Terms and Conditions

Last updated: February 4, 2022

1. Your Relationship with Us 

2. Acceptance of Terms. 

3. Changes to the Terms 

1. Quality. Nextech will perform Nextech’s obligations under these Terms with promptness and ‎diligence, in a good and proficient manner, in accordance with applicable industry standards and ‎practices, and with no less than the standard of professional skill, care and diligence customarily ‎applied by contractors providing or performing similar work and providing similar services for similar ‎projects in North America, but in any event at all times in accordance with these Terms.‎ 

2. Applicable Laws. Nextech will at all times comply with all applicable laws in connection with the performance ‎of the Services.  Nextech will obtain and at all relevant times maintain all work permits and other licenses, ‎certificates, authorizations and approvals required under applicable law as are necessary for Nextech to perform ‎lawfully all obligations under these Terms.‎ 

3. Subcontracting. Nextech may subcontract these Terms, the Services or any portion of it or them to any third party without your prior ‎written consent, provided that, with respect to each subcontractor (a) Nextech will ensure that any ‎subcontracted Services are provided in compliance with these Terms by individuals qualified and competent to ‎provide them (b) any breach, act or omission by any of Nextech’s subcontractors in connection with these Terms will ‎be deemed a breach, act or omission by Nextech, and Nextech will be fully responsible therefor.‎ 

4. ‎Malware. Nextech will use industry-standard, diligent and reasonable efforts to prevent the Services or any product of the Service (each, a “Deliverable”) from containing, and will not intentionally include in any ‎Deliverable, any malicious code. Upon notice by you that a Deliverable as delivered by us to you contains malicious code (a) to the extent the Deliverable consists of Nextech’s ‎or its subcontractors’ original work, Nextech will promptly, at its own cost or expense, repair or replace the Deliverable ‎ so that it does not contain the malicious code; and (b) to the extent the Deliverable consists of third ‎party materials (including open source software), Nextech will work with you to remove or repair the Deliverable ‎to mitigate against the malicious code.‎ 

5. Your Responsibilities. Nextech and you will work together to determine any materials, items, information, data, resources, tasks, services, and other assistance that you are required to ‎obtain, procure, perform or provide in order for Nextech to perform hereunder (each, a “Client Item”).‎ You will perform all Client Items on or prior to the applicable target dates and you will direct your ‎personnel to promptly and efficiently cooperate with any reasonable requests made by Nextech in connection ‎with these Client Items.  ‎If, you have failed or will fail to perform any Client Items on or prior to the applicable any target date provided by Nextech, you will promptly notify Nextech, and in any event within not more than five business days after you ‎know the same, providing details thereof to Nextech so that Nextech can determine the actual or reasonably ‎likely effect of the failure or inaccuracy on Nextech’s performance of the Services and delivery of Deliverables. ‎Any failure of you under this provision will constitute a valid reason for any subsequent failure to ‎perform by Nextech that is related thereto, and will exempt Nextech from any liability associated with any such ‎resultant failure.‎ 

6. Services in Beta. From time to time, we may offer early access to Services that are currently in their beta version (“Beta Services”).  Your access to and use of Beta Services may be subject to additional terms and conditions. We make no representations that any Beta Services will be made available to you or at all, and we reserve all rights to discontinue your access and the general availability of Beta Services at any time. You understand and agree that all Beta Services are being provided on an “as is” basis and that due to the nature of Beta Services, the Beta Services may contain, bugs, errors, and other defects and that your use of any Beta Services is at your own risk.  

7. Your End Users. Individuals and entities who are authorized by you to access our Services are your “End Users”. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your End Users use of our Services, including the acts and omissions of your End Users, and that any breach by your End Users of these Terms will be deemed a breach by you of these Terms. In the event that any of your End Users are found to be in breach of these Terms, we may, in our sole discretion, suspend or terminate their or your access to the Services. 

5. Your Account and Security 

In consideration of your use of the Services, you hereby agree to: (a) provide true, ‎accurate, current ‎and complete information about yourself and your business as requested by any registration forms on the Service ‎‎‎(“Registration Data”); and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, ‎accurate, ‎current and complete. By providing Registration Data to us through the Services, you will ‎provide personal account ‎information. You hereby agree to be fully responsible ‎for: (w) all use of your User ‎Account; (x) any action that takes place using your account by any ‎person or automated process; (y) ‎maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account ‎and passwords; and (z) immediately notifying ‎us upon any unauthorized use of your password or ‎account, or if you know of any other breach of security in relation to the Services. ‎We will not be liable for any loss or ‎damage arising from any unauthorized use of your ‎account(s).‎

6. Fees and Refunds 

The following terms and conditions apply to all of our paid Services, including paid Services for which we may offer a free trial from time to time.  

The Services may include various offerings and features (for example, basic or premium tiers of service and one time purchases or add-ons), with different benefits, conditions, and limitations. Your level of access to a Service, including with respect to offerings and features is determined by the tier of subscription package or the specific add-ons you may purchase from time to time. You can find the specific details regarding fees and features on the applicable website or application for each Service. We reserve the right to change the offerings, features and Services, from time to time in accordance with these Terms.  

1. Payment via Online Account: For certain Services, you will be asked to provide payment information, including your credit card number and billing address, during the account registration process. By completing your registration for the Service, you authorize us to charge you all applicable subscription and one-time fees plus applicable taxes in accordance with the Services you select. Before completing your order, you will be presented with details regarding all associated recurring subscription fees (“Subscription Fees”), the applicable subscription period (“Subscription Period”) and the overall term of the subscription (“Subscription Term”) for those Services being provided on a subscription basis (each, a “Subscription”) and details regarding any one-time Services and all associated fees (“One-Time Fees”). You will be charged immediately upon commencement of the Service and for your Subscriptions, automatically at the beginning of each Subscription Period during the Subscription Term. For example, if the Subscription Period is a month and the Subscription Term is two years, you will be charged at the start of each month for a term of two years for this Subscription.  

2. Payment via Order Form: For certain Services, we will require the completion of an Order Form to order Services. Each Order Form will set out the particular fees and payment schedule for the Services being provided under the Order Form. Services may be charged in various ways, including on a Subscription basis, a one-time set fee basis, or on a time and materials basis. You agree to pay all fees set out in each Order Form in accordance with these Terms and the terms and conditions set out in each Order Form. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the terms and conditions set out in an Order Form, the terms and conditions set out in the Order Form will prevail to the extent necessary to resolve the conflict.   

3. Subscription Auto-Renewal: In order to ensure that you will not experience any interruption or loss of ‎Services, your Subscription includes an automatic renewal option by default, ‎according to which, unless you disable the auto-renewal option or cancel your ‎Subscription no less than thirty (30) days prior to the then current Subscription Term’s expiry, the Subscription ‎will automatically renew upon the end of the then current Subscription Term, ‎for a renewal period equal in time to the original Subscription Term (each, a “Renewal ‎Subscription Term”) and, unless otherwise notified to you, at the same price ‎‎(subject to any changes to applicable taxes and excluding any discount or other ‎promotional offer provided to you on a limited time basis). Accordingly, unless ‎either you or us cancel the Subscription prior to its expiration, we will ‎automatically charge you the applicable Subscription Fees upon or immediately ‎prior to the expiration of the then current Subscription Term. If you wish to ‎avoid such auto-renewal, you must cancel your Subscription (or disable the auto-‎renewal option), prior to its expiration, at any time by contacting us at ‎support@nextechar.com. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, ‎in the case you cancel the Subscription, during a Subscription Term, the ‎Subscription will not renew for an additional Subscription Term, but you will not be refunded ‎or credited for any unused period within the Subscription Term, however, you will continue to be able to access the Services until the end of the then current Subscription Term. ‎ 

4. Payment Information: You must provide and at all times must maintain accurate, complete, and current billing ‎information, including your postal/zip code, credit card number, and credit ‎card expiration date. We may suspend or terminate your account ‎or access to the if your offered payment method (e.g., credit ‎card) cannot be processed. In addition, orders may not be accepted from certain jurisdictions. By providing a payment method, you expressly authorize us and ‎our third party payment processors to charge the applicable fees on said payment method, as well ‎as taxes and other charges related thereto, all of which depend on the Services you utilize. You agree that we may charge any unpaid amounts to your provided ‎payment method.‎ If you provide a payment method and our charge results in an overdraft, chargeback, or other ‎fee from your bank, you alone are responsible for that fee.‎ If you become aware of a potential breach of security to your billing ‎information (such as credit card loss or theft), you must notify us immediately.‎ In the event that we are unable to collect any fees owed by you, we may, at our sole discretion attempt to collect at a later time or suspend or terminate your access to the Services, at any time, without advance notice to you. 

5. Free Trial. If you register for a Free Trial of our Service, we will make those aspects of our Service which are noted as subject to the free trial on our website available to you free of charge until the earlier of (a) the end of the free trial period for which you registered to use the applicable Service as noted on our website; or (b) the start date of any purchased Subscription or other Services ordered by you; or (c) the termination of these Terms pursuant to the termination provisions below. Additional trial terms and conditions may appear on the trial registration website. Any such additional terms and conditions are incorporated into and form an essential part of these Terms by reference. 

6. Modifications to Services and Pricing:  

   i. We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to change, modify, add, remove, ‎suspend, cancel, or discontinue any aspect of the Services in our sole discretion. If ‎the Services you paid for are materially altered and you are accessing the Services under a Subscription, you will receive notice by email and ‎will have the opportunity to receive a pro rata refund if you do not agree to the changes or cancel your Subscription.‎ 

   ii. In addition, we may modify our fees from time to time. In the event you are accessing the Services under a Subscription and the Subscription fee for the Services you are using has been modified such that you are required to pay a ‎different fee than at the time you entered into these Terms, you will (a) be notified at the email address for you on file at least thirty ‎‎(30) days before you are billed at the different rate, and (b) have ‎the opportunity to cancel your Subscription. If you do not cancel your Subscription before the ‎next billing renewal date, you will be deemed to have accepted the new fees.‎ 

7. REFUNDS: SUBJECT TO SECTION (16) OF THESE TERMS, UNLESS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL PURCHASES, INCLUDING RECURRING CHARGES, ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE.  

8. Invoiced Services. Unless an Order Form or Subscription provides otherwise, Nextech will invoice monthly for all fees and expenses then due and payable under each Order Form, Net 30 days. 

9. ‎Taxes. Quoted Fees are exclusive of and you will be responsible for paying any applicable goods, services, surcharges, regulatory assessments, duties, levies, or value added taxes on any Services and ‎Deliverables you receive under these Terms. You may not, except ‎to the extent required by applicable law, withhold any amounts on payments to be made hereunder.  If you ‎believe that you have any obligation to withhold any amount under applicable law, you will notify Nextech thereof and will ‎cooperate in good faith with Nextech in its efforts, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to recover any such ‎amounts from the applicable authorities.‎  The invoiced amount and amounts charged to the Payment Method may therefore ‎fluctuate as applicable taxes, which we do not control, fluctuate and you agree to pay any and all applicable taxes and government fees. ‎ 

10. Currency. Unless otherwise stated in an Order Form, Nextech will invoice you in United States dollars.  

11. Late Fees. In the event that you fail to pay an invoice due to Nextech within thirty (30) days ‎of the invoice date (the “Late Payment”), you agree without any prior notice, to ‎pay a late fee at the interest rate of one and a half percent (1.5%) of the outstanding ‎balance per month, compounding monthly, or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is highest. In ‎addition, Nextech shall be entitled to recover from you all costs, fees, and expenses ‎actually incurred for the recovery of the outstanding amounts due under the ‎Agreement, including all actual legal fees and costs on a solicitor-client basis. Notwithstanding any of ‎the foregoing and in addition thereto, in the event of any Late Payment, Nextech may, ‎in its sole discretion, suspend your access to the Services or terminate these Terms in ‎whole or in part, without any liability whatsoever and without prejudice to our right ‎to claim all amounts due by you to us. ‎ ‎

7. Intellectual Property Rights; Limited Licence

1. License to the Service and Deliverables. Nextech hereby grants to you a limited, perpetual, worldwide, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferrable license, to use the Service and the Deliverables, throughout your enterprise in accordance with these Terms. You acknowledge that your use of the Service or the Deliverables for any purpose not expressly permitted by these Terms is strictly prohibited. Without limiting the restrictions in Section (13): (a) neither our Service, nor the design or layout of the Services, nor any part or component of any of the foregoing, may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purpose whatsoever without our or, where applicable, our licensors’ prior written consent; and (b) you cannot create any work of authorship or proprietary right based on the Services. You will only use the Services and Deliverables as may be expressly provided in these Terms or to the extent permitted by law or (if applicable) relevant open source licences.

2. Title to Service and Deliverables. Nextech and its third-party licensors retain all rights, title and interests, including intellectual property rights, in and to the Service and the Deliverables, including all software, computer code, tools, patches, updates, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, photographs, images, pictures, audio, sound effects, sound recordings, features, functionality, design, presentation videos, visual effects, music, user accounts, objects, and “look and feel” of the Services. You will not acquire any rights, including without ‎limitation any intellectual property rights and registrations, in the Service or the Deliverables.  All rights not expressly granted to you ‎hereunder are expressly reserved by Nextech and our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and any other proprietary rights.  The Service and Deliverables are licensed and not sold.  You ‎acknowledge and agree that, by operating the Service or Deliverables, benchmark results and ‎usage data may be collected by Nextech.‎

3. Title to Client Materials. Title to any documents, equipment, materials, data, Client Items or intellectual property rights supplied by or on behalf of you to or for the benefit of Nextech in relation to the provision of any Services hereunder (collectively, the “Client Materials”) will remain with you and your licensors at all times.  At no time will title to the Client Materials pass to Nextech.

   i. License to Use.  You hereby grant Nextech a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, sublicenseable, license during the Term to use the Client Materials to perform the Services and expressly not for any collateral purpose.

   ii. Clarification.  For greater certainty, where the Client Materials include materials licensed you by a third party, Nextech’s access to or use thereof may be conditional upon Nextech’s execution of a prescribed form of written agreement.

4. Return. Nextech will return to you all of the Client Materials in Nextech's possession or control: (i) at any time upon request by you (on your understanding that, if the Client Material is Client Item, Nextech may thereby be prevented from performing hereunder); (ii) after Nextech's completion of the work for which the Client Material was provided or on behalf of you to or for the benefit of Nextech; and (iii) upon expiration or termination of the relevant Order Form or these Terms.

5. Links. Where our Services may contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. Such links should not be interpreted as approval or endorsement by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them, and we are not responsible for any consequences, losses, or damages that may arise from your access or use of such sites or resources. For clarity, if you choose to access any such sites or resources, you do so at your own risk.

6. Advertising. We have the right, without notice, to insert advertising data into the Services, so long as this does ‎not ‎involve our transmission of any of your personal information in contravention of the Privacy Policy.  ‎If you ‎elect to have any business dealings with any party whose products or services may be ‎advertised on the ‎Services, you acknowledge and agree that such dealings are solely between you and ‎such advertiser and we will ‎not be a party to, or have any responsibility or liability related thereto.  You ‎acknowledge and agree that no ‎such advertising may be construed as an endorsement by us of any ‎such products or services advertised.

7. Third party or Open Source IP. ‎You acknowledge and agree that Nextech’s project methodology ‎includes the use of third party and open source intellectual property rights, and that Nextech may include the same in the Service or a ‎Deliverable without your express prior written consent by concurrently delivering the applicable license ‎agreement therefor and by complying at all times with such license.  For greater certainty, this provision applies to ‎‎“open source” or “free” software or materials, whether or not the license thereto is copyleft, provided that where any Deliverable is commercial off-the-shelf software, it shall be sufficient if the documentation made available to you by Nextech contains a reference to the open source or free software used therein.‎ 

8. User Generated Content

1. User Content. In using our Services, you may be able to create or upload different types of content (“User Content”). ‎User Content includes any communications, messages, posts, comments, ‎chats, images, sounds, ‎that you create using or upload to our Services, including all the material, data, text, graphics, ‎photographs, videos, location ‎information, or any other content contained therein. ‎
   
   
2. Ownership of User Content. We do not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be ‎deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit your User Content. ‎At all times, you and your third party licensors will retain all ownership over your User Content.
   
   
3. Licence to User Content. By submitting, transmitting, posting, uploading, or otherwise providing any User Content in ‎connection ‎with the Service, you are granting Nextech and our affiliates a perpetual and ‎irrevocable, worldwide, ‎fully paid-up and royalty free, non-exclusive, unrestricted, ‎unconditional, unlimited license, including the ‎right to sublicense, transfer and assign to third ‎parties, and right to copy, print, host, reproduce, fix, ‎adapt, modify, improve, retitle, translate, ‎reformat, archive, store, cache or otherwise exploit in any ‎manner, create derivative works ‎from, manufacture, introduce into circulation, commercialize, publish, ‎distribute, disclose, sell, ‎resell, license, sublicense, transfer, rent, lease, transmit, publicly display, ‎publicly perform, or ‎provide access to electronically, broadcast, communicate to the public by ‎telecommunication, ‎display, perform, enter into computer memory, and use and practice, in any way now ‎known ‎or in the future discovered, in any media, at any time, your User Content as well as all modified ‎‎and derivative works thereof in connection with our provision of the Service, including ‎advertising, ‎marketing and promotions thereof. No credit, approval or compensation is due to ‎you for any such use ‎of the User Content you may submit. To the extent permitted by ‎applicable laws, you hereby waive any ‎moral rights you may have in any User Content (like the ‎right to be identified as the author of the User ‎Content or the right to object to a certain use of ‎that User Content).‎
   
   
4. User Content Specific Terms. In connection with your User Content, you acknowledge and agree that:
    
   1. you are solely responsible for any User Content posted in connection with the ‎Service and that you may be held liable for any User Content that you upload, post or ‎otherwise transmit via the Service and that you will at all times comply with the Code of Conduct set out in Section (17) of these Terms which applies at all times, to the User Content you create using and upload to our Services;
      
      
   2. Nextech shall bear no responsibility for any User Content you ‎upload and shall assume no responsibility for monitoring the Service for inappropriate or illegal ‎content or conduct;
      
      
   3. with respect to any User Content posted by other users, such users are solely responsible for ‎the User Content they post, including, without limitation, the reliability, accuracy, and ‎truthfulness of any such User Content;
      
      
   4. Nextech reserves the right (but at no time is obligated to), in its sole discretion, monitor, remove, ‎block, edit move, disable or permanently delete User Content with or without notice for any ‎reason whatsoever;
      
      
   5. to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Nextech shall at no ‎time be liable for the removal, modification, blocking, moving or deletion of User Content;
      
      
   6. the User Content shall not include any personal identification, such as ‎personal names, email addresses, or other indicia identifying any other person, including, ‎without limitation, celebrities or other public or private figures, living or dead, or that is otherwise ‎invasive of a person's privacy;‎
      
      
   7. Nextech reserves the right to limit the storage capacity of User Content that you post on, through ‎or in connection with the Service; and
      
      
   8. Nextech reserves the right to immediately terminate the account of any user who violates the Terms related to ‎User Content.
      
      
5. Other User’s User Content. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for any User Content posted in connection with ‎any portion of the Service. We are merely providing access to the Service and User Content as ‎a service to our users to be used in accordance with these Terms. With respect to any User ‎Content posted by other users, such users are solely responsible for the User Content they ‎post, including, without limitation, the reliability, accuracy, and truthfulness of any such User ‎Content. Similarly, we have no control over whether such User Content is of a nature that ‎other users might find offensive, distasteful, or otherwise unacceptable and, accordingly, we ‎expressly disclaim any responsibility for any User Content. Just as when you view content in ‎any other setting, you should exercise appropriate discretion, good judgment, and caution in ‎accessing User Content in the Service and in taking any actions based upon such User Content. ‎Accordingly, you will bear all risks associated with any such User Content that you access or ‎use.
   
   
6. Contact Us. If you are aware of any User Content posted in connection with the Service which violates ‎these Terms please contact us at support@nextechar.com. Please provide as much detail as ‎possible, including a copy of the underlying material, the location where we may find it, and ‎the reason such User Content should be removed. Please note that filing a complaint will not ‎guarantee its removal. We only will remove User Content if we believe the measure is ‎necessary, in our sole discretion. To the extent any notice is based on an alleged copyright ‎violation, please follow the instructions set forth in the section entitled "Copyright Notices." ‎Although we may attempt to monitor User Content, in no event do we assume any obligation ‎to do so or liability for failing to either monitor the Service or remove specific User Content.‎

9. Communication Channels

1. Communication Channels. Some of our Services may provide communication channels such as, but not limited to, fan pages, ‎forums, communities, or chat areas ("Communication Channels") designed to enable you to ‎communicate with other Service users and post User Content, including your feedback, ‎questions, suggestions, ideas, submissions, observations and comments on designated topics.
2. Monitoring. Nextech is under no obligation to monitor these communication channels but may do so, and ‎reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Channels and to remove ‎any materials, at any time, with or without notice for any reason, at its sole discretion. Nextech ‎may also terminate or suspend your access to any Communication Channels at any time, ‎without notice, for any reason. ‎
3. Communication Channel Specific Terms. You acknowledge and agree that:

1. 1. You will at all times use the Communication Channels in accordance with the Code of Conduct set out in Section (17) of these Terms;
   2. chats, postings, or materials posted by users on the Communication ‎Channels are neither endorsed nor controlled by Nextech, and these communications should not ‎be considered as reviewed or approved by Nextech;
   3. You will be solely responsible for your activities within the Communication Channels and under ‎no circumstances will Nextech be liable for any activity within the Communication Channels;
   4. all your communications within the Communication Channels are public, and ‎you have no expectation of privacy regarding your use of the Communication Channels;
   5. Nextech may use, sell, exploit and disclose the comments, feedback, suggestions, ‎concepts, ideas, know-how or techniques contained in any communications you provide in any ‎manner, for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without restriction, without ‎attribution and without compensation to you, in accordance with these Terms;
   6. Nextech is not responsible for information that you choose to share on the Communication ‎Channels, or for the actions of other users including without limitation, other users’ misuse or ‎misappropriation of any User Content or other information you post in any Communication Channels; and
   7. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Service and any other parties ‎with whom you interact through the Service. Nextech reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become ‎involved in any way with these disputes. If you have a dispute with one or more users, you release ‎and hereby agree to indemnify Nextech (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures ‎and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and ‎nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes, including ‎damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use or data.

10. Copyright Notices

1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an ‎‎exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;‎
2. if the complaint is about copyright or other intellectual property rights, identification of the ‎‎copyrighted work or other intellectual property right claimed to have been infringed, or, if ‎‎multiple infringements are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such ‎‎infringements;‎
3. if the complaint is about objectionable content, the reasons for the objection;‎
4. identification of the material that you are objecting to and that is to be removed or access to ‎which ‎is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the ‎material;‎
5. information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an ‎‎address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the ‎‎complaining party may be contacted;‎
6. a statement that the information in the notification is accurate; and
7. if the complaint is about copyright or other intellectual property rights, a statement under penalty of ‎‎perjury, that (i) the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right ‎that ‎is allegedly infringed, and (ii) the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material ‎in the ‎manner complained of is not authorized by the owner thereof, its agent or the law.‎

11. Service Specific Terms

1. Map D. The following terms and conditions are specific to our Map D Payment Processing Service (“Map D”).

1. 1. Payment Processing. Map D helps you accept and process credit card payments from your customers in exchange for participation in your event, admission tickets, booths, and other products or services you may sell as a part of your event ("Event Sales"). Stripe provides the payment processing to you on behalf of Nextech. You will be required to register for a Stripe account in order to use Map D and agree to their Terms of Service to use Stripe (https://stripe.com/terms). Stripe will either deduct Map D's Transaction Fees (as defined in an applicable Order Form) from your payment and remit that amount to Nextech or you will remit the Transaction Fees directly to Nextech in a timely manner as outlined on your Order Form.
       
   2. Taxes on Event Sales. You are solely responsible for determining which, if any, sales, use, amusement, value added, consumption, excise and other taxes, duties, levies and charges (collectively, "Sales Taxes") apply to sales you make using Map D, including but not limited to your Event Sales. You agree that it is your sole responsibility to, and that you will, collect and remit the correct amounts of all such Sales Taxes to the applicable governmental authorities. Nextech cannot and does not give you legal or tax advice, so please consult your tax advisors about any Sales Taxes which may be applicable to your use of Map D. You acknowledge and agree that Nextech assumes no and has no liability with respect to any such Sales Taxes. If a governmental authority requires Nextech to pay any Sales Taxes attributable to sales, including but not limited to Event Sales, you make using Map D, you agree to promptly and fully reimburse Nextech for any such Sales Taxes upon demand and to indemnify and hold us harmless from all costs, penalties, interest and expenses related thereto.
      

12. Confidentiality

1. Definition. “Confidential Information” means any and all data or information in any form (including all electronic, magnetic, physical, intangible, visual and ‎oral forms), whether or not such information has been marked or indicated as confidential, that (i) is, at the time of ‎its delivery to or access by the other party, not generally known to any person without an obligation of ‎confidentiality, (ii) by its nature or the nature of its disclosure, would reasonably be determined to be confidential, ‎or (iii) is marked or indicated as proprietary or confidential (without requiring such marking), and in any event ‎includes Personal Information, trade secrets, know-how, supplier and customer information (whether past, present, ‎future and prospective), specifications, strategic plans, source code and related data, designs, drawings, financial ‎information, marketing information, information as to business opportunities (including strategies and research and ‎development), consultation records and plans, engineering information, and third party data;. 

2. Confidentiality. In connection with these Terms, each of us (in this Section, the “Disclosing Party”) has furnished or may furnish or has made or will make available to the other (in this Section, the “Receiving Party”) Confidential Information.  At all times during and after the term of these Terms, the Receiving Party will protect the Confidential Information using the same degree of care as it would use to protect its own similarly confidential information, but in any event never less than a reasonable degree of care, and will take all reasonable steps to safeguard the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information from unauthorized disclosure as set out in these Terms. 

3. Obligations. The Receiving Party will not use or disclose the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party except as strictly necessary in the performance of its obligations under these Terms or in enforcing or defending its rights or obligations under these Terms (collectively, in this Section, the “Purpose”) or as expressly permitted by this Section.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Receiving Party will not directly or indirectly do any of the following: 

   i. use any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than the Purpose; 

   ii. copy or reproduce any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, except as strictly necessary to carry out the Purpose; 

   iii. disassemble or decompile any technology, software or hardware included in the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, or otherwise attempt to reverse engineer the design, function or, if applicable, source code of any such Confidential Information, except (i) as strictly necessary in carrying out the Purpose, and (ii) if this prohibition is limited or restricted in any way by any applicable law, it will only apply to the maximum extent permitted by such law; or 

   iv. disclose any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information except in the following: 

        limited disclosure strictly to those of the Receiving Party’s directors, officers, consultants, legal representatives, accountants, advisors and personnel and permitted subcontractors (i) to whom disclosure is necessary to carry out the Purpose, and (ii) from whom the Receiving Party is owed legally-binding obligations of confidentiality at least as strict as those set out in these Terms (collectively, in this Section, the “Further Recipients”), provided that, at all times, the Receiving Party will be responsible to the Disclosing Party for the acts and omissions of the Further Recipients as if such acts and omissions were its own, or 

        disclosure limited strictly to the extent the Receiving Party or any of its Further Recipients is required (including, without restriction, by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or other similar process) by any law to disclose any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, provided that it (unless prohibited by such applicable law) gives the Disclosing Party advance written notice as soon as practicable in the circumstances so that the Disclosing Party may contest the disclosure or seek an appropriate protective order, and further provided that it cooperates reasonably and in good faith with the Disclosing Party in its efforts to prevent, restrict or contest such required disclosure. 

4. Return or Destruction. Upon termination of these Terms or upon the written instruction of the Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party will return or destroy all originals and copies in any form of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information in its or its Further Recipients’ possession or control and will destroy or cause to be destroyed all originals, copies or other reproductions or extracts of such Confidential Information.  For the purposes of this Section 12)d), information stored in electronic form will be deemed to be destroyed when the charged party performs a commercially reasonable application or operating system level delete function with respect to such data, provided that it does not thereafter directly or indirectly perform or permit any recovery or restoration the same by any means (including by way of undeletion, archives, backups or forensics). Receiving Party will provide Disclosing Party with a certificate confirming the deletion of all Confidential Information in its possession pursuant to this Section 12)d). Each party will be responsible for ensuring that its Further Recipients fully comply herewith. 

5. Ownership. Except as set out in these Terms, no party grants to the other any right, title or interest in or to its Confidential Information. 

6. Exceptions. The obligations of confidentiality set out in this Section will not apply in respect of uses or disclosures of information where: 

     i. the Disclosing Party consents in writing; or 

     ii. the Receiving Party can establish with documentary evidence that, other than as a result of a breach of these Terms, the information: 

        1. is available in the public domain; 

        2. was disclosed to it by a third party without violating confidentiality obligations; or 

        3. was already independently known by it or was subsequently and independently developed by it; 

   in each case without any direct or indirect use or access to such Confidential Information whatsoever. 

7. ‎Information Security Management. In addition to any particular requirements set out in any ‎Order Form, Receiving Party will implement and maintain an information security management program with ‎standards that are no less rigorous than accepted industry practices, and will comply with all Applicable ‎Laws to protect Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, ‎modification, or disclosure.   

8. Personal Information. Without limiting any of the foregoing, each Receiving Party will use all reasonable efforts to (a) guard against unauthorized access to, use and disclosure of all Personal Information received by it as part of the Confidential Information; and (b) fully comply with all Applicable Laws applicable to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information or to its Personal Information, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), as it may be amended or replaced by successor legislation from time to time, and all regulations promulgated thereunder.

9. Press Release. Notwithstanding the confidentiality provisions above, the parties may issue a public announcement, issue a press release, conduct media interviews, or conduct other publicity activities announcing the existence of the business relationship between the parties and the general nature of the Services being provided by Nextech to you. As such, the parties hereby grant one another a reciprocal and limited license to use each other’s name and trademarks in any such publicity activities provided that such use is at all times in compliance with any brand guidelines provided for such brand assets. 

13. Representations and Warranties

1. Corporate Authorization and Status. Each party represents and warrants as follows:
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   1. it has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under these Terms;‎
      
      
   2. the individual or individuals signing these Terms on behalf of the party has or have been properly ‎authorized and empowered to enter into these Terms;‎
      
      
   3. it is in good standing in its jurisdiction of incorporation and that all of its constating and organizational ‎documents are complete, fully executed and in order; and
      
      
   4. such party’s execution and performance of these Terms will not conflict with, or result in the breach ‎of, any express or implied obligation or duty (contractual or otherwise) that such party now or in the ‎future owes to any other person.‎
      
      
2. You. You represent, warrant, and covenant as follows:‎
    
   1. that you own or otherwise control any and all rights in and ‎to the User Content and that public posting of the User Content by Nextech will not infringe or ‎violate the rights of any third party in any manner or violate any applicable laws;
      
      
   2. You are the sole owner or have a valid license to all intellectual property rights in and to the Client ‎Materials necessary to grant the rights provided under these Terms;‎
      
      
   3. the Client Materials do not violate any applicable laws including without limitation any applicable ‎deceptive trade practices, fair competition, or consumer protection laws;
      you are solely responsible for the conduct of your End Users and their compliance with these Terms; ‎and
      
      
   4. nothing in the Client Materials advocates for any illegal activity, is defamatory, or otherwise violates ‎the legal rights of any third-party, howsoever arising.
      
      
3. Nextech. Nextech represents, warrants, and covenants as follows:
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   1. Nextech is the sole owner or has a valid license to all intellectual property rights in and to the ‎Services and Deliverables necessary to deliver them in accordance with the provisions of these Terms;
      
      
   2. The Services will be performed by persons who have the qualifications, knowledge, skill and ‎ability to perform these services; and
      
      
   3. All software contained in any Deliverables will be free and clear of all Claims, liens, charges and ‎encumbrances.
      
      
4. Disclaimers. The representations and warranties expressly set forth in these Terms are in lieu of all other ‎conditions, representations and warranties (express, implied or statutory), including representations and ‎warranties of merchantable quality or fitness for a particular purpose. To the extent that any Deliverable ‎‎(including the hosted elements thereof) depends on the public internet, (a) any representation made regarding ‎access, performance, speeds, reliability, availability, use or consistency of thereof is on a “commercially ‎reasonable efforts” basis when it relates to the public internet; and (b) without limiting any obligations relating ‎to security hereunder, data, messages, information or materials sent over the public internet may be ‎intercepted by third parties.‎
   

14. Feedback

1. We have no obligation to review, consider, or implement your Feedback, or to return to you all or part of any Feedback for any reason;
2. Feedback is provided on a non-confidential and non-proprietary basis, and we are not under any obligation to keep any Feedback you send confidential or to refrain from using or disclosing it in any way;‎
3. You irrevocably grant us an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sub-licensable (including via multiple tiers of sublicensing), transferrable licence to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, modify, publicly perform (including on a through-to-the-audience basis), communicate to the public, make available, publicly display, and otherwise use and exploit the Feedback and derivatives thereof for any purpose and without restriction, free of charge and without attribution of any kind, including by making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, and promoting commercial products and services that incorporate or embody Feedback, whether in whole or in part, and whether as provided or as modified;
4. You have been deemed to have warranted to us that you have or own all the necessary legal rights to upload, post, or submit such Feedback and grant us (and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns) the licence to the Feedback, and that the Feedback does not and will not violate any law or the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights of any person;
5. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for any Feedback you submit or contribute, ‎and you are fully responsible and legally liable, including to any third party, for such content, its accuracy, and ‎your rights to use it; and
6. You waive any moral rights or other rights of authorship in and to any Feedback in favour of Nextech, including any rights you may have in the altered or changed Feedback even if it is no longer ‎agreeable to you.

15. Equipment Requirement 

To use the Services, you may need certain hardware, software, capabilities and other resources (including a suitable connection to the Internet). You are solely responsible for procuring and maintaining such resources at your own cost.  

16. Updates, Interruption, and Termination 

1. Updates: From time to time, we have the right (but not obligation) to provide updates (patches, new features, etc.) to the Services for free or for a fee. You understand that your access to certain features of the Services might be affected by such updates. You also understand that such updates may affect the necessary system specification required to use the Services. In such case, you are responsible for any necessary equipment to continue to access the Services. 

2. Interruption: You acknowledge that the Services or any part thereof may be interrupted for maintenance or reasons beyond our control, and we cannot guarantee that the Services will be uninterrupted. We will not be liable for any interruption of the Services, delay, or failure to perform resulting from any causes whatsoever. Additionally, the Services may be unavailable depending on geographic location. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we reserve the right to discontinue the Services at any time in our sole discretion, for any reason, or for no reason, with or without notice.

3. Suspension or Termination: To the extent allowable by applicable law, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time for any reason, including if you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms, or if activities occur on your account which would or might (i) cause damage to or impair the Services or infringe or violate any third party rights (including intellectual property rights), or (ii) violate any applicable laws or regulations. Termination or suspension of your account also entails the termination or suspension of your licence to use the Services, or any part thereof. If we suspend or terminate your account, we will notify you by email. If we terminate your account for a reason other than your breach of these Terms or applicable law and you purchased a Subscription, we will refund you the prorated portion of your prepayment for the greater of (i) the then-current month or (ii) ‎other applicable time period for your Subscription.‎ You agree and understand that your continued use of the Services is at our sole and absolute discretion and ‎that you will not seek to hold us liable for any suspension, restriction, or termination of our use of the Services.‎

17. Code of Conduct

18. Exports and Location 

19. Indemnity 

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to, at your sole cost, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Nextech, its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers, and advisors, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs, fines, penalties, and expenses, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of or in any way connected with: (i) a breach by you, or any user of your account, or any of your End Users, of any applicable obligation, representation, or warranty under these Terms; (ii) the content of or any inaccuracy in your Feedback; (iii) our use or publication of your Feedback infringes any third party intellectual property rights; (iv) your access to or use of, or activities in connection with, the Services; (v) your violation of any applicable laws, rules, regulations, or contracts; or (vi) any misrepresentation made by you (all of the foregoing, “Claims and Losses”). You will cooperate as fully required by us in the defense of any Claims and Losses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we retain the exclusive right to settle, compromise, and pay any and all Claims and Losses. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any Claims and Losses at our own cost. You will not settle any Claims and Losses without, in each instance, our prior written consent or the consent of an individual whom we authorize, in writing, to approve such settlement. 

20. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES

21. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

22. Privacy Policy

You also acknowledge that our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.nextechar.com/nextech-ar-solutions-privacy-policy, will also apply to your use of our Services and forms an essential part of these Terms.  

1. Term. These Terms will be effective as of the earlier of (a) the date you began using the Service; and (b) the date you consented to these terms through our website, apps, an Order Form or otherwise, and will continue until terminated hereunder (the “Term”).  For greater certainty, the completion, expiration, or termination of any or all work hereunder will not, by itself, terminate these Terms. 
2. Termination. These Terms or any Order Form may be terminated as follows: 

    

   i. Convenience. Unless an Order Form expressly states that it may not be so terminated, by Nextech for its sole convenience upon delivery of thirty (30) calendar days prior written notice of termination to you;  

    

   ii. Default. By either party upon written notice if the other party (or a person for which such other party is responsible) is in default of or breaches any provision of the particular Order Form or these Terms and such breach or default (i) is incapable of cure within a fifteen (15) calendar day period from the day that the terminating party delivers notice to the breaching party specifying the particulars of such breach, or (ii) continues for such fifteen (15) calendar day period without cure by the other party, and in each case “cure” means the full rectification, which shall be determined in the reasonable discretion of the affected party, of such breach or default in compliance; 

    

   iii. Non-Payment. By Nextech upon written notice if you do not pay any invoices when due and payable and you fails to cure such breach within seven (7) calendar days’ from the day that Nextech delivers notice of such breach to you; and 

    

   iv. Insolvency or Cessation. By either party upon written notice if the other party (i) is bankrupt, insolvent, or unable to discharge its liabilities as they become due; (ii) commences, maintains or is subject to any proceedings for the benefit of insolvent debtors or for protection from its creditors or relating to its liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or insolvency or the appointment of a receiver, receiver-manager or similar officer or custodian for such party or all or any material part of its assets or business; (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of all or substantially all of its creditors; (iv) suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or cease, to carry on its business in the normal course; or (v) is subject to any liquidation, winding-up or dissolution. 

    
3. Obligations upon Expiration or Termination.  The parties will remain responsible and liable for all of their respective obligations and liabilities accrued before the expiration or termination of any Order Form or these Terms. Upon the expiration or termination of any Order Form or these Terms for any reason whatsoever, and without limiting any remedies available to the parties: 
    
   i. you will pay to Nextech all fees for services properly performed and Deliverables delivered to and delivered to you prior to the effective date of termination, provided that, with respect to any fees that are “fixed price”, the amount payable to Nextech will be a portion of the total amount payable, as determined by the parties acting reasonably having regard to the services performed and Deliverables completed and accepted by you; and 
    
   ii. Nextech will deliver to you all originals and copies, in whatever form or medium, of all completed Deliverables then existing and all work-in-progress regarding those Deliverables for which you have paid the relevant payments hereunder. 
4. Survival. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms, those provisions of these Terms that by their nature ought to survive any expiration or termination of these Terms, and all other provisions necessary to their interpretation or enforcement, will so survive and will remain in full force and effect and be binding upon the parties as applicable, including without limitation Sections 6), 7), 8), 13), 14), 17), 19), 21), 22), 23), and 24).

1. Relationship.  The parties are non-exclusive, independent contracting parties, and nothing in these Terms or done pursuant ‎to these Terms will create or be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment or ‎other similar relationship between you and Nextech. At all times Nextech will conduct Nextech’s business and affairs ‎in a manner consistent with maintaining its independent contractor status.  Nothing in these Terms or done ‎under these Terms in any way limits, prohibits or restricts either party from engaging in discussions or ‎entering into agreements with any other person at any time regarding similar services, deliverables and other ‎work product as those performed, delivered or provided under these Terms. 

2. Non-Solicit.  ‎You will not, without prior written consent from Nextech, directly or indirectly (whether ‎individually, jointly or in conjunction with any person) in any manner (including any individual, ‎firm, association, ‎syndicate, company, corporation, or other business enterprise, as principal agent, ‎shareholder, officer, independent ‎contractor, or in any other manner whatsoever), during the term of ‎these Terms and for a period of twelve (12) ‎months‎ thereafter ‎seek in any way to persuade or entice any person to terminate an employment, advisory or ‎‎consulting position with Nextech, or hire or retain the services of any such ‎person, provided that nothing in this ‎provision shall prevent you from directly or indirectly ‎hiring or retaining any person pursuant to general, public job ‎advertisements that are not ‎targeted to Nextech’s personnel‎. If you only access the Services as a Personal User, this Section 24(b) does not apply to you.

3. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction. These Terms, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provisions or rules. You and we agree that the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, ‎‎1980) will not apply to these Terms, the Services, or to any dispute or transaction arising out of these ‎Terms or the use of the Services. ‎  

4. Dispute Resolution.  Most customer concerns regarding the Services can be resolved quickly and to a ‎customer’s satisfaction by emailing us at support@nextechar.com.‎ However, with respect to any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms that cannot be resolved by email, including any question regarding existence, validity or termination of these Terms, the parties agree that such unresolved Disputes will be resolved by arbitration at Canadian Arbitration Association pursuant ‎to the general Canadian Arbitration Association Rules for Arbitration. Any party may serve notice of its desire to refer a ‎dispute to arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator. The arbitration shall be held in ‎Vancouver, British Columbia. The arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act ‎‎(British Columbia). The decision arrived at by the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding and no appeal shall lie ‎therefrom. Judgement upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The ‎costs of the arbitrator shall be divided equally between the parties.‎ Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent and appropriate ‎jurisdiction‎. 

5. Interpretation. In these Terms, (a) the captions and headings are for convenience only and do not ‎constitute substantive ‎matter and are not to be construed as interpreting the contents of these ‎ Terms, (b) the word “including”, the ‎word “includes” the phrase “such as”, and similar words and phrases, when following a ‎general statement or ‎term (whether or not non-limiting language such as “without limitation” or “but ‎not limited to” or other words ‎of similar import are used with reference thereto), is not to be ‎construed as limiting, and the word “or” ‎between two or more listed matters does not imply an ‎exclusive relationship between the matters being ‎connected, and (c) all references to Services will also ‎include any successor or replacement applications, ‎websites, content, or services containing substantially similar information as the ‎referenced Service(s).‎ 

6. Assignment. We may at any time assign our rights and obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, without ‎notice to ‎you. You may not assign these Terms without our prior, written consent. These Terms will ‎inure to the benefit ‎of and bind you and us and our respective personal and legal representatives, ‎successors and permitted ‎assigns.‎ 

7. No Waiver. Our failure to insist upon or enforce any provision of these Terms will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. 

8. Security. The transmission of information via the internet is inherently not completely secure and we do not guarantee that our Services will be secure or free from defects or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology and computer programs to access our Services.  

9. Severability. If any court of law, having jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms, and the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable. 

10. Further Assurances.  Each of the parties agree to execute and deliver at the request of the other party all such further documents, deeds and instruments, and will do and perform all such further acts as may be reasonably necessary to give full effect to the intent and meaning of these Terms. 

11. Force Majeure. We will not be liable for delays, failures in performance, or interruptions of the Services that result directly or ‎indirectly from any cause or condition beyond our reasonable control, including significant ‎market volatility, any delay or failure due to any act of God, act of civil or military authorities, act of terrorism, ‎civil disturbance, war, strike or other labor dispute, fire, interruption in telecommunications or internet ‎services or network provider services, failure of equipment and/or software, pandemic, outbreak of illness or disease, declaration of public health emergency, other catastrophe or any other ‎occurrence which is beyond our reasonable control and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any ‎remaining provisions.‎ 

12. ‎Remedies Cumulative.  The remedies of the parties set out in these Terms are cumulative and not exclusive ‎of any other rights or remedies that may be available to the parties, whether provided by law, equity, statute, these Terms, any other agreement between the parties or otherwise.‎ 

13. ‎Enurement.  These Terms will enure to the benefit of and be binding on your successors and assigns and on the successors and permitted assigns of Nextech.‎ 

14. English Language. The parties have requested and agree that these Terms and all documents relating thereto be ‎drawn up in ‎English /
    Les parties ont demandé que cette convention ainsi que tous les documents qui ‎s’y rattachent soient ‎rédigés en anglais.‎ 

15. ‎Notices.  Whenever in these Terms it is required or permitted that notice or demand be given or served by ‎either party to or on the other, such notice or demand will be in writing and will be deemed delivered upon the earlier of ‎‎(a) actual receipt by the intended recipient or (b) delivery in person or by reputable overnight courier.‎ 

16. ‎Independent Legal Advice.  Each party agrees that it has read and understands these Terms and the obligations imposed in it, and that it has been provided with a reasonable chance to ‎seek independent legal advice.‎ 

17. Counterparts. These Terms may be executed in counterparts (including electronically), each of which will constitute an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same instrument.

18. Any Questions? Get in touch at support@nextechar.com