2024.11.06 PETSZEL AGREEMENT C# T&C PARTIALLY EXECUTED.PDF
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5 Cowboys Way, Ste 300, Frisco, TX 75034 PROVIDER TERMS AND CONDITIONS Effective Date: October 18, 2024 Petszel’s personalized pet care platform (the “Platform”) allows shelters and rescues (collectively, “Providers”) to provide their pet owners (“Pet Owners”) with a digital post-adoption web application (the “Provider Application”) complete with a dashboard solution which manages the integration with the Provider’s applicable software, documents and other offerings (“Provider Software”) at no cost to the Provider. Invitations to the Provider Application, powered by Petszel, will be delivered to the Pet Owner automatically via email & text when the animal’s status changes to “adopted” in the Provider Software. The Platform further allows, via the Provider Application, Providers to communicate with and provide Pet Owners with information, products, and services for their pets after adoption, including applications, services, and products (collectively “Third-Party Services”) offered by third-party providers (“Third-Party Providers”). These Provider Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Platform, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through Petszel.com (the “Website”), the Provider Application, and any other products and services (such products and services, the Platform, the Website, and the Provider Application, the “Services”) made available by Petszel LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Petszel”, “we” or “us”). Provider’s continued use of the Services constitutes Provider’s acceptance of these Terms. If Provider does not agree with these Terms, Provider shall immediately cease use of the Services. We may revise and update these Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Services thereafter. Provider’s use of the Services shall also be subject to the Petszel terms of service and Petszel privacy policy. 1. SERVICES AND SUPPORT 1.1 Subject to the terms hereof, Petszel will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Provider the Services. 1.2 Provider must allow Petszel to integrate with Provider Software to facilitate the Services. Petszel will be responsible for building and maintaining the integration which will be used for securely syncing data to the Platform for the Provider Application. The following data fields are required but the exact fields may vary depending on type of Provider Software: (a) Provider information such as system IDs for all fields, locations and sub-location names, addresses; (b) animals status including adoptions, returns/surrender, and foster details including status date & time, Provider staff, fees, and agreements; (c) Pet Owner details such as name, address, email, phone, and communication preferences; (d) animal details including species, breed, sex, weight, date of birth, age, photos, color, microchip, and other relevant fields; and (e) animal medical information such as vaccine information, dates, medication, treatment types, and other relevant fields. 1.3 Subject to the terms hereof, Petszel will provide Provider with reasonable technical support services in accordance with Petszel’s standard practice. 2. RESTRICTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 2.1 Provider will not, directly or indirectly: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code or underlying structure, ideas, know-how or algorithms relevant to the Services or any software, documentation or data related to the Services (“Software”); modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Services or any Software (except to the extent expressly permitted by Petszel or authorized within 1 Docusign Envelope ID: 60260465-1DDA-45CE-9198-49BD977FE6B6 the Services); use the Services or any Software for timesharing or service bureau purposes or otherwise for the benefit of a third; or remove any proprietary notices or labels. 2.2 Further, Provider may not remove or export from the United States or allow the export or re-export of the Services, Software or anything related thereto, or any direct product thereof in violation of any restrictions, laws or regulations of the United States Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any other United States or foreign agency or authority. As defined in FAR section 2.101, the Software and documentation are “commercial items” and according to DFAR section 252.227-7014(a)(1) and (5) are deemed to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation.” Consistent with DFAR section 227.7202 and FAR section 12.212, any use modification, reproduction, release, performance, display, or disclosure of such commercial software or commercial software documentation by the U.S. Government will be governed solely by these Terms and will be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms. 2.3 Provider represents, covenants, and warrants that Provider will use the Services only in compliance with Petszel’s standard published policies then in effect, including Petszel terms of service and the Petszel privacy policy, and all applicable laws and regulations. Provider hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Petszel against any damages, losses, liabilities, settlements and expenses (including without limitation costs and attorneys’ fees) in connection with any claim or action that arises from an alleged violation of the foregoing or otherwise from Provider’s use of Services, including a breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein. Although Petszel has no obligation to monitor Provider’s use of the Services, Petszel may do so and may prohibit any use of the Services it believes may be (or alleged to be) in violation of the foregoing. 2.4 Provider shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment and ancillary services needed to connect to, access or otherwise use the Services, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, servers, software, operating systems, networking, web servers and the like (collectively, “Equipment”). Provider shall also be responsible for maintaining the security of the Equipment, Provider account, passwords (including but not limited to administrative and user passwords) and files, and for all uses of Provider account or the Equipment with or without Provider’s knowledge or consent. 2.5 As part of the registration process, Provider will identify an administrative username and password, and/or unique API for Provider’s Petszel account. Petszel reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel passwords it deems inappropriate. Provider is responsible for all actions on Users’ accounts and for all Users’ compliance with these Terms. Provider and Users must protect the confidentiality of their passwords and login credentials. Provider will promptly notify Petszel if it suspects or knows of any fraudulent activity with its accounts, passwords, or credentials, or if they become compromised. “User” means any individual who uses the Services on Provider’s behalf or through Provider’s account. 2.6 Provider hereby represents and warrants that: (a) it has and will collect all data inclyding personally identifying information from Pet Owners (“Pet Owner Data”) in accordance with applicable law; (b) it has and will collect all requisite consents from Pet Owners for Petszel to send communications to Pet Owners on behalf of Provider through the Services; (c) it has and will obtain all requisite consents necessary to use the Pet Owner Data via the Services; (d) it believes all Pet Owner Data is accurate and has undertaken commercially reasonable methods to verify and/or authenticate Pet Owner Data; (e) it will not send nor authorize communications to be sent to any Pet Owner or other person after receipt of an opt-out request from such Pet Owner or other person, except to confirm the opt-out request in compliance with applicable law; (f) it has and will safeguard all personally identifying information in Pet Owner Data from misuse; (g) it has and will notify Provider of any Pet Owner Data breach within seven (7) days of discovery of such event; and (h) has and will use all Pet Owner Data and/or any Provider information in a manner consistent with the goals of Provider, including but not limited to maintaining its good status in the local community 2.7 Provider agrees and understands that: (a) it is responsible for all activity of Users and for Users’ compliance with these Terms; (b) it shall: (i) have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability and appropriateness of all Provider Data; (ii) prevent unauthorized access to, or use of, the Services, and notify Petszel promptly of any such unauthorized access or use; and (iii) comply with all applicable laws and/or regulations in using the Services; (c) the Services shall not include Provider’s connection to the Internet or any Equipment or third party licenses necessary for Provider to use the Software, which shall be Provider’s sole responsibility; (d) it is responsible for supplying Petszel with any technical data and other information and authorizations that Petszel may reasonably request to allow Petszel to provide the Services to Provider; and (e) Petszel shall have the right to: (i) use or act upon any feedback provided by Provider without restriction and without obligation to Provider; (ii) utilize information collected regarding Provider’s use of the Services (1) maintaining, improving and/or analyzing the Software, including providing advanced analytics and reporting to Provider, (2) complying with all legal or contractual requirements, and/or (3) making malicious or unwanted content anonymously available to its licensors for the purpose of further developing and enhancing the Software; and (iii) develop and commercialize benchmarks and measures based on Docusign Envelope ID: 60260465-1DDA-45CE-9198-49BD977FE6B6 aggregated data. Furthermore, Provider agrees it will not and will not permit any User to use the Services in any manner outside of the limited use allowed herein. 2.8 Using the Services, you may direct us to obtain your data, materials, and other information maintained by third parties (“Thid-Party Hosted Information”) including from online websites or software programs. Therefore, to the extent necessary to provide Third-Party Hosted Information to us as a part of the Services, Provider hereby grants Petszel, as applicable depending on the online website or software program, a limited power of attorney and appoint Petszel as your authorized agent, to access the applicable Third-Party Hosted Information, retrieve and use such Third-Party Hosted Information with the full power and authority to do and perform each action necessary in connection with the Services to the fullest extent of your own authorizations and rights. In such a scenario, Petszel are acting as your authorized agent, and not independently or as the agent of or on behalf of the third party that operates the platform hosting the Third-Party Hosted Information. Provider acknowledges that by accessing and connecting with your vendors and suppliers via the Services, Provider’s credentials may be collected, converted, stored in encrypted form and used by Petszel for the purposes of providing the Services. Provider further authorizes Petszel to (i) collect and store in an encrypted form your credentials for such Third-Party Hosted Information, (ii) access the applicable vendors and suppliers using the credentials on an as-needed basis to provide the Services to Provider; (iii) view, retrieve, download and/or store applicable Third-Party Hosted Information; and (iv) take all such further actions as are reasonably necessary to provide the Services in conjunction with such Third-Party Hosted Information. Provider represents and warrants that the Third-Party Hosted Information belongs to Provider, that Provider has the right to access, retrieve and use the Third-Party Hosted Information and that Provider has the authority to appoint Petszel as its agent with all necessary power and authority to use its credentials and to access and retrieve the Third-Party Hosted Information on Provider’s behalf. Petszel does not review any Third-Party Hosted Information for accuracy, legality or non-infringement and does not assume responsibility for the timeliness, accuracy, deletion, non-delivery or failure to store any Third-Party Hosted Information, related user data, communications or personalization settings. 2.9 Unless otherwise set forth in an applicable order form, Third-Party Services provided by Third-Party Providers may be available, operate, interface or delivered with the Services via the Provider Application. Provider acknowledges it shall enter into a separate agreement with any such applicable Third-Party Provider prior to accessing and using such Third-Party Services. Use of such Third-Party Services will be governed by such Third-Party Provider’s applicable terms and conditions. The Platform merely facilitates the provision of Third-Party Services and Provider acknowledges and agrees that Petszel is not a party to any agreement between Provider and a Third-Party Provider nor is responsible for any unsatisfactory delivery of any Third-Party Services. PETSZEL DOES NOT WARRANT, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO, THIRD- PARTY SERVICES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE DESIGNATED BY PETSZEL AS “VERIFIED” OR OTHERWISE, AND PETZEL DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICES. 3. CONFIDENTIALITY; PROPRIETARY RIGHTS 3.1 Each party (the “Receiving Party”) understands that the other party (the “Disclosing Party”) has disclosed or may disclose business, technical or financial information relating to the Disclosing Party’s business (hereinafter referred to as “Proprietary Information” of the Disclosing Party). Proprietary Information of Petszel includes non- public information regarding features, functionality and performance of the Service. Proprietary Information of Provider includes non-public data provided by Provider to Petszel to enable the provision of the Services (“Provider Data”). The Receiving Party agrees: (i) to take reasonable precautions to protect such Proprietary Information, and (ii) not to use (except in performance of the Services or as otherwise permitted herein) or divulge to any third person any such Proprietary Information. The Disclosing Party agrees that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to any information after five (5) years following the disclosure thereof or any information that the Receiving Party can document (a) is or becomes generally available to the public, or (b) was in its possession or known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party, or (c) was rightfully disclosed to it without restriction by a third party, or (d) was independently developed without use of any Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party or (e) is required to be disclosed by law. 3.2 Provider shall own all right, title and interest in and to the Provider Data. Petszel shall own and retain all right, title and interest in and to (a) the Services and Software, all improvements, enhancements or modifications thereto, (b) any software, applications, inventions or other technology developed in connection with integration services or support, and (c) all intellectual property rights related to any of the foregoing. Docusign Envelope ID: 60260465-1DDA-45CE-9198-49BD977FE6B6 3.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Petszel shall have the right collect and analyze data and other information relating to the provision, use and performance of various aspects of the Services and related systems and technologies (including, without limitation, information concerning Provider Data and data derived therefrom) (“Usage Data”), and Petszel will be free to (i) use Usage Data to improve and enhance the Services and for other development, diagnostic and corrective purposes in connection with the Services and other Petszel offerings, and (ii) disclose, license, and sell such Usage Data which is De-Identified. “De-Identified” means data (1) for which all identifiers have been removed such that the data, alone or in combination with other reasonably available data, cannot be attributed to or associated with or cannot identify any person or device, and the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, storage, destruction, or loss of the data would not trigger the application of any privacy law or any security breach notification law and (2) that has been combined with similar data such that the original data forms a part of a larger data set. 3.4 Usage Data may be used to develop, train, or enhance artificial intelligence or machine learning models that are part of the Services, if any, including third-party components of the Services, and Provider authorizes Petszel to process Usage Data for such purposes. However, (a) Usage Data must be aggregated before it can be used for these purposes, and (b) Petszel will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with industry standard technology to De- Identify data before such use. Nothing in this section will reduce or limit Petszel’s obligations regarding Personal Data that may be contained in Usage Data under applicable data protection laws. Due to the nature of artificial intelligence and machine learning, information generated by these features may be incorrect or inaccurate. Services features that include artificial intelligence or machine learning models are not human and are not a substitute for human oversight. “Personal Data” will have the meaning(s) set forth in the applicable data protection laws for personal information, personal data, personally identifiable information, or other similar term. 3.5 If Provider provides feedback to the Petszel about its products and services, all such feedback will be the sole and exclusive property of the Petszel. Provider agrees to and hereby irrevocably transfers and assigns to Petszel all of Provider’s right, title, and interest in and to all feedback, including all intellectual property rights therein. Provider will not earn or acquire any rights or licenses in the Services or in any Petszel intellectual property rights on account of these Terms or Provider’s performance under these Terms, even if the Petszel incorporates any feedback into the Services. 3.6 To facilitate the provision of the Services, Provider hereby grants to Petszel a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid up right and license to use any and all logos, designs, trademarks, content, data, videos, and ideas provided by or on behalf of Provider including Pet Owner Data in order to provide the Services, including to “white label” messages sent by Provider to its Pet Owners. Provider acknowledges that Pet Owners may elect to become a user of the Services independent of Provider’s use of the Services. 3.7 Petszel may identify Provider and use Provider’s name and logo in marketing to identify Provider as a user of Petszel’s products and services. 4. TERM AND TERMINATION 4.1 Subject to any applicable order form and earlier termination as provided below, the Services are for the applicable initial term as specified in the applicable order form (the “Initial Service Term”), and shall be automatically renewed for additional periods of the same duration as the Initial Service Term (collectively, the “Term”), unless either party requests termination at least thirty (30) business days prior to the end of the then-current Term. 4.2 Either party may also terminate the Services immediately (or without notice in the case of nonpayment), if the other party materially breaches any of the terms or conditions of these Terms. 4.3 Either party may terminate the Services for convenience, and without cause, thirty (30) business days’ written notice to the other party. 4.4 Upon termination of the Services, Provider’s right to access and use the Services shall immediately terminate, Provider shall immediately cease all use of the Services, and Provider shall destroy or return to Petszel and make no further use of any Proprietary Information, materials, or other items (and all copies thereof) belonging to Petszel. Upon any termination, Petszel will make all Provider Data available to Provider for electronic retrieval for a period of thirty (30) days, but thereafter Petszel may, but is not obligated to, delete stored Provider Data. All sections of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, accrued rights Docusign Envelope ID: 60260465-1DDA-45CE-9198-49BD977FE6B6 to payment, confidentiality obligations, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability. Further, within thirty (30) days after termination, the Petszel will delete data synced from the Provider Software. All data for Pet Owners that have not signed into the Provider Application in the prior 90 days will be deleted, and any active Pet Owners will continue to have free access to their data within the Services. 5. WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER Services may be temporarily unavailable for scheduled maintenance or for unscheduled emergency maintenance, either by Petszel or by Petzel’s third-party providers, or because of other causes beyond Petszel’s reasonable control, but Petszel shall use reasonable efforts to provide advance notice in writing or by e-mail of any scheduled service disruption. HOWEVER, PETSZEL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES IT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICES. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND PETSZEL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Petszel is not responsible for the final delivery of any communication through the Services, as such is outside of Petszel’s control. While Petszel will use commercially reasonable efforts to transmit Provider’s communications for delivery to Pet Owners, Petszel cannot commit to, and does not guarantee, a specific maximum delivery time. Such times depend on various network and system-related factors among the various parties involved in the transmission. Petszel is not liable for any loss incurred by the failure of a message to be delivered, and Provider acknowledges that Petszel has no liability whatsoever for any damages for financial or other loss resulting from any delivery failure. 6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, EXCEPT FOR BODILY INJURY OF A PERSON, PETSZEL AND ITS SUPPLIERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS), OFFICERS, AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THESE TERMS UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY: (A) FOR ERROR OR INTERRUPTION OF USE OR FOR LOSS OR INACCURACY OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY OR LOSS OF BUSINESS; (B) FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; (C) FOR ANY MATTER BEYOND PETSZEL’S REASONABLE CONTROL; OR (D) FOR ANY AMOUNTS THAT, TOGETHER WITH AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OTHER CLAIMS, EXCEED THE FEES PAID BY PROVIDER TO PETSZEL FOR THE SERVICES IN THE 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACT THAT GAVE RISE TO THE LIABILITY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER OR NOT PETSZEL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 7. INDEMNITY Petszel shall hold Provider harmless from liability to third parties resulting from a cybersecurity or data breach caused by Petszel’s use of data from Provider Software, provided Petszel is promptly notified of any and all claims and proceedings related thereto and given reasonable assistance and the opportunity to assume sole control over defense and settlement; Petszel will manage cyber breach response and notify breach victims when breach is caused by Petszel’s use of Provider Data. Petszel will not be responsible for any settlement it does not approve in writing. The foregoing obligations do not apply with respect to situations where Provider’s or User’s use of the Service is not strictly in accordance with these Terms. Docusign Envelope ID: 60260465-1DDA-45CE-9198-49BD977FE6B6 8. INSURANCE Petszel shall maintain insurance in the types and amounts that are prudent and customary for the business in which it is engaged, which shall include commercial general liability and cybersecurity (including data breach) insurance. 9. MISCELLANEOUS If any provision of these Terms are found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. These Terms are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by Provider except with Petszel’s prior written consent. Petszel may transfer and assign any of its rights and obligations under these Terms without consent. These Terms, the applicable order form, and the Petszel terms of service, and Petszel privacy policy, are the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of these Terms, and that all waivers and modifications must be in an electronic acknowledgement or writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. In the event of any direct conflict between these Terms, the applicable order form, and the Petszsel terms of service and Petszel privacy policy, the following shall be the order of which agreements shall supersede: first the applicable order form, then these Terms, and then the Petszel terms of service and Petszel privacy policy. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms and Provider does not have any authority of any kind to bind Petszel in any respect whatsoever. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under these Terms, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and attorneys’ fees. All notices under these Terms will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail; the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service; and upon receipt, if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. These terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Arizona and any resulting action will be filed in the Superior Court of Maricopa County. PETSZEL LLC: PROVIDER (Shelter): Address One : Address Two: City, State, Zip: By: By: Printed Name: Printed Name: Date: Date: 2500 S 27th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85009 Maricopa County Animal Care & Control MARICOPA COUNTY Chairman, Board of Supervisors By: Printed Name: Date: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Deputy County Attorney By: Printed Name: Date: ATTEST: Clerk of the Board Matthew Russell CEO 10/18/2024 Docusign Envelope ID: 60260465-1DDA-45CE-9198-49BD977FE6B6 10/21/2024 Kim Miles