Terms & Conditions
TERMS & CONDITIONS
These Terms and Conditions shall apply to the license of the Application(s) and the provision of the Services by Mobile Rocket to the Client.
BACKGROUND
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Mobile Rocket has developed the Application(s) and platforms and has
made it available to the Client. - The Client wishes to use the Application(s) in its business operations.
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Mobile Rocket has agreed to provide and the Client has agreed to license
the Application(s) subject to the terms and conditions of this
agreement.
Agreed terms
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Interperation
- The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause apply in
this agreement.- Agreement Particulars: the variable
particulars of the agreement set out at the commencement of this
agreement. - Application: the application(s) as detailed in the
Agreement Particulars to be provided by Mobile Rocket to the Client
as part of the Services, the specification for each Application can
be found at www.mobilerocket.co.uk/operatingsystems or such other
web address notified by Mobile Rocket to the Client from time to
time. - Business Day: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday
or public holiday in England when banks in London are open for
business. - Candidate: a client or candidate of the Client.
- Candidate License: Mobile Rocket’s Candidate
License for of the Application(s) as amended from time to time, and
as set out online via www.mobilerocket.co.uk/enduserterms or such
other web address notified by Mobile Rocket to the Client from time
to time. - Charges: the fees payable by the Client to Mobile
Rocket for the use of the Services, as set out in the Agreement
Particulars, including the Subscription Fee, any Additional Client
User Fees, the Set Up Fee, the Development Fee and any fees charged
for the ID Check Services. - Client Users: those employees, agents and
independent contractors of the Client who are authorised by the
Client to use the Services, as further described in clause 2.2(b). - Confidential Information: information that is
proprietary or confidential and is either clearly labelled as such
or identified as Confidential Information in clause 9.5 or clause
9.6. - Controller, processor, data subject, personal data, personal data
breach, processing and appropriate technical and organisational
measures: as defined in the Data Protection Legislation. - Client Data: the data inputted by the Client,
Client Users, or Mobile Rocket on the Client’s behalf for the
purpose of using the Services or facilitating the Client’s use of
the Services. - Data Protection Legislation: the UK Data Protection
Legislation and any other European Union legislation relating to
personal data and all other legislation and regulatory requirements
in force from time to time which apply to a party relating to the
use of personal data (including, without limitation, the privacy of
electronic communications). - Development Services: the bespoke development and
customisation work to be undertaken by Mobile Rocket to the
Application(s), and as set out in the Proposal. - Development Fee: means the one off set up charge
for the Development Services, as set out in the Agreement
Particulars. - ID Check Services: the provision of the third party
ID Checking, undertaken by Trust ID. - Maximum Users: the maximum number of Client Users
and Candidates which are permitted to use the Application, as set
out in the Agreement Particulars. - Minimum Term: the minimum duration of the
agreement, as set out in the Agreement Particulars, such period to
commence from the Start Date. - Normal Business Hours: 8.30 am to 4.30 pm local UK
time, on each Business Day - Proposal: means the documents setting out details
of the Set Up Services and or Development Services to be provided by
Mobile Rocket. - Renewal Period: the period described in clause
12.1. - Services: means, collectively, the provision of the
Application(s), ASP Infrastructure, and support services provided by
Mobile Rocket to the Client; - Set Up Services: any set up to be undertaken by
Mobile Rocket to the Application(s), including any configuration,
integration or data migration, and as set out in the Proposal. - Set Up Fee: means the one off set up charge for the
Set Up Services, as set out in the Agreement Particulars. - Special Conditions: means the special conditions as
set out in the Agreement Particulars, which shall apply so as to
vary the terms and conditions of this Agreement. - Specification: the system specification for the
Application(s), as amended from time to time, and as set out online
via www.mobilerocket.co.uk/specification or such other web address
notified by Mobile Rocket to the Client from time to time. - Start Date: the date from which Mobile Rocket shall
use reasonable commercial endeavours to commence providing the
Services. - Subscription Fees: the subscription fees payable by
the Client to Mobile Rocket for the User Subscriptions, as set out
in the Agreement Particulars. - Support Services Policy: Mobile Rocket’s policy for
providing support in relation to the Services from time to time. - Term: has the meaning given in clause 12.1 (being
the Minimum Term together with any subsequent Renewal Periods). - UK Data Protection Legislation: all applicable data
protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time in the
UK including the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679);
the Data Protection Act 2018; the Privacy and Electronic
Communications Directive 2002/58/EC (as updated by Directive
2009/136/EC) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications
Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426) as amended. - User: a Client User and or a Candidate.
- User Subscription: the subscription purchased by
the Client pursuant to clause 7.1 which entitle Client Users to
access and use the Application(s) in accordance with this agreement,
subject to the Maximum Users. - Virus: any thing or device (including any software,
code, file or programme) which may: prevent, impair or otherwise
adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or
network, any telecommunications service, equipment or network or any
other service or device; prevent, impair or otherwise adversely
affect access to or the operation of any programme or data,
including the reliability of any programme or data (whether by
re-arranging, altering or erasing the programme or data in whole or
part or otherwise); or adversely affect the user experience,
including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or
devices.
- Agreement Particulars: the variable
- The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause apply in
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Clause, schedule and paragraph headings shall not affect the
interpretation of this agreement. -
A person includes an individual, corporate or unincorporated body
(whether or not having separate legal personality). -
A reference to a company shall include any company, corporation or
other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or
established. -
Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall
include the plural and in the plural shall include the singular. -
Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to one gender
shall include a reference to the other genders. -
A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it
as it is in force as at the date of this agreement. -
A reference to a statute or statutory provision shall include all
subordinate legislation made as at the date of this agreement under
that statute or statutory provision. - A reference to writing or written includes e-mail but not faxes.
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References to clauses and schedules are to the clauses and schedules
of this agreement; references to paragraphs are to paragraphs of the
relevant schedule to this agreement.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, Mobile Rocket
hereby grants to the Client a non-exclusive, non-transferable right,
without the right to grant sublicences, to permit the Users to use
the Application(s) during the Term solely for the Client’s business
operations, subject to any Special Conditions. -
In relation to the Users, the Client undertakes that:
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the maximum number of Client Users and Candidates that are
authorised to access and use the Application(s) shall not exceed
the Maximum Users as set out in the Agreement Particulars or
agreed from time to time, and that it shall pay for any
Additional Client Users at the fees set out in the Agreement
Particulars; -
it will not allow or suffer any Client User account to be used
by more than one individual Client User unless it has been
reassigned in its entirety to another individual Client User, in
which case the prior Client User shall no longer have any right
to access or use the Services; -
it shall permit Mobile Rocket or Mobile Rocket’s designated
auditor to audit the Client’s use of the Services in order to
establish the Client Users of the Services and the Client’s data
processing facilities to audit compliance with this agreement.
Each such audit may be conducted no more than once per quarter,
at Mobile Rocket’s expense, and this right shall be exercised
with reasonable prior notice, in such a manner as not to
substantially interfere with the Client’s normal conduct of
business; -
if any of the audits referred to in clause 2.2(c) reveal that
any password has been provided to any individual who is not a
Client User, then without prejudice to Mobile Rocket’s other
rights, the Client shall promptly disable such passwords and
Mobile Rocket shall not issue any new passwords to any such
individual; -
if any of the audits referred to in clause 2.2(c) reveal that
the Client has underpaid Subscription Fees to Mobile Rocket,
then without prejudice to Mobile Rocket’s other rights, the
Client shall pay to Mobile Rocket an amount equal to such
underpayment as calculated in accordance with Mobile Rocket’s
standard charges; and -
all Users use of the Application shall be subject to the
Candidate License.
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the maximum number of Client Users and Candidates that are
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The Client and its Users shall not access, store, distribute or
transmit any Viruses, or any material during the course of its use
of the Services that:-
is unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene,
infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive; - facilitates illegal activity;
- depicts sexually explicit images;
- promotes unlawful violence;
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is discriminatory based on race, gender, colour, religious
belief, sexual orientation, disability; o -
is otherwise illegal or causes damage or injury to any person or
property;
and Mobile Rocket reserves the right, without liability or prejudice
to its other rights to the Client, to disable the Client’s or any
User’s access to any material that breaches the provisions of this
clause. -
is unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene,
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The Client shall not:
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except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is
incapable of exclusion by agreement between the parties and
except to the extent expressly permitted under this agreement:-
attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works
from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit,
or distribute all or any portion of the Application in any
form or media or by any means; or -
attempt to de-compile, reverse compile, disassemble, reverse
engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all
or any part of the Application; or
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attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works
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access all or any part of the Services in order to build a
product or service which competes with the Application or the
Services; or - use the Services to provide services to third parties; or
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subject to clause 20.1, license, sell, rent, lease, transfer,
assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially
exploit, or otherwise make the Services available to any third
party except the Client Users and Candidates, or -
attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access
to the Services, other than as provided under this clause 2; or -
introduce or permit the introduction of, any Virus into Mobile
Rocket’s network and information systems.
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except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is
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The Client shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any
unauthorised access to, or use of, the Services and, in the event of
any such unauthorised access or use, promptly notify Mobile Rocket. -
The rights provided under this clause 2 are granted to the Client
only, and shall not be considered granted to any subsidiary or
holding company of the Client. -
The Client may, from time to time during any Term, purchase
Additional Client Users in excess of the Maximum Users for the
remainder of the Term and Mobile Rocket shall grant access to the
Services to such additional Client Users in accordance with the
provisions of this agreement at the rate set out in the Agreement
Particulars. If Additional Client Users are purchased by the Client
part way through the Minimum Term or any Renewal Period (as
applicable), such fees shall be pro-rated from the date of
activation by Mobile Rocket for the remainder of the Minimum Term or
then current Renewal Period (as applicable).
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Mobile Rocket shall, during the Term, provide the Services and the
Set Up Services to the Client on and subject to the terms of this
agreement. -
Further, if agreed in the Agreement Particulars, Mobile Rocket shall
also provide to the Client:- the Development Services; and or
- the ID Check Services
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Mobile Rocket shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to make
the Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except
for:-
planned maintenance conducted during the maintenance window of
7.00 pm to 7.00 am UK time; and -
unscheduled maintenance performed outside Normal Business Hours,
provided that Mobile Rocket has used reasonable endeavours to
give the Client at least 3 Normal Business Hours’ notice in
advance.
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planned maintenance conducted during the maintenance window of
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Mobile Rocket will, as part of the Services and at no additional
cost to the Client, provide the Client with Mobile Rocket’s standard
Client support services during Normal Business Hours in accordance
with Mobile Rocket’s Support Services Policy in effect at the time
that the Services are provided. Mobile Rocket may amend the Support
Services Policy in its sole and absolute discretion from time to
time. The Client may purchase enhanced support services separately
at Mobile Rocket’s then current rates.
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The Client shall own all right, title and interest in and to all of
the Client Data that is not personal data and shall have sole
responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy
and quality of all such Client Data. -
In the event of any loss or damage to Client Data, the Client’s sole
and exclusive remedy against Mobile Rocket shall be for Mobile
Rocket to use reasonable commercial endeavours to restore the lost
or damaged Client Data from the latest back-up of such Client Data
maintained by Mobile Rocket. Mobile Rocket shall not be responsible
for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Client Data
caused by any third party. -
Both parties will comply with all applicable requirements of the
Data Protection Legislation. This clause 4 is in addition to, and
does not relieve, remove or replace, a party’s obligations or rights
under the Data Protection Legislation. -
The parties acknowledge that:
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if Mobile Rocket processes any personal data on the Client’s
behalf when performing its obligations under this agreement, the
Client is the controller and Mobile Rocket is the processor for
the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation. -
Schedule 4 sets out the scope, nature and purpose of processing
by Mobile Rocket, the duration of the processing and the types
of personal data and categories of data subject. -
the personal data may be transferred or stored outside the EEA
or the country where the Client and the Client Users are located
in order to carry out the Services and Mobile Rocket’s other
obligations under this agreement.
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if Mobile Rocket processes any personal data on the Client’s
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Without prejudice to the generality of clause 4.3, the Client will
ensure that it has all necessary appropriate consents and notices in
place to enable lawful transfer of the personal data to Mobile
Rocket for the duration and purposes of this agreement so that
Mobile Rocket may lawfully use, process and transfer the personal
data in accordance with this agreement on the Client’s behalf. -
Without prejudice to the generality of clause 4.3, Mobile Rocket
shall, in relation to any personal data processed in connection with
the performance by Mobile Rocket of its obligations under this
agreement:-
process that personal data only on the documented written
instructions of the Client unless Mobile Rocket is required by
the laws of any member of the European Union or by the laws of
the European Union applicable to Mobile Rocket and/or Domestic
UK Law (where Domestic UK Law means the UK Data Protection
Legislation and any other law that applies in the UK) to process
personal data (Applicable Laws). Where Mobile Rocket is relying
on Applicable Laws as the basis for processing personal data,
Mobile Rocket shall promptly notify the Client of this before
performing the processing required by the Applicable Laws unless
those Applicable Laws prohibit Mobile Rocket from so notifying
the Client; -
not transfer any personal data outside of the European Economic
Area and the United Kingdom unless the following conditions are
fulfilled:-
the Client or Mobile Rocket has provided appropriate
safeguards in relation to the transfer; -
the data subject has enforceable rights and effective legal
remedies; -
Mobile Rocket complies with its obligations under the Data
Protection Legislation by providing an adequate level of
protection to any personal data that is transferred; and -
Mobile Rocket complies with reasonable instructions notified
to it in advance by the Client with respect to the
processing of the personal data;
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the Client or Mobile Rocket has provided appropriate
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assist the Client, at the Client’s cost, in responding to any
request from a data subject and in ensuring compliance with its
obligations under the Data Protection Legislation with respect
to security, breach notifications, impact assessments and
consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators; -
notify the Client without undue delay on becoming aware of a
personal data breach; -
maintain complete and accurate records and information to
demonstrate its compliance with this clause 4 and immediately
inform the Client if, in the opinion of Mobile Rocket, an
instruction infringes the Data Protection Legislation.
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process that personal data only on the documented written
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Each party shall ensure that it has in place appropriate technical
and organisational measures, reviewed and approved by the other
party, to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of
personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or
damage to, personal data, appropriate to the harm that might result
from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss,
destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected,
having regard to the state of technological development and the cost
of implementing any measures (those measures may include, where
appropriate, pseudonymising and encrypting personal data, ensuring
confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its
systems and services, ensuring that availability of and access to
personal data can be restored in a timely manner after an incident,
and regularly assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the
technical and organisational measures adopted by it). -
Either party may, at any time on not less than 30 days’ notice,
revise this clause 4 by replacing it with any applicable controller
to processor standard clauses or similar terms forming part of an
applicable certification scheme (which shall apply when replaced by
attachment to this agreement).
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Mobile Rocket undertakes that the Services will be performed with
reasonable skill and care. -
The undertaking at clause 5.1 shall not apply to the extent of any
non-conformance which is caused by use of the Services contrary to
Mobile Rocket’s instructions, or modification or alteration of the
Services by any party other than Mobile Rocket or Mobile Rocket’s
duly authorised contractors or agents. If the Services do not
conform with the foregoing undertaking, Mobile Rocket will, at its
expense, use all reasonable commercial endeavours to correct any
such non-conformance promptly, or provide the Client with an
alternative means of accomplishing the desired performance. Such
correction or substitution constitutes the Client’s sole and
exclusive remedy for any breach of the undertaking set out in clause
5.1. -
Mobile Rocket does not warrant that:
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the Client’s use of the Services will be uninterrupted or
error-free; -
that the Services and/or the information obtained by the Client
through the Services will meet the Client’s requirements; or -
the Application will comply with any Heightened Cybersecurity
Requirements.
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the Client’s use of the Services will be uninterrupted or
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Mobile Rocket is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures,
or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over
communications networks and facilities, including the internet, and
the Client acknowledges that the Services may be subject to
limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such
communications facilities. -
This agreement shall not prevent Mobile Rocket from entering into
similar agreements with third parties, or from independently
developing, using, selling or licensing documentation, products
and/or services which are similar to those provided under this
agreement. -
Mobile Rocket warrants that it has and will maintain all necessary
licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the performance of
its obligations under this agreement.
- The Client shall:
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provide Mobile Rocket with:
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all necessary co-operation in relation to this agreement;
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all necessary access to such information as may be required
by Mobile Rocket;
in order to provide the Services, including but not limited to
Client Data, security access information and configuration services; -
all necessary co-operation in relation to this agreement;
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without affecting its other obligations under this agreement, comply
with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its
activities under this agreement; -
carry out all other Client responsibilities set out in this
agreement in a timely and efficient manner. In the event of any
delays in the Client’s provision of such assistance as agreed by the
parties, Mobile Rocket may adjust any agreed timetable or delivery
schedule as reasonably necessary; -
ensure that the Client Users use the Services in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this agreement and shall be responsible for
any Client User’s breach of this agreement; -
ensure that any Candidate use the Services in compliance with the
terms and conditions of the Candidate License made available to the
Client and Candidate by Mobile Rocket online via
www.mobilerocket.co.uk/enduserterms or such other web address
notified by Mobile Rocket to the Client from time to time; -
obtain and shall maintain all necessary licences, consents, and
permissions necessary for Mobile Rocket, its contractors and agents
to perform their obligations under this agreement, including without
limitation the Services; -
ensure that its network and systems comply with the relevant
specifications provided by Mobile Rocket from time to time; and -
be, to the extent permitted by law and except as otherwise expressly
provided in this agreement, solely responsible for procuring,
maintaining and securing its network connections and
telecommunications links from its systems to Mobile Rocket’s data
centres, and all problems, conditions, delays, delivery failures and
all other loss or damage arising from or relating to the Client’s
network connections or telecommunications links or caused by the
internet.
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The Client shall pay to Mobile Rocket:
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the Subscription Fees (including any Additional Client User Fees
Subscription Fees) within 7 days of the Start Date (or the date
upon which the Additional Client User Fees arise) and if paying
monthly, the Client shall pay monthly thereafter for the
duration (or the remainder) of the Minimum Term and any Renewal
Period; -
if agreed in the Agreement Particulars, the Set Up Fee for the
Set Up Services on the within seven days of 7 days of the
receipt of an invoice; -
if agreed in the Agreement Particulars, the Development Fee for
the Development Services within seven days 7 days of receipt of
an invoice
in accordance with this clause 7.
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the Subscription Fees (including any Additional Client User Fees
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The Client shall on the Start Date provide to Mobile Rocket valid,
up-to-date and complete direct debit or credit card details or
approved purchase order information acceptable to Mobile Rocket and
any other relevant valid, up-to-date and complete contact and
billing details and, if the Client provides:-
its direct debit details to Mobile Rocket, the Client hereby
authorises Mobile Rocket to debit such account for the sums set
out in clause 7.1 at the frequency set out therein; -
its credit card details to Mobile Rocket, the Client hereby
authorises Mobile Rocket to bill such credit card for the sums
set out in clause 7.1 at the frequency set out therein; -
its approved purchase order information to Mobile Rocket, Mobile
Rocket shall invoice the Client for the sums set out in clause
7.1 at the frequency set out therein and the Client shall pay
each invoice within 7 days after the date of such invoice.
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its direct debit details to Mobile Rocket, the Client hereby
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If Mobile Rocket has not received payment within 30 days after the
due date, and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of
Mobile Rocket:-
Mobile Rocket may, without liability to the Client, disable the
Client’s account and access to all or part of the Services and
Mobile Rocket shall be under no obligation to provide any or all
of the Services while the invoice(s) concerned remain unpaid;
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interest shall accrue on a daily basis on such due amounts at an
annual rate equal to 5% over the then current base lending rate
of the Bank of England from time to time, commencing on the due
date and continuing until fully paid, whether before or after
judgment.
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Mobile Rocket may, without liability to the Client, disable the
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All amounts and fees stated or referred to in this agreement:
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are, subject to clause 11.3(b), non-cancellable and
non-refundable; -
are exclusive of value added tax, which shall be added to Mobile
Rocket’s invoice(s) at the appropriate rate.
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Mobile Rocket may increase the any Fees, the Subscription Fees, the
fees payable in respect of and the Additional Client Users on an
annual basis with effect from the first Renewal Period and on each
anniversary of the date of this agreement thereafter in line with
the percentage increase in the Consumer Prices Index in the
preceding 12-month period, and the first such increase shall take
effect on the first Renewal Term and shall be based on the latest
available figure for the percentage increase in the Consumer Prices
Index. -
The Client shall need to purchase credits for the ID Checking
Services through the Mobile Rocket hub. Each ID check shall use on
credit. Mobile Rocket shall not be obliged to provide any access to
the ID Checking Services unless the Client has purchased and has a
balance of ID check credits available.
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The Client acknowledges and agrees that Mobile Rocket and/or its
licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Services,
including in any deliverables developed as part of the Set Up
Services and or the Development Services. Except as expressly stated
herein, this agreement does not grant the Client any rights to,
under or in, any patents, copyright, database right, trade secrets,
trade names, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered),
rights in codes or coding, or any other rights or licences in
respect of the Services. -
Mobile Rocket confirms that it has all the rights in relation to the
Services that are necessary to grant all the rights it purports to
grant under, and in accordance with, the terms of this agreement.
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Each party may be given access to Confidential Information from the
other party in order to perform its obligations under this
agreement. A party’s Confidential Information shall not be deemed to
include information that:-
is or becomes publicly known other than through any act or
omission of the receiving party; -
was in the other party’s lawful possession before the
disclosure; -
is lawfully disclosed to the receiving party by a third party
without restriction on disclosure; or -
is independently developed by the receiving party, which
independent development can be shown by written evidence.
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is or becomes publicly known other than through any act or
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Subject to clause 9.4, each party shall hold the other’s
Confidential Information in confidence and not make the other’s
Confidential Information available to any third party, or use the
other’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than the
implementation of this agreement. -
Each party shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the
other’s Confidential Information to which it has access is not
disclosed or distributed by its employees or agents in violation of
the terms of this agreement. -
A party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent such
Confidential Information is required to be disclosed by law, by any
governmental or other regulatory authority or by a court or other
authority of competent jurisdiction, provided that, to the extent it
is legally permitted to do so, it gives the other party as much
notice of such disclosure as possible and, where notice of
disclosure is not prohibited and is given in accordance with this
clause 9.4, it takes into account the reasonable requests of the
other party in relation to the content of such disclosure. -
The Client acknowledges that details of the Services, and the
results of any performance tests of the Services, constitute Mobile
Rocket’s Confidential Information. -
Mobile Rocket acknowledges that the Client Data is the Confidential
Information of the Client. -
No party shall make, or permit any person to make, any public
announcement concerning this agreement without the prior written
consent of the other parties (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), except as required by law, any governmental or
regulatory authority (including, without limitation, any relevant
securities exchange), any court or other authority of competent
jurisdiction. -
The above provisions of this clause 9 shall survive termination of
this agreement, however arising.
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The Client shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Mobile Rocket
against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses and
costs (including without limitation court costs and reasonable legal
fees) arising out of or in connection with the Client’s or any
Candidate’s use of the Services, provided that:- the Client is given prompt notice of any such claim;
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Mobile Rocket provides reasonable co-operation to the Client in
the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Client’s
expense; and -
the Client is given sole authority to defend or settle the
claim.
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Mobile Rocket shall defend the Client, its officers, directors and
employees against any claim that the Client’s use of the Services in
accordance with this agreement infringes any United Kingdom patent
effective as of the Start Date, copyright, trade mark, database
right or right of confidentiality, and shall indemnify the Client
for any amounts awarded against the Client in judgment or settlement
of such claims, provided that:- Mobile Rocket is given prompt notice of any such claim;
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the Client provides reasonable co-operation to Mobile Rocket in
the defence and settlement of such claim, at Mobile Rocket’s
expense; an -
Mobile Rocket is given sole authority to defend or settle the
claim.
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In the defence or settlement of any claim, Mobile Rocket may procure
the right for the Client to continue using the Services, replace or
modify the Services so that they become non-infringing or, if such
remedies are not reasonably available, terminate this agreement on 2
Business Days’ notice to the Client without any additional liability
or obligation to pay liquidated damages or other additional costs to
the Client. -
In no event shall Mobile Rocket, its employees, agents and
sub-contractors be liable to the Client to the extent that the
alleged infringement is based on:-
a modification of the Services by anyone other than Mobile
Rocket; or -
the Client’s use of the Services in a manner contrary to the
instructions given to the Client by Mobile Rocket; or -
the Client’s use of the Services after notice of the alleged or
actual infringement from Mobile Rocket or any appropriate
authority.
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a modification of the Services by anyone other than Mobile
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The foregoing and clause 11.3(b) states the Client’s sole and
exclusive rights and remedies, and Mobile Rocket’s (including Mobile
Rocket’s employees’, agents’ and sub-contractors’) entire
obligations and liability, for infringement of any patent,
copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality.
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Except as expressly and specifically provided in this agreement:
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the Client assumes sole responsibility for results obtained from
the use of the Services by the Client, and for conclusions drawn
from such use. Mobile Rocket shall have no liability for any
damage caused by errors or omissions in any information,
instructions or scripts provided to Mobile Rocket by the Client
in connection with the Services, or any actions taken by Mobile
Rocket at the Client’s direction; -
all warranties, representations, conditions and all other terms
of any kind whatsoever implied by statute or common law are, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, excluded from
this agreement; an - the Services are provided to the Client on an “as is” basis.
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the Client assumes sole responsibility for results obtained from
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Nothing in this agreement excludes the liability of Mobile Rocket:
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for death or personal injury caused by Mobile Rocket’s
negligence; or - for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
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for death or personal injury caused by Mobile Rocket’s
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Subject to clause 11.1 and clause 11.2:
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Mobile Rocket shall not be liable whether in tort (including for
negligence or breach of statutory duty), contract,
misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise for any loss of
profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar
losses or loss or corruption of data or information, or pure
economic loss, or for any special, indirect or consequential
loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses however arising under
this agreement; and -
Mobile Rocket’s total aggregate liability in contract (including
in respect of the indemnity at clause 10.2), tort (including
negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation,
restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the
performance or contemplated performance of this agreement shall
be limited to the total Fees paid by the Client during the 12
months immediately preceding the date on which the claim arose,
save as in respect of the provision of the ID Check Services, in
which case Mobile Rockets total liability for the provision of
the ID Checking Services shall be £5.00 (Five Pounds).
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Mobile Rocket shall not be liable whether in tort (including for
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This agreement shall, unless otherwise terminated as provided in
this clause 12, commence on the Start Date and shall continue for
the Minimum Term and, thereafter, this agreement shall be
automatically renewed for successive periods equal in duration to
the Minimum Term (each a Renewal Period), unless:-
either party notifies the other party of termination, in
writing, at least 90 days before the end of the Minimum Term or
any Renewal Period, in which case this agreement shall terminate
upon the expiry of the applicable Minimum Term or Renewal
Period; or -
otherwise terminated in accordance with the provisions of this
agreement.
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either party notifies the other party of termination, in
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Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either
party may terminate this agreement with immediate effect by giving
written notice to the other party if:-
the other party fails to pay any amount due under this agreement
on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than
28 days after being notified in writing to make such payment; -
the other party commits a material breach of any other term of
this agreement which breach is irremediable or (if such breach
is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 14
days after being notified in writing to do so; -
the other party repeatedly breaches any of the terms of this
agreement in such a manner as to reasonably justify the opinion
that its conduct is inconsistent with it having the intention or
ability to give effect to the terms of this agreement; -
the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of
its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or
admits inability to pay its debts or is deemed unable to pay its
debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act
1986, as if the words “it is proved to the satisfaction of the
court” did not appear in sections 123(1)(e) or 123(2) of the
Insolvency Act 1986; -
the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of
its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or
makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or
arrangement with its creditors other than for the sole purpose
of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with
one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of
that other party; -
a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed,
or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of
that other party other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for
a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more
other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other
party; -
an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the
appointment of an administrator, or if a notice of intention to
appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is
appointed, over the other party; -
the holder of a qualifying floating charge over the assets of
that other party has become entitled to appoint or has appointed
an administrative receiver; -
a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets
of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of
the other party; -
a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or takes
possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other
such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole
or any part of the other party’s assets and such attachment or
process is not discharged within [14] days; -
any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the
other party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has
an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned
in clause 12.2(d) to clause 12.2(j) (inclusive); or -
the other party suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or
cease, carrying on all or a substantial part of its business.
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the other party fails to pay any amount due under this agreement
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On termination of this agreement for any reason:
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all licences granted under this agreement shall immediately
terminate and the Client and its Candidates shall immediately
cease all use of the Services; -
each party shall return and make no further use of any
equipment, property and other items (and all copies of them)
belonging to the other party; -
Mobile Rocket may destroy or otherwise dispose of any of the
Client Data in its possession, unless Mobile Rocket receives, no
later than ten days after the start date of the termination of
this agreement, a written request for the delivery to the Client
of the then most recent back-up of the Client Data. Mobile
Rocket shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to deliver the
back-up to the Client within 30 days of its receipt of such a
written request, provided that the Client has, at that time,
paid all fees and charges outstanding at and resulting from
termination (whether or not due at the date of termination). The
Client shall pay all reasonable charges and fees to Mobile
Rocket for the provision of their services in returning or
disposing of Client Data; and -
any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties
that have accrued up to the date of termination, including the
right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the agreement
which existed at or before the date of termination shall not be
affected or prejudiced.
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all licences granted under this agreement shall immediately
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The following provisions of this clause 12.4 shall apply in the
event that the Client terminates this Agreement in breach of
contract prior to the expiry of the Minimum Term or the Renewal
Terms as the case may be:-
In this clause 12.4 Remainder of the Term means (where the
Client terminates or is deemed to have terminated this Agreement
in breach of contract) the period that the Agreement would have
had left to run if the Client had instead terminated it at the
earliest following opportunity without being in breach of
contract. -
In the event that the Client is in breach of contract by
terminating this Agreement otherwise than in accordance with
clause 12.1 the Client shall pay to Mobile Rocket as liquidated
damages an amount equal to 85% of the sum that the Client would
have been liable to pay to Mobile Rocket for the Remainder of
the Term pursuant to this Agreement (calculated at the rate
which applied at the time of termination), such sum representing
the lost gross profits of Mobile Rocket.
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In this clause 12.4 Remainder of the Term means (where the
- Mobile Rocket shall have no liability to
the Client under this agreement if it is prevented from or delayed in
performing its obligations under this agreement, or from carrying on its
business, by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable
control, including, without limitation, strikes, lock-outs or other
industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of Mobile Rocket or
any other party), failure of a utility service or transport or
telecommunications network, act of God, pandemic, epidemic, war, riot,
civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or
governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown
of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of Mobile Rockets
or sub-contractors, provided that the Client is notified of such an
event and its expected duration.
- If there is an inconsistency between any of the provisions in the main
body of this agreement and the Schedules, the provisions in the main
body of this agreement shall prevail.
- No variation of this agreement shall be effective unless it is
in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised
representatives).
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No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy
provided under this agreement or by law shall constitute a waiver of
that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the
further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or
partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the
further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
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Except as expressly provided in this
agreement, the rights and remedies provided under this agreement are in
addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by
law.
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If any provision or part-provision of this agreement is or becomes
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but
that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of
this agreement. -
If any provision or part-provision of this agreement is deemed
deleted under clause 18.1 the parties shall negotiate in good faith
to agree a replacement provision that, to the greatest extent
possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original
provision.
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This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises,
assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between
them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter. -
Each party acknowledges that in entering into this agreement it does
not rely on, and shall have no remedies in respect of, any
statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made
innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this agreement. -
Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or
negligent misrepresentation based on any statement in this
agreement. -
Nothing in this clause shall limit or exclude any liability for
fraud.
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The Client shall not, without the prior written consent of Mobile
Rocket, assign, transfer, charge, sub-contract or deal in any other
manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under this
agreement. -
Mobile Rocket may at any time assign, transfer, charge, sub-contract
or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or
obligations under this agreement.
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Nothing in this agreement is intended to or
shall operate to
create a partnership between the parties, or authorise either party to
act as agent for the other, and neither party shall have the authority
to act in the name or on behalf of or otherwise to bind the other in any
way (including, but not limited to, the making of any representation or
warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise
of any right or power).
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This agreement does not confer any rights on any
person or party
(other than the parties to this agreement and, where applicable, their
successors and permitted assigns) pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999.
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Any notice required to be given under this agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by pre-paid
first-class post or recorded delivery post to the other party at its
address set out in this agreement, or such other address as may have
been notified by that party for such purposes. -
A notice delivered by hand shall be deemed to have been received
when delivered (or if delivery is not in business hours, at 9 am on
the first business day following delivery). A correctly addressed
notice sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery post
shall be deemed to have been received at the time at which it would
have been delivered in the normal course of post.
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This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or
in
connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including
non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
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Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England
and
Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim
arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject
matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).