GOOGLE PLATFORM SERVICES TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These Google Platform Services Terms and Conditions (“Platform Terms” or “Google Platform Services Terms and Conditions”) govern Company’s use of the platform services described in the applicable Order Form. Each Order Form that incorporates these Platform Terms will be a separate agreement. Any use of the term “including” in the Agreement will mean “including, but not limited to.”
These Platform Terms are used to govern a number of different Services provided under different types of Order Form. Capitalised terms used but not defined in these Platform Terms may only be applicable to particular Services, and, if applicable, will have the meanings given in the relevant Order Form or Service Specific Terms.
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Definitions. The following
capitalized terms will have the associated
meanings for purposes of the Agreement. Any
definitions included in these Platform Terms or
any related Order Forms(s) will have the same
meaning throughout the Agreement.
- 1.1. “Ad(s)” means advertising content.
- 1.2. “Affiliate” means, with respect to a party, an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such party, “control” bearing the meaning ascribed to it under article L 233-3 of the France Commercial code.
- 1.3. “Beta Feature” means any Service feature that is identified by Google, including via the applicable Service user interface or via other communications to Company, as “Beta”, “Alpha”, “Experimental”, “Limited Release” or “Pre-Release” or that is otherwise identified by Google as unsupported.
- 1.4. “Brand Features” means each party’s trade names, trademarks, logos and other distinctive brand features.
- 1.5. “Client” means an advertiser, network publisher or other third party, if any, on whose behalf Company utilizes a Service.
- 1.6. “Company Content” means any content served to End Users through the Target Properties that is not provided by Google (including the content of all Ads served via the Services).
- 1.7. “Company Partner” means for Target Properties, (i) the owner (if not Company) of a Target Property, (ii) the third party co-branding Target Properties with Company, or (iii) the third party for whom Company is white labeling Target Properties.
- 1.8. “Confidential Information” means information that one party (or an Affiliate) discloses to the other party under the Agreement, and that is marked as confidential or would normally be considered confidential information under the circumstances. It does not include information that is independently developed by the recipient, is lawfully given to the recipient by a third party without confidentiality obligations, or becomes public through no fault of the recipient.
- 1.9. “Data” means data derived from Company’s use of the Services.
- 1.10. “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Order Form.
- 1.11. “End Users” means individual human end users of a Target Property.
- 1.12. “EU GDPR” means 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.
- 1.13. “GDPR” means, as applicable: (a) the EU GDPR; and/or (b) the UK GDPR.
- 1.14. “Intellectual Property Rights” means all copyrights, moral rights, patent rights, trademarks, rights in or relating to Confidential Information and any other intellectual property or similar rights (registered or unregistered) throughout the world.
- 1.15. “Order Form” means an order form, schedule or other agreement that is subject to these Platform Terms and sets forth pricing and other terms with respect to a particular Service. All Order Forms incorporate and are governed by the terms and conditions contained herein.
- 1.16. “Personal Data” has the meaning given to it in the GDPR.
- 1.17. “Personally Identifiable Information” means (in the Agreement and any policies incorporated by reference into the Agreement) information that could be used on its own to directly identify, contact or precisely locate an individual.
- 1.18. “Policies” means the (i) Google Platforms Program Policies available at https://support.google.com/platformspolicy; (ii) the Google Ad Manager Partner Guidelines available at https://support.google.com/admanager/answer/9059370?hl=fr (if applicable); (iii) the Google EU User Consent Policy available at https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy.html (“EU User Consent Policy”); and (iv) any other policy and implementation guidelines identified in an applicable Order Form or provided by Google to Company (in each case, as modified from time to time).
- 1.19. “Service(s)” means the services and products set out in each Order Form.
- 1.20. “Service Fees” means the service, transaction, product and other fees set forth in the Order Form(s) or in an applicable user interface for a Service.
- 1.21. “Service Specific Terms” means, for each Service, the additional terms and conditions that apply to such Service that are available at the link provided in the applicable Order Form for the Service.
- 1.22. “Subcontractor” means a subcontractor, consultant, third-party service provider or agent engaged by either party (or a Client of such party) in connection with its use or provision of Services.
- 1.23. “Tag” means code (e.g., HTML) or a web beacon (e.g., pixel tag, clear GIF) that requests the delivery of an Ad or tracks an Ad impression or click.
- 1.24. “Target Property” means a property on which an Ad is served via the Services (i.e., web sites, consent-based email publications, approved software applications or other properties as approved by Google).
- 1.25. “Trade Secret” means a Confidential Information which meets the requirement of trade secrets as per the relevant regulation.
- 1.26. “UK GDPR” means the EU GDPR as amended and incorporated into UK law under the UK European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, if in force.
- 1.27. "Tax" or "Taxes" means (without limitation) all taxes, duties, levies, imposts, withholdings, social security contributions, sales, use, excise, value-added, goods and services, consumption, other similar taxes or duties, deductions or amounts in the nature of or in respect of taxation.
- Changes to the Services or the Agreement. Google may modify the Terms (including URLs referenced in the Terms and the content within such URLs) from time to time with appropriate notice to Company, in accordance with the below provisions. Google may also modify URLs referenced in an Order Form and the content within such URLs from time to time. Any modifications to the Terms or the URLs referred to in the Agreement will be available at the relevant URL (or a different URL that Google may provide from time to time). Changes to content of the Terms (including changes to the content within URLs) will not apply retroactively and will become effective at least 30 days after they are posted, unless otherwise specified by Google for Policies where in Google’s reasonable opinion more immediate application of a change to Policies (“Policy Change”) is 1) required to meet legal, regulatory, or industry standards/requirements; 2) required to maintain the integrity of Services; 3) required to address matters of public interest; or 4) reasonable to provide access to the Services for categories of Ads not previously permitted. Google will use commercially reasonable efforts to inform Company of immediate Policy Changes by alerting Company via the user interface, posting changes to the applicable change log relating to the Services, or by other suitable means (e.g. via email) where in Google’s reasonable opinion, Company is impacted by such Policy Change. For clarity, changes to the URL references in these Terms and the Order Form will be effective immediately.
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The Parties’ Obligations; Prohibited
Acts.
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3.1. Google will:
- provide the applicable Services described in the Order Form(s) entered into by Company,
- provide Company access to web-based training and support if and where available for any particular Service;
- use current industry-standard security measures in connection with its provision of Services;
- promptly notify Company of any breach of Google security resulting in unauthorized third party access to the Data; and
- provide the Services in compliance with all applicable privacy and export laws, rules, regulations and sanctions programs, including applicable Internet advertising industry guidelines (e.g., the self-regulatory principles/code of conduct of the Network Advertising Initiative, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Digital Advertising Alliance).
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3.2. Company will:
- use the Services in compliance with all applicable Policies (as such Policies may be updated from time to time) and at all times the burden of proof in establishing such compliance remains with Company;
- be responsible, to the maximum extent permitted by law, for all use of Services (including as applicable to the Services described in the Order Form(s), trafficking Ads, implementing Tags, soliciting Target Media, all inquiries relating to Ads, the content of all Ads, obtaining necessary rights and consents for using Data and other content or information provided to Google, and the acts and omissions of all Company Partners and Clients). This Clause 3.2(b) will not be treated as limiting Google’s obligations with respect to the provision of Services under the Agreement;
- obtain all rights necessary to use, and necessary to permit Company or Google, as the case may be, to use the Data under the terms of the Agreement, including from Company Partners, Target Property owners (if not Company), End Users and Clients;
- use the Services in compliance with all applicable privacy and export laws, rules, regulations and sanctions programs, including applicable Internet advertising industry guidelines (e.g., the self-regulatory principles/code of conduct of the Network Advertising Initiative, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Digital Advertising Alliance);
- ensure that each Target Property
utilising a Service contains a conspicuous
link to a privacy policy that (and advise
its Clients and Company Partners in writing
that each of their web sites and Target
Properties must contain a privacy policy
that):
- discloses:
- the usage of third-party technology;
- the data collection and usage resulting from the Services; and
- that third parties may be placing and reading cookies on End Users’ browsers, or using web beacons to collect information in the course of advertising being served on the web sites;
- includes information about End Users’ options for cookie management; and
- complies with all applicable privacy laws, rules and regulations; and
- discloses:
- use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that an End User is provided with clear and comprehensive information about, and consents to, the storing and accessing of cookies or other information on the End User’s device in connection with the Services where providing such information or obtaining such consent is required by law.
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3.3. Prohibited
Acts. Company will not, and
will not assist or knowingly permit any third
party to:
- use the Services to process Personally Identifiable Information;
- pass information to Google that Google could use or recognize as Personally Identifiable Information;
- misappropriate, misuse, or abuse any part of a Service
- modify, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, copy, reproduce or create derivative works from or in respect to Services or any part of a Service (except to the extent that such prohibition is not permitted by law);
- damage or tamper with any part of a Service;
- knowingly breach any Service security measure; or
- provide Google any Ad that (x) when viewed or clicked on by an End User’s computer, causes such End User’s computer to download any software application, or (y) is illegal.
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3.1. Google will:
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Payments.
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4.1. Google Payments to
Company
- For each applicable Service (i.e., if an Order Form requires Google to pay Company a Revenue Share Percentage, as such term is defined in the applicable Service Specific Terms), Google will pay Company an amount equal to the Revenue Share Percentage of Net Ad Revenues (as such term is defined in the applicable Service Specific Terms) attributable to a calendar month, except in instances where Company may receive certain payments directly from a third-party demand source rather than from Google. In such cases, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Clause 4.1 of the Platform Terms, Company agrees that the terms and conditions associated with such payment will be addressed in the agreement entered into between Company and the third-party demand source. For clarity, Google will not pay Company a Revenue Share Percentage or any amount attributed to Ads delivered by the third-party demand source on Company’s Target Properties (including any revenue share payment) and Google will not owe any such amounts to Company.
- Google payment to Company will be made in the month following the calendar month in which the applicable Ads were displayed, subject to any minimum payment threshold set forth in the applicable Service Specific Terms.
- Google payment to Company will be based on Google’s accounting which may be filtered to exclude, as determined by Google : (i) spam, invalid clicks, invalid impressions, (ii) Ads served to End Users whose browsers have JavaScript disabled or who are otherwise tampering with ad serving or measurement, (iii) any click, impression, query, conversion, or other event occurring on a Target Property that does not comply with the Policies, and (iv) any amounts refunded to advertisers in connection with Company’s failure to comply with the Agreement. If Google detects such invalid activity, either before or after issuing a payment for such activity, Google reserves the right to debit Company’s Google Ad Manager account or adjust future payments accordingly.
- Google payment to Company will be treated as inclusive of all taxes (if applicable) and will not be adjusted for tax purposes.
- If Google is obligated to withhold any taxes from its payments to Company, Google will withhold and will provide to Company such documentation or evidence of tax payments as is required by law. Google may request withholding tax documentation (e.g. exemption certificates) from Company to determine if Company is eligible for a withholding exemption or a reduced rate of tax withholding.
- In addition to other rights and remedies that Google may have, Google may offset any payment obligations to Company that Google may incur under the Agreement against any undisputed, past due product or service fees owed to Google by Company under agreement(s) between Company and Google.
- Google may withhold and offset against its payment obligations under these Platform Terms, or require Company to pay to Google within 30 days of any invoice, any amounts Google may have overpaid to Company in prior periods.
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4.2. Company Payments to
Google.
- For each applicable Service, Google will invoice (or send a statement of financial activity to) Company for Service Fees, if applicable, in the month following the calendar month in which the Service Fees are incurred, unless there is an unforeseen circumstance where billing may be delayed. Company will pay Google the Service Fees (other than any Service Fees disputed in good faith) and other invoiced amounts (if any) by the payment due date set forth in Exhibit 1 (Applicable Payment Terms) (“Payment Due Date”), in the currency and at the exchange rate (if any) specified in the applicable Order Form and by electronic transfer to the account notified to it by Google or such other means expressly agreed to in writing by the parties. Unless otherwise expressly agreed, Service Fees payable under an Order Form are additional to Service Fees payable under other Order Forms.
- Upon 30 days’ prior notice to Company, Google may, in its sole discretion, if Google determines that there is any credit risk associated with Company, require Company to prepay Google an amount equal to not more than 2 months of reasonably anticipated or actual Service Fees under the applicable Order Form.
- Google may charge interest at the rate of 3 times the legal French interest rate, pursuant to Article L.441-10, II, of the French Commercial Code, from the date payment is due until the date of actual payment, whether before or after judgment, on any Services Fees which are overdue (other than Service Fees disputed in good faith). Google may charge Company as of right a fixed fee of 40.00 Euros, not subject to VAT, as a compensation for recovery. Moreover, if the compensation for recovery is higher than this fixed fee, Google may, if duly justified and upon justification, charge Company for additional compensation.
- The Service Fees are exclusive of taxes. Notwithstanding any legal obligation on Company to withhold any taxes from its payments to Google, Company agrees to pay to Google a net amount equal to the full amount invoiced. Company will pay all taxes and other government charges related to or arising from: (i) use of the Services, and (ii) Company’s obligations under the Agreement (in each case except for taxes on Google’s net income).
- If Company fails to pay Service Fees invoiced by Google (other than Service Fees disputed in good faith) within 10 days following the Payment Due Date, Google may suspend each applicable Service (for which the Service Fees are overdue) after 10 days’ notice to Company.
- In addition to other rights and remedies Google may have, Google may offset the Service Fees payable by Company under the Agreement against any payment obligations to Company that Google may incur under the Agreement.
- Any account and related billing and payment information which Company provides to Google may be shared with third parties solely for the purposes of performing credit checks, effecting payment to Google or servicing Company's account.
- If applicable, Company will not exceed its aggregate credit line as determined by Google (and made available if requested) and Google will not be obligated to provide any Services in excess of such credit line. Google reserves the right to change or retract any credit line following an appropriate notification to Company.
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4.1. Google Payments to
Company
- Intellectual Property. Except to the extent expressly stated otherwise in the Agreement, neither party will acquire any right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property Rights owned or licensed by the other party.
- Brand Features. Google may use Company’s Brand Features solely as necessary for Google to provide the Services (e.g., if Company makes its inventory available on a transparent basis via the Services, Google may display Company’s Brand Features to advertisers). Other than the limited license set forth in the preceding sentence, Google will not use Company’s Brand Features (including for marketing and promotional purposes) without Company’s prior written approval.
- Confidentiality. The receiving party will not disclose the Confidential Information of the disclosing party, except to Affiliates, Subcontractors, employees, agents and/or professional advisors of the receiving party (in each case) who need to know it and who have agreed in writing (or in the case of professional advisors are otherwise bound) to keep it confidential. The receiving party will ensure that those people and entities use the Confidential Information of the disclosing party only to exercise rights and fulfill obligations under the Agreement, and that they keep it confidential. The receiving party may also disclose Confidential Information when required by law after giving reasonable notice to the disclosing party, if permitted by law. For purposes of clarification, Data and the terms and conditions of the Agreement are considered Confidential Information under the Agreement. This Clause 7 (Confidentiality) does not affect the parties’ rights under Clause 14.20 (Raising Issues with Public Authorities).
- Representations and Warranties. Each party represents and warrants that it will use reasonable care and skill in complying with its obligations under the Agreement. Company represents and warrants that it has all necessary rights and authority to (i) enter into the Terms and each Order Form, (ii) perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and (iii) act on behalf of any Clients and Company Partners.
- Disclaimers. Except as expressly provided for in the Agreement and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no conditions, warranties or other terms apply to any Services or to any other goods or services supplied by Google under the Agreement unless expressly set out in the Agreement. Subject to Clause 12.1, no implied conditions, warranties or other terms apply (including any implied terms as to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or conformance with description).
- Beta Features. Subject to Clause 12.1, Google will have no liability under the Agreement (including any indemnification obligations) arising out of or related to any use of Beta Features by Company, its Affiliates, or its or their Clients or Company Partners. Any use of Beta Features will be at Company’s own risk and may be subject to additional requirements as specified by Google. Google is not obligated to provide support for Beta Features and Google may cease providing Beta Features as part of any Services.
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Indemnification.
- 11.1. Each party (the “Indemnifying Party”) will defend and indemnify the other party and its officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from all third-party claims or liabilities (including reimbursement for reasonable outside attorneys’ fees and disbursements) arising out of or related to the Indemnifying Party’s (i) breach or alleged breach of the Agreement or (ii) infringement of a third party’s U.S. patent, trademark, Trade Secret or copyright in connection with (x) with respect to Google the software and other technology used by Google to provide the Services hereunder, and (y) with respect to Company, the creative, technology, data or other materials provided by Company to Google or otherwise provided and utilized by Company in connection with the Services hereunder (the indemnification obligation of each party described in this clause (ii), the “IP Infringement Obligation”).
- 11.2. In addition, Company will defend and indemnify Google and its Indemnified Parties from all third-party claims or liabilities (including reimbursement for reasonable outside attorneys’ fees and disbursements) arising out of or related to :(i) Company Content, Target Properties or Company’s Brand Features, (ii) any use of Service(s), including Ads, by a Company Partner, or (iii) any direct claims brought by a Company Partner against Google relating to Google’s provision of the Service(s) for such Company Partner.
- 11.3. Google’s IP Infringement Obligation will not apply to claims to the extent arising from (i) Company’s use of the Service in violation of the Agreement; or (ii) the combination, operation or use of the Service(s) with any product or service not provided or authorized in writing by Google. Company’s IP Infringement Obligation will not apply to claims to the extent arising from Google’s provision of the Service(s) in violation of the Agreement. Without affecting either party’s termination rights and to the maximum extent permitted by law, Sections 11.1 and 11.2 of these Terms state the sole liability of the Indemnifying Party, and the sole remedy of the Indemnified Party, with respect to any third-party claim arising out of the Indemnifying Party’s breach of the Agreement or intellectual property infringement.
- 11.4. The Indemnified Party must (i) promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the third-party claims (except that failure of the Indemnified Party to promptly notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations, except to the extent it has been damaged by the failure); (ii) reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in the defense of the matter and (iii) give the Indemnifying Party primary control of the defense of the matter and negotiations for its settlement. The Indemnified Party may at its expense join in the defense with counsel of its choice. Any settlement requiring the Indemnified Party to admit liability, pay money, or take (or refrain from taking) any action, will require the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
- 11.5. If a Service becomes, or in Google’s reasonable opinion is likely to become, the subject of an Intellectual Property Rights infringement claim, then Google, at its sole option and expense and upon appropriate notice to Company, may suspend provision of the applicable Service and either: (x) procure the right to continue providing the Service as contemplated by the Terms; (y) modify the Service to render it non-infringing without adversely affecting use of such Service; or (z) replace the Service with functionally equivalent, non-infringing service. If the above options are not commercially practicable, either party may terminate the Order Form(s) for the Services impacted.
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Limitation of Liability.
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12.1. Nothing in the
Agreement will exclude or limit either
party’s liability:
- for death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of either party or their servants, agents or employees;
- for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
- for payment of sums properly due and owing to the other in the course of normal performance of the Agreement; or
- for any other liability that may not otherwise lawfully be excluded or limited.
- 12.2. Subject to Clause 10 (Beta Features), nothing in the Agreement will exclude or limit either party’s liability under the indemnities given under this Agreement, including the indemnities given in Clauses 11.1 or 11.2 (Indemnification).
- 12.3. Subject to Clauses 12.1, Google will not have any obligations or liability under or in connection with the Agreement (on any ground whatsoever) or otherwise and including under the indemnities in Clause 11 (Indemnification)) in relation to: (a) the content of Ads; or (b) any websites or content to which such Ads may link.
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12.4. Subject to Clause
12.1, 12.2 and 12.3 neither party will be
liable under or in connection with the
Agreement (on any ground whatsoever) for any:
- loss of profit;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity;
- loss of or corruption of data (except for loss or corruption of Personal Data); or
- indirect losses, suffered or incurred by the other party (whether or not those losses were within the contemplation of the parties at the date of the Agreement).
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12.5. Subject to Clauses
12.1, 12.2,12.3 and 12.4, each party's
aggregate liability under or in connection
with the Agreement (on any ground
whatsoever), for all Claims arising in one
year period starting on the Effective Date or
an anniversary of the Effective Date (a
“Contract Year”) is limited
to the greater of:
- 125% of (A) the Service Fees paid and payable to Google under the Agreement in that Contract Year, and, only if applicable to the relevant Service as set out in the relevant Order Form, (B)the Ad Revenues received and retained by such party in that Contract Year; and
- € 30,000.
For the purposes of this clause 12.5, “Claim” means any claim, demand, proceeding, action or complaint of any nature or kind under or in connection with this Agreement.
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12.1. Nothing in the
Agreement will exclude or limit either
party’s liability:
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Term; Termination; and
Suspension.
- 13.1. Term. The term of the Agreement is as set forth in an applicable Order Form(s), unless earlier terminated in accordance with the Agreement.
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13.2. Termination.
- Either party may terminate an Order
Form upon notice with immediate effect if
the other party is in material breach of
these Platforms Terms or the applicable
Order Form (which includes any breach by
Company of Clauses 3.2(a), 3.2(d) or 3.3 of
these Platforms Terms):
- where the breach is incapable of remedy;
- where the breach is capable of remedy and the party in breach fails to remedy that breach within 30 days after receiving notice from the other party; or
- more than twice even if the previous breaches were remedied.
- Google may terminate the Agreement immediately upon notice, as of right and without judicial review, if child sexual abuse imagery is displayed on any Target Property.
- If Google is unable to provide a Service due to any changes in law or regulations, Google may terminate and/or suspend the applicable Service upon appropriate notice to Company.
- Upon the expiration or termination of
the Agreement for any reason:
- all rights and licenses granted by each party will cease immediately; and
- if requested, each party will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly return to the other party, or destroy and certify the destruction of, all Confidential Information (excluding Data) disclosed to it by the other party.
- Either party may terminate an Order
Form upon notice with immediate effect if
the other party is in material breach of
these Platforms Terms or the applicable
Order Form (which includes any breach by
Company of Clauses 3.2(a), 3.2(d) or 3.3 of
these Platforms Terms):
- 13.3. Suspension. If Company or a Company Partner is in violation (or if Google reasonably suspects a violation) of the Agreement, then Google may immediately suspend or deactivate Company and/or Company Partner‘s use of all or any part of the applicable Services.
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Miscellaneous.
- 14.1. Assignment. Neither party may assign any part of the Agreement without the written consent of the other, except to an Affiliate where: (a) the assignee has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of the Agreement; (b) the assigning party remains liable for obligations under the Agreement if the assignee defaults on them; and (c) the assignor has notified the other party of the assignment. Any other attempt to assign is void.
- 14.2. Change of Control. If a party experiences a change of control (for example, through a stock purchase or sale, merger, by operation of law, or other form of corporate transaction): (i) that party will give written notice to the other party within 30 days after the change of control; and (ii) the other party may immediately terminate the Agreement any time between the change of control and 30 days after it receives that written notice.
- 14.3. Conflicting Terms. If there is a conflict between the Terms and a term of an Order Form, the term of the Order Form will govern. If there is any conflict between Clause 3.2 and the EU User Consent Policy, the EU User Consent Policy will apply in relation to End Users in the European Economic Area along with the UK.
- 14.4. Entire Agreement. Subject to Clause 12.1(b), Agreement sets out all terms agreed between the parties and supersedes all other agreements between the parties relating to its subject matter. In entering into the Agreement neither party has relied on, and neither party will have any right or remedy based on, any statement, representation or warranty (whether made negligently or innocently), except those expressly set out in the Agreement.
- 14.5. General economy of the Agreement. Each party acknowledges and accepts that its own obligations and liability (including any limitation or exclusion thereof) under this Agreement are defined in consideration of the total economical balance of the Agreement.
- 14.6. Force Majeure. Neither party will be liable for failure or delay in performance to the extent caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
- 14.7. Unpredictable change of circumstances. By exception to the relevant provision of the applicable law, the parties agree that, if a renegotiation conducted in case of a change of circumstances that was unforeseeable on the Effective Date and rendering performance excessively onerous for a party who had not accepted the risk of such a change fails or is rejected by either party, the terms of the Agreement shall continue to apply without any judicial intervention.
- 14.8. Governing Law. The Agreement is governed by French law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts of Paris in relation to any dispute (contractual or non-contractual) concerning the Agreement save that either party may apply to any court for an injunction or other relief to protect its intellectual property rights.
- 14.9. Notices. All notices of termination or breach must be in English, in writing and addressed to the other party’s Legal Department. The address for notices to Google’s Legal Department is legal-notices@google.com. All other notices (including notices of non-renewal) must be in English, in writing and addressed to the other party’s primary contact. Notice will be treated as given on receipt, as verified by written or automated receipt or by electronic log (as applicable).
- 14.10. No Agency. The Agreement does not create any agency, partnership, or joint venture between the parties.
- 14.11. No Waiver. Neither party will be treated as having waived any rights by not exercising (or delaying the exercise of) any rights under the Agreement.
- 14.12. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Agreement does not confer any benefits on any third party unless it expressly states that it does. The rights of the parties to rescind or vary this Agreement are not subject to the consent of any other person.
- 14.13. Severability. If any term (or part of a term) of the Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the rest of the Agreement will remain in effect.
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14.14. Subcontractors.
- Either party may subcontract any of its obligations under the Agreement, without the written consent of the other party. Each party is liable for the acts and omissions of its Subcontractors.
- If Company (or its Clients or Company
Partners as applicable) engage a
Subcontractor that is recommended by Google
or is a Google partner (including Google
certified partners):
- Company acknowledges and agrees that the products, services and/or applications provided by such Subcontractor are not provided by Google and Google makes no representations or warranties about such Subcontractor’s performance; and
- Company is liable for the acts and omissions of such Subcontractor.
- 14.15. Approvals. The parties agree that whenever the Agreement calls for written request or written approval to be provided by either party, unless otherwise expressly stated that e-mail is not acceptable, such request or approval may be provided via email.
- 14.16. Equitable Relief. Nothing in the Agreement will limit a party’s ability to seek equitable relief; except that Company will not seek, in a proceeding filed during the term or for one year after the term, an injunction or an exclusion order of any of the Services or any portion of the Services based on patent infringement.
- 14.17. Survival. Notwithstanding termination or expiration of the Agreement, any provisions of the Agreement that by their nature are intended to survive, will survive termination including, but not limited to: Clauses 4 (Payments), 5 (Intellectual Property), 7 (Confidentiality), 9 (Disclaimers), 10 (Beta Features), 11 (Indemnification), 12 (Limitation of Liability), and 14 (Miscellaneous).
- 14.18. No reselling unless expressly permitted. Except as expressly set forth in an Order Form, Company may not resell any of the Services.
- 14.19. Conflicting languages. The parties have entered into this Agreement in English. If the Agreement is translated into any other language, and there is a discrepancy between the English text will govern.
- 14.20. Raising Issues with Public Authorities. Nothing in this Agreement prevents any party from raising issues of non-compliance with the law with any relevant public authority. To the extent this Clause 14.20 conflicts with any other part of this Agreement, this Clause 14.20 will govern.
EXHIBIT I
Applicable Payment Terms
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Country of organisation* * The country of organisation is determined by reference to the country in which the Company (or Affiliate of Company that has signed an Affiliate Adopting Agreement (as applicable)) is registered or, if not registered, where it has its principal place of business. |
Days from invoice date by when payment must be made |
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| North America: | |
| United States | 30 |
| Canada | 30 |
| South America/Central America: | |
| All countries in region | 30 |
| Asia/Oceania: | |
| Australia | 45 |
| China | 30 |
| Taiwan | 45 |
| Hong Kong | 30 |
| India | 60 |
| Japan | 60 |
| Malaysia | 45 |
| New Zealand | 45 |
| South Korea | 30 |
| Singapore | 45 |
| Thailand | 45 |
| Europe/Middle East/Africa: | |
| Austria | 30 |
| Belgium | 30 |
| Cyprus | 30 |
| France | 60 |
| Germany | 30 |
| Greece | 60 |
| Israel | 45 |
| Italy | 60 |
| Luxembourg | 30 |
| Netherlands | 30 |
| Nordic Region | 30 |
| Poland | 30 |
| Portugal | 60 |
| South Africa | 30 |
| Spain | 60 |
| Switzerland | 30 |
| Turkey | 45 |
| United Kingdom | 30 |
| All countries not listed above: | 30 |
Last Updated: 4 December 2023
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