Software Terms of Use
Part 1 - General Terms
1. Introduction and Term
1.1 These Software Terms of Use and its schedules and any additional agreements, including any Software Proposal, Statement of Work, Website Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, linked or located at stylearcade.com and stylearcade.com.au (Terms) form a legally binding agreement between Style Arcade Pty Ltd (ACN 601 545 644) of 7/52 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia (Style Arcade, we or us) and the Client as set out in Schedule 1 (the Client or you), collectively referred to as the parties or a party.
1.2 Any references to a 'Schedule' in these Terms mean a reference to the relevant Schedule set out in the Software Proposal we provide to you (Software Proposal). If any Schedule is referenced in these Terms but not included in the Software Proposal, the relevant Schedule does not apply. The Software Proposal is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
1.3 Any special conditions set out in the Software Proposal apply to these Terms (Special Conditions). In the event of an inconsistency, the Special Conditions prevail over the Software Terms of Use to the extent of that inconsistency.
1.4 We have developed, and own software (Software), including retail merchandise buying and planning software (Fashion Analytics), software which allows Multibrand Retailers such as department stores and online marketplaces, to manage communication with Brand Retailers, in a single platform (Brand Portal Software) and software which assists with range planning (Range Plan). Style Arcade may provide you with access to the Software on a subscription basis in accordance with these Terms. We also provide services in relation to the provision of such Software, including customisation and configuration of the Software (Related Services, as set out in Part 3 of these Terms).
1.5 We have agreed to grant you a right to access and use the Software as set out in Schedule 2, and provide the Related Services to you, subject to these Terms (collectively, the Services).
1.6 By subscribing to and using the Software and obtaining the Related Services and/or signing the Software Proposal, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted these Terms.
1.7 These Terms commence on the Effective Date and continue until the Subscription Date (Activation Period). After the Activation Period and from the Subscription Date, these Terms will continue for the Initial Term. After the Initial Term, these Terms will continue automatically on a monthly basis and for any period that Style Arcade provides Services, unless terminated earlier in accordance with these Terms (Term).
1.8 If you have multiple Brands, these Terms will apply to each Brand as if they were each receiving the Services under separate Terms, including in respect of:
(a) the Services, which will be provided to each Brand;
(b) Activation Services, which will be provided to each Brand (if applicable);
(c) the Fees, which will be payable in respect of each Brand;
(d) the Subscription Date will be in reference to the delivery of the Services and Deliverables in respect of each Brand;
(e) the Go Live date, in respect of each Brand; and
(f) the Payment Terms, in which dates will be determined in respect of each Brand.
2. Definitions and interpretation
2.1 In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires:
Activation SOW means the Statement of Work for Activation Services located at www.stylearcade.com/legal/statement-of-work-activation-services
Activation Period means the period between the Effective Date and the Subscription Date as set out in clause 1.7;
Acceptance Criteria means the criteria that are specified in the relevant Statement of Work and used to verify the Deliverables by you;
Authorised User means your employees and individual contractors that use the Services with your authorisation from time to time;
Brands means each of the brands owned by you in respect of which we are to provide the Services;
Brand Retailer means a user of the Software which sells or may potentially sell products through a Multibrand Retailer (for the avoidance of doubt, you may be considered a Brand Retailer as specified in Schedule 1);
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;
Calculated Results has the meaning set out in clause 3.5;
Calculator Tools means the Buy Calculator and Size Calculator;
Client means the party specified as such in Schedule 1;
Confidential Information means a Disclosing party’s non-public information (including data relating to Brand Retailers and Multibrand Retailers), in any form, and all copies, summaries and extracts, regardless of whether they are identified as confidential at the time of disclosure, excluding any information that:is or becomes generally publicly available at the time of disclosure or subsequently through no fault of the recipient;was known to Recipient, free of any confidentiality obligations, before its disclosure by Discloser;becomes known to Recipient, free of any confidentiality obligations, from a source other than Discloser; oris independently developed by Recipient without use of the Confidential Information;
Data has the meaning set out in clause 8;
Deliverables means the services Style Arcade will provide to you as specified relevant Statement of Work;
Documentation means any information published by us including reference material, help documentation and product information relating to the use of the Software;
Effective Date means the date specified as such in Schedule 1;
Electronic Signature means data in electronic form in, affixed to or logically associated with, a data message, which may be used to identify the signatory in relation to the data message and to indicate the signatory’s approval of the information contained in the data message;
Fees means any fee required to be paid under these Terms including Subscription Fees and Service Fees;
Fix means a minor amendment in the Software, intended to remove bugs or alter minor features which impair the Software’s functionality;
Force Majeure means an event that is beyond the reasonable control of a party, excluding an event to the extent that it could have been avoided by a party taking reasonable steps or reasonable care but does not include not making a payment due under these Terms;
Go Live means:if Activation Services are provided per Schedule 1, the stage of the Software with respect to each Brand after the date that the Deliverables set out in the Activation SOW are accepted or deemed accepted by you, in accordance with the Activation SOW; orif Activation Services are provided per Schedule 1 or if the Activation Services set out in the Activation SOW have already been provided by Style Arcade to you, then the Software is deemed to be in the Go Live stage.
GST means any tax imposed on the supply of goods or services which is imposed or assessed under GST Law (A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (as amended)) and all related ancillary legislation which provides for a broad-based consumption tax on the supply of Goods and Services;
Intellectual Property Rights means any patent, trade mark, service mark, copyright, moral right, right in a design, know-how, source code, trade secret and any other intellectual or industrial property rights, anywhere in the world whether or not registered;
Multibrand Retailer means a stockist of Brand Retailers, such as department stores and online marketplaces (for the avoidance of doubt, you may be considered a Multibrand Retailer as specified in Schedule 1);
Multibrand Retailer Data has the meaning set out in clause 7.1;
Payment Terms means the terms for the payment of any Fees due under these Terms as specified in Schedule 1;
Penalty Interest Rate means the rate of interest for the Post Judgement amount set by the Local Court of New South Wales (http://www.localcourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/Practice_procedure/interest_rates.aspx);
Platform means the Style Arcade platform, accessible at https://app.stylearcade.com.au/;
Related Services means any additional services required or requested by you in relation to the Software in accordance with clause 25, including the Activation Services or as set out in a Statement of Work, which may include configuration, implementation, customisation, consulting, and training;
Representative means the person nominated by you in accordance with clause 4.1 as the contact person receiving correspondence and giving instructions from and to Style Arcade and whom you represent is authorised to give instructions and make decisions on your behalf;
Review Period means the period set out in the relevant Statement of Work for approval/verification of the Deliverables;
Services means Style Arcade's provision of Software and the Related Services under these Terms;
SLA means our Service Level Agreement as set out in clause 23.4;
Statement of Work or SOW means a document titled "Statement of Work" which makes reference to these Terms, specifying details of the additional Services to be provided to you by Style Arcade, fees/costs and any other details deemed relevant by Style Arcade;
Style Arcade means the party described as such in clause 1.1;
Subscription Date means the date specified as such, as set out in Schedule 1;
Terms mean these Software Terms of Use, the Software Proposal and its schedules and annexures and any subsequent variation as specified in clause 1.1;
Updates means a minor amendment in the Software, which may contain new features or minor improvements and shall be marked as a new sub-version number; and
Upgrades means a material amendment in the Software, which contains new features and or major performance improvements and shall be marked as a new version number.
2.2 Interpretation
In these Terms, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) words in the singular include the plural and vice versa;
(b) headings (including those in brackets at the beginning of paragraphs) are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Terms;
(c) any reference to gender includes the other gender;
(d) a reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure is a reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure, as the case may be, of these Terms;
(e) if any act which must be done under these Terms is to be done on a day that is not a Business Day then the act must be done on or by the next Business Day;
(f) a reference to any legislation includes subordinate legislation and all amendments, consolidations or replacements from time to time;
(g) a reference to a natural person includes a body corporate, partnership, joint venture, association, government or statutory body or authority or other legal entity;
(h) the words “includes” and “including” or words of similar effect are not words of limitation;
(i) no clause of these Terms shall be interpreted to the disadvantage of a party merely because that party drafted the clause or would otherwise benefit from it;
(j) a reference to a party includes the party’s successors, assigns and persons substituted by novation;
(k) a reference to a covenant, obligation or agreement of two or more persons binds or benefits them jointly and severally;
(l) a reference to time and date is to local time and dates in New South Wales, Australia; and
(m) unless specified otherwise, a reference to “$” or “dollars” refers to Australian dollars.
3. Buy and Size Calculator
3.1 Features of the Software now include the Buy Calculator and Size Calculator tools (Calculator Tools) on the Platform.
3.2 The Calculator Tools provide an indicative estimate of potential sizes and quantities of products to purchase based on your historical data, including but not limited to the quantity, type and sizes of products ordered by you using the Platform in the past (Historical Data).
3.3 By accepting these Terms, you agree that Style Arcade may use your Historical Data to provide you with estimates via the Calculator Tools.
3.4 For the avoidance of doubt, the Calculator Tools:
(a) merely provide an indicative estimate of the size and quantities of products to purchase;
(b) are not a fully accurate or complete source of data; and
(c) are not an indication of future sales, results or trends, and should not be relied upon as such.
3.5 Style Arcade makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the results generated by the Calculator Tools (Calculated Results).
3.6 Style Arcade is not liable for any consequences or losses, financial or otherwise, that result from your reliance on the Calculated Results. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that the quantities and sizes bought by you are appropriate for your business and its individual needs.
4. Client obligations
4.1 You agree that you will:
(a) upon entering into these Terms appoint a Representative who will be, responsible for your project management, technical engagement and acceptance of any Deliverables and Related Services;
(b) at all times fully cooperate with Style Arcade in giving prompt instructions and informing Style Arcade of any data or system changes that could impact the data integrity within the Software;
(c) where applicable, promptly provide to Style Arcade the system mapping logic required to match source systems/third party data sources to Style Arcade;
(d) promptly, within the time frame specified in our SLA (if applicable), provide to Style Arcade the necessary technical resources to enable an automated extract of its Data feeding into the Software; and
(e) promptly provide to Style Arcade all necessary co-operation and assistance as requested by Style Arcade to allow Style Arcade to provide the Software and Related Services.
4.2 You agree that you are solely responsible and liable for:
(a) immediately notifying Style Arcade of any changes to its details, connections and requirements or any other details which may affect the provision of the Services, including but not limited to, its connections with any third-party data sources;
(b) checking and fixing any data validation issues between your source systems/third party data sources and Style Arcade;
(c) obtaining and maintaining all computer hardware, software, and communications equipment needed to internally access the Services; and
(d) implementing, maintaining, and updating all necessary and proper procedures and software for safeguarding against malicious content, including but not limited to computer infection, viruses, worms, trojan horses, and other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.
4.3 You acknowledge that the delivery of the Services may be dependent on you fulfilling your obligations under these Terms in a timely manner. Without limiting Style Arcade’s other rights under these Terms, if you fail to reasonably comply or delay in complying with any of your obligations under these Terms, Style Arcade may, at its election:
(a) suspend performance of the Services for the period of the non-compliance; or
(b) continue to provide the Services and charge you for any reasonable additional costs incurred by Style Arcade.
4.4 You acknowledge that you remain liable to pay the Fees during any period of suspension under this clause 4.
4.5 Style Arcade shall not be liable for any breach, delay or non-performance of Services due to any breach or delay by you, or any third party (including but not limited to internet service providers, website hosts, etc.) in complying with its obligations under these Terms, including but not limited to, unavailability of the whole or part of the Services or Software due to you failing to comply with clause 4.2.
4.6 Style Arcade will not be liable for the consequences of any omitted or erroneous data or information provided by you or otherwise imported into the Services including through a data feed or API from you, and/or its impact on the Services. Any additional costs resulting from the provision of additional Services, or the variation of a provision for Services necessary to remedy the consequences of any omitted or erroneous data or information will be payable by Client on demand by Style Arcade.
4.7 Where the performance of the Services requires use of third party software, you must agree to any relevant licenses and terms of use required by that third party prior to any use of such third-party software.
4.8 You acknowledge and agree that the data that will be extracted and fed into the Style Arcade Software will be limited to a rolling three (3) years of data and any data which is older than three (3) years may be removed or purged from the Software by Style Arcade without notice.
4.9 In order to provide the Services, Style Arcade may require access to your external analytics platforms, such as Google Analytics (External Platforms), to obtain data directly from such platform. You agree that by providing any login credentials and permissions for External Platforms, that you are expressly authorising Style Arcade to use and access your account on such External Platform and access any data accessible through such account for the purposes of providing the Services or as otherwise required or requested by you.
5. Fee and Charges
5.1 You agree that you will pay to Style Arcade the Fees, plus any applicable taxes on the dates specified in the Payment Terms or as set out in an invoice (Due Date). You must pay the Fees by the Due Date, electronically in cleared funds without any set off or deduction.
5.2 Unless otherwise specified in writing, the Fees are exclusive of GST.
5.3 If any GST is imposed on any supply made under these Terms, then the party making the supply will collect the GST from the recipient in addition to the Fees. The GST is calculated by multiplying the amount or value of the consideration for the supply by the GST tax rate prevailing as at the date the supply is made.
5.4 If the Payment Terms in Schedule 1 specifies that payments will be processed by direct debit, then you agree that on each Due Date, Style Arcade may debit the amounts that will be due on that Due Date from your nominated account via Style Arcade's payment processing system. You consent to and accept liability for all recurring charges to your credit or debit card (or other payment method, as applicable) based on this direct debit clause, without further authorisation from you and without further notice except as required by law.
5.5 If the Payment Terms in Schedule 1 does not specify that payments will be processed by direct debit, Style Arcade will provide you with valid GST tax invoices in accordance with the Payment Terms or as otherwise specified by Style Arcade in writing.
5.6 If payment terms are not specified in the Payment Terms or an invoice, you must pay Style Arcade within fourteen (14) days of the date of invoice.
5.7 Style Arcade may charge interest on overdue amounts and interest will be calculated from the Due Date to the date of payment (both inclusive) at an annual percentage rate equal to the Penalty Interest Rate.
5.8 Except during the Initial Term, Style Arcade may vary the Fees in its sole discretion by giving at least 30 days’ written notice. Fees updated under this clause are deemed to be the Fees listed in the relevant Schedule. If you do not wish to pay the varied Fees, you may terminate the Terms on no less than 20 days’ notice, provided that the notice is received by us before the effective date of the Fee increase, and that all due and outstanding Fees are paid for on or before the date of such notice. If you do not terminate these Terms in accordance with this clause, you are deemed to have accepted the increased Fees.
5.9 If you do not pay the Fees on time, then Style Arcade may elect, without notice, to suspend your right to access and use the Software and/or may withhold the provision of Related Services or Deliverables. You acknowledge that you remain liable to pay the Fees during any period of suspension under this clause 5.9.
5.10 You are liable for any fees or charges payable to any bank or third party processor due to any failure to process any payments (including insufficient funds or incorrect or out-of-date details).
6. Ownership of Software and Deliverables
6.1 The parties acknowledge and agree that title to, and all Intellectual Property Rights in the Software, Deliverables and any Documentation remain the property of Style Arcade (or its licensors).
6.2 You agree that you will not, either on your own or via any third party:
(a) copy, modify, publish, adapt, sub-licence, translate, sell, distribute, transmit, perform, display, reverse engineer, circumvent, decipher decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of the Style Arcade's Intellectual Property Rights or Services or cause or assist others to do so;
(b) challenge Style Arcade's ownership of your Intellectual Property Rights;
(c) infringe Style Arcade's Intellectual Property Rights; or
(d) use or make any intellectual property that is similar to Style Arcade's intellectual property or Intellectual Property Rights.
6.3 Style Arcade warrant to you that, as at the date of these Terms, to the best of its knowledge:
(a) the Software does not violate or infringe any third party’s claims regarding intellectual property, patents and/or trademarks; and
(b) that no legal action has been taken against it for any infringement or violation of any third-party intellectual property rights.
7. Ownership of Multibrand Retailer Data
7.1 If the Software includes the Brand Portal, then this clause 7 applies.
7.2 As part of the Services, you may be provided with access to data which is owned by Multibrand Retailers, such as your sales figures and statistics, financial data and product and line performance which has been collected and stored from, on or via the Multibrand Retailer’s platform (Multibrand Retailer Data). For the avoidance of doubt, this clause 7 does not apply to you if you are a Multibrand Retailer, in relation to your own Multibrand Retailer Data.
7.3 Subject to these Terms, Style Arcade may grant you as part of the Services, a non-exclusive, revocable licence to access and view the Multibrand Retailer Data for the sole purposes of:
(a) communicating with the Multibrand Retailer; and
(b) internal use by you, in order to make business and buying decisions related to your business.
7.4 You acknowledge and agree that the Multibrand Retailer Data is commercially sensitive data and is considered Confidential Information of Style Arcade in accordance with clause 13 (Confidentiality). Any use of the Multibrand Retailer Data by you outside of the licence granted under clause 7.3 is considered a breach of these Terms at both clauses 7.3 and 13 and Style Arcade may terminate these Terms in accordance with clause 12.
7.5 For the avoidance of doubt, you agree that you will not modify, copy, distribute, display, reproduce, publish, license, perform, transmit, create derivative works from, transfer, trade or sell or re-sell any information, the Software or Services, including any Multibrand Retailer Data.
7.6 Notwithstanding clause 7.1, your access to the Multibrand Retailer Data and continued use of the Software is contingent on payment of any relevant Fees and is subject to you complying with these Terms.
8. Ownership of Data
8.1 The parties acknowledge and agree that title to, and all Intellectual Property Rights in, the data that you supply to Style Arcade, including data automatically collected by Style Arcade from you through a data feed or API, via an External Platform or as uploaded or otherwise entered into the Software by you (Data) remains your property (except to the extent that such data is Multibrand Retailer Data that is not owned by you).
8.2 You acknowledge that as part of the Services, the Data and Multibrand Data may be transformed to output statistics and financial data or for generating reports, purchase order sheets or other documents for your benefit. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for checking such data outputs and any document generated through the Services. Style Arcade does not make any warranties, representations or guarantees that such statistics, financial data or documents generated from such data is accurate or free from error.
8.3 Some of the fields of data which may be included as part of the Data under these Terms is set out below:
(a) Cost price $ and %;
(b) COGS price $ and %;
(c) Profit $ and %;
(d) Markdown $ and %;
(e) Impressions; and
(f) Product Detail Page clicks.
8.4 You grant Style Arcade a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, licence to use, sub-licence, modify, copy, transmit, store, and back-up the Data and any Intellectual Property Rights which subsist in the Data, for the purposes of:
(a) performing Style Arcade's obligations and enforcing its rights under these Terms;
(b) enabling you to access and use the Software;
(c) operating the Style Arcade business in any manner considered relevant by Style Arcade;
(d) making the Data available to Multibrand Retailers or Brand Retailers and connecting you with Multibrand Retailers or Brand Retailers for the functionality and purpose of the Software;
(e) Style Arcade collecting aggregated anonymous data for its own purposes, on the condition that such information does not identify you or otherwise include your name; and
(f) for any other purpose related to provision of Services to you,such licence being irrevocable during the Term, but for the avoidance of doubt, revocable upon termination or expiry of these Terms.
8.5 You expressly consent to the disclosure of Data or outputs generated from the Data, to third parties for the purposes set out in clause 8.4 and acknowledge and agree that Style Arcade's disclosure of Data to third parties in accordance with this clause 8 does not constitute a breach of clause 13 (Confidentiality).
8.6 Your access to the Data via the Software is contingent on payment of any relevant Fees.
8.7 If you would like to remove particular fields of data (as set out in clause 8.3) from access of Multibrand Retailers, you must provide at least five (5) days' written notice to Style Arcade, outlining the particular data fields for removal by reference to clause 8.3.
8.8 It is your responsibility to maintain copies of all Data which is entered into the Software. Style Arcade uses reasonable endeavours to prevent data loss, however, as the Software operates as a cloud-based service, provided through a third-party infrastructure provider, Style Arcade does not make any warranties, representations or guarantees that there will be no loss of data or that access to the Software, the Data or that the Services will be available without corruption or interruption.
8.9 You consent to, and grants Style Arcade a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, licence to use your name, brand name and logo and Intellectual Property Rights which subsist in such information, as part of Style Arcade's portfolio and marketing materials for promotional and marketing purposes, including on its website, such licence being irrevocable during the Term, but for the avoidance of doubt, revocable upon termination or expiry of these Terms.
9. Warranties
9.1 You warrant and represent to Style Arcade that you:
(a) have legal capacity and authority to enter into these Terms;
(b) have the authority to act on behalf of any person or entity to whom the Services are provided;
(c) are authorised to use the Software and to access the data provided on such Software, including any information or Data entered into the Software by any person you have authorised to use the Services; and
(d) are responsible to determine that the Software meets the needs of its business and are suitable for the purposes for which they are used.
9.2 You agree that you will not and will not permit any third-party, including without limitation any Authorised Users, to:
(a) use the Services for any purpose other than for your own lawful internal business purposes, in accordance with these Terms;
(b) alter, copy, modify or create any derivative works of the Services, the underlying source code, or the Documentation in any way, including without limitation customisation, translation or localisation;
(c) rent, lease, license, sublicense, encumber, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise transfer rights to the Services or Documentation, including for timesharing;
(d) port, reverse compile, reverse assemble, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software or in the Services;
(e) copy, distribute, link, frame, mirror or otherwise make available any portion of the Services to any third party, except where such copies or links are made available through Style Arcade;
(f) remove or alter any logos, trademarks, links, copyright or other notices, legends or markings from the Services or Documentation;
(g) attempt to bypass or tamper with the security, operation of the Services;
(h) attempt to access the accounts or data of any other customer or user without authority;
(i) upload or distribute any data that contains viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the Services;
(j) take any action that imposes an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on the sites, servers, or networks connected to the Service or maliciously reduce or impair the reliability, accessibility or functionality of the Services or interfere with or attempt to interfere with any other user's use of the Services;
(k) engage in unlawful, obscene, harassing, intimidating, threatening, predatory or stalking conduct, or conduct that may fall under one of the aforementioned categories;
(l) harvest or collect email addresses, data or other contact information of other users from the Services by electronic or other means or use the Services to send, either directly or indirectly, any unsolicited bulk e-mail or communications, unsolicited commercial e-mail or communications or other spamming or spamming activities;
(m) use any programs, scripts, bots or other automated technology to scrape or access the Services or hijack user accounts or log-in sessions;
(n) use the Services for benchmarking purposes or otherwise to analyse its workings and features for any competitive purposes or in a manner that imposes unusual demands on the service outside of normal functions and operations; or
(o) use the Services other than for their intended purpose.
9.3 You agree that to the maximum extent permitted by law, Style Arcade's warranties are limited to those set out in these Terms, and all other conditions, guarantees, or warranties whether expressed or implied by statute or otherwise are expressly excluded. Except for the foregoing, Style Arcade will provide the service “as is” without any warranty whatsoever. Style Arcade disclaims all representations and warranties with respect to the services, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, reliability, accuracy or achievement of results.
10. Service levels
10.1 Style Arcade will use commercially reasonable endeavours to meet the target service levels as set out in our SLA (if applicable), However, on occasion the Services may be unavailable to permit maintenance, during planned downtime, of which Style Arcade shall endeavour to give advance electronic notice, or other development activity to take place, or in the event of Force Majeure.
10.2 Any dates, targets, timelines or deadlines set out in these Terms are an estimate or guideline only and are not binding on Style Arcade. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Style Arcade will not be liable for any losses or claims arising out of or in connection with any failure to provide the Services within such dates, targets, timeframes or deadlines.
11. Limitation of liability and indemnity
11.1 You acknowledge and agree that Style Arcade will not be liable to you for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, or lost data, corruption of electronically stored information, or profits, whether or not foreseeable. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Style Arcade will not be liable in any circumstance for any data breach, or unauthorised access to any External Platforms.
11.2 The parties agree that to the maximum extent permitted by law, Style Arcade's total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms and your use of the Software or the Services shall not exceed the amounts paid to Style Arcade by you in the twelve-month period immediately prior to the event giving rise to such liability.
11.3 You agree that you will be liable for and indemnify, defend and hold Style Arcade and its officers harmless for and against any and all claims, liabilities, suits, actions and expenses, including costs of litigation and reasonable legal costs, resulting directly or indirectly from:
(a) the use of any of your Data by Style Arcade or its employees, officers, agents or contractors;
(b) any information that is not accurate, up to date or complete or is misleading or a misrepresentation;
(c) any dispute, action, demand or claim by a third party against Style Arcade or its employees, officers, agents or contractors in relation to any infringement of third-party intellectual property rights in relation to Data;
(d) any actual or suspected breach of these Terms (including in particular, any breach of clauses 7 and 13);
(e) any misuse of the Software or Services, from or by you, your Authorised Users, your employees, contractors or agents; and
(f) any act, omission, fraud or negligence by you, your Authorised Users, your employees, contractors or agents,
except where such claims, liabilities, suits, actions and expenses are incurred or caused due to the gross negligence of, or breach of these Terms, by Style Arcade.
11.4 You agree to co-operate with Style Arcade (at your own expense) in the handling of disputes, complaints, investigations or litigation that arise as a result of your use of Style Arcade's Software or Services including but not limited to disputes, complaints, investigations or litigation that arises out of or relates to incorrect information provided by you.
11.5 The parties agree that the obligations under this clause will survive termination of these Terms
12. Termination
12.1 After the Activation Period and the Initial Term, either party may terminate the Terms by providing the other with at least 30 days' written notice.
12.2 Either party may, by written notice to the other party, immediately terminate the Terms or the provision of some or all of the Services, if the other party:
(a) breaches any material provision of the Terms and the breach is not remedied within 14 days of the receipt of the written notice from the first party requiring it to remedy the breach; or capable of being remedied;
(b) breaches clause 13 (Confidentiality);
(c) becomes insolvent, liquidated or bankrupt, has an administrator, receiver, liquidator, statutory manager, mortgagee’s or charge’s agent appointed, becomes subject to any form of insolvency action or external administration, or ceases to continue business for any reason; or
(d) is unable to perform a material obligation under the Terms for 30 days or more due to Force Majeure.
12.3 Style Arcade may terminate the Terms or the provision of some or all of the Services, immediately, in your sole discretion:
(a) if there is any breach of clauses 7 (Ownership of Multibrand Retailer Data), 8 (Ownership of Data), 19 (Accounts and users) and 20 (Prohibited use);
(b) if there is any breach of the warranties set out in clause 9 or if any such warranties are or become false;
(c) if it suspects that that you are attempting to reverse-engineer the Software;
(d) if it considers that the working relationship between Style Arcade and the Client has broken down including a loss of confidence and trust; and
(e) for any other reason outside Style Arcade's control which has the effect of compromising Style Arcade's ability to provide you with the required Services within a reasonable timeframe.
12.4 It is your responsibility to retrieve a copy of all Data from your account prior to termination of these Terms.
12.5 Termination or expiry of the Terms does not affect either party’s rights and obligations that accrued before that termination or expiry. On termination or expiry of the Terms, you agree that you will immediately pay all Fees for Services provided prior to that termination or expiry and for the period after the termination date until the end of the Term.
12.6 Except to the extent that a party has ongoing rights to use Confidential Information, at the other party’s request following termination or expiry of the Terms, a party must promptly return to the other party or destroy all Confidential Information of the other party that is in the first party’s possession or control.
12.7 You agree that upon termination of these Terms, any licence granted by Style Arcade to you under these Terms will be immediately revoked.
12.8 On termination or completion of the Services, Style Arcade may retain your documents (including copies) as required by law or regularity requirements. Your express or implied agreement to the Terms constitutes your authority for Style Arcade to retain or destroy documents in accordance with the statutory periods, or on termination of these Terms.
13. Confidential Information
13.1 In this clause 13:
(a) Disclosing party (and Discloser) means the party that discloses or makes available Confidential Information to the Recipient; and
(b) Recipient means a party that receives or has access to the Confidential Information of the Discloser.
13.2 Subject to clause 8 (Ownership of Data), the parties agree that the Recipient will:
(a) keep the Confidential Information of the Discloser confidential at all times and not disclose or permit it to be disclosed, to any third party, during the term of these Terms;
(b) take such steps as are reasonable to protect the Confidential Information from the misuse, interference and loss and unauthorised use or disclosure;
(c) only use the Confidential Information for the purposes of these Terms or for a purpose connected with these Terms; and
(d) as soon as practicable notify the other party of any breach of confidentiality.
13.3 A party may only disclose the Confidential Information:
(a) in accordance with these Terms;
(b) to its officers, employees, agents or advisers who have a specific need to access the Confidential Information and who are bound by confidentiality obligations to the Recipient; and
(c) where disclosure is required by law.
13.4 Each party will be responsible for any breach of this clause 13 by its officers, employees, agents or advisors if they breach the confidentiality of the Confidential Information.
13.5 The obligations in clause 13.2 do not apply to Confidential Information which the Recipient created independently of the Disclosing party or that is public knowledge (other than as a result of a breach of confidentiality by the Recipient).
13.6 Unless it is commercially unreasonable or impractical, in the reasonable opinion of Style Arcade, to do so, the Recipient agrees that upon termination or expiry of this Agreement or upon request by the Disclosing party, whichever is sooner, it will at the Disclosing party's cost:
(a) deliver to the Disclosing party or destroy, as requested by the Disclosing, all Confidential Information which it holds in physical form; and
(b) delete all electronic versions of the Confidential Information, except for copies that have been stored automatically as part of the Recipient’s routine backup procedures, and which would be impractical to delete. If the Confidential Information is restored via such backup, the Recipient must use reasonable endeavours to delete such restored Confidential Information. Any Confidential Information retained by the Recipient would remain subject to the Confidentiality provisions of this Agreement.
13.7 This clause 13 will continue to apply for two (2) years after the termination or expiry of this Agreement.
14. Privacy Policy
14.1 Each party agrees to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation, including, without limitation, all federal and/or state privacy laws, in accordance with Style Arcade's Privacy Policy.
14.2 You will be deemed to have read and agreed to the terms of the Privacy Policy when you accept these Terms.
15. Feedback and Dispute Resolution
15.1 If there is a dispute between the parties, the parties agree to adhere to the following dispute resolution procedure:
(a) The complainant must advise the respondent in writing, the nature of the dispute, what outcome the complainant wants and what action the complainant thinks will settle the dispute. The parties agree to meet in good faith to seek to resolve the dispute by agreement between them (Initial Meeting) within 14 days of the second party receiving the complainant's notice.
(b) If the parties cannot agree how to resolve the dispute at the Initial Meeting, either party may refer the matter to a mediator. If the parties cannot agree on who the mediator should be, the complainant will ask the Law Society of New South Wales to appoint a mediator. The mediator will decide the time and place for mediation. The parties must attend the mediation in good faith, to seek to resolve the dispute.
15.2 Any attempts made by the parties to resolve a dispute pursuant to this clause are without prejudice to other rights or entitlements of the parties under these Terms, by law or in equity.
15.3 Except in relation to urgent, injunctive or interlocutory proceedings, the parties agree that neither party may issue proceedings until they have acted in accordance with this clause.
16. General
16.1 Entire agreement: The Terms represents the entire agreement between you and Style Arcade and supersedes and extinguishes all prior agreements, representations (whether oral or written).
16.2 Independent Contractor: Style Arcade is an independent contractor and no other relationship (e.g. joint venture, agency, trust or partnership) exists between the parties.
16.3 Waiver: A failure by either party to take action to enforce its rights does not constitute a waiver of any right or remedy under these Terms unless it is in writing signed by the party granting the waiver. If either party waives any breach of these Terms, this will not constitute a waiver of any other breach.
16.4 Force Majeure: Neither party will be liable for any delay or failure in performance of its obligations under these Terms if the delay or failure is due to any cause outside its reasonable control. This clause does not apply to any obligation to pay money.
16.5 Further assurance: Each party must from time to time and in a timely manner do all things reasonably required of it by the other party to give effect to these Terms.
16.6 No Assignment: You may not assign or transfer any rights to any other person without Style Arcade's prior written consent.
16.7 Powers, rights and remedies: Unless otherwise stated in these Terms, the powers, rights and/or remedies of a party under these Terms are cumulative and are in addition to any other powers, rights and remedies of that party. Nothing in these Terms merges, extinguishes, postpones, lessens or otherwise prejudicially affects any power, right, or remedy that a party may have at any time against the other party to these Terms or any other person.
16.8 Governing law and jurisdiction: This Terms is governed by and construed in accordance with the law of New South Wales and both parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
16.9 Set off: We are authorised to deduct any amount due and payable by you from amounts otherwise due and payable to you under or in connection with these Terms. Any exercise by a party of its rights under this clause does not limit or affect any other rights or remedies available to it under these Terms or otherwise.
16.10 Severability: If any part or provision of these Terms is invalid, unenforceable or in conflict with the law, that part or provision is replaced with a provision which, as far as possible, accomplishes the original purpose of that part or provision. The remainder of the Terms will be binding on the parties.
16.11 Notices: Unless otherwise stated within these Terms, notices take effect from the time they are received unless a later time is specified, and all notices must be:
(a) in writing;
(b) delivered by electronic mail at the email address that you supplied to Style Arcade or to the relevant Style Arcade email address; and
(c) (optional) left at the address, sent by prepaid ordinary post, or given in any other way permitted by law.
16.12 Time of the essence: The parties agree that time is of the essence with respect to your obligations under these Consulting Terms.
16.13 Electronic Records and Signature: It is agreed by the parties that, notwithstanding the use herein of the words “writing,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” or other similar words, the parties intend that the use of an Electronic Signatures and the keeping of records in electronic form be granted the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a signature affixed by hand or the use of a paper-based record keeping system (as the case might be) to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law including Electronic Transactions Act 2000 (NSW), or any other similar laws.
16.14 Amendments: These Terms may be varied or updated by us at any time and you will be deemed to accept any such changes by continuing to access the Software after the changes have been made. It is your obligation to ensure that you have read, understood and agreed to the most recent Terms available on the Style Arcade website. Any changes to the scope of Services provided by Style Arcade, including as set out in any Software Proposal, must be agreed in writing by both parties and may be subject to additional fees payable to Style Arcade, as specified by Style Arcade in writing on a case-by-case basis.
Part 2 - Subscription
17. Grant
17.1 In consideration of your agreement to and compliance with these Terms and the payment of the Subscription Fees, Style Arcade grant the Client and your Authorised Users a royalty-free, worldwide, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable licence during the Term to access and use the Software solely for your internal business purposes (Subscription).
17.2 Style Arcade reserves the right to make changes, modifications and enhancements to the Software and these Terms from time to time, including, but not limited to, the removal or addition of functionality and third-party integrations for which additional charges may be required for their subscription and use.
18. Software
18.1 The Software interoperates with a range of third-party service features. Style Arcade does not make any warranty or representation on the suitability or availability of those features. Without limiting the previous sentence, if a third-party feature provider ceases to provide the feature or ceases to make that feature available on terms acceptable to Style Arcade, Style Arcade may cease to make available that feature to you. For the avoidance of doubt, if Style Arcade exercises the right to cease the availability of a third-party feature, you acknowledge and agree that you are not entitled to any refund, discount or other compensation.
18.2 Style Arcade may provide you, from time to time, with Upgrades, Updates or Fixes in its sole discretion. Style Arcade will provide any Update or Fix free of charge, but Style Arcade is under no obligation to provide Updates. You may choose, at its discretion, to purchase any Upgrades at the rates set by Style Arcade.
19. Account and users
19.1 You must ensure that all usernames, access codes and corporate email accounts required to access the Services are kept secure and confidential. You must immediately notify Style Arcade of any unauthorised use of its corporate email accounts and you must take all other actions that Style Arcade reasonably deems necessary to maintain or enhance the security of its computing systems and networks and your access to the Software.
19.2 Access to the Software is subject to limitations on the number of Annual Orders as specified in Schedule 2. You acknowledge that Style Arcade will charge incremental fees if these limits are exceeded. Style Arcade will make reasonable endeavours to give you notice of any change in the number products and stores that would exceed the limits and the estimated additional fees.
19.3 Style Arcade may access the Software and any information included in the Software, at any time, for any reason, including for the purposes of auditing your use of and access to the Software for compliance with this clause 19. If you are found to be in breach of this clause 19, Style Arcade may terminate these Terms in accordance with clause 12.
19.4 You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for ensuring the security of all corporate email accounts which have access to the Services and ensuring that passwords contain at least 8 characters (ideally 10 characters), changing passwords frequently, and maintaining the confidentiality of such email accounts.
19.5 Style Arcade will not be liable for any losses arising from unauthorised access to the Software due to you or your Authorised Users’ failure to protect their account through proper maintenance of corporate email security.
20. Prohibited Use
20.1 You acknowledge and agree that you will not, and will not permit any third party (including Authorised Users) to:
(a) attempt to circumvent or disable the Software or any technology features or measures in the Software by any means or in any manner;
(b) attempt to modify, copy, adapt or reproduce the Software except as necessary to use it for normal operation;
(c) attempt to decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software;
(d) distribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease, sub-license, or otherwise transfer, publish or disclose the Software to any third party (except as permitted under these Terms);
(e) remove or alter any trademark, logo, copyright or other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels in or on the Software or used in connection with the Software;
(f) use the Software in any manner to aid in the violation of any third party Intellectual Property, including but not limited to another’s copyrights, trade secrets, and patents;
(g) take any action that interferes, in any manner, with Style Arcade’s rights with respect to the Software;
(h) attempt to undermine the security or integrity of Style Arcade’s computing systems or where the Software is hosted by a third party, that third party’s computing systems and networks;
(i) use, or misuse, the Software in any way which may impair the functionality of the Software, or other systems used to deliver the Software or impair the ability of any other user to use the Software;
(j) attempt to gain unauthorised access to any materials other than those to which you have been given express permission to access or to the computer system on which the License for the Software is executed; and
(k) transmit, or input into the Software, any files that may damage any other person's computing devices or software, content that may be offensive, or material or Data in violation of any law (including any content protected by copyright or trade secrets which you do not have the right to use).
20.2 You acknowledge that any breaches of this clause may lead to termination of these Terms in accordance with clause 12.
21. Intellectual Property
21.1 Title to, ownership rights and Intellectual Property Rights in and to any content displayed on or in the Software, or accessed through the Software, are the property of the applicable content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other law. For the avoidance of doubt, these Terms do not transfer any rights of any third parties or Style Arcade in such content to you.
22. Availability of Software
22.1 Style Arcade intends that access to the Software should be available between 9am and 5pm (time in New South Wales, Australia) with an uptime SLA of 95% per month. Outside of these hours, it is possible that the Software will be unavailable to due to maintenance or other development activity.
22.2 Where possible, Style Arcade will provide prior notice of any maintenance or development activity in advance by notice on the Style Arcade website however you acknowledge and agree that at times it may not be possible to provide such notice and that Style Arcade may be required to undertake such activity, resulting in interruption to your Software and Services.
23. Security
23.1 Style Arcade uses reasonable endeavours to maintain security systems for the transmission of Data, including but not limited to, encryption and "firewall" technologies that are understood in the industry to provide adequate security for the transmission of such information over the Internet.
23.2 You acknowledge and agree that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Style Arcade does not guarantee the security of the Services and Style Arcade will not be responsible in the event of any infiltration of its security systems or any External Platforms. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for the security of the Data or any other information stored on your servers or any External Platforms, and that Style Arcade is not responsible for any other party's servers.
24. Support
24.1 When you require Support in relation to the Software or Services, you must provide a written request to Style Arcade detailing the nature of the support issue. Prior to Go Live, Support is provided as part of the Activation process, in accordance with the Activation SOW and this clause 24 applies. After Go Live, the issue must be categorised as a "Support" issue pursuant to clause 28 for this clause to apply and you require a valid Subscription to obtain such services.
24.2 Once a Support request has been received by Style Arcade in accordance with clause 24.1, Style Arcade will categorise the issue as either First Level Technical Support or Second Level Technical Support, in its reasonable discretion, in accordance with clause 24.4.
24.3 Style Arcade will only provide Support during the Support Hours as specified and varied from time to time as Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm (AEST).
24.4 Style Arcade will use best endeavours to provide Support in accordance with the table below:
First Level Technical Support
Basic support that requires little skill or knowledge about the Services, including verifying that the network connection, computer and user’s browser is working, as well as user account administration and basic usage of the application.
For the avoidance of doubt, First Level Technical Support includes a data extract check to verify that any data integrity issue raised does not originate from the source data itself. If the data integrity issue originates from the source data, it will fall into Second Level Technical Support.
Within 2 Business Days (of a written request from you)
Second Level Technical Support
Any support that requires a reasonable amount of knowledge about the Services, including resolving backend issues with the Software, working with you to identify any data integrity or functional issues that may occur and remediating these issues.
Within 5 Business Days (of a written request from you)