Terms of use
1. About us
1.1 Company details. Keeps ehf. (reg. No. 4501231610) (“we”) is a company registered in Iceland and our registered office is at Sidumuli 35, 108 Reykjavik Iceland. We operate our website under the domain names keeps.is, keepscms.com, keepscms.is and keepscms.co.
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1.2 Contacting us. To contact us, email us at info@keeps.is.
2. Our contract with you
2.1 Our contract. This Subscription Agreement applies to the subscription by you and supply of Services by us to you (the “Agreement”). It applies to the exclusion of any other terms that you seek to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by law, trade custom, practice, or course of dealing.
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2.2 Entire agreement. The Agreement is the entire agreement between you and us in relation to its subject matter. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation or assurance or warranty that is not set out in the Agreement.
3. Placing an order and its acceptance
3.1 Placing your order. Please follow the onscreen prompts to place your order. You may only submit an order using the method set out on the site. Each order is an offer by you to buy the services specified in the order (the “Services”) subject to the Agreement.
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3.2 Acknowledging receipt of your order. After you place your order, you will receive an email from us acknowledging that we have received it, but please note that this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Our acceptance of your order will take place as described in clause 3.3.
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3.3 Accepting your order. Our acceptance of your order takes place when we send an email to you to accept it (the “Order Confirmation”), at which point and on which date (the “Commencement Date”) the Agreement between you and us will come into existence. The Agreement will relate only to those Services confirmed in the Order Confirmation.
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3.4 If we cannot accept your order. If we are unable to supply you with the Services for any reason, we will inform you of this by email and we will not process your order. If you have already paid for the Services, we will refund you the full amount.
4. Fees
4.1 In consideration of us providing the Services you must pay our charges (the “Charges”) in accordance with this clause.
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4.2 The Charges are the prices quoted on our site at the time you submit your order.
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4.3 If you wish to change the scope of the Services after we accept your order, and we agree to such change, we will modify the Charges accordingly.
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4.4 We reserve the right to increase the Charges on an annual basis with effect from each anniversary of the Commencement Date.
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4.5 Our Charges are exclusive of VAT. Where VAT is payable in respect of some or all of the Services you must pay us such additional amounts in respect of VAT, at the applicable rate, at the same time as you pay the Charges.
5. How to pay
5.1 Payment for the Services is yearly in advance. We will take your first payment upon acceptance of your order and will take subsequent payments yearly in advance.
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5.2 You can pay for the Services using a debit card or credit card or by making a bank transfer, as the case may be.
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5.3 We will send you an electronic invoice upon receipt of payment.
6. Your responsibility
6.1 You are solely responsible for any materials that you upload and otherwise use in connection with the Services.
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6.2 You hereby confirm that any materials that you upload and otherwise use in connection with the Services do not violate any laws and/or any rights of any third parties.
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6.3 You hereby confirm that you will indemnify and hold us harmless against any and all claims made by any third party against us in connection with the materials that you upload and otherwise use in connection with the Services.
7. Intellectual property rights
7.1 All intellectual property rights in or arising out of or in connection with the Services (other than intellectual property rights in any materials provided by you) will be owned by us.
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7.2 We agree to grant you a fully paid-up, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to copy the deliverables specified in your order (excluding materials provided you) for the purpose of receiving and using the Services and such deliverables in your business. You may not sub-license, assign or otherwise transfer the rights granted in this clause 7.2.
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7.3 You agree to grant us a fully paid-up, non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable licence to copy and modify any materials provided by you to us for the term of the Agreement for the purpose of providing the Services to you.
8. How we may use your personal information
8.1 We will use any personal information you provide to us to:
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(a) provide the Services;
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(b) process your payment for the Services; and
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(c) inform you about similar services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us.
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8.2 We will process your personal information in accordance with our data protection policy, the terms of which are incorporated into this Contract.
9. Limitation of liability
9.1 We will not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Agreement for:
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(a) loss of profits;
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(b) loss of sales or business;
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(c) loss of agreements or contracts;
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(d) loss of anticipated savings;
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(e) loss of use or corruption of software, data or information;
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(f) loss of or damage to goodwill; and
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(g) any indirect or consequential loss.
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9.2 Our total liability to you arising under or in connection with the Agreement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, will be limited to the total Charges paid under the Agreement for the year where the relevant liability event(s) take(s) place.
10. Confidentiality
10.1 We each undertake that we will not at any time disclose to any person any confidential information concerning one another's business, affairs, customers, clients or suppliers, except as permitted by clause 10.2.
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10.2 We each may disclose the other’s confidential information:
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(a) to such of our respective employees, officers, representatives, subcontractors or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of exercising our respective rights or carrying out our respective obligations under the Agreement. We will each ensure that such employees, officers, representatives, subcontractors or advisers comply with this clause 10; and
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(b) as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.
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10.3 Each of us may only use the other's confidential information for the purpose of fulfilling our respective obligations under the Agreement.
11. Termination
11.1 Without limiting any of our other rights, we may suspend the performance of the Services, or terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by giving written notice to you if:
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(a) you commit a material breach of any term of the Agreement;
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(b) you fail to pay any amount due under the Agreement on the due date for payment;
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(c) you suspend, threaten to suspend, cease or threaten to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of your business; or
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(d) your financial position deteriorates to such an extent that in our opinion your capability to adequately fulfil your obligations under the Agreement has been placed in jeopardy.
11.2 Upon termination of the Agreement for any reason, all materials used by you in relation to the Services will be deleted from our systems and from any relevant third-party sites.
12. Events outside our control
12.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under the Agreement that is caused by any act or event beyond our reasonable control (an “Event Outside Our Control”).
12.2 If an Event Outside Our Control takes place that affects the performance of our obligations under the Agreement:
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(a) we will contact you as soon as reasonably possible to notify you; and
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(b) our obligations under the Agreement will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of the Event Outside Our Control. We will arrange a new date for performance of the Services with you after the Event Outside Our Control is over.
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12.3 You may cancel the Agreement affected by an Event Outside Our Control which has continued for more than 60] days. To cancel please contact us.
13. Non-solicitation
You must not attempt to procure services that are competitive with the Services from any of our directors, employees or consultants, whether as an employee or on a freelance basis, during the period that we are providing the Services to you.
14. General
14.1 Assignment and transfer
(a) we may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under the Agreement to another entity.
(b) you may only assign or transfer your rights or your obligations under the Agreement to another person if we agree in writing.
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14.2 Variation. Any variation of the Agreement only has effect if it is in writing and signed by you and us (or our respective authorised representatives).
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14.3 Waiver. If we do not insist that you perform any of your obligations under the Agreement, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you or that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive any rights, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any right related to any later default by you.
14.4 Severance. Each paragraph of the Agreement operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them is unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
14.5 Third party rights. The Agreement is between you and us. No other person has any rights to enforce any of its terms.
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14.6 Governing law and jurisdiction. The Agreement is governed by Icelandic law. The parties irrevocably agree to submit all disputes arising out of or in connection with the Agreement to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Icelandic courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we shall be entitled to issue legal proceedings in any other competent jurisdiction.