If you or the entity or organization you represent use a DAVI product or service free of charge (without a paid subscription), use of such product or service is subject to the free usage Terms of Use available at https://docs.retorik.ai/legal/freemium-agreement, and not to these Indirect Terms of Use.
If you or the entity or organization you represent purchase DAVI products or services directly (and not through a reseller or managed service provider), use of such products or services is subject to the standard Terms of Use available at https://docs.retorik.ai/legal/master-subscription-agreement, and not to these Indirect Terms of Use.
Indirect Terms of Use
These Indirect Terms of Use (these "Terms") contain the terms and conditions governing your use of the Services (as defined below) obtained through a reseller or managed service provider authorized by DAVI (the "Intermediary"), and govern the contractual relationship between DAVI, Inc., a company with a share capital of 62,904 euros registered with the Trade and Companies Register of Nanterre under number RCS: 433 940 194 and whose registered office is located at 19 rue Godefroy 92800 Puteaux ("DAVI"), and you or the entity or organization you represent.
If you are an individual using the Services for your own purposes: (1) all references to "Customer" pertain to you and (2) you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old, or have otherwise reached the "age of majority" where you reside, and that you have the right, power and authority to enter into these Terms.
If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity or organization you represent: (1) all references to "Customer" are to that entity or organization and (2) you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old, or have otherwise reached the "age of majority" where you reside, and that you have the right, power and authority to enter into these Terms on behalf of the Customer.
These Terms become binding and effective for the Customer on the earlier of: (1) when you access or use the Services, (2) when you click an "I Accept", "Sign Up" or similar button or checkbox for use of the Services in an interface that references these Terms, or (3) when your Intermediary provides you with access to the Services (the "Effective Date").
IMPORTANT: Your subscription to the Services, your billing and your support are managed by your Intermediary, and not directly by DAVI. For any questions regarding your subscription, fees, billing or technical support, please contact your Intermediary directly.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in these Terms shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Section 25.
1. Relationship with Intermediary
1.1. Acquisition through Intermediary
These Terms set forth the conditions under which Customer may access and use the Services obtained through an Intermediary authorized by DAVI. Your contractual relationship for the purchase, billing and support of the Services is with your Intermediary, in accordance with the terms of your agreement with the Intermediary.
1.2. DAVI's Role
DAVI provides the Services to Customer based on the subscription acquired by the Intermediary. DAVI is not a party to your commercial agreement with the Intermediary and is not responsible for the commercial terms, billing or first-level support provided by the Intermediary.
1.3. Intermediary's Responsibility
The Intermediary is responsible for: (a) selling and billing your subscription to the Services; (b) providing first-level support; (c) managing your account and Authorized Users; and (d) any communications regarding your subscription, renewal or termination.
2. Access and Use
2.1. Use of Services
Subject to the applicable subscription provided by your Intermediary and these Terms, DAVI hereby grants Customer the right to access and use the Services in accordance with the Documentation during the subscription term for the Customer Environment.
Customer may use the Services for internal purposes within the usage limits defined by DAVI for free accounts, as specified on the plans page at https://retorik.ai/pricing and in Customer's dashboard. Exceeding these limits may result in suspension or restriction of access to the Services.
Customer acknowledges that use of the Services by Customer for the benefit of third parties requires Customer's acceptance and participation in the DAVI Partner Network and will be subject to the terms available therein for the applicable partner program. For clarity, this limitation does not prevent Customer from sharing reports containing Customer Data that have been generated by the Services with individuals or entities outside its organization.
2.2. Customer Components
As between the parties, Customer controls the Customer Environment and its individual components (each, a "Customer Component"), whether owned, leased or licensed by Customer, located on Customer's premises or cloud-based, or used by Customer on a software as a service or other basis. Customer is solely responsible for the selection, implementation, activation, deactivation and configuration of connections between Customer Components and the Services (the "Connections") and the configuration of the Services, including with respect to how they interact with Customer Components. By connecting a Customer Component to the Services, Customer hereby grants DAVI the right, and expressly requests DAVI, to access and interoperate with such Customer Component solely to provide and support the Services. Customer is responsible for ensuring that access, use and interoperation of Customer Components with the Services comply with all terms, policies and licenses applicable to Customer Components and associated data and Connections (collectively, "Customer Component Terms").
2.3. Data
Through Customer's configuration and use of the Services, Customer has control over the types and quantities of data from the Customer Environment that are submitted to the Services or are otherwise uploaded to the Services (collectively, but excluding Account Data, "Customer Data"). By submitting Customer Data to the Services, Customer hereby grants DAVI, its affiliates and contractors the right, and expressly requests DAVI, its affiliates and contractors, to process Customer Data to provide and support the Services as described in the Documentation and these Terms. DAVI will be responsible for the actions and omissions of its affiliates and subcontractors undertaken in connection with DAVI's performance under these Terms to the same extent as DAVI would be responsible if it directly performed the Services. Customer authorizes DAVI to use information about Customer's configuration and use of the Services ("Usage Data"), Customer Data and Account Data to: (a) manage Customer's account; (b) provide and improve the Services and support; and (c) provide information, service and feature announcements and other reports. Customer agrees that DAVI may use aggregated or anonymized Customer Data and Usage Data for any commercial purpose during or after the term of these Terms, including, but not limited to, developing and improving DAVI products and services and creating and distributing information, reports and other documents.
2.4. Data Access, Sharing and Portability
Customer retains full ownership of Customer Data generated by use of the Services, and DAVI undertakes to provide, upon request from Customer or Intermediary, (a) access and export of such data in a structured, commonly used and interoperable format, allowing its transfer or export within a maximum period of thirty (30) days; (b) Customer may also request the transmission of its Data to a designated third party, under equivalent security conditions and for reasonable and proportionate fees; (c) DAVI will make available the documentation and interfaces necessary to ensure interoperability with other digital services, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 ("Data Act"); (d) in case of exceptional necessity of public interest provided for by the Data Act, certain Data may be communicated to public authorities of the European Union, with Customer being informed unless legally prohibited; (e) finally, Customer Data will be used by DAVI only for the performance of the Services, any secondary use for commercial purposes requiring Customer's written consent.
2.5. Limited Sublicense
All rights granted by each party to the other under this Section 2 are limited, non-exclusive and, except as otherwise provided in these Terms, non-transferable.
3. Availability
DAVI undertakes to make the Services available at least 99.95% of the time, excluding any time when the Services are unavailable due to one or more Exceptions (the "Availability Standard"). For any claims related to Services availability, Customer must contact its Intermediary who will coordinate with DAVI if necessary.
4. Support
4.1. Support by Intermediary
Customer acknowledges and agrees that technical support and assistance for the Services are provided primarily by the Intermediary. Customer must contact the Intermediary for any support requests, technical questions or problems encountered in using the Services.
4.2. Support by DAVI
DAVI will provide second-level support to the Intermediary for complex technical issues that cannot be resolved at the Intermediary level. DAVI has no obligation to provide support directly to Customer, except as otherwise provided in a separate agreement between DAVI and the Intermediary.
5. Security and Privacy
Each party has security and privacy obligations as set forth in these Terms, which it deems appropriate in accordance with the requirements of Privacy Laws in light of the nature, purpose and risks of processing Personal Data in connection with the Services.
5.1. Security
DAVI will implement and maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect Customer Data and Account Data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure, as described in the Security Measures. Customer is responsible for proper configuration of the Services in accordance with the Documentation, enabling single sign-on authentication for Customer accounts and securing passwords, keys, tokens or other credentials used by Customer in connection with the Services (collectively, "Customer Credentials"). Customer agrees to make reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access or use of the Services and to promptly notify the Intermediary (who will notify DAVI) if Customer believes that (a) Customer Credentials have been lost, stolen or made available to an unauthorized third party or (b) an unauthorized third party has accessed the Services or Customer Data.
5.2. Privacy
The parties agree to comply with the Data Processing Addendum, which is incorporated into these Terms. Customer agrees that it will transfer Personal Data to the Services only to the extent necessary for Customer to access and use the Services and to the extent permitted by Privacy Laws given the nature of the Personal Data and the specifics of the Services and the terms of these Terms. Unless otherwise expressly provided in applicable Supplemental Terms, described in the Documentation or otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, Customer must not use the Services to process Sensitive Information and must make reasonable efforts to restrict the inclusion of other Personal Data in Customer Data, including by applying filters, masks and other tools and configurations described in the Documentation.
6. Concealed Work
6.1. Registration Declaration
DAVI declares that it is registered with the RCS and URSSAF and that its registrations expressly cover all its activities for the performance of these Terms.
6.2. Obligation to Provide Concealed Work Compliance Documents
In accordance with Articles L 8221-1 et seq. of the French Labor Code and in accordance with Article D 8222-5 of the same Code, DAVI undertakes to provide the Intermediary, upon request, with the following documents:
- A copy of the tax notice relating to business tax,
- An extract from Kbis attesting to its registration in the trade register,
- A sworn statement established by the Company, certifying that the work is performed by employees who are regularly employed in accordance with Articles D.8222-5, D.8222-7 and D.8222-8 of the French Labor Code.
7. Customer Responsibilities and Restrictions
7.1. Customer Responsibilities
Customer will be solely responsible for: (a) the Customer Environment, including as necessary to enable Authorized Users to access and use the Services; (b) Account Data, Customer Data and Customer Credentials (including activities conducted with Customer Credentials), subject to DAVI's obligations under these Terms; (c) providing and receiving all required notices and any required consents and authorizations from providers of Customer Components, Authorized Users and individuals whose Personal Data may be included in Account Data, Customer Data or Customer Credentials and complying with Customer Component Terms.
7.2. Customer Restrictions
Nothing in these Terms includes the right and Customer shall not, directly or indirectly: (a) permit any person or entity other than Authorized Users to access and use the Services; (b) attempt to gain unauthorized access to a Service or its related systems or networks; (c) use a Service to access DAVI's intellectual property rights, except as permitted by these Terms; (d) modify, copy or create a derivative work based on a Service or any part, feature or function of a Service; (e) resell, distribute or otherwise make available any Service to a third party, including as part of a managed services offering; (f) except to the limited extent permitted by applicable law, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile any or all of the Services, or attempt to access, discover or recreate the source code of the Services; (g) access or use the Services or Documentation for the purpose of competing (or enabling others to compete) with DAVI, including copying ideas, features, functions or graphics; developing competitive products or services; or performing competitive analysis; (h) remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notices relating to the Services; (i) use the Services to send or store Malicious Code; (j) use or permit others to use the Services in violation of any law; or (k) use or permit others to use the Services other than for Customer's operations and as described in the applicable subscription, Documentation and these Terms.
7.3. DAVI Sanctions
In the event DAVI reasonably believes a violation of Section 7.2 has occurred, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity (including termination under Section 15.2), DAVI will have the right to investigate the alleged violation and suspend any individually identified Authorized User(s) suspected of the violation from accessing the Services for as long as is reasonably necessary to remediate the potential violation. DAVI will notify the Intermediary in writing of any suspension (each, a "Suspension Notice") and will work with the Intermediary and Customer in good faith to resolve the potential violation. Such Suspension Notice will be provided in advance, unless DAVI reasonably believes the alleged violation creates an urgent or emergency situation where failure to take immediate action may expose DAVI, Customer or other DAVI customers to a risk of imminent harm.
8. Compliance with Applicable Laws
Each party agrees to comply with all Applicable Laws with respect to the performance of its obligations and the exercise of its rights under these Terms. Without limiting the foregoing:
8.1. Anti-Corruption and Anti-Influence Peddling
Each party must comply with applicable anti-corruption and anti-influence peddling laws, in accordance with the recommendations of the French Anti-Corruption Agency. As of the Effective Date, each party represents that it has not received, given or offered any unlawful or inappropriate bribe, payment, gift or value from an employee, agent or representative of the other party or its affiliates in connection with these Terms. Each party agrees to promptly notify the other party if it learns of a violation of the foregoing. This representation is not intended to include usual and reasonable gifts and entertainment provided in the ordinary course of business, to the extent such gifts and entertainment are permitted by applicable law.
8.2. Economic Sanctions
Neither party shall provide, directly or indirectly, DAVI software, Services, related technologies or technical data (i) to a person, entity, country or region identified on the consolidated screening list, available at https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/sanctions (ii) a person or entity in Russia or Belarus (collectively, "Target Sanctions"), or (iii) to any party owned 50% or more by one or more Target Sanctions. Each party represents that (a) it is not a Target Sanctions; and (b) it is not otherwise prohibited (on the basis of 50% ownership, location for operations or use, or other legally relevant factors) from providing or receiving Services, as applicable, without a license or other approval under export controls.
9. Pricing and Fees
9.1. Billing by Intermediary
Customer acknowledges and agrees that all fees related to the Services are billed by the Intermediary in accordance with the terms of the agreement between Customer and the Intermediary. DAVI issues no invoices directly to Customer and has no billing obligation to Customer. Any questions regarding fees, billing or payments must be addressed to the Intermediary.
9.2. Payment Disputes
Any disputes regarding fees must be handled directly with the Intermediary. DAVI reserves the right to suspend Customer's access to the Services in case of non-payment by the Intermediary, after notice to the Intermediary and Customer.
10. Subscription Renewal
10.1. Renewal
Renewal of your subscription to the Services is managed by your Intermediary in accordance with the terms of your agreement with the Intermediary. DAVI is not responsible for notifying or managing the renewal of your subscription.
10.2. Subscription Expiration
If your subscription provided by the Intermediary expires or is terminated, your access to the Services will be suspended or terminated in accordance with the Intermediary's instructions.
11. Taxes
All tax-related questions applicable to the Services are managed between Customer and the Intermediary in accordance with the agreement between Customer and the Intermediary. DAVI is not responsible for collecting or paying taxes in connection with providing the Services to Customer.
12. Ownership
As between the parties: (a) Customer owns all right, title and interest in and to the Customer Environment and Customer Data, including in each case all associated Intellectual Property Rights, and (b) DAVI owns all right, title and interest in and to the Services, Documentation, DAVI Operational Data and Feedback, including in each case all associated Intellectual Property Rights. Both parties have the right to use threat actor data for the purpose of neutralizing the threat, including for third parties. Except for rights expressly granted by one party to the other in these Terms, all rights are reserved by the granting party.
13. Confidentiality
13.1. Confidential Information
As used in these Terms, "Confidential Information" means any information disclosed by a Party, its affiliates, business partners or their respective employees, agents or contractors (collectively, the "Discloser") that is designated as confidential, orally or in writing, or which, given the nature of the information or the circumstances surrounding its disclosure, should reasonably be considered confidential. Confidential Information includes, without limitation: (a) Customer Data; (b) information relating to the Discloser's or its affiliates' technology, customers, business plans, promotional and marketing activities, finances, pricing and other commercial affairs; (c) third-party information that the Discloser is required to keep confidential; and (d) the terms of these Terms. However, Confidential Information does not include information that: (i) was known to the party receiving Confidential Information (the "Recipient") without restriction on use or disclosure; (ii) is independently developed by the Recipient without reference to or use of the Discloser's Confidential Information; (iii) is acquired by the Recipient from another source without restriction on use or disclosure; or (iv) is or becomes publicly available without fault or action of the Recipient.
13.2. Use and Disclosure Restrictions
Recipient must use at least the same degree of care it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own similar Confidential Information of the same nature (but not less than reasonable care) to: (a) use the Discloser's Confidential Information only as permitted by these Terms, unless the Discloser has given prior written consent for other uses, and (b) disclose the Discloser's Confidential Information only to Recipient's or its affiliates' employees, partners, contractors (including legal counsel and accountants) and service providers ("Representatives") who (i) are bound by non-use and non-disclosure obligations and (ii) need to know the Confidential Information for Recipient to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under these Terms. Recipient is responsible for any violation of these obligations by its Representatives to the same extent as it is responsible for its own violations. To the limited extent any use or disclosure is required by applicable law or by a valid and binding order of a governmental body (such as a subpoena or court order), Recipient may disclose only that portion of the Discloser's Confidential Information it is required to disclose upon advice of its counsel, provided that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, Recipient makes reasonable efforts to give the Discloser reasonable advance notice to afford it an opportunity to intervene and seek an order or other appropriate relief for the protection of its Confidential Information.
14. Disclaimer
14.1. NO IMPLIED WARRANTIES
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY, WHETHER IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ALL WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
14.2. As Is
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS, ALL SERVICES, SUPPORT AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED BY DAVI "AS IS", "AS SUCH" AND "AS AVAILABLE". DAVI MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, AND HAS NO SUPPORT OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS. WITHOUT LIMITING OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 14, DAVI MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES, DOCUMENTATION OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS, OR THE RESULTS OF USING THEM: (a) WILL MEET CUSTOMER'S OR ANY OTHER PERSON'S REQUIREMENTS; (b) WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION; (c) WILL ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULT; (d) WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR (e) WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH, WORK WITH OR CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CUSTOMER COMPONENTS. ANY MODIFICATION TO THE CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENT, CUSTOMER COMPONENTS OR CONNECTIONS (INCLUDING THEIR UNAVAILABILITY) OR CUSTOMER COMPONENT TERMS DURING A SUBSCRIPTION TERM DOES NOT AFFECT CUSTOMER'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE APPLICABLE SUBSCRIPTION OR THESE TERMS.
15. Term and Termination
15.1. Term
The term of these Terms will continue for 90 days after the expiration or earlier termination of the last subscription in effect provided by the Intermediary.
15.2. Termination for Breach
DAVI may terminate access to the Services upon written notice to the Intermediary and Customer if the Intermediary fails to pay amounts due to DAVI. In addition, either party may terminate Customer's access to the Services then in effect upon written notice to the other party and the Intermediary, if the other party materially breaches these Terms, and such breach remains uncured for 30 days after the non-breaching party has provided the breaching party with written notice of such breach.
15.3. Effect of Termination
Upon expiration or earlier termination of Customer's subscription: (a) subject to Section 15.5, all rights granted to Customer with respect to the Services will cease as of the effective date of termination; (b) subject to Section 15.5, DAVI will have no obligation to provide the applicable Services to Customer or Authorized Users after the effective date of termination.
15.4. Payments Upon Termination
All questions related to payments upon termination must be handled between Customer and the Intermediary in accordance with their agreement.
15.5. Post-Termination Access
Provided that the Intermediary has paid all amounts due to DAVI, and subject to any shorter retention period in the applicable Service Plan, until 30 days from the effective date of termination of these Terms or the applicable subscription, an Authorized User designated by Customer will be permitted to continue to access and download Customer Data that was accessible to Authorized Users through the Services immediately prior to termination. The designated Authorized User's access and use will continue to be subject to the terms of these Terms, provided that the Authorized User accesses or uses the Services only to download Customer Data. Customer Data after termination will be deleted in the ordinary course, but will in no event be retained beyond the retention period of the applicable Service Plan. Customer or Intermediary may request early deletion of Customer Data by submitting an organization deletion request to support@davi.ai.
15.6. Survival
The provisions set forth in the following sections, and any other rights or obligations of the parties under these Terms that by their nature should survive termination or expiration of these Terms, will survive any expiration or termination of these Terms: 2.3 (Data), 7.2 (Customer Restrictions), 11 (Taxes), 12 (Ownership), 13 (Confidentiality), 15 (Term and Termination), 16 (Limitations of Liability), 18 (Notices), 21 (Independent Parties; No Third Party Beneficiaries), 23 (Governing Law; Venue) and 24 (General Provisions).
16. Limitations of Liability
16.1. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 16, (A) IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR DAMAGES FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS; (B) IN NO EVENT WILL DAVI, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; AND (C) IN NO EVENT WILL DAVI'S CUMULATIVE AND AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS EXCEED THE FEES PAID BY THE INTERMEDIARY TO DAVI FOR CUSTOMER'S SERVICES IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY. THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS SECTION 16 APPLY WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF THE NON-BREACHING PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
16.2. Exceptions
The exclusions and limitations of Section 16.1 do not apply to: (i) gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of a party in connection with these Terms; (ii) Customer's breach of Section 7.2; or (iii) Intermediary's payment obligations to DAVI.
17. Publicity
Neither party shall, except as required by applicable law or stock exchange requirements, issue or publish any advertisement, statement, press release or other advertising or marketing material relating to these Terms or otherwise use the other party's trademarks or logos without the other party's prior written consent. However, DAVI may include Customer's name and logo in its DAVI customer lists, public website and any other promotional materials, in each case in accordance with any Customer brand guidelines to the extent available to DAVI. DAVI agrees to cease such uses of Customer's name and logo within 30 days of Customer's or Intermediary's request submitted to support@davi.ai.
18. Notices
18.1. Notice of Breach
Notices for claims made for breach of the Terms (including exercise of any associated termination right) or for notices under Section 12 (Ownership), must be sent to (a) DAVI, at its Puteaux, France registered office address (provided at https://www.davi.ai/contact/), with a copy to davi@davi.ai or (b) to Customer at the physical and email addresses identified by the Intermediary. All legal notices required or permitted under this Section 18.1 must be given in writing and are deemed to have been sufficiently given (i) one business day after being sent by courier to the party's physical address; or (ii) three business days after being sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the party's physical address.
18.2. Other Communications
- (a) To DAVI. For all other notices or communications to DAVI, Customer or Intermediary may contact, as applicable, (i) support@davi.ai (in connection with Sections 4 and 15.5), (ii) daf@davi.ai (in connection with Section 9), (iii) any other email address specifically identified in an applicable section of the Terms.
- (b) To Customer. For all other notices or communications to Customer, DAVI will contact the Intermediary who will forward to Customer, or DAVI will directly contact a Customer Administrator by email. For non-Customer-specific notices, DAVI may communicate through the Services.
19. Affiliates
19.1. Authorized Affiliates
Where a Customer affiliate has not entered into a separate subscription directly with the Intermediary, Customer may authorize such affiliate (each, an "Authorized Affiliate") to access and use the Services under an existing subscription between the Intermediary and Customer. In such cases, Customer will be responsible for such Authorized Affiliate's compliance with the terms of these Terms and any applicable subscription.
19.2. Customer Liability for Affiliates
Customer will be jointly responsible for compliance with these Terms with its Authorized Affiliates. As between DAVI and Customer, Customer accepts full responsibility for the acts and omissions of its Authorized Affiliates.
20. Assignment
Either party may assign these Terms to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, consolidation or reorganization, or a sale of all or substantially all of the business or assets of that party relating to these Terms to an unaffiliated third party, provided that notice is provided within 60 days of such assignment and the assignee agrees in writing to accept all obligations and liabilities under these Terms. Subject to the foregoing, neither party may assign its rights or obligations under these Terms, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the other party's prior written consent. Any purported assignment in violation of this section is void. These Terms bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
21. Independent Parties; No Third Party Beneficiaries
The parties expressly understand and agree that their relationship is that of independent contractors. Nothing in these Terms constitutes a party as an employee, agent, joint venture partner or servant of another. These Terms are for the sole benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of these Terms.
22. Force Majeure
Neither party will be liable to the other party, or be deemed to have defaulted or breached these Terms, for any failure or delay in performing or performing any condition of these Terms (except for any obligation to make payments for Services received), when and to the extent such failure or delay is caused by events beyond the reasonable control of the party concerned, including acts of force, pandemics, floods, fires or explosions; war, invasion, riots or other civil disturbance; terrorist or criminal acts; cyberattacks; Internet disruptions; embargoes or blockades in effect on or after the date of these Terms; or national or regional emergency (each of the foregoing, a "Force Majeure Event"), provided that, in each case, the party concerned promptly notifies the other party, indicating the period during which the event is expected to continue, and makes diligent efforts to end the failure or delay and minimize the effects of such Force Majeure Event.
23. Governing Law; Venue
- French law shall govern any interpretation of the contract, particularly with regard to the contractual liability and tort liability of the parties.
- All disputes relating to these Terms that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to the Commercial Court of Nanterre, to which jurisdiction is expressly attributed, regardless of the defendant's domicile, as well as in case of third-party warranty claims or multiple defendants.
- The parties agree that the United Nations Convention dated April 11, 1980 on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically excluded from application to these Terms.
24. General Provisions
24.1. Entire Terms
These Terms, together with the applicable subscription provided by the Intermediary and, as applicable, Supplemental Terms, constitute the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between DAVI and Customer and supersede all proposals, questionnaires and other communications and agreements between the parties (oral or written) relating to the subject matter of these Terms.
24.2. Amendment
Except as otherwise provided in these Terms, these Terms may be amended only by a written instrument duly signed by authorized representatives of the parties.
24.3. No Waiver
Failure of a party to exercise or enforce a condition, term or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that condition, term or provision. Any waiver by either party of a condition, term or provision of these Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any other condition, term or provision.
24.4. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms will remain in full force and effect.
24.5. Headings
The headings in these Terms are provided for reference only and do not affect the interpretation of these Terms. For purposes of these Terms, the words "includes", "including" and "including" are deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation"; the word "or" is not exclusive; and the words "herein", "hereof", "above", "below" and "hereafter" refer to these Terms as a whole.
25. Definitions
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in these Terms have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 25.
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"Account Data" means information about Customer that Customer or the Intermediary provides to DAVI in connection with the creation or administration of Customer's DAVI accounts, such as the first and last name, username and email address of an Authorized User. Customer must ensure that all Account Data is current and accurate at all times during the applicable subscription term, and must not under any circumstances include Sensitive Information in Account Data. Account Data is subject to DAVI's privacy policy.
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"Affiliate" means, with respect to a Party, a business entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with that Party, where "control" means direct or indirect ownership of more than 50% of the voting securities of a business entity.
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"Applicable Laws" means all laws, rules, guidelines, regulations or governmental orders that are applicable to a particular Party's performance under these Terms.
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"Authorized User" means an individual employee, agent or contractor of Customer or an Authorized Affiliate for whom subscriptions to the Services have been acquired through the Intermediary in accordance with the terms of the applicable subscription and these Terms, and who has been provided User Credentials for the Services by Customer, Intermediary or the Authorized Affiliate (or by DAVI at the request of Customer, Intermediary or an Authorized Affiliate).
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"Available" means that the Services used by Customer are available for access; "Availability" has a correlative meaning. Availability is assessed from the time the Services are made available by DAVI's hosting provider and measured in minutes during each calendar month during the subscription term.
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"Customer Administrator" means the person(s) identified in the Account Data as administrative users.
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"Data Processing Addendum" and "DPA" means the Data Processing Addendum at https://docs.retorik.ai/legal/data-processing-addendum.
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"DAVI Operational Data" means data relating to the operations, use and testing of the Services, including data arising from the use of the Services by DAVI customers, aggregated data on third-party components, aggregated and/or anonymized data as described in Section 2.3, and other data and information that informs the Services.
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"Documentation" means DAVI's standard user documentation for the Services, currently available at https://docs.retorik.ai/.
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"Customer Environment" means Customer's infrastructure, systems and applications in which the Services are used.
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"Exceptions" means any of the following: (a) Customer's breach of these Terms or the applicable subscription; (b) Customer's failure to configure and use the Services in accordance with the Documentation; (c) failures or issues related to the Customer Environment; (d) Force Majeure Events; (e) DAVI's suspension of Authorized Users' access to the Services in accordance with Section 7.3; or (f) maintenance during a window for which DAVI notifies the Customer Administrator or Intermediary by email or through the Services in advance.
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"Feedback" means bug reports, suggestions or other feedback regarding the Services or Documentation provided by or on behalf of Customer to DAVI, excluding any Customer Confidential Information contained therein.
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"Intellectual Property Rights" means all registered and unregistered rights granted, applied for or otherwise existing now or in the future under any copyright, trademark, trade secret, database protection or other intellectual property rights laws, and all rights or forms of protection of a similar or equivalent nature, anywhere in the world.
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"Intermediary" means the reseller or managed service provider authorized by DAVI through which Customer has acquired its subscription to the Services.
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"Malicious Code" means code, files, scripts, agents or programs intended to cause harm, including, for example, viruses, worms, time bombs and Trojan horses.
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"Party" means each of DAVI and Customer.
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"Personal Data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
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"Privacy Laws" means applicable laws concerning the confidentiality and protection of Personal Data.
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"Processing" means performing an operation or set of operations on data, content or information, including submitting, transmitting, displaying, transferring, disclosing, collecting, recording, organizing, structuring, storing, adapting or modifying; "Process" has a correlative meaning.
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"Sensitive Information" means (a) government-issued identification numbers, including social security numbers; (b) financial information; (c) special categories of personal data subject to Article 9 of the GDPR; (d) Personal Data relating to criminal convictions and offenses subject to Article 10 of the GDPR; (e) protected health information subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended; and (f) any other information subject to specific or enhanced requirements under applicable law or industry standards. "GDPR" means the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Data Protection 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.
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"Services" means the software products and services as a service provided by DAVI and accessible by Customer in accordance with these Terms and the applicable subscription provided by the Intermediary.
26. Order of Priority
In case of conflict between these Terms and any other document, the following order of priority shall apply: (1) these Terms; (2) the agreement between Customer and Intermediary; (3) the Documentation.