Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
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SendGrid Agent/OEM User Agreement
This User Agreement (this “Agreement”) governs your use of SendGrid’s “Services” as made available to You by “Compass” (as defined herein). This Agreement is part of those certain Terms of Service, agreed to between SendGrid and Compass (the “TOS”), which You have assented to through your use of SendGrid. For purposes of this Agreement: (a) “You” shall mean you, the agent-user, and You may be referred to herein as an “OEM User”, (b) “Compass” shall mean Compass, Inc. d/b/a Compass (and its subsidiaries and affiliates), and Compass may be referred to as an “OEM” (c) the provider, SendGrid, shall be considered a Third Party Provider (as defined below), and (d) Third Party Services (as defined below) shall include the Services, offered by SendGrid and made available to You by Compass (as defined in the TOS).
Changes to this Agreement. Compass reserves the right, at any time, to change or modify this Agreement by making such change or modification available on this site or by providing other notice to You. Any such change or modification will be effective 30 days after posting on this site or such other notice. As applicable, You will be deemed to have agreed to such change or modification of this Agreement through Your continued use of the Site or Services.
By using SendGrid’s Services, you agree to the following:
Third-Party Services. The services provided to OEM User under this Agreement include certain services developed, provided or maintained by third-party service providers of OEM (“Third Party Providers”). Access to or use of any those services (“Third Party Services”) by OEM User are subject to any separate agreement that OEM User may enter into (or may have entered into) relating to those Third Party Services (each, a “Third Party Service Agreement”). The terms of any Third Party Service Agreement will apply to the applicable Third Party Services provided under that Third Party Service Agreement in addition to the terms of this Agreement. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the terms of any Third Party Service Agreement will control in the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and that Third Party Service Agreement. All other Third Party Services will be subject to the terms of this Agreement. Each Third Party Provider retains all right, title and interest in and to all Third Party Services and all software, hardware or other technology used to provide those services, and any additions, improvements, updates, and modifications thereto. Each Third Party Provider will be a beneficiary of the terms of this Agreement as to the Third Party Services provided by the Third Party Provider and will have all rights necessary to enforce this Agreement against OEM User in the case of any breach of those terms.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants. OEM User represents, warrants, and covenants that: (a) OEM User has the legal right and authority to enter into this Agreement; (b) OEM User has the legal right and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to grant the rights and licenses described in this Agreement and in any applicable additional agreement OEM User enter into in connection with any of the services provided under this Agreement; (c) all Content (as defined below) is in compliance with the terms of this Agreement; (d) OEM User will access and use the services provided under this Agreement in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and all laws, rules and regulations applicable to its obligations under this Agreement; (e) OEM User will not export or re-export the Service except in compliance with the U.S. Export Administration Act and the related rules and regulations and similar non-U.S. government restrictions, if applicable; (f) OEM User will not remove or export from the United States or allow the export or re-export of the Service (i) into (or to a national or resident of) any embargoed or terrorist-supporting country, (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Denial Orders or U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals, (iii) to any country to which such export or re-export is restricted or prohibited, or as to which the U.S. government or any agency thereof requires an export license or other governmental approval at the time of export or re-export without first obtaining such license or approval, or (iv) otherwise in violation of any export or import laws; and (g) OEM User is not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any prohibited country or on any prohibited party list referred to in subsection (f) immediately above.
Disclaimer. THE SOLE WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE THOSE EXPRESS WARRANTIES (IF ANY) PROVIDED TO OEM USER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDE SITES AND SERVICES (AND ALL THIRD PARTY PROVIDER CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITES AND SERVICES) ARE PROVIDED TO YOU STRICTLY “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND COMPASS AND ITS THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. ALL THIRD PARTY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY EACH THIRD PARTY PROVIDER STRICTLY “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND ALL THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO ALL THIRD PARTY SERVICES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE SERVICES ARE NOT DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED OR INTENDED FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES (AS DEFINED BELOW). NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY OEM OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTIES BY OR ON BEHALF OF THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.
Indemnification.
OEM User agrees to and hereby does indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Compass and OEM, the Third Party Providers and their respective affiliates, employees, agents, contractors, assigns, licensees, and successors in interest (each an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, fees, expenses, and costs (including attorneys’ fees, court costs, damage awards, and settlement amounts) that result from or relate to any claim or allegation against any Indemnified Party arising from OEM User accessing or using the services provided under this Agreement (including any Third Party Services), and made available by Compass, or from any email or other communication generated or sent through such services or any content contained therein, whether or not in breach of this Agreement.
Limitation on Liability. COMPASS NOR THIRD PARTY PROVIDER WILL HAVE ANY LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY SERVICES), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER FORM DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE), EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA, OPPORTUNITY, REVENUES OR PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES. IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS NOT PERMITTED, THE LIABILITY OF ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. NEITHER COMPASS NOR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER WILL BE LIABLE, AND WILL HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY YOU, FOR (a) SENSITIVE DATA (AS DEFINED BELOW) SENT TO OEM OR SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDER; (b) VIOLATION OF ANY LAW BY OEM OR SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDER WHEN ACTING AT OEM USER’S DIRECTION; OR (c) THE SENDING BY OEM OR SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OF OEM USER’S EMAILS, INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS AGAINST OEM OR SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDER DUE TO OEM USER’S SENDING OR DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES OR CONTENT (AS DEFINED BELOW).
Data Privacy. OEM and its Third Party Providers will have the right to collect, extract, compile, synthesize, and analyze non-personally identifiable, aggregated data and information resulting from or relating to the use or operation of the services under this Agreement (“Service Data”). Any Service Data collected by OEM or any Third Party Provider will be owned by the party collecting the Service Data and may be used by that party for any lawful business purpose without a duty of accounting to OEM User subject to the then current privacy policy applicable to the services under this Agreement. OEM User consents to the use and disclosure of personally identifiable and other data and information as described in this Agreement and in the then-current privacy policy applicable to the services provided under this Agreement (“Privacy Policy”). Content. OEM User will be responsible for all data, information and other content (“Content”) provided by OEM User in connection with the services provided under this Agreement. OEM User will not provide and will not permit any third party to provide or to use the services provided under this Agreement to provide, any Content that: (a) infringes, misappropriates or violates any intellectual property or other rights of any third-party; (b) is defamatory, harmful to minors, obscene or child pornographic; (c) contains any viruses or programming routines intended to damage the services or any software, hardware or other technology used to provide the services or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any data or information; (d) is false, misleading or inaccurate; or (e) constitutes Sensitive Data. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Sensitive Data” means (i) social security number, passport number, driver’s license number, or similar identifier (or any portion thereof), (ii) credit or debit card number (other than the truncated (last four digits) of a credit or debit card), (iii) employment, financial, genetic, biometric or health information, (iv) racial, ethnic, political or religious affiliation, trade union membership, or information about sexual life or sexual orientation, (v) account passwords, (vi) date of birth, (vii) criminal history, (viii) mother’s maiden name or (ix) or any other information that falls within the definition of “special categories of data” under EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR“), or any other applicable law relating to privacy and data protection. OEM User will not use the Service for any high risk activities including, but not limited to, the operation of nuclear facilities, air traffic control, life support systems, emergency services or where the use or failure of the Service could lead to death, personal injury or environmental damage (collectively, “High Risk Activities”). OEM and its Third Party Providers do not intend uses of the Third Party Services to create obligations under The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) or similar laws and makes no representations that such Third Party Services satisfy the requirements of such laws. If OEM User is (or becomes) a Covered Entity or Business Associate (as defined in HIPAA) or a Financial Institution (as defined in GLBA), OEM User agrees not to use the Third Party Services for any purpose or in any manner involving Protected Health Information (as defined in HIPAA) or Nonpublic Personal Information (as defined in GLBA). OEM User acknowledges that email is an insecure medium that is generally not encrypted in transit, and security of information transmitted through the Internet can never be guaranteed. OEM and its Third Party Providers will not be responsible or liable for any deletion, correction, destruction, damage, loss or failure to store or back-up any Content. OEM and its Third Party Providers may take remedial action if any Content violates this Section, however OEM and its Third Party Providers are under no obligation to review any Content for accuracy or potential liability.
License Grant. OEM User grants to OEM and its Third Party Providers all necessary rights and licenses in and to all Content necessary for OEM and its Third Party Providers to provide the services under this Agreement. OEM User will maintain an adequate back-up of all Content and OEM and its Third Party Providers will not be responsible or liable for any deletion, correction, destruction, damage, loss or failure to store or back-up any of any Content. OEM User represents and warrants that OEM User has all necessary right, title, interest and consent necessary to allow OEM and its Third Party Providers to use all Content as set forth in this Agreement and as otherwise necessary to provide the services under this Agreement.