BETWEEN: -
(1) Eteach UK Limited (`Eteach`) whose registered office is located at Academy House 403 London Road Camberley GU15 3HL and (2) Advertising Agencies making use of the Eteach Advertising Agency Service (hereinafter referred to as "the User" or "you"). If you wish to have details of your advertisement requirements included on the website(s), you must agree to the terms below as the exclusive basis for such inclusion which are deemed to be accepted by you when logging in to the website with a username and password supplied to you by Eteach.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED THAT:-
1. DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement, the following terms shall mean:-
1.1 "Administrator" means such person as the User authorises to liase with Eteach, to post information to the Website.
1.2 "Agreement" means these terms and conditions of business including any sales order, schedule or annexure to them and any document referred to in them.
1.3 "Intellectual Property Rights" means all copyrights, patents, registered and unregistered design rights, trademarks and service marks, database rights, domain names and applications for any of the foregoing, together with all trade secrets, know-how, rights to confidence and other intellectual and industrial property rights in all parts of the world.
1.4 "Material" means text, graphics, images, sound, video or any combination thereof.
1.5 “Sales Order” means the written order for services that has been duly signed and agreed by both parties.
1.6 “Service Fee” Means payment for the Services as laid out in the Sales Order.
1.7 "Services" means the Services selected by the User from those indicated in the Sales Order.
1.8 "The User’s section of the Website" means the section(s) of the Website containing the information relating to the User’s Vacancies/advertisements, recruitment tracking and procurement.
1.9 "Vacancy" means a current education based employment position and Vacancies shall be construed accordingly.
1.10 "Website" means any website owned or operated by Eteach and any sub-directories and/or sub-domains thereof.
1.11 “Advertising Agency” means a company who is advertising vacancies on the Website on behalf of a third party.
2. THE AGREEMENT
2.1 In consideration of the User complying with the provisions of this Agreement and the payment of the Service Fees Eteach agrees to provide the Services to the User.
2.2 The term of this Agreement shall last from the date of deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions of business and shall continue thereafter unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
3. WARRANTIES
3.1 Eteach warrants that it shall perform its duties hereunder in a timely and professional manner and that all details which it holds in relation to the User shall be held and processed in accordance with Eteach’s Data Protection registration and shall not be sold to any third party.
3.2 Eteach does not warrant that:
3.2.1 the provision of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; or
3.2.2 where it posts any Material to the Website such Material will be complete and accurate and accord with the Material submitted by the User or the Administrator; or
3.3 The warranty set out in Clause 3.1 is exclusive of and in lieu of all other conditions and warranties, either expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise, including without limitation those relating to satisfactory quality or fitness for purpose.
4. WEBSITE CONTENT
4.1 The User recognises and accepts that it bears sole responsibility for checking the accuracy and content of all Material on the User’s section of the Website and for any Material or other information provided to Eteach. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause shall apply to all Material, whether posted on the User’s section of Website by the User itself, or on the User’s behalf by another person (whether Eteach or a third party).
4.2 Eteach agrees that upon written notice from the User of any inaccuracies in the Material it will use reasonable efforts to rectify the inaccuracies PROVIDED ALWAYS that the correct information is provided to Eteach by the User or the Administrator.
4.3 The User warrants, represents and undertakes that none of the Material appearing on the User's section of the Website will
4.3.1 be obscene, indecent, defamatory, illegal, illicit, infringing of third party rights (of whatever nature and including, without limitation, any Intellectual Property Rights) or otherwise unlawful under any jurisdiction from which the Website may be accessed;
4.3.2 be in breach of any applicable regulations, standards or codes of practice (notwithstanding that compliance may not be compulsory);
4.3.3 harm the reputation of Eteach in any way.
4.4 The User warrants, represent and undertakes that:
4.4.1 either it has sole ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights in Material appearing on the User's section of the Website and/or it has obtained and will maintain during the course of this Agreement full and effective licence(s) from all relevant third parties allowing the User to use relevant Material and to permit its dissemination worldwide by Eteach hereunder; and
4.4.2 it will ensure the accuracy, integrity, validity and completeness of any data or other Material, which it provides to Eteach.
4.5 Eteach shall retain the right at all times to amend, modify or suspend the Website (or any part thereof) from time to time including without limitation refusal to provide the Service or any part thereof, refusal to post any Material (where the User requests its posting) and to suspend availability of the User’s section of the Website, place a prominent notice on the User’s section of the Website where an allegation of defamation or Intellectual Property Right infringement is made by a third party or place a link on the Website to another website containing the alleger’s version of events and/or to remove any Material already appearing on the User’s section of the Website which may, in the opinion of Eteach not be in compliance with any of the provisions of Clauses 4.3 or 4.4
4.6 Eteach’s rights under Clause 4.3 above shall be without prejudice to the sole responsibility of the User for content of Material and the User’s section of the Website under Clause 4.1. Posting of Material by Eteach on the Website shall not under any circumstances constitute a waiver of any of its rights in relation to such Material or of any breach of the User’s obligations under this Agreement.
5. USER’S OBLIGATIONS
5.1 The User undertakes to notify Eteach of the name and contact details of the Administrator and any changes thereto from time to time and to provide Eteach with its authority to take instructions from that Administrator.
5.2 The User undertakes to secure and maintain copyright and other appropriate licences or consents where necessary for use of any Material, data or information provided to Eteach pursuant hereto.
5.3 The User undertakes to pay all taxes, fees, levies and duties whether for import or otherwise arising in any part of the world in connection with the User’s section of the Website.
5.4 The User undertakes fully to virus-check all data and Material supplied to Eteach pursuant to this Agreement.
5.5 The User undertakes not to embark on any course of action, whether by use of the Website or any other means, which may cause a disproportionate level of Website activity without providing at least seven day’s prior notice in writing to Eteach.
5.6 The User agrees that any and all Permanent Vacancies that they display on the Website will relate to actual live Permanent positions and that no Permanent Vacancies displayed on the Website will be stock or generic job descriptions aimed at attracting Supply Teachers. Furthermore, Permanent Vacancies advertised by Advertising Agencies must contain the name of the employer commissioning the advertisement.
5.7 Eteach shall be entitled immediately and at its sole discretion to remove any and/or all of the Users Vacancy postings it considers to contravene Advertising Regulations or these Agency terms of business without Eteach incurring any liability to the User whatsoever and accordingly the User acknowledges that they will have no claim against Eteach in connection with any loss suffered by the User in such circumstances.
5.8 The User further undertakes to:
5.8.1 ensure that, to the extent that it applies, it is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 and complies with its obligations under that Act;
5.8.2 indemnify and keep Eteach fully and effectively indemnified against costs, claims, damages, loss, expenses and liabilities incurred by Eteach arising out of any breach of its obligations under this Agreement.
5.8.3 keep any password, user identification or user name or any other security mechanism or device confidential, only to disclose such items to members of its staff that require such information to use the Services; not to disclose any such items to any other person and to ensure that any person to whom it supplies any such item complies with the provisions of this Agreement.
5.8.4 obtain, operate and maintain all necessary computer hardware and software, modems and telecommunication links which it requires to access the Website.
5.8.5 access the Website solely for the purposes of using the Services and not otherwise.
5.8.6 maintain the confidentiality of the price/prices that is/are agreed between the User and Eteach and to keep any negotiations or other information connected therewith in strict confidence and not to disclose such information to any third party.
6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INDEMNITIES
6.1 Without prejudice to any Intellectual Property Rights owned by the User prior to this Agreement, the User agrees to waive and acknowledges that it obtains no ownership rights or claims to any Intellectual Property Rights whatsoever by virtue of this Agreement.
6.2 The User shall not copy (other than incidentally in the process of viewing), market, re-sell, distribute, retransmit, publish, carry on any automated browsing or downloading or otherwise transfer or commercially exploit in any form any information received via or in connection with the other than for the purposes of this Agreement.
6.3 The User agrees to indemnify Eteach against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses which Eteach may incur or sustain including the costs of defending any suit arising from the use of any Material or data provided by or on behalf of the User in relation to the Website or any act or omission by the User, its employees or agents.
6.4 The User hereby grants a licence to Eteach without charge to use its Intellectual Property Rights to the extent necessary for the purpose of this Agreement.
7 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
7.1 Eteach is not liable for any indirect loss, special loss, consequential loss, loss of profits, revenue, data or goodwill howsoever arising suffered by the User and arising in any way in connection with this Agreement or for any liability of the User to any third party.
7.2 Eteach is not liable for any viruses uploaded to the Website by third parties, the User or the Administrator.
7.3 Eteach is not liable for any errors, omissions or delays occasioned as a result of the Administrator failing to act or no longer being authorised by the User to act on its behalf.
7.4 Eteach shall not be liable for ensuring that there is not any Material, data or information on the User’s section of Website, which is illegal or unlawful, obscene, defamatory or otherwise infringes any third party rights whatsoever.
7.5 Eteach is not liable for any failure in respect of its obligations hereunder which result directly or indirectly from failure or interruption in software or services provided by third parties.
7.6 None of the clauses herein shall apply so as to restrict liability for death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of Eteach or its appointed agents.
7.7 Subject to clause 8.6, Eteach’s maximum aggregate liability to the User under or in connection with this Agreement in respect of all claims whether such claim arises in contract, tort or otherwise shall not exceed a sum equal to the most recently paid Service Fee for the period in which the event giving rise to the relevant claim or claims occurred.
7.8 The User agrees that it is in a better position than Eteach to foresee and estimate any loss it may suffer arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and that the Service Fee and other fees have been set after taking full account of the limitations and exclusions in this Clause 8. The User is recommended to effect suitable insurance having regard to its particular circumstances and the terms of this Clause.
7.9 The parties agree that the User is the sole author of all Material on the User’s section of the Website or that it has obtained and maintains appropriate third party consents for such use and in particular the User shall not allow any person (other than its duly authorised employees) to use or have access to the User's section of the Website without the prior written permission of Eteach.
7.10 Eteach and the User shall use reasonably up to date virus checking software to ensure that the material does not contain any element which is designed to corrupt data or adversely impact upon the performance of computer systems including without limitation any virus, worm, logic bomb, disabling code or routines or expiration dates as these terms are generally understood within the computer industry.
7.11 Clicking on certain links within the Website might take the User to other websites and Eteach shall have no responsibility or liability of any kind for the accuracy or content of any information or any other aspect of any such websites.
8 GENERAL
8.1 A variation, change, alteration or modification of this Agreement shall only be valid if it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each party.
8.2 The User shall not assign, dispose of, sub-license, or otherwise transfer its rights granted by this Agreement without the prior written consent of a Director of Eteach.
8.3 The failure by any person to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law shall not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of any other rights or remedies by any person. No single or partial exercise by any person of any right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law shall prevent any further exercise of that right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy by any person.
8.4 The Parties’ rights and remedies contained in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.
8.5 Subject to Clause 9.1, these terms and conditions of business together with any other expressly incorporated document constitute the entire Agreement between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and neither party has relied on any representation made by the other party unless such representation is expressly included herein. Nothing in this Clause 8.5 shall relieve either party of liability for fraudulent misrepresentations and neither party shall be entitled to any remedy for either any negligent or innocent misrepresentation except to the extent (if any) that a court or arbitrator may allow reliance on the same as being fair and reasonable.
8.6 If any provision of this Agreement or part thereof shall be void for whatever reason, it shall be deemed deleted and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
8.7 Neither party shall be liable for any loss suffered by the other party or be deemed to be in default for any delays or failures in performance hereunder (other than in relation to payment) resulting from acts or causes beyond its reasonable control or from any acts of God, acts or regulations of any Governmental or supra-national authority.
8.8 This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
8.9 No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement.
9 NOTICES
9.1 A notice, approval, consent or other communication in connection with this Agreement:
9.1.1 must be in writing; and
9.1.2 must be left at the address of the addressee, or sent by prepaid ordinary post to the address of the addressee or sent by facsimile to the facsimile number or e-mail to the e-mail address of the addressee which is notified to the other party from time to time.
10 PAYMENT SCHEDULE
10.1 Invoices for the Services are payable within 30 days. Failure to pay an invoice within 30 days will result in the Services being made unavailable unless and until payment is made in full.
10.2 From time to time Users may select additional services, upgrades or options that are not listed as part of the Services. These additional services, upgrades or options may be invoiced separately and are also subject to payment within 30 days. For the avoidance of doubt, users will be informed when they are about to incur additional costs and will have to indicate their acceptance of such costs before the additional services, options or upgrades are provided.
11 TERMINATION
11.1 Either party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by written notice to the other in the event that the other party:
11.1.2 fails to pay any amount due hereunder;
11.1.3 breaches any term of this Agreement and such breach is incapable of remedy or if the breach is remediable, it continues for a period of 30 days after written notice requiring the same to be remedied has been given to the party in breach;
11.1.4 an order is made or a resolution is passed for the winding up of the other party; or
11.1.5 a provisional liquidator is appointed in respect of the other party, an administration order is made in respect of the other party, a receiver is appointed in respect of the other party or all or any of its assets or if the other party is unable to pay any of its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986, or if any voluntary arrangement is proposed under Section 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in respect of the other party.
11.2 Termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of either party.