Terms
and Conditions for SaaS
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Applicability and Subject Matter
1.1
Applicability. These
Terms and Conditions for SaaS (“SaaS-Terms”) shall apply to any
agreement between flair.hr GmbH, c/o Fibusys GmbH, Elsenheimerstr. 5, 80687
Munich, Germany (“flair.hr”) and the customer as stated on the order
form (“Customer”) for the provision of software as a service (SaaS)
through the Salesforce AppExchange, the online directory of applications that
interoperate with the services of Salesforce, Inc., (“SaaS-Agreement”).
1.2
Business use. These
SaaS-Terms shall only apply to businesses, whether a natural or legal person or
a partnership with legal personality within the meaning of section 14 of the
German Civil Code who or which is acting in exercise of his or its trade,
business or profession, to legal persons under public law and special funds
under public law within the meaning of section 310 (1) of the German Civil Code
and to other commercial or professional customers.
1.3
Exclusion of Customer’s terms. These SaaS-Terms apply exclusively. Deviating, conflicting or
supplementary terms and conditions shall only become part of the SaaS-Agreement
if and to the extent that flair.hr has expressly agreed, by way of prior
consent, that such terms shall apply to the SaaS-Agreement. This requirement of
prior consent must be met at least in Textform by a duly authorized
representative of flair.hr and applies in any case, even if flair.hr starts
providing services without reservation as to the terms and conditions of the
Customer flair.hr has become aware of.
1.4
Scope. flair.hr
will provide the flair.hr platform and related software and services to the
extent selected by the Customer on the Order Form as SaaS (the “SaaS-Solution”),
and a documentation of such SaaS-Solution (“Documentation”) (together
the “Services”).
1.5
Additional Terms. In addition to the Services provided under these SaaS-Terms,
flair.hr provides other services which are subject to specific terms.
(a)
The provision of implementation services is
subject to flair.hr’s Terms and Conditions for Implementation Services.
(b)
The provision of support and additional services
is subject to the Terms and Conditions for Support and Additional Services.
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SaaS-Agreement
2.1
SaaS-Agreement.
For the purpose of these SaaS-Terms, a SaaS-Agreement shall mean these
SaaS-Terms together with the following:
(a)
the order form (“Order Form”);
(b)
the data processing Agreement (“DPA”);
(c)
the services description document (“Service
Description”)
(d)
the service level agreement for SaaS (“Service
Level Agreement”); and
(e)
any documents referred to therein or in these
SaaS-Terms.
2.2
Conflicts. If
there is a conflict between these SaaS-Terms and any of the documents referred
to in section 2.1, provisions in the Order Form shall take precedence over
these SaaS-Terms, and provisions in the Service Level Agreement shall take
precedence over the provisions of these SaaS-Terms to the extent service level
are concerned. Except for the DPA, these SaaS-Terms shall prevail over any
other documents referred to in these SaaS-Terms.
2.3
Description of Services. The scope, nature and characteristics of the Services are described
in a service description or other documents attached to or referenced in the
respective Order Form (“Service Description”). The Service Description
does not constitute and must not, in any event, be interpreted as an assurance
(Zusicherung) of certain characteristics or as a guarantee (Garantie).
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Conclusion of the SaaS-Agreement
3.1
Contracting parties. For the use of Services provided by flair.hr, Customer will solely
contract with flair.hr. Salesforce, Inc. is not a contracting party with
respect to the Services offered and provided by flair.hr.
3.2
Order Form.
flair.hr provides the Customer with an Order Form which can be submitted to
flair.hr to place an order. All quotations made by flair.hr in an Order Form
are without any commitment and non-binding. They become binding upon acceptance
of the Order Form by flair.hr. as described in section 3.3.
3.3
Conclusion.
Customer can place an offer by submitting an Order Form with reference to these
SaaS-Terms. The SaaS-Agreement is concluded upon acceptance of the respective
Order Form by flair.hr and is made as of the Effective Date.
3.4
Additional agreements and amendments. Any additional agreement to the SaaS-Agreement shall be concluded
in Textform and with explicit reference to the respective SaaS-Agreement in
order to be effective. Any amendment to an Order Form accepted by flair.hr will
require Textform and will only apply to the relevant Order Form for which the
amendment has been agreed. Any services not covered by these SaaS-Terms require
a separate agreement between flair.hr and the Customer.
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Fees and Payment
4.1
Fees. Customer
shall pay the fees for the SaaS-Solution as set forth in the Order Form and any
other fees stated therein (“Fees”).
4.2
Invoicing. Fees
shall be invoiced to Customer in accordance with the conditions set out in the
accepted Order Form and the provisions of these SaaS-Terms.
4.3
Due date. Unless
otherwise agreed, invoices are due 14 days after invoice date and must be paid
without deduction to the account of flair.hr as specified in the Order Form.
All amounts are exclusive of taxes and other charges.
4.4
Suspension of Services. If Customer is in default on a payment pursuant to the terms of
payment as set forth in these SaaS-Terms, flair.hr shall, after providing a
reminder with a reasonable deadline, be entitled to suspend all Services under
the SaaS-Agreement for as long as payment remains outstanding. flair.hr will
inform Customer about the impending consequences of a default in the reminder.
The obligation to pay Fees shall remain in effect during the suspension of
Services due to default of payment.
4.5
Interests. Interests
shall accrue on a daily basis on any amount that have not been paid in full
within 14 days after invoice date at an annual rate equal to nine per cent over
the then current base interest rate, commencing 14 days after invoice date and
continuing until fully paid.
4.6
Offsetting.
Customer may only offset against undisputed or finally awarded claims and may
only base a right of retention on undisputed or finally awarded claims.
4.7
Price modifications. flair.hr reserves the right to unilaterally determine and modify its
pricing for the Services. To the extent the Customer has concluded a
SaaS-Agreement with flair.hr and such SaaS-Agreement is in effect, flair.hr
may, at its reasonable discretion, increase the Fees once per year to the
development of the costs that are decisive for the calculation of Fees but by
no more than 10 %. A fee increase may be considered, and a fee reduction shall
be made, if, for example, the costs for hosting provider or procurement result
in a different cost calculation. Increases in one type of cost (e.g., hosting
provider fees), shall only be used for a fee increase to the extent that they
are not offset by any declining costs in other areas (e.g., employment costs).
In the event of cost reductions, flair.hr shall reduce the Fees insofar as
these cost reductions are not fully or partially offset by increases in other
areas. flair.hr shall notify Customer of the increase in Fees in Textform three
months prior to the date on which the increase in Fees takes effect. If
Customer does not consent to the increase, it may, in Textform within a period
of four weeks from receipt of the notification, terminate the SaaS-Agreement
for special cause (Sonderkündigungsrecht) at the point in time at which
the increase in Fees planned by flair.hr comes into effect. If Customer does
not terminate the SaaS-Agreement, Customer shall be deemed to have accepted the
increase in Fees, and the increased Fees shall apply to the SaaS-Agreement with
flair.hr for the remainder of the Term of the SaaS-Agreement.
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Provision of the SaaS-Solution
5.1
Provision of SaaS-Solution. flair.hr shall make the SaaS-Solution available to Customer for the
during the Term of the SaaS-Agreement and enable Customer and its agreed number
of authorized users as specified in the Order Form (hereafter referred to as “Authorized
Users”) to use the SaaS-Solution and its functions, store and process data,
and be able to retrieve the results thereof.
5.2
Hosting and transfer point. flair.hr shall operate the SaaS-Solution on servers in data centres
that are accessible to Customer via the internet. The transfer point for the
SaaS-Solution provided by flair.hr shall be the router output to the internet
of the data centres used by flair.hr. flair.hr shall not be responsible for
connecting Customer to the internet, maintaining the network connection, or
obtaining and installing the hardware and software required by Customer.
5.3
Documentation. flair.hr
will provide Customer with a general documentation on how to use the
SaaS-Solution.
5.4
Maintenance and support. Maintenance and support related to SaaS-Solution is subject to the
provisions in section 7.
5.5
Version and updates. flair.hr shall make SaaS-Solution available to Customer in the
current program version. The functional scope of the SaaS-Solution at the time
of conclusion of the SaaS-Agreement is specified in the Order Form and the
Service Description. flair.hr will develop the SaaS-Solution on an ongoing
basis and improve it through new program versions (Updates, Releases). flair.hr
will provide updates and/or upgrades necessary to maintain the conformity of
the SaaS-Solution. This includes security updates and/or security upgrades.
5.6
Modifications.
flair.hr shall be entitled, but not obliged, to modify the SaaS-Solution, in
particular, to adapt it based on technological progress. flair.hr reserves the
right to modify or discontinue individual parts of the Services. flair.hr may
modify the SaaS-Solution at any time without degrading its functionality or
security features. Customer will be informed by flair.hr by email about any
major updates. flair.hr shall give Customer at least two (2) weeks’ notice of
any material changes that alter the functionality of the SaaS-Solution.
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For current subscriptions, flair.hr may degrade
the functionality of the SaaS-Solution or discontinue the SaaS-Solution only in
case of (i) legal requirements; (ii) the termination of a contractual
relationship with a provider of software and/or services used by flair.hr that
are material for the provision of services; and/or (iii) security risks.
flair.hr will notify Customer of any material degradation of functionality or
the discontinuation of the SaaS-Solution and the effective date at least sixty
(60) days prior to such a change, and Customer may terminate usage of the
modified SaaS-Solution thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such
change. In the event of a termination or discontinuation of the SaaS-Solution,
flair.hr will not refund any applicable prepaid amounts for the remainder of
the subscription term. flair.hr does not maintain prior versions of the SaaS-Solution.
5.7
Monitoring.
flair.hr may monitor Customer’s usage of the SaaS-Solution for internal
purposes, including: (i) for security and availability reasons; (ii) to ensure
compliance with these SaaS-Terms or any SaaS-Agreement thereunder; (iii) to
detect, prevent, and suspend any use of the SaaS-Solution that violates
restricted use rights under these SaaS-Terms or any SaaS-Agreement thereunder;
and (iv) to offer Customer, in accordance with any applicable legal
requirements, other products or services that are not yet part of the
SaaS-Solution. flair.hr may also use usage information on an aggregated basis
to improve the SaaS-Solution or other flair.hr products and services.
5.8
Limitations. The
undertakings in section 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 will not apply to the extent
any non-conformance is caused by use of the SaaS-Solution contrary to
flair.hr’s instructions, or modification or alteration of the SaaS-Solution by
any party other than flair.hr or our authorised contractors or agents.
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Customer obligations
6.1
Data connection.
Customer shall, at its own expense, establish the data connection via the
internet between its hardware and the data transfer point defined by flair.hr.
Customer shall have sole responsibility for the operation and maintenance of
this data connection and shall bear all associated costs.
6.2
Access. Customer
shall (i) carefully store access credentials, protect them from unauthorized
access and prohibit use by third parties; (ii) not gain access to the Services
by any means other than through the customer account provided by flair.hr under
the SaaS-Agreement; (iii) not circumvent or disclose any authentication or
security measures; and (iv) not use a false identity or credentials of another
person to gain access to any account. If Customer becomes aware that access
credentials may have been unlawfully obtained or could be misused by a third
party, Customer must inform flair.hr immediately.
6.3
Prohibited Uses:
Customer may use the Services only for lawful purposes and not in any way that
breaches any applicable law or regulation. In addition, Customer may not use
the Services: (a) for harming, bullying, insulting, intimidating or attempting
to harm, bully, insult, intimidate any individual; (b) to send, receive,
upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the
standards set out in section 6.4 below; (c) to transmit, or procure the
sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material
or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); (d) subject to these
SaaS-Terms, to license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute,
display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the
SaaS-Solution available to any third party except the Authorised Users; (e) to
attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access to the
SaaS-Solution, other than as provided under this Agreement; (f) to build a
service or product which competes with the SaaS-Solution; attempt to
de-compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-readable
form all or any part of the SaaS-Solution, and (g) to create liability for or
cause damage to flair.hr in any way. Customer must not reproduce, duplicate,
copy or resell the SaaS-Solution (or any part of it) in breach of any of the
provisions of these SaaS-Terms and must not access, interfere with, damage or
disrupt any part of the SaaS-Solution, or any equipment or network on which the
SaaS-Solution is stored, or any software used in the provision of the Services.
flair.hr reserves the right, without liability or prejudice to our other rights
to Customer, to suspend Customer’s or any Authorised User's access to the
Software Services for any breach of this clause.
6.4
Uploading material. Customer agrees to not upload any content onto the SaaS-Solution or
use the SaaS-Solution in any way that would: (a) infringe any third-party
copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights or
rights of publicity or privacy; (b) be fraudulent or involve the sale of
counterfeit or stolen material, including, but not limited to, use of the
SaaS-Solution to impersonate another person or entity; (c) violate any law,
statute, ordinance, or regulation; (d) be false, misleading, or inaccurate; (e)
create liability for flair.hr or cause flair.hr to lose (in whole or in part)
the services of any of flair.hr’s service providers; (f) be defamatory,
libelous, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing; or (g) potentially
be perceived as illegal, offensive, or objectionable. With regard to its
obligations under (a) through (g) above, Customer shall be liable for all
content uploaded by any Authorized User related to Customer. Customer shall
properly handle any notices and claims sent to Customer claiming that
Customer’s content violates a third party’s rights or laws.
6.5
Customer data.
Customer is solely responsible for the use of its own data used in connection
with the Services and the means by which Customer acquires and shares such data
with third parties. This includes taking steps to maintain legally required or
otherwise appropriate security and protection, including regular backup and
archiving of Customer’s data and any document retention or archiving
obligations resulting from laws, company policies, or the state of the art.
6.6
System requirements. Customer shall fulfill the system requirements necessary for the
use of the SaaS-Solution, which are specified in the Order Form and documents
referenced therein. flair.hr may modify these system requirements in the course
of enhancing the SaaS-Solution. Customer will be notified of any modifications
to the system requirements.
6.7
Viruses. Customer
must not deliberately access, store, distribute or transmit any viruses on to
or through the SaaS-Solution or systems used to provide the SaaS-Solution to
Customer (or anything that is designed to adversely affect the hardware,
software or systems used to deliver the Services). Customer must use all
reasonable endeavours to protect against this being done without deliberate
intent, including by using up to date virus protection software.
6.8
Responsibility for Authorized Users. Customer is responsible for the use of the Services by its
Authorized Users.
6.9
Changes. Customer
shall inform flair.hr in Textform of any changes to its business that are
relevant to the performance of the Services. Such changes include, but are not
limited to, changes to Customer’s business address, company, legal form or
contact person.
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Maintenance and support
7.1
Maintenance.
flair.hr will provide maintenance for the SaaS-Solution in accordance with the
following provisions. Maintenance shall include (i) the remediation of Defects
(as defined in section 7.2); (ii) the provision of new releases of the
SaaS-Solution in accordance with the provisions of section 5.5 and as required
by law; and (iii) the provision of a user-helpdesk (subject to the provisions
section 7.3).
7.2
Reporting of defects. Customer shall immediately report any defect (Defect in Quality
within the meaning of section 8 or Defect in Title within the meaning of
section 9 (together “Defect”)) to the user-helpdesk provided by flair.hr
as specified under section 7.3. Customer shall give a detailed description of
the effects of the Defect.
7.3
User-helpdesk.
flair.hr provides Customer a user-helpdesk. Any Defect and any support request
submitted to the user-helpdesk will be assigned to categories as defined in
section 7.4. According to the categorization of the request, corresponding
actions shall be carried out by flair.hr within the reaction times specified in
the relevant Service Level Agreement. The contact details of the user-helpdesk
are specified in the Service Level Agreement.
7.4
Categorization of requests. If the request is categorized as a Defect, flair.hr shall remedy
the defect in accordance with the respective provisions in section 8 and
section 9. If the request is not categorized as a Defect, flair.hr is under no
obligation to offer any additional support services to Customer, unless the
Customer has concluded a separate support agreement for additional support
services, such support services to be charged separately and subject to the
Support Terms (see section 1.5(b)).
7.5
Exclusions. Customer
shall have no remedy for defects of the SaaS-Solution that are the result of
unauthorized changes to the SaaS-Solution by Customer or where Customer has not
used the SaaS-Solution in accordance with the applicable Documentation. To the
extent the Customer uses third-party services in connection with the
SaaS-Solution, flair.hr is not responsible for defects based on third party
services or software, in particular the error-free functionality of the
SaaS-Solution.
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Defects in quality
8.1
Defect in Quality. A “Defect in Quality” exists if the SaaS-Solution does not
have the contractually agreed quality which is determined in the respective
Order Form and documents referenced therein. Insofar as the quality has not
been agreed, it shall be assessed in accordance with statutory provisions.
8.2
Remediation.
flair.hr will categorize submitted reports in accordance with section 7.4. If
the request is categorized as a Defect in Quality, flair.hr shall, at its
reasonable discretion, choose one of the following measures to remedy the
defect:
(a)
deploying an update or release;
(b)
issuing instructions to Customer on how to
circumvent the problem or to remedy the defect. Customer shall, as far it is
reasonably possible, ensure that such instructions are implemented by competent
personnel.
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Defects in title
9.1
Defect in Title.
A “Defect in Title” exists where it is not possible for Customer to be
validly granted the rights required for the use of the SaaS-Solution.
9.2
Remediation.
flair.hr will categorize submitted reports in accordance with section 7.4. If
the request is categorized as a Defect in Title, flair.hr shall provide
Customer with a legally unchallengeable means of using the SaaS-Solution.
flair.hr may exchange the service concerned for an equivalent service unless
this is unacceptable to Customer. If third parties assert intellectual property
rights against Customer, Customer must immediately inform flair.hr in Textform.
flair.hr shall defend or settle the claims at its discretion and in
consultation with Customer. Customer shall, without undue delay, provide
flair.hr with all information required for defense against such claims.
Customer must not acknowledge the claims of third parties on its own
initiative. flair.hr shall defend the claims against Customer at its own
expense and shall indemnify Customer against all reasonable and legal costs and
loss or damage associated with the defense, unless these result from a breach
of duty by Customer.
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Availability
1.1
Availability.
flair.hr shall ensure the availability-rate as specified in the respective
Service Level Agreement.
1.2
Calculation. For
the purposes of calculating the availability of the SaaS-Solution in relation
to the relevant Service Level Agreement, any of the following reasons for
non-availability or reduced availability of the SaaS-Solution shall not be
taken into consideration:
(a)
Any unavailability or reduced availability of
the SaaS-Solution that was pre-announced and due to planned maintenance;
(b)
any unavailability or reduced availability of
the SaaS-Solution in order to prevent any possible damage, disruptions or other
severe consequences for flair.hr or Customer;
(c)
any unavailability or reduced availability of
the SaaS-Solution which is due to third-party software provided by Salesforce;
(d)
any unavailability or reduced availability of
the SaaS-Solution caused by any unforeseen event beyond the reasonable control
of a flair.hr that cannot be avoided even by exercising reasonable care,
including, but not limited to natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics, war,
blockade, embargo, energy supply or operational disruptions, energy shortage,
official orders, statutory prohibitions, industrial action or other cases of
force majeure.
1.3
In the event of any planned unavailability for
maintenance purposes, flair.hr shall try to minimize the duration of the
suspension as much as possible and, where possible, perform the maintenance
outside office hours. In the event of any non-planned unavailability or reduced
availability, flair.hr shall notify Customer immediately and inform Customer of
the probable duration. Customer shall cooperate with flair.hr in order to
identify the source of any problem if it is in Costumer’s sphere. If flair.hr
is unable to perform any Service due to force majeure, Customer shall also be
released from its performance obligation.
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Temporary suspension
2.1
Suspension.
flair.hr may suspend or limit Customer’s use of Services immediately if
flair.hr reasonably determines that there is a material breach of Customer’s
obligations as set forth in these SaaS-Terms or the SaaS-Agreement or a
security incident or threat to the security of the Services in connection with
Customer’s access to or use of its functionalities; or if such suspension or
limitation is required by law, a court decision, or a request from a
governmental body. In particular, breaches for failure to pay Fees due under
these SaaS-Terms or failure to comply with section 6.3 (Prohibited Uses)
section 14 (Indemnification), section 15 (Intellectual Property Rights) and
section 18 (Confidentiality) will constitute a material breach. flair.hr’s
right to terminate any SaaS-Agreement in accordance with section 12 and all
other rights and remedies of flair.hr remain unaffected.
2.2
Customer obligations during suspension. In case of a suspension or limitation, Customer’s obligation to pay
the Fees according to section 4 remains unaffected.
2.3
Reactivation of Services. If Customer can reasonably remedy the cause of the suspension or
limitation, flair.hr will notify Customer of the actions that Customer must
take to reinstate access to the Services. The suspension or limitation will be
lifted as soon as the reason for such suspension or limitation no longer
exists. flair.hr reserves the right to charge a reasonable reactivation fee.
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Term and termination
3.1
Term. The SaaS-Agreement
shall be effective as of the effective date specified in the Order Form (“Effective
Date”) and shall remain effective during the initial term as specified in
the Order Form (“Initial Term”). The Initial Term will automatically
renew for additional 12 months (each a “Renewal Term”) after the
Initial Term or any Renewal Term, unless either party terminates the
SaaS-Agreement upon a six weeks’ notice before the end of the respective
Initial Term or Renewal Term (the Initial Term together with any Renewal Term
together the “Term”).
3.2
Termination by either party. Either party may terminate the SaaS-Agreement for cause (Kündigung
aus wichtigem Grund). Termination of the SaaS-Agreement for cause may
include any of the following causes, or another cause:
(a)
Breach of contract: As a result of a material
breach by the other party. Except where performance by a party is permanently
impossible, the non-breaching party may terminate the SaaS-Agreement only if it
provides written notice to the other party, granting the other party a
reasonable term of at least thirty calendar days to remedy the material breach,
and such material breach is not rectified within the period granted by the
non-breaching party in the notice of default. Any breach by Customer of its
payment obligation will constitute a material breach; or
(b)
Lack of funds: If the other party becomes
subject to insolvency proceedings, suspends payments, or files a petition for
insolvency, bankruptcy, winding-up, or similar procedure.
3.3
Termination by flair.hr. In addition, flair.hr may immediately terminate the SaaS-Agreement
during the Term for cause, if:
(a)
the Customer breaches section 14
(indemnification), section 15 (intellectual property rights), section 18
(confidentiality); or
(b)
the Customer undergoes a change of control, such
as the transfer of the majority of its (or its direct or indirect parent
company) shares or assets, or the consolidation or merger with another entity.
3.4
Fees and refunds.
Upon termination of the SaaS-Agreement, all unpaid fees will be immediately due
and payable and Customer shall not be entitled to a refund of any amounts paid
under these SaaS-Terms. Termination shall not relieve Customer of its
obligations to pay any amounts then due to flair.hr.
3.5
Form. Any
termination notice requires at least Textform.
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Liability
4.1
Liability. flair.hr
shall be unrestrictedly liable for any damage caused by intent or gross
negligence. In the event of a slightly negligent breach of a major obligation
(Hauptpflicht) or an accessory obligation (Nebenpflicht), whose
breach puts the achievement of the contractual purpose at risk or whose
fulfillment is essential to the due and proper implementation of the
SaaS-Agreement and on whose fulfillment Customer could reasonably rely (“Essential
Obligations” – Kardinalpflicht), the liability of flair.hr is limited
to damage foreseeable at the time of conclusion of the contract and
characteristic for the contract (vertragstypischer vorhersehbarer Schaden).
The parties understand that the typical foreseeable damage regularly does not
exceed the annual contractual volume.
4.2
Exclusion of Liability. flair.hr is not liable for slightly negligent breaches of accessory
obligations that are not Essential Obligations. To the extent the liability of
flair.hr is excluded or limited, this shall also apply to the personal liability
of flair.hr’s employees, members of staff, representatives, and vicarious
agents.
4.3
Exclusions. The
above exclusions and limitations of liability shall not apply in the event of
malicious concealment of defects or a guarantee as to quality, to the liability
for claims under the Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz), and
to claims based on personal injuries (life, limb, or health). This shall not
entail a reversal of the burden of proof to Customer’s disadvantage.
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Indemnification
2.
Customer shall indemnify flair.hr, its suppliers
and contractors, and each of their respective employees, officers, directors,
and representatives from and against, and, at flair.hr’s option, defend
flair.hr against, any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses
(including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising from or in connection with: (i)
the use of the Services by Customer not in accordance with the SaaS-Agreement;
(ii) any violation of laws or rights of others by Customer’s use of the
Services; (iii) any breach by Customer or any of its employees; (iv) operation,
combination, or use of the Services in conjunction with any of Customer’s own
data, information, content, software, materials, or services and/or in
conjunction with any third party data, information, content, software,
materials, or services; (v) an adjustment or different configuration of the
Services made or caused by Customer, or a third party to which Customer
facilitates or permits access to the Services; (vi) any claims by any member or
employee of Customer, or contractor or other third party to which Customer
facilitates or permits access to the Services; and (vii) the Customer’s
unauthorized use of flair.hr’s trademarks, designations, and logos.
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Intellectual property rights
6.1
Intellectual property. The SaaS-Solution is protected by copyright and other intellectual
property rights. flair.hr and its licensors shall exclusively retain all right,
title and interest to the SaaS-Solution and Documentation, and any intellectual
property rights that can be exercised in relation to the Services. The Customer
shall acquire no rights whatsoever other than explicitly described in section
15.2.
6.2
Grant of rights. Subject
to compliance with the provisions of these SaaS-Terms and SaaS-Agreements,
flair.hr grants Customer a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and
non-transferable right, limited to the Term and the number of Authorized Users,
to use the SaaS-Solution within the specified scope via the internet as a cloud
solution as well as the corresponding Documentation. Further restrictions may
be listed in the respective SaaS-Agreement.
6.3
Third-party technology. If and to the extent as the Services include third-party technology
(such as proprietary or open-source software), such third-party technology
shall be subject to third-party terms and conditions governing such technology.
flair.hr will notify Customer of third-party terms and conditions by
referencing them in the SaaS-Agreement or by providing other written or
electronic notice. With respect to such third-party technology, the applicable
third-party terms and conditions shall replace any provisions set forth in
these SaaS-Terms or SaaS-Agreements concluded thereunder between flair.hr and
Customer. flair.hr is not responsible for such third-party technology and such
third-party terms do not govern flair.hr’s Services. Customer agrees to comply
with such third-party terms and conditions, as updated from time to time by the
third party. Unless the third-party technology is incorporated into the SaaS-Solution
by flair.hr and forms an inextricable part thereof, it is Customer’s sole
responsibility to obtain at its own cost adequate licenses for third-party
technology directly from the relevant third parties, and to comply with the
license requirements stated by such third party.
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Customer data, return of data
7.1
Customer Data.
Customer shall retain ownership of or exclusive rights over its data that are
stored on the Customer’s storage space provided by flair.hr (hereafter referred
to as “Customer Data”) and may access Customer Data at any time during
the Term subject to these SaaS-Terms and the Order Form.
7.2
Return of Customer Data. Upon expiration or termination of the SaaS-Agreement, the return of
Customer Data shall take place by the provision of an internet download option
in a format to be determined by flair.hr. Customer must inform flair.hr at
least 14 calendar days before the end of the SaaS-Agreement in Textform if
Customer wants to receive Customer Data at the end of the SaaS-Agreement.
Customer shall notify flair.hr of any issues with the Customer Data provided
within 14 calendar days upon receipt of the Customer Data from flair.hr. If
Customer fails to inform flair.hr about the intention to receive Customer Data
or any issue with the Customer Data received within the given time frames,
flair.hr has the right to delete Customer Data 90 calendar days after the
expiration or termination of the SaaS-Agreement.
7.3
Deletion of Customer Data. flair.hr shall delete Customer Data still available to it 90 calendar
days after the data is returned to Customer following the end of a contract,
unless Customer notifies flair.hr within this period that the data provided to
Customer is not legible or is incomplete.
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Subcontractors
flair.hr shall be
entitled to involve subcontractors for the provision of Services, e.g., cloud
space and data hosting providers. The use of subcontractors shall not relieve
flair.hr of its obligation vis-à-vis Customer.
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Confidentiality
9.1
Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all
information and data – either of technical, financial or business nature –
received from flair.hr that is marked or otherwise designated as confidential
or that can be reasonably recognized by the Customer as confidential
information. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to technical
information (e.g., computer code, inventions, algorithms, know-how and ideas),
business, financial, and other information (whether written, oral, graphic,
machine recognizable, sample or visual). Customer agrees not to disclose any
Confidential Information, which Customer has become aware of, or which Customer
has received from flair.hr, to a third party or the public. The Customer shall
protect the Confidential Information in a way to prevent misuse by third
parties and in accordance with the Customer’s own protective measures for its
own confidential information, and shall at least be in accordance with the
current state of the art at the time of protection.
9.2
Exclusions. The
obligation to maintain confidentiality shall not apply to information and
documents which were in the public domain and generally available at the time
of disclosure or which were already known to the receiving parties at the time
of disclosure, or which were later legitimately made available to the receiving
party by third parties.
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Data protection
10.1
Data protection. flair.hr
shall comply with all applicable data protection regulations, including, but
not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German
Federal Data Protection Act. flair.hr and the Customer each shall impose their
respective statutory data protection obligations on their staff and any
subcontractors engaged.
10.2
Data analysis. Customer
consents to the data analysis of usage data in anonymous form for the purposes
of improving the SaaS-Solution, the user experience, and security. This consent
includes granting flair.hr the right to use the results in anonymous form for
the benefit of other flair.hr customers.
10.3
Data processing agreement. For the processing of personal data by flair.hr on behalf of the
Customer within the scope of the GDPR, the parties shall conclude a data
processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 of the GDPR. Customer shall inform
flair.hr of the persons authorized to issue instructions. The data processing
agreement shall take precedence over the provisions of these SaaS-Terms (see
section 2.2).
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Miscellaneous
11.1
Form. Any
SaaS-Agreement shall be concluded in text form within the meaning of section 126b
of the German Civil Code (“Textform”), and any amendment to a
SaaS-Agreement requires Textform.
11.2
Language and Interpretation. These SaaS-Terms have been drafted in the English language and the
English language version shall be solely binding upon the parties to the
SaaS-Agreement. Any translation of these SaaS-Terms shall be considered as
convenience translation and not be binding upon the parties to the
SaaS-Agreement. To the extent these SaaS-Terms include legal terms in German
used in brackets, such legal term shall be used for the interpretation of these
SaaS-Terms and the SaaS-Agreement based upon these SaaS-Terms.
11.3
Amendments. flair.hr
reserves the right to amend the SaaS-Terms considering the legitimate interests
of the parties to the SaaS-Agreement. In the event of a change to the
SaaS-Terms, flair.hr shall notify the Customer of the changes to the SaaS-Terms
in Textform (“Notification”). The amendments shall become effective vis-à-vis
the Customer, and the contractual relationship shall continue under the amended
conditions, if the Customer does not object to such amendments within four
weeks of receipt of the Notification by flair.hr in Textform. The timely
dispatch of the objection to flair.hr shall suffice to meet this deadline. In
the event of an objection, both parties shall be entitled to terminate the
SaaS-Agreement for special cause (Sonderkündigungsrecht). flair.hr will
inform the Customer of the Customer’s termination right and the consequences of
a failure to object to the Notification.
11.4
Applicable law.
SaaS-Agreements and these SaaS-Terms shall be governed by the laws of Germany.
11.5
Place of Jurisdiction. The place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in
connection with SaaS-Agreements under these SaaS-Terms shall be the registered
seat of flair.hr in Germany.
11.6
Assignment.
Neither the SaaS-Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder are assignable
or otherwise transferable by either party, in whole or in part, without the
prior written consent of the other party. flair.hr may transfer and assign the
SaaS-Agreement and its obligations under these SaaS-Terms to an Affiliate of
flair.hr. “Affiliate” means any corporation or other entity which
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with flair.hr or any
successor entity. A corporation or other entity shall be deemed to control
another corporation or entity if (i) it owns, directly or indirectly fifty
percent (50%) or more of the voting shares or other interest, (ii) has the
power to elect more than half the directors, of such other corporation or
entity, or (iii) has the ability, via contract or otherwise, to direct the
affairs of such other corporation or entity.
11.7
Severability. If
any provision of these SaaS-Terms or any SaaS-Agreement thereunder is held to
be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and
enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected or impaired in
any way, and such provision will be deemed to be restated to reflect the
original intentions of the parties as much as possible in accordance with
applicable law.
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