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Preamble

Thank You for Your interest in Amicus Cloud. We appreciate Your business. It is our goal to provide You with the very best cloud-based practice management solution for lawyers in the world. A service like this has multiple aspects: it includes software that we have developed, a web site, a service in the provision of data storage and communication, 3rd party software and services from companies like Microsoft® that we have licensed, and many other items of our intellectual property. You need to subscribe to the service in order to be licensed to use these, and You need to agree to the terms under which we provide them. That’s what this document is. Please read it carefully. By using Amicus Cloud, You are agreeing to these terms. If You do not agree with 100% of these terms, do not use Amicus Cloud.

The odds are, if You’re interested in this software, then You’re a lawyer or work in a law firm. You should know that Abacus Data Systems, Inc. d/b/a CARET (“CARET”) and its affiliates retain all the intellectual property in the software being licensed to You as part of the service, and that You are acquiring a non-exclusive license to use it, as described below. You’re not “buying” the software and You won’t “own” it – You’re getting a license to use it. The service, and the related license, are only provided to each person paying for same, either directly or through You. It is a subscription, so it only continues while You keep that subscription current. And You know that software like this is licensed in many different places for use in many different circumstances, all at an extraordinarily low price considering the years of development that went into it. We can’t provide any warranty about fitness for a particular purpose. Those who are using it shall take responsibility for whatever they do with it. We spell all this out in detailed terms below. You should understand the importance of these provisions. If You don’t, please seek advice from Your lawyer before You use the software. 

1. What this is about
This is a binding agreement for the terms of service for Amicus Cloud (“Amicus Cloud”), including the license for the software.

Amicus Cloud includes the Web site; the law practice management system, tools and services provided through that site; all software, applets, services, data, text, images, sounds, video and content made available through the site, including all additions or 
updates thereto which are made from time to time; and all related documentation, whether tangible or electronic. 

If You choose to subscribe to the optional Amicus Hosted Exchange Service, this agreement covers it as well. If you choose to subscribe to the optional Abacus Payment Exchange (“APX”). Section 17 of these Terms.

It is important that You read all of this document and agree to every term. If You do not agree to everything, You are not authorized to use Amicus Cloud and must not log in. 

Every time You log into Amicus Cloud You are confirming Your agreement to these terms.

This agreement shall remain in force at all times that You have access to Amicus Cloud.

2. Who is making this agreement
This agreement is between CARET and You (“You”), the customer who is using Amicus Cloud.

If You are using Amicus Cloud as part of or at the direction of a corporation, partnership or other legal entity, regardless of whether such entity may have a separate agreement with us, You are nevertheless individually bound by this agreement. 

If You are entering into this agreement on behalf of a company, partnership or other legal entity, You represent that You have the authority to bind such entity and its affiliates to this agreement, in which case the terms “You” or “Your” shall refer to such entity and its affiliates. If You do not have such authority, or if You do not agree with this agreement, You must not accept these terms and may not use Amicus Cloud. 

You warrant that You are an eligible user of Amicus Cloud as described in Section 21 below. If You are not, You must not accept these terms and may not use Amicus Cloud.

3. Use of Amicus Cloud
Subject to the terms of this agreement, CARET grants to You a subscription to use the Amicus Cloud service, including a personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable and non-exclusive license to use Amicus Cloud, solely for Your own internal business or personal purposes.

The grant of this license is conditional on compliance with this agreement, including payment of the periodic subscription fee (other than during the 14-day free trial period described below), as set out in the Payment Section below.

You agree that You will not misuse this right, which includes that You will comply with the requirement for no improper use as described in Section 22 below.

3a. Amicus Cloud Portal: Included with Client’s Amicus Cloud Subscription is a license for Client and its customers to use the SaaS-based Amicus Cloud Portal. The Amicus Cloud Portal enables Client and its customers to securely access and share information (including documents and Amicus Cloud activity entries like Tasks, Notes, Appointments invoices and payments). Information uploaded to the Amicus Cloud Portal by Client or customer shall be hosted within a Microsoft Azure instance within a SOC II Type II compliant data center and shall remain in the Amicus Cloud Portal once uploaded.
Client is able to manage its customers’ access to information uploaded by Client to the Amicus Cloud Portal by toggling visibility of each item (by selecting “Share” or “Unshare”). Only Client’s customers may manage access to information uploaded by Client’s customers.

4. Uptime Guarantee
CARET commits that Amicus Cloud will be available to You at least 99.9% of the time every month.

The following are excluded from this uptime guarantee:

This guarantee is not available if Your subscription is not fully paid.

If in any month CARET fails to maintain Amicus Cloud available to You as set out above, it is agreed that Your compensation for this failure will be limited to the amounts set out in the Refunds & Credits Section below.

5. Technical Support
Technical support and troubleshooting for reported issues that are directly related to Amicus Cloud is included as part of Your Amicus Cloud subscription, as provided in this Paragraph, so long as the version of Amicus Cloud You are using was released in the twelve (12) months preceding the request for support. CARET shall not be obligated to provide technical support or to cure issues regarding third-party applications, customizations, integrations with third-party applications, internet or local network connectivity, Your local infrastructure or workstations, or issues caused by Your users, agents, or other technology providers. Included with Your Amicus Cloud subscription is access to CARET standard technical support, during Technical Support business hours for each product, located within the FAQ section of the Amicus Cloud Knowledge Base found at https://getcaret.com/support/. Depending on the nature of the reported technical issue, CARET may initiate further troubleshooting efforts, which may include support via the live chat feature, responding via e-mail to a support ticket created by You, or in certain cases providing direct phone support, remote screen-sharing, and/or direct access into Your database, files, software or environment, as well as CARET taking screen grabs of Your Users’ screens, adding and/or deleting records (solely for the purpose of diagnosing and correcting the reported issue(s)).  Any support response or combination thereof shall be provided in CARET’ sole discretion.  By requesting support, You shall be deemed to have granted CARET, its Affiliates and agents permission to utilize any and all methods of support listed in this Paragraph.

6. Privacy
The privacy of Your data is of the utmost importance to us. We are aware that You are probably a lawyer or work in a law firm and that You have significant attorney-client confidentiality obligations. We will endeavor to support You in those when You are using Amicus Cloud.

The details of how we protect Your privacy are set out in CARET’s Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated in this agreement by reference.

You agree to the treatment of information as set out in CARET’s Privacy Policy.

7. Data Security
CARET has implemented generally accepted industry standard systems and procedures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the data that You store in Amicus Cloud (“Your Data”), to protect against anticipated threats or dangers to the security or integrity of Your Data, and to protect against unauthorized access to or use of Your Data.

The principal storage of Your Data will be in secure facilities operated by Microsoft® Corporation (“Microsoft”) in the United States.

CARET has a contractual relationship with Microsoft as a 3rd party cloud hosting provider for the operation of Amicus Cloud, including the secure storage and
transmission of Your Data. CARET may change its 3rd party cloud hosting provider or the location at which Your Data is stored at its sole discretion.

Your Data is stored in protected format and is 256-bit encrypted during transmission from its storage facility to You when You access it.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use reasonable means to protect Your Data, CARET cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Neither CARET (including any of its employees or agents) nor anyone acting on its behalf will access Your Data in a manner in which it is intelligible or recognizable, unless: 

If CARET is served with a legal request to produce or disclose any of Your Data (such as by subpoena, search warrant or court order), we will endeavor to notify You of the disclosure request so as to provide You with the opportunity to intervene, unless we are prohibited from doing so by law. 

Your Data is stored in a separate database and is not merged with the data of any other customer of Amicus Cloud. 

Amicus Cloud operates and Your Data is stored on redundant servers for each component of the system, so that if any server goes down, another server steps in to provide the same functionality. In addition, the entire system is mirrored to a second geographical location, so that should the primary location suffer a total physical catastrophe, You can continue to use Amicus Cloud. 

While all these steps provide You with a tremendous amount of security in Your Data, You acknowledge that You are also responsible for taking reasonable steps to access Your Data in a manner that protects its security. This includes that You are responsible for using secure Internet connections and recognize that unsecure connections (for example public hotspots) are more open to malicious interception.

8. Ownership of Data
Unless You store in Amicus Cloud data that was previously or otherwise owned by CARET, CARET claims no ownership rights whatsoever (by express or implied lien, operation of law, or otherwise) in Your Data. However, access to and availability of Your Data in Amicus Cloud is at all times completely subject to the terms of this Agreement.

9. Data Backup 
Your data is duplicated by Amicus Cloud on a constant basis. Amicus Cloud leverages the Microsoft Azure backup options to offer point-in-time restore capabilities for Your data. Your data will be stored in US-based data centers. 

If You want to export Your data out of the system at any time, CARET recommends running the various Amicus Cloud built-in reports as an efficient means to do so. 

Should you wish to take Your data with You upon termination of Your subscription, You should contact the CARET support team for assistance.

10. Processing of Personal Data
CARET is and will at all times remain a “Processor” with regard to Your Data provided by You to CARET in connection with the performance of any obligations under the Amicus Cloud Terms of Service, Subscription and License Agreement. CARET is responsible for compliance with its obligations as a Processor under Applicable Data Protections Law. 
Our obligations as a Processor and Your obligations as a “Controller” are set forth in detail in the Data Processing Addendum in Section 33.

11. Security of Passwords 
The password that You use to access Amicus Cloud is a critical part of the security for Your Data. You are entirely responsible for establishing a secure password and protecting its confidentiality. 

You agree that You will use best practices in creating a unique password, changing it frequently and keeping it confidential. Your password should be long, with a combination of characters, numbers, upper and lower case. 

If You become aware of any unauthorized use of Your password or of Your Amicus Cloud account, or any suspicion that Your password has been lost, stolen, compromised or misused, You agree to immediately notify CARET. 

CARET shall not be liable for any loss that You incur as a result of someone else using Your password, either with or without Your knowledge. You will indemnify CARET and its employees, officers, directors, and affiliated companies, for all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses resulting from such use.

12. Responsibility For Your Account 
You are responsible for any and all activities that occur under Your login or Amicus Cloud account. 

You are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of personal information provided to Amicus Cloud in connection with Your subscription. 

You are responsible for all information, data, text, or other materials that 

You put into Amicus Cloud, and for any intellectual property or other liability issues connected to Your use or storage of that information. 

You agree that Your login may only be used by one person. 

You may not use the account, username, or password of someone else. 

The person or firm in whose name the account is activated is ultimately responsible for all use of the account, all actions of the users of that account and all the data uploaded to the account. 

13. Modifications 
CARET encourages and welcomes Your suggestions for the improvement of Amicus Cloud, and thanks You for all of Your ideas. You agree that in making those suggestions You recognize that CARET is not obligated to compensate You for them, and that any intellectual property in them passes to CARET. You also commit that, in providing CARET with any such suggestions, You are not infringing anyone else’s intellectual property, and will indemnify CARET and its employees, officers, directors, and affiliated companies, for all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses should it ever be held liable for using Your suggestions. 

CARET may from time to time modify Amicus Cloud by adding or removing features or functionality or changing their behavior. These modifications can be made with or without notification to You. 

Your continued use of Amicus Cloud after any such modifications constitutes acceptance of the modified version and agreement to use it under the terms of this agreement.

14. Payment 
There is no charge for using Amicus Cloud for the first 14 days (the “14-day free trial period”). 

If You do not provide Your credit card details to CARET within the 14-day free trial period, Your account will be suspended after the 14 days and can only be reactivated by submitting Your credit card information. If You do not do so within 5 further days, all data that You entered during the 14-day free trial period will be irrevocably destroyed. 

You agree that to continue to use Amicus Cloud after the 14-day free trial period, You will pay a service fee for each month that You have a valid login to use Amicus Cloud (the “Service Fee”). 

You agree to pay the Service Fee on a periodic subscription basis in advance of the period to which it applies. 

The service provided in this agreement is effective upon Your payment of the Service Fee, shall continue for a period of one month or one year (depending on the fee paid), and shall renew for a further period upon each payment of the Service Fee. 

Payment of the Service Fee is made by providing a valid credit card in the place provided for this in Amicus Cloud. 

This payment is due on the monthly or annual anniversary of the first date on which You provide Your credit card details. 

CARET does not keep or store Your credit card information in any way. CARET passes this information in a secure format to a qualified merchant bank. That bank will validate Your credit card, and then charge the Service Fee to it each period during the currency of Your subscription. You agree that CARET may share Your credit card and related billing information with that merchant bank for that purpose as described. 

You agree that Your credit card may be charged monthly or annually in the amount of the Service Fee every period until You notify CARET that (a) You wish to terminate this agreement in accordance with the Section on Termination below, or (b) You wish to use a different credit card for subsequent payments. 

You are responsible for keeping Your credit card information up to date. As changes to Your credit card occur, You can easily enter them in the place provided in Amicus Cloud. 

You agree that if for any reason Your credit card fails to be successfully processed in payment for Your Amicus Cloud subscription, after notification to You, your ability to log into or use Amicus Cloud will be suspended until the payment is made. If payment does not resume within 28 days of its failure date, this agreement will be terminated, as more fully described in the Section on Termination below. 

The Service Fee shall be as set out in the Pricing Section of the Amicus Cloud web site. CARET may change the Service Fee for the immediately subsequent period at any time at its sole discretion, provided it notifies You of any such change in advance. Upon receiving such a notification, You have the option of continuing Your subscription or cancelling it. Continuing to use Amicus Cloud after receiving a notification of a price change constitutes Your agreement to the new pricing for such subsequent month. 

The Service Fee does not include any federal, state, provincial or local sales, use, value added or similar taxes, including those taxes commonly known as the GST/HST and the Quebec Sales Tax (collectively, “Sales Taxes”). If CARET is required by law or the administration thereof to collect any Sales Taxes from You, then You shall pay such Sales Taxes to CARET concurrent with the payment upon which the Sales Taxes are calculated. If CARET is not required by law or the administration thereof to collect applicable Sales Taxes from You, then You shall be solely responsible for reporting and remitting such Sales Taxes to the appropriate governmental authority. 

You agree that if the total data stored in Amicus Cloud by You exceeds 10 GB
per licensed user, additional charges will apply.

Any accrued but unpaid Service Fees may accrue late charges at the rate of 1% of the balance per month, or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower, and You give CARET permission to charge Your account for such accrued and unpaid fees at any time on or after they have accrued. You shall be liable for all costs of collection incurred by CARET including, collection agency fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, and court costs if You fail to comply with the payment obligations set forth herein.

15. Adding Users 
The Amicus Cloud service is based on an enterprise license, for a specified number of users. 

During the 14-day free trial period You may add as many users to Your Amicus Cloud subscription as You like. 

However, once the Service Fee becomes payable for using Amicus Cloud, it is payable for each person who is using Amicus Cloud in Your firm. 

Each person who uses or logs into Amicus Cloud in Your firm will be provided with their own separate service, and therefore will require their own separate log-in to be added to the license, to be supported by the Service Fee for each of the services. This applies whether the people who are using it do so simultaneously or not, and whether they use the same login ID or not. 

Any new users that are added to Your firm after Your subscription is on a payment basis must pay the Service Fee immediately, without a further free trial period. 

The person who provides the credit card is responsible for the Service Fees for all users in that firm. 

You agree that from time to time CARET may audit Your compliance with the above terms. Upon prior written notice, CARET or its authorized representative may conduct an audit of Your users. Such audit may be conducted remotely. Upon completion of the audit, where CARET determines that You are using or have used Amicus Cloud in an unauthorized fashion (e.g. exceeding the allotted number of Users), then You acknowledge and agree that a fee increase will apply at then-current list prices on Your Amicus Cloud subscription, effective immediately. 

16. Amicus Hosted Exchange 
Amicus Cloud Hosted Exchange is the hosted Microsoft Exchange® service that is offered as an optional companion product to Amicus Cloud. 

Your use of Amicus Hosted Exchange is governed by the terms of this agreement. 

In addition, there are two separate documents that contain specific terms relating to the Amicus Hosted Exchange service, and the protection of certain third-party rights in that service. These are the Amicus Hosted Exchange Master Service Agreement (MSA), and the Amicus Hosted Exchange Service Level Agreement (SLA). These documents are linked to their names in this paragraph and can be read by clicking on those links. 

You agree that you have clicked on those links and read those agreements in full, the terms of which are incorporated into this agreement by reference if you have subscribed to Amicus Hosted Exchange. 

If you have subscribed to Amicus Hosted Exchange, You agree that you are bound by the terms in those documents. 

Should the terms of those agreements be inconsistent in any way with the rest of this main agreement, the terms of the specific Amicus Hosted Exchange agreements prevail.

17. Abacus Payment Exchange (“APX”)
Client may have the option to use Abacus Payment Exchange (“APX”) which is a payment processing service made accessible in select CARET software products or services that is provided by either Vantage Card Services, Inc. (“Vantage”) via APX 1.0 or Payrix Solutions, LLC (“Payrix”) via APX 2.0, and is otherwise governed by all terms and policies set forth respectively by either Vantage or Payrix (as applicable). In order to use APX, Client must accept the applicable Vantage or Payrix governing terms, and any additional terms related to CARET as set forth in the on-boarding process. CARET DOES NOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR FUNCTIONALITY OF APX. APX (1.0 and/or 2.0) may not be available to certain customers or products.  
APX 2.0 (which is a payment processing service provided by Payrix, LLC) is not available in Amicus Cloud.

18. Court Rules (“CR”) 
Client may purchase a license to use specific sets of preconfigured calendaring work flows designed to expedite calendaring of court and procedural events within Amicus Cloud, which are specific to certain jurisdictions and subject matters. 

19. Refunds & Credits 
If CARET fails to maintain the uptime guarantee (as described above), You will be entitled to a credit on the following basis: 

Credits for lack of availability are limited to the total amount of Service Fees paid by You to CARET for the month in which CARET fails to comply with the uptime guarantee. 

To receive credits, You must submit a request for credits to CARET by email or other written communication within 10 business days of resolution of the service unavailability incident for which credits are requested. 

Apart from the above credits for the uptime guarantee, You agree that there will be no refunds or credits of Service Fees once they have been paid to CARET. This includes no refunds for partial months of Your subscription if You terminate this agreement partway through a billing month, or for future unused months if You have prepaid for multiple months, and no refunds for months in which You have a paid subscription but have never used Amicus Cloud. 

If You reduce the number of licensed users in Your firm’s subscription, the corresponding reduction in Your Service Fees will take effect in the next billing period after You make the reduction. You may have to reenter Your credit card for this reduction to take effect.

20. Cancellation & Termination 
Your subscription will continue, and Your credit card will continue to be charged until You cancel Your subscription. You are responsible for cancelling Your own subscription. 

You may cancel Your subscription at any time by logging into Amicus Cloud, going to the Licensing Section of the Options that are found at the top of the screen, and following the instructions there. 

There are no charges for cancelling a subscription. Subscriptions cancelled prior to the end of the current billing period will not be charged again in the following billing period. 

On the cancellation or termination of Your subscription all login IDs and passwords issued to You to access Amicus Cloud will be deactivated upon the end of the current billing period and thereafter You will no longer be able to use it. 

CARET has the right in its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the service, including Your license, without notice to You if in good faith CARET believes You have failed to comply with any of the terms of this agreement, including if You fail to pay the required Service Fee. Any such termination by CARET shall be in addition to and without prejudice to such other legal rights and remedies as may be available, including injunction and other equitable remedies. CARET may terminate Your Amicus Cloud subscription for any reason by providing thirty (30) days’ Notice of termination. In the event of Termination by CARET under this section, CARET shall refund any unused portion of fees pre-paid by You for Your Amicus Cloud Subscription. 

You expressly agree and acknowledge that upon termination of Your subscription service for any reason (whether terminated by You or by CARET) ALL YOUR DATA IN AMICUS CLOUD (INCLUDING CLIENT FILES, DOCUMENTS, EMAILS AND EVERYTHING), IS SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE DELETION AND IN ALL CASES WILL BE IRREVOCABLY DELETED AND DESTROYED WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 28 DAYS OF TERMINATION. Accordingly, prior to cancelling Your subscription it is extremely important that You plan ahead and remove any of Your Data that You want to use or have access to in the future. 

The CARET support team will provide You with instructions for obtaining a copy of Your Data at any time while Your subscription is valid or will assist You in doing so for an additional fee. 

CARET shall not be liable for any damages resulting from any termination of Your subscription. 

The provisions of Sections 14, 16, 18, 19, 21 to 25 and 27 to 29 herein shall survive any cancellation or termination of this agreement. 

21. Intellectual property in Amicus Cloud 
Amicus Cloud is licensed, not sold, to You. You agree that CARET owns all rights, title and interest, including copyright, patent, trade secret, and all other intellectual property rights (regardless of whether those rights have been registered or otherwise publicly recorded or recognized, and wherever in the world those rights may exist), in Amicus Cloud, related documentation, videos, FAQs, web sites, trade- marks, service marks, logos, domain names, taglines, names and other materials that accompany Amicus Cloud. No title to the intellectual property in Amicus Cloud or these associated materials is transferred to You by this agreement. If You are ever held or deemed to be the owner of any intellectual property rights in Amicus Cloud, then You hereby irrevocably assign to CARET all such rights, title and interest and agree to execute all documents necessary to implement and confirm the letter and intent of this Section. 

Your rights to use Amicus Cloud are subject to and limited by the terms of this agreement. CARET reserves all rights not expressly granted to You in this agreement. This agreement does not grant You any rights to trademarks or service marks of CARET.

22. Eligible Users 
To be eligible to enter into this agreement and become a user of Amicus Cloud, You represent and warrant that You: 

23. Improper Use 
You agree that You will not: 

You agree that You will not violate or attempt to violate any security features of Amicus Cloud, including, (a) accessing content or data not intended for You, or logging into an account that You are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of Amicus Cloud, or any associated system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) using any “bots”, “spiders”, scripts, or other similar devices or processes in connection with Amicus Cloud; (d) interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including by means of submitting a virus to the Amicus Cloud website, overloading, “flooding”, “spamming”, “crashing” or “distributed denial of service” attacks; (e) using Amicus Cloud or Amicus Mail to upload, post, host, or transmit unsolicited email, “Spam”, short message service “SMS” messages, viruses, self-replicating computer programs, “Worms” or any code of a destructive or malicious nature; or (f) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or in any posting using Amicus Cloud or Amicus Mail. 

You agree not to use Amicus Cloud in any manner which may infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of others, or in any manner which is unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or in violation of this agreement

24. Warranties 
Subject to this Section 23, You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of Amicus Cloud is at Your sole risk. CARET does not warrant or make, and expressly disclaims, any representations, covenants or conditions, express or implied, regarding the use or the results of the use of Amicus Cloud or related materials or services in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, suitability for any particular purpose, ability to meet any particular requirements, expectations or otherwise. No oral or written information, representation or advice given by CARET or an CARET representative shall create a warranty or increase the scope of this warranty. You agree that this written warranty supplants and replaces any oral or written warranty You may have otherwise received. 

Except as provided herein, Amicus Cloud and related material are provided “AS IS, AS AVAILABLE AND WITH ALL FAULTS” without warranty or condition of any kind, including the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, non- infringement and fitness for purpose, or any implied representations or warranties arising out of course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade. CARET does not warrant that Amicus Cloud will meet Your requirements, will be compatible with Your computer or related equipment, or software, or that Amicus Cloud and its operation will be accurate, valid, reliable, authentic, current, or complete, or will continue to operate, operate without interruptions or be error-free. In addition, CARET makes no representation, warranty, condition, or covenant that the Amicus Cloud service and software are appropriate or available for use at any location. Accessing the Amicus Cloud service and software from locations where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the Amicus Cloud service and software from locations other than the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. 

IN NO EVENT SHALL CARET BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF USE OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. THIS LIMITATION AND EXCLUSION APPLIES IRRESPECTIVE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND SHALL SURVIVE A FUNDAMENTAL BREACH. IN NO EVENT WILL CARET’S TOTAL AGGREGATE AND CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OF ANY KIND ARISING AS A RESULT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES COVERED BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OR TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF CARET, EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF SUBSCRIPTION FEES ACTUALLY PAID (IF ANY) BY YOU FOR THE SERVICE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM IN THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM. THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF THIS PROVISION IS TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL LIABILITY OF THE PARTIES ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION ARE INTEGRAL TO THE AMOUNT OF FEES CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MAKING THE SERVICE AVAILABLE TO CLIENT AND THAT, WERE CARET TO ASSUME ANY FURTHER LIABILITY OTHER THAN SET FORTH HEREIN, SUCH FEES WOULD OF NECESSITY BE SET SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER. 

CARET is not responsible for problems that may occur as a result of any incompatibility between Amicus Cloud and any other software or hardware. You assume responsibility for the selection of Amicus Cloud to achieve Your intended purposes, for making backups of Your data regularly, and for choosing, maintaining, and matching Your hardware, operating system software and other applications software. CARET cannot guarantee that Amicus Cloud will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, virus-free, error-free or have any errors corrected. CARET is not responsible for any losses that You may suffer, whether foreseeable or not, as a consequence of the use or failure to function of Amicus Cloud, or as a result of any unauthorized access to Amicus Cloud or 3rd party interference with Amicus Cloud, or as a result of any modification to Amicus Cloud, or as a result of the termination of Your license to access Amicus Cloud, including business interruption, lost business, lost billable hours, lost data, fees for third party consulting or services for configuring, customizing or troubleshooting Amicus Cloud, the cost of substitute software or services, or the cost of transitioning to substitute software or services. 

The warranty limitations, disclaimers, and other legal protections applicable to CARET herein may be asserted in full by its employees, officers, directors, and affiliated companies, and each are intended beneficiaries of such protections.

25. Possible Exception 
IN THE EVENT THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION BELOW IS RENDERED UNENFORCEABLE BY A COURT OF LAW AND THE GOVERNING LAW IS SOMETHING OTHER THAN CALIFORNIA, SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN THAT EVENT, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF YOUR FIRST LOGIN TO AMICUS CLOUD. THIS PROVISION GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION. 

26. Remedies
CARET’s entire liability to You or any other party for any claim, demand or action arising from or related to this Agreement or Your use of Amicus Cloud (whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), product liability, patent or copyright infringement or any other theory whatsoever), including the matters set out in Section 15 above, and Your exclusive remedy shall be: (a) refund of the Service Fee that You have paid for Amicus Cloud, for the month preceding the date You notify CARET of any claim, provided You notify CARET of the issue within thirty (30) days of the incident that gives rise to it; and (b) termination of this Subscription and License Agreement. The provisions of this Section and the two Sections above allocate the risks under this Agreement between the parties, and the parties have relied on these limitations in determining whether to enter into this Agreement.

27. Indemnification
You shall indemnify and hold harmless CARET, and its employees, officers, directors, and affiliated companies, from any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees of lawyers and other professionals, and court fees) arising out of or in connection with Your use of Amicus Cloud, whether direct or indirect, including data loss, business interruption, computer “viruses”, intellectual property infringement or issues arising out of communicating data over the Internet. You shall promptly notify CARET of any such claim.

28. Changes to this Agreement 
The terms of this agreement may be changed by CARET in its sole discretion at any time upon notice to You. 

If any changes are made to this agreement by CARET, such changes will: (a) only be applied prospectively; and (b) not be specifically directed against You but will apply to all similarly situated Amicus Cloud customers. 

You may terminate this agreement if any change to this agreement is unacceptable to You, and such termination shall be Your sole remedy for any such changes to the Agreement. 

You agree that, if You continue to use Amicus Cloud after CARET notifies You of any changes to this agreement, You are thereby accepting the revised terms of this agreement. 

No communication by You, whether written or oral, can change the terms of this agreement.

29. Miscellaneous 
You agree that CARET can place messages and other communications to You on the home page of Amicus Cloud. You also agree that CARET may provide You with messages by email, fax or regular mail, and that such communications do not constitute unsolicited mail or breach any “do not communicate” provisions of Your local jurisdiction. 

CARET may assign this Agreement in its entirety to any purchaser of all or substantially all of its business or assets or to any subsidiary or other affiliate of CARET. 

You may not assign this agreement or transfer, export or grant a sub-license of Amicus Cloud or the license contained herein to any other party unless authorized by CARET in writing. 

CARET may use third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run Amicus Cloud. These vendors and partners may use, hold or transfer Your Data outside of The United States and while outside of the United States, Your Data may be subject to access by the regulatory authorities of such jurisdictions, pursuant to the law of such jurisdictions. 

The failure of CARET to enforce any provision of this agreement shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision or of the right to enforce it at a later time. No waiver of any breach of any term of this agreement shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no
waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. 

CARET may provide functionality in Amicus Cloud that facilitates access to third party applications or services. CARET is not responsible for the operation or support of any such third-party applications. Further, Amicus Cloud may include hyperlinks to other websites or resources. CARET may have no control over any applications, services, websites, or information connected to these links. You agree that CARET is not responsible for the availability of any such external applications, services, sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such applications, services, websites or resources. You also agree that CARET is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by You as a result of the availability of those external applications, services, websites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by You on anything contained at these applications, services, websites or resources. 

In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is found to be illegal or unenforceable, this Agreement shall not be rendered inoperative but the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. Amicus Cloud has been designed to work optimally in the environment described within its documentation. Any defects, inconsistencies or issues arising out of operating outside the parameters set forth therein may require You to pay additional technical support costs to CARET to support and/or rectify same, if CARET in its sole discretion chooses to do so. 

Portions of Amicus Cloud are the copyrighted intellectual property of Microsoft. It is agreed that the protections included herein extend equally to Microsoft as they do to CARET and are enforceable by Microsoft. 

This Agreement, including the agreements referenced herein as being incorporated by reference, is the entire agreement between You and CARET pertaining to Your right to use Amicus Cloud and related documentation, and supersedes all prior, collateral or contemporaneous oral or written representations or agreements regarding such subject matter. 

No representations made by resellers, sales agents, marketing materials or otherwise shall apply should they in any way be in conflict with the terms of this Agreement. 

“Including” where used herein shall mean “including without limitation”.
If You are acting on behalf of any unit or agency of the government of the United States of America, You agree that Amicus Cloud is provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government of the U.S.A. is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Software Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19 as applicable. The software was developed exclusively at private expense, no part of it is in the public domain and is an unpublished work. The manufacturer is Abacus Data Systems Canada, Inc. (a subsidiary of Abacus Data Systems, Inc.), 1 Yonge Street, Suite 2000 Toronto, Ontario M5E 1E5 Canada. 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, if You are located in a member state of the European Union, You hereby waive all notices, acknowledgements of receipt and confirmations relative to contracting by electronic means which may be required under Articles 10(1), 10(2), 11(1) and 11(2) of EU Directive 2000/31/EC as implemented in Your jurisdiction in respect of this License Agreement and Your use of Amicus Cloud.

30. Notices 
All notices to You under this agreement shall be deemed duly made if done by: 

All notices to CARET under this Agreement will be deemed given when delivered via e-mail to notice@getcaret.com

31. Disputes and Governing Law 
WHERE PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AND CARET AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY ONLY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. NO ARBITER OR JUDGE MAY CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS UNDER THESE TERMS AGAINST EITHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF BOTH PARTIES. 

These terms and any claim arising out of or in connection thereto (including any non- contractual disputes, acts or omissions, or claims in contract, tort, or otherwise), shall be construed under the laws of the State of California regardless of conflict of law provisions. You and CARET irrevocably consent to the exclusive venue of the state or federal courts in San Diego County, California. Neither party will bring any legal action more than two years after the cause of action arose. You and CARET further agree that as a condition precedent to instituting any legal action, the parties must participate in a non-binding mediation in San Diego, California before a neutral from JAMS, with the parties equally splitting the costs of that mediation. If the parties cannot agree on a JAMS neutral, the neutral shall be selected by JAMS at its sole discretion. The mediation process shall be initiated by the aggrieved party submitting the case for mediation to JAMS directly, after providing the other party with notice of its intent to institute mediation. 

32. Prevailing Party
In the event of any litigation arising out of or related to Your Amicus Cloud Subscription and/or these terms, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the non- prevailing party all costs and expenses associated with such proceedings, including reasonable attorney’s fees. For purposes of this provision, if a matter is filed in any venue other than the venue specified in the Governing Law section, and the matter is dismissed for improper venue, the party that did not file the action shall be deemed the prevailing party in that action.

33. Data Processing Addendum
The Data Processing Addendum set forth at getcaret.com/data-processing-addendum is expressly incorporated into these Terms by reference.