This is an agreement between you and MinuteDock Limited (MinuteDock) having its registered office in Wellington, New Zealand (Agreement). MinuteDock (we, us, our) is the owner of the MinuteDock Software as a Service as defined below and as changed, modified or updated from time to time by MinuteDock (the Service). You wish to use the Service for your internal business purposes. If you are agreeing to this Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind that company or entity to this Agreement, in which case references to “you” or “your” are references to that company or entity. By using the Service you confirm that you have the authority mentioned above and that you agree to the terms and conditions set out below.
Our Data Processing Agreement under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) forms part of these Terms of Use.
In this Agreement, except where the context requires otherwise:
Authorised User(s) means the user or users authorised to access and use the Service under your subscription to the Service.
Confidential Information means Your Data, and all information (whether written or oral) exchanged between the parties which is not publicly available and which is either formally identified as being confidential or by its nature the receiving party should know that it is confidential.
Intellectual Property means all rights in copyright, designs, trademarks, patents and all other rights in intellectual property as defined in article 2 of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Convention whether registrable, registered, patentable or not.
MinuteDock Website means the website at www.minutedock.com.
Service means the MinuteDock software as a service as described on the MinuteDock Website.
Subscription Fee means the fee for the Service as set out on MinuteDock’s Website.
Your Data means any information, data or files that any Authorised User inputs or uploads to the Service or that is imported from a third party as part of the Service (for example, your data from your Xero account).
Conditional on you having paid the Subscription Fee and you complying with this Agreement, MinuteDock grants you and any Authorised Users a non-exclusive, non-transferrable, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access and use the Service for your own lawful internal business purposes in the manner MinuteDock makes it available to you from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
The Service will be made available to you via the login page of the MinuteDock Website.
Except as set out in this Agreement, you are not permitted to copy, adapt, modify, reverse engineer or assemble or try to obtain the source code, or create derivative works based on the Service without the express written permission of MinuteDock.
MinuteDock may, at its sole discretion, delete, replace, add to or otherwise amend the whole or any part of the Service at any time. For any material changes, MinuteDock will endeavour to give you at least 7 days' notice in writing via email before they take effect.
Your access to and use of the Service is limited to reasonable use. Reasonable use means that the volume of data, frequency of use and concurrency of use does not interfere with another MinuteDock customer’s use of the Service. MinuteDock may, at its sole discretion, terminate your right to access and use the Service in the event that you breach this reasonable use provision.
In order to use our products and services, you need to accept our DPA, which we have provided a link to on our website: Data Processing Agreement. By agreeing to our terms of service, you are automatically accepting our DPA and do not need to sign a separate document.
The parties agree that the term of this Agreement shall be for the period of time you have paid the Subscription Fee.
Notwithstanding payment of the Subscription Fee and without right of refund, MinuteDock (at its absolute discretion) may terminate or suspend this Agreement, and accordingly your right to access and use the Service, in the event that you breach any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
On termination, the parties agree that all rights granted to you under this Agreement will cease immediately and you will return any software or materials (if any) provided to you under this Agreement. The following clauses shall survive termination: 7 (Limitation of Liability), 8 (Indemnity), 11 (Confidential Information), 12 (Intellectual Property), 18 (Severability), 22 (Dispute Resolution) and 23 (Governing Law).
The Subscription Fee for the Service is non-refundable and non-cancellable. We reserve the right to modify the Subscription Fee and also to introduce new charges. Any modifications will be notified by us in writing via the MinuteDock Website.
You warrant and acknowledge that you shall:
You agree to fully indemnify us against any losses, expenses, damages, liabilities and costs that we suffer or incur as a result of or related to any use of the Service, or anything you or an Authorised User does or does not do (including any breach by you of these terms), including any expenses we incur in exercising whatever rights we may have against you or an Authorised User.
Any notice given pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing and sent via email to us at team@minutedock.com or to you at the email address you have used for registration for the Service
The protection of any personal information you provide to us or which we obtain through third party sources is governed by MinuteDock’s Privacy Policy which is available on MinuteDock’s home page. By agreeing to this Agreement, you are deemed to accept the terms and conditions of MinuteDock’s Privacy Policy.
The parties both acknowledge and agree that the information each receives from the other party regarding the Service contains Confidential Information belonging to the disclosing party. The parties may only disclose Confidential Information in accordance with this Agreement, with the express permission of the disclosing party, only to employees and contractors who need to access such information so that the receiving party can exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this Agreement or if required by law.
MinuteDock owns all rights, title and interest, including Intellectual Property rights in the Service and, as they are created, any changes or improvements to the Service made by or for us, you or anyone else. Your limited right to use the Service is set out in this Agreement.
MinuteDock does not own User Data. Accordingly, you agree to grant to us and our suppliers and contractors the right to use, modify and copy User Data solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you. While we endeavour to keep User Data secure, we do not guarantee that it is completely secure or recoverable or will never be lost or damaged.
In the event that you have any problems with accessing or using the Service, you may contact MinuteDock via the team@minutedock.com email address. MinuteDock will endeavour to respond to your support enquiry as soon as is practicable, however, MinuteDock has no obligation or responsibility whatsoever to provide any remedial action in relation to such an enquiry.
You acknowledge that your access and use of the Service are for business purposes only and accordingly the guarantees and remedies provided in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 do not apply to the Service or to this Agreement.
MinuteDock may change this Agreement from time to time. We will endeavour to give you 5 days’ notice prior to any changes taking effect by us posting a notice on the MinuteDock Website. Accordingly, you should frequently check the MinuteDock Website for any such notification. Any use by you of the Service after the new version of this Agreement has been posted on the MinuteDock Website confirms that you accept the changes. If you do not accept the changes, you are no longer permitted to use the Service.
Any third party applications are licensed to you separately by their suppliers under their own terms and conditions and are not licensed to you by MinuteDock. Notwithstanding MinuteDock’s provision of any link and/or access to a third party application, MinuteDock has no liability or obligation for the content or use of such third party applications or content or for any loss of or damage to Your Data.
If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal or unenforceable, neither the legal validity nor enforceability of the remaining provisions shall in any way be affected or impaired.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning its subject matter.
No waiver of any right or remedy will be effective unless in writing and shall not operate as a waiver of that right or remedy on a future occasion.
MinuteDock is not responsible or liable for any failure or delay to perform its duties or obligations that has been caused or contributed to by anything that is beyond its reasonable control or by any failure by you to perform any of your obligations under this Agreement.
In the event of a dispute arising between the parties in respect of any right or obligation under this Agreement, each party will act in good faith to take all reasonable steps necessary to attempt to resolve the dispute. In the event that the parties are unable to resolve the dispute themselves, then the parties shall enter into an arbitration process under the Arbitration Act 1996 to be held at Wellington, New Zealand. The arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding.
This Agreement will be governed by New Zealand law and the Courts of New Zealand will have exclusive jurisdiction.