Terms of Service
Effective October 1st 2026
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These updated terms will take effect on October 1, 2026. Prior terms remain in effect until that date.
SPREEDLY TERMS OF SERVICE
About this Agreement
Spreedly provides web-based payments services through its proprietary API integrations (collectively, the “Platform”) that enables merchants to validate, tokenize, and vault payment methods and then transact with one or more of the many payment gateways and other third-party service providers integrated with Spreedly’s Platform. Spreedly is not a payment processor and does not receive or exercise control over any funds remitted in connection with a Transaction.
These terms of service, together with an Ordering Document(s) (if any), and any applicable Supplemental Terms (collectively the “Terms of Service”) are a contract between Spreedly, Inc. (“Spreedly,” “we” or “our”) and the entity or person using Spreedly’s Platform (“you” and “your”). Capitalized terms used in these Terms of Service not defined inline are defined in Section 15 below.
We may revise these Terms of Service and any applicable policies from time to time. We will provide notice of any material change to these Terms of Service by email to the address associated with your account or by notice within the Platform, and the change will become effective 30 days after we provide such notice. Non-material changes may be posted to the Spreedly website and will be effective upon posting. By continuing to use the Platform after a change becomes effective, you agree to be bound by it. If you do not agree with any changes to these Terms of Service you may terminate your use of the Spreedly Platform as set out in Section 7 before such changes become effective and/or close your account. Please note that certain terms and conditions survive termination of the Terms of Service and you may still be liable to us for any liabilities you may have incurred and are responsible for prior to termination.
THESE TERMS OF SERVICE INCLUDE A MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE USE OF ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO SETTLE DISPUTES RATHER THAN JURY TRIALS OR ANY OTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS, OR CLASS ACTIONS OF ANY KIND. BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT OR BY OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING THE PLATFORM, YOU (I) EXPRESSLY AGREE AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, AND (II) STATE THAT YOU HAVE AUTHORITY AND LEGAL CAPACITY TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE PLATFORM.
| 1. | Spreedly Account. Access and use of the Platform may require you to register for an account. During registration, we will ask you for information necessary to establish your Spreedly account, which may include Personal Data. You must provide accurate and complete information during the registration process and always keep that information current. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Spreedly account, including for any actions taken by persons to whom you have granted access to your account. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate the access of anyone who provides inaccurate, untrue, or incomplete information, or who violates the account registration requirements. |
| 2. | Platform; Services. |
| 2.1. | Provision and Use of Spreedly Platform. |
| 2.1.1. | During the Term and subject to these Terms of Service, Spreedly authorizes you, on a non-exclusive and non-transferable basis, to (a) access and use the Platform solely to transact, validate, tokenize, and vault payment methods with one or more of the many payment gateways and other Third-Party Integrations that are integrated with the Platform, and (b) access the Spreedly Content solely for your internal business use in connection with your use of the Platform. |
| 2.1.2. | Spreedly may modify any aspect of the Platform, including, without limitation, the design, look and feel, functionality, content, material and/or information provided via the Platform at any time in Spreedly’s sole discretion, and without notice to you. All such modifications or updates will be deemed a part of the Platform and will be governed by these Terms of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Spreedly will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you in advance of any material change to the Platform. |
| 2.1.3. | You will access and use the Platform solely for lawful purposes and will not use it for any fraudulent, illegal or criminal purposes. You hereby grant us authorization to share your information with law enforcement, including information concerning your Transactions and your account, if Spreedly reasonably suspects that your use of the Platform has been for an unauthorized, illegal, or criminal purpose. Further, Spreedly reserves the right to not store or submit any Transaction you submit that Spreedly believes is in violation of these Terms of Service or applicable Law or otherwise exposes Spreedly or other Spreedly users to harm, including but not limited to, fraud, illegal, and other criminal acts. |
| 2.1.4. | You must not, and must not enable or allow any third party to: |
| 2.1.4.1. | modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works or improvements of the Platform (or any portion thereof); |
| 2.1.4.2. | rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, assign, distribute, publish, transfer or otherwise make available the Platform or any features or functionality of the Platform to any other person or entity for any reason, including as part of any time-sharing, service bureau or software as a service arrangement (except for permitted activity by Merchant Aggregators as set forth in Section 2.4); |
| 2.1.4.3. | reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, adapt or otherwise attempt to derive, gain access to or discover the source code of the Platform or the underlying structure, ideas, know-how, algorithms or methodology relevant to the Platform; |
| 2.1.4.4. | input, upload, transmit or otherwise provide to or through the Platform any information or materials that are unlawful or injurious, or contain, transmit or activate any malicious code; |
| 2.1.4.5. | attempt to gain unauthorized access to, damage, destroy, disrupt, disable, impair, interfere with or otherwise impede or harm in any manner the Platform; |
| 2.1.4.6. | perform load tests, network scans, penetration tests, ethical hacks or any other security auditing procedures against Spreedly’s software, infrastructure or Transaction API without Spreedly’s separate prior written consent for each such activity; |
| 2.1.4.7. | access or use the Platform in any way that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any intellectual property right, privacy right or other right of any third party, or that violates any applicable Law; or |
| 2.1.4.8. | access or use the Platform for purposes of (i) benchmarking or competitive analysis, (ii) developing, producing, marketing, distributing, licensing or selling any product or service that may compete with the Platform, or (iii) disclosing to Spreedly’s competitors, for any purpose, otherwise non-public information about the Platform. |
| 2.2. | Third-Party Integrations. |
| 2.2.1. | Spreedly enables you to access third-party applications and services (e.g., receivers, gateways, payment processors, fraud checks, alternative payment methods, etc.) that are integrated to the Platform and intended to interoperate with Spreedly’s Platform (each, a “Third-Party Integration”). These Third-Party Integrations are provided for your convenience only and Spreedly does not approve or endorse any Third-Party Integration made available to you (however certain third-party integrators may compensate Spreedly in connection with our referrals of their services or your use of their services). Your access and use of any Third-Party Integration is at your own risk and Spreedly disclaims all responsibility and liability for your use of any Third-Party Integration. The services provided by third-party integrators are not Spreedly’s Platform and are not governed by these Terms of Service. Your use of any Third-Party Integration, including those linked from a Spreedly website, is subject to your agreement with such third-party integrator, including the third-party integrator’s own terms of service and privacy policies, as applicable. |
| 2.2.2. | Spreedly is not a payment gateway or a payment processor and does not receive or exercise control over any funds remitted in connection with the Platform. You will be required to procure the services of certain Third-Party Integrations to make full use of the Platform. Initiating a Transaction through the Spreedly Platform does not guarantee that a Payment Transaction will be authorized or processed. Spreedly does not assume any direct or indirect liability or responsibility for your agreements with any third-party. |
| 2.2.3. | The availability of any Third-Party Integration, endpoint or receiver is subject to change at any time. Spreedly will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide 60 days’ advance notice if Spreedly determines that the Platform can no longer integrate with a Third-Party Integration. |
| 2.2.4. | You are responsible for conducting your own due diligence and security review of all Third-Party Integrations that you choose to use with the Spreedly Platform. If Spreedly provides Professional Services to facilitate your connection to a Third-Party Integration, those Professional Services are in no way an endorsement of such third-party and Spreedly expressly disclaims any responsibility or guarantees of the performance of such third-party. |
| 2.3. | Pre-Release Features. Spreedly may classify certain features of the Platform, including a particular release or feature, as Pre-Release Features. Spreedly will provide Pre-Release Features during the Pre-Release Period. |
| 2.3.1. | Pre-Release Features may be paid or free features in different circumstances. The price and Fees (if applicable) for Pre-Release Features will be noted on the applicable Ordering Document or Supplemental Terms. |
| 2.3.2. | Unless otherwise specified by Spreedly or mutually agreed in a particular Ordering Document, Pre-Release Features are made available for an indefinite pre-release period (the “Pre-Release Period”) that continues until Spreedly, in its sole discretion, (a) generally releases the feature as part of the Platform, (b) discontinues the feature, or (c) terminates or suspends your access to the feature in accordance with Section 2.3.3. Spreedly may also designate a fixed Pre-Release Period for any Pre-Release Feature, in which case your access to such Pre-Release Feature will automatically terminate at the end of such period, with or without notice, unless you and Spreedly agree to continue access under a new or amended Ordering Document. |
| 2.3.3. | Spreedly may suspend or terminate your access to any Pre-Release Feature, or modify or remove any features or functions thereof, at any time without prior notice. |
| 2.4. | Merchant Aggregator. If you are a Merchant Aggregator, the Platform allows you to act as a non-merchant of record facilitating your merchant partners to sell to downstream customers while providing payment and non-payment services on behalf of their merchants (“Merchant Aggregator Services”) and the following additional terms will apply to your use of the Platform. |
| 2.4.1. | Fees. You will pay Spreedly the Fees and charges as agreed in writing, as well as other amounts owed under these terms for Merchant Aggregators and the Ordering Document pursuant to the terms set forth in Section 5.1. You will pay Spreedly the Fees regardless of whether you collected any fees or amounts owed to you from your merchants. |
| 2.4.2. | Customer Support and Disputes. You will be responsible for resolving all merchant disputes and providing necessary assistance at your own cost to the acquiring banks, card networks, Spreedly and other payment partners for dealing with merchant disputes. |
| 2.4.3. | Agreements with Merchants. You represent that your merchants are eligible to utilize the Platform, are located in the eligible territory and have elected to receive services through you pursuant to your service agreement(s) with such merchants. You represent that you have appropriate contractual or other arrangements with each such eligible merchant whereby such merchant authorizes you, as its representative, to receive Merchant Aggregator Services on behalf of such merchant in connection with the merchant’s Transactions, through you. You are solely responsible for having the appropriate contractual or other arrangements with each merchant whom you represent is a merchant in your merchant aggregator group. Spreedly will not be responsible for monitoring, auditing, reviewing or enforcing such arrangements. You will include in your agreement with each such merchant terms that are at least as protective of Spreedly as these Terms of Service, that require the merchant to comply with these Terms of Service in connection with its Transactions. You will indemnify Spreedly in accordance with Section 10 against any claim brought by any of your merchants arising out of or relating to the Platform or your Merchant Aggregator Services. |
| 2.4.4. | Limitation of Liability. Spreedly will not be liable to you for any damages caused by Spreedly’s conduct in compliance with, or as permitted by, the Terms of Service and associated legal and regulatory requirements related to your responsibilities or actions as a Merchant Aggregator. You agree that Spreedly will not be liable to any merchant for any damages caused to the merchant by, or resulting from (i) any failure by you to comply with the Terms of Service and associated legal and regulatory requirements, (ii) your failure to perform any commitment to the merchant or (iii) any acts, omissions or representations made by you in connection with soliciting customers for your services or performing your functions as a Merchant Aggregator. |
| 2.5. | Support Services. During the Term, so long as you comply with these Terms of Service, Spreedly will provide technical support services to you in accordance with the Support Services Terms, which are incorporated herein by reference (the “Support Services”). |
| 2.6. | Professional Services. If you and Spreedly enter into an Ordering Document for Spreedly to perform technical, consulting or other professional services, the following additional terms will apply: |
| 2.6.1. | The terms and conditions included in an Ordering Document, including payment terms, term and termination and other limitations govern Spreedly’s provision of such Professional Services described therein. |
| 2.6.2. | Spreedly reserves the right to determine which of Spreedly’s personnel or subcontractors will be assigned to perform the Professional Services, and to replace or reassign such personnel in its sole discretion. |
| 2.6.3. | In connection with Spreedly’s provision of the Professional Services, you will: (i) reasonably cooperate with Spreedly in all matters relating to the performance of the Professional Services; (ii) respond promptly to Spreedly’s requests to provide direction, information, approvals, authorizations or decisions that are reasonably necessary for Spreedly to perform the Professional Services; (iii) provide the content, data and materials that you are required to enable the performance of the Professional Services; and (iv) perform those additional tasks and assume those additional responsibilities specified in the applicable Ordering Document. You agree that Spreedly’s performance is dependent on your timely and effective fulfillment of the foregoing responsibilities. |
| 2.6.4. | You must secure all rights, consents, licenses or approvals required or necessary to allow Spreedly to access or use any third-party data, materials, software or technology necessary for Spreedly’s performance of the Professional Services. |
| 2.6.5. | You acknowledge and agree that all results and proceeds of the Professional Services provided by Spreedly will be deemed to be a part of our services related to your use of the Platform hereunder and therefore owned by Spreedly and provided to you in accordance with Section 2.1 of these Terms of Service. |
| 2.7. | Identity Verification (KYB/KYC). Spreedly conducts business and customer due diligence, including “know your business” (“KYB”) and “know your customer” (“KYC”) verification, as part of its compliance program and to satisfy applicable Laws, payment network rules, and the requirements of Spreedly’s financial institution and payment partners. Promptly upon Spreedly’s request and on an ongoing basis, you will provide accurate, current, and complete information and documentation reasonably requested by Spreedly to establish and verify your identity, business, and ownership (including beneficial ownership), and you authorize Spreedly to collect, verify, and share such information with its service providers and financial partners for these purposes. You represent that all such information is and will remain accurate, current, and complete. Spreedly may condition your access to, and continued use of, the Platform on your satisfaction of Spreedly’s KYB/KYC and other verification requirements. Spreedly’s suspension and termination rights for failure to satisfy these requirements are set forth in Section 7. |
| 2.8. | Evaluation Accounts. Spreedly may make the Platform available to prospective customers on an evaluation basis. If you register for an evaluation account and accept these Terms of Service (an "Evaluation Account"), your access is governed by these Terms of Service in the same manner as any other account, except as set forth in this Section 2.8. Unless Spreedly agrees otherwise in writing, Evaluation Accounts are provided at no charge. |
| 2.8.1. | Evaluation Period; Usage Limits. Unless otherwise specified by Spreedly, the evaluation period is 30 days from the date Spreedly provisions your Evaluation Account credentials (the "Evaluation Period"), and your use is subject to any usage limits Spreedly specifies, which may include limits on the number of production API calls or Transactions. Spreedly may, in its sole discretion, extend the Evaluation Period and increase any applicable usage limits by any amount. |
| 2.8.2. | No Renewal; Expiration. Notwithstanding Section 7.1, an Evaluation Account is not a subscription, does not automatically renew, and creates no payment obligation, in each case unless and until you enter into an Ordering Document. Your access will automatically terminate at the end of the Evaluation Period (as it may be extended) unless you and Spreedly enter into an Ordering Document for continued access, and Spreedly may modify, suspend, or terminate an Evaluation Account at any time, for any reason, without notice or liability. |
| 2.8.3. | No Support. Spreedly provides no support, service levels, or uptime commitments for Evaluation Accounts, and Section 2.5 (Support Services) does not apply to Evaluation Accounts. |
| 3. | Confidentiality. |
| 3.1. | “Confidential Information” means all proprietary, non-public information or materials of any character, whether written, electronic, verbal or otherwise furnished by the disclosing party or its directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors, agents or advisors that (i) is marked or otherwise identified as “Confidential” and/or “Proprietary” (or, if disclosed verbally, is reduced to writing and marked or identified as “Confidential” and/or “Proprietary” and forwarded to the other party within 30 days of oral disclosure) or (ii) should reasonably be understood from all the relevant circumstances to be of a confidential or proprietary nature, including but not limited to, all (A) trade secrets, (B) financial information and pricing, (C) technical information, such as research, development procedures, algorithms, data, designs, and know-how, (D) Personal Data, (E) business and operational information, such as planning, marketing interests, pricing and products, (F) customer lists and all related information, and (G) any Ordering Document. |
| To avoid doubt, the following are considered Spreedly’s Confidential Information: all non-public information related to the Platform (including without limitation, pricing information (e.g., price quotes) and the source code for the Platform and the methods, algorithms, structure and logic, technical infrastructure, techniques and processes used by Spreedly in developing, producing, marketing and/or providing the Platform). The following are considered your Confidential Information: Account Data. Confidential Information does not include information that: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach of this Section 3 by the receiving party or its Representatives; (ii) was rightfully known to the receiving party without restriction prior to its disclosure by the disclosing party; (iii) is rightfully obtained by the receiving party from a third party without restriction and without breach of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the disclosing party; or (iv) is independently developed by or for the receiving party without use of or reference to the disclosing party's Confidential Information. |
| 3.2. | Each party will protect the other’s Confidential Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure using at least the same degree of care such party uses to protect its own Confidential Information, but in no event less than reasonable care. Except as otherwise permitted under these Terms of Service, the receiving party may use the disclosing party’s Confidential Information solely to exercise its respective rights and perform its respective obligations under these Terms of Service and will disclose such Confidential Information solely to those of its respective Affiliates, employees, subcontractors, representatives and agents (collectively, “Representatives”) with a need to know such Confidential Information for such purposes and who are bound to maintain the confidentiality of, and not misuse, such Confidential Information. Each party will be liable for any breach of these Terms of Service by its Representatives to whom it discloses Confidential Information. |
| 3.3. | If a party or one of its Representatives is required to disclose any Confidential Information of the other party by Law, rule or order of any governmental body or agency, or in order to maintain or comply with any regulatory certifications or requirements, such party will, to the extent legally permissible: (i) give the other party prompt notice of such request so that the other party may (at its own expense) seek an appropriate protective remedy, and (ii) cause its Representatives to, cooperate with the other party (at the other party’s expense) in its efforts to obtain any such protective remedy. If the disclosing party is unable to obtain such a protective remedy, the receiving party or its Representatives, as applicable, will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that it is required to disclose and exercise reasonable efforts to assist the disclosing party in obtaining assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed. |
| 3.4. | All Confidential Information will always remain the sole and exclusive property of the disclosing party. Except for the limited rights and licenses set forth in this Section 3, the receiving party will not acquire any rights in or to such Confidential Information by reason of its disclosure to the receiving party. |
| 4. | Data Protection and Privacy. |
| 4.1. | Spreedly will implement safeguards to protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security, confidentiality or integrity of Account Data in accordance with Spreedly’s Data Security Policies, which are incorporated herein by reference. You should familiarize yourself with Spreedly’s Data Security Policies before using the Platform. |
| 4.2. | If Spreedly is required to collect, access, store, transfer, transmit, use, disclose or otherwise process any Personal Data on your behalf, each party must comply with their respective obligations set forth in the Data Processing Addendum, which is incorporated herein by reference. |
| 4.3. | When you provide Personal Data to Spreedly or authorize Spreedly to collect Personal Data (as part of Account Data or otherwise) you must provide all necessary notices to and obtain all necessary rights and consents from the applicable individuals sufficient to enable Spreedly to lawfully collect, use, retain and disclose the Personal Data in the ways described in these Terms of Service. You agree that you will comply with all Data Privacy Laws applicable to you. |
| 4.4. | Spreedly acknowledges that, as a PCI-DSS Level 1 certified service provider, it is responsible for the security of Account Data that Spreedly possesses or otherwise stores, processes, or transmits on your behalf, and for the security of your cardholder data and sensitive authentication data to the extent that the Platform could impact the security of such data. Spreedly will (a) maintain compliance with PCI-DSS as applicable to the services it provides under these Terms of Service, (b) validate that compliance as required by the applicable payment network rules, (c) undergo annual PCI-DSS assessment by a Qualified Security Assessor, and (d) notify you if Spreedly becomes aware that it is no longer in compliance with PCI-DSS. Spreedly will provide evidence of its PCI-DSS compliance status upon your reasonable request. Nothing in this Section 4.4 limits your own responsibility for PCI-DSS compliance within your environment, including any environment or system components under your control. |
| 5. | Fees and Payment. |
| 5.1. | You will pay to Spreedly the fees and charges as described in each Ordering Document (if applicable) or Supplemental Terms (the “Fees”) and this section. All purchases are final, all payment obligations are non-cancelable and (except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Service) all Fees once paid are non-refundable. |
| 5.2. | Spreedly reserves the right to increase or decrease the Fees at any time during the Term by giving you at least 30 days’ prior written notice; provided that where an Ordering Document sets out the Fees for a stated term, any change will not take effect until the commencement of the next renewal term. The effective date of the Fee change will be as specified in the Fee change notice. By continuing to use the Platform after a Fee change, you are agreeing to the new charges. If you are not willing to agree to the Fee change, then you must notify Spreedly of your intent not to renew in accordance with Section 7.1 prior to the effective date of the Fee change and discontinue using the Platform in accordance with Section 7.4 by the end of the then-current Term. |
| 5.3. | If Spreedly is required by law to pay, withhold or deduct any taxes, levies, imports, duties, charges, fees or other amounts from your payments, those amounts will be invoiced to and paid by you in addition to the Fees, unless you provide Spreedly with a valid exemption certificate from the corresponding authority. If you are required by law to withhold or deduct any portion of the Fees due to Spreedly (a “Required Withholding”), Spreedly will be entitled to “gross-up” the applicable Fees in an amount equal to the Required Withholding so that it receives the same Fees it would have received but for the withheld amounts required by law. You remain liable for the payment of all Required Withholdings, however designated, that are levied or based on your use of the Platform. |
| 5.4. | You will make all payments in US dollars. Unless otherwise set forth in an applicable Ordering Document, all invoiced amounts are due net 30 days from the invoice date. You are responsible for providing complete and accurate billing and contact information and notifying Spreedly of any changes to that information. |
| 5.5. | If you fail to make any payment when due then, in addition to all other remedies that may be available to Spreedly (including Spreedly’s rights under Section 7.2 and Section 7.3), Spreedly may charge interest on the past due amount at the rate of 1.5% per month calculated daily and compounded monthly or, if lower, the highest rate permitted under applicable law. |
| 5.6. | To the extent you provide or enable a payment method (such as a credit card or bank account) for payment of Fees, you authorize Spreedly and its payment processors to store that payment method and to charge it (and any updated or replacement payment method) for all Fees and other amounts due under these Terms of Service and any Ordering Document as they become due, and to re-attempt any failed or declined charge from time to time until the applicable amounts are collected. If you authorize payment by bank account (ACH or other electronic funds transfer), you authorize Spreedly and its payment processors to initiate recurring electronic debit entries (and any related credit corrections) to that account in accordance with the rules of NACHA and applicable Law, and you represent that you are authorized to permit debits from that account. Your specific payment method, billing frequency, and related details are set forth in the applicable Ordering Document. This authorization remains in effect while any amounts are or may become due under these Terms of Service or any Ordering Document and until all such amounts are paid in full. |
| 5.7. | If you dispute any portion of an invoice in good faith, you must notify Spreedly in writing within 15 days after the invoice date, describing the disputed amount and the basis for the dispute. You will timely pay all undisputed amounts. So long as you have paid all undisputed amounts and are cooperating promptly and in good faith to resolve the dispute, Spreedly’s late-payment interest, suspension, and termination remedies for non-payment will not apply to the disputed amounts during the pendency of the dispute. Any amount not disputed within such period is deemed accepted. |
| 6. | Ownership and IP Rights. |
| 6.1. | As between you and Spreedly, you acknowledge and agree that Spreedly owns and retains all right, title and interest (including all IP Rights) in and to the Platform, Spreedly Content, Service Data, Non-Identifying Data and the Documentation, including derivative works, modifications, improvements and compilations thereof. Spreedly is not granting you any right or license to access, use or otherwise exploit the Platform, Spreedly Content or the Documentation, except as specifically provided in Section 2.1 above (and subject to the limitations and restrictions in Section 2.1.4 above). No rights or licenses are granted to you with respect to Service Data or Non-Identifying Data except the right to access and use Spreedly Content derived therefrom as provided in Section 2.1 above. Spreedly reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Service. |
| 6.2. | As between you and Spreedly, you are and will remain the sole and exclusive owner of all interests in and to all Account Data, including all IP Rights therein, subject to the rights you grant to Spreedly in this Section 6.2. During the Term, you hereby grant to Spreedly and its subcontractors all such rights and permissions in or relating to Account Data as are necessary to: (i) provide the Platform and the Spreedly Content to you; (ii) operate, improve, maintain, secure and support the Platform and the Spreedly Content; (iii) enforce these Terms of Service and exercise Spreedly’s rights and perform Spreedly’s obligations under these Terms of Service and applicable Law; and (iv) generate Service Data and Non-Identifying Data as described in Section 6.5. Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that Spreedly may process your Account Data using artificial intelligence or machine learning features of the Platform solely for the purposes of providing the Platform to you and generating and delivering Spreedly Content to you. Such features will not expose your Account Data to any other Spreedly customers or users of the Platform and do not involve the use of your Account Data to develop, train, test, refine, fine-tune or otherwise improve artificial intelligence models, algorithms or systems made available to other customers of the Platform. |
| 6.3. | During the Term, you and your Affiliates may provide Feedback to Spreedly. You hereby grant to Spreedly, on behalf of yourself and your Affiliates, a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to exploit that Feedback for any purpose, including developing, improving, modifying, promoting, selling and maintaining the Platform and Spreedly Content. All Feedback is Spreedly’s Confidential Information. |
| 6.4. | To the extent Spreedly makes any improvements to the Platform or Spreedly Content based upon your use, Spreedly exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to such improvements, including all related IP Rights. To the extent you may have or acquire any right, title, or interest in or to such improvements, you hereby irrevocably assign (and will cause your Affiliates to assign) all such rights to Spreedly. |
| 6.5. | Spreedly may collect Service Data and Non-Identifying Data generated in connection with your use of the Platform. You acknowledge and agree that Spreedly may use, modify, adapt, reproduce and disclose Service Data (including to its subcontractors and service providers) to: (i) provide the Platform and the Spreedly Content to you; (ii) operate, improve, maintain, secure and support the Platform and the Spreedly Content; (iii) enforce these Terms of Service and exercise Spreedly’s rights and perform Spreedly’s obligations under these Terms of Service and applicable Law; and (iv) generate Non-Identifying Data. You acknowledge and agree that Spreedly may use, modify, adapt, reproduce, aggregate, create derivative works from, disclose, distribute, license, sell and otherwise exploit Non-Identifying Data for any lawful purpose in its sole discretion, including to improve the Platform and Spreedly Content and to develop, train, test, refine and otherwise improve artificial intelligence models, algorithms, analytics and machine learning systems. Spreedly will not attempt to, and will prohibit any third-party recipient of Non-Identifying Data from attempting to, re-identify any individual or entity from Non-Identifying Data. Spreedly's rights to use Non-Identifying Data described in this Section 6.5 are perpetual and irrevocable and survive any expiration or termination of these Terms of Service. For the avoidance of doubt, Non-Identifying Data does not constitute your Confidential Information. |
| 6.6. | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, to the extent that any Account Data or Service Data is determined to constitute Personal Data under applicable Data Privacy Laws, such data remains subject to Section 4 and the Data Processing Addendum and nothing in this Section 6 authorizes Spreedly to use or disclose such Personal Data beyond what the Data Processing Addendum permits. |
| 6.7. | Spreedly may add your name to our customer list and identify you as a Spreedly customer on Spreedly’s website and in other sales and marketing materials. Any further use of your name in connection with Spreedly marketing activities will require your prior approval. |
| 7. | Term, Termination and Suspension. |
| 7.1. | These Terms of Service are effective the earlier of (i) the date you first create your account, (ii) the date you commence your access and use of the Platform, or (iii) the start of your service Term under an Ordering Document. These Terms of Service will remain in effect until you or we terminate your access to the Platform in accordance with these Terms of Service. The initial term of your subscription to access the Platform will be for 30 days (unless otherwise agreed to in an Ordering Document) (the “Initial Term”). Unless otherwise agreed in the Ordering Document, your subscription to access the Platform (other than Professional Services) will automatically renew for successive renewal terms equal in length to the Initial Term, unless a party provides written notice of non-renewal to the other party at least 15 days prior to the expiration of the then-current Term; provided that where the Initial Term is 12 months or longer, such notice must be provided at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the then-current Term. |
| 7.2. | Your access and use of the Platform may be terminated at any time by either party, effective when that party provides written notice to the other party, if the other party materially breaches these Terms of Service and such breach remains uncured 30 days after the non-breaching party provides the breaching party with written notice regarding such breach. If your access to the Platform is under an Ordering Document, at Spreedly’s option, Spreedly’s termination of an Ordering Document may automatically terminate these Terms of Service and all other outstanding Ordering Documents. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing, Spreedly may terminate your access and use of the Platform, effective upon written notice, if you fail to satisfy your obligations in Section 2.7 above within 10 business days after Spreedly provides written notice; provided that Spreedly may immediately terminate your access and use of the Platform in the event of such failure where Spreedly reasonably determines that your continued access presents a compliance, fraud, sanctions, or legal risk, or where immediate termination is required by applicable Laws, payment network rules, or Spreedly’s financial partner. To the extent permitted by applicable Laws, Spreedly will provide prior notice of such termination. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing, if you fail to pay any undisputed Fees when due and such failure continues for 10 days after Spreedly provides written notice (which may follow or accompany a suspension under Section 7.3), Spreedly may terminate your access and use of the Platform, effective upon written notice. |
| 7.3. | Spreedly may immediately suspend or deny your access to or use of all or any part of the Platform, without any liability, if your use: (i) is or may be harmful to Spreedly or any third party; (ii) presents an unacceptable level of risk; (iii) increases, or may increase, the rate of fraud that Spreedly observes; (iv) degrades, or may degrade, the security, stability or reliability of the Platform or any third party’s system (e.g., your involvement in a distributed denial of service attack); (v) enables or facilitates, or may enable or facilitate, illegal or prohibited transactions; (vi) is or may be unlawful; (vii) breaches these Terms of Service or any Ordering Document; or (viii) fails to satisfy Spreedly’s KYB/KYC or other identity- or business-verification requirements. Spreedly’s remedies in this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, Spreedly’s termination rights in Section 7.2. If Spreedly suspends or denies your access to all or any part of the Platform due to your failure to pay undisputed Fees, Spreedly will restore access only after you have paid all outstanding amounts, including any interest accrued under Section 5.5. Spreedly may charge a reasonable reinstatement fee as a condition of restoring access suspended in accordance with this Section 7.3. |
| 7.4. | If your access to the Platform is terminated or expires (other than due to the termination or expiration of an Ordering Document for Professional Services), then: (i) Spreedly will discontinue your access to the Platform, except to the extent access is necessary to complete pending Transactions or to effect an export permitted under Section 8; (ii) you will complete all pending Transactions and stop accepting new Transactions through the Platform; (iii) you will promptly pay to Spreedly all amounts owing to it under these Terms of Service and all Ordering Documents; (iv) you will discontinue use of any Spreedly trademarks and immediately remove any Spreedly references and logos from your website; and (v) each party will promptly return to the other or, if so directed by the other party, destroy all originals and copies of any Confidential Information of the other party (including all notes, records and materials developed therefrom), provided that Account Data held by Spreedly will instead be handled in accordance with Section 8. |
| 7.5. | Sections 2.1.4 (restrictions on access and use), 3 (Confidentiality), 5 (Fees and Payment), 6 (Ownership and IP Rights), 8 (Export of Payment Data), 9 (Representations and Warranties), 10 (Indemnification), 11 (Limitation of Liability), 12 (Choice of Law), 13 (Dispute Resolution; Agreement to Arbitrate), 14 (Miscellaneous), 15 (Definitions), and this Section 7 (Term, Termination and Suspension) will survive any expiration or termination of the Terms of Service and any Ordering Document along with any provision which by its nature or express terms should survive termination. |
| 8. | Export of Payment Data. You may elect at any time to perform an automatic export of any Payment Data to a third-party endpoint for which Spreedly supports third-party vaulting. For any endpoint for which automatic export is not supported, you may request that Spreedly perform a manual export of your Payment Data and/or other Account Data to your designated recipient so long as the recipient has provided adequate evidence to Spreedly that it is PCI-DSS compliant, you are current on all Fees and other amounts owed to Spreedly, and Spreedly determines, in its sole discretion, that the transfer is not in violation of any applicable Laws. Each manual export will incur an export charge at Spreedly’s then-current rates. Spreedly reserves the right to delete all of your Account Data 90 days after the effective date of termination (“Data Transfer Window”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Spreedly may retain Account Data (i) as required to comply with applicable Laws (including tax, anti-money-laundering, and recordkeeping requirements), (ii) as contained in routine backup or archival systems made in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) as reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; any Account Data so retained remains subject to the confidentiality, data protection and privacy, and security obligations of these Terms of Service. If you require additional time to arrange the export of your Payment Data to a PCI-DSS compliant third party, Spreedly may extend the Data Transfer Window in its discretion for additional 30-day periods when you provide written notice to Spreedly, are current on all outstanding Fees and other amounts owed to Spreedly, and continue to pay a prorated portion of the applicable Fees. |
| 9. | Representations and Warranties. |
| 9.1. | You represent as of the Effective Date, and warrant during the Term, that: |
| 9.1.1. | you have the authority to enter into and perform your obligations under these Terms of Service; |
| 9.1.2. | you are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of your incorporation or other organization; |
| 9.1.3. | the acceptance of these Terms of Service by your representative has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action; |
| 9.1.4. | these Terms of Service will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against you in accordance with its terms; |
| 9.1.5. | you will not use the Platform, directly or indirectly, for any fraudulent undertaking or in any manner that interferes with the use of the Platform; |
| 9.1.6. | your use of the Platform, your collection and use of all of Account Data (including your processing of Payment Data and/or any card authorization, credit, ticket only, capture or settlement request, decline Transaction, or other related Transaction, completed or submitted under your account), and your use of Spreedly Content, will in each case comply with (i) all applicable Laws, (ii) the terms of service of the payment gateways, merchant service providers and/or API endpoints you connect with the Platform, (iii) the operating rules, bylaws, schedules, supplements and addenda, manuals, instructions, releases, specifications and other requirements, as may be amended from time-to-time, of any of the payment networks, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Financial Services, and any Affiliates thereof or any other payment network applicable to the Platform; (iv) PCI-DSS and the PCI Software Security Framework (and any other applicable standard of the PCI Security Standards Council), as applicable; and (v) any regulatory body or agency having jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof; |
| 9.1.7. | you have and are in compliance with all necessary rights, consents, licenses, and approvals required for the operation of your business and your continued access and use of the Platform and Spreedly Content; |
| 9.1.8. | your employees, contractors and agents are acting consistently with these Terms of Service; |
| 9.1.9. | your use of the Platform and Spreedly Content does not violate or infringe upon any third-party rights, including IP Rights; |
| 9.1.10. | you comply with applicable Law with respect to the operation of your business, your use of the Platform and Spreedly Content, and the performance of your obligations under these Terms of Service; |
| 9.1.11. | your use of the Platform will always comply with the Documentation; |
| 9.1.12. | all information you provide to Spreedly, including all Account Data, is accurate and complete and you own, or have all rights, permissions and consents necessary to access or process, and to permit Spreedly, its subcontractors and the Platform to access or process, all Account Data and the Transactions related thereto; |
| 9.1.13. | you are aware of the risks inherent in using artificial intelligence and machine learning products incorporated into the Platform or used to generate the Spreedly Content; and |
| 9.1.14. | you will inform all of your authorized users who use or access the Platform or any Spreedly Content of the risks inherent in using and relying on Spreedly Content generated by artificial intelligence and machine learning products. |
| 9.2. | THE PLATFORM AND SPREEDLY CONTENT PROVIDED BY SPREEDLY HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND SPREEDLY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHER, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER SPREEDLY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SPREEDLY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE PLATFORM OR SERVICE WILL BE RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE PLATFORM OR SPREEDLY CONTENT WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. |
| 9.3. | CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE PLATFORM AND SPREEDLY CONTENT MAY UTILIZE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES. SUCH FEATURES MAY PRODUCE OUTPUTS THAT ARE INCORRECT, INACCURATE, OR INAPPLICABLE TO YOUR USE CASE. YOU AND YOUR USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING AND VERIFYING ALL SUCH SPREEDLY CONTENT BEFORE RELYING ON IT OR MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON IT. ALL SUCH SPREEDLY CONTENT AND OUTPUT IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND. SPREEDLY WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON SPREEDLY CONTENT GENERATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR MACHINE LEARNING FEATURES OF THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING ANY DECISIONS MADE OR ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE BASIS THEREOF. YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AI- AND MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED FEATURES OF THE PLATFORM MAY NOT SATISFY THE SAFEGUARDS, TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS, OR OTHER PROTECTIONS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAWS IN CONNECTION WITH “HIGH-RISK” OR OTHER REGULATED USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. SPREEDLY WILL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THE USE OF THE PLATFORM OR SPREEDLY CONTENT FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY “HIGH-RISK” OR OTHER REGULATED USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. |
| 10. | Indemnification. You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Spreedly and our processors (and our respective employees, directors, agents, Affiliates and representatives) against any claims, costs, losses, damages, judgments, tax assessments, penalties, interest, and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to any claim, action, audit, investigation, inquiry, or other proceeding instituted by any person or entity that arises out of or relates to: (a) any actual or alleged breach of your representations, warranties, or obligations in these Terms of Service or any third-party terms and conditions related to Third-Party Integrations; (b) your wrongful or improper use of the Platform or Spreedly Content; (c) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy, publicity rights or IP Rights; (d) your violation of any Law; (e) any inaccuracy in any tax information provided; (f) any third-party claims made by your customers regarding Spreedly’s processing of your customer’s Personal Data in connection with our provision of the Platform; and (g) any other party’s access and/or use of the Platform through your account. |
| 11. | Limitation of Liability. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SPREEDLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR AFFILIATES IN RELATION TO PLATFORM ACCESS OR ANY SERVICES GOVERNED BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR THE ORDERING DOCUMENTS FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, WASTED EXPENDITURE, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION OR GOODWILL, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, OR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM, SPREEDLY CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AND CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF SPREEDLY ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH PLATFORM ACCESS, SPREEDLY CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THESE TERMS OF SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU TO SPREEDLY DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENTS GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF YOU OR SPREEDLY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. |
| 12. | Choice of Law. The laws of the State of North Carolina govern your access to the Platform and any services provided under these Terms of Service, as well as all related disputes, without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions, regardless of from where you access the Platform, Spreedly Content, or any services provided under these Terms of Service. Subject to Section 13 (Dispute Resolution; Agreement to Arbitrate), which governs to the extent of any conflict, you agree that the exclusive forum for all disputes or claims hereunder that are not subject to arbitration will be the state courts located in Raleigh, North Carolina, or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. |
| 13. | Dispute Resolution; Agreement to Arbitrate. Please read this section carefully, as it affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court. Every controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof (a “Dispute”) will be resolved in accordance with this section. |
| 13.1. | If a Dispute arises, the parties agree to discuss (in good faith) the Dispute informally for at least 60 days before commencing an arbitration action, as described in this Section. If the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute within such 60-day period, such Dispute will be resolved by final and binding arbitration, instituted and conducted pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA Rules”), before a single arbitrator. All arbitration hearings will be conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina. The statute of limitations applicable to any claim will be determined as if such claim were being asserted in a state court in the State of North Carolina, for all state law claims, and in a federal court in the State of North Carolina, for all federal law claims, and such statute of limitations will apply to preclude arbitration of any claim hereunder not brought within the applicable limitation period. The arbitrator will have the authority to award interest on any damages and to award attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party or parties, if any, or to allocate such fees and costs as the arbitrator determines to be equitable. A judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction. If 25 or more Disputes of a substantially similar nature are asserted against Spreedly by or with the assistance of the same counsel or coordinated group of counsel, such Disputes will be administered by the AAA in sequential batches of no more than 50 claimants each, with a single arbitrator appointed for each batch, and each batch will be treated as a single arbitration for purposes of AAA fees. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Dispute concerning whether a matter is subject to arbitration hereunder, including a Dispute caused by the refusal of a party hereto to arbitrate, will be resolved in a judicial proceeding commenced in a state court in the State of North Carolina, for all state law claims, and in a federal court in the State of North Carolina, for all federal law claims. Further, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties reserve the right to proceed at any time in any court of competent jurisdiction to exercise any equitable remedies, and Spreedly may bring an action at any time in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect undisputed Fees and other amounts owed to Spreedly, to which action neither the 60-day informal resolution period nor the agreement to arbitrate will apply. Preservation of these remedies does not limit the power of the arbitrator to grant similar remedies that may be requested by a party in a Dispute. The agreement to arbitrate set forth in this section may only be enforced by the parties to this Agreement and their permitted successors and assigns, will survive the termination or breach of this Agreement, and will be construed pursuant to and governed by the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §1, et seq. |
| 13.2. | PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE A DISPUTE IN COURT BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY. YOU AND SPREEDLY AGREE TO ARBITRATE IN EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES ONLY, NOT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS, AND EACH OF US EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO FILE A CLASS ACTION OR SEEK RELIEF ON A CLASS BASIS. |
| 13.3. | If any portion of this agreement to arbitrate is found to be unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, (i) the unenforceable or unlawful provision will be severed from the Terms of Service; (ii) severance of the unenforceable or unlawful provision will have no impact on the remainder of the agreement to arbitrate or the parties’ ability to compel arbitration of any remaining claims individually under this Section; and (iii) if any claims must therefore proceed on a class, collective, consolidated, or representative basis, such claims must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration, and the parties agree that litigation of those claims will be stayed pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration. |
| 14. | Miscellaneous. |
| 14.1. | This Agreement (including, for avoidance of doubt, the Supplemental Terms) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings or agreements (oral or written), between the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement (and all past dealing or industry custom). If any term in these Terms of Service conflicts with a term in any Supplemental Terms, then unless terms of lower precedence expressly state to the contrary, the order of precedence is: (i) the Ordering Document (if any); (ii) these Terms of Service; and (iii) the other Supplemental Terms and any terms and conditions set forth in any policy, addenda, exhibit, document or other terms incorporated herein by reference, including any such terms identified and maintained at a URL referenced herein. However, nothing in an Ordering Document may modify or supersede anything in Sections 3, 4, 6, or Sections 9-13 of this Agreement. |
| 14.2. | Any delay or failure of either party to enforce its rights, powers or privileges under this Agreement, at any time or for any period, will not be construed as a waiver of such rights, powers and privileges, and the exercise of one right or remedy will not be deemed a waiver of any other right or remedy. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. |
| 14.3. | Under these Terms of Service, notices to you will be sent to the e-mail address designated by you in your account, provided that invoices and notices regarding Fees, payment, suspension, or termination may also or instead be sent to the billing or accounting contact you designate in the applicable Ordering Document, and notices to Spreedly must be sent to: support@spreedly.com. Notice to you will be treated as received when the email is sent. You are responsible for keeping your email address designated in your account accurate and current throughout the Term. |
| 14.4. | You may not assign or otherwise transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Spreedly, except that either party may assign this Agreement without the other party’s consent to a successor (including a successor by way of merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or operation of law) if the successor agrees in writing to assume and fulfill all of the assigning party’s obligations under this Agreement. Any attempt to assign or transfer in violation of the previous sentence will be void in each instance. Spreedly may also assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to an Affiliate. If you assign or otherwise transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement to or undergo a change of control (whether by merger, acquisition, sale of assets or equity, or operation of law) in favor of, a person or entity that directly or indirectly competes with Spreedly, you will provide Spreedly prompt written notice, and Spreedly may terminate this Agreement and all Ordering Documents immediately upon written notice and without liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and permitted assigns of the parties. |
| 14.5. | The relationship between the parties is that of independent contractors. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint venture or other form of joint enterprise, employment or fiduciary relationship between the parties and neither party will have authority to contract for or bind the other Party in any manner whatsoever. |
| 14.6. | Spreedly will not be liable for any losses, damages, or costs you suffer, or delays in Spreedly performance or non-performance, to the extent caused by a Force Majeure Event. |
| 14.7. | Each party agrees that a breach or threatened breach by such party of any of its obligations under Sections 3, 4 or 6 of this Agreement would cause the other party irreparable harm for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and that, in the event of such breach or threatened breach, the other party will be entitled to equitable relief, including a restraining order, an injunction, specific performance and any other relief that may be available from any court of competent jurisdiction, without any requirement to post a bond or other security, or to prove actual damages or that monetary damages are not an adequate remedy. Such remedies are not exclusive and are in addition to all other remedies that may be available at law, in equity or otherwise. |
| 14.8. | You certify that you will not, directly or indirectly, export, re-export, transfer, or otherwise provide access to the Platform or any data, information, software programs, and/or materials resulting from the Platform (or direct product thereof) to any sanctioned person or to a Sanctioned Jurisdiction or otherwise in violation of, or for any purpose prohibited by, Sanctions and Export Control Laws. You will not conduct business with any company, individual, organization or country subject to trade sanctions, embargoes, or other restrictions under Sanctions and Export Control Laws, nor any entity involved in an end use prohibited under U.S. law, including but not limited to, chemical or biological weapons proliferation or nuclear or missile technology proliferation. You understand and acknowledge that we may share Account Data with certain service providers to comply with Sanctions and Export Control Laws, including for sanctions screening and geo-blocking. The parties will cooperate with each other to provide all necessary information needed to facilitate full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. |
| 14.9. | Further, you acknowledge that you are responsible for ensuring that the Platform and Spreedly Content are used, accessed, and disclosed in compliance with all Sanctions and Export Control Laws. You certify that you and your beneficial owners, principals, employees, and agents are not, and will not be, acting on behalf of: (i) any person or entity located in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or that uses the Platform or Spreedly Content in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or that is a national of a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (ii) an individual or entity on the Consolidated List of Persons, Groups, and Entities Subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Persons List or Entity List, or any other sanctions or restricted persons lists maintained pursuant to applicable Sanctions and Export Control Laws; or (iii) the target or subject of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws. |
| 14.10. | If you are the U.S. government (including any department or agency) or contracting on the U.S. government’s behalf, then the Platform (including the software and other components) are “Commercial Items”, as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of “Commercial Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software Documentation”, as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. government end users (i) only as Commercial Items and (ii) with only those rights as granted to all other end users under this Agreement. All unpublished rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. |
| 15. | Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below: |
| “Account Data” means Payment Data and any other data or information that is uploaded or otherwise received from you by or through the Platform for the purposes of being processed within your account. Account Data does not include Non-Identifying Data or Service Data. |
| “Affiliate” means any entity that is now or in the future directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling, or under common control with a party. |
| “Agreement” means these Terms of Service, together with any Ordering Document(s) and any applicable Supplemental Terms, and is used interchangeably with “Terms of Service.” |
| “API” means all instances of the Spreedly application program interface, including all endpoints that enable you to use Spreedly’s Platform (available via the “API Reference” section of Spreedly’s Documentation website). |
| “API call” means any query to a Spreedly Transaction API including all endpoints that enable you to access and use the Spreedly Platform. For the avoidance of doubt, API calls are not themselves a unit of measure for Fees; the applicable units of measure and Fees are set forth in the applicable Ordering Document and Documentation. |
| “Data Privacy Laws” means all applicable laws, rules, and regulations relating to privacy, data protection, or the processing of personal data or personal information. |
| “Data Processing Addendum” means Spreedly’s Data Processing Addendum located at: https://www.spreedly.com/gdpr, including all Standard Contractual Clauses, appendices and attachments thereto, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time in Spreedly’s discretion. |
| “Data Security Policies” means Spreedly’s data security policies described at: https://www.spreedly.com/security-compliance, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time in Spreedly’s discretion. |
| “Documentation” means the then-current online, electronic and written user documentation, guides, and instructional videos that Spreedly makes available to you at: https://developer.spreedly.com/, which describe the functionality, components, features or requirements of the Platform, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time in Spreedly’s discretion. |
| “Effective Date” means the earlier of (i) the date you first create your account on the Platform, (ii) the date you commence your access and use of the Platform, or (iii) the start of your service Term under an Ordering Document. |
| “Feedback” means ideas, suggestions, comments, observations and other input you provide to Spreedly regarding the Platform, including Pre-Release Features. |
| “Force Majeure Event” means an event beyond the control of Spreedly or its subcontractors, including a strike or other labor dispute; labor shortage, stoppage or slowdown; supply chain disruption; embargo or blockade; telecommunication breakdown; power outage or shortage; inadequate transportation service; inability or delay in obtaining adequate supplies; weather; earthquake; fire; flood; act of God; riot; civil disorder; civil or government calamity; epidemic; pandemic; state or national health crisis; war; invasion; hostility (whether war is declared or not); terrorism threat or act; Law; or act of a governmental body or agency. |
| “IP Rights” means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the Laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction. |
| “Merchant Aggregator” means a Spreedly customer that is the non-merchant of record facilitating its merchant partners to sell to downstream consumers or customers while providing payment and non-payment services on behalf of such merchants. |
| “Laws” means all laws, directives, rules and regulations. |
| “Non-Identifying Data” means data—whether aggregated, de-identified, or otherwise derived—that does not, and cannot reasonably be used to, identify any person or entity, and that does not otherwise constitute Personal Data under applicable Data Privacy Laws. |
| “Ordering Document” means each document ordering Spreedly services that is expressly governed by these Terms of Service. |
| “Payment Data” means any personal or financial information collected from a credit card, debit card or other payment method, including but not limited to a cardholder’s account number, card expiration date, and CVV2 uploaded or otherwise received from you by or through the Platform for the purposes of being processed within the Platform. |
| “Payment Method” means a payment method that Spreedly accepts through a Spreedly Transaction API, including but not limited to for processing, vaulting and tokenization. |
| “Payment Transaction” means a non-test Transaction as described in the Documentation. The Ordering Document sets out which Transactions are billable as Payment Transactions and the applicable Fees. |
| “PCI-DSS” means the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. |
| “Personal Data” means any Account Data or other information that Spreedly collects or processes on your behalf in connection with the Platform that constitutes “personal data,” “personal information,” or an equivalent term under Data Privacy Laws. Spreedly’s processing of Personal Data on your behalf is governed by the Data Processing Addendum, under which such data is “Customer Personal Data.” |
| “Professional Services” means the implementation, integration, migration, and/or consulting services provided by Spreedly and described in an Ordering Document. |
| “Sanctions and Export Control Laws” means U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including without limitation, the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce and economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of Treasury, or such sanctions imposed and implemented where the Platform is being used and/or accessed or where you and/or your merchant is located, a resident or a national. |
| “Sanctioned Jurisdiction” means any country, territory, or region that, at the relevant time, is subject to comprehensive economic or trade sanctions or embargoes under Sanctions and Export Control Laws. Such measures must generally prohibit providing the Platform to persons located, organized, or ordinarily resident there without governmental authorization. |
| “Service Data” means metadata, logs, and statistical, technical, and performance information about the configuration, operation, security, support, and performance of the Platform and your access to and use of the Platform or Spreedly Content. |
| “Spreedly Content” means the content, reports, insights, features, and functionality Spreedly makes available to you through the Platform. |
| “Supplemental Terms” means the terms and conditions set forth in any policy, addenda, exhibit, document or other terms incorporated herein by reference, including any such terms identified and maintained at a URL referenced herein. |
| “Support Services Terms” means Spreedly’s technical support terms located at: https://www.spreedly.com/support-services-terms, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time at Spreedly's discretion. |
| “Term” means the period beginning on the Effective Date through the earlier of termination of access to the Platform or the end of the period of access under an Ordering Document (if any). |
| “Transaction” means any request of a Spreedly API endpoint. Multiple Transactions may be necessary to effect one payment (such as storing a payment method or, authorizing a payment and then capturing the payment amount). Not all Transactions are billable; the Ordering Document and Documentation identify which Transactions are billable as Payment Transactions. |
| “Transaction API” means Spreedly’s core APIs responsible for processing payment transaction requests, excluding non-payment related features or services, as part of the Platform. |
| “Pre-Release Features” means the Platform services that Spreedly provides on a free- or trial-basis during the applicable trial period. |
Effective September 3rd 2025 to August 27th 2026
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- Spreedly Account. Access and use of the Platform may require you to register for an account. During registration, we will ask you for information necessary to establish your Spreedly account, which may include Personal Data. You must provide accurate and complete information during the registration process and always keep that information current. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Spreedly account, including for any actions taken by persons to whom you have granted access to your account. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate the access of anyone who provides inaccurate, untrue, or incomplete information, or who violates the account registration requirements.
- Platform; Services.
- Provision and Use of Spreedly Platform.
- During the Term and subject to these Terms of Service, Spreedly authorizes you access and use the Platform on a non-exclusive and non-transferable basis solely to transact, validate, tokenize, and vault payment methods with one or more of the many payment gateways and other Third-Party Integrations that are integrated with the Platform.
- Spreedly may modify any aspect of the Platform, including, without limitation, the design, look and feel, functionality, content, material and/or information provided via the Platform at any time in Spreedly’s sole discretion, and without notice to you. All such modifications or updates will be deemed a part of the Platform and will be governed by these Terms of Service.
- You will access and use the Platform solely for lawful purposes and will not use it for any fraudulent, illegal or criminal purposes. You hereby grant us authorization to share your information with law enforcement, including information concerning your Transactions and your account, if Spreedly reasonably suspects that your use of the Platform has been for an unauthorized, illegal, or criminal purpose. Further, Spreedly reserves the right to not store or submit any Transaction you submit that Spreedly believes is in violation of these Terms of Service or applicable Law or otherwise exposes Spreedly or other Spreedly users to harm, including but not limited to, fraud, illegal, and other criminal acts.
- You must not, and must not enable or allow any third party to:
- modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works or improvements of the Platform (or any portion thereof);
- rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, assign, distribute, publish, transfer or otherwise make available the Platform or any features or functionality of the Platform to any other person or entity for any reason, including as part of any time-sharing, service bureau or software as a service arrangement (except for permitted activity by Merchant Aggregators as set forth in Section 2.4);
- reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, adapt or otherwise attempt to derive, gain access to or discover the source code of the Platform or the underlying structure, ideas, know-how, algorithms or methodology relevant to the Platform;
- input, upload, transmit or otherwise provide to or through the Platform any information or materials that are unlawful or injurious, or contain, transmit or activate any malicious code;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to, damage, destroy, disrupt, disable, impair, interfere with or otherwise impede or harm in any manner the Platform;
- perform load tests, network scans, penetration tests, ethical hacks or any other security auditing procedures against the Spreedly’s software, infrastructure or Transaction API;
- access or use the Platform in any way that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any intellectual property right, privacy right or other right of any third party, or that violates any applicable Law; or
- access or use the Platform for purposes of (i) benchmarking or competitive analysis, (ii) developing, producing, marketing, distributing, licensing or selling any product or service that may compete with the Platform, or (iii) disclosing to Spreedly’s competitors, for any purpose, otherwise non-public information about the Platform.
- Third-Party Integrations.
- Spreedly enables you to access third-party applications and services (e.g., receivers, gateways, payment processors, fraud checks, alternative payment methods, etc.) that are integrated to the Platform and intended to interoperate with Spreedly’s Platform (a “Third-Party Integration”). These Third-Party Integrations are provided for your convenience only and Spreedly does not approve or endorse any Third-Party Integration to you (however certain third-party integrators may compensate Spreedly for referring you to them or if you elect to use their services). Your access and use of any Third-Party Integration is at your own risk and Spreedly disclaims all responsibility and liability for your use of any Third-Party Integration. The services provided by third-party integrators are not Spreedly’s Platform and are not governed by this these Terms of Service. Your use of any Third-Party Integration, including those linked from a Spreedly website, is subject to your agreement with such third-party integrator, including the third-party integrator’s own terms of service and privacy policies, as applicable.
- Spreedly is not a payment gateway or a payment processor and does not receive or exercise control over any funds remitted in connection with the Platform. You will be required to procure the services of certain Third-Party Integrations to make full use of the Platform. Initiating a Transaction through the Spreedly Platform does not guarantee that a payment Transaction will be authorized or processed. Spreedly does not assume any direct or indirect liability or responsibility for your agreements with any third-party.
- The availability of any Third-Party Integration, endpoint or receiver is subject to change at any time. Spreedly will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide 60 days advance notice if Spreedly determines that the Platform can no longer integrate with a Third-Party Integration.
- You are responsible for conducting your own due diligence and security review of all Third-Party Integrations that you chose to use with the Spreedly Platform. If Spreedly provides Professional Services to facilitate your connection to a Third-Party Integration, those Professional Services are in no way an endorsement of such third-party and Spreedly expressly disclaims any responsibility or guarantees of the performance of such third-party.
- Trial Features. Spreedly may classify certain features of the Platform, including a particular release or feature, as “Trial Features”. Spreedly will provide Trial Features during the Trial Period.
- Trial Features may be paid-for features of the Platform sometimes while still classified as a free Trial Features in other circumstances. The price and Fees (if applicable) for Trial Features will be noted on the applicable Ordering Document or Supplemental Terms.
- Unless otherwise mutually agreed in a particular Ordering Document, the trial period for each Trial Feature will be 90 days from the Trial Features activation date (the “Trial Period”). You agree that your access to and use of a Trial Features will automatically terminate at the end of the Trial Period applicable to such Trial Features, with or without notice, unless you elect to convert such Trial Features into a paid subscription of the Platform pursuant to a new agreement or Ordering Document with Spreedly detailing the terms of such paid subscription (e.g., duration and applicable pricing).
- Spreedly may suspend or terminate your access to any Trial Features, modify or remove any features or functions of the Trial Features, and shorten or extend the Trial Period, at any time without prior notice.
- Merchant Aggregator. If you are a Merchant Aggregator, the Platform allows you to act as a non-merchant of record facilitating your merchant partners to sell to downstream customers while providing payment and non-payment services on behalf of their merchants (“Merchant Aggregator Services”) and the follow additional terms will apply to your use of the Platform.
- Fees. You will pay Spreedly the Fees and charges as agreed in writing, as well as other amounts owed under these terms for Merchant Aggregators and the Ordering Document Pursuant to the terms set forth in Section 5.1. You will pay Spreedly the Fees regardless of whether you collected any fees or amounts owed to you from your merchants.
- Customer Support and Disputes. You will be responsible to resolve all merchant disputes and provide necessary assistance at your own cost to the acquiring banks, card networks, Spreedly and other payment partners for dealing with merchant disputes.
- Agreements with Merchants. You represent that your merchants are eligible to utilize the Platform, are located in the eligible territory and have elected to receive services through you regarding your merchant’s service agreement(s). You represent that you have appropriate contractual or other arrangements with each such eligible merchant whereby such merchant authorizes you, as its representative, to receive Merchant Aggregator Services on behalf of such merchant in connection with the merchant’s Transactions, through you. You are solely responsible for having the appropriate contractual or other arrangements with each merchant whom you represent is a merchant in your merchant aggregator group. Spreedly will not be responsible for monitoring, auditing, reviewing or enforcing such arrangements. You agree that you and your merchant are subject to the terms.
- Limitation of Liability. Spreedly will not be liable to you for any damages caused by Spreedly’s conduct in compliance with, or as permitted by the Terms of Service and associated legal and regulatory requirements related to your responsibilities or actions as a Merchant Aggregator. You agree that Spreedly will not be liable to any merchant for any damages caused to the merchant by, or resulting from (i) any failure by you to comply with the Terms of Service and associated legal and regulatory requirements, (ii) your failure to perform any commitment to the merchant or (iii) any acts, omissions or representations made by you in connection with soliciting customers for your services or performing any of its functions as a Merchant Aggregator.
- Support Services. During the Term, so long as you comply with these Terms of Service, Spreedly will provide technical support services to you in accordance with the Support Services Terms, which are incorporated herein by reference (the “Support Services”).
- Professional Services. If you and Spreedly enter into an Ordering Document for Spreedly to perform technical, consulting or other professional services, the following additional terms will apply:
- The terms and conditions included in an Ordering Document, including payment terms, term and termination and other limitations govern Spreedly’s provision of such Professional Services described therein.
- Spreedly reserves the right to determine which of Spreedly’s personnel or subcontractors will be assigned to perform the Professional Services, and to replace or reassign such personnel in its sole discretion.
- In connection with Spreedly’s provision of the Professional Services, you will: (i) reasonably cooperate with Spreedly in all matters relating to the performance of the Professional Services; (ii) respond promptly to Spreedly’s requests to provide direction, information, approvals, authorizations or decisions that are reasonably necessary for Spreedly to perform the Professional Services; (iii) provide the content, data and materials that you are required to enable the performance of the Professional Services; and (iv) perform those additional tasks and assume those additional responsibilities specified in the applicable Ordering Document. You agree that Spreedly’s performance is dependent on your timely and effective fulfillment of the foregoing responsibilities.
- You must secure all rights, consents, licenses or approvals required or necessary to allow Spreedly to access or use any third-party data, materials, software or technology necessary for Spreedly’s performance of the Professional Services
- You acknowledge and agree that all results and proceeds of the Professional Services provided by Spreedly will be deemed to be a part of the services provided related to use of the Platform hereunder and therefore owned by Spreedly and provided to you in accordance with Section 2.1 of these Terms of Service.
- Provision and Use of Spreedly Platform.
- Confidentiality.
- “Confidential Information” means all proprietary, non-public information or materials of any character, whether written, electronic, verbal or otherwise furnished by the disclosing party or its directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors, agents or advisors that (i) is marked or otherwise identified as “Confidential” and/or “Proprietary” (or, if disclosed verbally, is reduced to writing and marked or identified as “Confidential” and/or “Proprietary” and forwarded to the other party within thirty (30) days of oral disclosure) or (ii) should reasonably be understood from all the relevant circumstances to be of confidential or of a proprietary nature, including but not limited to, all (A) trade secrets, (B) financial information and pricing, (C) technical information, such as research, development procedures, algorithms, data, designs, and know-how, (D) Personal Data, (E) business and operational information, such as planning, marketing interests, pricing and products, (F) customer lists and all related information, and (G) the terms of this Agreement and any Ordering Document (if any). To avoid doubt, the following are considered Spreedly’s Confidential Information: all non-public information related to the Platform (including without limitation, pricing information (e.g., price quotes) and the source code for the Platform and the methods, algorithms, structure and logic, technical infrastructure, techniques and processes used by Spreedly in developing, producing, marketing and/or providing the Platform). The following are considered your Confidential Information: Account Data.
- Each party will protect the other’s Confidential Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure like each party protects its own Confidential Information, and no less than reasonable care. Except as otherwise permitted under these Terms of Service, the receiving party may use the disclosing party’s Confidential Information solely to exercise its respective rights and perform its respective obligations under these Terms of Service and will disclose such Confidential Information solely to those of its respective Affiliates, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Representatives”) with a need to know such Confidential Information for such purposes and who are bound to maintain the confidentiality of, and not misuse, such Confidential Information. Each party will be liable for any breach of these Terms of Service by its Representatives to whom it discloses Confidential Information.
- If a party or one of its Representatives is required by any Law, rule or order of any governmental body or agency, or as otherwise necessary to maintain or comply with any regulatory certifications or requirements, to disclose any Confidential Information of the other party, such party (i) will, to the extent legally permissible, give the other party prompt notice of such request so that the other party may (at its own expense) seek an appropriate protective remedy, and (ii) will, and will cause its Representatives to, cooperate with the other party (at the other party’s expense) in its efforts to obtain any such protective remedy. If the disclosing party is unable to obtain such a protective remedy, the receiving party or its Representatives, as applicable, will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that it is required to disclose and exercise reasonable efforts to assist the disclosing party in obtaining assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed.
- All Confidential Information will always remain the sole and exclusive property of the disclosing party and the receiving party will not acquire any rights in or to such Confidential Information by reason of its disclosure to the receiving party.
- Data Protection and Privacy.
- Spreedly will implement safeguards to protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security, confidentiality or integrity of Account Data in accordance with Spreedly’s Data Security Policies, which is incorporated herein by reference. You should familiarize yourself with Spreedly’s Data Security Policies before using the Platform.
- If Spreedly is required to collect, access, store, transfer, transmit, use, disclose or otherwise process any of Personal Data on your behalf, each party must comply with their respective obligations set forth in the Data Processing Addendum, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- When you provide Personal Data to Spreedly or authorize Spreedly to collect Personal Data (as part of Account Data or otherwise) you must provide all necessary notices to and obtain all necessary rights and consents from the applicable individuals sufficient to enable Spreedly to lawfully collect, use, retain and disclose the Personal Data in the ways these Terms of Service. You agree that you will comply with all data privacy and protection laws applicable to you.
- Fees and Payment.
- You will pay to Spreedly the fees and charges as described in each Ordering Document (if applicable) or Supplemental Terms (the “Fees”) and this section. All purchases are final, all payment obligations are non-cancelable and (except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Service) all Fees once paid are non-refundable.
- Spreedly reserves the right to increase or decrease the Fees at any time during the Term by giving you at least 30 days’ prior written notice. The effective date of the Fee change will be as specified in the Fee change notice. By continuing to use the Platform after a Fee change, you are agreeing to the new charges. If you are not willing to agree to the Fee change, then you must notify Spreedly of your intent not to renew at least 15 days prior to the effective date of the Fee change and discontinue the using the Platform in accordance with Section 7.4 by the end of the then-current Term.
- If Spreedly is required by law to pay, withhold or deduct any taxes, levies, imports, duties, charges, fees or other amounts from your payments, those amounts will be invoiced to and paid by you in addition to the Fees, unless you provide Spreedly with a valid exemption certificate from the corresponding authority. If you are required by law to withhold or deduct any portion of the Fees due to Spreedly (a “Required Withholding”), Spreedly will be entitled to “gross-up” the applicable Fees in an amount equal to the Required Withholding so that it receives the same Fees it would have received but for the withheld amounts required by law. You remain liable for the payment of all Required Withholdings, however designated, that are levied or based on your use of the Platform.
- You will make all payments in US dollars. Unless otherwise set forth in an applicable Ordering Document, all invoiced amounts are due net 30 days from the invoice date. You are responsible for providing complete and accurate billing and contact information and notifying Spreedly of any changes to that information.
- If you fail to make any payment when due then, in addition to all other remedies that may be available to Spreedly (including Spreedly’s rights under Section 7.2 and Section 7.3), Spreedly may charge interest on the past due amount at the rate of 1.5% per month calculated daily and compounded monthly or, if lower, the highest rate permitted under applicable law.
- Ownership and IP Rights.
- You acknowledge and agree that Spreedly owns all interest in and to the Platform and the Documentation, including all IP Rights and all derivative works. Spreedly is not granting you any right or license to use or access the Platform or the Documentation, except as specifically provided in Section 2.1 above (and subject to the limitations and restrictions in Section 2.2 above). Spreedly reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Service.
- As between you and Spreedly, you are and will remain the sole and exclusive owner of all interests in and to all Account Data (or have valid licenses or rights to use, grant access to and sublicense such Account Data as contemplated under these Terms of Service), including all IP Rights therein, subject to the rights you grant to Spreedly in this section. During the Term, you hereby grant to Spreedly and its subcontractors all such rights and permissions in or relating to Account Data as are necessary to: (i) provide you with access to the Platform; (ii) enforce these Terms of Service and exercise Spreedly’s rights and perform Spreedly’s obligations under these Terms of Service; and (iii) improve the Platform.
- During the Term, you and your Affiliates may provide Feedback to Spreedly. You grant to Spreedly, on behalf of yourself and your Affiliates, a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to exploit that Feedback for any purpose, including developing, improving, modifying, promoting, selling and maintaining the Platform. All Feedback is Spreedly’s Confidential Information.
- To the extent Spreedly makes any improvements to the Platform based upon your use, Spreedly exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to such improvements, including all related IP Rights.
- Spreedly may collect metadata and other statistical information regarding your use of and the performance of the Platform (“Usage Data”). Usage Data does not contain and is not derived from Account Data. You agree that Spreedly may use Usage Data in connection with providing you access to the Platform and for Spreedly’s internal business purposes (such as monitoring, enhancing and improving the Platform), and that Spreedly may publish and share with third parties aggregated Usage Data that cannot, by itself or with other data, directly or indirectly, identify you, you customers or clients or any other individual or entity.
- Spreedly may add your name to our customer list and identify you as a Spreedly customer on Spreedly’s website and in other sales and marketing materials. Any further use of your name in connection with Spreedly marketing activities will require your prior approval.
- Term, Termination and Suspension.
- These Terms of Service are effective the earlier of (i) the date you first create your account or (ii) the date you commence your access and use of the Platform or (iii) the start of your service Term under an Ordering Document and will remain in effect until you or we terminate your access to the Platform. The initial term of your subscription to access the Platform will be for 30 days (unless otherwise agreed to in an Ordering Document) (the “Initial Term”). Unless otherwise agreed in the Ordering Document, your subscription to access the Platform (other than Professional Services) will automatically renew for successive renewal terms equal in length to the Initial Term (each, a “Renewal Term” and, together with the Initial Term, the “Term”), unless a party provides written notice of non-renewal to the other party at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the then-current Term.
- Your access and use of the Platform may be terminated at any time by either party, effective when that party provides written notice to the other party if the other party materially breaches these Terms of Service and such breach remains uncured 30 days after the non-breaching party provides the breaching party with written notice regarding such breach. If your access to the Platform is under an Ordering Document, at Spreedly’s option, Spreedly’s termination of an Ordering Document may automatically terminate these Terms of Service and all other outstanding Ordering Documents.
- Spreedly may immediately suspend or deny your access to or use of all or any part of the Platform, without any liability, if your use: (i) is or may be harmful to Spreedly or any third party; (ii) presents an unacceptable level of risk; (iii) increases, or may increase, the rate of fraud that Spreedly observes; (iv) degrades, or may degrade, the security, stability or reliability of the Platform or any third party’s system (e.g., your involvement in a distributed denial of service attack); (v) enables or facilitates, or may enable or facilitate, illegal or prohibited transactions; (vi) is or may be unlawful; or (vii) breaches these Terms of Service or any Ordering Document. Spreedly’s remedies in this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, Spreedly’s termination rights in Section 7.2.
- If your access to the Platform is terminated or expires (other than the termination or expiration of an Ordering Document for Professional Services), then: (i) Spreedly will immediately discontinue your access to the Platform; (ii) you will complete all pending Transactions and stop accepting new Transactions through the Platform; (iii) you will promptly pay to Spreedly all amounts owing to it under these Terms of Service and all Ordering Documents; (iv) you will discontinue use of any Spreedly trademarks and immediately remove any Spreedly references and logos from your website; and (v) each party will promptly return to the other or, if so directed by the other party, destroy all originals and copies of any Confidential Information of the other party (including all notes, records and materials developed therefrom).
- Sections 3 (Confidentiality), 5 (Fees and Payment), 6 (Ownership and IP Rights), 7 (Effect of Termination), 9 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 10 (Indemnification), 11 (Limitations of Liability), 14 (Miscellaneous), 15 (Definitions), and this Section 7 will survive any expiration or termination of the Terms of Service and any Ordering Document along with any provision which by its nature or express terms should survive termination.
- Export of Payment Data. You may elect at any time to perform an automatic export of any Payment Data to a third-party endpoint for which Spreedly supports third-party vaulting. For any endpoint for which automatic export is not supported, you may request that Spreedly perform a manual export of your Payment Data and/or other Account Data to your designated recipient so long as the recipient has provided adequate evidence to Spreedly that it is PCI-DSS compliant and Spreedly determines, in its sole discretion, that the transfer is not in violation of any applicable Laws. Each manual export will incur an export charge at Spreedly’s then-current rates. Spreedly reserves the right to delete all of your Account Data 30 days after the effective date of termination (“Data Transfer Window”). If you require additional time to arrange the export of your Payment Data to a PCI-DSS compliant third party, Spreedly may extend the Data Transfer Window for additional 30-day periods when you provide written notice to Spreedly and continuing to pay a prorated portion of the applicable Fees.
- Representations and Warranties.
- You represent as of the Effective Date, and warrant during the Term, that:
- you have the authority to enter into and perform under these Terms of Service;
- you are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or other organization;
- the acceptance of these Terms of Service by your representative has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action;
- these Terms of Service will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against you in accordance with its terms;
- you will not use the Platform, directly or indirectly, for any fraudulent undertaking or in any manner that interferes with the use of the Platform;
- your use of the Platform and your collection and use of all of Account Data (including your processing of Payment Data and/or any card authorization, credit, ticket only, capture or settlement request, decline Transaction, or other related Transaction, completed or submitted under your account) will comply with (i) all applicable Laws, (ii) the terms of service of the payment gateways, merchant service providers and/or API endpoints you connect with the Platform, (iii) the operating rules, bylaws, schedules, supplements and addenda, manuals, instructions, releases, specifications and other requirements, as may be amended from time-to-time, of any of the payment networks including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Financial Services, and any Affiliates thereof or any other payment network applicable to the Platform; (iv) PCI-DSS and PA-DSS, as applicable; and (v) any regulatory body or agency having jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof;
- you have, and comply with, all necessary rights, consents, licenses, and approvals for the operation of your business and to allow you to access and use the Platform in compliance with these Terms of Service and applicable Law;
- your employees, contractors and agents are acting consistently with these Terms of Service;
- your use of the Platform does not violate or infringe upon any third-party rights, including IP Rights, and you have obtained all necessary rights and permissions to enable your use of the Platform in accordance with these Terms of Service;
- you comply with applicable Law with respect to your business, your use of the Platform, and the performance of your obligations under these Terms of Service;
- your use of the Platform will always comply with the Documentation; and
- all information you provide to Spreedly, including all Account Data, is accurate and complete and you own, or have all rights, permissions and consents necessary to access or process, and to permit Spreedly, its subcontractors and the Platform to access or process, all Account Data and the Transactions related thereto.
- THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED BY SPREEDLY HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND SPREEDLY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHER, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER SPREEDLY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SPREEDLY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE PLATFORM OR SERVICE WILL BE RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED OR THAT THE PLATFORM WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
- You represent as of the Effective Date, and warrant during the Term, that:
- Indemnification. You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Spreedly and our processors (and our respective employees, directors, agents, Affiliates and representatives) against any claims, costs, losses, damages, judgments, tax assessments, penalties, interest, and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to any claim, action, audit, investigation, inquiry, or other proceeding instituted by any person or entity that arises out of or relates to: (a) any actual or alleged breach of your representations, warranties, or obligations in these Terms of Service or any third-party terms and conditions related to Third-Party Integrations; (b) your wrongful or improper use of the Platform; (c) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy, publicity rights or IP Rights; (d) your violation of any Law; (e) any inaccuracy in any tax information provided; (e) any third-party claims made by your customers regarding Spreedly’s processing of your customer’s Personal Data in connection with providing you with the Platform; and (f) any other party’s access and/or use of the Platform through your account.
- Limitation of Liability. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SPREEDLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR AFFILIATES IN RELATION TO PLATFORM ACCESS OR ANY SERVICES GOVERNED BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR THE ORDERING DOCUMENTS FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, WASTED EXPENDITURE, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION OR GOODWILL, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, OR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AND CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF SPREEDLY ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH PLATFORM ACCESS OR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THESE TERMS OF SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU TO SPREEDLY DURING THE 3-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENTS GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF YOU OR SPREEDLY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.
- Choice of Law. The laws of the State of North Carolina govern the access to the Platform and services under these Terms of Service, as well as all related disputes, without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions, regardless of from where you access the Platform or services. You agree that the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes or claim relating to the Platform or services and/or these Terms of Service is Raleigh, North Carolina, or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
- Dispute Resolution; Agreement to Arbitrate. Please read this section carefully, as it affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court. Every controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof (a “Dispute”) will be resolved in accordance with this section.
- If a Dispute arises, the parties agree to discuss (in good faith) the Dispute informally for at least 60 days before commencing an arbitration action, as described in this section. If the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute within such 60-day period, such Dispute will be resolved by final and binding arbitration instituted and conducted pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA Rules”). All arbitration hearings will be conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina. The statute of limitations applicable to any claim will be determined as if such claim were being asserted in a state court in the State of North Carolina, for all state law claims, and in a federal court in the State of North Carolina, for all federal law claims, and such statute of limitations will apply to preclude arbitration of any claim hereunder not brought within the applicable limitation period. The arbitrators will have the authority to award interest on any damages and to award attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party or parties, if any, or to allocate such fees and costs as the arbitrators will determine to be equitable. A judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Dispute concerning whether a matter is subject to arbitration hereunder, including a Dispute caused by the refusal of a party hereto to arbitrate, will be resolved in a judicial proceeding commenced in a state court in the State of North Carolina, for all state law claims, and in a federal court in the State of North Carolina, for all federal law claims. Further, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties reserve the right to proceed at any time in any court having jurisdiction to exercise any equitable remedies. Preservation of these remedies does not limit the power of the arbitrators to grant similar remedies that may be requested by a party in a Dispute. The agreement to arbitrate set forth in this section may only be enforced by the parties to this Agreement and their permitted successors and assigns, will survive the termination or breach of this Agreement, and will be construed pursuant to and governed by the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §1, et seq.
- PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE A DISPUTE IN COURT BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY. YOU AND SPREEDLY AGREE TO ARBITRATE IN EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES ONLY, NOT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS, AND EACH OF US EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO FILE A CLASS ACTION OR SEEK RELIEF ON A CLASS BASIS.
- If any portion of this agreement to arbitrate is found to be unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, (i) the unenforceable or unlawful provision will be severed from the Terms of Service; (ii) severance of the unenforceable or unlawful provision will have no impact on the remainder of the agreement to arbitrate or the parties’ ability to compel arbitration of any remaining claims individually under this section; and (iii) if any claims must therefore proceed on a class, collective, consolidated, or representative basis, such claims must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration, and the parties agree that litigation of those claims will be stayed pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration.
- Miscellaneous.
- This Agreement (including, for avoidance of doubt, the Supplemental Terms) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings or agreements (oral or written), between the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement (and all past dealing or industry custom). If any term in these Terms of Service conflicts with a term in any Supplemental Terms, then unless terms of lower precedence expressly state to the contrary, the order of precedence is: (i) the Ordering Document (if any); (ii) these Terms of Service; and (iii) the other Supplemental Terms and any terms and conditions set forth in any policy, addenda, exhibit, document or other terms incorporated herein by reference, including any such terms identified and maintained at a URL referenced herein. However, nothing in an Ordering Document may modify or supersede anything in Sections 3, 4, 6, or sections 9-13 of this Agreement.
- Any delay or failure of either Spreedly to enforce its rights, powers or privileges under this Agreement, at any time or for any period, will not be construed as a waiver of such rights, powers and privileges, and the exercise of one right or remedy will not be deemed a waiver of any other right or remedy. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
- Under these Terms of Service, notices to you will be sent to the e-mail address designated by you in your account and notices to Spreedly must be sent to: support@spreedly.com. Notice to you will be treated as received when the email is sent. You are responsible for keeping your email address designated in your account accurate and current throughout the Term.
- You may not assign or otherwise transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Spreedly. Any attempt to assign or transfer in violation of the previous sentence will be void in each instance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and permitted assigns of the parties.
- The relationship between the parties is that of independent contractors. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint venture or other form of joint enterprise, employment or fiduciary relationship between the parties and neither party will have authority to contract for or bind the other Party in any manner whatsoever.
- Spreedly will not be liable for any losses, damages, or costs you suffer, or delays in Spreedly performance or non-performance, to the extent caused by a Force Majeure Event.
- Each party agrees that a breach or threatened breach by such party of any of its obligations under Sections 3, 4 or 6 of this Agreement would cause the other party irreparable harm for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and that, in the event of such breach or threatened breach, the other party will be entitled to equitable relief, including in a restraining order, an injunction, specific performance and any other relief that may be available from any court of competent jurisdiction, without any requirement to post a bond or other security, or to prove actual damages or that monetary damages are not an adequate remedy. Such remedies are not exclusive and are in addition to all other remedies that may be available at law, in equity or otherwise.
- You certify that you will not, directly or indirectly, export, re-export, transfer, or otherwise provide access to the Platform or any data, information, software programs, and/or materials resulting from the Platform (or direct product thereof) to any Sanctioned Person (as defined below) or to a Sanctioned Jurisdiction or otherwise in violation of, or for any purpose prohibited by, Sanctions and Export Control Laws. You will not conduct business with any company, individual, organization or country subject to trade sanctions, embargoes, or other restrictions under Sanctions and Export Control Laws, nor any entity involved in an end use prohibited under U.S. law, including but not limited to, chemical or biological weapons proliferation or nuclear or missile technology proliferation. You understand and acknowledge that we may share Account Data with certain service providers to comply with Sanctions and Export Control Laws, including for sanctions screening and geo-blocking. The parties will cooperate with each other to provide all necessary information needed to facilitate full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Further, you acknowledge that you are responsible for ensuring that the Platform are used, accessed, and disclosed in compliance with all Sanctions and Export Control Laws. You certify that you and your beneficial owners, principals, employees, and agents are not, and will not be, acting on behalf of: (i) any person or entity located in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or uses the Platform in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or is a national of a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (ii) an individual or entity on the Consolidated List of Persons, Groups, and Entities Subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Persons List or Entity List, or any other sanctions or restricted persons lists maintained by applicable Sanctions and Export Control Laws; or (iii) the target or subject of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws (collectively, “Sanctioned Persons”).
- If you are the U.S. government (including any department or agency) or contracting on the U.S. government’s behalf, then the Platform (including the software and other components) are “Commercial Items”, as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of “Commercial Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software Documentation”, as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. government end users (i) only as Commercial Items and (ii) with only those rights as granted to all other end users under this Agreement. All unpublished rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.
- Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
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- Spreedly Account. Access and use of the Platform may require you to register for an account. During registration, we will ask you for information necessary to establish your Spreedly account, which may include Personal Data. You must provide accurate and complete information during the registration process and always keep that information current. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Spreedly account, including for any actions taken by persons to whom you have granted access to your account. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate the access of anyone who provides inaccurate, untrue, or incomplete information, or who violates the account registration requirements. 	
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- Provision and Use of Spreedly Platform.				
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- During the Term and subject to these Terms of Service, Spreedly authorizes you access and use the Platform on a non-exclusive and non-transferable basis solely to transact, validate, tokenize, and vault payment methods with one or more of the many payment gateways and other Third-Party Integrations that are integrated with the Platform. 					
- Spreedly may modify any aspect of the Platform, including, without limitation, the design, look and feel, functionality, content, material and/or information provided via the Platform at any time in Spreedly’s sole discretion, and without notice to you. All such modifications or updates will be deemed a part of the Platform and will be governed by these Terms of Service. 					
- You will access and use the Platform solely for lawful purposes and will not use it for any fraudulent, illegal or criminal purposes. You hereby grant us authorization to share your information with law enforcement, including information concerning your Transactions and your account, if Spreedly reasonably suspects that your use of the Platform has been for an unauthorized, illegal, or criminal purpose. Further, Spreedly reserves the right to not store or submit any Transaction you submit that Spreedly believes is in violation of these Terms of Service or applicable Law or otherwise exposes Spreedly or other Spreedly users to harm, including but not limited to, fraud, illegal, and other criminal acts. 					
- You must not, and must not enable or allow any third party to:						
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- modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works or improvements of the Platform (or any portion thereof); 							
- rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, assign, distribute, publish, transfer or otherwise make available the Platform or any features or functionality of the Platform to any other person or entity for any reason, including as part of any time-sharing, service bureau or software as a service arrangement (except for permitted activity by Merchant Aggregators as set forth in Section 2.4); 							
- reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, adapt or otherwise attempt to derive, gain access to or discover the source code of the Platform or the underlying structure, ideas, know-how, algorithms or methodology relevant to the Platform; 							
- input, upload, transmit or otherwise provide to or through the Platform any information or materials that are unlawful or injurious, or contain, transmit or activate any malicious code; 							
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to, damage, destroy, disrupt, disable, impair, interfere with or otherwise impede or harm in any manner the Platform; 							
- perform load tests, network scans, penetration tests, ethical hacks or any other security auditing procedures against the Spreedly’s software, infrastructure or Transaction API; 							
- access or use the Platform in any way that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any intellectual property right, privacy right or other right of any third party, or that violates any applicable Law; or 							
- access or use the Platform for purposes of (i) benchmarking or competitive analysis, (ii) developing, producing, marketing, distributing, licensing or selling any product or service that may compete with the Platform, or (iii) disclosing to Spreedly’s competitors, for any purpose, otherwise non-public information about the Platform.
- Third-Party Integrations.
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- Spreedly enables you to access third-party applications and services (e.g., receivers, gateways, payment processors, fraud checks, alternative payment methods, etc.) that are integrated to the Platform and intended to interoperate with Spreedly’s Platform (a “Third-Party Integration”). These Third-Party Integrations are provided for your convenience only and Spreedly does not approve or endorse any Third-Party Integration to you (however certain third-party integrators may compensate Spreedly for referring you to them or if you elect to use their services). Your access and use of any Third-Party Integration is at your own risk and Spreedly disclaims all responsibility and liability for your use of any Third-Party Integration. The services provided by third-party integrators are not Spreedly’s Platform and are not governed by this these Terms of Service. Your use of any Third-Party Integration, including those linked from a Spreedly website, is subject to your agreement with such third-party integrator, including the third-party integrator’s own terms of service and privacy policies, as applicable. 							
- Spreedly is not a payment gateway or a payment processor and does not receive or exercise control over any funds remitted in connection with the Platform. You will be required to procure the services of certain Third-Party Integrations to make full use of the Platform. Initiating a Transaction through the Spreedly Platform does not guarantee that a payment Transaction will be authorized or processed. Spreedly does not assume any direct or indirect liability or responsibility for your agreements with any third-party. 							
- The availability of any Third-Party Integration, endpoint or receiver is subject to change at any time. Spreedly will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide 60 days advance notice if Spreedly determines that the Platform can no longer integrate with a Third-Party Integration. 							
- You are responsible for conducting your own due diligence and security review of all Third-Party Integrations that you chose to use with the Spreedly Platform. If Spreedly provides Professional Services to facilitate your connection to a Third-Party Integration, those Professional Services are in no way an endorsement of such third-party and Spreedly expressly disclaims any responsibility or guarantees of the performance of such third-party. 						
					- Trial Features. Spreedly may classify certain features of the Platform, including a particular release or feature, as “Trial Features”. Spreedly will provide Trial Features during the Trial Period.						
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- Trial Features may be paid-for features of the Platform sometimes while still classified as a free Trial Features in other circumstances. The price and Fees (if applicable) for Trial Features will be noted on the applicable Ordering Document or Supplemental Terms. 							
- Unless otherwise mutually agreed in a particular Ordering Document, the trial period for each Trial Feature will be 90 days from the Trial Features activation date (the “Trial Period”). You agree that your access to and use of a Trial Features will automatically terminate at the end of the Trial Period applicable to such Trial Features, with or without notice, unless you elect to convert such Trial Features into a paid subscription of the Platform pursuant to a new agreement or Ordering Document with Spreedly detailing the terms of such paid subscription (e.g., duration and applicable pricing). 							
- Spreedly may suspend or terminate your access to any Trial Features, modify or remove any features or functions of the Trial Features, and shorten or extend the Trial Period, at any time without prior notice. 						
					 - Merchant Aggregator. If you are a Merchant Aggregator, the Platform allows you to act as a non-merchant of record facilitating your merchant partners to sell to downstream customers while providing payment and non-payment services on behalf of their merchants (“Merchant Aggregator Services”) and the follow additional terms will apply to your use of the Platform.						
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- Fees. You will pay Spreedly the Fees and charges as agreed in writing, as well as other amounts owed under these terms for Merchant Aggregators and the Ordering Document Pursuant to the terms set forth in Section 5.1. You will pay Spreedly the Fees regardless of whether you collected any fees or amounts owed to you from your merchants. 							
- Customer Support and Disputes. You will be responsible to resolve all merchant disputes and provide necessary assistance at your own cost to the acquiring banks, card networks, Spreedly and other payment partners for dealing with merchant disputes. 							
- Agreements with Merchants. You represent that your merchants are eligible to utilize the Platform, are located in the eligible territory and have elected to receive services through you regarding your merchant’s service agreement(s). You represent that you have appropriate contractual or other arrangements with each such eligible merchant whereby such merchant authorizes you, as its representative, to receive Merchant Aggregator Services on behalf of such merchant in connection with the merchant’s Transactions, through you. You are solely responsible for having the appropriate contractual or other arrangements with each merchant whom you represent is a merchant in your merchant aggregator group. Spreedly will not be responsible for monitoring, auditing, reviewing or enforcing such arrangements. You agree that you and your merchant are subject to the terms. 							
- Limitation of Liability. Spreedly will not be liable to you for any damages caused by Spreedly’s conduct in compliance with, or as permitted by the Terms of Service and associated legal and regulatory requirements related to your responsibilities or actions as a Merchant Aggregator. You agree that Spreedly will not be liable to any merchant for any damages caused to the merchant by, or resulting from (i) any failure by you to comply with the Terms of Service and associated legal and regulatory requirements, (ii) your failure to perform any commitment to the merchant or (iii) any acts, omissions or representations made by you in connection with soliciting customers for your services or performing any of its functions as a Merchant Aggregator. 						
					 - 						 Support Services. During the Term, so long as you comply with these Terms of Service, Spreedly will provide technical support services to you in accordance with the Support Services Terms, which are incorporated herein by reference (the “Support Services”). 					
- Professional Services. If you and Spreedly enter into an Ordering Document for Spreedly to perform technical, consulting or other professional services, the following additional terms will apply:						
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- The terms and conditions included in an Ordering Document, including payment terms, term and termination and other limitations govern Spreedly’s provision of such Professional Services described therein. 							
- 								 Spreedly reserves the right to determine which of Spreedly’s personnel or subcontractors will be assigned to perform the Professional Services, and to replace or reassign such personnel in its sole discretion. 							
- In connection with Spreedly’s provision of the Professional Services, you will: (i) reasonably cooperate with Spreedly in all matters relating to the performance of the Professional Services; (ii) respond promptly to Spreedly’s requests to provide direction, information, approvals, authorizations or decisions that are reasonably necessary for Spreedly to perform the Professional Services; (iii) provide the content, data and materials that you are required to enable the performance of the Professional Services; and (iv) perform those additional tasks and assume those additional responsibilities specified in the applicable Ordering Document. You agree that Spreedly’s performance is dependent on your timely and effective fulfillment of the foregoing responsibilities. 							
- You must secure all rights, consents, licenses or approvals required or necessary to allow Spreedly to access or use any third-party data, materials, software or technology necessary for Spreedly’s performance of the Professional Services 							
- You acknowledge and agree that all results and proceeds of the Professional Services provided by Spreedly will be deemed to be a part of the services provided related to use of the Platform hereunder and therefore owned by Spreedly and provided to you in accordance with Section 2.1 of these Terms of Service. 						
				
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- “Confidential Information” means all proprietary, non-public information or materials of any character, whether written, electronic, verbal or otherwise furnished by the disclosing party or its directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors, agents or advisors that (i) is marked or otherwise identified as “Confidential” and/or “Proprietary” (or, if disclosed verbally, is reduced to writing and marked or identified as “Confidential” and/or “Proprietary” and forwarded to the other party within thirty (30) days of oral disclosure) or (ii) should reasonably be understood from all the relevant circumstances to be of confidential or of a proprietary nature, including but not limited to, all (A) trade secrets, (B) financial information and pricing, (C) technical information, such as research, development procedures, algorithms, data, designs, and know-how, (D) Personal Data, (E) business and operational information, such as planning, marketing interests, pricing and products, (F) customer lists and all related information, and (G) the terms of this Agreement and any Ordering Document (if any). 				
		
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- 		To avoid doubt, the following are considered Spreedly’s Confidential Information: all non-public information related to the Platform (including without limitation, pricing information (e.g., price quotes) and the source code for the Platform and the methods, algorithms, structure and logic, technical infrastructure, techniques and processes used by Spreedly in developing, producing, marketing and/or providing the Platform). The following are considered your Confidential Information: Account Data.		
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- Each party will protect the other’s Confidential Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure like each party protects its own Confidential Information, and no less than reasonable care. Except as otherwise permitted under these Terms of Service, the receiving party may use the disclosing party’s Confidential Information solely to exercise its respective rights and perform its respective obligations under these Terms of Service and will disclose such Confidential Information solely to those of its respective Affiliates, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Representatives”) with a need to know such Confidential Information for such purposes and who are bound to maintain the confidentiality of, and not misuse, such Confidential Information. Each party will be liable for any breach of these Terms of Service by its Representatives to whom it discloses Confidential Information. 					
- If a party or one of its Representatives is required by any Law, rule or order of any governmental body or agency, or as otherwise necessary to maintain or comply with any regulatory certifications or requirements, to disclose any Confidential Information of the other party, such party (i) will, to the extent legally permissible, give the other party prompt notice of such request so that the other party may (at its own expense) seek an appropriate protective remedy, and (ii) will, and will cause its Representatives to, cooperate with the other party (at the other party’s expense) in its efforts to obtain any such protective remedy. If the disclosing party is unable to obtain such a protective remedy, the receiving party or its Representatives, as applicable, will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that it is required to disclose and exercise reasonable efforts to assist the disclosing party in obtaining assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed. 					
- All Confidential Information will always remain the sole and exclusive property of the disclosing party and the receiving party will not acquire any rights in or to such Confidential Information by reason of its disclosure to the receiving party. 				
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- Data Protection and Privacy.						
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- 								 Spreedly will implement safeguards to protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security, confidentiality or integrity of Account Data in accordance with Spreedly’s Data Security Policies, which is incorporated herein by reference. You should familiarize yourself with Spreedly’s Data Security Policies before using the Platform. 							
- If Spreedly is required to collect, access, store, transfer, transmit, use, disclose or otherwise process any of Personal Data on your behalf, each party must comply with their respective obligations set forth in the Data Processing Addendum, which is incorporated herein by reference. 							
- When you provide Personal Data to Spreedly or authorize Spreedly to collect Personal Data (as part of Account Data or otherwise) you must provide all necessary notices to and obtain all necessary rights and consents from the applicable individuals sufficient to enable Spreedly to lawfully collect, use, retain and disclose the Personal Data in the ways these Terms of Service. You agree that you will comply with all data privacy and protection laws applicable to you. 						
					 - Fees and Payment.						
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- You will pay to Spreedly the fees and charges as described in each Ordering Document (if applicable) or Supplemental Terms (the “Fees”) and this section. All purchases are final, all payment obligations are non-cancelable and (except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Service) all Fees once paid are non-refundable. 							
- Spreedly reserves the right to increase or decrease the Fees at any time during the Term by giving you at least 30 days’ prior written notice. The effective date of the Fee change will be as specified in the Fee change notice. By continuing to use the Platform after a Fee change, you are agreeing to the new charges. If you are not willing to agree to the Fee change, then you must notify Spreedly of your intent not to renew at least 15 days prior to the effective date of the Fee change and discontinue the using the Platform in accordance with Section 7.4 by the end of the then-current Term. 							
- 								 If Spreedly is required by law to pay, withhold or deduct any taxes, levies, imports, duties, charges, fees or other amounts from your payments, those amounts will be invoiced to and paid by you in addition to the Fees, unless you provide Spreedly with a valid exemption certificate from the corresponding authority. If you are required by law to withhold or deduct any portion of the Fees due to Spreedly (a “Required Withholding”), Spreedly will be entitled to “gross-up” the applicable Fees in an amount equal to the Required Withholding so that it receives the same Fees it would have received but for the withheld amounts required by law. You remain liable for the payment of all Required Withholdings, however designated, that are levied or based on your use of the Platform. 							
- You will make all payments in US dollars. Unless otherwise set forth in an applicable Ordering Document, all invoiced amounts are due net 30 days from the invoice date. You are responsible for providing complete and accurate billing and contact information and notifying Spreedly of any changes to that information. 							
- If you fail to make any payment when due then, in addition to all other remedies that may be available to Spreedly (including Spreedly’s rights under Section 7.2 and Section 7.3), Spreedly may charge interest on the past due amount at the rate of 1.5% per month calculated daily and compounded monthly or, if lower, the highest rate permitted under applicable law. 						
					 - 						 Ownership and IP Rights.						
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- 								 You acknowledge and agree that Spreedly owns all interest in and to the Platform and the Documentation, including all IP Rights and all derivative works. Spreedly is not granting you any right or license to use or access the Platform or the Documentation, except as specifically provided in Section 2.1 above (and subject to the limitations and restrictions in Section 2.2 above). Spreedly reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Service. 							
- As between you and Spreedly, you are and will remain the sole and exclusive owner of all interests in and to all Account Data (or have valid licenses or rights to use, grant access to and sublicense such Account Data as contemplated under these Terms of Service), including all IP Rights therein, subject to the rights you grant to Spreedly in this section. During the Term, you hereby grant to Spreedly and its subcontractors all such rights and permissions in or relating to Account Data as are necessary to: (i) provide you with access to the Platform; (ii) enforce these Terms of Service and exercise Spreedly’s rights and perform Spreedly’s obligations under these Terms of Service; and (iii) improve the Platform. 							
- During the Term, you and your Affiliates may provide Feedback to Spreedly. You grant to Spreedly, on behalf of yourself and your Affiliates, a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to exploit that Feedback for any purpose, including developing, improving, modifying, promoting, selling and maintaining the Platform. All Feedback is Spreedly’s Confidential Information. 							
- To the extent Spreedly makes any improvements to the Platform based upon your use, Spreedly exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to such improvements, including all related IP Rights. 							
- 								 Spreedly may collect metadata and other statistical information regarding your use of and the performance of the Platform (“Usage Data”). Usage Data does not contain and is not derived from Account Data. You agree that Spreedly may use Usage Data in connection with providing you access to the Platform and for Spreedly’s internal business purposes (such as monitoring, enhancing and improving the Platform), and that Spreedly may publish and share with third parties aggregated Usage Data that cannot, by itself or with other data, directly or indirectly, identify you, you customers or clients or any other individual or entity. 							
- Spreedly may add your name to our customer list and identify you as a Spreedly customer on Spreedly’s website and in other sales and marketing materials. Any further use of your name in connection with Spreedly marketing activities will require your prior approval. 						
					 - 						 Term, Termination and Suspension.						
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- 								 These Terms of Service are effective the earlier of (i) the date you first create your account or (ii) the date you commence your access and use of the Platform or (iii) the start of your service Term under an Ordering Document and will remain in effect until you or we terminate your access to the Platform. The initial term of your subscription to access the Platform will be for 30 days (unless otherwise agreed to in an Ordering Document) (the “Initial Term”). Unless otherwise agreed in the Ordering Document, your subscription to access the Platform (other than Professional Services) will automatically renew for successive renewal terms equal in length to the Initial Term (each, a “Renewal Term” and, together with the Initial Term, the “Term”), unless a party provides written notice of non-renewal to the other party at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the then-current Term. 							
- Your access and use of the Platform may be terminated at any time by either party, effective when that party provides written notice to the other party if the other party materially breaches these Terms of Service and such breach remains uncured 30 days after the non-breaching party provides the breaching party with written notice regarding such breach. If your access to the Platform is under an Ordering Document, at Spreedly’s option, Spreedly’s termination of an Ordering Document may automatically terminate these Terms of Service and all other outstanding Ordering Documents. 							
- 								 Spreedly may immediately suspend or deny your access to or use of all or any part of the Platform, without any liability, if your use: (i) is or may be harmful to Spreedly or any third party; (ii) presents an unacceptable level of risk; (iii) increases, or may increase, the rate of fraud that Spreedly observes; (iv) degrades, or may degrade, the security, stability or reliability of the Platform or any third party’s system (e.g., your involvement in a distributed denial of service attack); (v) enables or facilitates, or may enable or facilitate, illegal or prohibited transactions; (vi) is or may be unlawful; or (vii) breaches these Terms of Service or any Ordering Document. Spreedly’s remedies in this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, Spreedly’s termination rights in Section 7.2. 							
- If your access to the Platform is terminated or expires (other than the termination or expiration of an Ordering Document for Professional Services), then: (i) Spreedly will immediately discontinue your access to the Platform; (ii) you will complete all pending Transactions and stop accepting new Transactions through the Platform; (iii) you will promptly pay to Spreedly all amounts owing to it under these Terms of Service and all Ordering Documents; (iv) you will discontinue use of any Spreedly trademarks and immediately remove any Spreedly references and logos from your website; and (v) each party will promptly return to the other or, if so directed by the other party, destroy all originals and copies of any Confidential Information of the other party (including all notes, records and materials developed therefrom). 							
- Sections 3 (Confidentiality), 5 (Fees and Payment), 6 (Ownership and IP Rights), 7 (Effect of Termination), 9 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 10 (Indemnification), 11 (Limitations of Liability), 14 (Miscellaneous), 15 (Definitions), and this Section 7 will survive any expiration or termination of the Terms of Service and any Ordering Document along with any provision which by its nature or express terms should survive termination. 						
					 - 						 Export of Payment Data. You may elect at any time to perform an automatic export of any Payment Data to a third-party endpoint for which Spreedly supports third-party vaulting. For any endpoint for which automatic export is not supported, you may request that Spreedly perform a manual export of your Payment Data and/or other Account Data to your designated recipient so long as the recipient has provided adequate evidence to Spreedly that it is PCI-DSS compliant and Spreedly determines, in its sole discretion, that the transfer is not in violation of any applicable Laws. Each manual export will incur an export charge at Spreedly’s then-current rates. Spreedly reserves the right to delete all of your Account Data 30 days after the effective date of termination (“Data Transfer Window”). If you require additional time to arrange the export of your Payment Data to a PCI-DSS compliant third party, Spreedly may extend the Data Transfer Window for additional 30-day periods when you provide written notice to Spreedly and continuing to pay a prorated portion of the applicable Fees. 					
- Representations and Warranties.						
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- You represent as of the Effective Date, and warrant during the Term, that:								
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- you have the authority to enter into and perform under these Terms of Service; 									
- you are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or other organization; 									
- the acceptance of these Terms of Service by your representative has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action; 									
- these Terms of Service will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against you in accordance with its terms; 									
- you will not use the Platform, directly or indirectly, for any fraudulent undertaking or in any manner that interferes with the use of the Platform; 									
- your use of the Platform and your collection and use of all of Account Data (including your processing of Payment Data and/or any card authorization, credit, ticket only, capture or settlement request, decline Transaction, or other related Transaction, completed or submitted under your account) will comply with (i) all applicable Laws, (ii) the terms of service of the payment gateways, merchant service providers and/or API endpoints you connect with the Platform, (iii) the operating rules, bylaws, schedules, supplements and addenda, manuals, instructions, releases, specifications and other requirements, as may be amended from time-to-time, of any of the payment networks including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Financial Services, and any Affiliates thereof or any other payment network applicable to the Platform; (iv) PCI-DSS and PA-DSS, as applicable; and (v) any regulatory body or agency having jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof; 									
- you have, and comply with, all necessary rights, consents, licenses, and approvals for the operation of your business and to allow you to access and use the Platform in compliance with these Terms of Service and applicable Law; 									
- your employees, contractors and agents are acting consistently with these Terms of Service; 									
- your use of the Platform does not violate or infringe upon any third-party rights, including IP Rights, and you have obtained all necessary rights and permissions to enable your use of the Platform in accordance with these Terms of Service; 									
- you comply with applicable Law with respect to your business, your use of the Platform, and the performance of your obligations under these Terms of Service; 									
- your use of the Platform will always comply with the Documentation; and 									
- all information you provide to Spreedly, including all Account Data, is accurate and complete and you own, or have all rights, permissions and consents necessary to access or process, and to permit Spreedly, its subcontractors and the Platform to access or process, all Account Data and the Transactions related thereto. 								
							 - THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED BY SPREEDLY HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND SPREEDLY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHER, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER SPREEDLY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SPREEDLY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE PLATFORM OR SERVICE WILL BE RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED OR THAT THE PLATFORM WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. 						
					 - You represent as of the Effective Date, and warrant during the Term, that:								
- 						 Indemnification. You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Spreedly and our processors (and our respective employees, directors, agents, Affiliates and representatives) against any claims, costs, losses, damages, judgments, tax assessments, penalties, interest, and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to any claim, action, audit, investigation, inquiry, or other proceeding instituted by any person or entity that arises out of or relates to: (a) any actual or alleged breach of your representations, warranties, or obligations in these Terms of Service or any third-party terms and conditions related to Third-Party Integrations; (b) your wrongful or improper use of the Platform; (c) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy, publicity rights or IP Rights; (d) your violation of any Law; (e) any inaccuracy in any tax information provided; (e) any third-party claims made by your customers regarding Spreedly’s processing of your customer’s Personal Data in connection with providing you with the Platform; and (f) any other party’s access and/or use of the Platform through your account. 					
- Limitation of Liability. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SPREEDLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR AFFILIATES IN RELATION TO PLATFORM ACCESS OR ANY SERVICES GOVERNED BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR THE ORDERING DOCUMENTS FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, WASTED EXPENDITURE, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION OR GOODWILL, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, OR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AND CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF SPREEDLY ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH PLATFORM ACCESS OR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THESE TERMS OF SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU TO SPREEDLY DURING THE 3-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENTS GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF YOU OR SPREEDLY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. 					
- Choice of Law. The laws of the State of North Carolina govern the access to the Platform and services under these Terms of Service, as well as all related disputes, without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions, regardless of from where you access the Platform or services. You agree that the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes or claim relating to the Platform or services and/or these Terms of Service is Raleigh, North Carolina, or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. 					
- Dispute Resolution; Agreement to Arbitrate. Please read this section carefully, as it affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court. Every controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof (a “Dispute”) will be resolved in accordance with this section.						
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- If a Dispute arises, the parties agree to discuss (in good faith) the Dispute informally for at least 60 days before commencing an arbitration action, as described in this section. If the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute within such 60-day period, such Dispute will be resolved by final and binding arbitration instituted and conducted pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA Rules”). All arbitration hearings will be conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina. The statute of limitations applicable to any claim will be determined as if such claim were being asserted in a state court in the State of North Carolina, for all state law claims, and in a federal court in the State of North Carolina, for all federal law claims, and such statute of limitations will apply to preclude arbitration of any claim hereunder not brought within the applicable limitation period. The arbitrators will have the authority to award interest on any damages and to award attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party or parties, if any, or to allocate such fees and costs as the arbitrators will determine to be equitable. A judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Dispute concerning whether a matter is subject to arbitration hereunder, including a Dispute caused by the refusal of a party hereto to arbitrate, will be resolved in a judicial proceeding commenced in a state court in the State of North Carolina, for all state law claims, and in a federal court in the State of North Carolina, for all federal law claims. Further, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties reserve the right to proceed at any time in any court having jurisdiction to exercise any equitable remedies. Preservation of these remedies does not limit the power of the arbitrators to grant similar remedies that may be requested by a party in a Dispute. The agreement to arbitrate set forth in this section may only be enforced by the parties to this Agreement and their permitted successors and assigns, will survive the termination or breach of this Agreement, and will be construed pursuant to and governed by the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §1, et seq. 							
- PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE A DISPUTE IN COURT BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY. YOU AND SPREEDLY AGREE TO ARBITRATE IN EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES ONLY, NOT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS, AND EACH OF US EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO FILE A CLASS ACTION OR SEEK RELIEF ON A CLASS BASIS. 							
- If any portion of this agreement to arbitrate is found to be unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, (i) the unenforceable or unlawful provision will be severed from the Terms of Service; (ii) severance of the unenforceable or unlawful provision will have no impact on the remainder of the agreement to arbitrate or the parties’ ability to compel arbitration of any remaining claims individually under this section; and (iii) if any claims must therefore proceed on a class, collective, consolidated, or representative basis, such claims must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration, and the parties agree that litigation of those claims will be stayed pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration. 						
					 - Miscellaneous.						
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- This Agreement (including, for avoidance of doubt, the Supplemental Terms) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings or agreements (oral or written), between the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement (and all past dealing or industry custom). If any term in these Terms of Service conflicts with a term in any Supplemental Terms, then unless terms of lower precedence expressly state to the contrary, the order of precedence is: (i) the Ordering Document (if any); (ii) these Terms of Service; and (iii) the other Supplemental Terms and any terms and conditions set forth in any policy, addenda, exhibit, document or other terms incorporated herein by reference, including any such terms identified and maintained at a URL referenced herein. However, nothing in an Ordering Document may modify or supersede anything in Sections 3, 4, 6, or sections 9-13 of this Agreement. 							
- Any delay or failure of either Spreedly to enforce its rights, powers or privileges under this Agreement, at any time or for any period, will not be construed as a waiver of such rights, powers and privileges, and the exercise of one right or remedy will not be deemed a waiver of any other right or remedy. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. 							
- 								 Under these Terms of Service, notices to you will be sent to the e-mail address designated by you in your account and notices to Spreedly must be sent to: support@spreedly.com. Notice to you will be treated as received when the email is sent. You are responsible for keeping your email address designated in your account accurate and current throughout the Term. 							
- You may not assign or otherwise transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Spreedly. Any attempt to assign or transfer in violation of the previous sentence will be void in each instance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and permitted assigns of the parties. 							
- The relationship between the parties is that of independent contractors. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint venture or other form of joint enterprise, employment or fiduciary relationship between the parties and neither party will have authority to contract for or bind the other Party in any manner whatsoever. 							
- 								 Spreedly will not be liable for any losses, damages, or costs you suffer, or delays in Spreedly performance or non-performance, to the extent caused by a Force Majeure Event. 							
- Each party agrees that a breach or threatened breach by such party of any of its obligations under Sections 3, 4 or 6 of this Agreement would cause the other party irreparable harm for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and that, in the event of such breach or threatened breach, the other party will be entitled to equitable relief, including in a restraining order, an injunction, specific performance and any other relief that may be available from any court of competent jurisdiction, without any requirement to post a bond or other security, or to prove actual damages or that monetary damages are not an adequate remedy. Such remedies are not exclusive and are in addition to all other remedies that may be available at law, in equity or otherwise. 							
- You certify that you will not, directly or indirectly, export, re-export, transfer, or otherwise provide access to the Platform or any data, information, software programs, and/or materials resulting from the Platform (or direct product thereof) to any Sanctioned Person (as defined below) or to a Sanctioned Jurisdiction or otherwise in violation of, or for any purpose prohibited by, Sanctions and Export Control Laws. You will not conduct business with any company, individual, organization or country subject to trade sanctions, embargoes, or other restrictions under Sanctions and Export Control Laws, nor any entity involved in an end use prohibited under U.S. law, including but not limited to, chemical or biological weapons proliferation or nuclear or missile technology proliferation. You understand and acknowledge that we may share Account Data with certain service providers to comply with Sanctions and Export Control Laws, including for sanctions screening and geo-blocking. The parties will cooperate with each other to provide all necessary information needed to facilitate full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. 							
- Further, you acknowledge that you are responsible for ensuring that the Platform are used, accessed, and disclosed in compliance with all Sanctions and Export Control Laws. You certify that you and your beneficial owners, principals, employees, and agents are not, and will not be, acting on behalf of: (i) any person or entity located in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or uses the Platform in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or is a national of a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (ii) an individual or entity on the Consolidated List of Persons, Groups, and Entities Subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Persons List or Entity List, or any other sanctions or restricted persons lists maintained by applicable Sanctions and Export Control Laws; or (iii) the target or subject of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws (collectively, “Sanctioned Persons”). 							
- If you are the U.S. government (including any department or agency) or contracting on the U.S. government’s behalf, then the Platform (including the software and other components) are “Commercial Items”, as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of “Commercial Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software Documentation”, as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. government end users (i) only as Commercial Items and (ii) with only those rights as granted to all other end users under this Agreement. All unpublished rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. 						
					 - Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
- “Account Data” means Payment Data and any other data or information that is uploaded or otherwise received from you by or through the Platform for the purposes of being processed within your account.
- “Affiliate” means any entity that is now or in the future directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling, or under common control with a party.	
- 			“API” means all instances of the Spreedly application program interface, including all endpoints that enable you to use Spreedly’s Platform (available via “API Reference” section of Spreedly’s Documentation website).
- “API call” means any query to a Spreedly API including all endpoints that enable you to access and use the Spreedly Platform.	
- 			“Data Processing Addendum” means Spreedly’s Data Processing Addendum located at: https://www.spreedly.com/gdpr, including all Standard Contractual Clauses, appendices and attachments thereto, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time in Spreedly’s discretion.	
- 			“Data Security Policies” means Spreedly’s data security policies described at: https://www.spreedly.com/security-compliance, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time in Spreedly’s discretion.	
- 			“Documentation” means the then-current online, electronic and written user documentation and guides, and instructional videos that Spreedly makes available to you at: https://developer.spreedly.com/, which describe the functionality, components, features or requirements of the Platform, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time in Spreedly’s discretion.	
- 			“Effective Date” means the earlier of (i) the date you first create your account or (ii) the date you commence your access and use of the Platform or (iii) the start of your service Term under an Ordering Document.	
- 			“Feedback” means ideas, suggestions, comments, observations and other input you provide to Spreedly regarding the Platform, especially Trial Features.	
- 			“Force Majeure Event” means an event beyond the control of Spreedly or its subcontractors, including a strike or other labor dispute; labor shortage, stoppage or slowdown; supply chain disruption; embargo or blockade; telecommunication breakdown; power outage or shortage; inadequate transportation service; inability or delay in obtaining adequate supplies; weather; earthquake; fire; flood; act of God; riot; civil disorder; civil or government calamity; epidemic; pandemic; state or national health crisis; war; invasion; hostility (whether war is declared or not); terrorism threat or act; Law; or act of a governmental body or agency.	
- 			“IP Rights” means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the Laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction.	
- 			“Merchant Aggregator” means a Spreedly customer that is the non-merchant of record facilitating its merchant partners to sell to downstream consumers or customers while providing payment and non-payment services on behalf of their merchants.	
- 			“Laws” means all laws, directives, rules and regulations.	
- 			“Ordering Document” means each document ordering Spreedly services that is expressly governed by these Terms of Service.	
- 			“Payment Data” means any personal or financial information collected from a credit card, debit card or other payment method, including but not limited to a cardholder’s account number, card expiration date, and CVV2 uploaded or otherwise received from you by or through the Platform for the purposes of being processed within the Platform.	
- 			“Payment Method” means a payment method that Spreedly accepts through a Spreedly Transaction API including but not limited to for processing, vaulting and tokenization.	
- 			“PCI-DSS” means the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.	
- “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identifiable natural person that is “processed” (as defined in the Data Processing Addendum) in connection with Spreedly Platform, and includes “personal data” as defined under EU Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) and “personal information” as defined under the CCPA.	
- 			“Professional Services” means the implementation, integration, migration, and/or consulting services provided by Spreedly and described in an Ordering Document.	
- 			“Sanction and Export Control Laws” means U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including without limitation, the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) of the U.S. Department of Commerce and economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the U.S. Department of Treasury or such sanctions imposed and implemented where the Platform is being used and/or accessed or where you and/or your merchant is located, a resident or a national.	
- 			“Sanctioned Jurisdictions” means any country subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions, including without limitation, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Crimea and the Donbass regions of Ukraine.	
- 			“Supplemental Terms” means (i) the terms and conditions set forth in any policy, addenda, exhibit, document or other terms incorporated herein by reference, including any such terms identified and maintained at a URL referenced herein.	
- 			“Support Services Terms” means Spreedly’s technical support terms located at: https://www.spreedly.com/support-services-terms, as Spreedly may update from time-to-time at Spreedly's discretion.	
- 			“Term” means the period beginning on the Effective Date through the termination of access to the Platform or the period of access under an Ordering Document (if any).	
- “Transaction” means any request of a Spreedly API endpoint. Multiple Transactions may be necessary to effect one payment (such as storing a payment method or, authorizing a payment, and then capturing the payment amount).	
- 			“Transaction APIs” means Spreedly’s core APIs responsible for processing payment transaction requests excluding non-payment related features or services as part of the Platform.	
- 			“Trial Services” means the Platform services that Spreedly provides on a free- or trial-basis during the applicable trial period.
		 - Data Protection and Privacy.						
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Support Terms
Effective February 16th 2026
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SUPPORT OPTIONS
Our Support Services are designed to provide Spreedly customers and partners with world-class customer support from a global team committed to ensuring your success with our solutions.
Every Spreedly customer receives our base Business Support with 24x7 ticket submission and first response. Business Support ensures all customers have answers to product questions and troubleshooting guidance through email and our online ticketing system. All Customers have access to the Spreedly Help Center and Knowledge Base and to product Documentation; and can enroll for status notifications at the Spreedly API Status Page. Spreedly does not guarantee response, resolution, or uptime for the Business Support level.
In addition to our Business Support, three levels of additional support services are available under an annual subscription plan (a “Subscription Support Services Plan”).
- Advanced Support includes the same services as Business Support and adds annual performance and business reviews and a leadership sponsor to supervise service delivery as well as guaranteed response and resolution times and an uptime SLA.
- Professional Support includes the same services as Advanced Support and adds access to our Red Alert escalation system, implementation and project consulting during your onboarding phase, a technical account manager, gateway consultations, bi-annual business reviews, and quarterly performance check-ins.
- Premium Support includes our Professional Support and adds critical case notification, shared Slack channel support, a dedicated Strategic Account Manager, monthly check-ins with your account team, executive sponsorship, consulting on implementation, project management and gateway integrations through a technical account manager.
CONTACTING SUPPORT
Contact Spreedly’s technical support by emailing support@spreedly.com or by submitting a request via our intake form at support.spreedly.com.
Please include the following information in all support requests:
- The organization name associated with the Spreedly account;
- A detailed summary of the issue or question;
- Troubleshooting information (if applicable) including:
- Gateway/Endpoint being used;
- Transaction, Payment Method and/or Gateway Token(s);
- Link to Spreedly Dashboard;
- Error code received (Transaction Error or HTTP Status Code);
- Steps to recreate issue.
- Priority/Severity Level/Business Impact (see below for Severity Level definitions).
For customers on a Subscription Support Services Plan, critical case notification and phone support contact information will be provided by your technical account manager.
Support for our Partners
If you are a Spreedly Payments Partner and create a ticket on behalf of a customer, please include the customer's organization and email address when creating the ticket.
Support Hours
Spreedly’s email support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days of the week, 365 days of the year. We may have reduced staffing during major holidays and we will advise through our Support Page if this is the case.
Expanded Support Regions
When submitting a new support ticket, you can optionally provide us more information on your preferred region for support. This helps us assign support staff from your region and means you'll be more likely to receive replies during your selected business hours. If you choose a preferred region, the support hours for your support ticket are as follows for all 7 days of the week:
Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA): 8am-6pm EET Cape Town (UTC+2)
Americas (AMER): 8am-9pm ET US+Canada (UTC-4)
Asia Pacific (APAC): 8am-6pm SGT (UTC+8)
SELF HELP RESOURCES
Spreedly customers can take full advantage of our self-help tools available within our Help Center, our API Status Page, and from there you can find product Documentation, technical Documentation, Knowledge Base articles, and access technical guides.
RESPONSE AND RESOLUTION TIMES
Spreedly is committed to rapid response of each request for support. All requests can be logged with Spreedly 24 hours-per-day, 7 days-per-week, 365 days-per-year via email at support@spreedly.com or via our request intake form at support.spreedly.com.
Spreedly will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond to each support request. Spreedly will provide continuous efforts (24x7x365) to resolve availability issues with the Transaction Processing Service until a workaround or resolution can be provided or until the incident can be downgraded to a lower priority.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Your satisfaction is important to Spreedly. After your case is resolved we may ask for your feedback via ZenDesk. Our support team regularly reviews responses, monitors customer satisfaction, and may contact customers where opportunities for improvement are identified.
We may also reach out via other mechanisms to inquire about your willingness to recommend Spreedly and our services. We appreciate your responses and value your feedback in helping us to continuously enhance our services.
SUBSCRIPTION SUPPORT LEVEL OBJECTIVES
Subscription Support Services Plans come with guaranteed response and resolution times prioritized by the severity and the selected plan as presented in the following Table 1.
As used below, “Transaction Processing Service” means Spreedly’s core API responsible for processing customer’s payment transaction requests and does not include any beta features or non-payment transaction Spreedly services such as dashboard reporting.
Table 1
Severity Level Definitions
Customers should indicate a priority when submitting a support ticket based on the severity level of their issue, however, Spreedly may adjust the priority if the request no longer fits the original severity level definition. Spreedly is not responsible for any failure to meet performance standards caused by the misassignment of the priority in a support request. Support tickets submitted without a priority will default to Severity Level 3.
Severity levels are defined as follows:
Level 1 (Critical): Transaction Processing Service is unavailable due to an issue under Spreedly’s control and no work around exists.
Level 2 (Serious): Transaction Processing Service is severely impaired due to an issue under Spreedly’s control although a workaround may exist.
Level 3 (Low): Non-critical maintenance, configuration or troubleshooting requests not impacting the Transaction Processing Service. Includes product questions, feature requests, bugs, and development issues that require investigation by Spreedly.
Recordkeeping; Information and Audit Rights.
Processor will maintain all records pertinent to its processing of Customer Personal Data that are required by Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, Article 30(2) of the GDPR, and (to the extent they are applicable to Processor’s activities for the Customer) Processor will make such records available to the Customer upon the Customer’s reasonable written request. Processor will make available to the Customer on the Customer’s reasonable request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA, and will, at the Customer’s cost, allow for and cooperate with audits, including inspections, by the Customer or an auditor appointed by Customer in relation to the Processing of the Customer Personal Data by Processor, subject to the following:
The following conditions will apply to the calculation of uptime availability commitments in Table 2:
- “Availability” means that the services are up and running, accessible by customer and its end users, without interruption or undue delay.
- Any downtime resulting from outages of third-party connections or utilities or other reasons beyond Spreedly’s control are excluded.
- Downtime will begin to accrue as soon as the Transaction Processing Service is unavailable to customer and/or its end users and continues until the Transaction Processing Service is restored.
Spreedly will provide written notice no less than five (5) business days prior to all scheduled maintenance by posting an update to the Spreedly Status Page. Posting of such notice to the Spreedly Status Page will be deemed written notice. Customer is responsible for subscribing to status notifications on the Spreedly Status Page to receive email delivery of these updates. Spreedly will perform scheduled maintenance in such a way that any interruption of the Transaction Processing Service is kept to a minimum and will provide a maintenance window that will not exceed 60 minutes individually or 24 hours in the aggregate in any month.
If Spreedly fails to meet or exceed the applicable service levels for Customer’s given Subscription Support Services Plan (a “Service Level Failure”), Spreedly will issue a credit to Customer (each, a “Service Credit”) in the following amounts based on the actual Availability during the applicable calendar month and the Customer’s selected Subscription Support Services Plan as presented in the following Table 3:
Table 3
Service Credits may not be redeemed for cash and will be applied to Customer’s next applicable payment. The issuance of Service Credits is Spreedly’s sole obligation and liability and Customer’s sole remedy for any Service Level Failure.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Spreedly has no obligation to issue any Service Credit unless Customer requests such Service Credit in writing within ten (10) business days of the Service Level Failure.
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES
Internal Help Desk
Customer must establish and maintain an internal help desk for its customers to act as first-line support. Your first-line support will at a minimum include:
- a direct response to users with respect to inquiries concerning the performance, functionality or operation of the product;
- a direct response to users with respect to problems or issues with the product;
- a diagnosis of problems or issues of the product; and
- a resolution of known problems or issues with the product with the help of technical knowledge base articles, repositories and experience.
If after reasonable efforts you are unable to diagnose or resolve the product problems or issues, and you have reason to believe the issue originates with Spreedly, please contact Spreedly for technical support by email at support@spreedly.com or via our request intake form at support.spreedly.com
TECHNICAL LEADS
Customer will establish a technical lead to manage troubleshooting and establish best practices. Your technical leader will be the liaison between Customer and Spreedly for technical support. These persons must have sufficient knowledge of the Spreedly product and your own environment in order to work with Spreedly to analyze and resolve Support Requests. They are responsible for engaging Spreedly technical support and monitoring the resolution of all Support Requests and escalated support issues.
Your technical or project lead should be assigned to monitor and administer your integration with the Spreedly product and should have experience in network and third-party application troubleshooting as well as browser knowledge & debugging skills.
Technical Leads are responsible for checking Spreedly’s online resources (e.g. website product Documentation, technical Documentation and Knowledge Base) and the Spreedly Status Page before submitting a Support Request.
PROTECTION OF API KEYS AND CREDENTIALS
Customer must safeguard and protect unauthorized access to API keys and other credentials to access the Spreedly services. Spreedly will not issue credits or refunds for unauthorized use of Spreedly services through Customer’s issued API keys or other access credentials including compromises or abuse of Customer’s payment flows that subsequently interact with Spreedly services.
PRODUCT AND SUPPORT UPDATES
Updates to Spreedly Services
Spreedly may release Updates to its products and services pursuant to Spreedly's standard release cycle. "Updates" are defined as new releases, the provision of bug fixes, problem determination and error corrections, improvements, enhancements, extensions, revisions, and similar updates to the Spreedly products and services licensed to our customers together with related documentation. Spreedly will provide Updates at no additional charge. Spreedly may make changes to its products and services (including, without limitation, the design, look and feel, functionality, content, material, information) that Spreedly deems necessary or useful to improve the products or services or for any other reason and at any time, provided however Spreedly will not make any changes that will materially adversely affect its features or functionality without prior notice to and a reasonable opportunity to review and/or transition.
Where practical, Spreedly will schedule such Updates during non-business hours. Notice to Customer will be sent via email or posted at the Spreedly API Status Page.
Updates to these Support Policies
Customer understands that these Support Services Terms are subject to change at Spreedly’s discretion. In the event these terms are modified, the revised version of the Support Service Terms will be posted to Spreedly’s website at www.spreedly.com/support-services-terms. Unless Customer and Spreedly otherwise agree in writing, by using Spreedly’s Support Services after such updated terms become effective, Customer hereby consents to comply with the most recent version of these Support Service Terms.
Effective October 1st 2024 to February 16th 2026
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SUPPORT OPTIONS
Our Support Services are designed to provide Spreedly customers and partners with world-class customer support from a global team committed to ensuring your success with our solutions.
Every Spreedly customer receives our base Business Support with 24x7 ticket submission and first response. Business Support ensures all customers have answers to product questions and troubleshooting guidance through email and our online ticketing system. All Customers have access to the Spreedly Help Center and Knowledge Base and to product Documentation; and can enroll for status notifications at the Spreedly API Status Page. Spreedly does not guarantee response, resolution, or uptime for the Business Support level.
In addition to our Business Support, three levels of additional support services are available under an annual subscription plan (a “Subscription Support Services Plan”).
- Advanced Support includes the same services as Business Support and adds annual performance and business reviews and a leadership sponsor to supervise service delivery as well as guaranteed response and resolution times and an uptime SLA.
- Professional Support includes the same services as Advanced Support and adds access to our Red Alert escalation system, implementation and project consulting during your onboarding phase, a technical account manager, gateway consultations, bi-annual business reviews, and quarterly performance check-ins.
- Premium Support includes our Professional Support and adds critical case notification, shared Slack channel support, a dedicated Strategic Account Manager, monthly check-ins with your account team, executive sponsorship, consulting on implementation, project management and gateway integrations through a technical account manager.
CONTACTING SUPPORT
Contact Spreedly’s technical support by emailing support@spreedly.com or by submitting a request via our intake form at support.spreedly.com.
Please include the following information in all support requests:
- The organization name associated with the Spreedly account;
- A detailed summary of the issue or question;
- Troubleshooting information (if applicable) including:
- Gateway/Endpoint being used;
- Transaction, Payment Method and/or Gateway Token(s);
- Link to Spreedly Dashboard;
- Error code received (Transaction Error or HTTP Status Code);
- Steps to recreate issue.
- Priority/Severity Level/Business Impact (see below for Severity Level definitions).
For customers on a Subscription Support Services Plan, critical case notification and phone support contact information will be provided by your technical account manager.
Support for our Partners
If you are a Spreedly Payments Partner and create a ticket on behalf of a customer, please include the customer's organization and email address when creating the ticket.
Support Hours
Spreedly’s email support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days of the week, 365 days of the year. We may have reduced staffing during major holidays and we will advise through our Support Page if this is the case.
Expanded Support Regions
When submitting a new support ticket, you can optionally provide us more information on your preferred region for support. This helps us assign support staff from your region and means you'll be more likely to receive replies during your selected business hours. If you choose a preferred region, the support hours for your support ticket are as follows for all 7 days of the week:
Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA): 8am-6pm EET Cape Town (UTC+2)
Americas (AMER): 8am-9pm ET US+Canada (UTC-4)
Asia Pacific (APAC): 8am-6pm SGT (UTC+8)
SELF HELP RESOURCES
Spreedly customers can take full advantage of our self-help tools available within our Help Center, our API Status Page, and from there you can find product Documentation, technical Documentation, Knowledge Base articles, and access technical guides.
RESPONSE AND RESOLUTION TIMES
Spreedly is committed to rapid response of each request for support. All requests can be logged with Spreedly 24 hours-per-day, 7 days-per-week, 365 days-per-year via email at support@spreedly.com or via our request intake form at support.spreedly.com.
Spreedly will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond to each support request. Spreedly will provide continuous efforts (24x7x365) to resolve availability issues with the Transaction Processing Service until a workaround or resolution can be provided or until the incident can be downgraded to a lower priority.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Your satisfaction is important to Spreedly. After your case is resolved we may ask for your feedback via ZenDesk. Our support team regularly reviews responses, monitors customer satisfaction, and may contact customers where opportunities for improvement are identified.
We may also reach out via other mechanisms to inquire about your willingness to recommend Spreedly and our services. We appreciate your responses and value your feedback in helping us to continuously enhance our services.
SUBSCRIPTION SUPPORT LEVEL OBJECTIVES
Subscription Support Services Plans come with guaranteed response and resolution times prioritized by the severity and the selected plan as presented in the following Table 1.
As used below, “Transaction Processing Service” means Spreedly’s core API responsible for processing customer’s payment transaction requests and does not include any beta features or non-payment transaction Spreedly services such as dashboard reporting.
Table 1
Severity Level Definitions
Customers should indicate a priority when submitting a support ticket based on the severity level of their issue, however, Spreedly may adjust the priority if the request no longer fits the original severity level definition. Spreedly is not responsible for any failure to meet performance standards caused by the misassignment of the priority in a support request. Support tickets submitted without a priority will default to Severity Level 3.
Severity levels are defined as follows:
Level 1 (Critical): Transaction Processing Service is unavailable due to an issue under Spreedly’s control and no work around exists.
Level 2 (Serious): Transaction Processing Service is severely impaired due to an issue under Spreedly’s control although a workaround may exist.
Level 3 (Low): Non-critical maintenance, configuration or troubleshooting requests not impacting the Transaction Processing Service. Includes product questions, feature requests, bugs, and development issues that require investigation by Spreedly.
Recordkeeping; Information and Audit Rights.
Processor will maintain all records pertinent to its processing of Customer Personal Data that are required by Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, Article 30(2) of the GDPR, and (to the extent they are applicable to Processor’s activities for the Customer) Processor will make such records available to the Customer upon the Customer’s reasonable written request. Processor will make available to the Customer on the Customer’s reasonable request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA, and will, at the Customer’s cost, allow for and cooperate with audits, including inspections, by the Customer or an auditor appointed by Customer in relation to the Processing of the Customer Personal Data by Processor, subject to the following:
The following conditions will apply to the calculation of uptime availability commitments in Table 2:
- “Availability” means that the services are up and running, accessible by customer and its end users, without interruption or undue delay.
- Any downtime resulting from outages of third-party connections or utilities or other reasons beyond Spreedly’s control are excluded.
- Downtime will begin to accrue as soon as the Transaction Processing Service is unavailable to customer and/or its end users and continues until the Transaction Processing Service is restored.
Spreedly will give no less than 5 business days prior written notice to Customer of all scheduled maintenance. Spreedly will perform scheduled maintenance in such a way that any interruption of the Transaction Processing Service is kept to a minimum and will provide a maintenance window that will not exceed 60 minutes individually or 24 hours in the aggregate in any month.
If Spreedly fails to meet or exceed the applicable service levels for Customer’s given Subscription Support Services Plan (a “Service Level Failure”), Spreedly will issue a credit to Customer (each, a “Service Credit”) in the following amounts based on the actual Availability during the applicable calendar month and the Customer’s selected Subscription Support Services Plan as presented in the following Table 3:
Table 3
Service Credits may not be redeemed for cash and will be applied to Customer’s next applicable payment. The issuance of Service Credits is Spreedly’s sole obligation and liability and Customer’s sole remedy for any Service Level Failure.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Spreedly has no obligation to issue any Service Credit unless Customer requests such Service Credit in writing within ten (10) business days of the Service Level Failure.
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES
Internal Help Desk
Customer must establish and maintain an internal help desk for its customers to act as first-line support. Your first-line support will at a minimum include:
- a direct response to users with respect to inquiries concerning the performance, functionality or operation of the product;
- a direct response to users with respect to problems or issues with the product;
- a diagnosis of problems or issues of the product; and
- a resolution of known problems or issues with the product with the help of technical knowledge base articles, repositories and experience.
If after reasonable efforts you are unable to diagnose or resolve the product problems or issues, and you have reason to believe the issue originates with Spreedly, please contact Spreedly for technical support by email at support@spreedly.com or via our request intake form at support.spreedly.com
TECHNICAL LEADS
Customer will establish a technical lead to manage troubleshooting and establish best practices. Your technical leader will be the liaison between Customer and Spreedly for technical support. These persons must have sufficient knowledge of the Spreedly product and your own environment in order to work with Spreedly to analyze and resolve Support Requests. They are responsible for engaging Spreedly technical support and monitoring the resolution of all Support Requests and escalated support issues.
Your technical or project lead should be assigned to monitor and administer your integration with the Spreedly product and should have experience in network and third-party application troubleshooting as well as browser knowledge & debugging skills.
Technical Leads are responsible for checking Spreedly’s online resources (e.g. website product Documentation, technical Documentation and Knowledge Base) and the Spreedly Status Page before submitting a Support Request.
PROTECTION OF API KEYS AND CREDENTIALS
Customer must safeguard and protect unauthorized access to API keys and other credentials to access the Spreedly services. Spreedly will not issue credits or refunds for unauthorized use of Spreedly services through Customer’s issued API keys or other access credentials including compromises or abuse of Customer’s payment flows that subsequently interact with Spreedly services.
PRODUCT AND SUPPORT UPDATES
Updates to Spreedly Services
Spreedly may release Updates to its products and services pursuant to Spreedly's standard release cycle. "Updates" are defined as new releases, the provision of bug fixes, problem determination and error corrections, improvements, enhancements, extensions, revisions, and similar updates to the Spreedly products and services licensed to our customers together with related documentation. Spreedly will provide Updates at no additional charge. Spreedly may make changes to its products and services (including, without limitation, the design, look and feel, functionality, content, material, information) that Spreedly deems necessary or useful to improve the products or services or for any other reason and at any time, provided however Spreedly will not make any changes that will materially adversely affect its features or functionality without prior notice to and a reasonable opportunity to review and/or transition.
Where practical, Spreedly will schedule such Updates during non-business hours. Notice to Customer will be sent via email or posted at the Spreedly API Status Page.
Updates to these Support Policies
Customer understands that these Support Services Terms are subject to change at Spreedly’s discretion. In the event these terms are modified, the revised version of the Support Service Terms will be posted to Spreedly’s website at www.spreedly.com/support-services-terms. Unless Customer and Spreedly otherwise agree in writing, by using Spreedly’s Support Services after such updated terms become effective, Customer hereby consents to comply with the most recent version of these Support Service Terms.
Data Processing Addendum
Effective September 9th 2026
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DATA PROCESSING ADDENDUM
This Data Processing Addendum ("DPA") applies where, and to the extent that, Spreedly, Inc. (“Processor”) processes personal data of data subjects on behalf of a customer (the “Customer”), or Customer’s customers (where relevant), when providing access to its software platform, support services and/or professional services (collectively for the purposes of this DPA, the “Services”) under one or more written agreements between Processor and Customer (collectively, the “Agreement”). This DPA may be supplemented with additional jurisdiction-specific clauses as described in Section 14(f) below.
In consideration of the mutual obligations set forth herein and in the Agreement, the parties agree to the terms and conditions of this DPA, effective as of the earlier of the effective date of the Agreement or the commencement of the processing of personal data pursuant to the Agreement.
- Defined Terms. For the purposes of this DPA only, the following terms have the meanings given to such terms below:
- “Customer Personal Data” means any personal data processed by Processor on behalf of the Customer (or its customers) pursuant to the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all Account Data (as such term is defined in the Agreement) that constitutes personal data is Customer Personal Data.
- “EEA” means the European Economic Area.
- “Data Privacy Framework” means, collectively, the terms of Processor's certification with the U.S. Department of Commerce under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework, or any substantially similar successor program recognized under Data Privacy Laws to provide for an adequate level of protection.
- “Data Privacy Laws” means applicable laws relating to the privacy and protection of personal data, including without limitation (but only where applicable) GDPR.
- “GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, including the recitals. Where personal data of data subjects in the United Kingdom is involved, “GDPR” more specifically means and refers to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation together with and as implemented by the UK Data Protection Act of 2018 and the implementing rules or regulations that are issued by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (“ICO”).
- “personal data” means and includes “personal information”, personally identifiable information" and “personal data” as defined under Data Privacy Laws.
- “Restricted Transfer” means a transfer of Customer Personal Data from the Customer to Processor or any onward transfer of Customer Personal Data from Processor to a Subprocessor, in each case where such transfer would be prohibited by Data Privacy Laws in the absence of a self-certification to the Data Privacy Framework or the parties’ agreement to the Standard Contractual Clauses or another data transfer mechanism permitted by Data Privacy laws.
- “Standard Contractual Clauses” means, collectively, (i) where personal data of data subjects in the EEA is involved, the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU)2021/914 of 4 June 2021 for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to GDPR (referred to herein more particularly as the “EU SCCs”), and (ii) where personal data of data subjects in the United Kingdom is involved, the International Data Transfer Addendum to the EU Commission Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the UK Information Commissioner under section 119A(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (referred to herein more particularly as the “UK SCCs”).
- “Subprocessor” means any person or entity (excluding employees of Processor) appointed by or on behalf of Processor to Process Customer Personal Data on behalf of the Customer (and its customers) in connection with the Agreement.
- Additionally, the terms “controller,” “data subject,” “personal data,” “personal data breach,” “process,” “processor,” and “supervisory authorities” (or their respective substantially corresponding equivalents under Data Privacy Laws) will have the meanings given to such terms under Data Privacy Laws.
- Nature of Relationship. The parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the processing of Customer Personal Data, Customer may act either as a controller or processor and Processor acts as a processor (where Customer is a controller) or subprocessor (where Customer is a processor) under Data Privacy Laws.
- Customer Representations and Warranties. The Customer represents and warrants to Processor that, prior to transferring any Customer Personal Data to Processor for processing, asking Processor to collect Customer Personal Data on the Customer’s (or its customers) behalf in connection with the Services, or otherwise providing or making available any personal data to Processor in connection with Processor’s performance of the Services, the Customer has provided to the applicable data subjects every type of notice and obtained from the applicable data subjects every type of consent in each case as required by Data Privacy Laws pertaining to such disclosures of personal data to or collection of personal data on the Customer’s behalf by Processor. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless Processor from and against all claims, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs or other expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of the Customer’s breach of this Section 3.
- Description of Processing.
- Data Subjects: Personnel and customers of the Customer.
- Categories of Data: With respect to personnel of the Customer, personal details, including information that identifies the data subject such as name, employer, address, e-mail, telephone number, location and other contact details. With respect to customers of the Customer, name, address, e-mail, telephone number, location, and billing and payment details such as bank account and credit or debit card numbers.
- Special Categories of Data: None.
- Nature and Purpose of Processing: All processing operations required to facilitate provision of Services to the Customer in accordance with the Agreement.
- Frequency of Transfer (per Section 12 of this DPA): Continuously throughout the term of the Agreement.
- Period of Retention of Personal Data: Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement or this DPA, in accordance with the retention policy of the Processor, provided that to the extent that any personal data is retained beyond the termination of the Agreement for back up or legal reasons, the Processor will continue to protect such personal data in accordance with the Agreement and this DPA.
- For Transfers to Subprocessors, the Subject Matter, Nature and Duration of the Processing: As described in Section 10 of this DPA.
- Processing of Personal Data. Processor will process Customer Personal Data only as needed to perform the Services and otherwise only on documented instructions from Customer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as described in the Agreement), unless Processor is required to do so by applicable law to which Processor is subject, in which case Processor will inform the Customer of that legal requirement before processing (unless the applicable law prohibits providing such information to the Customer on important grounds of public interest). The Customer will ensure that its instructions comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable in relation to the Customer Personal Data, and that the processing of Customer Personal Data in accordance with the Customer’s instructions will not cause Processor to be in breach of Data Privacy Laws or any other laws, rules or regulations applicable with respect to the Customer Personal Data. Processor represents that it has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures in such a manner that its processing of Customer Personal Data will meet the requirements of Data Privacy Laws and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subjects.
- Confidentiality of Personal Data. Processor will ensure that all persons (including Subprocessors) authorized to process Customer Personal Data have committed to keeping such Customer Personal Data confidential or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Customer Personal Data. Processor will take steps to ensure that any natural person acting under the authority of the Processor who has access to Customer Personal Data does not process such Customer Personal Data except as needed to perform the Services or otherwise upon instructions from the Customer, unless the Processor is required to do so by applicable law to which Processor is subject.
- Security of Personal Data. Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of data subjects, Processor will implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security for Customer Personal Data appropriate to the risk, including in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to Customer Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. Such measures will include, inter alia as appropriate: (a) the pseudonymization or encryption of Customer Personal Data, (b) the ability to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of systems and services used to process Customer Personal Data, (c) the ability to restore the availability and access to Customer Personal Data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident, and (d) a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing. Additionally, such measures will include those set forth in the Processor’s Data Security Policy attached as Schedule B to the Agreement.
- Assistance and Cooperation.
- Processor will provide, at the Customer’s cost, reasonable assistance to Customer in performing any data protection impact assessments and/or relevant consultations with supervisory authorities or other competent data privacy authorities, in each case to the extent required by Data Privacy Laws (such as, where applicable, GDPR Articles 35 or 36), and in each case solely in relation to Processing of Customer Personal Data by, and taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to, Processor and its Subprocessors.
- Taking into account the nature of the Processing and the information available to Processor, Processor will, at the Customer’s cost, assist Customer as Customer may reasonably require, including by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, in ensuring compliance with the Customer’s obligations under Data Privacy Laws to appropriately secure and safeguard Customer Personal Data (such as, where applicable, pursuant to GDPR Article 32).
- Taking into account the nature of the Processing, Processor will, at the Customer’s cost, assist Customer as Customer may reasonably require, including by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, to enable the Customer to comply with requests by data subjects to exercise their rights under Data Privacy Laws. Processor will: (i) promptly notify the Customer if Processor receives a request from a data subject under Data Privacy Laws with respect to Customer Personal Data, and (ii) not respond to that request except on the written instructions of the Customer or as required by applicable law to which Processor is subject, in which case Processor will (to the extent permitted by applicable law) inform Customer of that legal requirement before Processor responds to the request.
- Recordkeeping; Information and Audit Rights. Processor will maintain all records pertinent to its processing of Customer Personal Data that are required by Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, Article 30(2) of the GDPR, and (to the extent they are applicable to Processor’s activities for the Customer) Processor will make such records available to the Customer upon the Customer’s reasonable written request. Processor will make available to the Customer on the Customer’s reasonable request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA, and will, at the Customer’s cost, allow for and cooperate with audits, including inspections, by the Customer or an auditor appointed by Customer in relation to the Processing of the Customer Personal Data by Processor, subject to the following:
- Information disclosed to the Customer or its auditor or that is otherwise revealed in such records, inspections or audits will be the Confidential Information (as such term is defined in the Agreement) of Processor under the confidentiality provisions of the Agreement.
- The Customer may request an audit by emailing success@spreedly.com.
- Audits may not be conducted more than once per year or more frequently: (i) to the extent required by a supervisory authority, or (ii) in the event of and in connection with a particular personal data breach.
- Audits will be conducted only during Processor’s normal business hours and only with reasonable advance written notice of not less than 15 business days (except in the event of a personal data breach or if the Customer has a reasonable basis to believe (supported by substantial evidence) that Processor is in material non- compliance with this DPA, in which case advance notice will be not less than 72 hours).
- Following the Processor’s receipt of the Customer’ written request to conduct an audit and/or inspection, the Processor and Customer will discuss and agree in advance on the reasonable scope, start date and duration of this audit, as well as any applicable security and confidentiality controls that may be required.
- No such audit will include access to Processor’s (or any Subprocessors’) facilities or systems (e.g., computing infrastructure, servers, data storage mechanisms and infrastructure, audit logs, activity reports, system configuration, etc.) without Processor’s prior written consent, except to the extent required by a supervisory authority.
- The Processor may charge a fee (based on the Processor’s reasonable costs) for any such audit. The Processor will provide the Customer with additional details of this fee including the basis of its calculation, in advance of the audit. Additionally, the Customer will be responsible for any fees charged by any third-party auditor appointed by the Customer for this audit.
- In lieu of an audit, upon reasonable request by the Customer, but no more than once per year, Processor agrees to complete, within thirty (30) days of receipt, an audit questionnaire provided by the Customer regarding Processor’s compliance with this DPA, of reasonable length and required detail (not to exceed a reasonably-estimated three person- hours to complete unless otherwise agreed to and subject to the payment of additional fees set forth in a separate written agreement by the parties), provided that any such questionnaire responses will be the Processor’s Confidential Information under the confidentiality provisions of the Agreement.
- Subprocessors.
- Processor will not engage any Subprocessor to process Customer Personal Data under the Agreement without written authorization from the Customer. Processor reserves the right to maintain its Subprocessor list through means such as publication of its Subprocessor list online, and the Customer hereby provides written authorization for Processor to engage the Subprocessors listed online at https://www.spreedly.com/gdpr-subprocessors, as such list may be updated from time to time. Customer may receive notifications of new Subprocessors by emailing subprocessor@spreedly.com with the subject “Subscribe,” and once subscribed in this manner Customer will receive notification of new Subprocessors before those Subprocessors are authorized to process Customer Personal Data on behalf of the Processor. Processor will send notice to Customer by email of any additional or replacement Subprocessors at least 10 days in advance of engaging any such additional or replacement Subprocessors to process Customer Personal Data under the Agreement. Customer may object to any such additional or replacement Subprocessor within 10 days of receiving such notice, provided that such objections are reasonable and on grounds relating to the protection or privacy of the Customer Personal Data involved in accordance with Data Privacy Laws or this DPA. Processor will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objection by the Customer, and the Customer will reasonably and in good faith cooperate with Processor in such efforts. If Processor cannot resolve the Customer’s objection within a reasonable period of time following receipt of Customer’s objection (such period of time not to exceed 60 days), and if Processor is unable to provide some or all of the Services without the use of the objected-to Subprocessor, then the Customer may terminate the applicable Services (such termination being without cause) which cannot be provided by Processor without the use of the objected-to Subprocessor by providing written notice to Processor.
- Where Processor engages a Subprocessor for carrying out specific processing activities on behalf of the Customer with respect to Customer Personal Data, Processor will by contract impose on the Subprocessor substantially the same data protection obligations as set forth in this DPA. Where the Subprocessor fails to fulfil such data protection obligations, Processor will remain fully liable to the Customer for the performance of that Subprocessor’s obligations.
- The Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Processor is (and its Subprocessors may be) based in the United States and that the Processor provides (and the Subprocessors may provide) services under the Agreement from the United States, and the Customer hereby consents to the transfer of Customer Personal Data to the United States for Processing by the Processor and its Subprocessors in accordance with Section 12 below.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that the Customer may engage a third-party payment gateway service provider and/or a third-party payment processing service provider to facilitate payment transactions in connection with the Agreement. Any such third parties engaged by the Customer will not be deemed a Subprocessor of the Processor for purposes of this DPA. Accordingly, nothing in this DPA obligates the Processor to enter into a data protection agreement with any such third party or to be responsible or liable for such third party’s acts or omissions.
- Return or Deletion of Customer Personal Data.
- Subject to Sections 11.b, 11.c and 11.d below, Processor will at Customer’s request within thirty (30) days after the date of cessation of Services involving the Processing of Customer Personal Data, either; (i) return to the Customer the Customer Personal Data in a mutually agreeable format; or (ii) delete and ensure the deletion of all copies of Customer Personal Data.
- Processor (and Processor’s Subprocessors) may retain Customer Personal Data to the extent and for such period as is required by applicable law, rule or regulation, provided that Processor will ensure the continued confidentiality of all such Customer Personal Data, and will ensure that the Customer Personal Data are only accessed and used for the purpose(s) specified in the applicable law, rule or regulation requiring its retention. Additionally, solely to the extent not prohibited by Data Privacy Laws, Processor (and Processor’s Subprocessors) may retain Customer Personal Data stored in electronic archived or backup systems until such copies are deleted in the ordinary course in accordance with Processor’s data retention policies, provided that any such retained Customer Personal Data will remain protected to the standards of this DPA for so long as it is retained.
- Processor may retain and use for its business purposes any aggregated or de-identified data (i.e., data that is no longer personal data) created from or using Customer Personal Data, during and after termination of the Agreement.
- The Processor’s obligations under this Section 11 will be subject to any agreed-upon post-termination data retrieval provisions in the Agreement.
- Restricted Transfers. To the extent that Customer Personal Data includes information about individuals who are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation, and Processor or any Subprocessors store or otherwise obtain access to such Customer Personal Data outside of the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation as a result of a Restricted Transfer, Processor hereby represents and warrants that: (i) Processor has self-certified to the Data Privacy Framework and that any such Restricted Transfers are within the scope of Processor’s certification to the Data Privacy Framework; (ii) Processor will at all relevant times for purposes of this DPA maintain a “current” “current” Data Privacy Framework certification status with the United States Department of Commerce related to its processing of Customer Personal Data and remain at all times in compliance with the requirements of the Data Privacy Framework; (iii) with respect to Customer Personal Data that includes information about individuals who are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation, Processor will comply with the Data Privacy Framework principles when handling such data; (iv) Processor will promptly notify Customer if Processor makes a determination that it can no longer meet its obligations under this Section 12, and, in such event Processor will work with Customer and promptly take all reasonable and appropriate steps to stop and remediate (if remediable) any processing until such time as the processing meets the level of protection as is required by this Section 12; and (v) Processor will immediately cease (and procure that all Subprocessors immediately cease) processing such Customer Personal Data if in Customer’s reasonable discretion Customer determines that Processor has not or cannot correct any non-compliance with this Section 12 in accordance with clause (iv) above within a reasonable time frame. If Customer (as “data exporter”) carries out a Restricted Transfer to Processor (as “data importer”) from the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation and such Restricted Transfer is not legalized by Processor’s self-certification to the Data Privacy Framework and compliance with the Data Privacy Framework principles, whether as a result of the invalidation of the Data Privacy Framework or otherwise, the parties hereby agree to apply one of the following, in descending order of preference, to the extent that a GDPR (Chapter V) data transfer mechanism or equivalent is legally required, such that the item higher in the list that is applicable and available will automatically apply during the term of this DPA and for as long as Customer Personal Data is retained by Processor: (i) an alternative suitable framework or other legally adequate transfer mechanism to which the Processor has self-certified that is recognized by the European Commission or United Kingdom Government or Swiss Government (or other relevant authority or court as applicable), as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data; (ii) any mechanism, derogation, exemption, or exception that a party is able to invoke, such as the explicit consent of the relevant data subjects, or a derogation under Article 49 of the GDPR or its equivalent under Data Privacy Laws; or (iii) the applicable Standard Contractual Clauses (or variations of those Standard Contractual Clauses made under Section 14.e or as otherwise proposed by the Subprocessor or Processor as long as such variations are compliant with Data Privacy Laws).
- Where the parties agree to apply the EU SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with the preceding paragraph of this Section 12, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- Where Customer acts as a controller and Processor acts as a processor, “Module 2” (controller-to-processor) of the EU SCCs applies;
- Where Customer’s customers act as a controller, Customer acts as a processor, and Processor acts as a subprocessor, “Module 3” (processor-to-processor) of the EU SCCs applies;
- For the purposes of clause 9(a) of the EU SCCs, option 2 (“General Prior Authorisation”) is selected and the specified time period is 10 days in advance;
- For the purposes of clause 11(a) of the E.U. Standard Contractual Clauses, the optional language is deleted;
- For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs: (i) if Customer is established in an EU Member State, the relevant supervisory authority acting as the competent supervisory authority is the supervisory authority of the EU Member State in which Customer is established, (ii) if Customer is not established in an EU Member State but has appointed a representative pursuant to GDPR Article 27(1), the relevant supervisory authority acting as the competent supervisory authority is the supervisory authority of the EU Member State in which Customer’s representative is established, and (iii) if Customer is not established in an EU Member State and has not appointed a representative pursuant to GDPR Article 27(1), then the supervisory authority of one of the EU Member States in which the data subjects whose Customer Personal Data is transferred under the EU SCCs in relation to the offering of goods or services to them are located will act as competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute “Annex I.C” for purposes of the EU SCCs;
- For the purposes of clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs, the Assessment attached hereto as Appendix 1 is incorporated herein by reference.
- For the purposes of clause 17 of the EU SCCs, the governing law is Ireland;
- For purposes of clause 18(b) of the EU SCCs, the selection is Ireland; and
- The relevant party identification information from the Agreement and the description of processing in Section 4 of this DPA together will constitute “Annex 1” for the purposes of the EU SCCs. Sections 6 and 7 of this DPA will constitute “Annex 2” for the purposes of the EU SCCs.
- Where the parties agree to apply the UK SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 12, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- In Table 2, the selections made are those that match the EU SCCs as described and detailed in clause (a) of this Section 12;
- In Table 4, both “importer” and “exporter” are selected; and
- The relevant party identification information from the Agreement, the description of processing in Section 4 of this DPA, and Sections 6 and 7 of this DPA will be incorporated into (and will constitute) Tables 1 and 3 of the UK SCCs, as applicable.
- Nothing in the interpretation of this DPA is intended to conflict with either party’s rights or responsibilities under the EU SCCs or UK SCCs (where applicable) and, in the event of such conflict, the EU SCCs (incorporating the UK SCCs where applicable) will prevail. To the extent a transfer mechanism other than the foregoing becomes reasonably available to the parties after the effective date of this DPA, the parties will consult with each other in good faith on whether to rely on such transfer mechanism in lieu of the applicable Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Where the parties agree to apply the EU SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with the preceding paragraph of this Section 12, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- Personal Data Breach. Taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to the Processor, Processor will reasonably assist the Customer in the Customer’s efforts to comply with its obligations regarding personal data breaches as set forth in Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, GDPR Articles 33 and 34. If any Customer Personal Data is subject to any personal data breach Processor will, upon becoming aware of the personal data breach, without undue delay notify the Customer, take reasonable steps to contain and counteract the personal data breach and minimize any damage resulting from the personal data breach, and provide Customer with sufficient information to allow the Customer to meet any obligations to report to supervising authorities or inform the applicable data subjects of the personal data breach to the extent required under Data Privacy Laws. Processor will cooperate, at the Customer’s cost, to assist Customer in the investigation, mitigation and remediation of each such personal data breach.
- Miscellaneous.
- Subject to the following sentence of this Section 14.a, in the event of inconsistencies between the provisions of this DPA and the Agreement, the provisions of this DPA will prevail. In any event, Processor’s liability under this DPA, including for breach or other failure under this DPA by Processor or its Subprocessors, will be (to the maximum extent permitted under Data Privacy Laws, the Standard Contractual Clauses (where applicable in accordance with Section 12 and other applicable law) subject to the exclusions and limitations of liability provided for in the Agreement as if this DPA were a part of the Agreement, ab initio.
- To the extent this DPA is not governed exclusively by Data Privacy Laws, it will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws selected pursuant to the governing law provision set forth in the Agreement.
- This DPA constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written.
- Except as expressly stated in Data Privacy Laws or the Standard Contractual Clauses attached hereto (where applicable in accordance with Section 12), the parties to this DPA do not intend to create any rights in any third parties.
- The parties agree that, to the extent required under Data Privacy Laws, such as due to legislative changes, court decisions, and/or to reflect measures or guidance from supervisory authorities, including, without limitation and only where applicable, the adoption of standards for contracts with processors according to GDPR Article 28(7) or (8) or the invalidation, amendment, replacement or repeal of a decision adopted by the EU Commission or ICO in relation to international data transfers on the basis of GDPR Article 45(3) or 46(2) or on the basis of Article 25(6) or 26(4) of EU Directive 95/46/EC, such as, in particular, with respect to the Standard Contractual Clauses or similar transfer mechanisms, the Customer may request reasonable changes or additions to this DPA to reflect applicable requirements. If the Customer makes a request to change or supplement this DPA pursuant to this Section 14.e, the Customer and Processor will in good faith negotiate such changes and additions (including, where applicable, providing for Customer’s reimbursement of Processor’s costs and expenses for undertaking additional obligations) and the Processor will not unreasonably withhold or delay agreement to any variations to this DPA.
- Customer and Processor hereby accept and agree to, and where and as applicable will adhere to, the clauses that appear in the following attachments:
- Attachment 1 – Compliance with the Federal Act on Data Protection of the Swiss Confederation (FADP)
- Attachment 2 – Compliance with U.S. State Consumer Privacy Laws
- Attachment 3 – Compliance with the Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD)
- Attachment 4 – Compliance with Argentina’s Pending Data Protection Law
- Based on the Customer Data that Customer will process using the Platform (as such term is defined in the Agreement) or that is otherwise collected by or provided to Processor or its Subprocessors under and in connection with the Services, if and to the extent Data Privacy Laws require additional clauses to be executed by Processor beyond those set forth in this DPA, then Customer will notify Processor in writing of such requirement and Processor will in good faith review, negotiate and consider adding such clauses as an additional addendum to the Agreement. In the absence of such notice Customer represents and warrants that no additional clauses are required.
Attachment 1
Compliance with the Federal Act on Data Protection of the Swiss Confederation as Revised Effective September 1, 2023 (“FADP”)
- This Attachment 1 applies only to any processing of personal data that has actual or potential effects in the Swiss Confederation.
- All provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this Attachment 1 in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) FADP.
- Section 12(a) of the DPA is supplemented and amended as follows, as and to the extent required by the FADP:
- All references to the GDPR in Section 12(a) and in the EU SCCs are to be understood as references to the FADP, which governs all data transfers from the Swiss Confederation, and which permits the use of the EU SCCs. This provision will constitute the Annex required by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (“FDPIC”) in its guidance issued August 27, 2021.
- The term “Member State” must not be interpreted in such a way as to exclude data subjects in the Swiss Confederation from the possibility of suing for their rights in their place of habitual residence, in accordance with Clause 18(c) of the EU SCCs. This provision will constitute the Annex required by the FDPIC in its guidance issued August 27, 2021.
- Section 12(a)(iv) is amended to state: “For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs, the FDPIC of the Swiss Confederation is the competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute ‘Annex I.C’ for purposes of the EU SCCs.”
- In Sections 12(a)(vi) and 12(a)(vii), “Ireland” is replaced by “Swiss Confederation.”
- Section 12(b) of the DPA is deleted.
Attachment 2
Compliance with U.S. State Consumer Privacy Law
This Attachment 2 applies where, and to the extent that, Processor processes personal information of consumers within one or more U.S. States that have enacted consumer privacy laws applicable to the Services. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Attachment 2 will have the meanings set forth in the DPA or the Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in the DPA, where the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, including by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, the "CCPA") applies, the terms “business,” “combine,” “commercial purpose,” “consumer,” “contractor,” “personal information,” “processing,” “sell,” (and its corresponding "sale") “share,” and “service provider” will have the meanings given to such terms in CCPA/CPRA; and where any of the state privacy laws listed below and their respective implementing regulations (each, an “Other State Law,” and, collectively, the “Other State Laws”) apply, the terms “consumer,” “controller,” “processing,” “processor,” “sell” (and its corresponding “sale”) and “targeted advertising” will have the meanings given to such terms in the applicable Other State Law, and the term “personal information” will have the same meaning as the term “personal data” as such term is defined in the applicable Other State Law. The Other State Laws are:
- The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “VCDPA”);
- The Colorado Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “CPA”);
- The Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act, effective July 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “CPDPOMA”);
- The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, effective December 31, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “UCPA”);
- The Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “MCDPA”);
- The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “OCPA”);
- The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, effective July 1, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “TDPSA”);
- The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act, effective January 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “DPDPA”);
- The Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “IACDPA”);
- The Tennessee Information Protection Act, effective July 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “TIPA”);
- The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, effective July 31, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented form time-to-time, the “MNCDPA”);
- The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, effective October 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “MODPA”);
- The Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2026 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “INCDPA”);
- The Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act, effective January 1, 2026 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “RIDPA”); and
- The Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2026 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “KCDPA”).
In consideration of the mutual obligations set forth herein, the parties agree to the terms and conditions of this Attachment 2.
- The parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the processing of Customer Personal Data, Customer may act either as a business or service provider and Processor acts as a service provider or contractor to the Customer under the CCPA, and Customer may act as either a controller or processor and Processor acts as a processor (where Customer is a controller) or subprocessor (where Customer is a processor) under the Other State Laws. The specific purpose for which Processor is processing personal information under the Agreement (and the only purpose for which Customer discloses personal information to Processor under this Agreement) is for Processor to provide the Platform and the Services as specifically set forth in the Agreement. Customer represents, warrants and covenants that it has complied and it will comply with the CCPA and the Other State Laws with respect to all personal information of consumers that Customer has transferred or made available to Processor and its Subprocessors, or that Customer has asked Processor or its Subprocessors to collect on Customer’s behalf for processing in connection with the Services. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless Processor from and against all claims, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs or other expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of the Customer’s breach of this Section 1.
- In its processing of personal information of consumers that the Customer has transferred to Processor for processing, that Processor may have access to, or that Processor has collected on the Customer’s behalf, in each case in connection with the Services, Processor will comply with all requirements of the CCPA that are applicable to service providers and contractors and all requirements of the applicable Other State Laws that are applicable to processors. Without limiting the foregoing, during the term of the Agreement and thereafter, Processor will: (i) not retain, use or disclose the personal information for any purpose (including any commercial purpose) other than for the specific purpose of performing the Services contemplated by the Agreement; (ii) not retain, use or disclose the personal information outside of the direct business relationship between Processor and the Customer; (iii) not sell or (where CCPA applies) share the personal information to or with any third parties; (iv) not combine the personal information that Processor receives from, or on behalf of, Customer with personal information that Processor receives from, or on behalf of, another person or persons, or collects from its own interaction with the consumer, provided that Processor may combine such personal information (1) for the specific purpose of providing the Services contemplated by the Agreement or (2) to perform any other permitted business purpose under CCPA and/or the Other State Laws, as applicable; (v) taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to Processor, by appropriate technical and organizational measures and insofar as this is reasonably practical, promptly comply with Customer’s reasonable written instructions associated with responding to any consumer’s request to exercise the consumer’s rights under CCPA or the Other State Laws, as applicable; (vi) taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to Processor, reasonably assist Customer in meeting its obligations in relation to the security of processing personal information and in relation to providing for legally required notifications of breaches involving personal information; (vii) at Customer’s direction, delete or return to Customer all personal information as requested at the end of the Agreement, unless retention of the personal information is otherwise permitted or required by law; and (viii) notify Customer after Processor makes a determination that it can no longer meet its obligations under the DPA or this Attachment 2. Customer has the right, upon notice to Processor, to take reasonable and appropriate steps to stop and remediate Processor’s unauthorized use of personal information. Processor certifies that it understands and will comply with the restrictions, duties and obligations set forth in this Section 2.
- Where not prohibited by applicable law, nothing in this Attachment 2 will prohibit Processor from retaining, using or disclosing the personal information in connection with: (i) retaining or employing another service provider, processor, contractor or subcontractor (as applicable), provided the service provider, processor, contractor or subcontractor meets the requirements for a service provider, contractor or subcontractor under the CCPA or Other State Law, as applicable; (ii) internal use by Processor to build or improve the quality of its services, provided that the use does not include building or modifying household or consumer profiles for use in providing services to another business, or correcting or augmenting data acquired from another source; (iii) detecting data security incidents, or protecting against fraudulent or illegal activity; (iv) complying with federal, state or local laws; (v) complying with a civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal, state or local authorities; (vi) cooperating with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that the Customer, Processor or a third party reasonably and in good faith believes may violate federal, state or local law; or (vii) exercising or defending legal claims.
- If Processor authorizes any Subprocessor to process, retain or use any personal information received from the Customer, accessed in connection with the Services or collected on the Customer’s behalf in connection with the Services, then prior to any disclosure of such personal information to such Subprocessor, Processor will enter into a written agreement with such Subprocessor that includes all required or necessary terms to ensure that such Subprocessor is deemed a service provider or contractor within the meaning of the CCPA or a processor, subprocessor or subcontractor within the meaning of any applicable State Law; and (ii) requires the Subprocessor to be bound by terms that are substantially equivalent to the restrictions, duties and obligations under this Attachment 2.
- Upon Customer’s reasonable written request, and at Customer’s expense, Processor will make available to Customer all information in Processor’s possession necessary to demonstrate Processor’s compliance with the obligations in this Attachment 2 and (solely to the extent required by applicable law) to enable Customer to conduct and document data protection assessments. Additionally, at Customer’s expense, Processor will allow for, and cooperate with, reasonable assessments by Customer or its designated assessor; alternatively, Processor may (at no additional charge to Customer) arrange for a qualified and independent assessor to conduct an assessment of Processor’s policies and technical and organizational measures in support of the obligations under this Attachment 2 using an appropriate and accepted control standard or framework and assessment procedure for such assessments and provide a report of such assessment to Customer upon request. Customer acknowledges and agrees that any information, reports or assessments made available to Customer under this paragraph will be Processor’s Confidential Information and will be subject to all confidentiality obligations set forth in the Agreement.
- To the extent this Attachment 2 is not governed exclusively by CCPA or an Other State Law (as applicable), it will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws set forth in the governing law section of the Agreement. If there is any conflict between this Attachment 2 and the DPA, the Agreement or any other data protection agreement(s) between the parties, this Attachment 2 will prevail to the extent of that conflict with respect to the personal information of consumers only.
Attachment 3
Compliance with the Brazilian Data Protection Law (“LGPD”)
- This Attachment 3 applies only to processing of personal data that is carried out in Brazil, that has the purpose of offering goods or services to people in Brazil or is done on data that was collected in Brazil.
- Because most legal duties and obligations under the LGPD closely track those under the GDPR, all provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this Attachment 3 in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below. Without limiting the generality of this Attachment 3, Customer further agrees to comply with any provisions of the LGPD that may impose duties that exceed those imposed by the GDPR, including without limitation those concerning the definition of personal data and the right of data subjects to anonymization of their personal data.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) LGPD.
- To the extent that any transfer of Customer Personal Data is a Restricted Transfer subject to the LGPD, such transfer will be governed by the standard contractual clauses (Cláusulas-Padrão) approved by the ANPD under Resolution CD/ANPD No. 19/2024 (the "LGPD SCCs"), which are hereby incorporated by reference and will be executed by the Parties as required.
- For the purposes of the LGPD SCCs: (a) Customer is the "Exporter" and Spreedly is the "Importer"; (b) the competent supervisory authority is the ANPD; and (c) the governing law and venue for any disputes arising under the LGPD SCCs will be the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Attachment 4
Compliance with Argentina’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (“PDPL”)
- This Attachment 4 applies only to processing of personal data of data subjects who are in Argentina that is related to the offering of goods or services to such subjects or the monitoring of their behavior within Argentina.
- Because most legal duties and obligations under the PDPL closely track those under the GDPR, all provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this Attachment 4 in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below. Without limiting the generality of this Attachment 4, Customer further agrees to comply with any provisions of the PDPL and any implementing regulations.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) the PDPL and any implementing regulations.
- To the extent that any transfer of Customer Personal Data is a Restricted Transfer subject to the PDPL, such transfer will be governed by the standard contractual clauses approved by the National Directorate for the Protection of Personal Data (now the AAIP) under Disposición No. 60-E/2016 (the "Argentine SCCs") which are hereby incorporated by reference and will be executed by the Parties as required.
- For the purposes of the Argentine SCCs: (a) Customer is the "Exporter" and Spreedly is the "Importer"; (b) the competent supervisory authority is the Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP); and (c) the governing law and venue for any disputes arising under the Argentine SCCs will be the Republic of Argentina.
Appendix 1
CLAUSE 14(a) WARRANTY ASSESSMENT
Under Standard Contractual Clauses
Where the Parties (as defined below) agree to apply the EU SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with Section 12 of the DPA, Spreedly, Inc. (the “data importer” and “processor”) and its customer (the “data exporter” and either “controller” or “processor”, the latter being the case where Customer’s customers are the controller) together provide the following assessment pursuant to Clause 14(d) of the EU SCCs. The data importer and data exporter are each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties.” Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this assessment have the meanings given to such terms in the DPA.
Background
Clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs requires that the Parties “warrant that they have no reason to believe that the laws and practices in the third country of destination applicable to the processing of the personal data by the data importer, including any requirements to disclose personal data or measures authorizing access by public authorities, prevent the data importer from fulfilling its obligations under these Clauses.” Clauses 14(b)-(d) require that, in providing this warranty, the Parties conduct and document an assessment of the transfer in the context of the “laws and practices” of the destination country. As part of this process, “[t]he data importer warrants that, in carrying out the assessment under paragraph (b), it has made its best efforts to provide the data exporter with relevant information.” Whilst data importer relies on the Data Privacy Framework and complies with its principles to receive data from the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation, this assessment is intended to be the documentation of the Parties’ compliance with their obligations under Clause 14(d) and the data importer’s obligation to provide relevant information under Clause 14(b), given that data importer maintains EU SCCs as an alternative transfer mechanism in the event that the Data Privacy Framework is invalidated.
Summary description of data importer’s processing activities
The data importer hosts a web-based payments orchestration and tokenization platform which enables the Customer or its customers to validate, tokenize and vault credit cards (and other payment types) and then transact with one or more of the payment gateways that are integrated to the data importer platform, and, where applicable, to automatically update expired or lost credit cards.
Assessment
The data importer is based in the United States (“U.S.”) and it and its subprocessors offer services (and process personal data) in the U.S. Therefore, personal data to be processed by the data importer and its subprocessors under the Parties’ agreement will be transferred to the U.S. for processing. In the aftermath of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in CJEU - C-311/18 (“Schrems II”), the United States Government, the European Commission and the UK Government developed the Data Privacy Framework to facilitate transatlantic commerce by providing U.S. organizations with reliable mechanisms for personal data transfers to the United States from the EEA, the United Kingdom and the Swiss Confederation that are consistent with applicable Data Privacy Laws. Organizations participating in the Data Privacy Framework may receive personal data from the EEA from July 10, 2023. Organizations participating in the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework may receive personal data from the United Kingdom and Gibraltar from October 12, 2023 when the U.S. - UK Data Bridge was approved by the UK Government. Organizations participating in the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework may receive personal data from the Swiss Confederation from September 15, 2024 when the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework was approved by the Swiss Government.
The Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities signed on October 7, 2022 set out the steps that President Biden directed the U.S. to take in order to implement its commitments to security data safety. Such directions included safeguards that limit access to data collected via U.S. surveillance activities to validated intelligence priorities in a proportional manner, requiring intelligence agencies to update their policies and procedures, accordingly, establishing an independent and impartial redress mechanism, and enhancing oversight of surveillance intelligence gathering. This Executive Order formed the basis of the European Commission and UK Government’s decisions to adopt their respective findings of adequacy to ensure compliant data transfers under the Data Privacy Framework.
Whilst the entry into force of the Data Privacy Framework, and data importer, being a participant in such program and adhering to its principles alleviates the risks set out in Schrems II, data importer nonetheless considers it appropriate to address the specific U.S. laws that were discussed in the Schrems II ruling and their relevance to the use of data importer’s Services as part of its warranty assessment under Clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs.
In addition to the adequacy of the Data Privacy Framework, data importer has received legal advice on the authority of public authorities in the U.S. to access or compel disclosure of the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement, with particular attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Executive Order 12333 (EO 1233), as limited by President Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive 28 (PPD 28). Such advice has also dealt with the practices of U.S. public authorities, to the limited extent that they are knowable. Data importer has also taken due account of the specific circumstances of the transfer, and the applicable limitations and safeguards, including technical or organizational safeguards. Of particular relevance is the fact that the personal data to be transferred consists primarily of either (1) payment card and related payment information without context into any particular transaction, or (2) basic personal data of the data exporter’s personnel accessing and using data importer’s software platform and services, such as the names and business contact information of such personnel.
Based on this assessment, data importer acknowledges that U.S. laws, particularly FISA, do permit U.S. public authorities to access or compel access to personal data entering the U.S., including the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement. However, given the specific circumstances of the transfer and the categories and format of the transferred personal data as described above, after due consideration the data importer cannot reasonably foresee circumstances where U.S. public authorities would be likely to take interest in the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement and therefore the data importer has no reason to believe such authorities are likely to exercise their authority under FISA or other similar U.S. laws to access or compel access to such personal data.
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DATA PROCESSING ADDENDUM
This Data Processing Addendum ("DPA") applies where, and to the extent that, Spreedly, Inc. (“Processor”) processes personal data of data subjects on behalf of a customer (the “Customer”), or Customer’s customers (where relevant), when providing access to its software platform, support services and/or professional services (collectively for the purposes of this DPA, the “Services”) under one or more written agreements between Processor and Customer (collectively, the “Agreement”). This DPA may be supplemented with additional jurisdiction-specific clauses as described in Section 14(f) below.
In consideration of the mutual obligations set forth herein and in the Agreement, the parties agree to the terms and conditions of this DPA, effective as of the earlier of the effective date of the Agreement or the commencement of the processing of personal data pursuant to the Agreement.
- Defined Terms. For the purposes of this DPA only, the following terms have the meanings given to such terms below:
- “Customer Personal Data” means any personal data processed by Processor on behalf of the Customer (or its customers) pursuant to the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all Account Data (as such term is defined in the Agreement) that constitutes personal data is Customer Personal Data.
- “EEA” means the European Economic Area.
- “Data Privacy Framework” means, collectively, the terms of Processor's certification with the U.S. Department of Commerce under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework, or any substantially similar successor program recognized under Data Privacy Laws to provide for an adequate level of protection.
- “Data Privacy Laws” means applicable laws relating to the privacy and protection of personal data, including without limitation (but only where applicable) GDPR.
- “GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, including the recitals. Where personal data of data subjects in the United Kingdom is involved, “GDPR” more specifically means and refers to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation together with and as implemented by the UK Data Protection Act of 2018 and the implementing rules or regulations that are issued by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (“ICO”).
- “personal data” means and includes “personal information”, personally identifiable information" and “personal data” as defined under Data Privacy Laws.
- “Restricted Transfer” means a transfer of Customer Personal Data from the Customer to Processor or any onward transfer of Customer Personal Data from Processor to a Subprocessor, in each case where such transfer would be prohibited by Data Privacy Laws in the absence of a self-certification to the Data Privacy Framework or the parties’ agreement to the Standard Contractual Clauses or another data transfer mechanism permitted by Data Privacy laws.
- “Standard Contractual Clauses” means, collectively, (i) where personal data of data subjects in the EEA is involved, the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU)2021/914 of 4 June 2021 for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to GDPR (referred to herein more particularly as the “EU SCCs”), and (ii) where personal data of data subjects in the United Kingdom is involved, the International Data Transfer Addendum to the EU Commission Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the UK Information Commissioner under section 119A(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (referred to herein more particularly as the “UK SCCs”).
- “Subprocessor” means any person or entity (excluding employees of Processor) appointed by or on behalf of Processor to Process Customer Personal Data on behalf of the Customer (and its customers) in connection with the Agreement.
- Additionally, the terms “controller,” “data subject,” “personal data,” “personal data breach,” “process,” “processor,” and “supervisory authorities” (or their respective substantially corresponding equivalents under Data Privacy Laws) will have the meanings given to such terms under Data Privacy Laws.
- Nature of Relationship. The parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the processing of Customer Personal Data, Customer may act either as a controller or processor and Processor acts as a processor (where Customer is a controller) or subprocessor (where Customer is a processor) under Data Privacy Laws.
- Customer Representations and Warranties. The Customer represents and warrants to Processor that, prior to transferring any Customer Personal Data to Processor for processing, asking Processor to collect Customer Personal Data on the Customer’s (or its customers) behalf in connection with the Services, or otherwise providing or making available any personal data to Processor in connection with Processor’s performance of the Services, the Customer has provided to the applicable data subjects every type of notice and obtained from the applicable data subjects every type of consent in each case as required by Data Privacy Laws pertaining to such disclosures of personal data to or collection of personal data on the Customer’s behalf by Processor. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless Processor from and against all claims, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs or other expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of the Customer’s breach of this Section 3.
- Description of Processing.
- Data Subjects: Personnel and customers of the Customer.
- Categories of Data: With respect to personnel of the Customer, personal details, including information that identifies the data subject such as name, employer, address, e-mail, telephone number, location and other contact details. With respect to customers of the Customer, name, address, e-mail, telephone number, location, and billing and payment details such as bank account and credit or debit card numbers.
- Special Categories of Data: None.
- Nature and Purpose of Processing: All processing operations required to facilitate provision of Services to the Customer in accordance with the Agreement.
- Frequency of Transfer (per Section 12 of this DPA): Continuously throughout the term of the Agreement.
- Period of Retention of Personal Data: Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement or this DPA, in accordance with the retention policy of the Processor, provided that to the extent that any personal data is retained beyond the termination of the Agreement for back up or legal reasons, the Processor will continue to protect such personal data in accordance with the Agreement and this DPA.
- For Transfers to Subprocessors, the Subject Matter, Nature and Duration of the Processing: As described in Section 10 of this DPA.
- Processing of Personal Data. Processor will process Customer Personal Data only as needed to perform the Services and otherwise only on documented instructions from Customer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as described in the Agreement), unless Processor is required to do so by applicable law to which Processor is subject, in which case Processor will inform the Customer of that legal requirement before processing (unless the applicable law prohibits providing such information to the Customer on important grounds of public interest). The Customer will ensure that its instructions comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable in relation to the Customer Personal Data, and that the processing of Customer Personal Data in accordance with the Customer’s instructions will not cause Processor to be in breach of Data Privacy Laws or any other laws, rules or regulations applicable with respect to the Customer Personal Data. Processor represents that it has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures in such a manner that its processing of Customer Personal Data will meet the requirements of Data Privacy Laws and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subjects.
- Confidentiality of Personal Data. Processor will ensure that all persons (including Subprocessors) authorized to process Customer Personal Data have committed to keeping such Customer Personal Data confidential or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Customer Personal Data. Processor will take steps to ensure that any natural person acting under the authority of the Processor who has access to Customer Personal Data does not process such Customer Personal Data except as needed to perform the Services or otherwise upon instructions from the Customer, unless the Processor is required to do so by applicable law to which Processor is subject.
- Security of Personal Data. Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of data subjects, Processor will implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security for Customer Personal Data appropriate to the risk, including in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to Customer Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. Such measures will include, inter alia as appropriate: (a) the pseudonymization or encryption of Customer Personal Data, (b) the ability to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of systems and services used to process Customer Personal Data, (c) the ability to restore the availability and access to Customer Personal Data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident, and (d) a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing. Additionally, such measures will include those set forth in the Processor’s Data Security Policy attached as Schedule B to the Agreement.
- Assistance and Cooperation.
- Processor will provide, at the Customer’s cost, reasonable assistance to Customer in performing any data protection impact assessments and/or relevant consultations with supervisory authorities or other competent data privacy authorities, in each case to the extent required by Data Privacy Laws (such as, where applicable, GDPR Articles 35 or 36), and in each case solely in relation to Processing of Customer Personal Data by, and taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to, Processor and its Subprocessors.
- Taking into account the nature of the Processing and the information available to Processor, Processor will, at the Customer’s cost, assist Customer as Customer may reasonably require, including by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, in ensuring compliance with the Customer’s obligations under Data Privacy Laws to appropriately secure and safeguard Customer Personal Data (such as, where applicable, pursuant to GDPR Article 32).
- Taking into account the nature of the Processing, Processor will, at the Customer’s cost, assist Customer as Customer may reasonably require, including by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, to enable the Customer to comply with requests by data subjects to exercise their rights under Data Privacy Laws. Processor will: (i) promptly notify the Customer if Processor receives a request from a data subject under Data Privacy Laws with respect to Customer Personal Data, and (ii) not respond to that request except on the written instructions of the Customer or as required by applicable law to which Processor is subject, in which case Processor will (to the extent permitted by applicable law) inform Customer of that legal requirement before Processor responds to the request.
- Recordkeeping; Information and Audit Rights. Processor will maintain all records pertinent to its processing of Customer Personal Data that are required by Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, Article 30(2) of the GDPR, and (to the extent they are applicable to Processor’s activities for the Customer) Processor will make such records available to the Customer upon the Customer’s reasonable written request. Processor will make available to the Customer on the Customer’s reasonable request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA, and will, at the Customer’s cost, allow for and cooperate with audits, including inspections, by the Customer or an auditor appointed by Customer in relation to the Processing of the Customer Personal Data by Processor, subject to the following:
- Information disclosed to the Customer or its auditor or that is otherwise revealed in such records, inspections or audits will be the Confidential Information (as such term is defined in the Agreement) of Processor under the confidentiality provisions of the Agreement.
- The Customer may request an audit by emailing success@spreedly.com.
- Audits may not be conducted more than once per year or more frequently: (i) to the extent required by a supervisory authority, or (ii) in the event of and in connection with a particular personal data breach.
- Audits will be conducted only during Processor’s normal business hours and only with reasonable advance written notice of not less than 15 business days (except in the event of a personal data breach or if the Customer has a reasonable basis to believe (supported by substantial evidence) that Processor is in material non- compliance with this DPA, in which case advance notice will be not less than 72 hours).
- Following the Processor’s receipt of the Customer’ written request to conduct an audit and/or inspection, the Processor and Customer will discuss and agree in advance on the reasonable scope, start date and duration of this audit, as well as any applicable security and confidentiality controls that may be required.
- No such audit will include access to Processor’s (or any Subprocessors’) facilities or systems (e.g., computing infrastructure, servers, data storage mechanisms and infrastructure, audit logs, activity reports, system configuration, etc.) without Processor’s prior written consent, except to the extent required by a supervisory authority.
- The Processor may charge a fee (based on the Processor’s reasonable costs) for any such audit. The Processor will provide the Customer with additional details of this fee including the basis of its calculation, in advance of the audit. Additionally, the Customer will be responsible for any fees charged by any third-party auditor appointed by the Customer for this audit.
- In lieu of an audit, upon reasonable request by the Customer, but no more than once per year, Processor agrees to complete, within thirty (30) days of receipt, an audit questionnaire provided by the Customer regarding Processor’s compliance with this DPA, of reasonable length and required detail (not to exceed a reasonably-estimated three person- hours to complete unless otherwise agreed to and subject to the payment of additional fees set forth in a separate written agreement by the parties), provided that any such questionnaire responses will be the Processor’s Confidential Information under the confidentiality provisions of the Agreement.
- Subprocessors.
- Processor will not engage any Subprocessor to process Customer Personal Data under the Agreement without written authorization from the Customer. Processor reserves the right to maintain its Subprocessor list through means such as publication of its Subprocessor list online, and the Customer hereby provides written authorization for Processor to engage the Subprocessors listed online at https://www.spreedly.com/gdpr-subprocessors, as such list may be updated from time to time. Customer may receive notifications of new Subprocessors by emailing subprocessor@spreedly.com with the subject “Subscribe,” and once subscribed in this manner Customer will receive notification of new Subprocessors before those Subprocessors are authorized to process Customer Personal Data on behalf of the Processor. Processor will send notice to Customer by email of any additional or replacement Subprocessors at least 10 days in advance of engaging any such additional or replacement Subprocessors to process Customer Personal Data under the Agreement. Customer may object to any such additional or replacement Subprocessor within 10 days of receiving such notice, provided that such objections are reasonable and on grounds relating to the protection or privacy of the Customer Personal Data involved in accordance with Data Privacy Laws or this DPA. Processor will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objection by the Customer, and the Customer will reasonably and in good faith cooperate with Processor in such efforts. If Processor cannot resolve the Customer’s objection within a reasonable period of time following receipt of Customer’s objection (such period of time not to exceed 60 days), and if Processor is unable to provide some or all of the Services without the use of the objected-to Subprocessor, then the Customer may terminate the applicable Services (such termination being without cause) which cannot be provided by Processor without the use of the objected-to Subprocessor by providing written notice to Processor.
- Where Processor engages a Subprocessor for carrying out specific processing activities on behalf of the Customer with respect to Customer Personal Data, Processor will by contract impose on the Subprocessor substantially the same data protection obligations as set forth in this DPA. Where the Subprocessor fails to fulfil such data protection obligations, Processor will remain fully liable to the Customer for the performance of that Subprocessor’s obligations.
- The Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Processor is (and its Subprocessors may be) based in the United States and that the Processor provides (and the Subprocessors may provide) services under the Agreement from the United States, and the Customer hereby consents to the transfer of Customer Personal Data to the United States for Processing by the Processor and its Subprocessors in accordance with Section 12 below.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that the Customer may engage a third-party payment gateway service provider and/or a third-party payment processing service provider to facilitate payment transactions in connection with the Agreement. Any such third parties engaged by the Customer will not be deemed a Subprocessor of the Processor for purposes of this DPA. Accordingly, nothing in this DPA obligates the Processor to enter into a data protection agreement with any such third party or to be responsible or liable for such third party’s acts or omissions.
- Return or Deletion of Customer Personal Data.
- Subject to Sections 11.b, 11.c and 11.d below, Processor will at Customer’s request within thirty (30) days after the date of cessation of Services involving the Processing of Customer Personal Data, either; (i) return to the Customer the Customer Personal Data in a mutually agreeable format; or (ii) delete and ensure the deletion of all copies of Customer Personal Data.
- Processor (and Processor’s Subprocessors) may retain Customer Personal Data to the extent and for such period as is required by applicable law, rule or regulation, provided that Processor will ensure the continued confidentiality of all such Customer Personal Data, and will ensure that the Customer Personal Data are only accessed and used for the purpose(s) specified in the applicable law, rule or regulation requiring its retention. Additionally, solely to the extent not prohibited by Data Privacy Laws, Processor (and Processor’s Subprocessors) may retain Customer Personal Data stored in electronic archived or backup systems until such copies are deleted in the ordinary course in accordance with Processor’s data retention policies, provided that any such retained Customer Personal Data will remain protected to the standards of this DPA for so long as it is retained.
- Processor may retain and use for its business purposes any aggregated or de-identified data (i.e., data that is no longer personal data) created from or using Customer Personal Data, during and after termination of the Agreement.
- The Processor’s obligations under this Section 11 will be subject to any agreed-upon post-termination data retrieval provisions in the Agreement.
- Restricted Transfers. To the extent that Customer Personal Data includes information about individuals who are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation, and Processor or any Subprocessors store or otherwise obtain access to such Customer Personal Data outside of the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation as a result of a Restricted Transfer, Processor hereby represents and warrants that: (i) Processor has self-certified to the Data Privacy Framework and that any such Restricted Transfers are within the scope of Processor’s certification to the Data Privacy Framework; (ii) Processor will at all relevant times for purposes of this DPA maintain a “current” “current” Data Privacy Framework certification status with the United States Department of Commerce related to its processing of Customer Personal Data and remain at all times in compliance with the requirements of the Data Privacy Framework; (iii) with respect to Customer Personal Data that includes information about individuals who are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation, Processor will comply with the Data Privacy Framework principles when handling such data; (iv) Processor will promptly notify Customer if Processor makes a determination that it can no longer meet its obligations under this Section 12, and, in such event Processor will work with Customer and promptly take all reasonable and appropriate steps to stop and remediate (if remediable) any processing until such time as the processing meets the level of protection as is required by this Section 12; and (v) Processor will immediately cease (and procure that all Subprocessors immediately cease) processing such Customer Personal Data if in Customer’s reasonable discretion Customer determines that Processor has not or cannot correct any non-compliance with this Section 12 in accordance with clause (iv) above within a reasonable time frame. If Customer (as “data exporter”) carries out a Restricted Transfer to Processor (as “data importer”) from the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation and such Restricted Transfer is not legalized by Processor’s self-certification to the Data Privacy Framework and compliance with the Data Privacy Framework principles, whether as a result of the invalidation of the Data Privacy Framework or otherwise, the parties hereby agree to apply one of the following, in descending order of preference, to the extent that a GDPR (Chapter V) data transfer mechanism or equivalent is legally required, such that the item higher in the list that is applicable and available will automatically apply during the term of this DPA and for as long as Customer Personal Data is retained by Processor: (i) an alternative suitable framework or other legally adequate transfer mechanism to which the Processor has self-certified that is recognized by the European Commission or United Kingdom Government or Swiss Government (or other relevant authority or court as applicable), as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data; (ii) any mechanism, derogation, exemption, or exception that a party is able to invoke, such as the explicit consent of the relevant data subjects, or a derogation under Article 49 of the GDPR or its equivalent under Data Privacy Laws; or (iii) the applicable Standard Contractual Clauses (or variations of those Standard Contractual Clauses made under Section 14.e or as otherwise proposed by the Subprocessor or Processor as long as such variations are compliant with Data Privacy Laws).
- Where the parties agree to apply the EU SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with the preceding paragraph of this Section 12, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- Where Customer acts as a controller and Processor acts as a processor, “Module 2” (controller-to-processor) of the EU SCCs applies;
- Where Customer’s customers act as a controller, Customer acts as a processor, and Processor acts as a subprocessor, “Module 3” (processor-to-processor) of the EU SCCs applies;
- For the purposes of clause 9(a) of the EU SCCs, option 2 (“General Prior Authorisation”) is selected and the specified time period is 10 days in advance;
- For the purposes of clause 11(a) of the E.U. Standard Contractual Clauses, the optional language is deleted;
- For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs: (i) if Customer is established in an EU Member State, the relevant supervisory authority acting as the competent supervisory authority is the supervisory authority of the EU Member State in which Customer is established, (ii) if Customer is not established in an EU Member State but has appointed a representative pursuant to GDPR Article 27(1), the relevant supervisory authority acting as the competent supervisory authority is the supervisory authority of the EU Member State in which Customer’s representative is established, and (iii) if Customer is not established in an EU Member State and has not appointed a representative pursuant to GDPR Article 27(1), then the supervisory authority of one of the EU Member States in which the data subjects whose Customer Personal Data is transferred under the EU SCCs in relation to the offering of goods or services to them are located will act as competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute “Annex I.C” for purposes of the EU SCCs;
- For the purposes of clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs, the Assessment attached hereto as Appendix 1 is incorporated herein by reference.
- For the purposes of clause 17 of the EU SCCs, the governing law is Ireland;
- For purposes of clause 18(b) of the EU SCCs, the selection is Ireland; and
- The relevant party identification information from the Agreement and the description of processing in Section 4 of this DPA together will constitute “Annex 1” for the purposes of the EU SCCs. Sections 6 and 7 of this DPA will constitute “Annex 2” for the purposes of the EU SCCs.
- Where the parties agree to apply the UK SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 12, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- In Table 2, the selections made are those that match the EU SCCs as described and detailed in clause (a) of this Section 12;
- In Table 4, both “importer” and “exporter” are selected; and
- The relevant party identification information from the Agreement, the description of processing in Section 4 of this DPA, and Sections 6 and 7 of this DPA will be incorporated into (and will constitute) Tables 1 and 3 of the UK SCCs, as applicable.
- Nothing in the interpretation of this DPA is intended to conflict with either party’s rights or responsibilities under the EU SCCs or UK SCCs (where applicable) and, in the event of such conflict, the EU SCCs (incorporating the UK SCCs where applicable) will prevail. To the extent a transfer mechanism other than the foregoing becomes reasonably available to the parties after the effective date of this DPA, the parties will consult with each other in good faith on whether to rely on such transfer mechanism in lieu of the applicable Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Where the parties agree to apply the EU SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with the preceding paragraph of this Section 12, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- Personal Data Breach. Taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to the Processor, Processor will reasonably assist the Customer in the Customer’s efforts to comply with its obligations regarding personal data breaches as set forth in Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, GDPR Articles 33 and 34. If any Customer Personal Data is subject to any personal data breach Processor will, upon becoming aware of the personal data breach, without undue delay notify the Customer, take reasonable steps to contain and counteract the personal data breach and minimize any damage resulting from the personal data breach, and provide Customer with sufficient information to allow the Customer to meet any obligations to report to supervising authorities or inform the applicable data subjects of the personal data breach to the extent required under Data Privacy Laws. Processor will cooperate, at the Customer’s cost, to assist Customer in the investigation, mitigation and remediation of each such personal data breach.
- Miscellaneous.
- Subject to the following sentence of this Section 14.a, in the event of inconsistencies between the provisions of this DPA and the Agreement, the provisions of this DPA will prevail. In any event, Processor’s liability under this DPA, including for breach or other failure under this DPA by Processor or its Subprocessors, will be (to the maximum extent permitted under Data Privacy Laws, the Standard Contractual Clauses (where applicable in accordance with Section 12 and other applicable law) subject to the exclusions and limitations of liability provided for in the Agreement as if this DPA were a part of the Agreement, ab initio.
- To the extent this DPA is not governed exclusively by Data Privacy Laws, it will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws selected pursuant to the governing law provision set forth in the Agreement.
- This DPA constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written.
- Except as expressly stated in Data Privacy Laws or the Standard Contractual Clauses attached hereto (where applicable in accordance with Section 12), the parties to this DPA do not intend to create any rights in any third parties.
- The parties agree that, to the extent required under Data Privacy Laws, such as due to legislative changes, court decisions, and/or to reflect measures or guidance from supervisory authorities, including, without limitation and only where applicable, the adoption of standards for contracts with processors according to GDPR Article 28(7) or (8) or the invalidation, amendment, replacement or repeal of a decision adopted by the EU Commission or ICO in relation to international data transfers on the basis of GDPR Article 45(3) or 46(2) or on the basis of Article 25(6) or 26(4) of EU Directive 95/46/EC, such as, in particular, with respect to the Standard Contractual Clauses or similar transfer mechanisms, the Customer may request reasonable changes or additions to this DPA to reflect applicable requirements. If the Customer makes a request to change or supplement this DPA pursuant to this Section 14.e, the Customer and Processor will in good faith negotiate such changes and additions (including, where applicable, providing for Customer’s reimbursement of Processor’s costs and expenses for undertaking additional obligations) and the Processor will not unreasonably withhold or delay agreement to any variations to this DPA.
- Customer and Processor hereby accept and agree to, and where and as applicable will adhere to, the clauses that appear in the following attachments:
- Attachment 1 – Compliance with the Federal Act on Data Protection of the Swiss Confederation (FADP)
- Attachment 2 – Compliance with U.S. State Consumer Privacy Laws
- Attachment 3 – Compliance with the Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD)
- Attachment 4 – Compliance with Argentina’s Pending Data Protection Law
- Based on the Customer Data that Customer will process using the Platform (as such term is defined in the Agreement) or that is otherwise collected by or provided to Processor or its Subprocessors under and in connection with the Services, if and to the extent Data Privacy Laws require additional clauses to be executed by Processor beyond those set forth in this DPA, then Customer will notify Processor in writing of such requirement and Processor will in good faith review, negotiate and consider adding such clauses as an additional addendum to the Agreement. In the absence of such notice Customer represents and warrants that no additional clauses are required.
Attachment 1
Compliance with the Federal Act on Data Protection of the Swiss Confederation as Revised Effective September 1, 2023 (“FADP”)
- This Attachment 1 applies only to any processing of personal data that has actual or potential effects in the Swiss Confederation.
- All provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this Attachment 1 in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) FADP.
- Section 12(a) of the DPA is supplemented and amended as follows, as and to the extent required by the FADP:
- All references to the GDPR in Section 12(a) and in the EU SCCs are to be understood as references to the FADP, which governs all data transfers from the Swiss Confederation, and which permits the use of the EU SCCs. This provision will constitute the Annex required by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (“FDPIC”) in its guidance issued August 27, 2021.
- The term “Member State” must not be interpreted in such a way as to exclude data subjects in the Swiss Confederation from the possibility of suing for their rights in their place of habitual residence, in accordance with Clause 18(c) of the EU SCCs. This provision will constitute the Annex required by the FDPIC in its guidance issued August 27, 2021.
- Section 12(a)(iv) is amended to state: “For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs, the FDPIC of the Swiss Confederation is the competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute ‘Annex I.C’ for purposes of the EU SCCs.”
- In Sections 12(a)(vi) and 12(a)(vii), “Ireland” is replaced by “Swiss Confederation.”
- Section 12(b) of the DPA is deleted.
Attachment 2
Compliance with U.S. State Consumer Privacy Law
This Attachment 2 applies where, and to the extent that, Processor processes personal information of consumers within one or more U.S. States that have enacted consumer privacy laws applicable to the Services. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Attachment 2 will have the meanings set forth in the DPA or the Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in the DPA, where the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, including by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, the "CCPA") applies, the terms “business,” “combine,” “commercial purpose,” “consumer,” “contractor,” “personal information,” “processing,” “sell,” (and its corresponding "sale") “share,” and “service provider” will have the meanings given to such terms in CCPA/CPRA; and where any of the state privacy laws listed below and their respective implementing regulations (each, an “Other State Law,” and, collectively, the “Other State Laws”) apply, the terms “consumer,” “controller,” “processing,” “processor,” “sell” (and its corresponding “sale”) and “targeted advertising” will have the meanings given to such terms in the applicable Other State Law, and the term “personal information” will have the same meaning as the term “personal data” as such term is defined in the applicable Other State Law. The Other State Laws are:
- The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “VCDPA”);
- The Colorado Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “CPA”);
- The Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act, effective July 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “CPDPOMA”);
- The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, effective December 31, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “UCPA”);
- The Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “MCDPA”);
- The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “OCPA”);
- The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, effective July 1, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “TDPSA”);
- The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act, effective January 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “DPDPA”);
- The Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “IACDPA”);
- The Tennessee Information Protection Act, effective July 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “TIPA”);
- The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, effective July 31, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented form time-to-time, the “MNCDPA”);
- The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, effective October 1, 2025 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “MODPA”);
- The Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2026 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “INCDPA”);
- The Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act, effective January 1, 2026 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “RIDPA”); and
- The Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2026 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “KCDPA”).
In consideration of the mutual obligations set forth herein, the parties agree to the terms and conditions of this Attachment 2.
- The parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the processing of Customer Personal Data, Customer may act either as a business or service provider and Processor acts as a service provider or contractor to the Customer under the CCPA, and Customer may act as either a controller or processor and Processor acts as a processor (where Customer is a controller) or subprocessor (where Customer is a processor) under the Other State Laws. The specific purpose for which Processor is processing personal information under the Agreement (and the only purpose for which Customer discloses personal information to Processor under this Agreement) is for Processor to provide the Platform and the Services as specifically set forth in the Agreement. Customer represents, warrants and covenants that it has complied and it will comply with the CCPA and the Other State Laws with respect to all personal information of consumers that Customer has transferred or made available to Processor and its Subprocessors, or that Customer has asked Processor or its Subprocessors to collect on Customer’s behalf for processing in connection with the Services. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless Processor from and against all claims, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs or other expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of the Customer’s breach of this Section 1.
- In its processing of personal information of consumers that the Customer has transferred to Processor for processing, that Processor may have access to, or that Processor has collected on the Customer’s behalf, in each case in connection with the Services, Processor will comply with all requirements of the CCPA that are applicable to service providers and contractors and all requirements of the applicable Other State Laws that are applicable to processors. Without limiting the foregoing, during the term of the Agreement and thereafter, Processor will: (i) not retain, use or disclose the personal information for any purpose (including any commercial purpose) other than for the specific purpose of performing the Services contemplated by the Agreement; (ii) not retain, use or disclose the personal information outside of the direct business relationship between Processor and the Customer; (iii) not sell or (where CCPA applies) share the personal information to or with any third parties; (iv) not combine the personal information that Processor receives from, or on behalf of, Customer with personal information that Processor receives from, or on behalf of, another person or persons, or collects from its own interaction with the consumer, provided that Processor may combine such personal information (1) for the specific purpose of providing the Services contemplated by the Agreement or (2) to perform any other permitted business purpose under CCPA and/or the Other State Laws, as applicable; (v) taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to Processor, by appropriate technical and organizational measures and insofar as this is reasonably practical, promptly comply with Customer’s reasonable written instructions associated with responding to any consumer’s request to exercise the consumer’s rights under CCPA or the Other State Laws, as applicable; (vi) taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to Processor, reasonably assist Customer in meeting its obligations in relation to the security of processing personal information and in relation to providing for legally required notifications of breaches involving personal information; (vii) at Customer’s direction, delete or return to Customer all personal information as requested at the end of the Agreement, unless retention of the personal information is otherwise permitted or required by law; and (viii) notify Customer after Processor makes a determination that it can no longer meet its obligations under the DPA or this Attachment 2. Customer has the right, upon notice to Processor, to take reasonable and appropriate steps to stop and remediate Processor’s unauthorized use of personal information. Processor certifies that it understands and will comply with the restrictions, duties and obligations set forth in this Section 2.
- Where not prohibited by applicable law, nothing in this Attachment 2 will prohibit Processor from retaining, using or disclosing the personal information in connection with: (i) retaining or employing another service provider, processor, contractor or subcontractor (as applicable), provided the service provider, processor, contractor or subcontractor meets the requirements for a service provider, contractor or subcontractor under the CCPA or Other State Law, as applicable; (ii) internal use by Processor to build or improve the quality of its services, provided that the use does not include building or modifying household or consumer profiles for use in providing services to another business, or correcting or augmenting data acquired from another source; (iii) detecting data security incidents, or protecting against fraudulent or illegal activity; (iv) complying with federal, state or local laws; (v) complying with a civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal, state or local authorities; (vi) cooperating with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that the Customer, Processor or a third party reasonably and in good faith believes may violate federal, state or local law; or (vii) exercising or defending legal claims.
- If Processor authorizes any Subprocessor to process, retain or use any personal information received from the Customer, accessed in connection with the Services or collected on the Customer’s behalf in connection with the Services, then prior to any disclosure of such personal information to such Subprocessor, Processor will enter into a written agreement with such Subprocessor that includes all required or necessary terms to ensure that such Subprocessor is deemed a service provider or contractor within the meaning of the CCPA or a processor, subprocessor or subcontractor within the meaning of any applicable State Law; and (ii) requires the Subprocessor to be bound by terms that are substantially equivalent to the restrictions, duties and obligations under this Attachment 2.
- Upon Customer’s reasonable written request, and at Customer’s expense, Processor will make available to Customer all information in Processor’s possession necessary to demonstrate Processor’s compliance with the obligations in this Attachment 2 and (solely to the extent required by applicable law) to enable Customer to conduct and document data protection assessments. Additionally, at Customer’s expense, Processor will allow for, and cooperate with, reasonable assessments by Customer or its designated assessor; alternatively, Processor may (at no additional charge to Customer) arrange for a qualified and independent assessor to conduct an assessment of Processor’s policies and technical and organizational measures in support of the obligations under this Attachment 2 using an appropriate and accepted control standard or framework and assessment procedure for such assessments and provide a report of such assessment to Customer upon request. Customer acknowledges and agrees that any information, reports or assessments made available to Customer under this paragraph will be Processor’s Confidential Information and will be subject to all confidentiality obligations set forth in the Agreement.
- To the extent this Attachment 2 is not governed exclusively by CCPA or an Other State Law (as applicable), it will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws set forth in the governing law section of the Agreement. If there is any conflict between this Attachment 2 and the DPA, the Agreement or any other data protection agreement(s) between the parties, this Attachment 2 will prevail to the extent of that conflict with respect to the personal information of consumers only.
Attachment 3
Compliance with the Brazilian Data Protection Law (“LGPD”), Retroactively Effective as of September 2020
- This Attachment 3 applies only to processing of personal data that is carried out in Brazil, that has the purpose of offering goods or services to people in Brazil or is done on data that was collected in Brazil.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that, while the text of the LGPD is available, the full details of the interpretation and enforcement of the LGDP are still being developed. In particular, regulations to be promulgated by the Brazil National Data Protection Authority (ANDP) are not final as of the date of execution of this Brazil Addendum. Customer and Processor therefore agree to attempt in good faith to comply with the LGPD in its current state and amend their respective practices and this Brazil Addendum (in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 14(e) of the DPA) if and when required by legal developments in Brazil. Customer agrees to inform Processor if Customer becomes aware of LGPD and ANDP developments that require changes in Processor’s practices or its agreements with Customer.
- Because most legal duties and obligations under the LGPD closely track those under the GDPR, all provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this Brazil Addendum in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below. Without limiting the generality of this Section 3, Customer further agrees to comply with current provisions of the LGPD that may impose duties that exceed those imposed by the GDPR, including without limitation those concerning the definition of personal data and the right of data subjects to anonymization of their personal data.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) LGPD.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that the LGPD permits data transfers out of Brazil pursuant to Standard Contractual Clauses, but Brazil has not yet promulgated its own Standard Contractual Clause. Therefore, Customer and Processor will use the EU SCCs as specified in the DPA for such transfers, subject to the amendments and modifications stated below, until such time as Brazil promulgates Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Section 12 of the DPA is supplemented and amended as follows:
- Section 12(a)(iv) is amended to state: “For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs, the ANDP is the competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute ‘Annex I.C’ for purposes of the EU SCCs.”
- In Sections 12(a)(vi) and 12(a)(vii), “Ireland” is replaced by “Brazil.”
- Section 12(b) of the DPA is deleted.
Attachment 4
Compliance with Argentina’s Pending Data Protection Law
- This Attachment 4 applies only to processing of personal data of data subjects who are in Argentina that is related to the offering of goods or services to such subjects or the monitoring of their behavior within Argentina.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that, as of the date of execution of this DPA, the protection of personal data in Argentina is governed by Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (2000) as complemented by Regulatory Decree No. 1558/2001 and several resolutions, rules and guidelines. Customer and Processor further acknowledge that a new Data Protection Law has been introduced and is in the process of public consultation and legislative enactment (the current draft has been released as DPA Resolution 119/2022 of Sep. 12, 2022) (“ARG Pending Law”)), and that its enactment is expected in 2023. Customer agrees to inform Processor if Customer becomes aware of Argentina privacy law developments that require changes in Processor’s practices or any its agreements with Customer.
- Because most legal duties and obligations under the ARG Pending Law are expected to closely track those under the GDPR, all provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this ARG Addendum in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below. Without limiting the generality of this Section 3, Customer further agrees to comply with any provisions of the current Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (2000), as complemented, that may impose duties that exceed those imposed by the GDPR.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) the current Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (2000), as complemented, and (when in force) the ARG Pending Law.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that the ARG Pending Law is expected to permit data transfers out of Argentina pursuant to Standard Contractual Clauses, but the specific form of such Clauses is not yet known. Therefore, Customer and Processor will use the EU SCCs as specified in the DPA for such transfers, subject to the amendments and modifications stated below, until such time as Argentina promulgates Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Section 12 of the DPA is supplemented and amended as follows:
- Section 12(a)(iv) is amended to state: “For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs, the Argentina Agency of Access to Public Information, or any successor thereto, is the competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute ‘Annex I.C’ for purposes of the EU SCCs.”
- In Sections 12(a)(vi) and 12(a)(vii), “Ireland” is replaced by “Argentina.”
- Section 12(b) of the DPA is deleted.
Appendix 1
CLAUSE 14(a) WARRANTY ASSESSMENT
Under Standard Contractual Clauses
Where the Parties (as defined below) agree to apply the EU SCCs with respect to a Restricted Transfer in accordance with Section 12 of the DPA, Spreedly, Inc. (the “data importer” and “processor”) and its customer (the “data exporter” and either “controller” or “processor”, the latter being the case where Customer’s customers are the controller) together provide the following assessment pursuant to Clause 14(d) of the EU SCCs. The data importer and data exporter are each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties.” Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this assessment have the meanings given to such terms in the DPA.
Background
Clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs requires that the Parties “warrant that they have no reason to believe that the laws and practices in the third country of destination applicable to the processing of the personal data by the data importer, including any requirements to disclose personal data or measures authorizing access by public authorities, prevent the data importer from fulfilling its obligations under these Clauses.” Clauses 14(b)-(d) require that, in providing this warranty, the Parties conduct and document an assessment of the transfer in the context of the “laws and practices” of the destination country. As part of this process, “[t]he data importer warrants that, in carrying out the assessment under paragraph (b), it has made its best efforts to provide the data exporter with relevant information.” Whilst data importer relies on the Data Privacy Framework and complies with its principles to receive data from the EEA, the United Kingdom and/or the Swiss Confederation, this assessment is intended to be the documentation of the Parties’ compliance with their obligations under Clause 14(d) and the data importer’s obligation to provide relevant information under Clause 14(b), given that data importer maintains EU SCCs as an alternative transfer mechanism in the event that the Data Privacy Framework is invalidated.
Summary description of data importer’s processing activities
The data importer hosts a web-based payments orchestration and tokenization platform which enables the Customer or its customers to validate, tokenize and vault credit cards (and other payment types) and then transact with one or more of the payment gateways that are integrated to the data importer platform, and, where applicable, to automatically update expired or lost credit cards.
Assessment
The data importer is based in the United States (“U.S.”) and it and its subprocessors offer services (and process personal data) in the U.S. Therefore, personal data to be processed by the data importer and its subprocessors under the Parties’ agreement will be transferred to the U.S. for processing. In the aftermath of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in CJEU - C-311/18 (“Schrems II”), the United States Government, the European Commission and the UK Government developed the Data Privacy Framework to facilitate transatlantic commerce by providing U.S. organizations with reliable mechanisms for personal data transfers to the United States from the EEA, the United Kingdom and the Swiss Confederation that are consistent with applicable Data Privacy Laws. Organizations participating in the Data Privacy Framework may receive personal data from the EEA from July 10, 2023. Organizations participating in the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework may receive personal data from the United Kingdom and Gibraltar from October 12, 2023 when the U.S. - UK Data Bridge was approved by the UK Government. Organizations participating in the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework may receive personal data from the Swiss Confederation from September 15, 2024 when the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework was approved by the Swiss Government.
The Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities signed on October 7, 2022 set out the steps that President Biden directed the U.S. to take in order to implement its commitments to security data safety. Such directions included safeguards that limit access to data collected via U.S. surveillance activities to validated intelligence priorities in a proportional manner, requiring intelligence agencies to update their policies and procedures, accordingly, establishing an independent and impartial redress mechanism, and enhancing oversight of surveillance intelligence gathering. This Executive Order formed the basis of the European Commission and UK Government’s decisions to adopt their respective findings of adequacy to ensure compliant data transfers under the Data Privacy Framework.
Whilst the entry into force of the Data Privacy Framework, and data importer, being a participant in such program and adhering to its principles alleviates the risks set out in Schrems II, data importer nonetheless considers it appropriate to address the specific U.S. laws that were discussed in the Schrems II ruling and their relevance to the use of data importer’s Services as part of its warranty assessment under Clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs.
In addition to the adequacy of the Data Privacy Framework, data importer has received legal advice on the authority of public authorities in the U.S. to access or compel disclosure of the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement, with particular attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Executive Order 12333 (EO 1233), as limited by President Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive 28 (PPD 28). Such advice has also dealt with the practices of U.S. public authorities, to the limited extent that they are knowable. Data importer has also taken due account of the specific circumstances of the transfer, and the applicable limitations and safeguards, including technical or organizational safeguards. Of particular relevance is the fact that the personal data to be transferred consists primarily of either (1) payment card and related payment information without context into any particular transaction, or (2) basic personal data of the data exporter’s personnel accessing and using data importer’s software platform and services, such as the names and business contact information of such personnel.
Based on this assessment, data importer acknowledges that U.S. laws, particularly FISA, do permit U.S. public authorities to access or compel access to personal data entering the U.S., including the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement. However, given the specific circumstances of the transfer and the categories and format of the transferred personal data as described above, after due consideration the data importer cannot reasonably foresee circumstances where U.S. public authorities would be likely to take interest in the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement and therefore the data importer has no reason to believe such authorities are likely to exercise their authority under FISA or other similar U.S. laws to access or compel access to such personal data.
Effective November 20th 2024 to September 1st 2025
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DATA PROCESSING ADDENDUM
This DPA applies where, and to the extent that, Spreedly, Inc. (“Processor”) processes personal data of data subjects on behalf of a customer (the “Customer”), or Customer’s customers (where relevant), when providing access to its software platform, support services and/or professional services (collectively for the purposes of this DPA, the “Services”) under one or more written agreements (collectively, the “Agreement”). This DPA may be supplemented with additional jurisdiction-specific clauses as described in Section 14(f) below.
In consideration of the mutual obligations set forth herein, the parties agree to the terms and conditions of this DPA, effective as of the earlier of the effective date of the Agreement or the processing of personal data.
- Defined Terms. For the purposes of this DPA only, the following terms have the meanings given to such terms below:
- “Customer Personal Data” means any personal data processed by Processor on behalf of the Customer (or its customers) pursuant to the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all Customer Data that constitutes personal data is Customer Personal Data.
- “EEA” means the European Economic Area.
- “Data Privacy Framework” means the EU-US Data Privacy Framework implemented by the European Commission decision of July 10 2023 on the adequate level of protection of personal data and the UK Extension pursuant to the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 in force since October 12, 2023 (“UK-US Data Bridge”).
- “Data Privacy Laws” means applicable laws relating to the privacy and protection of personal data, including without limitation (but only where applicable) GDPR.
- “GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, including the recitals. Where personal data of data subjects in the United Kingdom is involved, “GDPR” more specifically means and refers to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation together with and as implemented by the UK Data Protection Act of 2018 and the implementing rules or regulations that are issued by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (“ICO”).
- “personal data” means and includes “personal information” and “personal data” as defined under Data Privacy Laws.
- “Restricted Transfer” means a transfer of Customer Personal Data from the Customer to Processor or any onward transfer of Customer Personal Data from Processor to a Subprocessor, in each case where such transfer would be prohibited by Data Privacy Laws in the absence of the parties’ agreement to the Standard Contractual Clauses or another data transfer mechanism permitted by Data Privacy laws.
- “Standard Contractual Clauses” means, collectively, (i) where personal data of data subjects in the EEA is involved, the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU)2021/914 of 4 June 2021 for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to GDPR (referred to herein more particularly as the “EU SCCs”), and (ii) where personal data of data subjects in the United Kingdom is involved, the International Data Transfer Addendum to the EU Commission Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the UK Information Commissioner under section 119A(1) Data Protection Act 2018 (referred to herein more particularly as the “UK SCCs”).
- “Subprocessor” means any person or entity (excluding employees of Processor) appointed by or on behalf of Processor to Process Customer Personal Data on behalf of the Customer (and its customers) in connection with the Agreement.
- Additionally, the terms “controller,” “data subject,” “personal data,” “personal data breach,” “process,” “processor,” and “supervisory authorities” (or their respective substantially corresponding equivalents under Data Privacy Laws) will have the meanings given to such terms under Data Privacy Laws.
- Nature of Relationship. The parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the processing of Customer Personal Data, Customer may act either as a controller or processor and Processor acts as a processor (where Customer is a controller) or subprocessor (where Customer is a processor) under Data Privacy Laws.
- Customer Representations and Warranties. The Customer represents and warrants to Processor that, prior to transferring any Customer Personal Data to Processor for processing, asking Processor to collect Customer Personal Data on the Customer’s (or its customers) behalf in connection with the Services, or otherwise providing or making available any personal data to Processor in connection with Processor’s performance of the Services, the Customer has provided to the applicable data subjects every type of notice and obtained from the applicable data subjects every type of consent in each case as required by Data Privacy Laws pertaining to such disclosures of personal data to or collection of personal data on the Customer’s behalf by Processor. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless Processor from and against all claims, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs or other expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of the Customer’s breach of this Section 3.
- Description of Processing.
- Data Subjects: Personnel and customers of the Customer.
- Categories of Data: With respect to personnel of the Customer, personal details, including information that identifies the data subject such as name, employer, address, e-mail, telephone number, location and other contact details. With respect to customers of the Customer, name, address, e-mail, telephone number, location, and billing and payment details such as bank account and credit or debit card numbers.
- Special Categories of Data: None.
- Nature and Purpose of Processing: All processing operations required to facilitate provision of Services to the Customer in accordance with the Agreement.
- Frequency of Transfer (per Section 12 of this DPA): Continuously throughout the term of the Agreement.
- Period of Retention of Personal Data: Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement or this DPA, in accordance with the retention policy of the Processor, provided that to the extent that any personal data is retained beyond the termination of the Agreement for back up or legal reasons, the Processor will continue to protect such personal data in accordance with the Agreement and this DPA.
- For transfers to Subprocessors, the subject matter, nature and duration of the Processing: As described in Section 10 of this DPA.
- Processing of Personal Data. Processor will process Customer Personal Data only as needed to perform the Services and otherwise only on documented instructions from Customer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as described in the Agreement), unless Processor is required to do so by applicable law to which Processor is subject, in which case Processor will inform the Customer of that legal requirement before processing (unless the applicable law prohibits providing such information to the Customer on important grounds of public interest). The Customer will ensure that its instructions comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable in relation to the Customer Personal Data, and that the processing of Customer Personal Data in accordance with the Customer’s instructions will not cause Processor to be in breach of Data Privacy Laws or any other laws, rules or regulations applicable with respect to the Customer Personal Data. Processor represents that it has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures in such a manner that its processing of Customer Personal Data will meet the requirements of Data Privacy Laws and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subjects.
- Confidentiality of Personal Data. Processor will ensure that all persons (including Subprocessors) authorized to process Customer Personal Data have committed to keeping such Customer Personal Data confidential or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Customer Personal Data. Processor will take steps to ensure that any natural person acting under the authority of the Processor who has access to Customer Personal Data does not process such Customer Personal Data except as needed to perform the Services or otherwise upon instructions from the Customer, unless the Processor is required to do so by applicable law to which Processor is subject.
- Security of Personal Data. Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of data subjects, Processor will implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security for Customer Personal Data appropriate to the risk, including in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to Customer Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. Such measures will include, inter alia as appropriate: (a) the pseudonymization or encryption of Customer Personal Data, (b) the ability to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of systems and services used to process Customer Personal Data, (c) the ability to restore the availability and access to Customer Personal Data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident, and (d) a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing. Additionally, such measures will include those set forth in the Processor’s Data Security Policy attached as Schedule B to the Agreement.
- Assistance and Cooperation.
- Processor will provide, at the Customer’s cost, reasonable assistance to Customer in performing any data protection impact assessments and/or relevant consultations with supervisory authorities or other competent data privacy authorities, in each case to the extent required by Data Privacy Laws (such as, where applicable, GDPR Articles 35 or 36), and in each case solely in relation to Processing of Customer Personal Data by, and taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to, Processor and its Subprocessors.
- Taking into account the nature of the Processing and the information available to Processor, Processor will, at the Customer’s cost, assist Customer as Customer may reasonably require, including by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, in ensuring compliance with the Customer’s obligations under Data Privacy Laws to appropriately secure and safeguard Customer Personal Data (such as, where applicable, pursuant to GDPR Article 32).
- Taking into account the nature of the Processing, Processor will, at the Customer’s cost, assist Customer as Customer may reasonably require, including by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, to enable the Customer to comply with requests by data subjects to exercise their rights under Data Privacy Laws. Processor will: (i) promptly notify the Customer if Processor receives a request from a data subject under Data Privacy Laws with respect to Customer Personal Data, and (ii) not respond to that request except on the written instructions of the Customer or as required by applicable law to which Processor is subject, in which case Processor will (to the extent permitted by applicable law) inform Customer of that legal requirement before Processor responds to the request.
- Recordkeeping; Information and Audit Rights. Processor will maintain all records pertinent to its processing of Customer Personal Data that are required by Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, Article 30(2) of the GDPR, and (to the extent they are applicable to Processor’s activities for the Customer) Processor will make such records available to the Customer upon the Customer’s reasonable written request. Processor will make available to the Customer on the Customer’s reasonable request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA, and will, at the Customer’s cost, allow for and cooperate with audits, including inspections, by the Customer or an auditor appointed by Customer in relation to the Processing of the Customer Personal Data by Processor, subject to the following:
- Information disclosed to the Customer or its auditor or that is otherwise revealed in such records, inspections or audits will be the Confidential Information of Processor under the confidentiality provisions of the Agreement.
- The Customer may request an audit by emailing success@spreedly.com.
- Audits may not be conducted more than once per year or more frequently: (i) to the extent required by a supervisory authority, or (ii) in the event of and in connection with a particular personal data breach.
- Audits will be conducted only during Processor’s normal business hours and only with reasonable advance written notice of not less than 15 business days (except in the event of a personal data breach or if the Customer has a reasonable basis to believe (supported by substantial evidence) that Processor is in material non- compliance with this DPA, in which case advance notice will be not less than 72 hours).
- Following the Processor’s receipt of the Customer’ written request to conduct an audit and/or inspection, the Processor and Customer will discuss and agree in advance on the reasonable scope, start date and duration of this audit, as well as any applicable security and confidentiality controls that may be required.
- No such audit will include access to Processor’s (or any Subprocessors’) facilities or systems (e.g., computing infrastructure, servers, data storage mechanisms and infrastructure, audit logs, activity reports, system configuration, etc.) without Processor’s prior written consent, except to the extent required by a supervisory authority.
- The Processor may charge a fee (based on the Processor’s reasonable costs) for any such audit. The Processor will provide the Customer with additional details of this fee including the basis of its calculation, in advance of the audit. Additionally, the Customer will be responsible for any fees charged by any third-party auditor appointed by the Customer for this audit.
- In lieu of an audit, upon reasonable request by the Customer, but no more than once per year, Processor agrees to complete, within thirty (30) days of receipt, an audit questionnaire provided by the Customer regarding Processor’s compliance with this DPA, of reasonable length and required detail (not to exceed a reasonably-estimated three person- hours to complete unless otherwise agreed to and subject to the payment of additional fees set forth in a separate written agreement by the parties), provided that any such questionnaire responses will be the Processor’s Confidential Information under the confidentiality provisions of the Agreement.
- Subprocessors.
- Processor will not engage any Subprocessor to process Customer Personal Data under the Agreement without written authorization from the Customer. Processor reserves the right to maintain its Subprocessor list through means such as publication of its Subprocessor list online, and the Customer hereby provides written authorization for Processor to engage the Subprocessors listed online at https://www.spreedly.com/gdpr-subprocessors. Customer may receive notifications of new Subprocessors by emailing subprocessor@spreedly.com with the subject “Subscribe,” and once subscribed in this manner Customer will receive notification of new Subprocessors before those Subprocessors are authorized to process Customer Personal Data on behalf of the Processor. Processor will send notice to Customer by email of any additional or replacement Subprocessors at least 10 days in advance of engaging any such additional or replacement Subprocessors to process Customer Personal Data under the Agreement. Customer may object to any such additional or replacement Subprocessor within 10 days of receiving such notice, provided that such objections are reasonable and on grounds relating to the protection or privacy of the Customer Personal Data involved in accordance with Data Privacy Laws or this DPA. Processor will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objection by the Customer, and the Customer will reasonably and in good faith cooperate with Processor in such efforts. If Processor cannot resolve the Customer’s objection within a reasonable period of time following receipt of Customer’s objection (such period of time not to exceed 60 days), and if Processor is unable to provide some or all of the Services without the use of the objected-to Subprocessor, then the Customer may terminate the applicable Services (such termination being without cause) which cannot be provided by Processor without the use of the objected-to Subprocessor by providing written notice to Processor.
- Where Processor engages a Subprocessor for carrying out specific processing activities on behalf of the Customer with respect to Customer Personal Data, Processor will by contract impose on the Subprocessor substantially the same data protection obligations as set forth in this DPA. Where the Subprocessor fails to fulfil such data protection obligations, Processor will remain fully liable to the Customer for the performance of that Subprocessor’s obligations.
- The Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Processor is (and its Subprocessors may be) based in the United States and that the Processor provides (and the Subprocessors may provide) services under the Agreement from the United States, and the Customer hereby consents to the transfer of Customer Personal Data to the United States for Processing by the Processor and its Subprocessors in accordance with Section 12 below.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that the Customer may engage a third-party payment gateway service provider and/or a third-party payment processing service provider to facilitate payment transactions in connection with the Agreement. Any such third parties engaged by the Customer will not be deemed a Subprocessor of the Processor for purposes of this DPA. Accordingly, nothing in this DPA obligates the Processor to enter into a data protection agreement with any such third party or to be responsible or liable for such third party’s acts or omissions.
- Return or Deletion of Customer Personal Data.
- Subject to Sections 11(b), 11(c) and 11(d) below, Processor will at Customer’s request within thirty (30) days after the date of cessation of Services involving the Processing of Customer Personal Data, either; (i) return to the Customer the Customer Personal Data in a mutually agreeable format; or (ii) delete and ensure the deletion of all copies of Customer Personal Data.
- Processor (and Processor’s Subprocessors) may retain Customer Personal Data to the extent and for such period as is required by applicable law, rule or regulation, provided that Processor will ensure the continued confidentiality of all such Customer Personal Data, and will ensure that the Customer Personal Data are only accessed and used for the purpose(s) specified in the applicable law, rule or regulation requiring its retention. Additionally, solely to the extent not prohibited by Data Privacy Laws, Processor (and Processor’s Subprocessors) may retain Customer Personal Data stored in electronic archived or backup systems until such copies are deleted in the ordinary course in accordance with Processor’s data retention policies, provided that any such retained Customer Personal Data will remain protected to the standards of this DPA for so long as it is retained.
- Processor may retain and use for its business purposes any aggregated or de-identified data (i.e., data that is no longer personal data) created from or using Customer Personal Data, during and after termination of the Agreement.
- The Processor’s obligations under this Section 11 will be subject to any agreed-upon post-termination data retrieval provisions in the Agreement.
- Restricted Transfers. Processor participates in and complies with the principles of the Data Privacy Framework. Customer acknowledges that Processor will use the Data Privacy Framework to lawfully receive personal data from the EEA and the United Kingdom and Gibraltar in the United States and will ensure that it provides at least the same level of protection to such personal data as is required by the Data Privacy Framework principles. If Customer (as “Data Exporter”) carries out a Restricted Transfer to Processor (as “Data Importer”) from the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, the parties hereby agree to apply one of the following, to the extent that a GDPR (Chapter V) data transfer mechanism or equivalent is legally required in descending order of preference, such that the item higher in the list that is applicable and available will automatically apply during the term of this DPA and for as long as Customer Personal Data is retained by Processor: (i) a suitable framework or other legally adequate transfer mechanism recognized by the European Commission or United Kingdom Government or Swiss Government (or other relevant authority or court as applicable) providing an adequate level of protection for personal data, including the Data Privacy Framework; (ii) any mechanism, derogation, exemption, or exception that a party is able to invoke, such as the consent of the relevant data subjects, or a derogation under Article 49 of the GDPR or its equivalent under Data Privacy Laws; or (iii) the applicable Standard Contractual Clauses (or variations of those Standard Contractual Clauses made under Section 14(e) or as otherwise proposed by the Subprocessor or Processor as long as such variations are compliant with Data Privacy Laws). Processor will ensure that before it commences any Restricted Transfer to a Subprocessor, that one of the foregoing mechanisms in descending order of preference is implemented.
- With respect to the EU SCCs, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- Where Customer acts as a controller and Processor acts as a processor, “Module 2” (controller-to-processor) of the EU SCCs applies;
- Where Customer’s customers act as a controller, Customer acts as a processor, and Processor acts as a subprocessor, “Module 3” (processor-to-processor) of the EU SCCs applies;
- For the purposes of clause 9(a) of the EU SCCs, option 2 (“General Prior Authorisation”) is selected and the specified time period is 10 days in advance;
- For the purposes of clause 11(a) of the E.U. Standard Contractual Clauses, the optional language is deleted;
- For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs: (i) if Customer is established in an EU Member State, the relevant supervisory authority acting as the competent supervisory authority is the supervisory authority of the EU Member State in which Customer is established, (ii) if Customer is not established in an EU Member State but has appointed a representative pursuant to GDPR Article 27(1), the relevant supervisory authority acting as the competent supervisory authority is the supervisory authority of the EU Member State in which Customer’s representative is established, and (iii) if Customer is not established in an EU Member State and has not appointed a representative pursuant to GDPR Article 27(1), then the supervisory authority of one of the EU Member States in which the data subjects whose Customer Personal Data is transferred under the EU SCCs in relation to the offering of goods or services to them are located will act as competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute “Annex I.C” for purposes of the EU SCCs;
- For the purposes of clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs, the Assessment attached hereto as Appendix 1 is incorporated herein by reference.
- For the purposes of clause 17 of the EU SCCs, the governing law is Ireland;
- For purposes of clause 18(b) of the EU SCCs, the selection is Ireland; and
- The relevant party identification information from the Agreement and the description of processing in Section 4 of this DPA together will constitute “Annex 1” for the purposes of the EU SCCs. Sections 6 and 7 of this DPA will constitute “Annex 2” for the purposes of the EU SCCs.
- With respect to the UK SCCs, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- In Table 2, the selections made are those that match the EU SCCs as described and detailed in clause (a) of this Section 12;
- In Table 4, both “importer” and “exporter” are selected; and
- The relevant party identification information from the Agreement, the description of processing in Section 4 of this DPA, and Sections 6 and 7 of this DPA will be incorporated into (and will constitute) Tables 1 and 3 of the UK SCCs, as applicable.
- Nothing in the interpretation of this DPA is intended to conflict with either party’s rights or responsibilities under the EU SCCs or UK SCCs (where applicable) and, in the event of such conflict, the EU SCCs (incorporating the UK SCCs where applicable) shall prevail. To the extent a transfer mechanism other than the foregoing becomes reasonably available to the parties after the effective date of this DPA, the parties will consult with each other in good faith on whether to rely on such transfer mechanism in lieu of the applicable Standard Contractual Clauses.
- With respect to the EU SCCs, the same are incorporated by reference into this DPA on an unchanged basis save for the following:
- Personal Data Breach. Taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to the Processor, Processor will reasonably assist the Customer in the Customer’s efforts to comply with its obligations regarding personal data breaches as set forth in Data Privacy Laws, such as, where applicable, GDPR Articles 33 and 34. If any Customer Personal Data is subject to any personal data breach Processor will, upon becoming aware of the personal data breach, without undue delay notify the Customer, take reasonable steps to contain and counteract the personal data breach and minimize any damage resulting from the personal data breach, and provide Customer with sufficient information to allow the Customer to meet any obligations to report to supervising authorities or inform the applicable data subjects of the personal data breach to the extent required under Data Privacy Laws. Processor will cooperate, at the Customer’s cost, to assist Customer in the investigation, mitigation and remediation of each such personal data breach.
- Miscellaneous.
- Subject to the following sentence of this Section 14(a), in the event of inconsistencies between the provisions of this DPA and the Agreement, the provisions of this DPA will prevail. In any event, Processor’s liability under this DPA, including for breach or other failure under this DPA by Processor or its Subprocessors, will be (to the maximum extent permitted under Data Privacy Laws, the Standard Contractual Clauses and other applicable law) subject to the exclusions and limitations of liability provided for in the Agreement as if this DPA were a part of the Agreement, ab initio.
- To the extent this DPA is not governed exclusively by Data Privacy Laws, it will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws selected pursuant to the governing law provision set forth in the Agreement.
- This DPA constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written.
- Except as expressly stated in Data Privacy Laws or the Standard Contractual Clauses attached hereto, the parties to this DPA do not intend to create any rights in any third parties.
- The parties agree that, to the extent required under Data Privacy Laws, such as due to legislative changes, court decisions, and/or to reflect measures or guidance from supervisory authorities, including, without limitation and only where applicable, the adoption of standards for contracts with processors according to GDPR Article 28(7) or (8) or the invalidation, amendment, replacement or repeal of a decision adopted by the EU Commission or ICO in relation to international data transfers on the basis of GDPR Article 45(3) or Article 46(2) GDPR or on the basis of Article 25(6) or 26(4) of EU Directive 95/46/EC, such as, in particular, with respect to the Standard Contractual Clauses or similar transfer mechanisms, the Customer may request reasonable changes or additions to this DPA to reflect applicable requirements. If the Customer makes a request to change or supplement this DPA pursuant to this Section 14(e), the Customer and Processor will in good faith negotiate such changes and additions (including, where applicable, providing for Customer’s reimbursement of Processor’s costs and expenses for undertaking additional obligations) and the Processor will not unreasonably withhold or delay agreement to any variations to this DPA.
- Customer and Processor hereby accept and agree to, and where and as applicable will adhere to, the clauses that appear in the following attachments:
- Attachment 1 – Compliance with the Federal Act on Data Protection of the Swiss Confederation (FADP)
- Attachment 2 – Compliance with U.S. State Consumer Privacy Laws
- Attachment 3 – Compliance with the Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD)
- Attachment 4 – Compliance with Argentina’s Pending Data Protection Law
- Based on the Customer Data that Customer will process using the Platform or otherwise provide to Processor, if and to the extent Data Privacy Laws require additional clauses to be executed by Processor beyond those set forth in this DPA, then Customer will notify Processor in writing of such requirement and Processor will in good faith review, negotiate and consider adding such clauses as an additional addendum to the Agreement. In the absence of such notice Customer represents and warrants that no additional clauses are required.
Attachment 1
Compliance with the Federal Act on Data Protection of the Swiss Confederation as Revised Effective September 1, 2023 (“FADP”)
- This Attachment 1 applies only to any processing of personal data that has actual or potential effects in the Swiss Confederation.
- All provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this Attachment 1 in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) FADP.
- Section 12(a) of the DPA is supplemented and amended as follows, as and to the extent required by the FADP:
- All references to the GDPR in Section 12(a) and in the EU SCCs are to be understood as references to the FADP, which governs all data transfers from the Swiss Confederation, and which permits the use of the EU SCCs. This provision will constitute the Annex required by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (“FDPIC”) in its guidance issued August 27, 2021.
- The term “Member State” must not be interpreted in such a way as to exclude data subjects in the Swiss Confederation from the possibility of suing for their rights in their place of habitual residence, in accordance with Clause 18(c) of the EU SCCs. This provision will constitute the Annex required by the FDPIC in its guidance issued August 27, 2021.
- Section 12(a)(iv) is amended to state: “For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs, the FDPIC of the Swiss Confederation is the competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute ‘Annex I.C’ for purposes of the EU SCCs.”
- In Sections 12(a)(vi) and 12(a)(vii), “Ireland” is replaced by “Swiss Confederation.”
- Section 12(b) of the DPA is deleted.
Attachment 2
Compliance with U.S. State Consumer Privacy Law
This Attachment 2 applies where, and to the extent that, Processor processes personal information of consumers within one or more U.S. States that have enacted consumer privacy laws applicable to the Services.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in the DPA, where the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations, as amended effective January 1, 2023 by the California Privacy Rights Act and its implementing regulations (the two laws collectively, as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “CCPA/CPRA”) applies, the terms “business,” “combine,” “commercial purpose,” “consumer,” “contractor,” “personal information,” “processing,” “sell,” “share,” and “service provider” will have the meanings given to such terms in CCPA/CPRA; and where any of the state privacy laws listed below and their respective implementing regulations (each, an “Other State Law,” and, collectively, the “Other State Laws”) apply, the terms “consumer,” “controller,” “processing,” “processor,” “sell” (and its corresponding “sale”) and “targeted advertising” will have the meanings given to such terms in the applicable Other State Law, and the term “personal information” will have the same meaning as the term “personal data” as such term is defined in the applicable Other State Law. The Other State Laws are:
- The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “VCDPA”);
- The Colorado Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “CPA”);
- The Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act, effective July 1, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “CPDPOMA”); and
- The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, effective December 31, 2023 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time-to-time, the “UCPA”).
In consideration of the mutual obligations set forth herein, the parties agree to the terms and conditions of this Addendum.
- The parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the processing of Customer Personal Data, Customer may act either as a business or service provider and Processor acts as a service provider or contractor to the Customer under the CCPA/CPRA, and Customer may act as either a controller or processor and Processor acts as a processor (where Customer is a controller) or subprocessor (where Customer is a processor) under the Other State Laws. Customer represents, warrants and covenants that it has complied and it will comply with the CCPA with respect to all personal information of consumers that Customer has transferred or made available to Processor and its Subprocessors, or that Customer has asked Processor or its Subprocessors to collect on Customer’s behalf for processing in connection with the Services. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless Processor from and against all claims, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs or other expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of the Customer’s breach of this Section 1.
- In its processing of personal information of consumers that the Customer has transferred to Processor for processing, that Processor may have access to, or that Processor has collected on the Customer’s behalf, in each case in connection with the Services, Processor will comply with all requirements of the CCPA/CPRA that are applicable to service providers and contractors and all requirements of the applicable Other State Laws that are applicable to processors. Without limiting the foregoing, during the term of the Agreement and thereafter, Processor will: (i) not retain, use or disclose the personal information for any purpose (including any commercial purpose) other than for the specific purpose of performing the Services contemplated by the Agreement; (ii) not retain, use or disclose the personal information outside of the direct business relationship between Processor and the Customer; (iii) not sell or (where CCPA/CPRA applies) share the personal information to any third parties; and (iv) not combine the personal information that Processor receives from, or on behalf of, Customer with personal information that Processor receives from, or on behalf of, another person or persons, or collects from its own interaction with the consumer, provided that Processor may combine such personal information (1) for the specific purpose of providing the Services contemplated by the Agreement or (2) to perform any other permitted business purpose under CCPA/CPRA and/or the Other State Laws, as applicable. Processor certifies that it understands and will comply with the restrictions, duties and obligations set forth in this Section 2.
- Where not prohibited by applicable law, nothing in this Addendum will prohibit Processor from retaining, using or disclosing the personal information in connection with: (i) retaining or employing another service provider, contractor or subcontractor (as applicable), provided the service provider, contractor or subcontractor meets the requirements for a service provider, contractor or subcontractor under the CCPA/CPRA or Other State Law, as applicable; (ii) internal use by Processor to build or improve the quality of its services, provided that the use does not include building or modifying household or consumer profiles for use in providing services to another business, or correcting or augmenting data acquired from another source; (iii) detecting data security incidents, or protecting against fraudulent or illegal activity; (iv) complying with federal, state or local laws; (v) complying with a civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal, state or local authorities; (vi) cooperating with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that the Customer, Processor or a third party reasonably and in good faith believes may violate federal, state or local law; or (vii) exercising or defending legal claims.
- If Processor authorizes any Subprocessor to process, retain or use any personal information received from the Customer, accessed in connection with the Services or collected on the Customer’s behalf in connection with the Services, then prior to any disclosure of such personal information to such Subprocessor, Processor will enter into a written agreement with such Subprocessor that includes all required or necessary terms to ensure that such Subprocessor is deemed a service provider or contractor within the meaning of the CCPA/CPRA or a subcontractor within the meaning of any applicable State Law.
- To the extent this Addendum is not governed exclusively by CCPA/CPRA or an Other State Law (as applicable), it will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws set forth in the governing law section of the Agreement. If there is any conflict between this Addendum and the DPA, the Agreement or any other data protection agreement(s) between the parties, this Addendum will prevail to the extent of that conflict with respect to the personal information of consumers only.
Attachment 3
Compliance with the Brazilian Data Protection Law (“LGPD”), Retroactively Effective as of September 2020
- This Attachment 3 applies only to processing of personal data that is carried out in Brazil, that has the purpose of offering goods or services to people in Brazil or is done on data that was collected in Brazil.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that, while the text of the LGPD is available, the full details of the interpretation and enforcement of the LGDP are still being developed. In particular, regulations to be promulgated by the Brazil National Data Protection Authority (ANDP) are not final as of the date of execution of this Brazil Addendum. Customer and Processor therefore agree to attempt in good faith to comply with the LGPD in its current state and amend their respective practices and this Brazil Addendum (in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 14(e) of the DPA) if and when required by legal developments in Brazil. Customer agrees to inform Processor if Customer becomes aware of LGPD and ANDP developments that require changes in Processor’s practices or its agreements with Customer.
- Because most legal duties and obligations under the LGPD closely track those under the GDPR, all provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this Brazil Addendum in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below. Without limiting the generality of this Section 3, Customer further agrees to comply with current provisions of the LGPD that may impose duties that exceed those imposed by the GDPR, including without limitation those concerning the definition of personal data and the right of data subjects to anonymization of their personal data.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) LGPD.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that the LGPD permits data transfers out of Brazil pursuant to Standard Contractual Clauses, but Brazil has not yet promulgated its own Standard Contractual Clause. Therefore, Customer and Processor will use the EU SCCs as specified in the DPA for such transfers, subject to the amendments and modifications stated below, until such time as Brazil promulgates Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Section 12 of the DPA is supplemented and amended as follows:
- Section 12(a)(iv) is amended to state: “For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs, the ANDP is the competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute ‘Annex I.C’ for purposes of the EU SCCs.”
- In Sections 12(a)(vi) and 12(a)(vii), “Ireland” is replaced by “Brazil.”
- Section 12(b) of the DPA is deleted.
Attachment 4
Compliance with Argentina’s Pending Data Protection Law
- This Attachment 4 applies only to processing of personal data of data subjects who are in Argentina that is related to the offering of goods or services to such subjects or the monitoring of their behavior within Argentina.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that, as of the date of execution of this DPA, the protection of personal data in Argentina is governed by Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (2000) as complemented by Regulatory Decree No. 1558/2001 and several resolutions, rules and guidelines. Customer and Processor further acknowledge that a new Data Protection Law has been introduced and is in the process of public consultation and legislative enactment (the current draft has been released as DPA Resolution 119/2022 of Sep. 12, 2022) (“ARG Pending Law”)), and that its enactment is expected in 2023. Customer agrees to inform Processor if Customer becomes aware of Argentina privacy law developments that require changes in Processor’s practices or any its agreements with Customer.
- Because most legal duties and obligations under the ARG Pending Law are expected to closely track those under the GDPR, all provisions of the above DPA are incorporated and restated in this ARG Addendum in their entirety, except as specifically amended or modified below. Without limiting the generality of this Section 3, Customer further agrees to comply with any provisions of the current Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (2000), as complemented, that may impose duties that exceed those imposed by the GDPR.
- References to Data Privacy Laws in the DPA will mean and include (but only where applicable) the current Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (2000), as complemented, and (when in force) the ARG Pending Law.
- Customer and Processor acknowledge that the ARG Pending Law is expected to permit data transfers out of Argentina pursuant to Standard Contractual Clauses, but the specific form of such Clauses is not yet known. Therefore, Customer and Processor will use the EU SCCs as specified in the DPA for such transfers, subject to the amendments and modifications stated below, until such time as Argentina promulgates Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Section 12 of the DPA is supplemented and amended as follows:
- Section 12(a)(iv) is amended to state: “For the purposes of clause 13 of the EU SCCs, the Argentina Agency of Access to Public Information, or any successor thereto, is the competent supervisory authority. This paragraph will constitute ‘Annex I.C’ for purposes of the EU SCCs.”
- In Sections 12(a)(vi) and 12(a)(vii), “Ireland” is replaced by “Argentina.”
- Section 12(b) of the DPA is deleted.
Appendix 1
CLAUSE 14(a) WARRANTY ASSESSMENT
Under Standard Contractual Clauses
Spreedly, Inc. (the “data importer” and “processor”) and its customer (the “data exporter” and either “controller” or “processor”, the latter being the case where Customer’s customers are the controller) together provide the following assessment pursuant to Clause 14(d) of the standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, as adopted by the European Commission on June 4, 2021 (the “EU SCCs”). The data importer and data exporter are each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties.” Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this assessment have the meanings given to such terms in the EU SCCs.
Background
Clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs requires that the Parties “warrant that they have no reason to believe that the laws and practices in the third country of destination applicable to the processing of the personal data by the data importer, including any requirements to disclose personal data or measures authorizing access by public authorities, prevent the data importer from fulfilling its obligations under these Clauses.” Clauses 14(b)-(d) require that, in providing this warranty, the Parties conduct and document an assessment of the transfer in the context of the “laws and practices” of the destination country. As part of this process, “[t]he data importer warrants that, in carrying out the assessment under paragraph (b), it has made its best efforts to provide the data exporter with relevant information.” Whilst data importer relies on the Data Privacy Framework and complies with its principles to receive data from the EEA, United Kingdom and Gibraltar, this assessment is intended to be the documentation of the Parties’ compliance with their obligations under Clause 14(d) and the data importer’s obligation to provide relevant information under Clause 14(b), given that data importer maintains EU SCCs as an alternative transfer mechanism.
Summary description of data importer’s processing activities
The data importer hosts a web-based payments orchestration and tokenization platform which enables the Customer or its customers to validate, tokenize and vault credit cards (and other payment types) and then transact with one or more of the payment gateways that are integrated to the data importer platform, and, where applicable, to automatically update expired or lost credit cards.
Assessment
The data importer is based in the United States (“U.S.”) and it and its subprocessors offer services (and process personal data) in the U.S. Therefore, personal data to be processed by the data importer and its subprocessors under the Parties’ agreement will be transferred to the U.S. for processing. In the aftermath of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in CJEU - C-311/18 (“Schrems II”), the United States Government, the European Commission and the UK Government developed the Data Privacy Framework to facilitate transatlantic commerce by providing U.S. organizations with reliable mechanisms for personal data transfers to the United States from the EEA, the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) that are consistent with applicable Data Privacy Laws. Organizations participating in the Data Privacy Framework may receive personal data from the EEA from July 10, 2023. Organizations participating in the UK Extension may receive personal data from the United Kingdom and Gibraltar from October 12, 2023 when the U.S. - UK Data Bridge was approved by the UK Government. Whilst the effective date of the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles was July 10, 2023, organizations cannot receive personal data under the scheme until Switzerland recognizes the adequacy of the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
The Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities signed on October 7, 2022 set out the steps that President Biden directed the U.S. to take in order to implement its commitments to security data safety. Such directions included safeguards that limit access to data collected via U.S. surveillance activities to validated intelligence priorities in a proportional manner, requiring intelligence agencies to update their policies and procedures, accordingly, establishing an independent and impartial redress mechanism, and enhancing oversight of surveillance intelligence gathering. This Executive Order formed the basis of the European Commission and UK Government’s decisions to adopt their respective findings of adequacy to ensure compliant data transfers under the Data Privacy Framework.
Whilst the entry into force of the Data Privacy Framework, and data importer, being a participant in such program and adhering to its principles alleviates the risks set out in Schrems II, data importer nonetheless considers it appropriate to address the specific U.S. laws that were discussed in the Schrems II ruling and their relevance to the use of data importer’s Services as part of its warranty assessment under Clause 14(a) of the EU SCCs.
In addition to the adequacy of the Data Privacy Framework, data importer has received legal advice on the authority of public authorities in the U.S. to access or compel disclosure of the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement, with particular attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Executive Order 12333 (EO 1233), as limited by President Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive 28 (PPD 28). Such advice has also dealt with the practices of U.S. public authorities, to the limited extent that they are knowable. Data importer has also taken due account of the specific circumstances of the transfer, and the applicable limitations and safeguards, including technical or organizational safeguards. Of particular relevance is the fact that the personal data to be transferred consists primarily of either (1) payment card and related payment information without context into any particular transaction, or (2) basic personal data of the data exporter’s personnel accessing and using data importer’s software platform and services, such as the names and business contact information of such personnel.
Based on this assessment, data importer acknowledges that U.S. laws, particularly FISA, do permit U.S. public authorities to access or compel access to personal data entering the U.S., including the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement. However, given the specific circumstances of the transfer and the categories and format of the transferred personal data as described above, after due consideration the data importer cannot reasonably foresee circumstances where U.S. public authorities would be likely to take interest in the personal data to be transferred pursuant to the Parties’ agreement and therefore the data importer has no reason to believe such authorities are likely to exercise their authority under FISA or other similar U.S. laws to access or compel access to such personal data.
Privacy Policy
Effective February 1st 2026
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Spreedly Privacy Policy
Introduction
We at Spreedly, Inc. and our affiliates (collectively “we” “us” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Spreedly Privacy Policy (this "Policy").
This Policy describes the types of information we or our service providers acting on our behalf may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website at spreedly.com and any successor, subpage, or subdomain (collectively our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
When This Policy Applies
This Policy applies to information we collect:
- On this Website.
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and us.
- When you contact us by calling our general office or any toll-free telephone numbers listed on our Website or by emailing us at any general company email addresses listed on our Website (such as support@spreedly.com).
- When you interact with marketing email messages you receive from us.
- When you interact with our customer support tools, including any artificial intelligence ("AI") agents we provide for the purpose of facilitating live messaging, emailing, or voice communications between you and us.
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services.
- Indirectly from our third-party service providers acting on our behalf, including vendors who support our review and evaluation of prospective candidates for employment.
When This Policy Doesn't Apply
If you or your organization has registered to use one of our online, web-based payment services, this Policy does not apply to any information collected or processed by us in connection with your or your organization’s use of such services; you will need to refer to our contract with your organization for information about our policies and practices for collecting and processing information in connection with your organization’s use of such services.
This Policy does not apply to information collected by any third party (other than our own service providers acting on our behalf), including through any application or content (including advertising) offered by such third parties that may link to or be accessible from or on our Website.
Important Information – Please Review Carefully
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you can choose not to access or use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time. When we make changes to this Policy, we will post the updated Policy on our Website and update the Policy’s “effective” date. We will also provide notice of any material changes as explained in the section below titled "Changes to our Privacy Policy". Your continued use of our Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.
Please note that if you are usually resident in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, this Policy is supplemented with the section below titled “European Users” which does not apply if you are usually resident elsewhere. In the event of any conflict between the other terms of this Policy and the section “European Users”, the latter will prevail with respect to our processing of Personal Information of European Users.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
Personal Information We Collect - Generally
We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website and certain other individuals we or our third-party service providers interact with in the course of our business (as described in the section above titled “When This Policy Applies”). This information may include information by which individuals may be personally identified or other information about an individual to the extent maintained in personally identifiable form (collectively “Personal Information”). Specifically, we (or our third-party service providers acting on our behalf) may collect the following from you:
- Personal identifiers and contact information, such as your name, postal or billing address, email address, telephone number (including mobile telephone number), and the IP Address or Mobile Device ID of the computer or device used to access and use our Website (“Identifiers”).
- The name and contact information of your organization and your title or role within your organization.
- The Technical Information described in the section below titled “Traffic, Usage, and Computer/Device Information”.
- The information described in the section below titled "Personal Information We Collect - Employment Opportunities."
- Information related to your Internet or other similar network activity, including browsing history, search history, and information on your interaction with our Website or on your interaction with advertisements on our Website or other websites (“Internet Activity”).
- Inferences drawn from the information described above that we use to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, patterns, and behavior (“Inference Data”).
- Any other information (including Personal Information) you choose to provide in any communications, forms or messages submitted by you to us through our Website or using the contact information or customer support tools provided on our Website.
Personal Information We Collect – Employment Opportunities
We may also collect the following from individuals who submit a job application through our Website:
- Information regarding your employment and education background, history, and experience, including a copy of your resume and any cover letter that you may choose to submit through our Website.
- Your general location (city, state, and country).
- Links to your personal social media URLs and any other website URL you choose to provide.
- Your work authorization information and information regarding whether you would require visa sponsorship, which we collect to comply with our obligations under U.S. employment laws.
- Information about your interest in and how you learned about the job for which you are applying.
- On an entirely voluntary, optional basis should you choose to provide it (as described in detail in the job application submission form), demographic survey information such as your age range and your identified pronouns, ethnicity and gender.
- Any other information you choose to submit with your job application through our Website.
Sensitive Personal Information
Except as expressly described above in the section titled “Personal Information We Collect – Employment Opportunities” (regarding collection citizenship and ethnicity information submitted by job applicants us on a voluntary, optional basis), we do not knowingly collect sensitive Personal Information about you, such as government-issued identifying numbers; financial account details; precise geolocation information; information about your racial or ethnic origin, citizenship or immigration status, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership, the contents of your mail, email, or text messages unless we are the intended recipient of the communication, genetic data, neural data, biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying you, information concerning your health, or information concerning your sex life or sexual orientation (collectively, “Sensitive Personal Information”). In the event that we do at any time collect any such Sensitive Personal Information, we will use such information on a limited basis only (i) as necessary to perform those services that would be reasonably expected in response to your outreach or request of us, including as described in the section above titled "Person Information We Collect – Employment Opportunities"; (ii) for purposes of helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of such Sensitive Personal Information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes; (iii) for short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of your current interaction with us, provided that the Sensitive Personal Information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about you or otherwise alter your experience outside your current interaction with us; (iv) as a service provider to another business performing services on behalf of that business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business; (v) for purposes of undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us; or (vi) as otherwise permitted by applicable law and regulations.
How We Collect Information
With the exception of your Technical Information and Internet Activity (which we or our third party service providers collect automatically as you navigate through or interact with our Website, as described below in the section titled “Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information”), or your Inference Data (which is derived from the other information collected about you, as described above), generally we collect Personal Information from you when you provide it to us directly such as in connection with registering to obtain additional information from us (such as signing up to receive our e-newsletter or other marketing and promotional information about us or our products and services), responding to a voluntary survey you have agreed to complete, contacting us for service inquiries or reporting a problem with our Website, submitting a job application through our Website, submitting an inquiry to us using the contact methods provided on our Website, or otherwise contacting us about our Website or our business.
Traffic, Usage, and Computer/Device Information
Additionally, as you navigate through and interact with our Website or interact with the emails, texts and other electronic messages we send to you, we or our third party service providers may automatically collect certain traffic data, usage information, and information about your computer equipment or mobile device, such as your browser and operating system, your wireless carrier, configuration data, clickstream analytics and your actions and patterns when you use our Website (“Technical Information”). The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies that are stored on the browser of your computer or mobile device, small embedded electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) and other types of embedded code. We collect this information to manage our content and improve users’ use of our Website; count and review the number of users of our Website and their usage patterns; to track key performance indicators such as pages accessed, frequency of access, conversions (the number of users who click on our advertisements and then go on to make a product purchase) and other statistical information related to our Website (for example, recording the popularity of certain content and verifying system and server integrity); to identify the portion of users who access our Website via different web browsers; to recognize if a user is a return user of our Website; to store information about a user’s visits; to remember a user’s preferences; and for similar purposes in connection with monitoring, operating, maintaining and improving our Website. European Users should note that we will always seek your prior consent where legally required before collecting your Technical Information (see the sections below titled "European Users and Cookies Policy").
Third parties may also collect Technical Information and other information on our behalf as further described in the sections below titled “Use of Google Analytics”, and “Tracking and ‘DO NOT TRACK’”.
Cookie Policy
For more information about our placement and use of cookies and to adjust your cookie settings and preferences please also refer to our Cookie Policy accessible here.
How We Use Your Information
Generally
We may use the information we collect about you or that you provide to us, including Personal Information, to:
- Provide our Website to you.
- Provide you with the information you request from us.
- Authenticate or otherwise verify your identity in connection with your requests and inquiries via our Website or otherwise.
- Provide you with support and respond to your inquiries and support requests relating to our Website, including to investigate and address your concerns and to monitor and improve our responses.
- Collect and review your application for employment or otherwise evaluate your suitability for a position with us and contact you in connection with such evaluation.
- Update and maintain email or mailing lists (such as our email lists to receive newsletters or alerts by email).
- Carry out the advertising, promotional and marketing purposes as described in the section below titled “Use of Personal Information for Marketing Purposes”.
- Help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, databases and other technology assets and our business.
- Create a profile about you reflecting your educational and professional background, or your personal preferences, patterns, and behavior.
- Notify you about changes to our Website, products, and services.
- With respect to aggregated and de-identified information, fulfill the purposes described in the section below titled “Use and Disclosure of Aggregated and De-Identified Data”.
- With respect to Technical Information, fulfill the purposes described in the section above titled “Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information”.
- Respond to lawful requests for information through court orders, subpoenas, warrants and other legal processes or obligations.
- Enforce any contracts between you and us, including for billing and collection, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
- Evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which information (including Personal Information) held by us is among the assets transferred.
- Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the information.
- Serve any other purpose that we describe when you provide the information and for any other purpose with your consent.
Use of Personal Information for Marketing Purposes
We may use your information (including Personal Information) for advertising, promotional and other marketing purposes in various ways. This includes using your information (including Personal Information) in the following ways:
- Providing you with informational and promotional content and materials regarding our Website and our own products and services, such as advertising and promotional information about our products and services.
- Personalizing your Website experience and delivering content and promotional information related to your interests, including by delivering personalized email content to you or by displaying targeted offers and ads to you on our Website and third-party sites that you visit and on which we place (or our third-party service providers place on our behalf) such ads.
If you do not want us to use your information in this manner, see the section below titled “Your Rights and Choices” for more information about how to opt out of such uses. European Users are directed to the "Marketing" subsection of the "European Users" section below for our policies which are specifically applicable to them.
Use and Disclosure of Aggregated or De-Identified Data
We may convert or combine some Personal Information of users into de-identified or aggregated data that does not disclose any of the Personal Information of any individual user. As an example, we may de-identify or aggregate information provided by or collected about you and other visitors to our Website to generate aggregate trends or insights about the behavior of visitors to our Website generally that may be shared (including for commercial purposes) with third parties. You understand and agree that we may use and disclose to third parties any such de-identified or aggregated data for any lawful purpose.
Tracking and “DO NOT TRACK”
Tracking involves the use of cookies, web beacons, or other embedded code or tracking technologies to collect, analyze and store information on a user’s behavior over time on multiple sites, including information on the sites visited, products viewed, products purchased and other online interactions. Tracking information can be used to enable companies to make interest-based (behavioral) advertising available to users on multiple sites that they visit.
We may (or our third-party service providers may on our behalf) collect Personal Information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for tracking purposes when you use our Website. However, we do not currently allow third parties to collect Personal Information through or using our Website that could be used by them to analyze and store information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for their own tracking purposes (separate and apart from any services they provide to us in support of our permitted uses of your Personal Information as described in this Policy).
Our Website does not respond to any “do not track” signals sent by your computer, browser, or mobile device, and if your computer, browser, or mobile device sends a “do not track” signal to our Website, our Website will not treat you differently from users who do not send such signals. For more information on how to disable certain tracking technologies, please refer to the documentation for your particular web browser.
European Users should note that we will always seek your prior consent where legally required before tracking is conducted (see the sections titled "European Users" and "Cookies" below).
Use of Microsoft Advertising
We use certain Microsoft Advertising services in connection with our Website, including the Universal Event Tracking (UET) features offered to leverage remarketing capabilities in paid search advertisements. In connection with such services, Microsoft may collect or receive your Personal Information in connection with your access to and use of our Website, and Microsoft may on our behalf engage in individual end user tracking for the types of advertising and marketing purposes described in this Policy. More information about Microsoft’s policies and practices for handling Personal Information is available via Microsoft’s Privacy Statement, available online here: privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement.
Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track and analyze certain traffic and usage statistics regarding the use of our Website, such as the number of visitors to our Website, how visitors are navigating to our Website, visitors’ general geographic region information, how long individuals are visiting our Website, and information about the equipment individuals are using to access our Website (e.g., browser version and operating system). Google Analytics may use a Google Analytics cookie as part of this service, and we may share certain Personal Information with Google Analytics as part of this service. We use this traffic and usage information to gauge, internally, the effectiveness of our advertising efforts and to make improvements to our Website and our marketing and promotional efforts.
In addition, we may use the following Google Analytics Advertising Features:
- Remarketing
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting
- Google Ads (as an integrated service with Google Analytics)
By enabling these features, we and certain third-party vendors use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) or other first-party identifiers, and third-party cookies (such as Google advertising cookies) or other third-party identifiers together for various purposes. The information collected includes demographic information about our Website visitors and general information about our visitors’ interests. We use the information collected through our use of the Google Analytics Advertising Features to track our Website visitors’ patterns and behavior, segment our audience and to better target our advertising and marketing efforts (for our own and others’ products and services) and allow third-party vendors to do the same, for example to (1) display targeted advertisements to individuals who viewed a website but did not complete a contact form, (2) target visitors from a certain geographic region with certain ads in Google search results that have previously shown a high degree of success for consumers in that region, (3) advertise our products and services across other websites that you may visit, or (4) allow Google or other third-party vendors to show you ads on websites that you visit after using our Website or clicking on an offer or ad in one of our emails or in our Website.
For more information, please review the following:
- Information about Google’s use of cookies: policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US
- Information about Google’s use of information from sites or apps that use Google’s services: www.policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can opt out of our use of certain Google Analytics features by updating the “Ads Settings” in your browser or mobile device (support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155656), by enabling the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on in your browser (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). Because those opt-out and preference control pages are specific to the individual browser used to visit it, and because those pages are not operated by us, we are unable to perform the opt-outs on your behalf.
Disclosure of Your Information
Generally
We may disclose your Personal Information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- We may disclose Personal Information to our affiliates or to any contractors and other service providers who need to know such information (or such contractors, service providers or other third parties may collect Personal Information directly from you on our behalf) to provide services to us that support our hosting, maintenance, operation and promotion of our Website and our permitted uses of Personal Information under this Policy. For example, we may use a third party cloud-hosting infrastructure service provider (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure) to store certain of your Personal Information securely, we may use customer relationship management and/or email marketing software offered by a third party service provider to organize and track our communications with you, we may use customer support tools (including certain tools powered by AI) to answer your questions and provide information to you about our products and services, we may engage third party service providers to collect job applications through our Website or to source prospective candidates for employment from publicly-available databases, and we may use certain third-party advertising and analytics services (such as LinkedIn Ads, Google Ads, Google Analytics, and Microsoft Advertising).
- We may disclose Personal Information to (or permit Personal Information to be collected on our Website by) certain third parties as described in the section above titled “Tracking and DO NOT TRACK”.
- We may disclose Personal Information to a buyer or other successor to our business in the event of a sale of equity or assets, reorganization, merger, or a similar corporate transaction, whether as a going concern or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, and in connection with any due diligence review with respect to any such proposed transaction.
- We may disclose Personal Information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to meet national security and law enforcement requirements and to respond to any government or regulatory request or audit.
- We may disclose Personal Information to enforce or apply any legal agreements between us and you, or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers or others.
- We may also disclose your Personal Information for any purpose disclosed when the information is provided, and for any other purpose with your consent.
We may disclose Technical Information and all forms of Personal Information for each of the purposes described above, including but not limited to your Identifiers, Internet Activity, and Inference Data.
Our accountability for European Personal Information (as defined below) that we receive in the United States under the Data Privacy Frameworks (as defined below) and subsequently transfer to a third party is described in the DPF Principles (as defined below). In particular, we will remain responsible and liable under the DPF Principles if third parties we engage to process European Personal Information on our behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the DPF Principles, unless we prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage. For more information about the Data Privacy Frameworks, please see the section below titled “Users Outside of the United States”.
No Sales of Personal Information
We do not sell, and in the past 12 months we have not sold any Personal Information to third parties.
Retention of Your Information
We will retain your Personal Information for no longer than is reasonably necessary to achieve the legitimate business purposes or uses stated in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by the applicable privacy law or to otherwise fulfill a legal requirement. We use the following criteria to determine the applicable period to retain your Personal Information:
- the original purpose for our collection and processing of your Personal Information.
- the nature of your Personal Information.
- our legal and/or contractual obligations to keep or delete your Personal Information.
Your Rights and Choices
You have certain choices regarding the Personal Information you provide to us. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts or pages of our Website, or certain parts or features of our Website may not function properly.
If you do not wish to have your Personal Information used by us to contact you for marketing purposes, you can opt out (1) by sending us an email with your request to support@spreedly.com, and (2) with respect to marketing communications by email, by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” or similar link in the most recent email you received from us and by following the prompts that appear. This opt-out does not apply to information provided as a result of a product purchase, customer service or support service inquiry or other informational or transactional communications (e.g., an order confirmation or response to a specific inquiry or request you have made to us).
Please also refer to the sections above titled “Use of Google Analytics” for more information regarding opting out of certain Google Analytics features used on and in connection with our Website.
Accessing, Correcting and Deleting Your Information: Generally
The laws of various U.S. states (including, but not limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended to date, the “CCPA”)) and the laws of certain countries outside of the U.S. give individuals rights to review, correct, or request the deletion of certain portions of such individuals’ Personal Information. Except with respect to Personal Information of European Users, as specifically described below in the section titled “European Users: Your European Privacy Rights”, the following additional information applies with respect to such requests:
- You may request that we disclose to you certain information about (and, if requested, to receive a portable copy of) the Personal Information about you that we have collected and used in the past 12 months (a “Request to Know”). You may also request that we correct, update, or modify the Personal Information about you that we have collected or that we maintain (a “Request to Correct”). You may also request that we delete the Personal Information about you that we have collected or that we maintain (a “Request to Delete”). You may submit a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete by sending us an email stating your request to support@spreedly.com or by calling us toll-free at 1-888-727-7750. Regardless of the method you use to contact us, please indicate in your communication that you are making a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete.
- Upon receipt of your Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete, as part of our security measures and as required by law, we will take steps to verify your identity in order to confirm that the person making the request is actually the person about whom we have collected Personal Information (i.e., that the “you” making the request is actually you). We will verify your identity and confirm your request by asking you to confirm and verify certain Personal Information we already have on file for you.
- We will use reasonable endeavors to accommodate verifiable Requests to Know, Requests to Correct, and Requests to Delete submitted in the manner described above within a reasonable timeframe after receiving such requests. In any event, we will comply with your Request to Know, Request to Correct, and Request to Delete to the extent and in the manner required by applicable law, but we may deny a request, in whole or in part, to the extent an exception applies under (or as otherwise permitted by) applicable law, including (where applicable) the CCPA. For example, we cannot and will not comply with a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete if we cannot reasonably verify your identity in connection with your request.
- You may also designate an authorized agent to make a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete on your behalf. To designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf, you or your authorized agent must submit proof that either (1) such agent has actually been authorized in writing to act on your behalf, or (2) you have provided the authorized agent with power of attorney under the applicable laws in your jurisdiction. You may submit such proof by emailing us at support@spreedly.com. If a duly-designated authorized agent makes a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete on your behalf, we will still require you to verify your own identity using the process described above, unless an exception applies under applicable law in your jurisdiction (for example, you have submitted verifiable proof to us that you have provided the authorized agent with power of attorney).
No Differential Treatment
If you choose to exercise any of the rights described in the section titled “Accessing, Correcting and Deleting Your Information: Generally,” you will not receive differential treatment by us as a result (e.g., different prices or quality of services), except to the extent permitted by applicable law (including if those differences are reasonably related to the value of your Personal Information).
Opt-Out of Data Sharing / Targeted Advertising
In certain cases, our disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties may constitute “sharing” as such term is defined under the CCPA, or our uses of Personal Information may include uses for the purpose of serving targeted advertisements to you as defined under the laws of other states. Specifically, we may share your Technical Information and/or Internet Activity with certain third-party advertising services providers (or such third-party advertising service providers may collect your Technical Information and/or Internet Activity directly on our behalf), including for the purposes of issuing personalized and/or behavioral advertisements to users across distinctly branded websites, applications, or services other than our Website. Please note that our Personal Information sharing practices do not involve either (1) the sharing of any Sensitive Personal Information or (2) the sharing of information about individuals we know are under the age of 16.
The CCPA permits California residents to “opt-out” of the “sharing” (as such term is defined under the CCPA) of their Personal Information. If you are a California resident and would like to exercise such “opt-out” right, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “CCPA Sharing Opt-Out” request.
Additionally, the laws of certain other states permit residents of such states to “opt-out” of the use of Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes. If you are a resident of such a state and would like to exercise such “opt-out” right, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “Targeted Advertising Opt-Out” request.
California “Shine The Light” Disclosure
The California Civil Code permits California residents with whom we have an established business relationship to request that we provide a list of certain categories of Personal Information that we have disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. To make such a request, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “California Shine the Light” inquiry. Please note, however, that we do not currently disclose any Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Nevada Residents: Sale Opt-Out Rights
Nevada residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A may submit a request to this designated address: support@spreedly.com. Please mention that you are making a “Nevada Sale Opt-Out Right” request. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.
Users Outside of the United States
Generally
Our business is based in the United States and our Website is hosted in the United States and is provided from the United States. It is possible that certain information will be stored on servers in multiple other countries on the “cloud” or other similar distributed hosting platforms. If you are accessing our Website from Canada, the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, Asia or any other jurisdiction with laws governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please note that by using our Website and providing your Personal Information to us through our Website you are expressly and knowingly consenting to the transfer of your Personal Information from your home country to the United States (where laws may differ from the laws of your jurisdiction) and you acknowledge our use of such Personal Information in accordance with this Policy.
European Users
If you are a user accessing and using our Website from one of the European Economic Area countries, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom (collectively, the “European Countries” and such users the “European Users”), please read this section carefully for more information about our collection, processing and transfer of your Personal Information and your rights related to such activities. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws in the European Countries, we act as controller for the Personal Information we process about you in accordance with this Policy.
A. Legal Basis for Processing
If you are a European User, we have the legal right to collect, process, use, and retain your Personal Information (“European Personal Information”) in the ways described in this Policy, based on your consent, the need to use your European Personal Information to provide you with goods or services that you have requested and/or our legitimate interests in furthering our existing relationship with you or preventing fraud. Accordingly, generally you have a contractual rather than a statutory obligation to provide such information. If you do not provide such information, you may be unable to use our Website and we may be unable to provide any products or services that you request.
B. Data Privacy Frameworks Certification
If you are a European User, please note that governing bodies in your respective jurisdictions have determined that the laws of the United States do not provide adequate protection for your Personal Information. Accordingly, we are transferring your Personal Information from such jurisdictions to the United States under the terms of our certification with the U.S. Department of Commerce under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “EU-US DPF”), the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF (the “UK Extension”), and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Swiss-US DPF” and, together with the EU-US DPF and the UK Extension, collectively, the “Data Privacy Frameworks”).
We comply with the Data Privacy Frameworks as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of European Personal Information from the European Countries to the United States, and we follow internal procedures for verifying that our commitments under this Policy have been implemented. We have certified to the US Department of Commerce that we adhere to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Principles (the “EU-US DPF Principles”) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-US DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension. Likewise, we have certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that we adhere to the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework Principles (the “Swiss-US DPF Principles” and together with the EU-US DPF Principles, collectively, the “DPF Principles”) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-US DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Policy and data subject rights under the DPF Principles, the DPF Principles will govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Frameworks, and to view our certification page, please visit www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. Our compliance with the DPF Principles can be investigated and enforced by the United States Federal Trade Commission.
Pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks, European Users have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain their European Personal Information in the United States. Upon our receipt of your request by email at support@spreedly.com and our verification of your identity, we will advise you whether we process European Personal Information concerning you and, if so, will provide you with access to the European Personal Information that we hold about you. You may also correct, amend, or delete any such European Personal Information that is inaccurate or incomplete or where it has been processed in violation of the DPF Principles. We will respond to all such requests within a reasonable timeframe.
Subject to certain exceptions under applicable law, you may choose to “opt out” of our disclosure of your European Personal Information to third parties or our use of your European Personal Information for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you; provided, however, that such right will not apply to our disclosures to third parties acting as an agent to perform tasks on our behalf and under our instruction. You may exercise such right by submitting a written request to support@spreedly.com. We will not disclose your European Sensitive Information (as defined below) to third parties or use your European Sensitive Information for a purpose different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you without your express affirmative consent (i.e., “opt in”). However, please note that we do not currently collect, store or process any European Sensitive Information in connection with your use of our Website or our other activities covered by this Policy, excepting only our processing of ethnicity information submitted on a voluntary, optional basis by Job Applicants, as described above in the sections titled “Person Information We Collect – Employment Opportunities” and “Sensitive Personal Information”.
C. Complaints
In compliance with the Data Privacy Frameworks and DPF Principles, we commit to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your European Personal Information transferred to the United States pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks. European Users with inquiries or complaints regarding our Data Privacy Frameworks policy should first contact us directly at support@spreedly.com.
We have further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the DPF Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider based in the United States. For more information on filing a complaint with JAMS, please visit: https://jamsadr.com/dpf-dispute-resolution.
If your Data Privacy Framework complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms. See www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ for more information about binding arbitration or other enforcement rights that may be available to you.
You may also have the right to make a complaint to the relevant supervisory authority in your country of residence. Depending on your country of residence within the European Countries, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with:
- The Information Commissioner in the UK. The UK’s Information Commissioner may be contacted using the details provided at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or by telephone: (+44)(0)303 123 1113.
- A relevant data protection supervisory authority in the European Economic Area state of your habitual residence, place of work or of an alleged infringement of data protection laws. A list of EEA data protection supervisory authorities and their contact details is available at: edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.
D. Storage of Your European Personal Information
We securely store your European Personal Information in distributed locations in the United States using our own servers or the servers of reputable, third-party service providers such as our cloud-hosted infrastructure service provider and other cloud-based software service providers. We will keep such information for no longer than necessary for the purpose for which it is used. The length of time we retain your European Personal Information will depend on any legal obligations we have, the nature of any contracts we have in place with you, the existence of your consent or our legitimate interests as a business. Following the end of the relevant retention period, we will delete or anonymize your European Personal Information.
E. Your European Privacy Rights
If you are a European User, you will have the following additional rights with respect to your European Personal Information (your “European Privacy Rights”):
- The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your European Personal Information based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Your withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of our processing based on your consent before your withdrawal. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide our Website or our other products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
- The right to restrict processing: You may restrict our use and processing of your European Personal Information in certain circumstances, e.g. if you contest the accuracy of the data.
- The right to access: You have the right to be provided with a copy of your European Personal Information.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to require us to correct any mistakes in your European Personal Information. You are responsible for letting us know if your European Personal Information changes or is no longer correct.
- The right to erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten): You have the right to require us to delete your European Personal Information in certain situations.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to receive your European Personal Information you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party in certain situations.
- The right to object: You have the right to object at any time to your European Personal Information being processed for our direct marketing purposes (including profiling); and in certain other situations to our continued processing of your European Personal Information, e.g. processing carried out for the purpose of our legitimate interests unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing to continue or the processing is required for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
- The right not to be subject to automated individual decision making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
If you would like to exercise any of these European Privacy Rights, please:
- email us at support@spreedly.com;
- provide enough information to identify yourself and any additional identity information we may reasonably request from you; and
- let us know what right you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates.
Upon our receipt of your request and our verification of your identity, we will advise you whether we are processing European Personal Information concerning you and, if so, will provide you with a copy of your European Personal Information being processed and certain information about the nature and purposes of the processing.
You will not usually have to pay a fee to exercise any of your European Privacy Rights. We may, however, charge a reasonable fee if a request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in those circumstances. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and to ensure your right to exercise your European Privacy Rights. This is a security measure to ensure that your European Personal Information is not disclosed to a person who does not have a right to receive it.
We will respond to all valid requests within 30 days of receipt of a valid request. Occasionally, it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated of our progress.
F. European Sensitive Information
We do not as a matter of course collect, store, or process sensitive information related to your racial or ethnic identity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health (including genetic and biometric data), sex life or sexual orientation (“European Sensitive Information”) unless you expressly and voluntarily provide such European Sensitive Information to us (for example, as described in the section above titled "Person Information We Collect – Employment Opportunities" with respect to ethnicity information collected from job applicants). If we do process European Sensitive Information, we will always ensure we are permitted to do so under applicable data protection laws, such as on the basis of your explicit consent, where the processing is necessary to protect your (or someone else’s) vital interests where you are physically or legally incapable of giving consent or where the processing is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
G. Profiling
We may create a profiles to analyze or predict your personal preferences or interests, or your professional skills, qualifications, or suitability for employment with us, solely for the purposes described in this Policy. We do not otherwise create profiles to analyze or predict your economic situation, health, reliability, behavior, or movements. We do not make any decision about you that would have legal consequences or similarly significant effects on you based solely on automated decision-making, including the use of profiles.
H. Disclosure to Third Parties
If we intend to disclose your European Personal Information to any third party that will have the right to process your European Personal Information, we will only allow those organizations to handle your European Personal Information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect such information. We will also impose contractual obligations on such third parties to ensure they only use your European Personal Information to provide services to us and to you.
In certain situations, we may be required to disclose your European Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
I. Marketing
We may use your European Personal Information to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone, or mail) about our Website or our products and services.
We have a legitimate interest in using your European Personal Information for our direct marketing purposes where you have an existing relationship with us or where you have contacted us about our Website and did not opt-out of such marketing. In all other cases, we will seek your prior consent before using your European Personal Information for our direct to marketing purposes.
You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by following the instructions set forth in the section above titled "Your Rights and Choices".
We may ask you to confirm or update your marketing preferences if you ask us to provide further services in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 18 years of age, and no parts of our Website or our products or services are directed to children. If you are under 18 years of age, do not use our Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, IP Address or Mobile Device ID, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn that we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 18 years of age without verification of parent consent, we will delete that information. If you believe that a child under the age of 18 years has provided us with personal information in violation of this Policy, please contact us at support@spreedly.com.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. When we have given you (or when you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping that password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure. Although we have implemented security measures that we think are adequate, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to or using our Website. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Contact Information
We are Spreedly, Inc., a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices you may contact us:
- Via email: support@spreedly.com
- Via telephone: (888) 727-7750
- Via postal mail: 300 Morris St., Ste 400 Durham, NC 27701
Individuals in the European Economic Area may also contact our EU data protection representative, Orsa Saiwai EDS Limited at:
Orsa Saiwai EDS
50 Upper Mount Street
Dublin 2, D02 DP03
Ireland
+447818063090
Effective September 3rd 2025 to February 1st 2026
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Spreedly Privacy Policy
Introduction
We at Spreedly, Inc. and our affiliates (collectively “we” “us” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Spreedly Privacy Policy (this "Policy").
This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website at spreedly.com and any successor, subpage, or subdomain (collectively our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
When This Policy Applies
This Policy applies to information we collect:
- On this Website.
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
- When you contact us by calling our general office or any toll-free telephone numbers listed on our Website or by emailing us at any general company email addresses listed on our Website (such as support@spreedly.com).
- When you interact with marketing email messages you receive from us.
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services.
When This Policy Doesn't Apply
If you or your organization has registered to use one of our online, web-based payment services, this Policy does not apply to any information collected or processed by us in connection with your or your organization’s use of such services; you will need to refer to our contract with your organization for information about our policies and practices for collecting and processing information in connection with your organization’s use of such services.
This Policy does not apply to information collected by any third party (other than our own service providers acting on our behalf), including through any application or content (including advertising) offered by such third parties that may link to or be accessible from or on our Website.
Important Information – Please Review Carefully
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you can choose not to access or use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. This policy may change from time to time. When we make changes to this Policy, we will post the updated Policy on our Website and update the Policy’s “effective” date. We will also provide notice of any material changes as explained in the section below titles "Changes to our Privacy Policy". Your continued use of our Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.
Please note that if you are usually resident in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, this Policy is supplemented with the section below titled “European Users” which does not apply if you are usually resident elsewhere. In the event of any conflict between the other terms of this Policy and the section “European Users”, the latter shall prevail with respect to our processing of Personal Information of European Users.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
Personal Information We Collect - Generally
We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website and certain other individuals we interact with in the course of our business (as described in the section above titled “When This Policy Applies”). This information may include information by which individuals may be personally identified or other information about an individual to the extent maintained in personally identifiable form (collectively “Personal Information”). Specifically, we (or our third-party service providers acting on our behalf) may collect the following from you:
- Personal identifiers and contact information, such as your name, postal or billing address, email address, telephone number (including mobile telephone number), and the IP Address or Mobile Device ID of the computer or device used to access and use our Website (“Identifiers”).
- The name and contact information of your organization and your title or role within your organization.
- The Technical Information described in the section below titled “Traffic, Usage, and Computer/Device Information”.
- Information related to Internet or other similar network activity, including browsing history, search history, information on your interaction with our Website or on your interaction with advertisements on our Website or other websites (“Internet Activity”).
- Inferences drawn from the information described above that we use to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, patterns, and behavior (“Inference Data”).
- Any other information (including Personal Information) you choose to provide in any forms or messages submitted by you to us or to others through our Website or using the contact information provided on our Website.
Personal Information We Collect – Submitting Job Applications Through our Website
If you submit a job application through our Website (“Job Applicant”), we may also collect the following:
- Information regarding your employment and education background, history, and experience, including a copy of your resume and any cover letter that you may choose to submit to and through our Website.
- Your general location (city, state, and country).
- Links to your personal social media URLs and any other website URL you choose to provide.
- Your work authorization information and information regarding whether you would require visa sponsorship, which we collect to comply with our obligations under U.S. employment laws.
- Information about your interest in and how you learned about the job for which you are applying.
- On an entirely voluntary, optional basis should you choose to provide it (as described in detail in the job application submission form), demographic survey information such as your age range and your identified pronouns, ethnicity and gender.
- Any other information you choose to submit with your job application through our Website.
Sensitive Personal Information
Except as expressly described above in the section titled “Personal Information We Collect – Submitting Job Applications Through our Website” (regarding our collection of certain information related to a Job Applicant's citizenship and our collection of ethnicity information submitted by Job Applicants to us on a voluntary, optional basis), we do not knowingly collect sensitive Personal Information about you, such as government-issued identifying numbers; financial account details; precise geolocation information; information about your racial or ethnic origin, citizenship or immigration status, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership, the contents of your mail, email, or text messages unless we are the intended recipient of the communication, genetic data, neural data, biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying you, information concerning your health, or information concerning your sex life or sexual orientation (collectively, “Sensitive Personal Information”). In the event that we do at any time collect any such Sensitive Personal Information, we will use such information on a limited basis only (i) as necessary to perform those services that would be reasonably expected in response to your outreach or request of us, including as described in the section above titled "Personal Information We Collect – Submitting Job Applications Through Our Website"; (ii) for purposes of helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of such Sensitive Personal Information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes; (iii) for short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of your current interaction with us, provided that the Sensitive Personal Information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about you or otherwise alter your experience outside your current interaction with us; (iv) as a service provider to another business performing services on behalf of that business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business; (v) for purposes of undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety or a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us; or (vi) as otherwise permitted by applicable law and regulations.
How We Collect Information
With the exception of your Technical Information and Internet Activity (which we or our third party service providers collect automatically as you navigate through or interact with our Website, as described below in the section titled “Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information”), or your Inference Data (which is derived from the other information collected about you, as described above), generally we collect Personal Information directly from you when you provide it or submit it to us directly such as in connection with registering to obtain additional information from us (such as signing up to receive our e-newsletter or other marketing and promotional information about us or our products and services), responding to a voluntary survey you have agreed to complete, contacting us for service inquiries or reporting a problem with our Website, submitting a job application through our Website, otherwise submitting an inquiry to us using the contact methods provided on our Website, or otherwise contacting us about our Website or our business.
Traffic, Usage, and Computer/Device Information
Additionally, as you navigate through and interact with our Website or interact with the emails, texts and other electronic messages we send to you, we or our third party service providers may automatically collect certain traffic data, usage information, and information about your computer equipment or mobile device, such as your browser and operating system, your wireless carrier, configuration data, clickstream analytics and your actions and patterns when you use our Website (“Technical Information”). The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies that are stored on the browser of your computer or mobile device, small embedded electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) and other types of embedded code. We collect this information to manage our content and improve users’ use of our Website; count and review the number of users of our Website and their usage patterns; to track key performance indicators such as pages accessed, frequency of access, conversions (the number of users who click on our advertisements and then go on to make a product purchase) and other statistical information related to our Website (for example, recording the popularity of certain content and verifying system and server integrity); to identify the portion of users who access our Website via different web browsers; to recognize if a user is a return user of our Website; to store information about a user’s visits; to remember a user’s preferences; and for similar purposes in connection with monitoring, operating, maintaining and improving our Website. European Users should note that we will always seek your prior consent where legally required before collecting your Technical Information (see the sections below titled "European Users and Cookies Policy").
Third parties may also collect Technical Information and other information on our behalf as further described in the sections below titled “Use of Google Analytics”, and “Tracking and ‘DO NOT TRACK’”.
Cookie Policy
For more information about our placement and use of cookies and to adjust your cookie settings and preferences please also refer to our Cookie Policy accessible here.
How We Use Your Information
Generally
We may use the information we collect about you or that you provide to us, including Personal Information, to:
- Provide our Website to you.
- Provide you with the information you request from us.
- Authenticate or otherwise verify your identity in connection with your requests and inquiries via our Website or otherwise.
- Provide you with support and respond to your inquiries and support requests relating to our Website, including to investigate and address your concerns and to monitor and improve our responses.
- If you are a Job Applicant, collect and process your application for a position with us and contact you in connection with such application.
- Update and maintain email or mailing lists (such as our email lists to receive newsletters or alerts by email).
- Carry out the advertising, promotional and marketing purposes as described in the section below titled “Use of Personal Information for Marketing Purposes”.
- Help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, databases and other technology assets and our business.
- Create a profile about you reflecting your personal preferences, patterns, and behavior.
- Notify you about changes to our Website, products, and services.
- With respect to aggregated and de-identified information, fulfill the purposes described in the section below titled “Use and Disclosure of Aggregated and De-Identified Data”.
- With respect to Technical Information, fulfill the purposes described in the section above titled “Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information”.
- Respond to lawful requests for information through court orders, subpoenas, warrants and other legal processes or obligations.
- Enforce any contracts between you and us, including for billing and collection, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
- Evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which information (including Personal Information) held by us is among the assets transferred.
- Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the information.
- Serve any other purpose that we describe when you provide the information and for any other purpose with your consent.
Use of Personal Information for Marketing Purposes
We may use your information (including Personal Information) for advertising, promotional and other marketing purposes in various ways. This includes using your information (including Personal Information) in the following ways:
- Providing you with informational and promotional content and materials regarding our Website and our own products and services, such as advertising and promotional information about our products and services.
- Personalizing your Website experience and delivering content and promotional information related to your interests, including by delivering personalized email content to you or by displaying targeted offers and ads to you on our Website and third-party sites that you visit and on which we place (or our third-party service providers place on our behalf) such ads.
If you do not want us to use your information in this manner, see the section below titled “Your Rights and Choices” for more information about how to opt out of such uses. European Users are directed to the "Marketing" subsection of the "European Users" section below for our policies which are specifically applicable to them.
Use and Disclosure of Aggregated or De-Identified Data
We may convert or combine some Personal Information of users into de-identified or aggregated data that does not disclose any of the Personal Information of any individual user. As an example, we may de-identify or aggregate information provided by or collected about you and other visitors to our Website to generate aggregate trends or insights about the behavior of visitors to our Website generally that may be shared (including for commercial purposes) with third parties. You understand and agree that we may use and disclose to third parties any such de-identified or aggregated data for any lawful purpose.
Tracking and “DO NOT TRACK”
Tracking involves the use of cookies, web beacons, or other embedded code or tracking technologies to collect, analyze and store information on a user’s behavior over time on multiple sites, including information on the sites visited, products viewed, products purchased and other online interactions. Tracking information can be used to enable companies to make interest-based (behavioral) advertising available to users on multiple sites that they visit.
We may (or our third-party service providers may on our behalf) collect Personal Information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for tracking purposes when you use our Website. However, we do not currently allow third parties to collect Personal Information through or using our Website that could be used by them to analyze and store information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for their own tracking purposes (separate and apart from any services they provide to us in support of our permitted uses of your Personal Information as described in this Policy).
Our Website does not respond to any “do not track” signals sent by your computer, browser, or mobile device, and if your computer, browser, or mobile device sends a “do not track” signal to our Website, our Website will not treat you differently from users who do not send such signals. For more information on how to disable certain tracking technologies, please refer to the documentation for your particular web browser.
European Users should note that we will always seek your prior consent where legally required before tracking is conducted (see the sections titled "European Users" and "Cookies" below).
Use of Microsoft Advertising
We use certain Microsoft Advertising services in connection with our Website, including the Universal Event Tracking (UET) features offered to leverage remarketing capabilities in paid search advertisements. In connection with such services, Microsoft may collect or receive your Personal Information in connection with your access to and use of our Website, and Microsoft may on our behalf engage in individual end user tracking for the types of advertising and marketing purposes described in this Policy. More information about Microsoft’s policies and practices for handling Personal Information is available via Microsoft’s Privacy Statement, available online here: privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement.
Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track and analyze certain traffic and usage statistics regarding the use of our Website, such as the number of visitors to our Website, how visitors are navigating to our Website, visitors’ general geographic region information, how long individuals are visiting our Website, and information about the equipment individuals are using to access our Website (e.g., browser version and operating system). Google Analytics may use a Google Analytics cookie as part of this service, and we may share certain Personal Information with Google Analytics as part of this service. We use this traffic and usage information to gauge, internally, the effectiveness of our advertising efforts and to make improvements to our Website and our marketing and promotional efforts.
In addition, we may use the following Google Analytics Advertising Features:
- Remarketing
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting
- Google Ads (as an integrated service with Google Analytics)
By enabling these features, we and certain third-party vendors use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) or other first-party identifiers, and third-party cookies (such as Google advertising cookies) or other third-party identifiers together for various purposes. The information collected includes demographic information about our Website visitors and general information about our visitors’ interests. We use the information collected through our use of the Google Analytics Advertising Features to track our Website visitors’ patterns and behavior, segment our audience and to better target our advertising and marketing efforts (for our own and others’ products and services) and allow third-party vendors to do the same, for example to (1) display targeted advertisements to individuals who viewed a website but did not complete a contact form, (2) target visitors from a certain geographic region with certain ads in Google search results that have previously shown a high degree of success for consumers in that region, (3) advertise our products and services across other websites that you may visit, or (4) allow Google or other third-party vendors to show you ads on websites that you visit after using our Website or clicking on an offer or ad in one of our emails or in our Website.
For more information, please review the following:
- Information about Google’s use of cookies: policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US
- Information about Google’s use of information from sites or apps that use Google’s services: www.policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can opt out of our use of certain Google Analytics features by updating the “Ads Settings” in your browser or mobile device (support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155656), by enabling the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on in your browser (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). Because those opt-out and preference control pages are specific to the individual browser used to visit it, and because those pages are not operated by us, we are unable to perform the opt-outs on your behalf.
Disclosure of Your Information
Generally
We may disclose your Personal Information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- We may disclose Personal Information to our affiliates or to any contractors and other service providers who need to know such information (or such contractors, service providers or other third parties may collect Personal Information directly from you on our behalf while you use our Website) to provide services to us that support our hosting, maintenance, operation and promotion of our Website and our permitted uses of Personal Information under this Policy. For example, we may use a third party cloud-hosting infrastructure service provider (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure) to store certain of your Personal Information securely, we may use a provider of customer relationship management and/or email marketing to organize and track our communications with you, we may use a third party service provider to collect job applications through our Website (e.g. Lever), we may use certain third-party advertising service providers (such as LinkedIn, Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising), and we may use Google Analytics in connection with our Website as described above in the section titled “Use of Google Analytics”.
- We currently use Lever, a talent management software platform, to collect job applications through our Website. If you would like more information about Lever’s privacy practices, you can learn about them here: www.employinc.com/privacy/.
- We may disclose Personal Information to (or permit Personal Information to be collected on our Website by) certain third parties as described in the section above titled “Tracking and DO NOT TRACK”.
- We may disclose Personal Information to a buyer or other successor to our business in the event of a sale of equity or assets, reorganization, merger, or a similar corporate transaction, whether as a going concern or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, and in connection with any due diligence review with respect to any such proposed transaction.
- We may disclose Personal Information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to meet national security and law enforcement requirements and to respond to any government or regulatory request or audit.
- We may disclose Personal Information to enforce or apply any legal agreements between us and you, or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers or others.
- We may also disclose your Personal Information for any purpose disclosed when the information is provided, and for any other purpose with your consent.
We may disclose Technical Information and all forms of Personal Information for each of the purposes described above, including but not limited to your Identifiers, Internet Activity, and Inference Data.
Our accountability for European Personal Information (as defined below) that we receive in the United States under the Data Privacy Frameworks (as defined below) and subsequently transfer to a third party is described in the DPF Principles (as defined below). In particular, we will remain responsible and liable under the DPF Principles if third parties we engage to process European Personal Information on our behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the DPF Principles, unless we prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage. For more information about the Data Privacy Frameworks, please see the section below titled “Users Outside of the United States”.
No Sales of Personal Information
We do not sell, and in the past 12 months we have not sold any Personal Information to third parties.
Retention of Your Information
We will retain your Personal Information for no longer than is reasonably necessary to achieve the legitimate business purposes or uses stated in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by the applicable privacy law or to otherwise fulfill a legal requirement. We use the following criteria to determine the applicable period to retain your Personal Information:
- the original purpose for our collection and processing of your Personal Information.
- the nature of your Personal Information.
- our legal and/or contractual obligations to keep or delete your Personal Information.
Your Rights and Choices
You have certain choices regarding the Personal Information you provide to us. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts or pages of our Website, or certain parts or features of our Website may not function properly.
If you do not wish to have your Personal Information used by us to contact you for marketing purposes, you can opt out (1) by sending us an email with your request to support@spreedly.com, and (2) with respect to marketing communications by email, by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” or similar link in the most recent email you received from us and by following the prompts that appear. This opt-out does not apply to information provided as a result of a product purchase, customer service or support service inquiry or other informational or transactional communications (e.g., an order confirmation or response to a specific inquiry or request you have made to us).
Please also refer to the sections above titled “Use of Google Analytics” for more information regarding opting out of certain Google Analytics features used on and in connection with our Website.
Accessing, Correcting and Deleting Your Information: Generally
The laws of various US states (including, but not limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended to date, the “CCPA”)) and the laws of certain countries outside of the US give individuals rights to review, correct, or request the deletion of certain portions of such individuals’ Personal Information. Except with respect to Personal Information of European Users, as specifically described below in the section titled “European Users: Your European Privacy Rights”, the following additional information applies with respect to such requests:
- You may request that we disclose to you certain information about (and, if requested, to receive a portable copy of) the Personal Information about you that we have collected and used in the past 12 months (a “Request to Know”). You may also request that we correct, update, or modify the Personal Information about you that we have collected or that we maintain (a “Request to Correct”). You may also request that we delete the Personal Information about you that we have collected or that we maintain (a “Request to Delete”). You may submit a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete by sending us an email stating your request to support@spreedly.com or by calling us toll-free at 1-888-727-7750. Regardless of the method you use to contact us, please indicate in your communication that you are making a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete.
- Upon receipt of your Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete, as part of our security measures and as required by law, we will take steps to verify your identity in order to confirm that the person making the request is actually the person about whom we have collected Personal Information (i.e., that the “you” making the request is actually you). We will verify your identity and confirm your request by asking you to confirm and verify certain Personal Information we already have on file for you.
- We will use reasonable endeavors to accommodate verifiable Requests to Know, Requests to Correct, and Requests to Delete submitted in the manner described above within a reasonable timeframe after receiving such requests. In any event, we will comply with your Request to Know, Request to Correct, and Request to Delete to the extent and in the manner required by applicable law, but we may deny a request, in whole or in part, to the extent an exception applies under (or as otherwise permitted by) applicable law, including (where applicable) the CCPA. For example, we cannot and will not comply with a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete if we cannot reasonably verify your identity in connection with your request.
- You may also designate an authorized agent to make a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete on your behalf. To designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf, you or your authorized agent must submit proof that either (1) such agent has actually been authorized in writing to act on your behalf, or (2) you have provided the authorized agent with power of attorney under the applicable laws in your jurisdiction. You may submit such proof by emailing us at support@spreedly.com. If a duly-designated authorized agent makes a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete on your behalf, we will still require you to verify your own identity using the process described above, unless an exception applies under applicable law in your jurisdiction (for example, you have submitted verifiable proof to us that you have provided the authorized agent with power of attorney).
No Differential Treatment
If you choose to exercise any of the rights described in the section titled “Accessing, Correcting and Deleting Your Information: Generally,” you will not receive differential treatment by us as a result (e.g., different prices or quality of services), except to the extent permitted by applicable law (including if those differences are reasonably related to the value of your Personal Information).
Opt-Out of Data Sharing / Targeted Advertising
In certain cases, our disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties may constitute “sharing” as such term is defined under the CCPA, or our uses of Personal Information may include uses for the purpose of serving targeted advertisements to you as defined under the laws of other states. Specifically, we may share your Technical Information and/or Internet Activity with certain third-party advertising services providers (or such third-party advertising service providers may collect your Technical Information and/or Internet Activity directly on our behalf), including for the purposes of issuing personalized and/or behavioral advertisements to users across distinctly branded websites, applications, or services other than our Website. Please note that our Personal Information sharing practices do not involve either (1) the sharing of any Sensitive Personal Information or (2) the sharing of information about individuals we know are under the age of 16.
The CCPA permits California residents to “opt-out” of the “sharing” (as such term is defined under the CCPA) of their Personal Information. If you are a California resident and would like to exercise such “opt-out” right, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “CCPA Sharing Opt-Out” request.
Additionally, the laws of certain other states permit residents of such states to “opt-out” of the use of Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes. If you are a resident of such a state and would like to exercise such “opt-out” right, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “Targeted Advertising Opt-Out” request.
California “Shine The Light” Disclosure
The California Civil Code permits California residents with whom we have an established business relationship to request that we provide a list of certain categories of Personal Information that we have disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. To make such a request, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “California Shine the Light” inquiry. Please note, however, that we do not currently disclose any Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Nevada Residents: Sale Opt-Out Rights
Nevada residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A may submit a request to this designated address: support@spreedly.com. Please mention that you are making a “Nevada Sale Opt-Out Right” request. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.
Users Outside of the United States
Generally
Our business is based in the United States. Additionally, our Website is hosted in the United States and is provided from the United States. It is possible that certain information will be stored on servers in multiple other countries on the “cloud” or other similar distributed hosting platforms. If you are accessing our Website from Canada, the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, Asia or any other jurisdiction with laws governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please note that by using our Website and providing your Personal Information to us through our Website you are expressly and knowingly consenting to the transfer of your Personal Information from your home country to the United States (where laws may differ from the laws of your jurisdiction) and you acknowledge our use of such Personal Information in accordance with this Policy.
European Users
If you are a user accessing and using our Website from one of the European Economic Area countries, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom (collectively, the “European Countries” and such users the “European Users”), please read this section carefully for more information about our collection, processing and transfer of your Personal Information and your rights related to such activities. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws in the European Countries, we act as controller for the Personal Information we process about you in accordance with this Policy.
A. Legal Basis for Processing
If you are a European User, we have the legal right to collect, process, use, and retain your Personal Information (“European Personal Information”) in the ways described in this Policy, based on your consent, the need to use your European Personal Information to provide you with goods or services that you have requested and/or our legitimate interests in furthering our existing relationship with you or preventing fraud. Accordingly, generally you have a contractual rather than a statutory obligation to provide such information. If you do not provide such information, you may be unable to use our Website and we may be unable to provide any products or services that you request.
B. Data Privacy Frameworks Certification
If you are a European User, please note that governing bodies in your respective jurisdictions have determined that the laws of the United States do not provide adequate protection for your Personal Information. Accordingly, we are transferring your Personal Information from such jurisdictions to the United States under the terms of our certification with the U.S. Department of Commerce under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “EU-US DPF”), the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF (the “UK Extension”), and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Swiss-US DPF” and, together with the EU-US DPF and the UK Extension, collectively, the “Data Privacy Frameworks”).
We comply with the Data Privacy Frameworks as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of European Personal Information from the European Countries to the United States, and we follow internal procedures for verifying that our commitments under this Policy have been implemented. We have certified to the US Department of Commerce that we adhere to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Principles (the “EU-US DPF Principles”) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-US DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension. Likewise, we have certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that we adhere to the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework Principles (the “Swiss-US DPF Principles” and together with the EU-US DPF Principles, collectively, the “DPF Principles”) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-US DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Policy and data subject rights under the DPF Principles, the DPF Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Frameworks, and to view our certification page, please visit www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. Our compliance with the DPF Principles can be investigated and enforced by the United States Federal Trade Commission.
Pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks, European Users have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain their European Personal Information in the United States. Upon our receipt of your request by email at support@spreedly.com and our verification of your identity, we will advise you whether we process European Personal Information concerning you and, if so, will provide you with access to the European Personal Information that we hold about you. You may also correct, amend, or delete any such European Personal Information that is inaccurate or incomplete or where it has been processed in violation of the DPF Principles. We will respond to all such requests within a reasonable timeframe.
Subject to certain exceptions under applicable law, you may choose to “opt out” of our disclosure of your European Personal Information to third parties or our use of your European Personal Information for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you; provided, however, that such right will not apply to our disclosures to third parties acting as an agent to perform tasks on our behalf and under our instruction. You may exercise such right by submitting a written request to support@spreedly.com. We will not disclose your European Sensitive Information (as defined below) to third parties or use your European Sensitive Information for a purpose different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you without your express affirmative consent (i.e., “opt in”). However, please note that we do not currently collect, store or process any European Sensitive Information in connection with your use of our Website or our other activities covered by this Policy, excepting only our processing of ethnicity information submitted on a voluntary, optional basis by Job Applicants, as described above in the sections titled “Personal Information We Collect – Submitting Job Applications Through our Website” and “Sensitive Personal Information”.
C. Complaints
In compliance with the Data Privacy Frameworks and DPF Principles, we commit to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your European Personal Information transferred to the United States pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks. European Users with inquiries or complaints regarding our Data Privacy Frameworks policy should first contact us directly at support@spreedly.com.
We have further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the DPF Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider based in the United States. For more information on filing a complaint with JAMS, please visit: https://jamsadr.com/dpf-dispute-resolution.
If your Data Privacy Framework complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms. See www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ for more information about binding arbitration or other enforcement rights that may be available to you.
Depending on your country of residence, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with:
- The Information Commissioner in the UK. The UK’s Information Commissioner may be contacted using the details provided at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or by telephone: (+44)(0)303 123 1113.
- A relevant data protection supervisory authority in the European Economic Area state of your habitual residence, place of work or of an alleged infringement of data protection laws. A list of EEA data protection supervisory authorities and their contact details is available at: edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.
D. Storage of Your European Personal Information
We securely store your European Personal Information in distributed locations in the United States using our own servers or the servers of reputable, third-party service providers such as our cloud-hosted infrastructure service provider and other cloud-based software service providers. We will keep such information for no longer than necessary for the purpose for which it is used. The length of time we retain your European Personal Information will depend on any legal obligations we have, the nature of any contracts we have in place with you, the existence of your consent or our legitimate interests as a business. Following the end of the relevant retention period, we will delete or anonymize your European Personal Information.
E. Your European Privacy Rights
If you are a European User, you will have the following additional rights with respect to your European Personal Information (your “European Privacy Rights”):
- The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your European Personal Information based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Your withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of our processing based on your consent before your withdrawal. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide our Website or our other products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
- The right to restrict processing: You may restrict our use and processing of your European Personal Information in certain circumstances, e.g. if you contest the accuracy of the data.
- The right to access: You have the right to be provided with a copy of your European Personal Information.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to require us to correct any mistakes in your European Personal Information. You are responsible for letting us know if your European Personal Information changes or is no longer correct.
- The right to erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten): You have the right to require us to delete your European Personal Information in certain situations.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to receive your European Personal Information you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party in certain situations.
- The right to object: You have the right to object at any time to your European Personal Information being processed for our direct marketing purposes (including profiling); and in certain other situations to our continued processing of your European Personal Information, e.g. processing carried out for the purpose of our legitimate interests unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing to continue or the processing is required for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
- The right not to be subject to automated individual decision making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
If you would like to exercise any of these European Privacy Rights, please:
- email us at support@spreedly.com;
- provide such identifying information about yourself as we may reasonably request from you; and
- let us know which European Privacy right you want to exercise and the European Personal Information to which your request relates.
Upon our receipt of your request and our verification of your identity, we will advise you whether we are processing European Personal Information concerning you and, if so, will provide you with a copy of your European Personal Information being processed and certain information about the nature and purposes of the processing.
You will not usually have to pay a fee to exercise any of your European Privacy Rights. We may, however, charge a reasonable fee if a request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in those circumstances. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and to ensure your right to exercise your European Privacy Rights. This is a security measure to ensure that your European Personal Information is not disclosed to a person who does not have a right to receive it.
We will respond to all valid requests within 30 days of receipt of a valid request. Occasionally, it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated of our progress.
F. European Sensitive Information
We do not as a matter of course collect, store, or process sensitive information related to your racial or ethnic identity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health (including genetic and biometric data), sex life or sexual orientation (“European Sensitive Information”) unless you expressly and voluntarily provide such European Sensitive Information to us (for example, as described in the section above titled "Personal Information We Collect - Submitting Job Applications Through our Website" with respect to ethnicity information collected from Job Applicants). If we do process European Sensitive Information, we will always ensure we are permitted to do so under applicable data protection laws, such as on the basis of your explicit consent, where the processing is necessary to protect your (or someone else’s) vital interests where you are physically or legally incapable of giving consent or where the processing is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
G. Profiling
Subject to our compliance with the section titled "Cookies" above, we may create a profile to analyze or predict your personal preferences or interests solely related to your use of our Website and for the purposes described in this Policy. We do not otherwise create profiles to analyze or predict your performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements. We do not make any decision about you that would have legal consequences or similarly significant effects on you based solely on automated decision-making, including the use of profiles.
H. Disclosure to Third Parties
If we intend to disclose your European Personal Information to any third party that will have the right to process your European Personal Information, we will only allow those organizations to handle your European Personal Information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your European Personal Information. We will also impose contractual obligations on them to ensure they can only use your European Personal Information to provide services to us and to you.
In certain situations, we may be required to disclose your European Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
I. Marketing
We may use your European Personal Information to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone, or mail) about our Website, including our new services.
We have a legitimate interest in using your European Personal Information for our direct marketing purposes where you have an existing relationship with us or where you have contacted us about our Website and did not opt-out of such marketing. In all other cases, we will seek your prior consent before using your European Personal Information for our direct to marketing purposes.
You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by following the instructions set forth in the section above titled "Your Rights and Choices".
We may ask you to confirm or update your marketing preferences if you ask us to provide further services in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 18 years of age, and no parts of our Website or our services are directed to children. If you are under 18 years of age, do not use our Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, IP Address or Mobile Device ID, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 18 years of age without verification of parent consent, we will delete that information. If you believe that a child under the age of 18 years has provided us with personal information in violation of this Policy, please contact us at support@spreedly.com.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. When we have given you (or when you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping that password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure. Although we have implemented security measures that we think are adequate, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to or using our Website. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Contact Information
We are Spreedly, Inc., a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices you may contact us:
- Via email: support@spreedly.com
- Via telephone: (888) 727-7750
- Via postal mail: 300 Morris St., Ste 400 Durham, NC 27701
Individuals in the European Economic Area may also contact our EU data protection representative, Orsa Saiwai EDS Limited at:
Orsa Saiwai EDS
50 Upper Mount Street
Dublin 2, D02 DP03
Ireland
+447818063090
Effective May 1st 2024 to September 3rd 2025
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Spreedly Privacy Policy
Introduction
We at Spreedly, Inc. and our affiliates (collectively “we” “us” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Policy.
This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our websites at spreedly.com (collectively our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
When This Policy Applies
This Policy applies to information we collect:
- On this Website.
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
- When you contact us by calling the general office or toll-free telephone numbers listed on our Website or by emailing us at the general company email addresses listed on our Website (such as support@spreedly.com).
- When you interact with marketing email messages you receive from us.
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services.
When This Policy Doesn't Apply
If you or your organization has registered to use one of our online, web-based payment services, this Policy does not apply to any information collected or processed by us in connection with your or your company’s use of such services; you will need to refer to our contract with your organization for information about our policies and practices for collecting and processing information in connection with your organization’s use of such services.
This Policy does not apply to information collected by:
Any third party (other than our own service providers acting on our behalf), including through any application or content (including advertising) offered by such third parties that may link to or be accessible from or on our Website.
Important Information – Please Review Carefully
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you can choose not to access or use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. This policy may change from time to time. When we make changes to this Policy, we will post the updated Policy on our Website and update the Policy’s “last modified” date. Your continued use of our Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.
Please note that if you are usually resident in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, this Policy is supplemented with the section below titled “European Users” which does not apply if you are usually resident elsewhere. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Policy and the section “European Users”, the latter shall prevail with respect to our processing of Personal Information of European Users.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
Personal Information We Collect - Generally
We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website and certain other individuals we interact with in the course of our business (as described in the section above titled “When This Policy Applies”). This information may include information by which individuals may be personally identified or other information about an individual to the extent maintained in personally identifiable form (collectively “Personal Information”). Specifically, we (or our third-party service providers acting on our behalf) may collect the following from you:
- Personal identifiers and contact information, such as your name, postal or billing address, email address, telephone number (including mobile telephone number), and the IP Address or Mobile Device ID of the computer or device used to access and use our Website (“Identifiers”).
- The name and contact information of your company or organization.
- The Technical Information described in the section below titled “Traffic, Usage, and Computer/Device Information.”
- Information related to Internet or other similar network activity, including browsing history, search history, information on your interaction with our Website or on your interaction with advertisements on our Website or other websites (“Internet Activity”).
- Inferences drawn from the information described above that we use to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, patterns, and behavior (“Inference Data”).
- Any other information (including Personal Information) you choose to provide in any forms or messages submitted by you to us or to others through our Website or using the contact information provided on our Website.
Personal Information We Collect – Submitting Job Applications Through our Website
If you submit a job application through our Website (“Job Applicant”), we may also collect the following:
- Your employment and education background, history, and experience, including a copy of your resume and any cover letter that you may choose to submit to and through our Website.
- Your general location (city, state, and country).
- Links to your personal social media URLs and any other website URL you choose to provide.
- Your work authorization information.
- Information about your interest in and how you learned about the job for which you are applying.
- On an entirely voluntary, optional basis should you choose to provide it (as described in detail in the job application submission form), demographic survey information such as your age range and your identified ethnicity and gender.
- Any other information you choose to submit with your job application through our Website.
Sensitive Personal Information
Except as expressly described above in the section titled “Personal Information We Collect – Submitting Job Applications Through our Website” (regarding collection of ethnicity information submitted by Job Applicants to us on a voluntary, optional basis), we do not knowingly collect sensitive Personal Information about you, such as government-issued identifying numbers; financial account details; precise geolocation information; information about your racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership; the contents of your mail, email, or text messages unless we are the intended recipient of the communication; genetic data; biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying you; information concerning your health; or information concerning your sex life or sexual orientation (collectively, “Sensitive Personal Information”). In the event that we do at any time collect any such Sensitive Personal Information, we will use such information on a limited basis only (i) as necessary to perform those services that would be reasonably expected in response to your outreach or request of us; (ii) for purposes of helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of such Sensitive Personal Information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes; (iii) for short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of your current interaction with us, provided that the Sensitive Personal Information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about you or otherwise alter your experience outside your current interaction with us; (iv) as a service provider to another business performing services on behalf of that business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business; (v) for purposes of undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety or a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us; or (vi) as otherwise permitted by applicable law and regulations.
How We Collect Information
With the exception of your Technical Information and Internet Activity (which we or our third party service providers collect automatically as you navigate through or interact with our Website, as described below in the section titled “Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information”), or your Inference Data (which is derived from the other information collected about you, as described above), generally we collect Personal Information directly from you when you provide it or submit it to us directly such as in connection with registering to obtain additional information from us (such as signing up to receive our e-newsletter or other marketing and promotional information about us or our products and services), related to our products and services, responding to a voluntary survey you have agreed to complete, contacting us for service inquiries or reporting a problem with our Website, submitting a job application through our Website, otherwise submitting an inquiry to us using the contact methods provided on our Website, or otherwise contacting us about our Website or our business.
Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information
Additionally, as you navigate through and interact with our Website or interact with the emails, texts and other electronic messages we send to you, we or our third party service providers may automatically collect certain traffic data, usage information, and information about your computer equipment or mobile device, such as your browser and operating system, your wireless carrier, configuration data, clickstream analytics and your actions and patterns when you use our Website (“Technical Information”). The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies that are stored on the browser of your computer or mobile device, small embedded electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) and other types of embedded code. We collect this information to manage our content and improve users’ use of our Website; count and review the number of users of our Website and their usage patterns; to track key performance indicators such as pages accessed, frequency of access, conversions (the number of users who click on our advertisements and then go on to make a product purchase) and other statistical information related to our Website (for example, recording the popularity of certain content and verifying system and server integrity); to identify the portion of users who access our Website via different web browsers; to recognize if a user is a return user of our Website; to store information about a user’s visits; to remember a user’s preferences; and for similar purposes in connection with monitoring, operating, maintaining and improving our Website. European Users should note that we will always seek your prior consent where legally required before collecting your Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information (see Section - European Users and Cookies below).
Third parties may also collect Technical Information and other information on our behalf as further described in the sections below titled “Use of Google Analytics,” and “Tracking and ‘DO NOT TRACK’.”
Cookie Policy
For more information about our placement and use of cookies and to adjust your cookie settings and preferences please also refer to our Cookie Policy at here.
How We Use Your Information
Generally
We may use the information we collect about you or that you provide to us, including Personal Information, to:
- Provide our Website to you.
- Provide you with the information you request from us.
- Authenticate or otherwise verify your identity in connection with your requests and inquiries via our Website or otherwise.
- Provide you with support and respond to your inquiries and support requests relating to our Website, including to investigate and address your concerns and to monitor and improve our responses.
- If you are a Job Applicant, collect and process your application for a position with us and contact you in connection with such application.
- Update and maintain email or mailing lists (such as our email lists to receive newsletters or alerts by email).
- Carry out the advertising, promotional and marketing purposes as described in the section below titled “Use of Personal Information for Marketing Purposes.”
- Help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, databases and other technology assets and our business.
- Create a profile about you reflecting your personal preferences, patterns, and behavior.
- Notify you about changes to our Website, products, and services.
- With respect to pseudonymized, aggregated and de-identified information, fulfill the purposes described in the section below titled “Use and Disclosure of Pseudonymized, Aggregated and De-Identified Data.”
- With respect to Technical Information, fulfill the purposes described in the section above titled “Traffic, Usage and Computer/Device Information.”
- Respond to lawful requests for information through court orders, subpoenas, warrants and other legal processes or obligations.
- Enforce any contracts between you and us, including for billing and collection, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
- Evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which information (including Personal Information) held by us is among the assets transferred.
- Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the information.
- Serve any other purpose that we describe when you provide the information and for any other purpose with your consent.
Use of Personal Information for Marketing Purposes
We may use your information (including Personal Information) for advertising, promotional and other marketing purposes in various ways. This includes using your information (including Personal Information) in the following ways:
- Providing you with informational and promotional content and materials regarding our Website and our own products and services, such as advertising and promotional information about our products and services.
- Personalizing your Website experience and delivering content and promotional information related to your interests, including by delivering personalized email content to you or by displaying targeted offers and ads to you on our Website and third-party sites that you visit and on which we place (or our third-party service providers place on our behalf) such ads.
If you do not want us to use your information in this manner, see the section below titled “Your Rights and Choices” for more information about how to opt out of such uses. European Users are directed to the Marketing section of the European Users section below for rules which are specifically applicable to them.
Use and Disclosure of Aggregated or De-Identified Data
We may convert or combine some Personal Information of users into de-identified or aggregated data that does not disclose any of the Personal Information of any individual user. As an example, we may de-identify or aggregate information provided by or collected about you and other visitors to our Website to generate aggregate trends or insights about the behavior of visitors to our Website generally that may be shared (including for commercial purposes) with third parties. You understand and agree that we may use and disclose to third parties any such de-identified or aggregated data for any lawful purpose.
Tracking and “DO NOT TRACK”
Tracking involves the use of cookies, web beacons, or other embedded code or tracking technologies to collect, analyze and store information on a user’s behavior over time on multiple sites, including information on the sites visited, products viewed, products purchased and other online interactions. Tracking information can be used to enable companies to make interest-based (behavioral) advertising available to users on multiple sites that they visit.
We may (or our third-party service providers may on our behalf) collect Personal Information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for tracking purposes when you use our Website. However, we do not currently allow third parties to collect Personal Information through or using our Website that could be used by them to analyze and store information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for their own tracking purposes (separate and apart from any services they provide to us in support of our permitted uses of your Personal Information as described in this Policy).
Our Website does not respond to any “do not track” signals sent by your computer, browser, or mobile device, and if your computer, browser, or mobile device sends a “do not track” signal to our Website, our Website will not treat you differently from users who do not send such signals. For more information on how to disable certain tracking technologies, please refer to the documentation for your particular web browser.
European Users should note that we will always seek your prior consent where legally required before tracking is conducted (see Section - European Users and Cookies below).
Use of Microsoft Advertising
We use certain Microsoft Advertising services in connection with our Website, including the Universal Event Tracking (UET) features offered to leverage remarketing capabilities in paid search advertisements. In connection with such services, Microsoft may collect or receive your Personal Information in connection with your access to and use of our Website, and Microsoft may on our behalf engage in individual end user tracking for the types of advertising and marketing purposes described in this Policy. More information about Microsoft’s policies and practices for handling Personal Information is available via Microsoft’s Privacy Statement, available online here: privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement.
Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track and analyze certain traffic and usage statistics regarding the use of our Website, such as the number of visitors to our Website, how visitors are navigating to our Website, visitors’ general geographic region information, how long individuals are visiting our Website, and information about the equipment individuals are using to access our Website (e.g., browser version and operating system). Google Analytics may use a Google Analytics cookie as part of this service, and we may share certain Personal Information with Google Analytics as part of this service. We use this traffic and usage information to gauge, internally, the effectiveness of our advertising efforts and to make improvements to our Website and our marketing and promotional efforts.
In addition, we may use the following Google Analytics Advertising Features:
- Remarketing
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting
- Google Ads (as an integrated service with Google Analytics)
By enabling these features, we and certain third-party vendors use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) or other first-party identifiers, and third-party cookies (such as Google advertising cookies) or other third-party identifiers together for various purposes. The information collected includes demographic information about our Website visitors and general information about our visitors’ interests. We use the information collected through our use of the Google Analytics Advertising Features to track our Website visitors’ patterns and behavior, segment our audience and to better target our advertising and marketing efforts (for our own and others’ products and services) and allow third-party vendors to do the same, for example to (1) display targeted advertisements to individuals who viewed a website but did not complete a contact form, (2) target visitors from a certain geographic region with certain ads in Google search results that have previously shown a high degree of success for consumers in that region, (3) advertise our products and services across other websites that you may visit, or (4) allow Google or other third-party vendors to show you ads on websites that you visit after using our Website or clicking on an offer or ad in one of our emails or in our Website.
For more information, please review the following:
- Information about Google’s use of cookies: policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US
- Information about Google’s use of information from sites or apps that use Google’s services: www.policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can opt out of our use of certain Google Analytics features by updating the “Ads Settings” in your browser or mobile device (support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155656), by enabling the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on in your browser (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). Because those opt-out and preference control pages are specific to the individual browser used to visit it, and because those pages are not operated by us, we are unable to perform the opt-outs on your behalf.
European Users are directed to the Sections - European Users.
Disclosure of Your Information
Generally
We may share your Personal Information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- We may disclose Personal Information to our affiliates or to any contractors and other service providers who need to know such information (or such contractors, service providers or other third parties may collect Personal Information directly from you on our behalf while you use our Website) to provide services to us that support our hosting, maintenance, operation and promotion of our Website and our permitted uses of Personal Information under this Policy. For example, we may use a third party cloud-hosting infrastructure service provider (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure) to store certain of your Personal Information securely, we may use a provider of customer relationship management and/or an email marketing software solution offered by a third party service provider to organize and track our communications with you, we may use a third party service provider to collect job applications through our Website (e.g. Lever), we may use certain third-party advertising service providers (such as LinkedIn, Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising), and we may use Google Analytics in connection with our Website as described above in the section titled “Use of Google Analytics.”
- We currently use Lever, a talent management software platform, to collect job applications through our Website. If you would like more information about Lever’s privacy practices, you can learn about them here: www.employinc.com/privacy/.
- We may disclose Personal Information to (or permit Personal Information to be collected on our Website by) certain third parties as described in the section above “Tracking and Do Not Track.”
- We may disclose Personal Information to a buyer or other successor to our business in the event of a sale of equity or assets, reorganization, merger, or a similar corporate transaction, whether as a going concern or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, and in connection with any due diligence review with respect to any such proposed transaction.
- We may disclose Personal Information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to meet national security and law enforcement requirements and to respond to any government or regulatory request or audit.
- We may disclose Personal Information to enforce or apply any legal agreements between us and you, or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers or others.
- We may also disclose your Personal Information for any purpose disclosed when the information is provided, and for any other purpose with your consent.
We may disclose Technical Information and all forms of Personal Information for each of the purposes described above, including but not limited to your Identifiers, Internet Activity, and Inference Data.
Our accountability for European Personal Information (as defined below) that we receive in the United States under the Data Privacy Frameworks (as defined below) and subsequently transfer to a third party is described in the DPF Principles (as defined below). In particular, we will remain responsible and liable under the DPF Principles if third parties we engage to process European Personal Information on our behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the DPF Principles, unless we prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage. For more information about the Data Privacy Frameworks, please see the section below titled “Users Outside of the United States.”
No Sales of Personal Information
We do not sell, and in the past 12 months we have not sold any Personal Information to third parties.
Retention of Your Information
We will retain your Personal Information for no longer than is reasonably necessary to achieve the legitimate business purposes or uses stated in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by the applicable privacy law or to otherwise fulfill a legal requirement. We use the following criteria to determine the applicable period to retain your Personal Information:
- the original purpose for our collection and processing of your Personal Information.
- the nature of your Personal Information.
- our legal and/or contractual obligations to keep or delete your Personal Information.
Your Rights and Choices
You have certain choices regarding the Personal Information you provide to us. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts or pages of our Website, or certain parts or features of our Website may not function properly.
If you do not wish to have your Personal Information used by us to contact you for marketing purposes, you can opt out (1) by sending us an email with your request to support@spreedly.com, and (2) with respect to marketing communications by email, by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” or similar link in the most recent email you received from us and by following the prompts that appear. This opt-out does not apply to information provided as a result of a product purchase, customer service or support service inquiry or other informational or transactional communications (e.g., an order confirmation or response to a specific inquiry or request you have made to us).
Please also refer to the sections above titled “Use of Google Analytics” for more information regarding opting out of certain Google Analytics features used on and in connection with our Website.
Accessing, Correcting and Deleting Your Information: Generally
The laws of various US states (including, but not limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended to date, the “CCPA”)) and the laws of certain countries outside of the US give individuals rights to review, correct, or request the deletion of certain portions of such individuals’ Personal Information. Except with respect to Personal Information of European Users, as specifically described below in the section titled “European Users: Your European Privacy Rights,” the following additional information applies with respect to such requests:
- You may request that we disclose to you certain information about (and, if requested, to receive a portable copy of) the Personal Information about you that we have collected and used in the past 12 months (a “Request to Know”). You may also request that we correct, update, or modify the Personal Information about you that we have collected or that we maintain (a “Request to Correct”). You may also request that we delete the Personal Information about you that we have collected or that we maintain (a “Request to Delete”). You may submit a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete by sending us an email stating your request to support@spreedly.com or by calling us toll-free at 1-888-727-7750. Regardless of the method you use to contact us, please indicate in your communication that you are making a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete.
- Upon receipt of your Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete, as part of our security measures and as required by law, we will take steps to verify your identity in order to confirm that the person making the request is actually the person about whom we have collected Personal Information (i.e., that the “you” making the request is actually you). We will verify your identity and confirm your request by asking you to confirm and verify certain Personal Information we already have on file for you.
- We will use reasonable endeavors to accommodate verifiable Requests to Know, Requests to Correct, and Requests to Delete submitted in the manner described above within a reasonable timeframe after receiving such requests. In any event, we will comply with your Request to Know, Request to Correct, and Request to Delete to the extent and in the manner required by applicable law, but we may deny a request, in whole or in part, to the extent an exception applies under (or as otherwise permitted by) applicable law, including (where applicable) the CCPA. For example, we cannot and will not comply with a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or a Request to Delete if we cannot reasonably verify your identity in connection with your request.
- You may also designate an authorized agent to make a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete on your behalf. To designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf, you or your authorized agent must submit proof that either (1) such agent has actually been authorized in writing to act on your behalf, or (2) you have provided the authorized agent with power of attorney under the applicable laws in your jurisdiction. You may submit such proof by emailing us at support@spreedly.com. If a duly-designated authorized agent makes a Request to Know, Request to Correct, or Request to Delete on your behalf, we will still require you to verify your own identity using the process described above, unless an exception applies under applicable law in your jurisdiction (for example, you have submitted verifiable proof to us that you have provided the authorized agent with power of attorney).
No Differential Treatment
If you choose to exercise any of the rights described in the section titled “Accessing, Correcting and Deleting Your Information: Generally,” you will not receive differential treatment by us as a result (e.g., different prices or quality of services), except to the extent permitted by applicable law (including if those differences are reasonably related to the value of your Personal Information).
Opt-Out of Data Sharing / Targeted Advertising
In certain cases, our disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties may constitute “sharing” as such term is defined under the CCPA, or our uses of Personal Information may include uses for the purpose of serving targeted advertisements to you as defined under the laws of other states. Specifically, we may share your Technical Information and/or Internet Activity with certain third-party advertising services providers (or such third-party advertising service providers may collect your Technical Information and/or Internet Activity directly on our behalf), including for the purposes of issuing personalized and/or behavioral advertisements to users across distinctly branded websites, applications, or services other than our Website. Please note that our Personal Information sharing practices do not involve either (1) the sharing of any Sensitive Personal Information or (2) the sharing of information about individuals we know are under the age of 16.
The CCPA permits California residents to “opt-out” of the “sharing” (as such term is defined under the CCPA) of their Personal Information. If you are a California resident and would like to exercise such “opt-out” right, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “CCPA Sharing Opt-Out” request.
Additionally, the laws of certain other states permit residents of such states to “opt-out” of the use of Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes. If you are a resident of such a state and would like to exercise such “opt-out” right, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “Targeted Advertising Opt-Out” request.
California “Shine The Light” Disclosure
The California Civil Code permits California residents with whom we have an established business relationship to request that we provide a list of certain categories of Personal Information that we have disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. To make such a request, please send an email to support@spreedly.com or otherwise contact us using the information set forth below. Please mention that you are making a “California Shine the Light” inquiry. Please note, however, that we do not currently disclose any Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Nevada Residents: Sale Opt-Out Rights
Nevada residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A may submit a request to this designated address: support@spreedly.com. Please mention that you are making a “Nevada Sale Opt-Out Right” request. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.
Users Outside of the United States
Generally
Our Website is hosted in the United States and is provided from the United States. It is possible that certain information will be stored on servers in multiple other countries on the “cloud” or other similar distributed hosting platforms. If you are accessing our Website from Canada, the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, Asia or any other jurisdiction with laws governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please note that by using our Website and providing your Personal Information to us through our Website you are expressly and knowingly consenting to the transfer of your Personal Information from your home country to the United States (where laws may differ from the laws of your jurisdiction) and you acknowledge our use of such Personal Information in accordance with this Policy.
European Users
If you are a user accessing and using our Website from one of the European Economic Area countries, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom (collectively, the “European Countries” and such users the “European Users”), please read this section carefully for more information about our collection, processing and transfer of your Personal Information and your rights related to such activities. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws in the European Countries, we act as controller for the Personal Information we process about you as further described in this Policy.
A. Legal Basis for Processing
If you are a European User, we have the legal right to collect, process, use, and retain your Personal Information (“European Personal Information”) in the ways described in this Policy, based on your consent, the need to use your European Personal Information to provide you with goods or services that you have requested and/or our legitimate interests in furthering our existing relationship with you or preventing fraud. Accordingly, generally you have a contractual rather than a statutory obligation to provide such information. If you do not provide such information, you may be unable to use our Website and we may be unable to provide any products or services that you request.
B. Data Privacy Frameworks Certification
If you are a European User, please note that governing bodies in your respective jurisdictions have determined that the laws of the United States do not provide adequate protection for your Personal Information. Accordingly, we are transferring your Personal Information from such jurisdictions to the United States under the terms of our certification with the U.S. Department of Commerce under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “EU-US DPF”), the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF (the “UK Extension”), and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Swiss-US DPF” and, together with the EU-US DPF and the UK Extension, collectively, the “Data Privacy Frameworks”).
We comply with the Data Privacy Frameworks as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of European Personal Information from the European Countries to the United States, and we follow internal procedures for verifying that our commitments under this Policy have been implemented. We have certified to the US Department of Commerce that we adhere to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Principles (the “EU-US DPF Principles”) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-US DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension. Likewise, we have certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that we adhere to the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework Principles (the “Swiss-US DPF Principles” and together with the EU-US DPF Principles, collectively, the “DPF Principles”) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-US DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Policy and data subject rights under the DPF Principles, the DPF Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Frameworks, and to view our certification page, please visit www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. Our compliance with the DPF Principles can be investigated and enforced by the United States Federal Trade Commission.
Pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks, European Users have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain their European Personal Information in the United States. Upon our receipt of your request by email at support@spreedly.com and our verification of your identity, we will advise you whether we process European Personal Information concerning you and, if so, will provide you with access to the European Personal Information that we hold about you. You may also correct, amend, or delete any such European Personal Information that is inaccurate or incomplete or where it has been processed in violation of the DPF Principles. We will respond to all such requests within a reasonable timeframe.
Subject to certain exceptions under applicable law, you may choose to “opt out” of our disclosure of your European Personal Information to third parties or our use of your European Personal Information for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you; provided, however, that such right will not apply to our disclosures to third parties acting as an agent to perform tasks on our behalf and under our instruction. You may exercise such right by submitting a written request to support@spreedly.com. We will not disclose your European Sensitive Information (as defined below) to third parties or use your European Sensitive Information for a purpose different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you without your express affirmative consent (i.e., “opt in”). However, please note that we do not currently collect, store or process any European Sensitive Information in connection with your use of our Website or our other activities covered by this Policy, excepting only our processing of ethnicity information submitted on a voluntary, optional basis by Job Applicants, as described above in the sections titled “Personal Information We Collect – Submitting Job Applications Through our Website” and “Sensitive Personal Information.”
C. Complaints
In compliance with the Data Privacy Frameworks and DPF Principles, we commit to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your European Personal Information transferred to the United States pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks. European Users with inquiries or complaints regarding our Data Privacy Frameworks policy should first contact us directly at privacy_inquiries@jdxpert.com.
We have further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the DPF Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider based in the United States. For more information on Filing a complaint with JAMS, please visit: https://jamsadr.com/dpf-dispute-resolution.
If your Data Privacy Framework complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms. See www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ for more information about binding arbitration or other enforcement rights that may be available to you.
You may also have the right to make a GDPR complaint to the relevant Supervisory Authority in your country of residence. If you are usually resident in the European Countries, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with:
- the Information Commissioner in the UK - The UK’s Information Commissioner may be contacted using the details at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or by telephone: (+44)(0)303 123 1113.
- a relevant data protection supervisory authority in the European Economic Area state of your habitual residence, place of work or of an alleged infringement of data protection laws in the European Economic Area. For a list of EEA data protection supervisory authorities and their contact details see here - edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.
D. Storage of Your European Personal Information
We securely store your European Personal Information in distributed locations in the United States using our own servers or the servers of reputable, third-party service providers such as our cloud-hosted infrastructure service provider and other cloud-based software service providers. We will keep such information for no longer than necessary for the purpose for which it is used. The length of time we retain your European Personal Information will depend on any legal obligations we have, the nature of any contracts we have in place with you, the existence of your consent or our legitimate interests as a business. Following the end of the relevant retention period, we will delete or anonymize your European Personal Information.
E. Your European Privacy Rights
If you are a European User, you will have the following additional rights with respect to your European Personal Information (your “European Privacy Rights”):
- The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your European Personal Information based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Your withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of our processing based on your consent before your withdrawal. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide our Website or our other products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
- The right to restrict processing: You may restrict our use and processing of your European Personal Information in certain circumstances, e.g. if you contest the accuracy of the data.
- The right to access: You have the right to be provided with a copy of your European Personal Information.
- The right to Rectification: You have the right to require us to correct any mistakes in your European Personal Information. You are responsible for letting us know if your European Personal Information changes or is no longer correct.
- The right to erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten): You have the right to require us to delete your European Personal Information in certain situations.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to receive your European Personal Information you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party in certain situations.
- The right to object: You have the right to object at any time to your European Personal Information being processed for direct marketing (including profiling); and in certain other situations to our continued processing of your European Personal Information, e.g. processing carried out for the purpose of our legitimate interests unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing to continue or the processing is required for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
- The right not to be subject to automated individual decision making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please:
- email us at support@spreedly.com;
- provide enough information to identify yourself and any additional identity information we may reasonably request from you;
- let us know what right you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates.
Upon our receipt of your request and our verification of your identity, we will advise you whether we are processing European Personal Information concerning you and, if so, will provide you with a copy of your European Personal Information being processed and certain information about the nature and purposes of the processing. You may correct, amend, or delete any such European Personal Information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
You will not usually have to pay a fee to exercise any of your European Privacy Rights. We may, however, charge a reasonable fee if a request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in those circumstances. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and to ensure your right to exercise your European Privacy Rights. This is a security measure to ensure that your European Personal Information is not disclosed to a person who does not have a right to receive it.
We will respond to all valid requests within 30 days of receipt of a valid request. Occasionally, it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
F. European Sensitive Information
We do not as a matter of course collect, store, or process sensitive information related to your racial or ethnic identity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health (including genetic and biometric data), sex life or sexual orientation (“European Sensitive Information”). Unless you expressly and voluntarily provide this to us (for example, Excepted as specifically described above with respect to racial or ethnic identity information collected from Job Applicants). If we do process European Sensitive Information, we will always ensure we are permitted to do so under data protection laws, such as on the basis of your explicit consent, the processing is necessary to protect your (or someone else’s) vital interests where you are physically or legally incapable of giving consent or the processing is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
G. Profiling
Subject to our compliance with the section ‘Cookies’ below, we may create a profile to analyze or predict your personal preferences or interests solely related to your use of our Website and for the purposes described in this Policy. We do not otherwise create profiles to analyze or predict your performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements. We do not make any decision about you that would have legal consequences or similarly significant effects on you based solely on automated decision-making, including the use of profiles.
H. Disclosure to Third Parties
If we intend to disclose your European Personal Information to any third party that will have the right to process your European Personal Information, we only allow those organizations to handle your European Personal Information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal data. We also impose contractual obligations on them to ensure they can only use your personal data to provide services to us and to you.
In certain situations, we may be required to disclose your European Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
I. Marketing
We will use your European Personal Information to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone, or mail) about our Website, including new services.
We have a legitimate interest in using your European Personal Information for marketing purposes where you have an existing relationship with us or contacted us about our Website and did not opt-out of such marketing when you provided your European Personal Information to us. In all other cases, we will seek your prior consent to marketing.
You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by:
- contacting us at support@spreedly.com; or
- using the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in emails.
We may ask you to confirm or update your marketing preferences if you ask us to provide further services in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 16 years of age, and no parts of our services are directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Policy, please contact us at support@spreedly.com.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. When we have given you (or when you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping that password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure. Although we have implemented security measures that we think are adequate, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to or using our Website. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.
Contact Information
We are Spreedly, Inc., a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices:
300 Morris St., Ste 400
Durham, NC 27701
(888) 727-7750
Individuals in the European Economic Area may also contact our EU data protection representative, Orsa Saiwai EDS Limited to be our EU data protection representative:
Orsa Saiwai EDS
50 Upper Mount Street
Dublin 2, D02 DP03
Ireland
+447818063090
