version 12.12.18

We (Schneider GeoSpatial and Schneider GeoSpatial doing business as qPublic and qPublic.net) entered into a written agreement with you to provide certain services.  The agreement provides that these Terms of Service are incorporated into and made a part of the agreement.  We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms of Service upon ten (10) days prior notice to you.  Such notice may be provided by us to you by e-mail.

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A) Your Responsibilities.

To the extent required for us to render services to you, you shall do the following in a timely manner so as not to delay the services: (1) Designate a person to act as your representative with respect to the services. (2) Provide all criteria and full information as to your requirements for the services.  (3) Provide to us all information and data required to complete the services or provide regular remote access to requested databases and IT infrastructure as requested by us. (4) Give prompt written notice to us whenever you observe or otherwise becomes aware of any development that affects the scope or timing of the services, or any defect or nonconformance in the work of us or any of our subcontractors or consultants.

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B) Limitation of Liability and Responsibilities. 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you shall defend indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, demands, suits, causes of action losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including but not limited to attorney’s fees, expert fees and consulting fees, which we may suffer or sustain arising out of, related to or resulting from your acts or omissions. Nothing contained in this paragraph, however, shall be construed to release us from liability for failure to properly perform our duties and responsibilities under the agreement.
 
We shall perform the services in a manner consistent with the level of care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of the profession currently providing similar services under similar circumstances. Our standard of care should not be construed as a warranty, either express or implied, of the services, as we make no guarantee or warranty, express or implied, in fact, or by law, or otherwise concerning the services. You shall not hold us liable for damages or delays in performance caused by events beyond our control, including, but not limited to weather, information acquisition, and communications.
 
Further, in recognition of the relative risks and benefits of the services to both you and us, the risks have been allocated such that you and we knowingly and willingly agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that our total liability to you, with respect to any acts or omissions by us, our subcontractors or consultants including, but not limited to, breach of the agreement, breach of warranty (whether express or implied), negligence or any other legal theory, shall not exceed $50,000, the cost to cure the omission or deficiency, or the total compensation received by us for the services rendered pursuant to the agreement, whichever is less. This limitation of liability is a material inducement to us to enter into the agreement. In no event shall either you or we be liable to the other for any consequential, incidental, special, indirect or punitive damages arising out of the performance of the agreement.

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C) Insurance Coverage.

We shall, at our own expense, maintain in effect during the term of the agreement, the following insurance with limits as shown or greater:
 
General Liability – (including automobile) combined single limit of $1,000,000.00
Worker’s Compensation – statutory limit; and
Professional Liability – for protection against claims arising out of the performance of professional services caused by negligent error, omission, and/or act in the amount of $2,000,000.00 per claim and $4,000,000.00 in aggregate.
 
We shall provide Certificates of Insurance indicating the aforesaid coverage upon your request.

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D) Computer Files. 

This paragraph sets forth the terms and conditions relating to the provision by us of any and all electronic media or computer readable information, including software, databases, and information compilations (hereafter “Computer Files”) in connection with the services provided by us to you. Geographic Data Layers and other data converted from your source documents are considered your property (“Raw Data”).

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1. You acknowledge that the Computer Files are protected by trade secret, copyright, and other proprietary rights, and title and ownership of these rights and in the Computer Files remain with us. We retain all rights to the software, methodologies, and procedures utilized or developed by us in rendering our services for you. We license you to use the Computer Files in the manner set forth in the agreement, but we reserve any and all rights not expressly granted. The Computer Files may not be used by you for purposes beyond those set forth in the agreement, and we reserve the right to revoke the license if, in good faith, we deem that such use has or will occur.

2. To the extent the Computer Files include any trade secret or other confidential information of yours, we agree to keep such information confidential. We are otherwise free to use the Computer Files (including the Raw Data) and other related materials in other projects for you, for our business purposes, or for third parties unless a restriction is set forth in the agreement.  Unless otherwise prohibited, we may also include your organization's status as our client in our marketing materials.

3. The Computer Files shall be used only by you or those third parties expressly contemplated in the agreement and the license granted hereunder does not include the right for you to sublicense.

4. You acknowledge that certain Computer Files or parts thereof may be subject to third-party licenses and thereby subject to use restrictions under those licenses. You agree that any act or omission by you in violation of the aforementioned licenses shall constitute a breach of the agreement. Except to the extent required by the use(s) expressly set forth in the agreement, you may not alter, modify or adapt the Computer Files or any part thereof; or translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works of the Computer Files or any part thereof, or remove or modify any proprietary markings, certifications or restrictive legends physically or electronically placed on the Computer Files. Further, you shall not make any copies of CD’s and/or DVD’s provided by us under the agreement as such creation or distribution of additional copies may violate certain third-party licenses to which we are a party. In the event that your acts or omissions violate any third party license agreement to which any Computer File or any part thereof is subject, you shall indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, causes of action, losses, damages costs and expenses, including but not limited to attorney’s fees, brought against us for damages alleged or suffered as a result of such acts or omissions by you.

5. We shall have no liability or responsibility for problems with the Computer Files caused by misuse, improper installation, alteration or modification by you or for problems arising out of the malfunction of your equipment or other software not supplied by us. You acknowledge that the Computer Files may include features limiting their operability beyond the scope of the license, and we shall be entitled to use self-help, including electronic means, to prevent the use of the Computer Files beyond their licensed scope. You acknowledge that we are not liable or responsible for information on the Computer Files that may become outdated with time.

6. The Computer Files may not identically conform to corresponding information provided in hard copy, and we do not warrant the accuracy of the information contained in the Computer Files. 

7. To the fullest extent allowed by law, and except for the warranties expressly stated herein, the Computer Files are provided “as is”, and we disclaim all other warranties, terms or conditions, express or implied, either in fact or by operation of law, statutory or otherwise, including warranties, terms or conditions regarding merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and satisfactory quality.

8. To the extent we access your computer systems using ETL software including but not limited to Venturi, we agree as follows: (1) to not extract your confidential information or any other information that is not reasonably necessary for us to prepare the Computer Files or otherwise perform services for you; and (11) to conduct read-only access and not overwrite your data.

9. We shall not be liable to you for any incidental, special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages of any character concerning the Computer Files, including without limitation, damages for: loss of business or goodwill, work stoppage, loss of information or data, loss of revenue or profit, computer failure, or other financial loss arising out of or in connection with the installation, maintenance, use, performance or failure of the Computer Files, regardless of the legal theory asserted, whether based on breach of contract, breach of warranty (either express or implied), tort (including negligence), product liability, or otherwise, and even if you have been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose. 

 

E) Portal Hosting and Maintenance.

We shall host and maintain of the above described portal for the term of this Agreement.

Our web data server environment includes a redundant/fail over power system, multiple power sources and long-term generator power, and multiple entry points for Internet bandwidth from different providers for increased reliability. Services include automated transfer of data updates, mutually agreed upon website improvements and modifications, and regular functionality enhancements through the web hosting period. Services related to connecting to new versions of existing third-party databases and services related to connecting to new databases in the event of a change in third party providers are not covered by this Agreement. we will also maintain website usage statistics which can be viewed by your staff through an interface.  Certain onsite hardware and software configurations may require additional third-party software (not included in this Agreement). The update feature requires you to maintain a dedicated high-speed Internet access. Services also include monitoring of our web servers on a 24/7 basis; however, because of infrastructure issues beyond the control of our staff, web services are not guaranteed to be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.