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This Platform Subscription Agreement (this “Agreement”), effective as of the Product Order date or the date that Customer first receives access to the Platform (the “Effective Date”), is by and between Datassential, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including CHD Expert Americas, Inc. and CHD North America, LLC, with offices located at 176 N Racine Ave, Suite 250, Chicago, IL 60607 (“Provider”), and the entity that Provider is providing or selling products to pursuant to a Product Order (“Customer”). Provider and Customer may be referred to herein collectively as the “Parties” or individually as a “Party.” The specific products ordered by Customer are identified in separate product order forms (a “Product Order”) which are incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
9.1 “Confidential Information” shall mean any information provided by a Party to the other party that is reasonably considered confidential given the circumstances of disclosure and the nature of the information. Confidential Information shall include all research, development or business plans, customer and vendor information, operations, systems, policies, procedures, practices, data and information in the Platform, and/or other business and financial information of Provider, including any Software. Confidential Information does not include information (a) generally available to or known to the public; (b) previously known to the recipient; (c) independently developed by the recipient outside the scope of this Agreement as shown by written evidence; or (d) lawfully disclosed by a third party. Each Party agrees that it, as receiving Party, shall: (w) treat all Confidential Information of disclosing Party as private and confidential; (x) not use any Confidential Information of disclosing Party other than in furtherance of this Agreement; (y) not, without the consent of disclosing Party, disclose any Confidential Information to anyone other than employees, agents or affiliates of receiving Party who have a need to know under confidentiality obligations substantially similar to the terms of this Agreement, and receiving Party shall remain liable to disclosing Party for any breach of confidentiality obligations set forth herein by any of receiving Party’s employees, agents or affiliates; and (z) use no less than commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the privacy, confidentiality and security of disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.
9.2 Personal Information. To the extent that either party transmits or receives personal information under this Agreement, such party shall comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations regarding data protection, privacy, e-privacy, and the lawful processing of personal information (“Applicable Privacy Laws”). Customer shall at all times comply with Applicable Privacy Laws when processing data in connection with the Agreement, including any data it has received or that has otherwise been made available to it in connection with the Platform (including, but not limited to, Licensed Information and Reports). To the extent Applicable Privacy Laws require it and where Provider processes personal data on the Customer’s behalf, each party shall comply with the Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”), available at https://datassential.com/dpa/.
Exhibit A
Datassential Additional Product Terms: Proprietary Concept Tests
These Datassential Additional Product Terms: Proprietary Concept Tests (“Additional Terms”) apply solely to the use of Concept Locker within Launches & Ratings Product ordered by Customer pursuant to a Product Order executed by Customer and Datassential, Inc. (“Provider”). These Additional Terms should be read in conjunction with the Platform specific terms of the Platform Subscription Agreement (the “Agreement”). All capitalized terms not defined in these Additional Terms have the same meaning as described in the Agreement. In the event of a conflict between these Additional Terms and the Agreement, the Additional Terms shall govern as to the Customer’s use of Proprietary Concept Tests and the Concept Locker. For the avoidance of doubt, these Additional Terms do not apply to any professional services provided by Provider pursuant to a Statement of Work executed by the Parties.
Proprietary Concept Tests:
“Proprietary Concept Tests” means any concept test conducted for the sole benefit of Customer. Those tests that are stored in the Concept Locker, a vault designed to house and test Customer concepts with consumers, are visible only to designated users of Customer.
Proprietary Concept Tests are exportable in a variety of standard export formats, including both Excel and PowerPoint. At no point are Proprietary Concept Tests made available in the public portion of the Launches and Ratings product.
Customer shall retain all ownership, interest in, and title to all Proprietary Concept Tests; provided, that Customer grants to Provider a non-exclusive right and license to: (i) store, use, and process any Proprietary Concept Tests data to provide the services specified in this Exhibit A; and (ii) de-identify and aggregate Proprietary Concept Test data with data from other sources and/or Provider Intellectual Property to improve its Products and services (“Combined Data”). Provider testing methodology and any public launches tested and made available by Provider within the Platform remain part of Provider Intellectual Property.
Exhibit B
Datassential Additional Product Terms: Sales Intelligence (formerly known as Firefly/Dragonfly/Easy2Find)
These Datassential Additional Product Terms: Sales Intelligence(“Additional Terms”) apply solely to Sales Intelligence products ordered by Customer pursuant to a Product Order executed by Customer and Datassential, Inc. (“Provider”). These Additional Terms should be read in conjunction with the Platform Subscription Agreement (the “Agreement”). All capitalized terms not defined in these Additional Terms have the same meaning as described in the Agreement. In the event of a conflict between these Additional Terms and the Agreement, the Additional Terms shall govern as to the Customer’s use of the Sales Intelligence products. For the avoidance of doubt, these Additional Terms do not apply to any professional services provided by Provider pursuant to a Statement of Work executed by the Parties.
“Customer Data” means any data that is provided to Provider by, or on behalf of, Customer in connection with the Sales Intelligence products. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer Data includes data that Customer or Customer’s designated third party provides to Provider on Customer’s behalf. Customer shall retain all ownership, interest in, and title to all Customer Data. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer Data does not include any Provider Intellectual Property. Customer grants to Provider a non-exclusive right and license to: (i) store, use, and process any Customer Data to provide the services specified in this Exhibit A; and (ii) de-identify and aggregate Customer Data with data from other sources and/or Provider Intellectual Property to improve its Products and services (“Combined Data”). Customer represents and warrants that: (a) Customer has collected the Customer Data in compliance with all applicable laws, and any sharing of Customer Data with Provider for use in the Sales Intelligence products will not violate any applicable law or the intellectual, proprietary, or privacy rights of a third party; (b) Customer has given the proper notices and obtained any consent, right, or license necessary to share Customer Data with Provider; and (c) Customer Data shall not include any information that could be used to identify or contact a natural person. As directed by Customer and pursuant to the Product Order, Provider shall process and upload Customer Data into the Sales Intelligence products.
Subject to Customer’s payment of the fees listed in the applicable Product Order and Customer’s compliance with its obligations under these Additional Terms and any other agreement with Provider and as further described in an applicable Product Order, Provider will: (a) provide cleaning or matching of Customer Data, on a mutually agreed upon basis, as necessary to provide the Sales Intelligence products and as agreed by the Parties; and/or (b) export data related to the Sales Intelligence products to Customer on a mutually agreed upon basis in a mutually agreed upon format or make such exports available within a self-service tool. To the extent that exported data includes any Provider Intellectual Property, Provider grants Customer a limited, non-exclusive license to use such Provider Intellectual Property solely for Customer’s business purposes. Customer’s use of such Provider Intellectual Property shall be subject to the restrictions listed in the Agreement.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that Provider and its licensors have and shall retain all right, title and interest, including worldwide intellectual property rights in and to all Reports generated by the Sales Intelligence products, except for any Customer Data included in such Report, which Customer Data shall remain the property of Customer pursuant to Section 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Provider grants Customer a limited, non-exclusive license to use any Sales Intelligence Report (or portions thereof) solely for: (a) Customer’s internal business purposes; (b) to use portions, but not the entirety, of the information contained in a Sales Intelligence Report for inclusion in Customer’s original marketing materials; or (c) for any other purpose that Provider consents to in writing. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer may not publish or make public the entirety of a Sales Intelligence Report. For the avoidance of doubt, disclosure and/or reselling of Provider IP to third parties is expressly prohibited and the foregoing license does not apply to any Report not associated with or generated from the Sales Intelligence products.
Platform Subscription Agreement For Product Orders with Effective Dates Before August 1, 2021
Additional Product Terms for Dragonfly or Firefly
CHD Terms and Conditions with Effective Dates Prior to October 4, 2022