These Veritas Hosted Services Trial Terms (“Service Terms”) are part of the Agreement between You and Veritas. For the purposes of these Services Terms, “Veritas” means Veritas Technologies LLC and/or its subsidiaries, and the terms “You”, “Your” or “Customer” refer to the Services Entitlement owner/contract owner named in the Services Order. You and Veritas may each also be referred to as a “Party” and together, the “Parties.” The “Agreement” consists of, collectively, these Services Terms, plus the terms of the applicable Services Order including the relevant Services Description. Capitalized terms not defined in these Services Terms have the same meaning as defined in the Services Order. Customer and Veritas agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below. Defined terms stated in the singular may be used in the plural, and vice versa.
a) “Affiliate(s)” means, any present or future entity that, directly or indirectly Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with either Party, where “Control” means power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
b) “Certificate” means the machine-generated certificate sent to Customer by Veritas to confirm an order of the applicable Services, whether ordered directly from Veritas or through Veritas’ authorized channel partner.
c) “Confidential Information” has the meaning given under “Confidentiality” below.
d) “Service Component” means certain enabling software, hardware peripherals and associated documentation which may be separately provided by Veritas as an incidental part of a Trial Service.
e) “Service Description” means Veritas’ standard, then-current description of a Service’s features, including any product-specific additional terms and requirements, and any accompanying service level targets (“SLA”), if applicable.
f) “Customer Content” means information which the Customer uploads to the Service to be processed and/or stored through the Services and any information generated within the Service as a result of the processing of that information.
g) “Customer Entity Data” means information that Veritas needs to configure the Service, and/or to provide any included support for the Service to the Customer, including but not limited to, names, e-mail address, IP address and contact details of designated users and contacts for the Service, and other Personal Information provided during configuration of the Service or any subsequent support call.
h) “Trial Period” means the period of time for which Trial Customer commits to trial a Service, commencing on the date Services have been provisioned and continuing for up to thirty (30) days. Veritas reserves the right to extend or shorten the Trial Period. Such Trial Period is provided free of charge to Customer for up to twenty-five (25) seats (individuals) of Yours.
i) “Service(s)” means cloud-based and/or hosted trial Veritas service(s), delivered to Customer hereunder, whether as an individual service or as a collective bundle of related services, including any Service Components.
j) “Services Order” means the Parties’ mutually-agreed commitment for Services under this Agreement. A Services Order for trial Services usually takes the form of a website click through or signup, though it may instead be a written addendum, exhibit, or statement of work signed by the Parties, a machine-generated Veritas quote accepted by Customer, or in the absence of any such document, Customer’s order accepted by Veritas directly or through an authorized Veritas channel partner, as documented in the Certificate issued in confirmation of such order.
2. SERVICES. Veritas agrees to provide the Services specified in the Services Order, subject to this Agreement. Subject to applicable law, Veritas reserves the right to provide the Services from anywhere in the world. Customer’s access to the Services from certain countries may be subject to applicable law and any technical limitations of the Services. Services may be updated by Veritas from time to time. In order to enable Veritas to setup and/or provide the Services, Customer will provide Veritas with all necessary technical data, and other current, accurate and complete information reasonably required by Veritas for such purposes.
3. SERVICES USAGE.
a) Use. Customer will only use the Services for its internal business use.
b) Lawful Use of Services. Customer may only use the Services for lawful business purposes. If Customer does not comply with this requirement, Veritas reserves the right to suspend all or part of the Services immediately during such non-compliance.
4. TRIAL PERIOD AND EFFECT OF TERMINATION. The Trial Period will commence on the date that Customer is notified by Veritas that the Services have been provisioned. There will be no charge for the Services during the Trial Period. At any time prior to the commencement of the Trial Period or during the Trial Period, Veritas may, in its sole discretion, decline or discontinue provision of the Services and terminate this Agreement with immediate effect. After the Trial Period expires, Customer may request to continue the Veritas hosted services only upon Customer entering into a separate Veritas hosted services agreement. Subject always to Veritas’ obligations in Sections 5 (Confidentiality) and 6 (Use and Protection of Customer Content and Customer Entity Data), Customer agrees that Veritas will not return any Customer Content to Customer upon expiration or termination of this Agreement.
5. CONFIDENTIALITY.
a) "Confidential Information” means the non-public information that is exchanged between the parties, provided that such information is: (1) identified as confidential at the time of disclosure by the disclosing party (“Discloser”), or (2) disclosed under circumstances that would indicate to a reasonable person that the information ought to be treated as confidential by the party receiving such information (“Recipient”). A Recipient may use the Confidential Information that it receives from the other party solely for the purpose of performing activities contemplated under this Agreement. For a period of five (5) years following the applicable date of disclosure of any Confidential Information, a Recipient will not disclose the Confidential Information to any third party. A Recipient will protect it by using the same degree of care, but no less than a reasonable degree of care, to prevent the unauthorized use, dissemination or publication as the Recipient uses to protect its own confidential information of a like nature. The Recipient may disclose the Confidential Information to its Affiliates, agents and subcontractors with a need to know in order to fulfill the purpose of this Agreement, who have signed a nondisclosure agreement at least as protective of the Discloser’s rights as this Agreement.
b) This provision imposes no obligation upon a Recipient with respect to Confidential Information which: (i) is or becomes public knowledge other than by breach of this Agreement; (ii) was in the Recipient’s possession before receipt from the Discloser and was not subject to a duty of confidentiality; (iii) is rightfully received by the Recipient without any duty of confidentiality; (iv) is disclosed generally to a third party by the Discloser without a duty of confidentiality on the third party; or (v) is independently developed by the Recipient without use of the Confidential Information. The Recipient may disclose the Discloser's Confidential Information as required by law or court order provided: (1) the Recipient promptly notifies the Discloser in writing of the requirement for disclosure; and (2) discloses only as much of the Confidential Information as is required. Upon request from the Discloser or upon termination of the Agreement, the Recipient will return all Confidential Information and all copies, notes, summaries or extracts thereof or certify destruction of the same.
c) Each party will retain all right, title and interest to such party’s Confidential Information. The parties acknowledge that a violation of the Recipient’s obligations with respect to Confidential Information may cause irreparable harm to the Discloser for which a remedy at law would be inadequate. Therefore, in addition to any and all remedies available at law, Discloser will be entitled to seek an injunction or other equitable remedies in all legal proceedings in the event of any threatened or actual violation of any or all of the provisions.
6. USE AND PROTECTION OF CUSTOMER CONTENT AND CUSTOMER ENTITY DATA.
a) Veritas operates as a data processor with no control over the type, substance or format of Customer Content. Customer, as data controller, is responsible (i) to ensure that processing and disclosure of such information to Veritas complies with applicable laws; (ii) to inform users that their information will be processed by Veritas in the United States or other countries that may have less protective data protection laws than the region in which they are situated (including the European Economic Area); (iii) to inform users of how it will be used, and to assure that Customer has all appropriate consents required for such transfer and use; and (iv) to inform relevant users that communications transmitted through systems covered by the Services may be intercepted or monitored for purposes of the Services.
b) In the normal course of providing the Services, Veritas does not require access to or use of the Customer Content, other than by machine-read, electronic methods. Veritas, its Affiliates, agents or subcontractors, may access or use the Customer Content, if required, to enable proper functioning of the Service or as otherwise set forth in the Service Descriptions. In the limited circumstances where Veritas has any access to the Customer Content, Veritas shall process the Customer Content in accordance with the Customer’s instructions, provided that such instructions are consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Veritas may access, use or disclose Customer Content as required by law or court order. Veritas will give Customer reasonable notice of any legally required disclosure to allow Customer to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy (except to the extent Veritas’ compliance with the foregoing would cause it to violate a court order or other legal requirement). As between Customer and Veritas, at all times the Customer Content will remain the property of Customer.
c) By providing the Customer Entity Data, Customer acknowledges that the Customer Entity Data, including any Personal Information contained within it, will be processed and accessible on a global basis by Veritas, its Affiliates agents and subcontractors for the purposes of providing the Services, to generate statistical information about the Services, for internal research and development, and as otherwise described in the Services Descriptions, including in countries that may have less protective data protection laws than in the country in which Customer or its users are located. Veritas may disclose the collected Personal Information as required or permitted by law or in response to a subpoena or other legal process. Customer also consents for itself and as agent for its contacts whose details have been provided as part of the Customer Entity Data to the use by Veritas of that Personal Information for the purposes of informing Customer of Veritas products and services which may be of interest to Customer and account management. Where Customer’s processing of the Personal Information provided to Veritas under the Agreement is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, or other applicable laws that relate to the processing of personal data and privacy that may exist in the European Economic Area, the UK Switzerland, Veritas shall process such personal data in accordance with the Data Processing Terms and Conditions at https://www.veritas.com/privacy. All questions and requests on privacy matters may be addressed to Veritas Technologies LLC – Privacy Program Office at Veritas’ headquarters address published on veritas.com, Email: privacy@veritas.com. Veritas acknowledges that individuals may choose to opt out of direct marketing at any time on written notice to Veritas.
7. DISCLAIMER OR WARRANTIES. CUSTOMER AGREES THAT VERITAS SHALL PROVIDE THE SERVICES ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS AND THAT THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONCERNING THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. VERITAS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET CUSTOMER’S REQUIREMENTS OR THAT USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The intellectual property rights in the Services are and will remain Veritas’ property or that of its licensors.
9. INDEMNIFICATION BY CUSTOMER. Customer agrees, at Veritas’ request to defend, and to indemnify Veritas against and hold Veritas harmless from any and all claims, actions, losses, costs and expenses Veritas may incur as a result of: (i) any breach by Customer of the Section entitled “Lawful Use of Services”, (ii) Customer’s unauthorized use of the Services in a manner not contemplated by the Services Description, or (iii) any third party claim in relation to Customer Content and/or Customer Entity Data.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT, REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE CLAIM, WILL EITHER PARTY OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, LOSSES, EXPENSES OR COSTS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE SERVICES, DEFECTIVE PERFORMANCE, NON-PERFORMANCE OR DELAYED PERFORMANCE BY VERITAS OF ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EXCEPT FOR THE PARTIES’ INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE CLAIM, VERITAS’ OR ITS SUPPLIERS’ TOTAL LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO TEN THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($10,000.00) FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL LIMIT EITHER PARTY’S LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED BY LAW.
11. SERVICES DESCRIPTION. The Service specific features and terms set forth at the following shall apply to this Agreement: https://www.veritas.com/about/legal/license-agreements (or successor URL) provided, however, “Service Levels” and the issuance of “Service Credits” are not applicable to this Agreement.
12. U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS. This Section applies only to U.S. Government entities. The Veritas hosted Services and any related enabling software are deemed to be commercial computer software as defined in FAR 12.212. Any use, modification, reproduction release, performance, display or disclosure of the Veritas hosted Services or any related enabling software by the U.S. Government shall be solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and all other provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the U.S. Government, except (a) as modified by any addendum agreed to in writing by Veritas and the U.S. Government and (b) that any provisions contrary to federal law shall be read out of this Agreement without impacting the validity and enforceability of its other provisions.
13. GENERAL. (a) Veritas has the right to subcontract the performance of the Services to third parties, provided that Veritas remains responsible for the contractual obligations according to the Agreement and any Services Order. (b) All notices of breach, termination or the like will be in writing and addressed to the receiving party’s current business contact, if known, with a cc: to the General Counsel/Legal Department of the receiving party and sent to the party’s address as listed in the Agreement, or as updated by either party in writing. Notices shall be effective upon receipt and shall be deemed received as follows: (i) if personally delivered by courier, when delivered, or (ii) if mailed by first class mail, or the local equivalent, on the fifth business day after posting with the proper address; or (iii) by email and/or by publication on the applicable interface(s) through which Customer’s administrator interacts with the Services. (c) Customer may not assign the rights granted hereunder or the Agreement, in whole or in part and whether by operation of contract, law or otherwise, without Veritas’ prior written consent. (d) Each party will be excused from performance, other than payment obligations, for any period during which, and to the extent that, it is prevented from performing any obligation or service, in whole or in part, due to unforeseen circumstances or to causes beyond such party's reasonable control including but not limited to war, strike, riot, crime, acts of God, or shortages of resources. (e) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the following laws, without giving effect to conflict of law principles: the laws of the state of California for Customers located in the Americas; the laws of England and Wales for Customers located in Europe, Middle East or Africa; the laws of Singapore for Customers located in Asia Pacific. Such application of law excludes any provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, including any amendments thereto. (f) If any provision of the Agreement is found partly or wholly illegal or unenforceable, such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the legality and enforceability of the other provisions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver of any breach or default under the Agreement will not constitute a waiver of any other right for subsequent breach or default. No person other than a party to the Agreement will be entitled to enforce any term of it except as expressly provided herein. (g) Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Services and any related download or technology (“Controlled Technology”) may be subject to applicable export control and trade sanction laws, regulations, rules and licenses, and that Customer is hereby notified of the information published by Veritas on https://www.veritas.com/legal/legal-notices, or successor website, and will comply with the foregoing, and with such further export restrictions that may govern individual Services, as specified in the relevant Service Descriptions. (h) Any subsequent modifications to these terms and conditions will be made in writing and duly signed by authorized representatives of both parties or they will be void and of no effect. Together with the terms of the Services Order, these terms are the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any previous or contemporaneous agreement, proposal, commitment, representation, or other communication whether oral or written between the parties regarding such subject matter. The Agreement prevails over any conflicting or additional terms of any purchase order, ordering document, acknowledgement or confirmation or other document issued by Customer, even if signed and returned. The terms of the Services Order, the terms of the main body of this Agreement, and the Services Description shall govern, in that order of precedence, in the event of any conflict by or among such documents. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one single agreement between the parties. The signatories hereto represent that they are duly authorized to sign this Agreement on behalf of their respective companies.