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Get Glow Ltd t/a Glow (CRN 12352436) of 1 The Mews, Little Brunswick Street, Huddersfield, HD1 5JL, UK (“Glow”, “us”, “we”) is the developer and owner of the Glow application, allowing websites to be modified internally using the Glow application via the internet.

By clicking to accept these terms and conditions (“Conditions”) you agree to use Glow’s Services subject to these Conditions which will bind you and your employees, agents and independent contractors (the “Contract”).  In these terms we will call you the “End User” or “You”.

1. Interpretation

The following definitions and rules of interpretation apply to these Conditions.

Acceptable Use Policy

The acceptable use policy of Glow, set out here.

Application

The Software application known as ‘Glow’ as described on our website, created and developed by Glow, including both source code and object code.

End user content

All text, information, data, software, executable code, images, audio or video material, in whatever medium or form, inputted by You for the purpose of using the Services.

Confidential information

Information that is proprietary or confidential and is either clearly labelled as such or identified as Confidential Information in clause 8.5.

Data protection legislation

The UK Data Protection Legislation and any other European Union legislation relating to personal data and all other legislation and regulatory requirements in force from time to time which apply to a party relating to the use of personal data (including, without limitation, the privacy of electronic communications); and the guidance and codes of practice issued by the relevant data protection or supervisory authority and applicable to a party.

Effective date

The date You click to accept these Conditions.

Excluded fields of use

  • a) any medical device, whether or not regulated by any national or regional medical or healthcare regulatory body; and
  • b) those fields of use in relation to which the use of the Services, or the suspension of them (wholly or in part), has the potential to cause or contribute to death or personal injury

Healthcare legislation

Any laws, regulations or mandatory codes applied or enforced by any national or regional medical or healthcare regulatory body.

Heightened cybersecurity requirements

Any laws, regulations, codes, guidance (from regulatory and advisory bodies, whether mandatory or not), international and national standards, industry schemes and sanctions, which are applicable to You (but not Glow) relating to security of network and information systems and security breach and incident reporting requirements, which may include the Cybersecurity Directive ((EU) 2016/1148)), Commission Implementing Regulation ((EU) 2018/151), the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (SI 506/2018), all as amended or updated from time to time.

Intellectual property rights

Patents, utility models, rights to inventions, copyright and neighbouring and related rights, moral rights, trade marks and service marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up and trade dress, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off or unfair competition, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world, and Intellectual Property Rights include, without limitation, any trade marks.

Open-source software

Any software licensed under any form of open-source licence meeting the Open Source Initiative’s Open Source Definition (set out at www.opensource.org ) or any libraries or code licensed from time to time under the General Public Licence (as described by the Free Software Foundation and set out at www.gnu.org), or anything similar, included or used in, or in the development of, the Services or the Software, or with which the Services or the Software is compiled or to which it is linked.

Privacy & Security policy

Glow’s privacy and security policy set out here.

Security event

  • a) any unauthorised third party access to the Services; or
  • b) any use of the Services by You that is in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy and has the potential to materially impact the Services or use of the Services by Glow or other End Users; or
  • c) any Vulnerability or Virus introduced into the Services by (or facilitated through) You

Software

The software applications and tools provided by Glow as part of the Services, including any updates Glow may make to such applications and online tools from time to time.

Subscription fees

The subscription fees payable by You to Glow for the Services.

Subscription term

Means the term of the Contract from the Effective Date until the Contract is terminated in accordance with clause 11.

UK Data Protection Legislation

All applicable data protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time in the UK including the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679); the Data Protection Act 2018; the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58/EC (as updated by Directive 2009/136/EC) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426) as amended.

Virus

Any thing or device (including any software, code, file or programme) which may: prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network, any telecommunications service, equipment or network or any other service or device; prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect access to or the operation of any programme or data, including the reliability of any programme or data (whether by re-arranging, altering or erasing the programme or data in whole or part or otherwise); or adversely affect the user experience, including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or devices.

Vulnerability

A weakness in the computational logic (for example, code) found in software and hardware components that, when exploited, results in a negative impact to confidentiality, integrity, or availability, and the term Vulnerabilities shall be construed accordingly.

1.1 Clause, schedule and paragraph headings shall not affect the interpretation of these Conditions.

1.2 A reference to a company shall include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established.

1.3 References to Controller, processor, data subject, personal data, personal data breach, processing and appropriate technical and organisational measures shall have the meaning assigned to those terms in the Data Protection Legislation.

1.4 A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as it is in force as at the Effective Date.

1.5 A reference to writing or written includes email.

1.6 If there is an inconsistency between any of the provisions of these Conditions and the terms and conditions located at any URL, the provisions of these Conditions shall prevail.

1.7 Any words following the terms including, include, in particular, for example or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those terms.

2. User license

2.1 Subject to You paying the Subscription Fees in accordance with clause 7, the restrictions set out in this clause 2 and any other Conditions below, Glow hereby grants to You a non-exclusive, non-transferable right and licence during the Subscription Term to use the Application in accordance with these Conditions.

2.2 You undertake that You shall:

  • 2.2.1 keep a secure and confidential password for Your use of the Services, changed no less frequently than annually;
  • 2.2.2 permit Glow to access login information and passwords;
  • 2.2.3 comply with the Acceptable Use Policy in relation to the Application and End-User Content.

2.3 If Glow’s audit of Your use of the Application highlights breaches the Acceptable Use Policy, Glow may:

  • 2.3.1 if necessary, remove the relevant End-User Content; and
  • 2.3.2 if relevant, suspend Your Account and Your access to the Application and End-User Content, for so long as the relevant breach remains unremedied, without liability or prejudice to its other rights and without prior notice to You.

2.4 Notwithstanding any other provision in these Conditions, if there is a Security Event, Glow may, without liability or prejudice to its other rights and without prior notice to You, remove the relevant End-User Content and use of the Application until the relevant Security Event has been resolved. Glow shall give You written notice as soon as is reasonably practicable of the nature of the relevant Security Event.

2.5 You shall not:

  • 2.5.1 except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is incapable of exclusion by agreement between the parties:
    • 2.5.1.1 except to the extent expressly permitted under these Conditions, attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Application in any form or media or by any means; or
    • 2.5.1.2 attempt to reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the Application;
    • 2.5.1.3 access all or any part of the Services in order to build a product or service which competes with the Services;
    • 2.5.1.4 subject to clause 12.9, license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the Services available to any third party except for the provision of Services to employees to the extent necessary to enable them to use the Application and access the Services;
    • 2.5.1.5 attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining access to the Services; or
    • 2.5.1.6 introduce, or permit the introduction of, any Virus or Vulnerability into the Services.

2.6 You shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any unauthorised access to, or use of, the Services, in the event of any such unauthorised access or use, promptly notify Glow.

2.7 The rights provided under this clause 2 are granted to You only and shall not be considered granted to any subsidiary or holding company of Yours.

2.8 Any Open-Source Software provided by Glow may be used according to the terms and conditions of the specific licence under which the relevant Open-Source Software is distributed, but is provided “as is” and expressly subject to the disclaimer in clause 10.2.3. Such terms and conditions shall govern such use to the extent that they expressly supersede these Conditions.

3. Proprietary rights and data protection

3.1 You acknowledge and agree that Glow and/or its licensors own all Intellectual Property Rights in the Application and the Services. Except as expressly stated in these Conditions, Glow does not grant You any rights to, or in any Intellectual Property Rights or any other rights or licences in respect of the Application, the Services, or Glow’s trade marks.

3.2 Glow confirms that it has all the rights in relation to the Application and the Services that are necessary to grant all the rights it purports to grant under these Conditions.

3.3 You shall own all Intellectual Property Rights in the End-User Content and shall have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of End-User Content.

3.4 You grant to Glow a non-exclusive, non-transferable right during the Subscription Term to carry out any acts that would otherwise be restricted by any of Your Intellectual Property Rights in End-User Content for the sole purpose of enabling Glow to provide the Services to You.

3.5 Both parties will comply with all applicable requirements of the Data Protection Legislation. This clause 4 is in addition to, and does not relieve, remove or replace, a party’s obligations or rights under the Data Protection Legislation.

3.6 The parties acknowledge that:

  • 3.61. if Glow processes any personal data on Your behalf when performing its obligations under these Conditions, You are the controller and Glow is the processor for the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation, and
  • 3.6.2 personal data may be transferred or stored outside the European Economic Area or the country where You are located in order to carry out the Services and Glow’s other obligations under these Conditions

3.7 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 3.5, You will ensure that You have all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the personal data to Glow for the duration and purposes of the Contract so that Glow may lawfully use, process and transfer the personal data in accordance with these Conditions on Your behalf.

3.8 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 3.5, Glow shall, in relation to any personal data processed in connection with the performance by Glow of its obligations under these Conditions:

  • 3.8.1 process that personal data only in accordance with the laws of any member of the European Union or by the laws of UK Data Protection Legislation and any other law that applies in the UK to process personal data (Applicable Laws);
  • 3.8.2 ensure that it has in place appropriate technical and organisational measures, to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures (those measures may include, where appropriate, pseudonymising and encrypting personal data, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its systems and services, ensuring that availability of and access to personal data can be restored in a timely manner after an incident, and regularly assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the technical and organisational measures adopted by it).
  • 3.8.3 not transfer any personal data outside of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom unless the following conditions are fulfilled:
    • 3.8.3.1 You or Glow have provided appropriate safeguards in relation to the transfer;
    • 3.8.3.2 the data subject has enforceable rights and effective legal remedies;
    • 3.8.3.3 Glow complies with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation by providing an adequate level of protection to any personal data that is transferred; and
    • 3.8.3.4 Glow complies with reasonable instructions notified to it in advance by You with respect to the processing of the personal data;
  • 3.8.4 assist You, at Your cost, in responding to any request from a data subject and in ensuring compliance with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation with respect to security, breach notifications, impact assessments and consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators;
  • 3.8.5 notify You without undue delay on becoming aware of a personal data breach;
  • 3.8.6 at the written direction of You, delete or return personal data and copies thereof to You on termination of the Contract unless required by Applicable Law to store the personal data; and
  • 3.8.7 maintain complete and accurate records and information to demonstrate its compliance with this clause 4 and immediately inform You if, in the opinion of Glow, an instruction infringes Data Protection Legislation.

3.9 You consent to Glow appointing an internet payment gateway as a third-party processor of personal data under these Conditions. Glow confirms that it has entered or (as the case may be) will enter with the third-party processor into a written agreement substantially on that third party’s standard terms of business which Glow confirms reflect and will continue to reflect the requirements of the Data Protection Legislation. As between You and Glow, Glow shall remain fully liable for all acts or omissions of any third-party processor appointed by it pursuant to this clause 3.

3.10 Either party may, at any time on not less than 30 days’ notice, revise this clause 3 by replacing it with any applicable controller to processor standard clauses or similar terms forming part of an applicable certification scheme.

4. Charges & Payment

4.1 You shall pay the Subscription Fees to Glow in accordance with this clause 4.

4.2 You shall on the Effective Date provide to Glow valid, up-to-date and complete debit or credit card details via the payment gateway and Glow shall take payment:

  • 4.2.1 on the Effective Date for the Subscription Fees payable in respect of the first month or year of the Subscription Term; and
  • 4.2.2 monthly on the same date of the month thereafter for the Subscription Term; or
  • 4.2.3 yearly on the same date of the year thereafter for the Subscription Term.

4.3 If Glow has not received payment within 14 days after the due date, and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of Glow:

  • 4.3.1 Glow may, without liability to You, disable the Your Account and password and Your access to all or part of the Services and Glow shall be under no obligation to provide any or all of the Services while the invoice(s) concerned remain unpaid.

4.4 All Subscription Fees and amounts stated or referred to in these Conditions:

  • 4.4.1 shall be payable in US Dollars;
  • 4.4.2 are, subject to clause 10.4.2, non-cancellable and non-refundable;
  • 4.4.3 are exclusive of value added tax, which shall be added to payments at the appropriate rate, if applicable to the country where Your business is registered

4.5 Glow shall be entitled to increase the Subscription Fees payable pursuant to this clause 4 by notice to You via its website here.

5. Confidentiality & Compliance with Policies

5.1 Each party may be given access to Confidential Information from the other party in order to perform its obligations under these Conditions. A party’s Confidential Information shall not be deemed to include information that:

  • 5.1.1 is or becomes publicly known other than through any act or omission of the receiving party;
  • 5.1.2 was in the other party’s lawful possession before the disclosure;
  • 5.1.3 is lawfully disclosed to the receiving party by a third party without restriction on disclosure;
  • 5.1.4 is independently developed by the receiving party, which independent development can be shown by written evidence; or
  • 5.1.5 is required to be disclosed by law, by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any regulatory or administrative body.

5.2 Each party shall hold the other’s Confidential Information in confidence and, unless required by law, not make the other’s Confidential Information available to any third party, or use the other’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than the implementation of the Contract.

5.3 Each party shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the other’s Confidential Information to which it has access is not disclosed or distributed by its employees or agents in breach of these Conditions.

5.4 Glow shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Confidential Information caused by any third party, except any third party subcontracted by Glow to perform services related to maintenance and back-up of End-User Content.

5.5 The above provisions of this clause 5 shall survive termination of the Contract, however arising.

6. Indemnity

6.1 You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Glow against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses and costs (including court costs and reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

  • 6.1.1 the End-User Content;
  • 6.1.2 Your use of the Services.

6.2 Glow shall defend You, your officers, directors and employees against any claim that the use of any of the Services in accordance with these Conditions infringes copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality, and shall indemnify You for any amounts finally awarded against You in judgment or settlement of such claims, provided that this indemnity does not apply to the extent that any such claim is based on the use of any Open-Source Software.

6.3 The obligations of You and Glow under clause 6.1 and clause 6.2 respectively are conditional on:

  • 6.3.1 the indemnifying party being given prompt notice of any relevant claim;
  • 6.3.2 the indemnified party providing reasonable co-operation to the indemnifying party in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the indemnifying party expense; and
  • 6.3.3 the indemnifying party being given sole authority to defend or settle such claim.

6.4 Except as specifically provided in these Conditions, the enforcement and protection of a party’s Intellectual Property Rights shall be in the sole discretion and control of that party and any and all recoveries resulting from such enforcement or protection actions shall be retained by that party.

6.5 In the defence or settlement of any claim, Glow may procure the right for You to continue using the Services, replace or modify the Services so that they become non-infringing or, if such remedies are not reasonably available, terminate the Contract on two days’ notice to You without any additional liability or obligation to pay liquidated damages or other additional costs to You.

6.6 In no event shall Glow, its employees, agents and subcontractors be liable to You to the extent that the alleged infringement is based on:

  • 6.6.1 a modification of the Services by anyone other than Glow;
  • 6.6.2 the use of the Services by You:
    • 6.6.2.1 in combination with any End-User Content;
    • 6.6.2.2 in a manner contrary to the instructions given to You by Glow; or
    • 6.6.2.3 after notice to You of the alleged or actual infringement from Glow or any appropriate authority.

6.7 The foregoing and clause 10.4.2 state Your sole and exclusive rights and remedies, and Glow’s (including Glow’s employees’, agents’ and subcontractors’) entire obligations and liability, for infringement of any patent, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality.

7. Limitation of Liability

7.1 This clause 7 sets out the entire financial liability of Glow (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and subcontractors) to You:

  • 7.1.1 arising under or in connection with the Contract;
  • 7.1.2 in respect of any use made by You of the Services or any part of them; and
  • 7.1.3 in respect of any representation, statement or tortious act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with the Services.

7.2 Except as expressly and specifically provided in these Conditions:

  • 7.2.1 You assume sole responsibility for results obtained from the use of the Services, and for conclusions drawn from such use. Glow shall have no liability for any damage caused by errors or omissions in any information, instructions, scripts or any actions taken by Glow at Your direction;
  • 7.2.2 Glow makes no warranty or representation that the Services comply with any Healthcare Legislation or Heightened Cybersecurity Requirements and You assume sole responsibility and liability for compliance with the same;
  • 7.2.3 all warranties, representations, conditions and all other terms of any kind whatsoever implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, excluded from these Conditions;
  • 7.2.4 the Services are provided to You are on an “as is” basis; and
  • 7.2.5 neither the Application nor the Services, are designed, made or intended for any of the Excluded Fields of Use.

7.3 Nothing in these Conditions excludes the liability of Glow:

  • 7.3.1 for death or personal injury caused by Glow’s negligence; or
  • 7.3.2 for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

7.4 Subject to clause 7.2 and clause 7.3:

  • 7.4.1 Glow shall not be liable whether in tort (including for negligence or breach of statutory duty), contract, misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise for any loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses or loss or corruption of data or information, or pure economic loss, or for any special, indirect or consequential loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses however arising under these Conditions; and
  • 7.4.2 Glow’s total aggregate liability in contract (including in respect of the indemnity at clause 6.2), tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of this Contract shall be limited to the total Subscription Fees paid during the 12 months immediately preceding the date on which the claim arose.

8. Term & Termination

8.1 The Contract shall, unless otherwise terminated as provided in this clause 8, commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in force unless:

  • 8.1.1 either party gives the other party written notice of its wish termination, in which case the Contract shall terminate upon the expiry of the current billing cycle; or
  • 8.1.2 otherwise terminated in accordance with the provisions of these Conditions.

8.2 Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate this Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:

  • 8.2.1 the other party fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than 30 days after being notified in writing to make such payment;
  • 8.2.2 the other party commits a material breach of any other term of these Conditions which breach is irremediable or (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 30 days after being notified in writing to do so;
  • 8.2.3 the other party repeatedly breaches any of these Conditions in such a manner as to reasonably justify the opinion that its conduct is inconsistent with it having the intention or ability to give effect to these Conditions;
  • 8.2.4 the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986, as if the words “it is proved to the satisfaction of the court” did not appear in sections 123(1)(e) or 123(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986;
  • 8.2.5 the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
  • 8.2.6 a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of that other party other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
  • 8.2.7 an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator, or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed, over the other party;
  • 8.2.8 the holder of a qualifying floating charge over the assets of that other party has become entitled to appoint or has appointed an administrative receiver;
  • 8.2.9 a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the other party;
  • 8.2.10 a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of the other party’s assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;
  • 8.2.11 any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the other party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 8.2.4 to clause 8.2.10 (inclusive);
  • 8.2.12 the other party suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or cease, carrying on all or a substantial part of its business; or
  • 8.2.13 there is a change to the beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the issued share capital of Your company or the legal power to direct or cause the direction of the general management of the company.

8.3 On termination of the Contract for any reason:

  • 8.3.1 all licences granted under these Conditions shall immediately terminate;
  • 8.3.2 each party shall return and make no further use of any equipment, property, documentation and other items (and all copies of them) belonging to the other party;
  • 8.3.3 without limiting the effect of clause 8.3.2, Glow may require You immediately to return all copies of the Application, Glow’s Confidential Information and any other materials or to erase the same from Your  computer and communications systems and devices used by You including such systems provided by third parties (to the extent technically and legally practicable) in accordance with clause 4.8.6. Glow’s may request that You confirm in writing that all such copies have been returned or so erased;
  • 8.3.4 Glow may destroy or otherwise dispose of any of End-User Content and the Application in its possession unless Glow receives, no later than 10 days after the effective date of the termination of the Contract, a written request for the delivery to You of the then most recent back-up of End-User Content and the Application. Glow shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to deliver the back-up to You within 30 days of its receipt of such a written request, provided that You have, at that time, paid all fees and charges outstanding at and resulting from termination (whether or not due at the date of termination). You shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred by Glow in returning or disposing of End-User Content and the Application;
  • 8.3.5 any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the agreement which existed at or before the date of termination shall not be affected or prejudiced;
  • 8.3.6 any provision of these Conditions that expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of the Contract, including clause 1 (Interpretation), clause 3.6 (data protection), clause 5 (Confidentiality), clause 6 (Indemnity) and clause 8 (Term and termination), shall remain in full force and effect; and
  • 8.3.7 any outstanding monies (including but not limited to Subscription Fees) become immediately due and payable.

9. General

9.1 Force majeure. Glow shall have no liability to You under these Conditions if it is prevented from or delayed in performing its obligations under these Conditions, or from carrying on its business, by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, including strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of Glow or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport or telecommunications network, act of God, pandemic, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of Glows or subcontractors, provided that You are notified of such an event and its expected duration.

9.2 Variation. Any variation of these Conditions shall become effective when notified to You by Glow.

9.3 Waiver. No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under these Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

9.4 Rights and remedies. Except as expressly provided in these Conditions, the rights and remedies provided under these Conditions are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.

9.5 Severance. If any provision or part-provision of these Conditions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the Contract. If any provision or part-provision of these Conditions is deemed deleted under this clause, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree a replacement provision that, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision

9.6 Entire agreement. These Conditions, and any documents referred to in it, constitute the whole agreement between the parties and supersede any previous arrangement, understanding or agreement between them relating to the subject matter they cover.

9.7 Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that in entering into this Contract it does not rely on any undertaking, promise, assurance, statement, representation, warranty or understanding (whether in writing or not) of any person (whether party to the Contract or not) relating to the subject matter of this Contract, other than as expressly set out in these Conditions.

9.8 Assignment You shall not, without the prior written consent of Glow, assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under this Contract. Glow may at any time assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under this Contract.

9.9 No partnership or agency. Nothing in these Conditions is intended to or shall operate to create a partnership between the parties, or authorise either party to act as agent for the other, and neither party shall have the authority to act in the name or on behalf of or otherwise to bind the other in any way (including the making of any representation or warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise of any right or power).

9.10 Third party rights. This Contract does not confer any rights on any person or party (other than the parties to this Contract and, where applicable, their successors and permitted assigns) pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

9.11 Notices. Any notice required to be given under these Conditions shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery post to the other party at its address set out in these Conditions, or such other address as may have been notified by that party for such purposes.

9.12 A notice delivered by hand shall be deemed to have been received when delivered (or if delivery is not in business hours, at 9.00 am on the first business day following delivery). A correctly addressed notice sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery post shall be deemed to have been received at the time at which it would have been delivered in the normal course of post.

9.13 Governing law. The Contract and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

9.14 Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

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