STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR AFFILIATES
These standard Terms and Conditions together with the insertion order (“IO”) (collectively, the
“Agreement”), executed by and between IMC Media Network LTD. (“BLR Trading Limited”) and the entity or person detailed in
the applicable IO (the “Company”) (together with BLR Trading Limited, the “Parties”, and each party separately
shall be refenced herein as a "Party").
Whereas, Company possesses specialized knowledge, skills and experience in the field of online
advertising and campaign management; and
Whereas, BLR Trading Limited wishes to retain Company’s service to promote BLR Trading Limited’s products and services
through online advertising ;
Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings hereinafter set forth, the Parties
agree as follows:
- DEFINITIONS
- “Advertising Material” means all text, images, sound, video, other content and URLs used by
BLR Trading Limited for advertising purposes, including any Intellectual Property incorporated therein.
- “Confidential Information” means any information of the disclosing Party whether or not in
tangible form, of a private, secret, proprietary or confidential nature, or treated by the
disclosing Party as such (including by marking such information as confidential or by informing
the receiving Party in writing of such disclosure of Confidential Information), including but not
limited to: (1) any deliverables provided by a Party under this Agreement; (2) any reports or
invoices delivered by a Party under this Agreement; (3) information relating to a Party’s
business or financial affairs; (4) marketing strategies of a Party; (4) lists of customers, suppliers
and service providers of a Party; or (5) any information of any Third Party as to which the
disclosing Party owes a duty of confidentiality. Confidential information shall not include any
information that the non-disclosing Party can verify with substantial proof: (1) is generally
available or known to the public through no wrongful act of the non-disclosing Party; (2) was
independently developed by the non-disclosing Party; or (3) was disclosed to the non-disclosing
Party by a Third Party under no obligation of confidentiality to such Party.
- “End Users” means any Third Party who is an individual person.
- “Intellectual Property” means trade names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress,
internet domain names, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, know-how and proprietary
technology, either registered or unregistered which is currently owned by a Party or which may
be developed and/or owned by it in the future.
- "Product(s)" means the platform, products, services, documentation and related components
offered by a Party.
- “Prohibited Activity” means any illegal or questionable activity including without limitation: (a)
using deceptive or false representations and/or notifications to End Users; (b) using automated
or direct installation of a program or using any automated program intended to generate nonhuman
clicks (this may include by using scripts, web crawlers, spiders, bots or other similar nonhuman
programs); (c) hacking, interfering, uninstalling or disabling any Third Party content,
application, widget or any part thereof ; (d) generate, use, distribute or propagate viruses,
worms, Trojan horses, or any other malicious code, file or program; (e) use the End User’s
device for purposes that are unwarranted and unexpected by the end user (such as consuming
bandwidth or computer resources, spamming or obtaining personal information from an end
user’s device); (f) act in a fashion that may harm or dilute BLR Trading Limited’s reputation; (g) take any
action that may harm the security of End User’s device or the privacy of the End User, or
materially interfere with or disrupt web navigation or browsing; (h) using any misleading,
deceptive or fraudulent practices whatsoever, including but not limited to non-human traffic
(e.g. bots), inflating views, clicks or actions, etc..
- “Prohibited Content” means any content that is: (a) false, deceptive, misleading, infringing
upon any applicable law, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, abusive, violent, prejudicial,
obscene, sexually explicit; (b) excessively profane, racist, ethnically offensive, threatening,
infringing, excessively violent, discriminatory, hate-mongering or otherwise objectionable
content; (c) defame, abuse, or threaten physical harm to others; (d) any type of harmful
applications or components which intentionally create or exploit any security vulnerabilities in
an End User’s device, including without limitation: viruses, spyware, malware, Trojan horses,
spamware, worms or any other malicious code or conduct; (e) advocate or facilitate violence
of any kind; (f) any other content that would otherwise be considered as a criminal offense or
could give rise to a civil liability, or considered questionable or illegal in any fashion according
to applicable laws in the relevant jurisdictions or that is infringing upon Third Party right.
1.8. “Company Guidelines” shall mean the most current version of Company’s industry standard
guidelines or policies as specified in an IO, which may be updated by Company from time to
time.
- “Third Party” means an individual or entity that is not a party to this Agreement.
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SERVICES
- During the term of this Agreement, the Company agrees to: (1) use its knowledge, skills and
experience to purchase online media and to utilize media placement and other methods of
online advertising to generate Internet traffic to promote BLR Trading Limited’s Products (the
“Campaign”); and (2) manage the online advertising campaign associated with the Campaign
(collectively, the “Company Services”).
- As part of the Company Services, Company will direct End Users to certain sites and landing
pages designated by BLR Trading Limited, whereby End users will be able to use certain services and/or
products (the "Products").
- The Campaign underlying any respective IO may include Company’s purchase of online
advertising for the purpose of displaying Advertising Materials provided by BLR Trading Limited. The
Advertising Materials shall be provided according to the terms set forth in the Agreement.
- BLR Trading Limited reserves the right to suspend or cancel any Campaign for any reason, including but
not limitation if Company does not comply with applicable law and/or deemed by BLR Trading Limited as
in breach of its obligations.
- LICENSE GRANT AND CONDITIONS
BLR Trading Limited grants to Company during the term of this Agreement a worldwide, royalty free, nonexclusive
license to use, reproduce, distribute and create derivative works of the Advertising
Materials as required to fulfill Company’s obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
above and/or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, BLR Trading Limited may restrict the campaigns to
certain geo locations or revise the aforementioned grant of license, within the commercial scope of
an applicable IO and/or upon the parties’ mutual written consent.
- PAYMENT AND REPORTING
- In consideration for Company’s performance of the Company Services, BLR Trading Limited shall pay to
Company any non disputed amount based on the mechanism stipulated in the applicable IO,
and solely upon BLR Trading Limited’s receipt of applicable payments from its partners (the
“Consideration” or “Company Fee”). The information upon which the Consideration shall be
determined, shall be calculated exclusively by BLR Trading Limited, as its resolution in respect thereof shall
be final. The Company Fees include any and all sales, use, value added, excise or similar tax
(and any related duties, tariffs and similar charges) that may be due under this Agreement.
- In the event that Company disputes the calculation made by BLR Trading Limited, it shall notify BLR Trading Limited in
writing and indicate the reasons for the dispute. The Parties thereafter shall work together in
good faith to resolve the dispute and to come to a common ground and mutually acceptable
calculation. In the event the Parties are unable to come to an agreement, BLR Trading Limited’s
information and numbers shall control.
- All payments under this Agreement will be made in such currency as indicated in the applicable
IO.
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TERM AND TERMINATION
- This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue terminated as set
forth herein.
- Any IO entered into by the Parties shall terminate on the termination date specified in the IO
unless earlier terminated by the Parties as set forth in this Section. For clarification, all portions
of this Section relating to termination of the Agreement shall equally apply to the termination
of an IO, unless specified otherwise in such IO.
- Either Party may terminate this Agreement without liability, for any reason or no reason upon
two (2) days written notice.
- BLR Trading Limited may terminate this Agreement immediately with notice if the other Party becomes
insolvent, ceases to do business as a going concern, makes an assignment, composition or
arrangement for the benefit of its creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay debts, or if
proceedings are instituted by or against it in bankruptcy under applicable insolvency laws, or
for receivership, administration, winding-up or dissolution (other than in the course of a solvent
reorganization or restructuring approved by the other Party to this Agreement).
- Notwithstanding the foregoing, BLR Trading Limited may immediately terminate this Agreement if
Company engages in any action or activity that, in BLR Trading Limited’s sole discretion, reflects poorly on
BLR Trading Limited or devalues BLR Trading Limited’s reputation or goodwill, or should Company breaches the
provisions of this Agreement, including but not limited to, any of its representations and
warranties.
- Upon termination of this Agreement: all licenses granted hereunder will terminate, and each
Party will promptly return to the other any Confidential Information or copies thereof received
from the other.
- All provisions of the Agreement relating to data ownership or intellectual property,
confidentiality, indemnification, disclaimers of warranties, limitations of liability and General
terms will survive termination of this Agreement.
- Sections 4, 5.8, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 shall survive the expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
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REPRESENTATIONS
- General Representations. Each Party hereby represents and warrants that: (a) it has the full
corporate right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the acts
required hereunder; (b) it owns or has the legal right to distribute any Advertising Material and
to grant any Intellectual Property licenses granted hereunder; (c) the execution of this
Agreement by each Party and the performance of its obligations and duties hereunder does
not and will not violate any law, statute or regulation, or any agreement to which it is a party
or by which it is otherwise bound; and (d) when executed and delivered, the Agreement will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Party, enforceable against each Party
in accordance with its terms.
- By Company. Company hereby represents and warrants that:
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Company’s performance of the Company Services shall not violate any applicable laws,
statutes, or Third Party rights, including rights of privacy and intellectual property rights;
- Company shall not engage in any action or activity that reflects poorly on BLR Trading Limited or
otherwise disparages or devalues BLR Trading Limited’s reputation or good will, its performance
under this Agreement does not violate any applicable laws, statutes or Third Party rights,
including rights of privacy and intellectual property rights, and shall no not engage in any
Prohibited Activity or preform the Company Services by using a Prohibited Content;
- If Company becomes aware of any legal restriction regarding the distribution of any
Advertising Materials in any of the agreed territories it will immediately notify BLR Trading Limited
and BLR Trading Limited and Company will immediately cease such distribution;
- It acknowledges that, without limiting any other terms of this Agreement or other
remedies available to BLR Trading Limited, in the event Company or any other Third Party engages in
any fraudulent activity, BLR Trading Limited will have the sole and exclusive right to terminate the
applicable campaign or take any other applicable measures at its sole discretion.
- Without derogating from the generality of the above, Company will not, directly or
through a Third Party, engage in any other harmful or deleterious programming routines
or otherwise interfere with the function or performance of BLR Trading Limited Products;
- Company shall make no representations, warranties or agreements on behalf of
BLR Trading Limited;
- Company shall only use Advertising Materials within the scope of this Agreement.
Subject to the Advertising Materials as may be forwarded by BLR Trading Limited, the Company shall
not use the Advertising Materials or any other terms, trademarks or other intellectual
property rights of BLR Trading Limited and/or its partners unless BLR Trading Limited and/or its applicable
partner consents to such use in writing. For avoidance of doubt, the Company may not use
the Advertising Materials, BLR Trading Limited and/or its partners’ name or intellectual property
rights (including but not limited to graphics and design material) in any bulk emails unless
against prior written consent of BLR Trading Limited and/or its applicable partner;
- Company shall at all times comply with data protection and privacy regulations,
legislation and subsidiary legislation as may be applicable from time to time, e.g. Company
shall always inform its End Users that tracking technology will be installed on the End
Users’ hard drive when the user clicks on the links which underlay the Advertising Material,
and provide such End Users with an option to reject such installation;
- Company shall maintain at least an opt-in facility for the End Users to subscribe to the
receipt of Advertising Material from the Company via SMS or email; and
- Company shall ensure that for Advertising Material sent to End Users by the Company,
an unsubscribe facility shall always be in place whereby an End User can opt to stop
receiving Advertising Materials from the Company.
- Company's Obligations
- Company hereby agrees to use the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material and all
related software and documentation, as well as process all personal data, in compliance with
all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to applicable data security and
privacy laws, which apply to the Company and/or to its products or services, and/or to any
users or potential users of its services and/or products.
- Company represents and warrants that no third party agreement prevents it from using the
BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material as contemplated hereunder.
- Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) attempt to infiltrate, hack, reverse engineer,
decompile, or disassemble the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material or any part
thereof for any purpose; (ii) interfere with, modify, disrupt or disable features or functionality
of the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material; (iii) represent that it possesses any
proprietary interest in the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material, documentation or
any part or derivative thereof; (iv) take any action to contest BLR Trading Limited's intellectual property
rights or infringe them in any way; (v) remove or use the name, trademarks, trade-names, logos
and other proprietary notices of BLR Trading Limited contained on or in the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or
Advertising Material or documentation (except as specifically authorized by BLR Trading Limited in
writing); (vi) copy any part or content of the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material or
of the documentation other than for Company’s own internal business purposes (except as
specifically permitted herein); (vii) use the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material or
any part thereof to build a competitive product or service or provide any service or product
which is not in accordance with the laws applicable to it; (viii) sell, rent, lease, sublicense,
distribute, redistribute, syndicate, create derivative works of, assign or otherwise transfer or
provide access to, in whole or in part, the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material or
any BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material data to any third person (except as
specifically permitted herein); (ix) permit other individuals or entities to create links to the
BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material, or “frame” or “mirror” the BLR Trading Limited’s Products
and/or Advertising Material on any other server, or wireless or Internet-based device, or
otherwise make available to a third party any token, key, password, or other login credentials
to the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material or any users or potential users referred
through BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material; (x) transmit software viruses or any
other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment into
the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material or BLR Trading Limited’s network environment or any
users or potential users referred through BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material; (xi)
misrepresent the source or ownership of BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material data;
(xii) use the BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or Advertising Material or BLR Trading Limited’s Products and/or
Advertising Material data in any manner or for any purpose that violates any applicable law or
regulation or any rights of any person. Company shall provide commercially reasonable
assistance to BLR Trading Limited to prevent the occurrence of any such activities by any third parties and
any approvals thereof reasonably required by BLR Trading Limited.
- Company shall abide by all Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Clients (KYC)
requirements and legislation, and shall provide BLR Trading Limited with all reasonably required KYC and
AML materials requested by BLR Trading Limited.
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PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
- Each Party retains all right, title, and interest in and to its Intellectual Property rights and
nothing contained in this Agreement will grant either Party any right, title or interest in the
trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property rights of the
other Party other than the limited license grants provided herein.
- Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, BLR Trading Limited retains all ownership and
Intellectual Property rights in any deliverables, software, reports, documentation and other
materials furnished in connection with its performance under this Agreement. BLR Trading Limited or
BLR Trading Limited’s respective Partner, shall retain and own all rights to and for any amendment,
addition, modification, enhancement, and/or derivative work with respect to the Advertising
Materials.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
- During the Term of this Agreement and thereafter, each Party agrees: (a) not to disclose a
disclosing Party’s Confidential Information to any Third Parties other than to its shareholders,
directors, officers, partners employees, advisors or consultants (collectively, the
"Representatives") on a “need to know” basis only and provided that such Representatives are
bound by written agreement to comply with the confidentiality obligations contained herein;
(b) not to use any of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information for any purposes except to
carry out its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement; and (c) to keep the disclosing
Party’s Confidential Information confidential using at least the same degree of care it uses to
protect its own confidential information, which shall in any event not be less than a reasonable
degree of care.
- The parties agree that the content and existence of this Agreement and the nature of the
relationship between the parties shall not be disclosed to a Third Party without the mutual
written consent of both parties prior to such disclosure.
- This Confidentiality section shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
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INDEMNIFICATION
- Company will be liable for, defend, hold harmless, and indemnify BLR Trading Limited and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively " BLR Trading Limited
Parties") against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, costs, expenses, losses, damages
and/or liabilities of any kind (including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees) which are
threatened, asserted or filed, brought, commenced or prosecuted by any Third Party against
the BLR Trading Limited Parties or in which any of the BLR Trading Limited Parties may be involved in consequence of
or relating to: (a) Company’s performance of this Agreement; (c) any fraudulent or negligent
acts or omissions by Company; or (d) Company’s failure to comply with any of the BLR Trading Limited
Guidelines and/or applicable laws.
- Company will fully cooperate with BLR Trading Limited in the defense and settlement of any Third
Party claim, and at BLR Trading Limited's demand will assume responsibility for the investigation,
preparation, defense, trial and settlement of such claim, with the express provision that
BLR Trading Limited will not settle the claim without BLR Trading Limited's prior written explicit approval.
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WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS
ALL PRODUCTS AND ADVERTISING MATERIALS AND ANY RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED BY
BLR Trading Limited ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND BLR Trading Limited SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE
OF PERFORMANCE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BLR Trading Limited
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING ANY BENEFIT COMPANY MAY OBTAIN FROM
THIS AGREEMENT.
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL BLR Trading Limited BE LIABLE TO THE COMPANY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOST DATA, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF
GOODWILL, LOST REVENUE, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR
COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS AGREEMENT. THE LIABILITIES LIMITED BY THIS SECTION 12 APPLY: (I) TO LIABILITY FOR
NEGLIGENCE; (II) REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, CIVIL,
CRIMINAL, OR OTHERWISE; (III) EVEN IF A PARTY IS ADVISED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
DAMAGES IN QUESTION AND EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE; AND (IV) EVEN IF
RECIPIENT’S REMEDIES FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. If applicable law limits the applicability of
this Section 12, then the liability shall be limited to the maximum extent possible.
THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF BLR Trading Limited UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF PAYMENTS MADE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE THREE (3) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING ANY CLAIM UNDER WHICH SUCH LIABILITY SHALL ARISE.
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GENERAL
- Relationship of Parties. The Parties are independent contractors and will so represent
themselves in all regards. Neither Party is the agent of the other and neither may bind the
other in any way.
- Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any interest herein may be assigned by either
Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign any of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other in the event of a
merger, consolidation, change of control or sale of all or substantially all of the Party’s assets.
Any unauthorized assignment or transfer shall be null and void. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and insure to the benefit of each of the parties and their respective successors
and permitted assigns.
- Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the Parties and
supersedes all prior or contemporaneous writings, negotiations, and discussions with respect
to the subject matter hereof. Neither Party has relied upon any such prior or contemporaneous
communications.
- Amendments. No modification or other amendment to this Agreement shall be valid
unless reduced to writing and signed by authorized representatives of both parties.
- Severability. In the event that a provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or
otherwise unenforceable, such provision will be interpreted to fulfill its intended purpose to
the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and the remaining provisions of this
Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
- No Waiver. No waiver, forbearance, indulgence or consent by either Party to deviate
from the provisions of this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any subsequent right and no
analogy shall be made from any such waiver, forbearance, indulgence or consent to any
subsequent event.
- Notices. All Notices pursuant to this Agreement will be sent to the contacts specified in
each applicable IO, or to such others as either Party may provide in writing.
- Conflict in Terms. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these terms and
conditions and any IO, the terms of the IO shall prevail.
- Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be liable for any delay or failure in performance due
to events outside the defaulting Party's reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts
of God, disasters, terrorism, fire, or other circumstances beyond its reasonable control. The
obligations and rights of the defaulting Party shall be extended for a period equal to the period
during which such event prevented such Party's performance
- Jurisdiction and Governing Law. This Agreement will be interpreted, construed and
enforced in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to
conflict of laws or to the actual state or country of incorporation or residence of the parties.
The parties irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Belize in
connection with any action arising under this Agreement.