Addsecure General Terms and Conditions 24.01 240326 1
Addsecure General Terms and Conditions 24.01 240326 1
   These General Terms and Conditions (“GTC”)              Customer shall, in accordance with Supplier’s
   apply to any agreement which refers to them.            instructions if such are provided, carry out those
                                                           preparations that are necessary to enable
1. INTRODUCTION                                            Supplier to carry out the Subscription Services.
   These GTC apply to purchase or subscription of
                                                       4. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
   Deliverables from the AddSecure group company
   being party to the Agreement (“Supplier”).             Supplier will provide Subscription Services
                                                          subject to Customer paying applicable fees and
   If Customer is a consumer and mandatory
                                                          complying with its other obligations.
   consumer law applies, then such legislation takes
   precedence over these GTC.                              Supplier obligations
   In case of conflict between Agreement                   Supplier shall carry out its undertakings in a
   documents, these GTC takes precedence over              professional manner and in accordance with the
   other Agreement documents, unless otherwise             Specification. Supplier may engage sub-
   agreed in writing.                                      contractors.
                                                           Supplier shall, subject to Customer having fulfilled
2. DEFINITIONS                                             its obligations, make Subscription Services
   “Agreement” means these GTC, the document               available to Customer timely and in accordance
   referring hereto and any appendices and other           with the Specification, applying Supplier’s normal
   documents thereto being in force from time to           methods and standards.
   time.                                                   Supplier is responsible for the transmission of
   “Customer” means the legal or physical entity           information within the Subscription Services all
   entering into the Agreement with Supplier.              the way to, and including, agreed connection
   “Deliverables” means the products, software             points.
   and/or services described in the Specification to       Supplier shall not change Customer’s event
   be provided by Supplier.                                recipients, unless otherwise instructed by
   “Products”       means    hardware,      network        Customer or an authorized third party.
   components and other equipment described in             Supplier’s responsibilities are limited to what is
   the Specification to be delivered by Supplier as        stated in the Agreement.
   part of Subscription Services. Products do not
                                                           Customer obligations
   include Purchased Products.
                                                           Customer is responsible for its and its users use
   “Purchased Products” means equipment
                                                           of the Subscription Services. Customer may only
   purchased by Customer from Supplier.
                                                           use Subscription Services for the purpose and to
   Purchased Products are not delivered as part of
                                                           the extent stated in the Agreement.
   Subscription Services.
                                                           Customer shall control the Deliverables to
   “Specification” means the description of the
                                                           ascertain that they conform to the Specification
   Deliverables.
                                                           and submit to Supplier, in writing, any complaint
   “Subscription Services” means the concept               of non-conformity without delay after having
   under which Customer purchases and Supplier             noticed a non-conformity.
   provides Products, services, software and other
                                                           Customer decides who is authorized to use the
   Deliverables (except Purchased Products).
                                                           Subscription      Services.    Customer       shall
                                                           immediately inform Supplier if a user is no longer
3. ORDER AND DELIVERY                                      authorized to access the Subscription Services.
   Customer shall place orders in accordance with
                                                           Customer is responsible for the use of and to keep
   Supplier’s then applicable order routines. Orders
                                                           codes, identities, passwords and similar sensitive
   are not binding until confirmed by Supplier.
                                                           data provided by Supplier protected from
   Delivery dates are non-binding estimates only.          unauthorized use. Such information is confidential
and must not be disclosed to unauthorized                  restrict Customer’s access to or use of the
persons.                                                   Subscription Services with immediate effect.
Customer       shall comply        with   Supplier’s       Products
instructions (if any) related to use of Subscription
                                                           Supplier may place Products at Customer to
Services.
                                                           deliver Subscription Services. Products remain
Customer shall have in place and be responsible            Supplier’s property.
for all equipment, products, components,
                                                           Customer shall use, protect, take care of and
software, infrastructure, network connections,
                                                           maintain Products with proper attention and care
documentation and relations/contracts with third
                                                           and in accordance with Supplier’s instructions (if
parties that are not included in the Subscription
                                                           any). Customer may only use Products as part of
Services but necessary for Customer’s use
                                                           the Subscription Services during the term of the
thereof.
                                                           Agreement. Customer bears the risk of loss and
Customer is responsible to evaluate whether the            deterioration of Products placed at Customer and
security of the Subscription Services, as                  shall, upon termination, without delay and at its
described in the Agreement and thereafter                  own cost and expense, return to Supplier the
changed, meets the requirements for Customer’s             Products in the same condition as it was when
intended purpose.                                          provided by Supplier (except for normal wear and
Customer is responsible for the consumption of             tear). Customer is liable and shall compensate
electrical power necessary to use the                      Supplier for any loss of or damage to the Products
Subscription Services and to ensure that all               or if the Products are not returned.
Products, equipment, software, infrastructure              Supplier may charge Customer for repairing or
etcetera are adequately protected from intrusion           replacing Products that are damaged or not
and other unauthorised access/manipulation.                returned.
Customer may only connect equipment to the
                                                           Software
Subscription Services that Supplier has approved
and that complies with statutory requirements.             Supplier may use software to deliver Subscription
                                                           Services and may allow Customer access to
Customer        must     immediately     disconnect
                                                           software as part of Subscription Services.
equipment that disrupts the Subscription
Services, regardless of whether the equipment              Subscription Services may include third party
has been approved by Supplier or not.                      software (including open source software), in
                                                           which case Customer hereby accepts the third
Customer is responsible for giving instructions to
                                                           party’s/open source’s license agreement that
event recipients regarding measures to be taken
                                                           applies for Customer’s use of such software.
in the event of alarms, including false alarms.
                                                           Supplier disclaims any liability whatsoever
Customer shall provide Supplier access to                  pertaining to third party/open source software.
facilities and information requested by Supplier in        Supplier’s sole liability with regard to third party
order for Supplier to be able to provide the               software is, if Customer so instructs in writing, to
Subscription Services. Customer shall notify               forward to the relevant third party any claim
Supplier without delay of changes to such                  Customer may have.
information.
                                                           Services
Customer is responsible for storage, back-up and
copying of its data.                                       Supplier shall carry out the services necessary to
                                                           make the Subscription Services work in
If Customer has connected equipment to the
                                                           accordance with the Specifications.
Subscription Services in breach of the
Agreement, Customer is liable for all damage               Customer shall follow Supplier’s reasonable
caused and Customer shall pay Supplier for                 instructions to enable Supplier to carry out the
troubleshooting and correction of problems                 services referred to in the previous paragraph.
caused, thereby. Supplier may also suspend or
  If Customer exceeds the included data limit or                     submit to Supplier any complaint regarding visible
  data connections, Supplier may charge Customer                     errors and damages as well as deficiencies in
  therefore.                                                         quantity and other deviations from the order in
                                                                     writing within 10 days from receiving the
5. LICENSES                                                          Purchased Products. Otherwise, Customer loses
  Section 5 applies only to software licensed by Customer from       its right to compensation and correction and will
  Supplier.                                                          bear the costs and expenses for transport of
  Customer is responsible to procure all hardware,                   supplementary and/or replacement deliveries.
  software and infrastructure necessary to manage                    Warranty
  and operate licensed software.
                                                                     Supplier warrants that Purchased Products are
  Supplier’s sole liability with regard to licensed                  free from errors upon delivery and will work, in all
  software is, if Customer:                                          material aspects, as set out in the order for a
  • Purchases software maintenance from                              period of 12 months from delivery (“Warranty
    Supplier; to correct to make the software work                   Period”).
    substantially    in    accordance    with   its                  Purchased Products are faulty if they deviate from
    specifications and to make such corrections                      the Specification or order (as the case may be)
    available to Customer.                                           and therefore cannot be used with the
  • Does not purchase software maintenance                           Subscription Services.
    from Supplier; to correct substantial errors in                  If Customer notifies Supplier of a fault in writing
    the licensed software that Customer reports to                   within the Warranty Period, Supplier undertakes,
    Supplier in writing within 90 days of getting                    at its own discretion, to correct the fault by either:
    access to the licensed software.
                                                                     a) modifying or repairing the Purchased Product
  • Purchases support from Supplier; to make                         at a location of Supplier’s choice; or
      support available to Customer during
                                                                     b) deliver a replacement Purchased Product to
      Supplier’s normal working hours.
                                                                     Customer whereupon Supplier shall be deemed
  Customer may purchase bespoke development of                       to have rectified the error when the replacement
  licensed software from Supplier                                    Purchased Product is received by Customer.
  If Customer purchases software maintenance                         Return of Purchased Products (i) shall be agreed
  from Supplier, Supplier may, but is under no                       in advance, (ii) shall be to a location designated
  obligation     to,  provide    Customer  with                      by Supplier, and (iii) requires a return order or
  enhancements of the licensed software.                             RMA (Return Material Authorization). Returns are
                                                                     made at Customer’s risk and cost.
6. PURCHASED PRODUCTS                                                Delivery of replacement Purchased Products are
  Section 6 applies only to Purchased Products.                      made at Supplier’s risk and cost to the location
  Delivery                                                           where the replaced Purchased Products were
                                                                     placed (provided it is within the country in which
  Purchased Products are delivered ExWorks
                                                                     Supplier is registered).
  Supplier’s warehouse (Incoterms 2020). If
  Supplier is responsible for transport, Purchased                   If Supplier provides a replacement Purchased
  Products are delivered CPT (Incoterms 2020) and                    Product before Customer returns the faulty one,
  Supplier may charge Customer for costs                             Supplier may charge Customer list price for the
  associated with the transport and Supplier’s then                  replacement Purchased Product. If the faulty
  current administration fee.                                        Purchased Product is returned to Supplier within
                                                                     2 months from when the replacement Purchased
  Sub-section “Delay” of Section 4 applies, mutatis
                                                                     Product was delivered, Supplier will credit
  mutandis, to delay of Purchased Products.
                                                                     Customer the payment.
  Customer shall examine the Purchased Products
                                                                     If Supplier fails to correct or replace a faulty
  to ascertain that there are no visible errors and
                                                                     Purchased Product within a reasonable time,
  damages and that it conforms to Customer’s
                                                                     Customer may, in writing, give Supplier a final
  order as confirmed by Supplier. Customer shall
reasonable deadline of no less than 10 working             If Supplier shall repair or install Purchased
days. If Supplier fails to correct or replace the          Products and it is carried out outside Supplier’s
Purchased Product within the dead-line,                    premises, Customer shall ensure that Supplier
Customer may cancel the purchase, in which                 has necessary and timely access to the
case Customer shall return the Purchased                   Purchased Products.
Product and Supplier refund Customer the                   Supplier reserves the right to charge Customer for
purchase price less depreciation calculated on a           work and costs incurred by Supplier due to faults
3 years straight-line basis.                               or complaints, if it turns out there are no fault for
The warranty does not apply to faults caused by            which Supplier is liable.
• improper installation, storage or testing,               For Purchased Products containing batteries,
• use of the Purchased Product for purposes                Supplier reserves the right to decide if battery time
  other than that for which it was designed,               is too short to be covered by warranty.
                                                           If Customer is a consumer, the manufacturer’s
• failure to monitor or operate the Purchased
                                                           standard warranty applies in lieu of this Section 6.
  Product in accordance with Supplier’s and
  manufacturers’ instructions and good industry            The remedies set out in this Section 6 is
  practice,                                                Customer’s sole remedies and Supplier’s sole
                                                           liability with regard to Purchased Products.
• attachment to, removal of or alteration of, any
  part of the Purchased Product without
                                                       7. ADD-ON SERVICES
  Supplier’s written approval,
                                                           Section 7 applies only to add-on services purchased by
• unusual mechanical, physical or electrical               Customer from Supplier.
  stress,                                                  Add-on services purchased by Customer together
• installation, modifications or repairs not carried       with prices and other relevant conditions shall be
  out by, Supplier,                                        agreed in a separate document (“Optional
• use of spare parts and consumables not                   Services Description Document” or “OSDD”).
  approved by Supplier,                                    The OSDD becomes an integral part of the
                                                           Agreement when signed by both parties.
• transportation of the Purchased Product,
                                                           Customer shall make preparations and provide
• use with equipment, accessories or software              Supplier information necessary to allow Supplier
  not approved by Supplier,                                to provide the add-on services. Customer shall
• any other abuse, misuse, neglect or accident,            notify Supplier without delay of any changes to
  or                                                       such information.
• other events for which Supplier is not
  responsible.                                         8. PRICES AND PAYMENT TERMS
                                                          Fees, invoicing fees and other compensation are
Producer liability
                                                          payable in accordance with Supplier’s then
Subject to Directive 2012/19/EU of the European           current price list, unless otherwise agreed. All
Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical         prices are exclusive of value-added and other
and electronic equipment (the WEEE Directive) or          taxes and levies, which are charged in addition.
equivalent national implementation of the WEEE
                                                          Invoices are due 30 days after invoice date.
Directive (or any replacement regulation),
Supplier shall, at Customer’s written request,            Supplier may invoice arrangement and
provide disassembly, transport and removal of             administration fees when Supplier has accepted
Purchased Products and replacement Puchased               Customer’s order.
Products subject to separate charge.
Miscellaneous
Ownership to Purchased Products are transferred
to Customer when Supplier has received payment
in full.
    Variable fees are invoiced monthly in arrears and           recipients (e.g. of events and messages) and
    fixed fees in advance. Supplier may start charging          transmission method for events or other
    Customer from the earlier of (i) the agreed start,          communication, and (f) the name, telephone
    and (ii) Supplier’s deployment of ordered                   number and contact person of distributors and
    Deliverables. Other fees are invoiced monthly in            installers.
    arrears or upon delivery.                                   To the extent the information above contains
    If payment is not made in full, Supplier may (i)            personal data, Supplier is controller of its
    withhold delivery, (ii) refuse to grant or hold any         processing. Supplier shall only use the personal
    credit, (iii) require security or advance payment for       data for the purposes stated above. Supplier shall
    future deliveries, (iv) charge Customer for                 take appropriate technical and organisational
    payment reminders, and/or (v) charge interest on            measures to protect the information.
    overdue amounts according to law.                           If Supplier processes personal data on behalf of
    If Supplier incurs additional work or costs due to          Customer, the parties shall enter into a Data
    circumstances for which Supplier is not                     Processing Agreement provided by Supplier
    responsible, Supplier may charge Customer for               (unless otherwise agreed) and Supplier may
    such work or costs in accordance with Supplier’s            charge additional fees if Customer requires
    then current price list.                                    technical or organizational measures in addition
    Supplier may change any fee with effect from the            to those normally applied by Supplier.
    following charging period. Such change shall be
    notified Customer at least 1 month in advance via       10. TERM AND TERMINATION
    e-mail, on invoice and/or Supplier’s website. If            Term and termination for convenience
    Supplier notifies Customer about a price increase
    based on this paragraph, Customer may                       The Agreement enters into force when signed by
    terminate the concerned part of the Agreement to            both parties. Either party may terminate the
                                                                Agreement with no less than 3 months written
    expire on the day that the price increase takes
                                                                notice to expire no earlier than after 12 months.
    effect, subject to Supplier receiving a written
    termination notice at least 2 weeks before.                 Customer may terminate the Agreement if
                                                                Supplier increases prices or changes these GTC,
    In addition to the previous paragraph, Supplier
    may, annually adjust its fees corresponding to the          as stated in Sections 8 or 18.
    change during the last 12 months in the Eurostat            Partial termination
    published Labour Cost Index by NACE, GEO                    Customer may terminate the Agreement partially
    EU28 (or the index replacing this index in the              (e.g. reduce the number of charged items) if, to
    future), code J (Information and Communication)             the extent and on the conditions agreed
    D11 (Wages and Salaries), with the index figure             separately.
    for quarter 2 in the year the parties entered into
    the Agreement as base. The adjustment is                    Termination for cause
    effective as of the date specified by Supplier.             The Agreement may be terminated in writing by
                                                                either party if the other party
9. PERSONAL DATA                                                • suspends its payments generally or should
   In order to invoice correctly, ensure that Customer            enter into liquidation, commences proceeding
   is represented by an authorised person and                     involving its insolvency, bankruptcy, non bona
   prevent abuse, Supplier will process information               fide reorganization, readjustment of debt,
   about Customer in accordance with EU’s General                 dissolution, liquidation or any other similar
   Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other                    proceeding for the relief of financially
   applicable personal data protection regulations.               distressed debtors,
   The following information will be processed (a)
                                                                • becomes the object of any proceeding or
   Customer’s name, address, invoicing address
                                                                  action of the type described above and such
   and company registration number, (b) Customer’s
                                                                  proceeding or action remains undismissed for
   telephone number, (c) Customer contact person,
                                                                  a period of 30 days,
   (d) location and address for installation, (e)
  epidemics, computer virus or other malicious                      assign, for any reason whatsoever, all or part of
  software, lightning, electrical power cuts, fire,                 Supplier IPR.
  flood, new or changed legislation or regulations,
                                                                    Infringement
  action taken by public authorities, mobilisation,
  military call up, requisition, confiscation,                      Subject to the next paragraph, Supplier shall
  insurgency or riot, deficiencies in a third party’s               indemnify and defend Customer from a third
  communication network, general shortage of                        party’s (not being an entity within Customer’s
  transportation, goods or energy, or (ii) defaulted,               group) claim of infringement of intellectual
  erroneous or insufficient delivery or performance                 property rights arising from Customer’s use of
  by a sub-contractor due to any of the                             Supplier IPR in accordance with the Agreement
  circumstances in section (i) (together “Force                     (hereinafter ”Claims”), unless such Claims are
  Majeure”), the party shall be excused, and the                    the result of Customer’s negligence, provided
  dates by which performance are scheduled shall                    that;
  be reasonable extended and the party shall not be                 • Customer promptly after receipt of a Claim
  liable to pay damages or otherwise be liable.                         notifies Supplier thereof in writing,
  A party availing itself of this provision shall without           • Customer allows Supplier to conduct
  undue delay notify the other party in writing of its                  negotiations with the claimant or intervene in
  inability to perform. The party shall promptly notify                 any suit or action as well as decide the
  the other party in writing when the Force Majeure                     defence and whether or not to enter into
  condition ends.                                                       settlements and on what conditions,
  If a party’s performance is substantially prevented               • Customer furnishes to Supplier all data,
  for more than three (3) months due to Force                           records and assistance within Customer’s
  Majeure, either party may with immediate effect                       control which are relevant to the Claim, and
  terminate the Agreement in writing with regard to                 • Supplier shall not be liable for any settlement
  non-performed parts.                                                  entered into by Customer without Supplier’s
                                                                        written consent.
16. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
                                                                    Supplier is not liable for infringement caused by:
  Section 16 does not apply to third party or open source
  software, which is specifically regulated in Section 4 sub-
                                                                    • use of Supplier IPR in breach of the
  section “Software”.                                                   Agreement or Supplier’s instructions,
  Rights                                                            • changes to Supplier IPR not made by Supplier,
                                                                        or
  Supplier and/or its licensors own all rights in and
  to the intellectual property (e.g. software)                      • use of Supplier IPR in combination with
  provided or made accessible, to Customer                              intellectual property not approved by Supplier
  (“Supplier IPR”).                                                     in writing.
  If and to the extent Customer gets access to                      If Supplier has reason to believe that Supplier IPR
  Supplier IPR, Supplier hereby grants Customer a                   infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights,
  limited, non-transferrable and non-exclusive right,               Supplier shall at its own cost and expense and
  during the term of the Agreement, to use such                     absolute discretion, either:
  Supplier IPR solely in accordance with the                        • procure for Customer the right to continue
  Agreement.                                                            using Supplier IPR,
  Customer must not use, copy, modify, adapt,                       • modify or replace Supplier IPR so that it is no
  translate, grant rights to, reverse engineer,                         longer infringing, provided it in material
  decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to                       aspects still meets the Specification, or
  discover the source code of Supplier IPR, except                  • remove the infringing Supplier IPR and refund
  as explicitly stated in the Agreement or permitted                    Customer a proportionate part of fees paid by
  by mandatory law.                                                     Customer related to future use of the removed
  Customer may neither directly nor indirectly                          Supplier IPR.
  distribute, disclose, sell, rent, lease, sublicense or