General Terms and Conditions

These General Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) combined with all Orders (as defined below) and any other terms incorporated herein by reference, together comprise the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereto (collectively the “Agreement”) and  govern Customer’s access and use of UserTesting’s Products and Services, as such terms are defined below. “UserTesting” means the UserTesting entity providing Products or Services to the Customer (and thus the entity or entities with all rights and obligations with respect to those Products or Services). “Customer” means the client, customer or subscriber agreeing to or accepting these terms.

 

 

 

1.         OVERVIEW.

UserTesting has developed certain proprietary software applications, including web-based, self-service digital user testing and customer experience measurement solutions (“Products”) and services (“Services”). These Products and Services enable customers to create, develop, or manage test plans, define audiences, and conduct tests (“Tests”) to solicit feedback from individuals for Customer’s internal business use only (“Purpose”), and to generate content from Tests, including but not limited to Recordings, derivatives thereof, content generated from Recordings, and reports and information about Tests (“Output”).

 

2.         CONTRIBUTORS

   2.1.         Contributors. Certain Products facilitate the participation of individuals (“Contributors”) in Tests.

   2.2.         Disclaimer. NONE OF USERTESTING, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS ENDORSE ANY CONTRIBUTOR OR ANY OUTPUT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OPINION, RECOMMENDATION OR ADVICE EXPRESSED BY ANY CONTRIBUTOR). USERTESTING EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS’ ACTS OR OMISSIONS, AND FOR THE CONTENT AND ACCURACY OF THE OUTPUT. CUSTOMER’S USE OF, OR RELIANCE, ON CONTRIBUTORS OR ANY OUTPUT IS AT ITS OWN RISK AND CUSTOMER IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DECISIONS MADE BASED ON SUCH INFORMATION.

3.         ORDER PROCESS.

   3.1.         UserTesting Orders. To order Products or Services from UserTesting, Customer may (1) execute an order (“Order”) with UserTesting or (2) subscribe online, in which case, the terms and limitations of access otherwise included in an Order will be those defined on UserTesting’s website. An Affiliate of Customer may enter into an Order, and by doing so agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if it were an original party to this Agreement, and both Customer and Affiliate will be considered the “Customer” for the purposes of obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement. “Affiliate” means any business entity that owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interest in a party, or otherwise directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, for as long as such party remains controlled by or is under common control with Customer.

   3.3.         Free Trials. UserTesting may provide Customer with access to Products and any related Services as part of a free version trial (“Trial”).

 

4.         PRODUCT LICENSE AND USERS.

   4.1.         License. Subject to these Terms and the applicable Order, UserTesting grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferrable, non-sublicensable, right to access and/ or use the Products solely for the Purpose during the Subscription Term.

   4.2.         Workgroup License. Except as provided in Section 4.3, UserTesting shall grant Customer’s named internal business group or team (“Workgroup”), as specified in the applicable Order, a license to use the Products and Services.

   4.3.         Seat-Based License. Where no Workgroup is referenced or where Workgroup is designated N/A, Customer shall be granted a license to use the products included in such Order on a seat basis, and each seat shall be used exclusively by the individual User assigned (as defined below) in accordance with Section 5.3 below.

   4.4.         Agency License. Unless otherwise provided for in a separate Order executed in writing between the parties, Customer may not use the Products and Services on behalf of a third party (“End Client”), unless the parties enter into an Order form specifically allowing use of the Products for End Client and in all such cases only if  provided that (i) Customer provides UserTesting with the name of the End Client prior to the beginning of the relevant Term (as stated on the applicable Order); (ii) such End Client is designated as the Workgroup name or End Client on the applicable Order; (ii) Customer represents and warrants that  use of the Products and Services under the applicable Order shall be solely on behalf of and for the benefit of such End Client; and (iii) Customer shall ensure that any and all Output in connection with such use of the Products and Services shall be shared only with such End Client, and not with any other third party.

   4.5.         Data Retention. The Products includes a feature that allows Customer to download Customer Property during the applicable Subscription Term. After expiration or termination of the relevant Order, UserTesting will retain Customer Property for at least: ninety (90) days in relation to the UserZoom platform; or thirty (30) days in relation to the UserZoom Go and/or UserTesting platform; or up to 2 months in relation to the EnjoyHQ platform (please refer to here); (“Retention Period”) and, upon Customer’s written request during this Retention Period, will make available for download Customer Property and Output to Customer.

   4.6.         Benchmarking Reports. If applicable to the Products, reports may be furnished by UserTesting in connection with its provision of competitive benchmarking services (“Benchmarking Reports”), such Benchmarking Reports are UserTesting’s proprietary and confidential information. Upon Customer’s purchase of the Benchmarking Report, UserTesting grants Customer a license to use this Benchmarking Report solely for the purpose of disseminating information only within the relevant Workgroup. Customer may not distribute, resell, or permit access to the Benchmarking Report by any third parties. Any and all intellectual property rights in this document shall remain vested in UserTesting at all times.

   4.7.         Changes. During a Subscription Term, the Products, including versions, applications or features contained therein, may change from time to time, provided such changes will not materially degrade the functionality of the Products. Certain Products may be updated from time to time as necessary to address bug fixes, patches, or for maintenance releases or other similar updates as required for Product maintenance.

 

5.         CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES.

   5.1.         No Reverse Engineering. Customer shall not, and shall not permit any third party to: (i) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discern the source code, underlying ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interface protocols of the Products; or (ii) modify or create derivative works from the Products; (iii) introduce into the Products any virus, worm, “back door,” Trojan Horse, or similar harmful code; or (iv) copy or “frame” the Products or any part, feature, function or user interface associated with the Products.

   5.2.         Product Usage. Customer will (a) be responsible for Users’ compliance with the Agreement, (b) be responsible for the accuracy, quality and legality of Customer Property, the means by which Customer acquired Customer Property, Customer’s use of Customer Property, (c) prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Products and notify UserTesting promptly of any such unauthorized access or use, (d) be responsible for all activities and charges incurred through its User Account and (e) use the Products only in accordance with the Agreement, UserTesting’s Content Policy and applicable laws and government regulations. Customer understands and agrees that UserTesting may monitor all use of the Products for security, operational, improvement, reporting  and performance purposes, including but not limited to sharing metrics about Customer’s and Users’ use of the Products with third parties who produce reports for Customer, provided such third parties: i) are provided only the metrics necessary to produce the report(s), and (ii)  are bound by confidentiality terms substantially similar to those in this Agreement.

   5.3.         Customer Users. To obtain access to and use of the Products, Customer must register individual accounts (each a “User Account”). Unless otherwise expressly permitted in an Order or product specific terms, each User Account must be assigned to a named employee, agent or independent contractor of Customer (each, a “User”) and may not be used by more than one individual. Customer may re-assign User Accounts; provided that Customer may not re-assign User Accounts for the purpose of defeating the limit on User Accounts set forth in an applicable Order.

   5.4.         Restrictions. Customer shall not do any of the following (each a “Restricted Activity”):

 

6.         INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

   6.1.         UserTesting Property. As between the parties, all rights, title and interest in the: (a) Products and Services; (b) any other UserTesting products or offerings; (c) any pre-existing intellectual property and related rights of UserTesting that are used in performance of UserTesting’s obligations under an Order; (d) Analyses; and (e) any modifications, derivative works or updated versions of the foregoing (“UserTesting Property”) shall remain the exclusive and confidential property of UserTesting and/ or its licensors from whom UserTesting has obtained the appropriate rights. No right or license is granted or implied under this Agreement in relation to any UserTesting Property beyond the rights, and subject always to the restrictions, expressly set forth in these Terms.

   6.2.         Ownership of Output. In consideration of Customer fulfilling its obligations under the Agreement and upon receipt of payment of any Fees which may be due under all relevant Orders, UserTesting assigns all right, title and interest it holds in the copyright in and to the Output generated during the relevant Subscription Term to Customer.

   6.3.         Customer Property. As between the parties, all rights, title and interest in (i) any and all data, files, attachments, text, images, and other content that the Customer or its Users upload or input to the Products and (ii) subject to Section 6.2, the Tests and Output (collectively hereinafter referred to as “Customer Property”) remains the confidential and exclusive property of Customer and/or its licensors from whom Customer has obtained the appropriate rights. No right or license is granted or implied under this Agreement in relation to any Customer Property beyond the rights, and subject always to the restrictions, expressly set forth in these Terms. Customer represents, warrants and undertakes that it has, and shall maintain for the duration of the Agreement, all rights, permissions and consents necessary to: (a) submit Customer Property to UserTesting; (b) disclose and display Customer Property to Customer’s Users and Contributors; and (c) grant UserTesting the rights to use Customer Property set forth in this Agreement.

   6.4.         Feedback and Performance License. Customer hereby grants to UserTesting an irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license to (i) use, copy, and create derivative works of, the Customer Property to perform UserTesting’s obligations under the Agreement and (ii) permit the UserTesting’s Affiliates, subcontractors and service providers to use, copy, and create derivative works of, the Customer Property insofar as such Affiliates, subcontractors and service providers require to do so to fulfill UserTesting’s obligations under the Agreement, and in each of the foregoing instances including but not limited to displaying Customer Property to Contributors and Users. In addition to the foregoing license, Customer hereby grants to UserTesting a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, worldwide license to:

provided that Feedback and Analyses will not identify Customer or Customer Property and will only be used by UserTesting in an anonymized, aggregated manner.

 

 

 

7.         DATA PRIVACY.

   7.2.         Where applicable, the Product may include a feature that allows Customer to record a Contributor’s activity on a web site or application tracked as part of a Test (“Recording”). If Customer collects any personal information from Contributors via a Recording, Customer is responsible for obtaining the necessary consents from and disclosing to Contributors the information that Customer will collect, how Customer will use that information, and make any other disclosures required by the Data Protection Legislation (which may be done within the Products software).

8.         PRICING AND PAYMENT TERMS.

When UserTesting invoices Customer for Fees, Customer shall pay to UserTesting the full amount to the payment address specified on each invoice in accordance with the payment terms set out in the Order. Except as otherwise provided in an Order all invoices are payable net 30 days from the date stated on the invoice.

If any payment due under an invoice is not received by UserTesting by the due date for payment, then in addition to any other rights or remedies available to UserTesting (including suspension), UserTesting may: (i) if such failure to pay is not reasonably disputed in good faith (in which case, both parties agree to work in good faith to resolve such dispute as soon as reasonably possible and Customer must pay the undisputed portion of the invoice) or remedied within 15 days of Customer’s receipt of notice thereof from UserTesting (which may be served via email), temporarily suspend Customer’s access to the Products and provision of the Services until all payments currently due from Customer are received by UserTesting; (ii) charge the Customer interest on such due amounts from the due date for payment until the date such amounts are fully paid, at the greater of (a) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law or (b) 1.5% of the outstanding balance per month; and (iii) engage a third-party collection agency. All reasonable costs and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, court costs and service charges incurred by UserTesting in collecting payment will be paid by Customer.

   8.2.         No Contingencies. Customer agrees that its license purchase of the Products and/or Services is not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features thereof, or dependent on any oral or written comments made by UserTesting regarding such future functionality or features.

   8.3.         Taxes.

(a)     Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, “Taxes” means all sales tax, value added tax and similar point of sale taxes, levies, imposts, dues, duties, fines or other charges of whatsoever nature however imposed by any country or any subdivision or authority thereof in any way connected with the provision of the Products and/ or Services, this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto, except such taxes as are imposed on or measured by a Party’s net income, profits or property.

(b)     Sales Tax. UserTesting reserves the right to invoice for Taxes if required under the applicable taxing jurisdiction unless Customer provides UserTesting with an exemption certificate, proof that Customer has self-assessed or direct pay permit. UserTesting will apply Taxes based upon where the Customer has stated the Product(s) and/ or Service(s) will be used.  Customer will inform UserTesting immediately if such location changes and will be responsible for any additional Taxes due as a result. Payments due to UserTesting under this Agreement shall be increased so that amounts received by UserTesting, after provisions for taxes and all taxes on such increase, will be equal to the amounts required under this Agreement if no Taxes were due on such payments. 

(c)     Withholding Taxes. Amounts payable to UserTesting under the Agreement are payable in full, free and clear and without deduction of, and do not include any and all present and future withholding taxes. Customer shall make all payments under this Agreement without deduction of any withholding taxes unless required by law. If any such deduction of withholding taxes is required, Customer shall pay to UserTesting such additional amount as will ensure that UserTesting receives the same total amount that it would have received if no such deduction of withholding taxes had been required.  Customer shall provide evidence that all applicable withholding taxes have been paid to the appropriate authority by delivering to UserTesting receipts or notarized copies thereof within 30 days after the due date for such payments.

(d)     Tax Indemnity. The Customer shall indemnify UserTesting for the full amount of Taxes attributable to the provision of Products and/ or Services under this Agreement, and any liabilities (including penalties, interest, and expenses) arising from such Taxes, within 30 days from any written demand by UserTesting.

   8.4.         Third Party Payment. If Customer requests a third party billing agent to make payments on its behalf, the relevant purchase order must be issued by the third party billing agent and in the event that payment is not received on time and in full, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Customer shall remain obligated to pay.

 

9.         TERM AND TERMINATION.

   9.1.         Term. The Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and remain in effect until terminated by either party in accordance with these Terms. Upon notice of termination of the Agreement, the Agreement will terminate on the later of (i) the date of termination of the last Order subject to these Terms, or (ii) termination of Customer’s access to the Products or UserTesting’s provision of the Services. ​​UserTesting may accept Orders under this Agreement in its sole discretion.

   9.2.         Subscription Terms. Each Subscription Term begins on the date specified in the relevant Order(s) and shall continue until the expiry set forth therein, unless terminated earlier in accordance with these Terms.

   9.3.         Termination. Either party may terminate these Terms or the applicable Order upon written notice to the other if the other party commits a material breach of its obligations hereunder and the breaching party fails to cure such breach within 30 calendar days following its receipt of written notice specifying the breach (or 15 calendar days in the case of non-payment except where the non-payment is the result of a good faith dispute over the invoice). If Customer validly terminates an Order or the Agreement for breach by UserTesting as set forth in this Section, Customer shall be entitled to receive a refund of any prepaid Fees in an amount prorated to reflect the period of time between the date on the date of termination and the end of the period for which Customer has prepaid for such use.  If UserTesting validly terminates an Order or the Agreement for breach by Customer that remains uncured after 30 calendar days (or 15 calendar days in the case of non-payment, except where the non-payment is the result of a good faith dispute over the invoice), Customer shall pay any and all unpaid fees covering the remainder of the Subscription Term under all impacted Orders, and any and all committed fees under all impacted SOWs.

   9.4.         Suspension. UserTesting may suspend Customer’s (or one or more Users’) access to the Products  or the provision of the Services thirty (30) days after delivery of breach notice to the Customer if the breach is curable, or immediately if: (a) the breach is not curable; or (b) the breach is a violation of Section 5 of these Terms. UserTesting will provide Customer with prompt notice if it suspends any Users’ access to the Products pursuant to this Section and may restore access as soon as reasonably practicable once the cause for suspension is remedied to the UserTesting’s satisfaction. UserTesting will not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from the termination or suspension of (i) Customer’s access to and/ or use of the Products or (ii) delivery of the Services due to Customer’s material breach of the Agreement.

   9.5.         Accrued Rights and Survival. Termination or expiry of this Agreement or any Order made hereunder shall not affect any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination or expiry, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the agreement which existed at or before the date of termination or expiry. Any provision of this agreement that expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of this Agreement, including but not limited to Sections 5 (Customer Responsibilities), 6.4 (Feedback and Performance License), 7 (Data Privacy), 8 (Pricing and Payment Terms), 10 (Confidentiality), 12 (Warranty Disclaimers), 14 (Limitation of Liability), 15.8 (Export Compliance) and 15.10 (Governing Law) shall remain in full force and effect.

 

10.         CONFIDENTIALITY.

 10.1.         Customer Confidential Information. As between Customer and UserTesting, the following information (“Customer Confidential Information”) shall be Confidential Information of Customer: (i) Customer Property, (ii) the Tests and the Output, and (iii) other non-public information regarding Customer’s legal, financial or business affairs.

 10.2.         UserTesting Confidential Information. As between Customer and UserTesting, the following information (“UserTesting Confidential Information”) shall be Confidential Information of UserTesting: (i) UserTesting Property, and (ii) other non-public information regarding UserTesting’s legal, financial, business affairs, technical features, functionality, product roadmap or security measures.

 10.3.         Exclusions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Customer Confidential Information nor UserTesting Confidential Information shall include information to the extent that it (a) is publicly known at the time of disclosure, (b) is received by a party to the Agreement (“Recipient”) from a third party without restriction on disclosure and without breach of a non-disclosure obligations, (c) is published or otherwise made known to the public by the owner of the information (“Discloser”), or (d) was generated independently without reference to the other party’s Confidential Information.

 10.4.         Use. Recipient shall not use Confidential Information of Discloser except to fulfill performance of the Agreement and in accordance with its terms. Recipient shall not disclose Confidential Information of Discloser to anyone other than its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, contractors, subcontractors, service providers, advisors, and agents, who need to know the Confidential Information and are bound by obligations of confidentiality as restrictive as those set forth in the Agreement.

 10.5.         Standard of Care. Recipient will use at least the same standard of care to protect Discloser’s Confidential Information as it does with its own Confidential Information of similar nature, but in no event shall such standard fall below a reasonable standard of care.

 10.6.         Permitted Disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party may disclose Confidential Information of the other party to the extent required by a court of competent jurisdiction or other applicable governmental authority or as required by applicable law, provided that (insofar as legally permissible) such party uses reasonable efforts to notify the other party in advance of such disclosure so as to permit the other party to request confidential treatment or a protective order prior to such disclosure. For the avoidance of doubt, disclosure of Confidential Information arising out of a security incident or data breach does not constitute a breach of either party’s obligations under this Section.

 10.7.         Injunctive Relief. Each party acknowledges that breach of this provision may result in irreparable harm to the other party, for which money damages would be an insufficient remedy, and therefore that the other party may be entitled to seek injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of this Section.

OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 11 OF THESE TERMS, USERTESTING EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY REGARDING THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES THE TESTS, THE OUTPUT OR THE CONTRIBUTORS, USERTESTING PROPERTY AND ANY OTHER MATTER WHATSOEVER,  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, INCLUDING AS PART OF A TRIAL, IF ANY, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND EXCLUSIVE OF ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER.

 

13.         INDEMNIFICATION.

 13.1.         UserTesting Indemnification Obligations. UserTesting agrees to indemnify and defend Customer against any claims, causes of action, damages, judgements, settlements, expenses and/or costs (“Losses”) to the extent such arise directly from a claim by a third party that Customer’s use of any of the Products in accordance with these Terms infringe a valid patent or copyright or trade secret, of such third party . UserTesting shall have no liability or obligation hereunder with respect to any indemnification claim based upon (a) use of the Products other than in accordance with the UserTesting’s instructions, (b) modifications, alterations, combinations or enhancements of the Products not created or authorized by UserTesting, (c) Customer’s violation of Section 5, or (d) Customer’s continuing allegedly infringing activity after being notified thereof or its continuing use of any version after being provided modifications that would have avoided the alleged infringement. If any Products become or, in UserTesting’s opinion, is likely to become, the subject of any claim or injunction preventing its use as contemplated herein, UserTesting may, at its option (i) obtain for Customer the right to continue using the implicated Products, or (ii) replace or modify the implicated Products so that they become non-infringing without substantially compromising their principal functions. If (i) and (ii) are not reasonably available to UserTesting, then UserTesting may terminate any Order insofar as it relates to the implicated Products upon written notice to Customer and Customer shall be entitled to receive a refund of any applicable prepaid Fees in an amount prorated to reflect the period between the date of termination and the expiry of the Subscription Term.

 13.2.         Customer Indemnification Obligations. In the event Customer Property is alleged to or does infringe or violate any intellectual property right or other legal right of any third party, Customer will indemnify and hold UserTesting  harmless from and against any and all Losses incurred by UserTesting resulting therefrom provided, that Customer will not be obligated under this sentence to the extent any such infringement arises from UserTesting’s unauthorized use of the Customer Property.

 13.3.         Required Procedures. Any claim for indemnification hereunder requires that (a) the party seeking indemnification provide prompt written notice of the claim and reasonable cooperation, information, and assistance in connection therewith, and (b) the indemnifying party shall have sole control and authority to defend, settle or compromise such claim, provided that i) the indemnified party shall reserve the right to secure its own, separate counsel and participate in the defense at its own expense; ii) no settlement that affects the rights or reputation of the indemnified party shall be agreed to without that party’s prior written consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and iii) the indemnifying party may not settle any claim against the indemnified party unless it unconditionally releases the indemnified party of all liability.

 

14.         LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.

IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, LOST PROFITS, GOODWILL, BUSINESS LOSS OR ANY OTHER INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, ECONOMIC OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EXCEPT FOR (I) FEES OWING TO USERTESTING, (II) A BREACH BY CUSTOMER OF SECTION 5, (III) EITHER PARTY’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 13, AND (IV) A PARTY’S FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, EACH PARTY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID OR PAYABLE BY CUSTOMER TO USERTESTING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT THAT GAVE RISE TO SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION WILL APPLY WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR MULTIPLE CLAIMS. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER WILL NOT APPLY TO ANY LIABILITY WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY LIMITED OR EXCLUDED.

 

15.         GENERAL TERMS.

 15.1.         Compliance.  The parties will comply with all laws applicable to the performance of their respective obligations under the Agreement, including but not limited to regulations relating to anti-slavery, anti-bribery and anti-corruption. If either party learns of any violation relating to this Agreement, they shall promptly notify the other party.

 15.2.         Assignment. Neither party may assign or transfer this Agreement without the other party’s prior written consent, except in the event of: (i) an assignment to an Affiliate; (ii) merger, acquisition or sale of substantially all of the assigning party’s assets. In the event of an assignment to an affiliate, merger, acquisition or sale of substantially all of the assigning party’s assets, the assigning party shall deliver notice to the other party of such assignment. Any attempt to assign this Agreement other than as permitted above will have no effect.

 15.3.         Third Party Rights.  Save as to the express rights of any Affiliates under an Order, the parties do not intend to establish any third party rights through the execution of the Agreement. Any such third party rights possible under applicable law, whether by statute or common law, are hereby expressly excluded.

 15.4.         Third Party Products. UserTesting may offer non-UserTesting products or services (“Third Party Products”), or the Services may enable access to Third Party Products, that may require acceptance of third party terms presented to the Customer. Linking to or use of Third Party Products constitutes Customer’s agreement with such terms. UserTesting is not a party to such third-party agreements and is not responsible for such Third Party Products or any exchange of data between Customer and any third party. Access to Third Party Products by way of UserTesting may be withdrawn at any time. UserTesting has no responsibility for claims based on Third Party Products or items not provided by UserTesting.

 15.5.         Order of Precedence.  If there is any conflict among any elements of the Agreement, the descending order of precedence is: the applicable Order; the DPA; and the Terms.

 15.6.         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 15.7.         Entire Agreement. The Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement between Customer and UserTesting with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior communications (both written and oral) regarding such subject matter. UserTesting expressly objects to any additional or conflicting terms in any Customer purchase order or other Customer form. Each party represents that it has validly entered into this Agreement and has the legal power to do so. Neither party may vary the terms of this Agreement unless documented in writing signed by an authorized signatory of each party.

 15.8.         Export Compliance. The Products or Services, and UserTesting Property may be subject to export laws and regulations of the United States of America (“US”), the United Kingdom (“UK”) or the European Union (“EU”) and other jurisdictions. Each party represents that it is not named on any US, UK, EU or other applicable denied-party list. Customer is required to determine if any content, data or information uploaded by Customer is subject to US, UK or EU  export control or export control of any other applicable  jurisdiction.  Customer will not and nor will it permit (i) any User or any third party to access or use the Products or Services in a US-embargoed  or otherwise restricted country or region, or (ii) otherwise access or use the Products or Services or upload any content, data or other information in violation of any US, UK, EU or other applicable export law or regulation.

 15.9.         Force Majeure. Neither Customer (except for payment due under the Agreement) nor UserTesting will be liable for delays or non-performance of any of its obligations only to the extent that the delay or failure to perform the obligation in question is caused by any event or circumstance beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, acts of government, flood, fire, earthquakes, civil unrest, acts of terror, pandemics, strikes or other labor problems or Internet service provider failures or delays.

15.10.         Governing Law. This Agreement, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are, regardless of any rules concerning conflict of laws, governed by: (a) the laws of the State of California and the federal laws of the United States of America, if you are located in the continent of North America or South America; (b) English law, if you are located elsewhere in the world. You and we both irrevocably agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of either Section 15.10(a) or Section 15.10(b) herein, as applicable. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically excluded from application to this Agreement.

15.11.         Independent Contractors. The parties are independent contractors. This Agreement will not be construed to create or imply any partnership, agency, or joint venture. Unless expressly provided in this Agreement, no failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power, or remedy shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power, or remedy.

15.12.         Notices. Notice shall be deemed given upon receipt via an email, or personal delivery, delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (e.g., FedEx, UPS) or any other valid form of transmission recognised under applicable law. Notices to Customer shall be sent to the email or postal address appearing on the applicable Order or an updated notice address delivered in writing (including by email subsequent to an Order taking effect. Notices to UserTesting shall be sent to the postal address on UserTesting’s website or registered place of business and with an e-mail cc to “legal@usertesting.com”.

15.13.         No Waiver. Failure to enforce a provision in this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of that provision, and a waiver of a provision will be binding only if made in writing by the waiving party.

15.14.         Publicity. Neither party will use the name of the other party in publicity activities without the prior written consent of the other, except that Customer agrees that UserTesting may use Customer’s name in customer listings and in marketing material.

15.15.         Severability. If any provision is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated.