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1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions
“Account” means a unique account established by Customer to enable its Users to access and use the CS Service.
“Account Data” means the data relating to Users processed by Contentsquare in connection with such Users’ access to the CS Service including, but not limited to, name, job position, email address, password.
“Affiliate” of a Party means any entity that the Party directly or indirectly controls, is under common control with, or is controlled by, where control means the ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests of the subject entity. Any legal entity will be considered a Party’s Affiliate as long as that interest is maintained.
“Agreement” means this (a) MSA and its exhibits and linked documents, (b) any Local Addendum (if applicable), (c) any completed and signed Order Form(s) and/or Statements of Work that reference this MSA, and (d) the DPA (as defined in Section 5.3).
“Applicable Data Protection Laws” means, to the extent applicable: (i) the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (“GDPR”), Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (“e-Privacy Directive”), the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (“UK GDPR”), as well as any other laws and regulations of the European Union, the European Economic Area and their Member States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and (ii) all privacy and data protection laws and regulations, worldwide (whether, national, state, provincial, local or otherwise), applicable to the Processing of Personal Data under the Agreement, as may be amended, extended, re-enacted, or interpreted from time-to-time.
“Confidential Information” means all information provided directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a Party and its Affiliates (the “Disclosing Party”), to the other Party (the “Receiving Party”) before, on, or after the date of this Agreement, whether orally or in writing, which is of a confidential nature or which would be reasonably considered as being confidential. Confidential Information shall include information relating to this Agreement which is not generally known to the public, non-public financial information/data, business plans or methods, product roadmaps and pricing and other commercially sensitive information, marketing strategies, sales projections, supplier lists/names, and Customer Data. Confidential Information does not include information that: (a) was or becomes generally known to the public through no fault or breach of the Agreement by the Receiving Party; (b) was independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of or reference to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; (c) was rightfully obtained by the Receiving Party from a third party not under a duty of confidentiality and without restriction on use or disclosure; (d) was rightfully in the Receiving Party’s possession at the time of disclosure without restriction on use or disclosure; or (e) is disclosed by the Receiving Party with the Disclosing Party's prior written approval.
“CS Security Safeguards” means the Contentsquare security standards found at https://contentsquare.com/legal/contentsquare-security-safeguards/ as may be supplemented by an applicable Service Schedule
“CS Service” means the products and services (as applicable) provided by Contentsquare or its Affiliates under an Order Form, which may include software or other technology licensed to Contentsquare or its Affiliates from third parties and embedded into the services that Contentsquare or its Affiliates provides to Customer. For the avoidance of doubt, CS Service includes Script(s) but does not include Third-Party Services (defined below).
“Customer Data” means, as applicable, (i) all forms of data, materials or information provided or inputted by Customer, Customer Affiliate or a User in connection with the access or use of the CS Service (excluding Account Data and Usage Data); (ii) Visitor Data; and (iii) subject to the terms of this Agreement, all information derived from the foregoing, including results of processing the foregoing through the CS Service. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer Data does not include any designs, template forms and/or the underlying technology, process, algorithm, component or Contentsquare Intellectual Property Rights used by the CS Service or Professional Services to generate reports, insights or any form of structured Customer Data.
“Customer App(s)” means those app(s) owned and operated by or on behalf of Customer or a Customer’s Affiliate that are listed on an Order Form and on which Customer implements the Script(s), pursuant to and in accordance with the Agreement.
“Customer Site(s)” means those website URL(s) owned and operated by or on behalf of Customer or a Customer’s Affiliate that are listed on an Order Form and on which Customer implements the Script(s) pursuant to and in accordance with the Agreement.
“Documentation” means Contentsquare’s then-current technical and functional documentation for the CS Service at https://docs.contentsquare.com .
“Early Access Program” means a program offered in Contentsquare’s sole discretion to a select group of customers for the testing and feedback of a not yet publicly released potential CS Service.
“Fees” means all fees payable by Customer to Contentsquare as set out in the Order Form.
“Indemnified Party(ies)” means the Party or entity (whether Contentsquare or Customer) being indemnified under Section 9.1 (Third-Party Claims), including its Affiliates, employees, directors, agents, and representatives.
“Indemnifying Party(ies)” means the Party or entity (whether Contentsquare or Customer) that is providing indemnification under Section 9.1 (Third-Party Claims).
“Initial Term” means the initial term set out in the Order Form, which may be comprised of a fee-free period and a paid-for period commencing on the Order Form Start Date.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all intellectual property rights including, patents, rights to inventions, utility models, copyright and related rights, trade and service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights in trade dress and get-up, rights to goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, semiconductor, mask work, and topography rights, moral rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property and industrial property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for and renewals or extensions of such rights, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or may subsist now or in the future.
“Local Addendum(a)” means an addendum set forth in Section 11.12 for Customers (i) in certain jurisdictions or (ii) entering into Order Forms with certain Contentsquare Contracting Entities, which supplements and/or modifies this MSA to include terms specific to such jurisdiction or Contentsquare Contracting Entity.
“Order Form” means an ordering document between Customer and Contentsquare, specifying the CS Service, Customer Site(s), Customer App(s), Professional Services (unless subject to a Statement of Work), Fees, Initial Term and other terms agreed between the Parties, and including any addenda and supplements thereto. By entering into an Order Form hereunder, an Affiliate agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as “Customer” as if it were an original party hereto.
“Order Form Start Date” means the date specified as such in an Order Form.
“Page View” means a single occurrence on a Customer Site created by a Visitor’s interaction with such Customer Site which provides new information for Contentsquare to process. When applicable, the maximum number of Page Views Per Year on Customer Site(s) is set out in the Order Form as PVPY. Any visitor-interaction-triggered dynamic elements or other web technology that causes a change in the content of the webpage but not the actual URL of the webpage shall be considered as a separate Page View.
“Personal Data” has the meaning given to it or to “personal information” by the Applicable Data Protection Laws.
“Permitted Personal Data” means only such Visitor Personal Data which is necessary for the provision of services under this Agreement that the CS Service is designed to process, namely, IP address, online unique ID (Cookie ID), website and mobile app technical information, online behavioral data, and additional types of Visitor Data as may be specifically requested by Customer in connection with certain CS Service features.
“Professional Services” means any implementation, integration, consulting, training, transition, configuration, administration or such other ancillary CS Service, either recurring or non-recurring, specified in an Order Form or a Statement of Work.
“Responses” means an answer left by a Visitor on a VOC survey on a Customer Site. The total Response allowance applicable to the Customer Site(s) is set out in the Order Form.
"Script(s)” means the JavaScript or software development kit (SDK) generated by Contentsquare and provided to Customer as part of the CS Service (as the case may be), which, when implemented on Customer Site(s) or on Customer App(s) by or on behalf of Customer, interacts with the CS Service and enables the CS Service to function, including for the purpose of blocking or preventing collection of personal data other than Permitted Personal Data."
“Service Schedule” means the then-current service specific terms and conditions applicable to a specific CS Service located at https://contentsquare.com/legal/service-schedules/
“Session” means a period of Visitor activity from a single Visitor on a Customer Site or Customer App. When applicable, the maximum number of Sessions per license year on Customer Site(s) and/or Customer App(s) is set out in the applicable Order Form.
“Statement of Work” or “SOW” means an ordering document, including a work authorization, between Customer and Contentsquare, specifying the Professional Services, Fees (if applicable), and other terms agreed between the Parties and that is entered into between Customer and Contentsquare or any of their Affiliates, and including any addenda and supplements thereto.
“Term” means, with respect to each Order Form, the Initial Term together with any subsequent Renewal Term(s) thereof (if any).
"Third-Party Services" means services, software, products, applications, integrations, and other features or offerings that are provided by Customer or obtained by Customer from a third party or Contentsquare at the request of Customer.
“Users” means any and all employees, agents and independent contractors of Customer or its Affiliates who are given access to the CS Service in accordance with the Agreement, authorized to that purpose either by Customer or by an Affiliate of Customer. If the User is an agent or independent contractor of Customer, use of the CS Service is permitted only if the User is under confidentiality obligations with Customer at least as restrictive as those in this MSA and is accessing or using the CS Service solely to support Customer’s and/or its Affiliates’ internal business purposes.
“Usage Data” means the data, information, or insights generated or derived from the use of the CS Service, including, but not limited to, user ID, IP address, online behavioral data and technical data.
“Visitor” means a visitor of the Customer Site(s) and/or the Customer App(s).
“Visitor Data” means the data relating to a Visitor that is processed by Contentsquare in connection with Customer’s use of the CS Service.
1.2 Headings and Interpretation. In this MSA, (a) the meaning of defined terms shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) the captions and headings are used only for convenience and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this MSA, and (c) the words “including,” “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” All references in this MSA to sections, paragraphs, exhibits, linked documents and schedules shall, unless otherwise provided, refer to sections and paragraphs hereof and exhibits, linked documents and schedules attached hereto, all of which exhibits, linked documents and schedules are incorporated herein by this reference.