- 9.1
The Client shall pay the Charges to the Provider in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
- 9.2
If the Charges are based in whole or part upon the time spent by the Provider performing the Services, the Provider must obtain the Client's written consent before performing Services that result in any estimate of time-based Charges given to the Client being exceeded or any budget for time-based Charges agreed by the parties being exceeded; and unless the Client agrees otherwise in writing, the Client shall not be liable to pay to the Provider any Charges in respect of Services performed in breach of this Clause 9.2.
- 9.3
All amounts stated in or in relation to these Terms and Conditions are, unless the context requires otherwise, stated exclusive of any applicable value added taxes, which will be added to those amounts and payable by the Client to the Provider.
- 9.4
The Provider may elect to vary any element of the Charges by giving to the Client not less than 30 days' written notice of the variation expiring on, providing that no such variation shall constitute a percentage increase in [the relevant element of the Charges that exceeds 2% over the percentage increase, since the date of the most recent variation of the relevant element of the Charges under this Clause 9.4, in the Retail Prices Index (all items) published by the UK Office for National Statistics.
- 10.1
The Provider shall issue invoices for the Charges to the Client in advance of the period to which they relate
- 10.2
The Client must pay the Charges to the Provider within the period of 30 days following the issue of an invoice in accordance with this Clause 10.
- 10.3
The Client must pay the Charges by debit card, credit card, direct debit or bank transfer (using such payment details as are notified by the Provider to the Client from time to time).
- 10.4
If the Client does not pay any amount properly due to the Provider under these Terms and Conditions, the Provider may:claim statutory compensation from the Client pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
- 11.1
The Provider must:
- (a)keep the Client Confidential Information strictly confidential;
- (b)not disclose the Client Confidential Information to any person without the Client's prior written consent, and then only under conditions of confidentiality approved in writing by the Client;
- (c)use the same degree of care to protect the confidentiality of the Client Confidential Information as the Provider uses to protect the Provider's own confidential information of a similar nature, being at least a reasonable degree of care;
- (d)act in good faith at all times in relation to the Client Confidential Information;
- 11.2
Notwithstanding Clause 11.1, the Provider may disclose the Client Confidential Information to the Provider's officers, employees, professional advisers, insurers, agents and subcontractors] who have a need to access the Client Confidential Information for the performance of their work with respect to the Agreement and who are bound by a written agreement or professional obligation to protect the confidentiality of the Client Confidential Information.
- 11.3
This Clause 11 imposes no obligations upon the Provider with respect to Client Confidential Information that:
- (a)is known to the Provider before disclosure under these Terms and Conditions and is not subject to any other obligation of confidentiality;
- (b)is or becomes publicly known through no act or default of the Provider; or(c) is obtained by the Provider from a third party in circumstances where the Provider has no reason to believe that there has been a breach of an obligation of confidentiality.
- 11.4
The restrictions in this Clause 11 do not apply to the extent that any Client Confidential Information is required to be disclosed by any law or regulation, by any judicial or governmental order or request, or pursuant to disclosure requirements relating to the listing of the stock of the Provider on any recognised stock exchange.
- 11.5
The provisions of this Clause 11 shall continue in force indefinitely for a period of 5 years following the termination of the Agreement, at the end of which period they will cease to have effect.
- 12.1
Each party shall comply with the Data Protection Laws with respect to the processing of the Client Personal Data.
- 12.2
The Client warrants to the Provider that it has the legal right to disclose all Personal Data that it does in fact disclose to the Provider under or in connection with the Agreement.
- 12.3
The Client shall only supply to the Provider, and the Provider shall only process, in each case under or in relation to the Agreement:
- (a)the Personal Data of data subjects falling within the categories specified in Section 1 of Schedule 2 (Data processing information)(or such other categories as may be agreed by the parties in writing); and
- (b)Personal Data of the types specified in Section 2 of Schedule 2 (Data processing information) (or such other types as may be agreed by the parties in writing).
- 12.4
The Provider shall only process the Client Personal Data for the purposes specified in Section 3 of Schedule 2 (Data processing information).
- 12.5
The Provider shall only process the Client Personal Data during the Term and for not more than 30 days following the end of the Term, subject to the other provisions of this Clause 12.
- 12.6
The Provider shall only process the Client Personal Data on the documented instructions of the Client (including with regard to transfers of the Client Personal Data to a third country under the Data Protection Laws), as set out in these Terms and Conditions or any other document agreed by the parties in writing.
- 12.7
The Client hereby authorises the Provider to make the following transfers of Client Personal Data:
- (a)the Provider may transfer the Client Personal Data internally to its own employees, offices and facilities in jurisdiction(s), providing that such transfers must be protected by appropriate safeguards;
- (b)the Provider may transfer the Client Personal Data to its third party processors in the jurisdictions identified in Section 5 of Schedule 2 (Data processing information) and may permit its third party processors to make such transfers, providing that such transfers must be protected by any appropriate safeguards identified therein; and
- (c)the Provider may transfer the Client Personal Data to a country, a territory or sector to the extent that the competent data protection authorities have decided that the country, territory or sector ensures an adequate level of protection for Personal Data.
- 12.8
The Provider shall promptly inform the Client if, in the opinion of the Provider, an instruction of the Client relating to the processing of the Client Personal Data infringes the Data Protection Laws.
- 12.9
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the Provider may process the Client Personal Data if and to the extent that the Provider is required to do so by applicable law. In such a case, the Provider shall inform the Client of the legal requirement before processing, unless that law prohibits such information on important grounds of public interest.
- 12.10
The Provider shall ensure that persons authorised to process the Client Personal Data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.
- 12.11
The Provider and the Client shall each implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security for the Client Personal Data, including those measures specified in Section 4 of Schedule 2 (Data processing information).
- 12.12
The Provider must not engage any third party to process the Client Personal Data without the prior specific or general written authorisation of the Client. In the case of a general written authorisation, the Provider shall inform the Client at least 14 days in advance of any intended changes concerning the addition or replacement of any third party processor, and if the Client objects to any such changes before their implementation, then the Provider must not implement the changes. The Provider shall ensure that each third party processor is subject to the same legal obligations as those imposed on the Provider by this Clause 12.
- 12.13
As at the Effective Date, the Provider is hereby authorised by the Client to engage, as sub-processors with respect to Client Personal Data, the third parties identified in Section 5 of Schedule 2 (Data processing information).
- 12.14
The Provider shall, insofar as possible and taking into account the nature of the processing, take appropriate technical and organisational measures to assist the Client with the fulfilment of the Client's obligation to respond to requests exercising a data subject's rights under the Data Protection Laws.
- 12.15
The Provider shall assist the Client in ensuring compliance with the obligations relating to the security of processing of personal data, the notification of personal data breaches to the supervisory authority, the communication of personal data breaches to the data subject, data protection impact assessments and prior consultation in relation to high-risk processing under the Data Protection Laws. The Provider may charge the Client [at its standard time-based charging rates] for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Client pursuant to this Clause 12.15.
- 12.16
The Provider must notify the Client of any Personal Data breach affecting the Client Personal Data without undue delay and, in any case, not later than 72 hours after the Provider becomes aware of the breach.
- 12.17
The Provider shall make available to the Client all information necessary to demonstrate the compliance of the Provider with its obligations under this Clause 12 and the Data Protection Laws. The Provider may charge the Client at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Client pursuant to this Clause 12.17, providing that no such charges shall be levied with respect to the completion by the Provider (at the reasonable request of the Client, not more than once per calendar year) of the standard information security questionnaire of the Client.
- 12.18
The Provider shall allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, conducted by the Client or another auditor mandated by the Client in respect of the compliance of the Provider's processing of Client Personal Data with the Data Protection Laws and this Clause 12. The Provider may charge the Client at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Client pursuant to this Clause 12.18, providing that no such charges shall be levied where the request to perform the work arises out of any breach by the Provider of the Agreement or any security breach affecting the systems of the Provider.
12.19If any changes or prospective changes to the Data Protection Laws result or will result in one or both parties not complying with the Data Protection Laws in relation to processing of Personal Data carried out under the Agreement, then the parties shall use their best endeavours promptly to agree such variations to the Agreement as may be necessary to remedy such non-compliance.