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GovAl Enterprise / Civia Inc.
CIVIA
ORDER FORM
Customer Details ("Customer")
Legal Name: City of Oshkosh, WI
Address: 215 Church Ave
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
USA
54901
Civia Inc. ("Civia")
Address: 210-137 Glasgow St
Kitchener ON Canada
N2G 4X8
GovAl.com / Civia.com
Billing Contact: Billing@Civia.com
(249) 444-2484
HST # 749556346 RT0001
Service Description
Civia has developed a software -as -a -service ("SaaS") product offered as a platform (the "Civia Platform"), which provides to
Customer and its Customer Personnel AI/LLM tools that include a compliance and safety layer and contextual optimizations for
public sector use -cases through the Civia website at https://civia.com/ and/or the GovAl website https://govai.com (the
"Websites", together with the Civia Platform and their respective features and functionality, the "Service").
Agreement Details
Effective Date of Agreement: Sept 1, 2024
Subscription Period (Term): Annual
Subscription Currency ($): USD
Subscription Fees Line Item
GovAl Enterprise - Municipal (Pop. 50-100K) per year
Early Partner Program Discount
Limitations & Additional Terms:
• Users limited to staff directly employed by the City of Oshkosh WI and not sub -organizations
• Annual Rate locked in perpetuity due to participation in Early Partner Program - thank you!
Value
$15,000.00
-$13,000.00
Subtotal $2,000.00
Total
$2,000.00
BY SIGNING BELOW, EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF THIS THE
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THE ABOVE ORDER FORM AND THE SUBSCRIPTION TERMS SET OUT IN
SCHEDULE "A" HERETO) AND, FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.
City of OSHKOSH, WI CIVIA INC.
By: k. _Ad- `1 - - By:
Name: Anthony L. Neumann Name:
Title: Information Technology Manager Title:
/have authority to bind the Customer
CGO, Co -Founder
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SCHEDULE A: SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
This Subscription Agreement (the "Agreement") is an agreement between "Customer" (identified in the subscription order form
below "Order Form") and Civia Inc., a Canadian corporation with its primary place of business located at the address set forth in
the Order Form ("Civia", together with Customer, the "Parties" and each, a "Party") entered into as of the effective date set out in
Order Form below (the "Effective Date"). This Agreement is comprised of this Order Form, and the Agreement Terms
("Subscription Terms") attached as Schedule "A" hereto. In the event of a conflict or controversy between the terms and provisions
of the Order Form and the Subscription Terms, the terms of the Order Form shall prevail over the Subscription Terms. Each Party
will notify the other in writing of any changes to each Party's contact information.
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TERM AND TERMINATION.
�.� Term. This Agreement commences as of the Effective
Date and shall continue in effect for the term indicated on
the Order Form ("Initial Term"). Thereafter, the term of
the Agreement shall be automatically renewed, on a
monthly basis, on the anniversary of the Effective Date
this Agreement as a "Renewal Term"), unless either
party gives written notice of non -renewal to the other
party at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the Initial
Term or any Renewal Term hereof (the "Initial Term", and
any "Renewal Term", together with the "Term").
1.2 Termination for Cause. A Party may terminate this
Agreement for cause: (i) upon thirty (30) days written
notice of a material breach to the other party if such
breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period;
or (ii) if the other party becomes the subject of a petition
in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to
insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the
benefit of creditors.
2. LIMITED LICENSE. Subject to the terms of this
Agreement including payment of the applicable fees for
Service set out in the Order Form ("Subscription Fees"),
Civia hereby grants to Customer, a non-exclusive, non-
transferable, non-sublicensable (except to Customer
Personnel), limited internal license to access and use
during the Term the Service and Documentation (if any)
for the duration of the Term. Customer and any authorized
director, officer, employee, or contractor under the
employ or other engagement of the Customer
("Customer Personnel") shall access and use the
Service solely for internal business purposes, and subject
to any user or account restrictions set forth in the Order
Form.
3. RESTRICTIONS. Customer shall not and shall not permit
anyone to, directly or indirectly, (i) modify, translate,
adapt, disassemble, reverse assemble or engineer,
reverse compile or decompile, or otherwise attempt to
discover or derive the source code, object code or
underlying structure, ideas, know-how or algorithms
relevant to the Service and/or any Documentation (except
to the extent expressly permitted by Civia or authorized
within the Service); (ii) copy, sublicense, distribute,
assign, re -license, sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise use
the Service for time-sharing or otherwise for the benefit of
a third -party; (iii) circumvent any user limits or other
timing or use restrictions that are built into the Service; (iv)
frame or mirror any content forming part of the Service; (v)
use the Service to send or store infringing, obscene,
threatening, libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious
material, including material that is harmful to children or
violates third -party privacy or publicity rights; (vi) use the
Service to send or store means viruses, worms, time
bombs, Trojan horses and other harmful or malicious
code, files, scripts, agents or programs ("Malicious
Code"); (vii) have access to the Service to interfere with
or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service or
the data contained therein; (viii) (a) build a competitive
offering or product, and/or (b) copy any ideas, features,
functions or graphics of the Service; and/or (ix) remove
any identifying marks, logos, labels, or other proprietary
notice from the Service.
CUSTOMER DATA. Customer grants to Civia a non-
exclusive, worldwide, royalty -free fully paid -up license to
access, collect, use, analyze, store and process any
information, materials, and any content transmitted to or
from the Service by or to Customer or Customer's
Personnel ("Customer Data") solely to: (i) provide the
Service to Customer; and (ii) evaluate and improve the
functions, features and operation of the Service. To the
extent that any Customer Data or information transmitted
to and collected by the Service, includes personal
information, Civia will treat such information as
confidential in accordance with the requirements of
Section 9 below. Customer Data expressly excludes any
Feedback (defined below) provided by Customer to Civia
or transmitted thereby to the Service, which such
Feedback shall be owned exclusively by Civia on the
terms set out in Section 5. For the avoidance of doubt: (x)
the license contemplated herein shall not permit Civia to
create aggregated data sets (whether anonymized, de -
identifying, statistical or otherwise) for purposes of
training the Platform or any third party LLMs used by the
Platform, (y) Customer Data will not be used to train the Al
models of the Platform or any third party LLMs, and (z)
Civia has opted out, and shall continue to opt out, of all
available options to do so, as applicable, for any such third
party LLM.
5. FEEDBACK. Customer may from time to time provide to
Civia reasonable feedback with respect to the Service,
including without limitation information on usability and
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evaluation of the Service and Documentation
("Feedback"). Customer agrees that any such Feedback,
as well as any other know-how, developments,
improvements, or data concerning the Service that
Customer may suggest or provide to Civia (collectively,
"Improvements") will be the sole property of Civia and
may be used by Civia for any purposes Civia sees fit.
6. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. As between Civia and
Customer, Customer owns all right, title and interest in
and to Customer Data. All Intellectual Property Rights in
and to the Service and Documentation shall, at all times,
remain exclusively with Civia and its licensors. Customer
shall acquire no right whatsoever to all or any part of the
Service except the right to use the Service in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and Civia and its
licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted to
Customer.
As used herein: (i) 'Documentation"means, any written
or electronic technical documentation, including user
manuals, reference materials and/or release notes (if any)
that is made available with the Service, and which may be
updated and amended from time to time; and (ii)
"Intellectual Property Rights"means, all proprietary rights
in and to Documentation, patents, trademarks,
tradenames, trade dress, trade secrets, authorship
(including the Documentation, expressions, designs,
copyrights and copyrightable works, software and
firmware, application programming interfaces,
architecture, files, records, schematics, data, data files,
and databases and other specifications and
documentation, all industrial and other intellectual
property rights, and all modifications, translations or
adaptations, improvements or developments in and of the
foregoing, and all rights, interests, and protections that
are associated with, equivalent or similar to, or required for
the exercise of, any of the foregoing, however arising, in
each case whether registered or unregistered, all
registrations, rights to register or apply for registration,
renewals, reversions, all waivers and assignments of
moral rights, all assignments of model and property
releases, and all rights to enforce such rights or interest, in
any work, including without limitation, the structure,
sequence and organization of the same, worldwide and in
perpetuity.
7. CUSTOMER OBLIGATIONS. Customer agrees to: (i)
comply and cause Customer Personnel to comply with its
confidentiality obligations, and all other obligations set
out in this Subscription Agreement; (ii be solely
responsible and liable at all times for all activities that
occur in and on its accounts; (iii) have sole responsibility
for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, and
appropriateness of all Customer Data; (iv) use
commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized
access to, or use of the Service, and notify Civia promptly
of any such unauthorized access or use; and (v) use the
Service as it is intended to be used solely for Customer's
internal purposes, and will comply with all applicable laws,
statutes, constitution, principles of common law, rules,
regulations, codes, acts, ordinances, orders, decrees,
injunctions, by-laws, authorizations, directions,
requirements, rulings, injunctions, agreements, and
consents enacted, adopted, and/or in force by a court or
governmental authority, body or department
("Applicable Law").
8. FEES & PAYMENT.
8.1 Fees. Customer shall pay Civia the Subscription Fees as
specified in the Order Form.
8.2 Invoicing & Payment. Unless otherwise stated on the
Order Form, Subscription Fees will be invoiced quarterly or
annually in advance, and payment is due net thirty (30) days
from the invoice date. Customer is responsible for
maintaining complete and accurate billing and contact
information with Civia.
8.3 Overdue Payments. Any payment not received from
Customer by the due date may accrue, at Civia's
discretion, late charges at the rate of 1.5% of the
outstanding balance per month, or the maximum rate
permitted by law, whichever is lower, from the date such
payment was due until the date paid.
8.4 Taxes. Unless otherwise stated, the Subscription Fees
do not include any direct or indirect local, state, provincial,
federal or foreign taxes, levies, duties, or similar
governmental assessments of any nature, including
value-added, goods and services, harmonized, use, or
withholding taxes (collectively, "Taxes"). Unless
otherwise exempt, Customer is responsible for paying all
Taxes associated with its purchases pursuant to the
Subscription Agreement, excluding taxes based on
Civia's net income or property. If Civia has the legal
obligation to pay or collect Taxes for which Customer is
responsible under this section, the appropriate amount
shall be invoiced to and paid by Customer, unless
Customer provides Civia with a valid tax exemption
certificate authorized by the appropriate taxing authority.
8.5 Audit Rights. Civia shall have the right to use the
capabilities of the Service to confirm the number of users
using the Service and Customer's compliance with these
Subscription Terms.
8.6 Suspension of Service. If Customer's account is sixty
(60) days or more overdue, then in addition to any of its
other rights or remedies, Civia shall have the right to
suspend the Service provided to Customer, without
liability to Customer, until such amounts are paid in full.
8.7 Fee Changes. At the end of the Initial Term or any
Renewal Term, Civia may change, in its sole discretion,
any fees (including Subscription Fees), upon thirty (30)
days prior written notice to Customer, and such revised
prices shall become applicable to Customer at the start of
the next Renewal Term.
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9. CONFIDENTIALITY.
9.1 Definitions. As used in this Section 9, "Confidential
Information" shall mean and include information
disclosed by Civia or Customer (the "Disclosing Party")
to the other (the "Recipient") during the term of the
Agreement that is either (i) marked as confidential or (ii)
disclosed orally and described as confidential at the time
of disclosure and subsequently set forth in writing,
marked confidential, and sent to the Recipient not more
than thirty (30) days after the initial disclosure.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the
absence of such a mark or legend preclude disclosed
information which would be considered confidential by
someone exercising reasonable business judgment from
being treated as Confidential Information. Confidential
Information includes the Service(and the results of any
testing or evaluation of the Service), Documentation, and
any other related information furnished by Civia to
Customer, including, without limitation, all Intellectual
Property Rights, information, pricing plans, know-how,
product plans, technical information and specifications.
9.2 Compliance and Obligations. The Disclosing Party
agrees to keep confidential any and all Confidential
Information of Recipient and shall take reasonable steps it
takes to protect its own Confidential Information.
Recipient shall only disclose such Confidential
Information (i) to its Personnel, agents, or representatives
who have a need to know such information, for the
purpose of performing their obligations under this
Agreement, and who have entered into confidentiality
agreements and are bound by confidentiality obligations
no less protective as this Agreement, or (ii) to the extent
required by Applicable Law or during the course of or in
connection with any litigation, arbitration or other
proceeding based upon or in connection with the subject
matter of this Agreement, provided that the Disclosing
Party shall give the recipient reasonable notice prior to
such disclosure and shall comply with any applicable
protective order or equivalent.
9.3 Exceptions. Confidential Information shall not include
information which: (i) is or later becomes publicly
available without breach of this Agreement, or is
disclosed by the Disclosing Party without any obligation
of confidentiality; (ii) is known to the Recipient at the time
of disclosure by the Disclosing Party, (iii) is independently
developed by the Recipient without use of Confidential
Information, (iv) becomes known or available to the
Recipient without restriction from a source having the
lawful right to disclose such information; (v) is generally
known or readily ascertainable by Parties of ordinary skill
in the business of the Recipient; or (vi) is software code in
either object code or source code form that is licensed
under an open source license.
10. MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION.
10.1 Indemnification by Civia. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Subscription Agreement, Civia shall, at
its own expense, defend Customer in any action, suit, or
proceeding brought by a third party alleging that the
Service infringes or misappropriates any patent,
trademark, trade secret, copyright or any other intellectual
property rights of such third party (an "IP Claim") and
shall indemnify and hold Customer harmless from and
against any settlement amounts agreed in writing by Civia
and/or any losses, damages, expenses or costs (including but
not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) awarded to such
third party against Customer by a court or tribunal of
competent jurisdiction in such IP Claim. As conditions for
such defense and indemnification by Civia, (i) Customer
shall notify Civia promptly in writing upon becoming
aware of all pending IP Claims; (ii) Customer shall give
Civia sole control of the defense and settlement of such
IP Claims; (iii) Customer shall cooperate fully with Civia in
the defense or settlement of such IP Claims; and (iv)
Customer shall not settle any IP Claims without Civia's
written consent, or compromise the defense of any such
IP Claims or make any admissions in respect thereto.
10.2 Mitigation. If (a) Civia becomes aware of an actual or
potential IP Claim, or (b) Customer provides Civia with
notice of an actual or potential IP Claim, Civia may (or in
the case of an injunction against Customer, shall), at
Civia's sole option and determination: (I) procure for
Customer the right to continue to use the Service; or (II)
replace or modify the Service with equivalent or better
functionality so that Customer's use is no longer
infringing; or (III) if (I) or (II) are not commercially
reasonable, terminate the provision of the Service and
refund to Customer any pre -paid Subscription Fees for
any periods after the termination of the Service, Tess any
outstanding monies owed by Customer to Civia.
10.3 Exclusions. The obligations in Sections 10.1 and 10.2 do
not extend to (1) any IP Claim based upon infringement or
alleged infringement of any patent, trademark, copyright,
or other intellectual property right by the combination of
the Service furnished by Civia with other products,
software or services not provided by Civia; (2) any IP
Claim related to any Customer Data, or (3) any IP Claim
related to any use or exercise of any other right in respect
to the Service outside the scope of the rights granted in
the Subscription Agreement.
10.4 Indemnification by Customer. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Subscription Agreement, Customer
shall, at its own expense, defend Civia, and its directors,
officers, employees, and agents (the "Civia
Indemnitees") in any action, suit, or proceeding brought
by a third party against any of the Civia Indemnitees
alleging that the Customer Data, or Customer's use
of the Service in violation of the Subscription
Agreement, infringes or misappropriates the Intellectual
Property Rights or other rights of, or has otherwise
harmed, a third party ("Customer Claims") and shall
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indemnify and hold the Civia Indemnitees harmless from
and against any settlement amounts agreed in writing by
Customer and/or any losses, damages, expenses or costs
(including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees)
awarded to such third party against any of the Civia
Indemnitees by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction in
any such Customer Claim. As conditions for such defense
and indemnification by Customer, (i) Civia shall notify
Customer promptly in writing upon becoming aware of all
pending Customer Claims; (ii) Civia shall give Customer
sole control of the defense and settlement of such
Customer Claims; (iii) Civia shall cooperate fully with
Customer in the defense or settlement of such Customer
Claims; and (iv) Civia shall not settle any Customer Claims
without Customer's written consent, or compromise the
defense of any such Customer Claims or make any
admissions in respect thereto.
11. WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS.
11.1 Warranties. Each party represents, warrants to the
other party that: (a) it has all requisite power and
authority and approvals to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement; (b)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the performance of its obligations hereunder have
been duly authorized by it and any necessary third
parties; and (c) it will perform its duties and
obligations hereunder in a careful, diligent,
professional, proper, efficient and businesslike
manner.
11.2 EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES SET OUT
ABOVE, THE SERVICE AND DOCUMENTATION (IF
ANY) UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
AND 'WHERE IS" AND CIVIA EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES
AND DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES, OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY,
NON -INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
11.3 CIVIA DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT
THE CIVIA PLATFORM WILL PRODUCE ACCURATE OR
RELEVANT CONTENT FOR THE CUSTOMER, OR
OTHERWISE PERFORM WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR
ERROR. WHILE MAINTAINING REASONABLE DATA
SECURITY MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH ITS
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, CIVIA
CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE CIVIA PLATFORM IS
SECURE FROM HACKING OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED
INTRUSION, OR THAT CUSTOMER USAGE DATA WILL
REMAIN PRIVATE OR SECURE UPON SUCH HACKING
OR INTRUSION. CIVIA DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT
THE OUTPUT GENERATED BY THE CIVIA PLATFORM
WILL BE SATISFACTORY IN ANY WAY TO CUSTOMER.
CIVIA HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE OPERATION OF
THE THIRD PARTY LLMS IT ACCESSES AS PART OF ITS
PROCESSING ACTIVITIES, THE OUTPUTS THEY
GENERATE, OR THE CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF
ANY THIRD PARTY LLMS.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL
EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY
LOSS OF PROFIT OR REVENUE BY THE OTHER, OR FOR
ANY OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT OR ECONOMIC DAMAGES INCURRED OR
SUFFERED BY THE OTHER PARTY ARISING AS A
RESULT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT,
WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE OTHER
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES. THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF
CIVIA FOR ALL CLAIMS OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR TO ANY ACT
OR OMISSION OF CIVIA, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE,
SHALL BY LIMITED TO DIRECT DAMAGES ACTUALLY
INCURRED BY CUSTOMER AND SHALL NOT EXCEED
THE EQUIVALENT OF THE FEES PAID BY CUSTOMER
TO CIVIA IN THE PREVIOUS TWELVE (12) MONTHS
PRECEDING THE CLAIM. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY ABOVE DO NOT APPLY TO FRAUD,
WILFUL MISCONDUCT OR INDEMNIFICATION
OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 10.
13. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
13.1 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the
Subscription Terms set out in this Schedule A, and the
Order Form), and all other applicable schedules, exhibits,
and addenda to this Agreement, constitutes the entire
agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior
and contemporaneous agreements, proposals or
representations, written or oral, concerning its subject
matter. No modification, amendment, or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless in
writing and signed by the party against whom the
modification, amendment, or waiver is to be asserted. To
the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between the
provisions in the body of these Subscription Terms, and
the Order Form, or any schedule, exhibit, or addendum,
the terms of the Order Form shall prevail.
13.2 Relationship. The Parties are independent contractors
and nothing in this Agreement shall create, or be
construed to create, an employment or agency
relationship between Civia and Customer.
13.3 Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada
applicable therein, without regard to its conflict of laws
principles or those of any other jurisdiction, except where
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a different jurisdiction is specified in the Order Form, in
which case the laws of the specified jurisdiction shall
apply. Any legal action or proceeding arising under this
Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the courts of
competent jurisdiction located in Toronto, Ontario, and
the Customer consents to the personal jurisdiction and
venue of such courts, unless a different venue is
designated in the Order Form, in which case the venue
specified in the Order Form shall govern.
13.4 Waiver. The delay or failure of either Party to exercise any
rights under this Agreement will not constitute, or be
deemed to constitute, a waiver or forfeiture of such rights.
No waiver shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed
by the Party against whom such waiver is sought.
13.5 Assignment. The rights, duties, and privileges of a Party
to this Agreement shall not be transferred or assigned by
it, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of
the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Civia will
have the right to assign this agreement in connection with
the sale of substantially all of its assets to a third party or
in the event of a change of control.
13.6 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of
this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable, each such provision shall be modified, if
possible, to the minimum extent necessary to make it
valid and enforceable, or if it cannot be so modified, then
severed, and the remaining provisions contained in this
Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
13.7 No Third -Party Beneficiaries. Nothing herein shall
confer, or be deemed to confer, on any person or entity
not a signatory hereto any rights or benefits hereunder.
13.8 Headings. All headings contained in this Agreement are
included as a matter of convenience and shall not be
deemed part of such Agreement for purposes of
interpretation.
13.9 Notices. All notices, demands, or other communications
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement by
either Party to the other may be effected either by
personal delivery in writing or by email at the addresses
appearing on the Order Form, but each Party may change
such address by written notice to the other Party in
accordance with the Order Form. Notices delivered
personally will be deemed communicated as of actual
receipt. Mailed notices will be deemed communicated as
of three (3) days after mailing.
13.10 Language. The Parties have required that this
Agreement and all documents and notices resulting from
it be drawn up in English. Les parties aux presents ont
exiges que la presente convention ainsi que tous les
documents et avis qui s'y rattachent ou qui en
decouleront soient rediges en anglais.
13.11 Force Majeure. Except with respect to the Customer's
payment obligations, neither Party shall be responsible for
its failure to perform to the extent due to unforeseen
circumstances or causes beyond its control, including but
not limited to acts of God, wars, terrorism, epidemics or
pandemics, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military
authorities, fires, floods, accidents, or strikes, labour
problems (other than those involving the employees of
the affected party), computer, telecommunications,
Internet service Civia or hosting facility failures or delays
involving hardware, software or power systems not within
a Party's possession or reasonable control, provided that
such Party gives the other party prompt written notice of
the failure to perform and the reason therefore and uses
its reasonable efforts to limit the resulting delay in its
performance.
13.12 Export. Customer acknowledges and agrees that the
Service may be subject to export and import controls
under the regulations of Canada, the United States, and
other countries, and Customer shall comply with all export
and import control regulations of such countries.
Customer shall not use the Service for any purposes
prohibited by export laws, including, without limitation,
nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons proliferation.
Customer shall be responsible for procuring all required
permissions for any subsequent export, import, or use of
the Service.
13.13 Surviving Provisions. The following provisions of shall
survive any termination or expiration of the Subscription
Agreement: Sections 4-12; and this Section 13.
13.14 Counterparts (Execution): The Parties may execute
this Agreement in multiple counterparts, each of which
constitutes an original as against the Party that signed it,
and all of which together constitute one agreement. The
delivery of signed counterparts by facsimile, email, or
other electronic transmission that includes a copy of the
sending Party's signature is as effective as signing and
delivering the counterpart in person.