SAAS TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Acceptance

1.1 Change GPS Pty Ltd ABN 11 128 784 609 (we, us or our), own the cloud-based software, including all instructions in hard copy or electronic form and any update, modification or release of any part of that software (Software) which is accessible at changetech.cloud , and may be available through other addresses and channels (Site).

1.2 These terms and conditions (Terms):

  • are between us and you, together the Parties and each a Party;
  • set out the terms and conditions upon which we agree to grant you a right to use the Services (including the SaaS Services); and
  • are binding on you from the date on which you accept these Terms (Effective Date) until the date on which your Account and these Terms are terminated in accordance with the terms (Term).

1.3 You accept these Terms by clicking a box indicating your acceptance.

1.4 If you are agreeing to these Terms on behalf of a company, your employer, an organisation, government or other legal entity (Entity), then “you” means the Entity and you are binding that Entity to these Terms. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of an Entity, you as an individual represent and warrant that you are authorised by the Entity to do so.

2. Services and Plans

2.1 When you sign-up for the Services you will need to select at least a 12 month Plan (this is your Plan’s Annual Cycle). Each Plan describes the Services included, the Fees, the applicable billing cycle for those Fees and the total annual membership amount to be paid and may also include other information.

2.2 At the end of each Annual Cycle your Plan will automatically extend for a further Annual Cycle, unless either Party terminates these Terms in accordance with clause 22.2 or these Terms are otherwise terminated in accordance with clause 22. If you make changes to your Plan during its current Annual Cycle and these changes take effect within its current Annual Cycle, your Plan’s Annual Cycle will restart.

2.3 In consideration of your payment of the Fees (as set out in the Plan), we will provide the Services for your selected Plan in accordance with these Terms, whether ourselves or through our Personnel.

2.4 Free or trial Account: We may offer you a free or trial Account with limited features designed to allow you to evaluate the Services and make sure it is right for you before signing up for a paid Plan. Any trial period can change at any time without notice. We have the right to terminate any trial Account if you are found to be misusing the Services. At the end of any free or trial Account you will be provided the option to choose and sign up for a Plan.

2.5 You agree that we may amend the Services (including any features) or the Fees at any time, by providing written notice to you and you accept the amendments to the Services or the Fees by continuing to use the Services after the notice or 30 days after the notice (whichever date is earlier). If our amendments to the Services or Fees are material and you can demonstrate that the amendment causes you material detriment, you may terminate these Terms in accordance with clause 22.3(b)(2). For example, a material amendment to the Services would include a fundamental change to the Services, such as removing the Templates but would not include changing minor features or the look and feel of the SaaS Services and a material amendment to the Fees would not include a nominal fee increase.

2.6 We warrant and agree that, we will use reasonable effort to ensure all of our obligations under these Terms will be carried out:

  • by suitably competent and trained Personnel; and
  • in an efficient and professional manner; and
  • in accordance with any Service Level as set out in the Plan.

3. Accounts

3.1 You must create an Account on our Site, in order for you and your Authorised Users to access and use the Services, including the SaaS Services.

3.2 You must ensure that any information you provide to us, or we request from you, for your Account, is complete and accurate and you are authorised to provide this information to us.

3.3 You are the Account owner and regardless of any change in any contact details, you will remain responsible for your Account, as set out in these Terms. If you wish to change the Account owner, you must provide us with a written request to transfer the ownership of the Account to the incoming party, which must also include the incoming party’s written consent to take over full responsibility for the Account, in a form acceptable to us.

3.4 It is your responsibility to keep your Account details confidential. You are responsible for all activity on your Account, including activity by Authorised Users and for ensuring that any activities on your Account comply with these Terms.

3.5 We are not responsible for the management or administration of your Account or your Authorised Users.

4. Licence and restrictions on use

4.1 Subject to the payment of any applicable Fees and your and your Authorised Users’ compliance with these Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except as otherwise permitted under these Terms), personal and revocable licence to access and use the Services for the Term in accordance with any Authorised User limits in your Plan, for your use and enjoyment of the Services, as contemplated by these Terms (Licence).

4.2 You must not (and you must ensure your Authorised Users do not) access or use the Services except as permitted by the Licence and you must not (and must not permit any other person to) use the Services in any way which is in breach of any applicable Laws or which infringes any person's rights, including Intellectual Property Rights, including to;

  • use the Services to transmit, publish or communicate material that is defamatory, offensive, abusive, indecent, menacing or unwanted;
  • use the Services in any way that damages, interferes with or interrupts the supply of the Services;
  • introduce malicious programs into our hardware and software or Systems, including viruses, malware worms, trojan horses and e-mail bombs;
  • reveal or allow others access to your Account’s password or authentication details or allow others to use your Account or authentication details (other than Authorised Users);
  • carry out security breaches or disruptions of a network, including accessing data where you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account that you are not expressly authorised to access or corrupting any data (including network sniffing/monitoring, pinged floods, packet spoofing, denial of service and forged routing information for malicious purposes);
  • use any program/script/command, or send messages of any kind, with the intent to interfere with, or disable, any person’s use of the Services;
  • if applicable, send any form of harassment via email, or any other form of messaging, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages, or use the Services in breach of any person’s privacy (such as by way of identity theft or “phishing”); or
  • circumvent user authentication or security of any of our Services, networks, accounts or hosts or those of our other users.

5. Upgrading and downgrading Plans

5.1 You may upgrade your Plan at any time using the billing page of your Account to submit your upgrade request. When you upgrade your Plan, the upgrade will take effect immediately and you will be charged the fee for your new Plan (and which will form part of the Fees) for the remaining days in your billing cycle on a pro-rata basis on your next billing date. The new Fee will apply to all future billing dates. When you upgrade your Plan, your Plan’s Annual Cycle will restart on the first billing date following the upgrade.

5.2 To downgrade your Plan you must use the billing page of your Account and submit your downgrade request at least 30 days before the end of your Plan’s current Annual Cycle. When you downgrade your Plan, the downgrade will take effect on the first day of your Plan’s next Annual Cycle. You will continue to receive the benefit of your previous Plan and be required to pay the Fees for your previous Plan up until the date that the downgrade takes effect.

6. Authorised Users

6.1 You agree that the Licence permits you to access and use the Services in accordance with the number of Authorised Users, as set out in your Plan (if applicable).

6.2 You must add the details of your Authorised Users in order for your Authorised Users to access and use the Services, including the SaaS Services.

6.3 To increase the number of Authorised Users for your Plan you must upgrade your Plan, unless you are on a Plan which allows you to add additional Authorised Users. Plan upgrades must be made in accordance with clause 5.1. If your Plan allows you to add additional Authorised Users, this must be completed via the billing page of your Account. When you add additional Authorised User(s), you will be notified of the new fee and on your acceptance, the increase will take effect and the new fee will form part of the Fee and you will be charged the Fee for your additional Authorised User(s) for the remaining days in your billing cycle on a pro-rata basis on your next billing date. The new Fee will apply to all future billing dates.When you increase the number of Authorised Users, your Plan’s Annual Cycle will restart on the first billing date following the increase.

6.4 Decreases in the number of Authorised Users for your Plan will only be applied at the end of your Plan’s current Annual Cycle. You can decrease your Authorised Users by downgrading your Plan in accordance with clause 5.2 or if your Plan otherwise allows for decrease in the number of Authorised Users, you may decrease the number of Authorised Users by using the billing page of your Account to request a decrease in the number of Authorised Users at least 30 days before the end of your Plan’s current Annual Cycle and the decrease will come into effect on the first day of your Plan’s next Annual Cycle. You will continue to receive the benefit of your previous number of Authorised Users and be required to pay the Fees for your previous number of Authorised Users up until the date that the downgrade takes effect.

7. Variations

7.1 You may, at any time, request a variation to the Services (Variation Request) by providing written notice (including by email) to us.

7.2 We will not be obliged to comply with a Variation Request unless we accept the Variation Request, and you accept any variation to the Fee to effect the Variation Request (Fee Variation).

7.3 You may accept the Fee Variation in writing (including by email) and after your acceptance we will apply the Fee Variation to any subsequent billing periods in the Term, which will be considered the new Fee for the purpose of these Terms.

8. Secondary Tool

8.1 You understand and agree that we are not engaged in the supply of professional services to your clients and that the Templates and/or the SaaS Services are a secondary tool only, are provided for your convenience only, and are not a substitute for the professional judgment of you and your Personnel.

8.2 It is solely your responsibility to consider any information provided by us in the context of the facts you are applying that information to and to review and confirm all information in reports or other documentation created in connection with the Templates and/or SaaS Services before relying on, distributing or signing off on such reports or other documentation. You agree to develop and maintain an internal review process for the review of all reports and other documentation generated in connection with the Templates and/or the SaaS Services.

8.3 You acknowledge and agree that the accuracy of anything generated in connection with any Templates and/or the SaaS Services will be affected by your selections, and your compliance with our instructions and any user manual (or similar) provided by us to you from time to time.

8.4 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, you are liable for, and agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless in respect of, any Liability that we may suffer, incur or otherwise become liable for, arising from or in connection with your performance of any professional services, including your use of the Templates and/or the SaaS Services in connection with the provision of any services, advice, reports or other documentation to your clients and with respect to any claim by your clients.

8.5 This clause 8 will survive the termination or expiry of these Terms.

9. Third Party Inputs

9.1 You agree that the provision of the Services may be contingent on, or impacted by, Third Party Inputs.

9.2 You agree that the Services may include Third Party Inputs that may interface, or interoperate with, the Services, including third party software or services (for example Xero XPM or BGL CAS 360 ).

9.3 To the extent that you choose to use such Third Party Inputs, you are responsible for:

  • the purchase of;
  • the requirements; and
  • the licensing obligations,
  • related to the applicable Third Party Input, including third party software and services.

9.4 You agree that the benefit of the Third Party Input’s interface, or interoperation with, the Services, is subject to your compliance with clause 9.3.

10. Support Services

During the Term, we will provide you:

  • technical support services as set out in your Plan, via email and/or telephone, or as otherwise agreed between the Parties, provided that where required, you assist us in investigating and ascertaining the cause of the fault and provide us with access to all necessary information relevant to the fault (including what you have done in relation to the fault); and
  • training as set out on your Plan, on the dates and at the times as agreed between the Parties.

11. Additional Services

11.1. You may request Additional Services, including bespoke customisation to the scope or functionality of the Services, by providing written notice (including by email) to us.

11.2. We may, at our discretion, provide you with written notice in the form of a scope of services, a proposal or a statement of work (as applicable) covering the Additional Services requested and any further fee required for us to undertake the Additional Services.

11.3. If you agree to the scope of services, proposal or statement of work (as applicable), for the Additional Services, then we will provide the Additional Services to you in consideration for payment of the additional fee, which will form part of the Fees.

12. Payment

12.1. You agree to pay us the Fees as set out in your Plan, and any other amounts payable to us under these Terms, without set-off or delay, via credit card or any other payment method set out on the Site.

12.2. The Fee is payable in advance of the next billing cycle for your Plan and any additional charges will be billed in arrears on your next billing date (unless otherwise agreed between the Parties).

12.3. You are responsible for reviewing the pricing schedule, features and limits associated with your Plan, which are available on the Site.

12.4. You must ensure your chosen payment method has sufficient funds to pay the Fees.

12.5 If any payment has not been made in accordance with these Terms, we may (at our absolute discretion):

  • immediately suspend the provision of the Services, and recover as a debt due and immediately payable from you, our additional costs of doing so;
  • exercise our termination right in accordance with clause 22.3(a)(3); and/or
  • engage debt collection services and/or commence legal proceedings in relation to any such amounts.

12.6. If you rectify such non-payment within a reasonable time after the Services have been suspended, then we may, at our discretion, recommence the provision of the Services as soon as reasonably practicable.

13. Privacy and Communication

13.1. You are responsible for the collection, use, storage and otherwise dealing with Personal Information related to your business and all matters relating to the Customer Data.

13.2. You must, and must ensure that your Personnel and Authorised Users, comply with the legal requirements of the Australian Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and any privacy or anti-spam Laws applicable to you in respect of all Personal Information collected, used, stored or otherwise dealt with under or in connection with these Terms.

13.3. We agree to handle any Personal Information you provide to us, solely for the purpose of performing our obligations under these Terms and in accordance with any applicable Laws.

13.4. We may contact you via the platform for the Services, using in-Account notifications or via-off platform communication channels, such as text messages or email with functional notifications.

13.5. We may also send marketing and promotional material which may be of interest to you, using your contact details. You may opt out of receiving direct marketing messages at any time. Where you opt-out we will continue to send you functional communications relevant to your use of the Services.

14. Confidential Information

14.1. Each Receiving Party agrees:

  • not to disclose the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any third party;
  • to use all reasonable endeavours to protect the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party from any unauthorised disclosure; and
  • to only use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for the purposes for which it was disclosed or provided by the Disclosing Party, and not for any other purpose.

14.2. The obligations in clause 14.1 do not apply to Confidential Information that:

  • is required to be disclosed in order for the Parties to comply with their obligations under these Terms;
  • is authorised to be disclosed by the Disclosing Party;
  • is in the public domain and/or is no longer confidential, except as a result of a breach of these Terms; or
  • must be disclosed by Law or by a regulatory authority, including under subpoena.

14.3. Each Party agrees that monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for a breach of this clause 14. A Party is entitled to seek an injunction, or any other remedy available at law or in equity, at its discretion, to protect itself from a breach (or continuing breach) of this clause 14.

14.4. This clause 14 will survive the termination or expiry of these Terms.

15. Intellectual Property Rights

15.1. You agree that all Intellectual Property Rights:

  • in the Services, including the Software and SaaS Services;
  • any documentation downloadable from the Services or generated by the SaaS Services (the Templates);
  • in the Intellectual Property developed, adapted, modified or created by us, or our Personnel (including in connection with these Terms, the Software and the SaaS Services,such as data generated from your use of the Services and any machine learning algorithms output from the Services),
  • will at all times vest, or remain vested, in us (or, if applicable, our third party service providers). To the extent that ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights do not automatically vest in us, you agree to do all acts necessary or desirable to assure our title to such rights.

15.2. While you have an active Plan with us, we grant you a non-exclusive, revocable, worldwide, non-sublicensable and non-transferable right and licence to download, use and edit the Templates solely for the purpose of generating reports and other documentation for your clients or in connection with the provision of services to your clients. While the licence is non-sublicensable, we grant you the right to provide reports or other documentation created using the Templates to your clients. You will remain liable for any breach of our Intellectual Property Rights by your clients. The rights and licence in this clause will cease on expiry or termination of these Terms and Templates must be deleted in accordance with clause 22.4(h).

15.3. You grant us a non-exclusive, revocable, worldwide, non-sublicensable and non-transferable right and licence, to use Your Materials, solely for the purposes for which they were developed and for the performance of our obligations under these Terms, as contemplated by these Terms.

15.4. You must not whether directly or indirectly, other than as expressly permitted by these Terms or with our prior written consent:

  • copy or use, in whole or in part, any of our Intellectual Property;
  • reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any of our Intellectual Property to any third party;
  • reverse assemble, reverse engineer, reverse compile or enhance the Templates or Services;
  • attempt to discover the source code or object code or underlying structures, ideas, know how or algorithms in relation to the Templates or Services, the data or documentation;
  • breach any Intellectual Property Rights connected with the Templates or Services, including altering or modifying any of our Intellectual Property;
  • cause any of our Intellectual Property to be framed or embedded in another website; or create derivative works from any of our Intellectual Property;
  • resell, assign, lease, hire, sub-license, transfer, distribute or make available the Templates or Services to third parties;
  • “frame”, “mirror” or serve any of the Templates or Services on any web server or other computer server over the Internet or any other network; and
  • alter, remove or tamper with any trademarks, any patent or copyright notices, any confidentiality legend or notice, any numbers or any other means of identification used on or in relation to the Templates or Services.

15.5. Except to the extent that the Liability arose from our negligent acts or omissions or any of our Personnel, you indemnify us and our Personnel against all Liability that we or any of our Personnel may sustain or incur as a result, whether directly or indirectly, of your or your Personnel’s breach of this clause 15.

15.6. This clause 15 will survive the termination or expiry of these Terms.

16. Analytics

16.1. Despite anything to the contrary, we may monitor, analyse and compile statistical and performance information based on and/or related to your use of the Services, in an aggregated and anonymised format (Analytics). You agree that we may make such Analytics publicly available, provided that it:

  • does not contain identifying information; and
  • is not compiled using a sample size small enough to make the underlying Customer Data identifiable.

16.2. We, and our licensors own all right, title and interest in and to the Analytics and all related software, technology, documentation and content used or provided in connection with the Analytics, including all Intellectual Property Rights in the foregoing.

17. Customer Data

17.1 You grant us a limited licence to copy, transmit, store and back-up or otherwise access the Customer Data during the Term and for a reasonable period after the Term to:

  • supply the Services (including for back-ups) to you (including to enable you, your Authorised Users and your Personnel to benefit from the Services);
  • diagnose problems with the Services;
  • enhance and otherwise modify the Services, and
  • as reasonably required to perform our obligations under these Terms.

17.2. You must, at all times, ensure the integrity of the Customer Data and that your use of the Customer Data is compliant with all Laws.

17.3 You represent and warrant that:

  • you have obtained all necessary rights, releases and permissions to provide all your Customer Data to us and to grant the rights granted to us in these Terms;
  • the Customer Data is accurate and complete;
  • the Customer Data (and its transfer to and use by us as authorised by you) under these Terms does not violate any Laws (including those relating to export control and electronic communications) or rights of any third party, including any Intellectual Property Rights, rights of privacy, or rights of publicity; and
  • any use, collection and disclosure authorised in these Terms is not inconsistent with the terms of any applicable privacy policies.

17.4 You acknowledge and agree that:

  • we assume no responsibility or Liability for the Customer Data;
  • we do not provide a data storage service and we cannot guarantee that Customer Data will be available at all times. It is your responsibility to back-up the Customer Data and ensure the ongoing secure storage of Customer Data;
  • you are solely responsible for the Customer Data and the consequences of using, disclosing, storing or transmitting it; and the operation of the Services is reliant on the accuracy of the Customer Data, and the provision of inaccurate or incomplete Customer Data by you may affect the use, output and operation of the Services.

18. Warranties

18.1 You warrant and agree that:

  • there are no legal restrictions preventing you from entering into these Terms;
  • you are not and have not been the subject of an Insolvency Event;
  • you will cooperate with us and provide us with all assistance, resources, data, people, information, facilities, access and documentation that is reasonably necessary to enable us to perform the Services and as otherwise requested by us, from time to time, and in a timely manner;
  • all information and documentation that you provide to us in connection with these Terms is true, correct and complete and that we will rely on such information and documentation in order to provide the Services;
  • you have not relied on any representations or warranties made by us in relation to the Services (including as to whether the Services are or will be fit or suitable for your particular purposes), unless expressly stipulated in these Terms;
  • you will inform us if you have reasonable concerns relating to our provision of the Services under these Terms, with the aim that the Parties will use all reasonable efforts to resolve your concerns;
  • you are responsible for obtaining, and providing to us in a timely manner, any consents, licences, authorities, API Keys and permissions from third parties necessary for the Services to be provided in accordance with these Terms, at your cost;
  • the Services are provided to you solely for your benefit and you will not (or you will not attempt to) disclose, or provide access to, our Services to third parties without prior written consent;
  • you will be responsible for the use of any part of the Services, and you must ensure that no person uses any part of the Services to break any Law or infringe any person’s rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) or in any way that damages, interferes with or interrupts the supply of the Services;
  • you have reviewed these Terms including our Privacy Policy, and you understand them and will use the Services in accordance with them;
  • you have the authority to act on behalf of any person or entity for whom you are using the Services and you are deemed to have agreed to these Terms on behalf of any entity for whom you use the Services; and
  • you have all the hardware, software and services which are necessary to access and use the Services, including any required operating systems as set out on the Site.

19. Australian Consumer Law

19.1 Certain legislation, including the ACL, and similar consumer protection laws and regulations may confer you with rights, warranties, guarantees and remedies relating to the provision of our services which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (Statutory Rights).

19.2 If the ACL applies to you as a consumer, nothing in these Terms excludes your Statutory Rights as a consumer under the ACL. You agree that our Liability for the Services provided to an entity defined as a consumer under the ACL is governed solely by the ACL and these Terms.

19.3. Subject to your Statutory Rights, we exclude all express and implied warranties, and all material, work and services (including the Services) are provided to you without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, whether in statute, at Law or any other basis.

19.4. This clause 19 will survive termination or expiry of these Terms.

20. Limitations on Liability

20.1 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law:

  • we will not be liable for any Consequential Loss;
  • our liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the acts or omissions of you (or any of your Personnel); and
  • our aggregate liability for any Liability arising from or in connection with these Terms will be limited to us resupplying the Services to you or, in our sole discretion, to us repaying you the amount of the Fees paid by you to us in respect of the supply of the relevant Services to which the Liability relates.

20.2. This clause 20 will survive termination or expiry of these Terms.

21. Exclusions to Liability

21.1 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for, and you waive and release us from and against, any Liability, caused or contributed to by, arising from or connected with:

  • loss of, or damage to, any property or any injury to or loss to any person;
  • the Computing Environment;
  • your or your Personnel’s acts or omissions;
  • any claim by a client of yours;
  • your reliance on any Templates or other information provided or generated in connection with the SaaS Services;
  • any use or application of the Services by a person or entity other than you, or other than as reasonably contemplated by these Terms;
  • any work, services, goods, materials or items which do not form part of the Services (as expressed in these Terms), or which have not been provided by us;
  • any Third Party Inputs;
  • the Services being unavailable, or any delay in us providing the Services to you, for whatever reason; and/or any event outside of our reasonable control, including any Force Majeure Event (as defined in clause 24.14).

21.2. You acknowledge and agree that:

  • you are responsible for all users using the Services, including your Personnel and any Authorised Users;
  • you use the Services and any associated programs and files at your own risk;
  • the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including Customer Data, may be transferred unencrypted and involves:
    1. transmissions over various networks; and
    2. changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices;
  • we may use third party service providers to integrate with the Services or to host the SaaS Services. If the providers of third party applications or services cease to make their services or programs available on reasonable terms, we may cease providing any affected features without Liability or entitling you to any refund, credit, or other compensation;
  • the Services may use third party products, facilities or services. We do not make any warranty or representation in respect of the third party products, facilities or services;
  • we do not guarantee that any file or program available for download and/or execution from or via the Services is free from viruses or other conditions which could damage or interfere with data, hardware or software with which it might be used;
  • we are not responsible for the integrity or existence of any data on the Computing Environment, network or any device controlled by you, your Authorised Users or your Personnel; and
  • we may pursue any available equitable or other remedy against you if you breach any provision of these Terms.

21.3. This clause 21 will survive termination or expiry of these Terms.

22. Termination

22.1. You agree that you can only terminate these Terms in accordance with this clause 22 and that there are no other rights for you to terminate for any other reason (including convenience or change of mind).

22.2. Either Party may terminate these Terms by giving notice in writing to the other Party no less than 30 days’ before the end of your Plan’s current Annual Cycle and the termination will take effect at the end of your Plan’s current Annual Cycle.

22.3. These Terms will terminate immediately upon written notice by:

  • us, if:
    1. subject to subsection 22.3(a)(2), you (or any of your Personnel) breach any provision of these Terms and that breach has not been remedied within 10 Business Days of being notified by us;
    2. 30 days after we give you notice an amount payable to us is overdue, the amount payable remains unpaid;
    3. you fail to provide us with clear or timely instructions or information to enable us to provide the Services;
    4. for any other reason outside our control which has the effect of compromising our ability to provide the Services; or
    5. you are unable to pay your debts as they fall due; and
  • you, if we:
    1. are in breach of a material term of these Terms, and that breach has not been remedied within 10 Business Days of being notified by you;
    2. we notify you under clause 2.5 that the Services or the Fees are being amended and you can demonstrate that the amendment causes you material detriment and choose to terminate in accordance with clause 2.5; or
    3. we notify you under clause 24.2 that these Terms are being updated and you can demonstrate that the update causes you material detriment and choose to terminate in accordance with clause 24.2.

22.4. Upon expiry or termination of these Terms:

  • you must immediately cease accessing the Services and we will cease providing the Services;
  • we will be entitled to permanently delete all Customer Data within 1 month from expiry or termination of these Terms;
  • we will provide any further disengagement services at our then current rates, and such further disengagement support services must be agreed in writing by the Parties;
  • you agree that any payments made are not refundable;
  • you are to pay for all Services provided prior to termination, including Services which have been provided and have not yet been invoiced to you, and all other amounts due and payable under these Terms;
  • if these Terms are terminated prior to the end of your Plan’s current Annual Cycle, you are to pay all Fees not yet paid which would have become due during your Plan’s current Annual Cycle (displayed as your Plan’s total annual membership amount on sign up), as a debt due and immediately payable. You agree this represents a genuine pre-estimate of our loss;
  • pursuant to clauses 22.3(a)(1), (2), (3) or (5), you also agree to pay us additional costs arising from, or in connection with, such termination;
  • immediately return (where possible) or delete or destroy (where not possible to return), any of our property (including the Templates (including any copies) and any of our Confidential Information and Intellectual Property) and if requested by us, provide confirmation in writing that all of our property has been returned, deleted or destroyed in accordance with this clause; and
  • Templates which have been used to create reports or other documentation for clients may be retained in their derivative form solely for your and your client’s record keeping purposes and must not be used for any other purpose, including to create any further or new reports or documentation

22.5. Termination of these Terms will not affect any rights or liabilities that a Party has accrued under it.

22.6. This clause 22 will survive the termination or expiry of these Terms.

23. GST

23.1. If GST is payable on any supply made under these Terms, the recipient of the supply must pay an amount equal to the GST payable on the supply. That amount must be paid at the same time that the consideration is to be provided under these Terms and must be paid in addition to the consideration expressed elsewhere in these Terms, unless it is expressed to be inclusive of GST. The recipient is not required to pay any GST until the supplier issues a tax invoice for the supply.

23.2. If an adjustment event arises in respect of any supply made under these Terms, a corresponding adjustment must be made between the supplier and the recipient in respect of any amount paid by the recipient under this clause, an adjustment note issued (if required), and any payments to give effect to the adjustment must be made.

23.3. If the recipient is required under these Terms to pay for or reimburse an expense or outgoing of the supplier, or is required to make a payment under an indemnity in respect of an expense or outgoing of the supplier, the amount to be paid by the recipient is to be reduced by the amount of any input tax credit in respect of that expense or outgoing that the supplier is entitled to.

23.4. The terms “adjustment event”, “consideration”, “GST”, “input tax credit”, “recipient”, “supplier”, “supply”, “taxable supply” and “tax invoice” each has the meaning which it is given in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).

24. General

24.1. Access: The Services may be downloaded, installed or accessed in Australia and overseas. We make no representation that the Services comply with the Laws (including Intellectual Property Laws) of any country outside of Australia. If you access the Services from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for complying with the Laws in the place you access the Services.

24.2. Amendment: We may update these Terms at any time. Where we update these Terms we will notify you via an in-Account notification or via email and you accept the updated terms by continuing to use the Services after the notice or 30 days after the notice (whichever date is earlier). If you can demonstrate that the update causes you material detriment, you may terminate these Terms in accordance with clause 22.3(b)(3).

24.4. Assignment: A Party must not assign or deal with the whole or any of its rights or obligations under these Terms without the prior written consent of the other Party (such consent is not to be unreasonably withheld).

24.4. Dispute: A Party may not commence court proceedings relating to any dispute, controversy or claim arising from, or in connection with, these Terms (including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination) (Dispute) without first meeting with a senior representative of the other Party to seek (in good faith) to resolve the Dispute. If the Parties cannot agree how to resolve the Dispute at that initial meeting, either Party may refer the matter to a mediator. If the Parties cannot agree on who the mediator should be, either Party may ask the Queensland Law Societyto appoint a mediator. The mediator will decide the time, place and rules for mediation. The Parties agree to attend the mediation in good faith, to seek to resolve the Dispute. The costs of the mediation will be shared equally between the Parties. Nothing in this clause will operate to prevent a Party from seeking urgent injunctive or equitable relief from a court of appropriate jurisdiction.

24.5. Email: You agree that we are able to send electronic mail to you and receive electronic mail from you. You release us from any Liability you may have as a result of any unauthorised copying, recording, reading or interference with that document or information after transmission, for any delay or non-delivery of any document or information and for any damage caused to your system or any files by a transfer.

24.6. Entire agreement: These Terms contain the entire understanding between the Parties, and supersedes all previous discussions, communications, negotiations, understandings, representations, warranties, commitments and agreements, in respect of its subject matter.

24.7. Exclusivity: The Services will be provided to you on a non-exclusive basis.

24.8. Further assurance: You agree to promptly do all things and execute all further instruments necessary to give full force and effect to these Terms and your obligations under it.

24.9. Governing law: These Terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia. Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts operating in Queensland and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts and waives any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts.

24.10. Notices: Any notice given under these Terms must be in writing addressed to the relevant address last notified by the recipient to the Parties. Any notice may be sent by standard post or email, and will be deemed to have been served on the expiry of 3 Business Days in the case of post, or at the time of transmission in the case of transmission by email.

24.11. Publicity: You agree that with your permission, we may advertise or publicise the broad nature of our provision of the Services to you, including on our website or in our promotional material.

24.12. Relationship of Parties: These Terms are not intended to create a partnership, joint venture, employment or agency relationship between the Parties.

24.13. Severance: If a provision of these Terms are held to be void, invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision is to be read down as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be valid or enforceable, failing which, that provision (or that part of that provision) will be severed from theseTerms without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remainder of that provision or the other provisions.

24.14. Force Majeure: We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform our obligations under these Terms if such failure or delay is due to any circumstance beyond our reasonable control (including but not limited to natural forces, war terrorism, epidemics, pandemics, and Government sanctioned restrictions and orders, whether known or unknown at the time of entering into these Terms) (Force Majeure Event).

25. Definitions

In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms have the meanings given to them in these Terms, and:

Account means an account accessible to you and/or your Authorised Users to use the Services, including, the SaaS Services;

ACL or Australian Consumer Law means the Australian consumer laws set out in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), as amended, from time to time;

Additional Services means any Services not set out in the Services description in the Plan which we agree to provide to you;

Authorised User means a user permitted to access and use the Services under your Account, as further particularised in your Plan;

Business Day means a day on which banks are open for general bank business in Queensland, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;

Computing Environment means your computing environment including all hardware, software, information technology and telecommunications services and Systems;

Confidential Information includes information which:

  • is disclosed to the Receiving Party in connection with these Terms at any time;
  • is prepared or produced under or in connection with these Terms at any time;
  • relates to the Disclosing Party’s business, assets or affairs; or
  • relates to the subject matter of, the terms of and/or any transactions contemplated by these Terms,

whether or not such information or documentation is reduced to a tangible form or marked in writing as “confidential”, and howsoever the Receiving Party receives that information;

Consequential Loss includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise;

Customer Data means the information, materials, logos, documents, qualifications and other Intellectual Property or data inputted by you, your Personnel or Authorised Users into the Services or stored by the Services as a result of your use of the Services;

Disclosing Party means the party disclosing Confidential Information to the Receiving Party;

Fee or Fees means those fees due and payable by you for the Services, as set out in your relevant Plan;

Insolvency Event means any of the following events or any analogous event:

  • a Party disposes of the whole or any part of the Party’s assets, operations or business other than in the ordinary course of business;
  • a Party ceases, or threatens to cease, carrying on business;
  • a Party is unable to pay the Party’s debts as the debts fall due;
  • any step is taken by a mortgagee to take possession or dispose of the whole or any part of the Party’s assets, operations or business;
  • any step is taken for a party to enter into any arrangement or compromise with, or assignment for the benefit of, a Party’s creditors or any class of a Party’s creditors; or
  • any step is taken to appoint an administrator, receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, provisional liquidator or liquidator of the whole or any part of a Party’s assets, operations or business;

Intellectual Property means any copyright, registered and unregistered trade marks, designs (whether or not registered or registrable), domain names, know-how, inventions, processes, trade secrets or Confidential Information; or circuit layouts, software, computer programs, databases or source codes, including any application, or right to apply, for registration of, and any improvements, enhancements or modifications of, the foregoing;

Intellectual Property Rights means for the duration of the rights in any part of the world, any industrial or intellectual property rights, whether registrable or not, including in respect of Intellectual Property;

Laws means all applicable laws, regulations, codes, guidelines, policies, protocols, consents, approvals, permits and licences, and any requirements or directions given by any person with the authority to bind the relevant Party in connection with these Terms or the provision of the Services, and includes the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Spam Act 2003 (Cth);

Liability means any expense, cost, liability, loss, damage, claim, notice, entitlement, investigation, demand, proceeding or judgment (whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising, whether direct or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent and whether involving a third party or a Party to these Terms or otherwise;

Licence is defined in 4.1.

Personal Information is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and also includes any similar term as defined in any other privacy law applicable to you;

Personnel means, in respect of a Party, any of its employees, consultants, suppliers, subcontractors or agents;

Plan means the plan you choose, including the Fees, billing cycle, features and number of Authorised Users, as set out on the Site and post purchase, as set out within your Account;

Privacy Policy means any privacy policy set out on our Site;

Receiving Party means the party receiving Confidential Information from the Disclosing Party;

SaaS Services means our Software as a service as described in your Plan and on the Site;

Services means the Software, the SaaS Services, the Templates, any technical support services as further particularised in the Plan and any Additional Services requested throughout the Term;

Service Level means any service level relevant to your Plan, as set out on the Site (if any);

System means all hardware, software, networks and other IT systems used by a Party from time to time, including a network;

Template or Templates has the meaning given in clause 15.1(b);

Third Party Inputs means third parties or any goods and services provided by third parties, including customers, end users, suppliers, transportation or logistics providers or other subcontractors which the provision of the Services may be contingent on, or impacted by; and

Your Materials means all work, models, processes, technologies, strategies, materials, information, documentation and services (including Intellectual Property), owned, licensed or developed by or on behalf of you or your Personnel before the Effective Date and/or developed by or on behalf of you or your Personnel independently of these Terms.

26. Interpretation

In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires:

  • a reference to these Terms or any other document includes the document, all schedules and all annexures as novated, amended, supplemented, varied or replaced from time to time;
  • a reference to any legislation or law includes subordinate legislation or law and all amendments, consolidations, replacements or re-enactments from time to time;
  • a reference to a natural person includes a body corporate, partnership, joint venture, association, government or statutory body or authority or other legal entity and vice versa;
  • no clause will be interpreted to the disadvantage of a Party merely because that Party drafted the clause or would otherwise benefit from it;
  • a reference to a party (including a Party) to a document includes that party’s executors, administrators, successors, permitted assigns and persons substituted by novation from time to time;
  • a reference to a covenant, obligation or agreement of two or more persons binds or benefits them jointly and severally;
  • a reference to time is to local time in Queensland; and
  • a reference to $ or dollars refers to the currency of Australia from time to time.

27. Impossibility Clause

  • For events, eg. The ChangeGPS Summit 2022.
  • Event details are subject to change. Any changes will be communicated to registered parties.
  • If a government prevents travel (ie. Terms and Conditions for Covid Cancellation), there is a money back guarantee, less $350 admin fee charged by ChangeGPS.
  • The performance of this Agreement is subject to termination without liability upon the occurrence of any circumstance beyond the control of either party – such as acts of God, war, acts of terrorism, government regulations, a pandemic as declared by the World Health Organisation, disaster, strikes, civil disorder, or curtailment of transportation facilities – to the extent that such circumstance makes it illegal or impossible for the Hotel to provide, or groups in general to use, the Hotel facilities. The ability to terminate this Agreement without liability pursuant to this paragraph is conditioned upon delivery of written notice to the other party setting forth the basis for such termination as soon as reasonably practical – but in no event longer than ten (10) days – after learning of such basis.

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