade dress, logos and other rights in indicia
(“Marks”) in any promotional materials, including press
releases, case studies and customer references, and grants to us a
nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, and display your Marks on or
within the user interface of the Services, including as made available
to actual or potential customers, as well as in marketing and
promotional materials. We will use such Marks in compliance with any
reasonable written usage guidelines provided to us by Customer. Except
as set forth in this Agreement, neither party may publicly use the other
party’s name, logo or other trade or service mark without first
obtaining the other party’s approval in writing.
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Governing Law, Arbitration, and Class Action/Jury Trial
Waiver
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Governing Law. You agree
that: (a) the Services will be deemed solely based in Texas; and (b)
the Services will be deemed a passive one that does not give rise to
personal jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in
jurisdictions other than Texas. This Agreement will be governed by
the internal substantive laws of the State of Texas, without respect
to its conflict of laws principles. The parties acknowledge that
this Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate
commerce. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences with respect to
the substantive law, the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16)
(“FAA”) governs the interpretation and enforcement
of the Arbitration Agreement in Section 15.B (Arbitration) and
preempts all state laws to the fullest extent permitted by law. If
the FAA is found to not apply to any issue that arises from or
relates to the Arbitration Agreement, then that issue will be
resolved under and governed by the law of your state of residence.
The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. You agree to
submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the federal and
state courts located in the city of Austin and in Travis County,
Texas for any actions for which we retain the right to seek
injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent
jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement,
misappropriation or violation of our copyrights, trademarks, trade
secrets, patents, or other intellectual property or proprietary
rights, as set forth in Section 15.B (Arbitration) below, including
any provisional relief required to prevent irreparable harm. You
agree that Travis County, Texas is the proper and exclusive forum
for any appeals of an arbitration award or for trial court
proceedings in the event that the arbitration provision below is
found to be unenforceable.
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Arbitration. READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE
PARTIES TO ARBITRATE THEIR DISPUTES AND LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH
YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF FROM WORDIBLY. This Section 15.B (the “Arbitration Agreement”) applies to and governs any dispute, controversy, or claim
between you and Wordibly that arises out of or relates to, directly
or indirectly: (a) this Agreement, including the formation,
existence, breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation,
validity, or enforceability thereof; (b) access to or use of the
Services, including receipt of any advertising or marketing
communications; (c) any transactions through, by, or using the
Services; or (d) any other aspect of your relationship or
transactions with Wordibly, directly or indirectly, as a consumer
(“Claim” or collectively,
“Claims”). The Arbitration Agreement will apply,
without limitation, to all Claims that arose or were asserted before
or after your agreement to this Agreement. If you are a new Wordibly
user, you can reject and opt-out of this Arbitration Agreement
within thirty (30) days of accepting this Agreement by emailing
Wordibly at support@wordibly.com with your first and last name and
stating your intent to opt-out of the Arbitration Agreement. Note
that opting out of this Arbitration Agreement does not affect any
other part of this Agreement, including the provisions regarding
controlling law or in which courts any disputes must be brought. For
any Claim, you agree to first contact us at finance@wordibly.com and
attempt to resolve the dispute with us informally. In the unlikely
event that Wordibly has not been able to resolve a Claim after sixty
(60) days, we each agree to resolve any Claim exclusively through
binding arbitration by the American Arbitration Association
(“AAA”) before a single arbitrator (the
“Arbitrator”), under the Expedited Procedures then
in effect for AAA (the “Rules”), except as provided
herein. In the event of any conflict between the Rules and this
Arbitration Agreement, this Arbitration Agreement will control. AAA
may be contacted at www.adr.org, where the Rules are also available. The arbitration will be
conducted in Austin, Texas, unless you and Wordibly agree otherwise.
If you are using the Services for commercial purposes, each party
will be responsible for paying any AAA filing, administrative and
arbitrator fees in accordance with AAA rules, and the award rendered
by the arbitrator will include costs of arbitration, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses.
If you are an individual using the Services for non-commercial
purposes: (i) AAA may require you to pay a fee for the initiation of
your case, unless you apply for and successfully obtain a fee waiver
from AAA; (ii) the award rendered by the arbitrator may include your
costs of arbitration, your reasonable attorney’s fees, and your
reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses; and (iii) you may
sue in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction without first
engaging in arbitration, but this does not absolve you of your
commitment to engage in the informal dispute resolution process. Any
judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in
any court of competent jurisdiction. You and Wordibly agree that the
Arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency,
will have exclusive authority to resolve any disputes relating to
the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of
this Arbitration Agreement, including any claim that all or any part
of this Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable. The Arbitrator
will also be responsible for determining all threshold arbitrability
issues, including issues relating to whether the Agreement, or any
provision of the Agreement, is unconscionable or illusory and any
defense to arbitration, including waiver, delay, laches,
unconscionability, or estoppel. Nothing in this Section will be
deemed as: preventing Wordibly from seeking injunctive or other
equitable relief from the courts as necessary to prevent the actual
or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of our
data security, Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary
rights; or preventing you from asserting claims in small claims
court, if your claims qualify and so long as the matter remains in
such court and advances on only an individual (non-class,
non-representative) basis. If this Arbitration Agreement is found to
be void, unenforceable, or unlawful, in whole or in part, the void,
unenforceable, or unlawful provision, in whole or in part, will be
severed. Severance of the void, unenforceable, or unlawful
provision, in whole or in part, will have no impact on the remaining
provisions of the Arbitration Agreement, which will remain in force,
or the parties’ ability to compel arbitration of any remaining
claims on an individual basis pursuant to the Arbitration Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver
is found to be void, unenforceable, or unlawful, in whole or in
part, because it would prevent you from seeking public injunctive
relief, then any dispute regarding the entitlement to such relief
(and only that relief) must be severed from arbitration and may be
litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction. All other
claims for relief subject to arbitration under this Arbitration
Agreement will be arbitrated under its terms, and the parties agree
that litigation of any dispute regarding the entitlement to public
injunctive relief will be stayed pending the outcome of any
individual claims in arbitration.
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Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver. WITH RESPECT TO ALL PERSONS AND
ENTITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE OBTAINED OR USED THE
SERVICE FOR PERSONAL, COMMERCIAL OR OTHER PURPOSES, ALL CLAIMS
MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES’ INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES, AND NOT AS
A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION,
COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER
REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO CLASS
ARBITRATION, AND, UNLESS WE AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY
NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS. YOU AND WORDIBLY
AGREE THAT THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF ONLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL
CLAIMANT AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF ON
YOUR INDIVIDUAL CLAIM(S). ANY RELIEF AWARDED MAY NOT AFFECT OTHER
WORDIBLY USERS. YOU AND WORDIBLY FURTHER AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING
INTO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AND WORDIBLY ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT
TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO BRING, JOIN, OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS
ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION, OR
OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND AS A PLAINTIFF OR
CLASS MEMBER.
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Trade Restrictions. You
acknowledge that the Services and any related products, information,
documentation, software, technology, technical data, and any derivatives
thereof, that Wordibly makes available (collectively “Excluded Data”) are subject to the export control and sanctions laws and regulations
of the United States and other countries that may prohibit or restrict
access by certain persons or from certain countries or territories
currently including, but not limited to, Cuba, the Crimea region of the
Ukraine, Sudan, Iran, North Korea and Syria ("Trade Restrictions”). You represent and warrant that you are not: (i) located in an
embargoed country or territory, (ii) under the control of an entity
organized in or a resident of an embargoed country or territory, (iii)
listed on any U.S. government list of persons or entities with which
U.S. persons are prohibited from transacting, including, but not limited
to, OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Other Blocked
Persons, the U.S. State Department's Nonproliferation Sanctions lists,
the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List or Denied Persons List
located athttps://www.trade.gov/consolidated-screening-list; or (iv) subject to end destination export control regulations, such
as, but not limited to, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and
U.S. Government EU Dual-Use Regulation EC 428/2009. You are solely
responsible for complying with Trade Restrictions for all Excluded Data
and any of its content transmitted through the Services.
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General Terms. This Agreement (including each
Order Form) contains the entire understanding between Wordibly you
relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes all prior oral or
written agreements between us. We reject any additional or different
terms proposed by you, including those contained in your purchase order,
vendor onboarding process or web portal. In the event of a conflict
between the terms of your Agreement and an Order Form, the terms of the
Order Form will control, but only as to that Order Form. You may not
assign or transfer your rights and benefits under this Agreement without
our prior written consent, but we may assign or transfer this Agreement
without restriction. Except as set forth in this Agreement, nothing in
this Agreement will be deemed to confer any rights or benefits on any
third party. No waiver, amendment, modification or addition to this
Agreement will be valid unless in writing and signed by both you and us.
In the event any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination will in no way
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision herein.
Wordibly and you are independent contractors, and this Agreement does
not create a partnership, joint venture, employment or agency
relationship between the Wordibly and any Customer or User. This is a
non-exclusive arrangement.
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Compliance with Laws. The parties recognize that this
Agreement is subject to, and intended to comply with, Applicable Law,
and agree that the Services addressed in this Agreement do not exceed
those which are reasonably necessary to accomplish the commercially
reasonable business purposes of this Agreement.
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Information or Complaints. Routine communications to
Wordibly regarding the Services should be sent to support@wordibly.com. Notices regarding termination for breach, indemnification, or other
legal matter should be sent by electronic mail to finance@wordibly.com in addition to overnight postal service to 950 W. Valley Rd,
Suite 2700 Wayne, PA 19087, Attn: General Counsel. Notices are deemed
received as of the time posted or delivered, or if that time does not
fall within a business day, as of the beginning of the first business
day following the time posted or delivered. For purposes of counting
days for notice periods, the business day on which the notice is deemed
received counts as the first day. Notices will be given in the English
language. Please note that e-mail communications will not necessarily be
secure; accordingly you should not include credit card information or
other sensitive information in your e-mail correspondence with Provider.
For complaints about the Services, California residents may reach the
Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the
California Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at 1625 North Market
Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800)
952-5210.