TERMS OF USE FOR THE CVENT ABSTRACT MANAGEMENT SERVICE

Last Updated: February 10, 2017

IMPORTANT NOTICE: PLEASE READ THROUGH THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. The following document (these "Terms of Use" or "Terms") describes the terms under which Cvent, Inc. ("Cvent") offers each individual or entity (hereinafter, "you" or "Customer") access to its Abstract Management service ("Service") through the Cvent website and Cvent-branded mobile device applications (the "Site"). By accessing the Site or any content found on the Site, you agree to comply with and to be bound by the Terms set out below, including the policies and guidelines linked to (by way of the provided URLs) from these Terms. If you do not understand or agree with these Terms, please do not use the Site or the Services (as defined below).

You may not access the Site or the Services if you are a direct competitor of Cvent, except with Cvent's prior written consent.

1. Order Forms

1.1     These Terms are incorporated by reference into each order form, proposal, Statement of Work, online form, or other ordering document in whatever medium that incorporates the terms of this Agreement by reference (each an "Order Form") executed by the company or individual identified as the "Customer" therein and Cvent, pursuant to which Cvent agrees to license and provide the Service to Customer, as upgraded from time to time, during the Term and in exchange for the fees specified therein. These Terms, together with the Order Form, comprise a binding written agreement between Customer and Cvent, effective as of the date of mutual execution of the Order Form by Cvent and Customer (this "Agreement"). Cvent may amend these Terms at any time in its sole discretion, effective upon posting the amended Terms at the domain or subdomains of http://www.cvent.com where the prior version of the Terms was posted, or by communicating these changes through any written contact method we have established with Customer. In the event of any conflict between the provisions contained in an Order Form and these Terms of Use, the provisions in the Order Form shall control (provided, however, that the fact that a provision appears in an Order Form but not these Terms of Use, or in these Terms of Use but not the applicable Order Form, shall not be deemed to be a conflict for purposes of this sentence).

2. Description of Services

2.1     The Service allows meeting and event planners to request, collect and review online submissions when they have a call for speakers, call for papers, award nominations, or other similar needs. Features include the ability to issue requests for submissions, make anonymous submissions, to assign submissions to a specific reviewer, and to send e-mail notifications to reviewers alerting them that new submissions have been received. The Service may be licensed as a stand-alone service or may be licensed and/or integrated in conjunction with other products, services, and/or deliverables provided by Cvent.

3. Price and Payment

3.1     Customer agrees to pay all fees and other charges in accordance with this Agreement. All fees are due net thirty (30) days from invoice date. If Customer does not pay the fees or other charges when they are due, then a finance charge of two percent (2%) plus $100 per month or the maximum rate allowed by law if less will be assessed. Payment shall be by check unless otherwise specified on Customer's Order Form. Except where prohibited by applicable laws, if Customer pays any fees due hereunder via credit or debit card, then Cvent reserves the right to charge Customer a surcharge of three percent (3%) of the total amount due hereunder, and Customer hereby consents to such charge being made against the credit or debit card provided by Customer. As an example, if the Order Form Term spans three years, Customer will be charged the annual amount three times.

3.2     If Customer exceeds the contracted level of Services during the Term of this Agreement, Customer will be charged as specified in the Order Form, or if not specified, using the then-current rates for the overage. Where no limits for usage of Services are explicitly given in the Order Form, limits will apply as specified by product earlier in this document. Customer is responsible for all taxes, charges or duties including, without limitation, sales, use, value added, royalty or withholding taxes imposed by a federal, state, provincial, local or other government entity on Services provided under this Agreement, excluding taxes based on Cvent's net income.

3.3     Cvent reserves the right to increase recurring fees payable hereunder at any time upon sixty (60) days prior written notice provided that such increase is no greater than the Annual Price Cap as defined in the applicable Order Form.

4. Term

4.1     The Term of this Agreement is given on the top of the Order Form. If the Term spans several years and the Order Form specifies annual fees, then fees are due in each year of the Order Form ("Contract Year") or as otherwise specified. The Order Form will renew at the end of its Term as specified (and not on a per year basis) for another Term, equal to the length of the Term specified in the Order Form, unless either party provides timely notice of nonrenewal as specified in the applicable Order Form. If the Order Form specifies a certain number of events, authors, emails, appointments, or other billable instances annually, then this limitation pertains to each Contract Year of the Term, unless otherwise specified. Emails are counted when sent, Authors when the individual submits his/her proposal, Appointments when made, Contacts when created, and Events when created (not the actual date of the event). Unless otherwise provided in the Order Form; if Customer continues to use the Services beyond the Term, the Order Form will renew for another Term at then-current rates.

5. Description of Services

5.1     Either party may terminate an Order Form if (i) the other party breaches any material term or condition and fails to cure within thirty (30) days written notice, except for breach of Section 3 which shall have a ten (10) day cure period, or (ii) the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any proceeding relating to insolvency, liquidation or receivership.

5.2     In the event of non-payment by the Customer, Cvent may accelerate and declare all sums due, and to become due under this Agreement, immediately payable without notice or demand. All accelerated future payments due under this Agreement shall be discounted to their net present value at a discount rate of 5% per annum from the day of default. If Customer fails to pay fees when due, then Customer shall also be liable for all fees due during the term of the Order Form and any additional expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees and accrued interest) Cvent incurs in collecting such delinquent fees.

5.3     In the event of non-payment by the Customer, Cvent reserves the right to restrict access to the Services upon five (5) business days' prior written notice. Customer agrees that such restrictions do not modify the amounts due under their Order Form.

6. Subscription Right

6.1     Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Term of the applicable Order Form, Cvent will provide Customer with a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable subscription right to access and use the Cvent System as upgraded from time to time. Customer may use the Cvent System only for purposes of performing its internal business operations or its clients' business operations outsourced to it. Customer may not use the Cvent System as part of a commercial time-sharing or service-bureau operation or in any other resale capacity. Except for the foregoing subscription right, no other rights in the Cvent System are granted to Customer hereunder, and the Cvent System is and will remain the sole and exclusive property of Cvent and its licensors, if any, whether the Cvent System is separate or integrated with any other products, services or deliverables.

7. Responsibilities of Parties

7.1     Customer is responsible for any use of the Services, including without limitation for any data, submissions, materials and content (including the adequacy and accuracy thereof) uploaded to or transmitted using the Services by it or its employees, agents or authors. Even though Cvent maintains redundant servers, Customer is responsible for the backup of its data used in conjunction with the Services. Customer represents and warrants that all data, submissions, materials and content ("Customer Data") it provides for use with the Services is owned by Customer or Customer has the right to provide such Customer Data to Cvent for use with the Services. Customer also represents and warrants that any use or transmission of Customer Data does not and shall not violate or infringe the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights of any third party, and Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold Cvent harmless from and against all claims, damages, liabilities, fines, costs and expenses including reasonable legal fees incurred by Cvent or which are agreed by Cvent to be paid by way of settlement or compromise, arising out of any third-party claim due to a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties or any violation of applicable law by Customer. Customer shall not be entitled to settle or compromise any such claim made against Cvent without Cvent's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

7.2     Cvent provides optional configurable integrations with various external applications, including but not limited to Salesforce and Webex. Cvent is not responsible for any misconfiguration, data corruption or data loss in any external application resulting from the use of such integrations.

7.3     Cvent will assign Customer one or more user IDs and passwords that will enable Customer to access the Services. Customer shall take reasonable precautions to protect against theft, loss or fraudulent use of such IDs and passwords, and Customer is solely responsible for any losses arising from another party's use of such IDs and passwords, either with or without Customer's knowledge. Customer agrees that it will use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. Customer shall not reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the Services or cause or permit the reverse engineering, disassembly or decompilation of the Services. Cvent and Customer will each comply with applicable laws and regulations including applicable security breach notifications laws, provided that Cvent is not responsible for compliance with laws or regulations applicable to Customer or Customer's industry that are not also generally applicable to information technology service providers.

7.4     Customer represents and warrants that it, its affiliates, and their employees, agents, representatives, and any entity or persons having effective control over Customer, is not subject to or resident in any country subject to economic or trade sanctions by the U.S. State Department and/or OFAC or are listed as a "Specially Designated National," a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," a "Blocked Person," or similar designation under the OFAC sanctions regime. Any breach of this section shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement and Cvent may immediately terminate Customer's Agreement.

8. Confidentiality

8.1     For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means any information, regardless of form, proprietary to or maintained in confidence by either party, including, without limitation, any Customer Data, information, technical data or know-how relating to discoveries, ideas, inventions, software, designs, specifications, processes, systems, diagrams, research, development, business plans, strategies or opportunities, and information related to finances, costs, prices, suppliers, vendors, customers and employees which is disclosed by either party or on its behalf whether directly or indirectly, orally, visually, or in writing, to the other party or any of its employees or agents. The terms and conditions of any order for Cvent products or services shall be deemed the Confidential Information of both Cvent and Customer.

8.2     Each party shall maintain the confidentiality of all information and data of the other and its affiliates and, in the case of Customer, its clients, that is marked as confidential or which ought reasonably to be regarded as confidential, that it collects, receives or processes in connection with this Agreement and shall not directly or indirectly copy, release, disclose, divulge or permit access to any such confidential information without the prior written consent of the other party.

8.3     Both parties may use and copy such confidential information as is necessary to perform their obligations under this Agreement and for no other purpose except that Cvent may use Customer's Confidential Information for purposes other than the provision of Service only in an aggregated, anonymized form, such that Customer is not identified. Both parties may disclose such confidential information to their employees and Customer may disclose to its affiliates, both on a "need-to-know" basis, provided that both parties shall ensure that any such employees or affiliates are subject to obligations of confidentiality with similar effect to this section. Cvent may also disclose Customer's Confidential Information on a need to know basis to its subcontractors who are providing all or part of the Service.

8.4     The restrictions in this section "Confidentiality" do not apply to any information which:

  • i. at the time of disclosure or thereafter is generally available to and known by the public or any third party (other than as a result of an unauthorized disclosure directly or indirectly by the non-disclosing party),
  • ii. was or becomes available to the non-disclosing party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the disclosing party,
  • iii. has been independently acquired or developed by the non-disclosing party without violating any of its obligations under this Agreement.

8.5     Recipient may disclose Confidential Information pursuant to the requirements of a governmental agency or operation of law, provided that it gives Discloser reasonable advance notice sufficient to contest such requirement of disclosure, unless it is prevented from providing such notice by the government agency or operation of law.

8.6     The obligations of Cvent set forth in this section shall not apply to any suggestions and feedback for product or service improvement, correction, or modification provided by Customer in connection with any present or future Cvent product or service, and, accordingly, neither Cvent nor any of its clients or business partners shall have any obligation or liability to Customer with respect to any use or disclosure of such information.

8.7     The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that any existing non-disclosure agreement entered into by the parties is hereby superseded and replaced by the terms contained in this Agreement.

9. Ownership and Use of Data

9.1     Customer grants Cvent a limited, non-exclusive right to use the Customer Data (including copyright, trademark, patent, publicity or other rights) and to disclose Customer Data to third party service providers for Cvent to operate the Services. Customer also grants Cvent permission to use Customer images that are posted on the Site for purposes of advertising and promoting Cvent, including without limitation, marketing, training, or investment materials. Customer retains any and all rights it may possess to Customer Data provided by Customer to Cvent through the Cvent System or collected from others by Cvent on behalf of Customer. Such Customer Data will only be used by Cvent as reasonably required for providing Services as contemplated hereunder and in accordance with Cvent's Privacy Policy (http://www.cvent.com/en/privacy-policy.shtml) and all applicable data privacy laws and regulations laws (collectively, “Data Privacy Policy and Rules”). Both Cvent and Customer will comply in all material respects with the Data Privacy Policy and Rules, and will provide such help and cooperation as is reasonably necessary or requested to the other to comply with the same. Unless we have Customer’s permission, Cvent will not disclose or share personally identifiable information collected on the Site with any third party (except as required by law, pursuant to a governmental request, or for the purposes of providing Customer the Services). Cvent may retain offline copies of Customer data on backup media for archival purposes for a reasonable period of time following expiration or termination of any Order Form.

9.2     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms or in any Order Form, Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees that Cvent may use all Customer Data, including that which is specific to Customer, for the purpose of creating aggregated and/or anonymized statistics concerning use of the Services (the "Aggregate Data"). Cvent will be the sole owner of the Aggregate Data and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, shall be free to use and disclose the Aggregate Data for any commercial purposes including, but not limited to, publicizing usage of the Services, providing information on general industry trends, and providing benchmarking data to Cvent customers. Aggregate Data shall not identify Customer as the source of any specific piece of data.

9.3     Upon Customer's written request made within 30 days after the effective date of expiration or termination of this Agreement, Cvent will, provided Customer is not in breach of any of its obligations under the Agreement and upon Customer's payment of the applicable fees, make available to Customer for download a file of Customer Data in its then current format. After such 30-day period, Cvent shall have no obligation to maintain or provide any Customer Data and shall thereafter, unless legally prohibited, delete all Customer Data maintained in its production systems, provided Cvent may retain archival copies of Customer data on offline backup media for a reasonable period of time not to exceed two (2) years following expiration or termination of any Order Form.

10. No "Spamming" or Illegal Conduct or other Prohibited Uses

10.1     Customer will not use the Services in any manner which exceeds the scope of its license under Section 6 (License Grant) of these Terms, or which violates its obligations under Section 7 (Responsibilities of Parties) of these Terms, or for illegal activities or junk mail, chain letters, pyramid schemes, "spam" or distribution to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process (all the foregoing "Prohibited Uses"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Customer is required to comply with the United States' Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003 ("CAN-SPAM Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

10.2     If Customer uses the Services for any Prohibited Uses, we may immediately suspend or terminate Customer's access to the Services. Cvent reserves the right to base its findings with respect to spam and related analysis and decisions on, among other things, received complaints, observed email patterns, including rates of delivery and email percentage of emails sent reported as being read by Cvent's application. Cvent may also take any self-help remedies necessary to prevent continued Prohibited Uses, including, but not limited to, deleting the contact information from Customer's address book on behalf of those individuals who lodge complaints with Cvent or Cvent's web-hosting company. Customer is still responsible for full payment of the Order Form even if access to the Services is terminated for spamming or other Prohibited Uses.

10.3     All email messages sent from Cvent, including invitations, reminders and confirmations, must contain an "unsubscribe" link that allows subscribers to remove themselves from Customer's email messages. Customer acknowledge and agree that Customer will not hide, disable, or remove the opt-out link from the foregoing emails. Customer will actively manage and process unsubscribe requests received by Customer directly as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than ten (10) days after submission, and update its email lists and address books to reflect the unsubscribe requests.

10.4     Customer messages sent using the Services must contain clear and conspicuous notice that the message is an advertisement or solicitation and that the recipient can opt out of receiving more commercial email from Customer. It also must include Customer's identity as the sender, valid physical postal address and comply in all other respects with applicable law. Customer will not send commercial email messages using domains by proxy or any equivalent ownership masking service.

11. Changes and Environment

11.1     Changes. Access is limited to the version of the Service in Cvent's production environment. Cvent may from time to time at its sole discretion update the Service and reserves the right to add and/or substitute functionally equivalent features in the event of product unavailability, end-of-life, or changes to software requirements.

11.2     Environment. Cvent will provide Customer online access to and use of the Service via the Internet by use of a Customer-provided browser. The Software will be hosted on a server that is maintained by Cvent or its designated third party supplier or data center. Customer is solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining at its own expense, all equipment needed to access the Software, including but not limited to Internet access and adequate bandwidth

12. Warranties

12.1     THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND CVENT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, CORRESPONDENCE TO DESCRIPTION, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CVENT DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT BUT WILL MAKE COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES ARE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVERS USED FOR THE SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT USE OF OR CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTIES TO CIRCUMVENT SECURITY PRECAUTIONS AND ILLEGALLY GAIN ACCESS TO THE SERVICES AND CUSTOMER DATA. ACCORDINGLY, CVENT CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE PRIVACY, SECURITY OR AUTHENTICITY OF ANY INFORMATION SO TRANSMITTED OVER OR STORED IN ANY SYSTEM CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. IN ORDER TO PROTECT CUSTOMER'S DATA, CVENT MAY SUSPEND CUSTOMER'S USE OF THE SERVICES IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, PENDING AN INVESTIGATION, IF ANY BREACH OF SECURITY IS SUSPECTED. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SERVICES AVAILABILITY MAY BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, DELAYS, AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. CVENT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR DEEMED TO BE IN DEFAULT FOR ANY DELAYS, DELIVERY FAILURES, OR OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING FROM SUCH PROBLEMS, OR UNAVAILABILITY RELATED TO CUSTOMER'S APPLICATIONS, CUSTOMER DATA, OR CUSTOMER'S EQUIPMENT, OR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY USER OF THE SERVICES.

13. Indemnification

13.1     Cvent shall defend Customer against any claim or lawsuit by a third party (a "Claim") against Customer to the extent such Claim alleges that the Service, used in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, infringe any patent, copyright or trademark, or misappropriates a trade secret of a third party, and will indemnify Customer for all damages finally awarded against Customer by a court of competent jurisdiction, or agreed to in a written settlement agreement signed by Cvent, arising out of such Claim. If Customer's use of the Service under the terms of this Agreement is enjoined or Cvent determines that such use may be enjoined, then Cvent may, at its sole option and expense, either (i) procure for Customer a license to continue using the Service in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (ii) replace or modify the allegedly infringing Services to avoid the infringement; or (iii) terminate the licenses and access to the corresponding Services and refund any prepaid unused fees as of the date of termination. Notwithstanding the indemnity obligations specified under this paragraph or anything to the contrary under this Agreement, Cvent shall have no defense or indemnification obligation or other liability for any Claim arising from (i) use of the Services other than in accordance with this Agreement; (ii) modification of the Services by Customer or a third party; (iii) the combination of the Services with any materials contributed by Customer or any third parties if the Services would not directly infringe without such combination; (iv) any third party products, services, hardware, software or other materials; or (v) any obligation of Customer to defend or indemnify Cvent.

14. Limitation of Liability

14.1     Cvent's liability to Customer, Customer's affiliates, registered agents, assignees, registrants or any third party claims, for claims seeking indemnity, or for any recoverable losses, damages, or litigation and attorneys' fees or costs arising under this Agreement including any Order Form(s) shall be limited to the amount of Customer's actual direct damages, not to exceed (in the aggregate for all claims) the total annual amount paid under the Agreement during its then-current Contract Year at the time of the incident giving rise to liability. If no fee is paid to Cvent, Cvent does not retain any liability.

14.2     IN NO EVENT WILL CVENT OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, MANUFACTURE OR DISTRIBUTION OF ANY SOFTWARE, SERVICES OR OTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT BE LIABLE OR INDEMNIFY CUSTOMER FOR: (i) ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY CUSTOMER'S FAILURE OR THAT OF ITS CLIENTS, INVITEES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES OR CUSTOMERS TO PERFORM THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES; (ii) ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS OF THIRD PARTIES OR (iii) ANY LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, COST OF COVER, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE OR USE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDED HEREUNDER, WHETHER ALLEGED AS A BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORTIOUS CONDUCT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, EVEN IF CVENT OR ITS PARTNERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

14.3     These limitations of liability will survive and apply notwithstanding the failure of any limited or exclusive remedy for breach of warranty set forth in this Agreement.

15. Sensitive Personal Information

15.1     Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, Customer acknowledges and agrees that use of the Cvent Services to transmit, process or store Sensitive Personal Information (as defined below) is unnecessary for use of the Services and therefore Customer shall be solely responsible for any such use of the Services by Customer or its employees, agents or subcontractors and Cvent shall bear no risk or liability for same. "Sensitive Personal Information" shall be defined as (a) social security numbers; (b) passport numbers or other government issued id numbers; (c) date of birth; (d) gender; (e) health or medical information; (d) financial account information, including payment card information; and (e) other information which a reasonable person would recognize as being highly sensitive (but excluding, for avoidance of doubt, contact information such as name, mailing address, email address, and phone number).

16. Laws and Disputes

16.1     All matters with respect to the Service, these Terms, and any Order Form, will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America, without regard to any conflict of law principles, and the parties agree to the sole and exclusive venue of the state and federal courts encompassing Arlington, Virginia for all matters arising with respect to same. The parties waive their right to a jury trial. The provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods do not apply hereunder.

17. Notice

17.1     Any notice hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given: (i) five (5) business days after the date of mailing if sent by registered or certified U.S. mail; (ii) when delivered if delivered personally or sent by express courier service; (iii) when transmitted if sent by a confirmed facsimile; or (iv) when transmitted via email, provided that the receiving party acknowledges receipt by return email.

18. Nonsolicitation

18.1     Customer agrees that Customer, its organization and affiliates, will not attempt to hire, or assist in hiring anyone currently employed by Cvent, except insofar as such recruitment results from a general solicitation of employment not specifically directed towards employees or subcontractors of Cvent. Customer further agrees that should such a situation occur, Cvent would be caused irreparable harm and be entitled to injunctive relief.

19.1 Force Majeure

19.1     Cvent will not be in default or otherwise liable for any delay in or failure of its performance under these Terms if such delay or failure arises by any reason beyond its reasonable control, including any act of God, criminal acts, or any acts of the common enemy, the elements, earthquakes, floods, fires, epidemics, riots, failures or delays in transportation or communications, or any act or failure to act by Customer, its employees, agents, or contractors. The parties will promptly inform and consult with each other as to any of the above causes that, in their judgment, may or could be the cause of a substantial delay in the performance of their respective obligations hereunder. Cvent is not liable for excusable delay

20. No Third Party Beneficiaries

20.1     These Terms are not intended to, and do not confer any rights, benefits or remedies upon any person other than the parties.

21. Export Compliance

21.1     The Services and other technology Cvent makes available, and derivatives thereof, may be subject to export laws and regulations of the United States and other jurisdictions. Each party represents that it is not named on any U.S. government denied-party list. Customer will not and will not permit Users to access or use the Service or transmit Customer Data to or from any country in violation of any U.S. law or regulation, including but not limited to export control regulations and those issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

22. Compliance with Anticorruption Laws

22.1     Customer agrees that neither it, nor any officer, director, employee, subsidiary, affiliate, agent, representative or other person working on its behalf in connection with Customer's use of the Site or receipt of any Services, will violate any anti-corruption or anti-bribery laws, statutes and regulations of any country, including, but not limited to, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the "FCPA") and the UK Bribery Act 2010. Customer represents and warrants that it will not engage in any bribery, extortion, kickbacks, or other unlawful or improper means of conducting business. Customer also warrant and covenant that it and its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives have not violated, and will strictly comply with, the anticorruption or anti-bribery laws, statutes and regulations of any country which makes it unlawful to offer, pay, promise to pay, or authorize the payment of any money, or to offer, give, promise to give, or authorize the giving of anything of value, directly or indirectly, inter alia to a Covered Recipient (defined herein) for a Prohibited Purpose (defined herein). For purposes hereof, "Covered Recipient" means a foreign official (including employees of government-owned or controlled entities), foreign political party (including any official thereof), official or employee of an international public organization, or candidate for foreign political office; and "Prohibited Purpose" means assisting a party to obtain or retain business for or with, to secure an improper advantage, or to direct business to, any person, by:

  • a) influencing any act or decision of a Covered Recipient in such Covered Recipient's official capacity;
  • b) inducing a Covered Recipient to do or omit to do any act in violation of such Covered Recipient's lawful duty;
  • c) securing any improper advantage; or
  • d) inducing a Covered Recipient to use such Covered Recipient's influence with a foreign government (or instrumentality thereof) to affect or influence any act or decision of such government (or instrumentality thereof), including entities that are government-owned or controlled.

22.2      Customer further warrant that it will not engage in any commercial bribery, kickback schemes, or other forms of improper payments to any person, private or public, and agrees that it will not create or submit any false, inaccurate, or misleading invoices or other business documents related to any use of the Site or Services. Customer will permit, upon request, Cvent reasonable access to its books and records and/or to conduct periodic or ad hoc audits, as Cvent deems necessary. Upon request, Customer agrees to provide Cvent with a written certification attesting its compliance with the foregoing anticorruption requirements.

23. Press Releases; Customer List

23.1     Customer agrees that Cvent may use its organization's name and logo to identify Customer as a customer of Cvent on Cvent's website, and as a part of a general list of Cvent's customers for use and reference in Cvent's corporate and marketing literature. Additionally, Customer agrees that Cvent may issue a press release identifying Customer as a Cvent customer, subject to Customer's prior approval which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

24. Legal Fees

24.1     Cvent shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees in the event Cvent is the prevailing party in any legal action to enforce or interpret this Agreement.

25. Entire Agreement; Severability; Waiver

25.1     Entire Agreement; Severability; WaiverThese Terms supersede any prior agreement or understanding between the parties whether oral or written in relation to its subject matter, and may only be modified by a written amendment signed by authorized representatives of each party, except solely in connection with additional purchases under an active Order Form, which may be transacted via email. Any additional or conflicting terms contained in any Customer purchase order, proposal or other document shall be deemed to be rejected by Cvent without need of further notice of objection, even if such document is acknowledged or accepted by Cvent, and regardless of any statement to the contrary which may be contained therein, and shall be of no effect or in any way binding upon Cvent. The provisions of these Terms shall be deemed severable, and the unenforceability of any one or more provisions shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions. Cvent's failure to exercise or enforce any right, power or remedy under these Terms shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

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