TERMS AND CONDITIONS - CONTRACTORS
Rendoodle Inc. is a corporation existing
under the laws of the Province of Ontario (referred to in these terms and
conditions as “Rendoodle”, “us”, “we”, or “our,” as
the context may require). Rendoodle connects property
owners (“Customers”) with home renovation contractors (“Contractors”, “you” or
“your”) and home building material retailers (“Retailers”) through Rendoodle’s proprietary consumer building project
marketplace platform at www.rendoodle.com (the “Rendoodle
Platform”)
These terms and
conditions are between us and the Contractors. We have prepared the following
terms and conditions to explain our mutual rights and responsibilities when you
use the Rendoodle Platform. Please read our terms and
conditions carefully.
AGREEMENT
1. General
1.1.
Rendoodle has agreed to grant
you access to the Rendoodle Platform subject to these
terms and conditions (these “Terms”), which govern your access to and use of
the Rendoodle Platform. These Terms are subject to
change by us without prior written notice to you, at any time, in our sole and
absolute discretion. You and Rendoodle are each
sometimes referred to in these Terms as a “Party” and collectively the “Parties.”
1.2.
BY ACCESSING THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM YOU AGREE
TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS.
1.3.
YOU MAY NOT USE THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM,
IF YOU (A) DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, (B) ARE NOT AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18)
YEARS OF AGE OR (C) ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM ACCESSING OR USING THE RENDOODLE
PLATFORM OR ANY OF THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM’S CONTENTS OR SERVICES.
1.4.
By accepting these Terms, you also
confirm that all data and information that you provide to us is correct and
complete.
1.5.
Our policy regarding the collection,
use, and disclosure of your personal information is explained in our Privacy Policy[MD1] , which is
incorporated into these Terms by reference. You should carefully review our
Privacy Policy before using the Rendoodle Platform.
2. Access and Active
Presence
2.1.
Your access to the Rendoodle
Platform and the term of the agreement set out in these Terms shall commence on
the date that you receive your Security Credentials (defined below) for access
to the Rendoodle Platform and shall continue until
terminated by us as provided below.
2.2.
By accessing the Rendoodle
Platform, you agree, for a period not less than twelve (12) months following
your receipt of Security Credentials, to maintain an active presence consistent
with the practices of an engaged, responsive, and active user.
2.3.
You may, in your discretion, authorize
certain of your employees or other authorized representatives to access the Rendoodle Platform on your behalf. Individuals who are
authorized by you to access the Rendoodle Platform on
your behalf are referred to herein as “User(s).” You are responsible for any
use of the Rendoodle Platform by Users[MD2] .
3. Overview of Services
to our Contractors
3.1.
The Rendoodle
Platform allows Contractors to, among other things, (i)
review renovation project details (“Project Details”) submitted to us by
Customers (“Project Submissions”), (ii) prepare and submit quotes
based on the Project Details you have
reviewed (“Quotes”), and (iv) get paid for the services you provide to
Customers, subject to these Terms.
4. Reviewing Project
Details & Submitted Quotes
4.1.
When Customers submit Project Submissions
to us through the Rendoodle Platform, Contractors can
review those Project Submissions on the Rendoodle Platform[MD3] .
4.2.
If you are Qualified (defined below) to perform
the work required by a particular Project Submission (and assuming you are in compliance with the other terms and conditions
contained in these Terms), you may submit a Quote based on the details
contained in the Project Submission. “Qualified” means that you hold and
maintain all requisite licensing, training, certification, and other
qualifications necessary for you to provide the applicable services to
acceptable industry standards[MD4] . After you deliver a
Quote to Rendoodle, Rendoodle
will deliver to the Customer a comprehensive pricing quote that will include
the Quote, plus applicable taxes, and any commission fees payable to Rendoodle (“Cost of Services Notice”).
4.3.
You agree that you will include in every
Quote complete and accurate information about the services you will provide,
including: [INSERT INFORMATION REQUIRED IN QUOTE FROM CONTRACTOR] and any other
information requested by us from time-to-time.
4.4.
You understand and agree that there is
no guarantee from us or the Customer that the Customer will proceed to order
the services described in the Quote after you deliver the Quote to Rendoodle or the Customer receives the Cost of Services
Notice.
4.5.
All Cost of Services Notices are open
for acceptance by the Customer for [INSERT NUMBER OF DAYS/HOURS] after delivery to the Customer. Once
a Cost of Services Notice has been accepted by a Customer, we will advise you
of such acceptance through the Rendoodle Platform and/or the email you provide
to us.
4.6.
Upon a Cost of Services Notice being
accepted by the Customer within the applicable time period, you hereby agree
and covenant that (i) you are contractually
bound to deliver the services described in the Quote for the fees set forth
therein (the “Contracted Project”), (ii) you authorize us to collect all fees for
your services on your behalf, (iii) you shall provide your services to the
Customer in a professional, responsive, courteous, and workmanlike manner and in accordance with
acceptable industry standards[MD5] , and (iii) you shall
at all times comply with all applicable federal, provincial, and municipal
laws, rules, regulations, codes (including building codes), and by-laws. You
agree not to negotiate, impose or charge any fees in
addition to those fees set out in the Quote.
5. Completing your Contracted
Project
5.1.
You understand and acknowledge that any
failure to fulfill, in whole or in part, the contractually binding terms for
the Contracted Project may result in you incurring liability.
5.2.
You are responsible for any
non-performance, non-delivery, or other mistake or act in connection with the
fulfillment or completion of a Contracted Project. You will notify Rendoodle forthwith as soon as you have knowledge of any
potential failure to fulfill, in whole or in part, a Contracted Project.
5.3.
Upon
completion of a Contracted Project, Customers will be required to review and,
if satisfied, certify that the Contracted Project has been completed in
accordance with the Project Details. You agree to cooperate with, and rectify
any deficiencies raised by, Rendoodle’s investigation
of any complaints submitted by Customers to Rendoodle
regarding the Contracted Project.
6. Prohibited Actions
6.1.
You
acknowledge and agree that you shall not use the Rendoodle
Platform for any purpose other than for the purposes set out in these Terms.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree not to: (i) assign your rights and obligations with respect to a
Contracted Project; (ii) use the Rendoodle Platform
to facilitate the violation of any law, regulation or statute in Canada; (iii)
contact or attempt to contact, in any way, a Customer for a reason other than
fulfilling the Contracted Project and your obligations under these Terms; (iv)
share any information regarding a Customer with any third party unless
necessary for the fulfillment of the Contracted Project; or (v) contract,
negotiate with, or accept jobs or similar work, directly or indirectly, from Customers
with whom you have connected through the Rendoodle
Platform, outside the Rendoodle Platform.
7. Payments
7.1.
Rendoodle will receive all sale
proceeds for the Contracted Project from Customers on your behalf.
7.2.
Within
thirty (30) days of Rendoodle receiving your invoice
for same, provided Rendoodle has received and
processed payment received from a Customer for the corresponding amount, we
will remit your portion of the total sale proceeds plus HST, if applicable, for
that portion of the Contracted Project to you in accordance with these Terms.
7.3.
To use the Rendoodle
Platform and receive payments from Rendoodle, you
must provide us with valid bank account information for a Canadian bank account
acceptable to us (“Your Bank Account”). All payments to you will be remitted to
Your Bank Account through cheque, electronic funds transfer or by other means
specified by us.
7.4.
You will be responsible for the
collection, reporting, and payment of any and all
applicable taxes except to the extent that Rendoodle
collects or remits taxes on your behalf according to applicable law.
8. Insurance
8.1.
You
represent and warrant that you hold all required or industry standard insurance
and, if you represent yourself as bonded, bond coverage including workplace
safety, public liability, workers compensation, to adequately cover bodily
injury, property damage, theft, property loss in amounts sufficient for your
liability under the Contracted Project (“Insurance”). You agree to deliver to us
copies of certificates of such Insurance from time-to-time at our request. You
further agree to notify us forthwith of any change in your Insurance.
9. Your Warranties and
Representations
9.1.
By using the Rendoodle
Platform, you make the following representations and warranties to us: (i) you have all of the requisite rights, power, and
authority to enter into these Terms, perform your obligations under these
Terms, and grant the rights, licences, and authorizations
set out in these Terms, and such entering into and performance does not
conflict with or violate any applicable laws; (ii) you are not a non-resident
of Canada for the purposes of the Income
Tax Act (Canada); (iii) if you are a corporation, you are incorporated and
validly existing under the laws of the province of your jurisdiction and have
not been discontinued or dissolved under such laws; and (iv) these Terms
constitute a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Contractor enforceable
against the Contractor in accordance with the terms hereunder.
10. Termination
10.1.
We reserve the right, in our sole and
absolute discretion, to modify, discontinue or terminate, temporarily or
permanently, the Rendoodle Platform, or any part
thereof, or the services provided thereon with or without notice, at any time.
10.2.
Rendoodle may suspend your
access to the Rendoodle Platform or any portion
thereof for (i) emergency network repairs, threats
to, or actual breaches of network security, or (ii) any legal, regulatory, or
governmental prohibition or material limitation affecting the Rendoodle Platform. Rendoodle
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to notify you through the Rendoodle Platform and/or via email prior to such
suspension and shall reactivate any affected portion of the Rendoodle
Platform as soon as practicable. We further reserve the right, in our sole and
absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time, to disable or terminate
your account, any user name, password, Security
Credentials or other credentials for any reason, including any violation of
these Terms.
10.3.
Notwithstanding the expiration or
termination of these Terms for any reason, you shall still be required to fulfill
all requirements of any outstanding Contracted Projects. Any right, obligation,
or condition that, by its express terms or nature and context is intended to
survive the termination of the agreement set out in these Terms shall survive
any such termination or expiration thereof.
11. Use of the Rendoodle Platform
11.1.
You agree to use the Rendoodle
Platform only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe upon
the rights of anyone else, or restrict or inhibit
anyone else's use or enjoyment of the Rendoodle
Platform.
11.2.
You are responsible for safeguarding the
password and any other credentials (collectively, the “Security Credentials”)
that you use to access the Rendoodle Platform, or any
part thereof, and you agree that you may disclose your Security Credentials
only to Users. You are responsible for any activity using your account, whether or not such activity was authorized by you. You must
immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account. You acknowledge
that if you wish to protect your transmission of anything to us, it is your
responsibility to use a secure encrypted connection to communicate with the Rendoodle Platform.
11.3.
Rendoodle hereby grants you a
limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to use the Rendoodle Platform for the purposes set forth in these
Terms.
11.4.
You agree to use the Rendoodle
Platform solely in accordance with these Terms. You, or your officers,
directors, employees, agents, and contractors shall not (i)
sell, transfer, assign, distribute, or otherwise commercially exploit or make
the Rendoodle Platform available to any third party
except as expressly set forth herein; (ii) modify or make derivative works
based upon the Rendoodle Platform; (iii) reverse
engineer the Rendoodle Platform; (iv) remove,
obscure, or alter any proprietary notices or labels on the Rendoodle
Platform or any materials made available by Rendoodle;
(v) use, post, transmit, or introduce any device, software, or routine
(including viruses, worms or other harmful code) which interferes or attempts
to interfere with the operation of the Rendoodle
Platform; or (vi) defeat or attempt to defeat any security mechanism of the Rendoodle Platform.
12. Use of Data
12.1.
To enhance your experience when using the
Rendoodle Platform, we save the information you
provide to us when visiting the Rendoodle Platform pursuant
to our Privacy
Policy.
12.2.
In consideration for the use of the Rendoodle Platform, you hereby grant to us a royalty-free,
non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, fully paid-up limited licence to use, produce, reproduce, perform, publish, copy,
distribute, transmit, display, store, adapt, edit, delete, and translate the
content you provide to us to the extent reasonably required by us to provide
the Rendoodle Platform to our users or to ensure
adherence to or enforce these Terms as well as the right to sub-licence any and all of the above rights and the right to
bring an action for infringement of the licensed rights. You hereby confirm, represent and warrant to us that you have all rights, titles
and interests, as well as the power and authority necessary, to grant the licence to your content set out above. If you delete the
account to which your content is connected, you acknowledge and agree that we
may retain copies of same for archival or compliance purposes or to otherwise
provide the Rendoodle Platform to you or others,
subject to your licence to us set out above and to
our Privacy Policy.
12.3.
You understand and acknowledge we may
deliver information about you to Customers, including, without limitation, your
name, photo, company name, and contact information.
13. No Warranty or Other
Representation
13.1.
THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM AND THE CONTENT THEREIN
ARE PROVIDED ON AN ”AS IS” AND ”AS AVAILABLE BASIS”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH
IN THESE TERMS TO THE CONTRARY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT
TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE
WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND
FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES), WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WE PROVIDE NO WARRANTY OR
REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY A CUSTOMER,
INCLUDING ITS REASONABLENESS, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ACCURACY.
13.2.
YOUR USE OF THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM
INDICATES YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT YOU ARE NOT RELYING UPON ANY REPRESENTATION
OF ANY KIND OR NATURE MADE BY US WITH RESPECT TO THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM AND THE
CONTENT THEREON AND THAT, IN FACT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS
TO THE CONTRARY, NO SUCH REPRESENTATIONS WERE MADE.
13.3.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT
LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS ON WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
14. Limitation of Liability
14.1.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR ANY OF OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES HOWEVER
CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE
TERMS, ANY QUOTE, COST OF SERVICES
NOTICE, CONTRACTED PROJECT, ORDER, WORKMANSHIP OR DEFECTIVE MATERIALS, OR THE
USE OF THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM, THE DELIVERY OF INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE
INFORMATION, OR THE FAILURE OF THE RENDOODLE PLATFORM TO PROPERLY FUNCTION OR
DELIVER AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION, EVEN IF RENDOODLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OR IS
AWARE OR DEEMED TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. TO THE EXTENT WE
ARE LIABLE, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO DIRECT, ACTUAL DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED, AND
UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS.
THIS LIABILITY LIMITATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOST
PROFIT, GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA, COST TO PROCURE
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE LOSS. YOU HEREBY
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THESE LIABILITY LIMITS REFLECT THE ALLOCATION OF RISK
BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN, THE
ABSENCE OF WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC TERMS.
14.2.
We have no obligation to monitor the
electronic data submitted to Rendoodle by Customers
(“Customer Data”), Retailers (“Retailer Data”) or you (“Contractor Data”), and Rendoodle shall have no liability for any inaccuracies,
errors or omissions or for any defamatory, libelous, offensive or otherwise
unlawful content in any Customer Data, Retailer Data or Contractor Data, or for
any losses, damages, claims, or other actions arising out of or in connection
with any data sent, accessed, posted or otherwise transmitted via the Rendoodle Platform by you or our Customer or Retailer
participants. Although we carefully
review our information on the Rendoodle Platform, we
cannot and do not guarantee or take responsibility for the accuracy of the Rendoodle Platform’s content, nor do we assume any
liability for the content linked to the Rendoodle
Platform.
14.3.
We reserve the right to correct any
obvious errors and to change or update the information on the Rendoodle Platform accordingly at any time.
14.4.
The Rendoodle
Platform may contain links to or enable the use of third
party websites or content, functionality, and services not owned by us
or not licensed to us by other parties (collectively, “Third Party Content”). We
do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for Third Party Content. You
are solely responsible for your use of any Third Party
Content and you may be subject to any applicable third party terms and
conditions. When accessing third party sites, you are leaving the Rendoodle Platform, including the coverage of our Privacy
Policy, and are subject to the privacy policy of the third-party site (if any).
14.5.
You acknowledge and agree that
information you transmit to us may involve transmissions over various networks
beyond our control, and therefore the security of the transmission may be
compromised before it reaches us. We cannot and do not guarantee or warrant the
confidentiality or security of the information you provide to us through the Rendoodle Platform, email, or other electronic means of
communications.
15. Intellectual
Property
15.1.
The Rendoodle
Platform and its original content, features, functionality
and design elements are and will remain our exclusive property. Our
intellectual property, such as, but not limited to, trademarks, company, trade
and product names, images, design, logos, audio/video files, layout and
information on products may not be used, reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold,
resold, visited, modified, downloaded, broadcasted, transmitted, made available
to the public, made derivative works thereof or otherwise exploited in any way without
our prior written consent. Rendoodle’s
intellectual property shall constitute Confidential Information (as defined
below). If you elect to provide or make available to us suggestions, comments,
ideas, or other feedback related to the Rendoodle
Platform, Rendoodle will be free to use, disclose,
transfer, modify, and otherwise exploit any of the foregoing information in any
manner.
16. Confidential
Information
16.1
“Confidential Information” means all information of either you or Rendoodle (“Disclosing Party”) disclosed to the other
(“Receiving Party”), whether orally, electronically, in writing, or by
inspection of tangible objects (including, without limitation, documents or
prototypes) that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be
understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the
circumstances of disclosure. Confidential information includes, without
limitation, the Rendoodle Platform, and either of
your or Rendoodle’s business and marketing plans,
technology and technical information, product designs, reports and business
processes. Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without
breach of any obligation owed to Disclosing Party; (ii) was known to Receiving
Party prior to its disclosure by Disclosing Party without breach of any
obligation owed to Disclosing Party; (iii) was independently developed by Receiving
Party without breach of any obligation owed to Disclosing Party; or (iv) is
received from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to Disclosing
Party.
16.2 Receiving Party
shall not disclose or use any Confidential Information of Disclosing Party for
any purpose other than or any extent greater than required for the performance
or enforcement of these Terms without Disclosing Party’s prior written consent.
If Receiving Party is compelled by law to disclose Confidential Information of
Disclosing Party, it shall provide Disclosing Party with prior notice of such
compelled disclosure (to the extent legally permitted) and reasonable
assistance, at Disclosing Party's cost, if Disclosing Party wishes to contest
the disclosure. Receiving Party shall protect the confidentiality of Disclosing
Party's Confidential Information in the same manner that it protects the
confidentiality of its own confidential information of like kind (but in no
event using less than reasonable care). Receiving Party shall promptly notify
Disclosing Party if it becomes aware of any breach of confidentiality of
Disclosing Party's Confidential Information.
16.3 Upon expiration
or earlier termination of these Terms, Receiving Party shall continue to maintain
the confidentiality of Disclosing Party's Confidential Information and, upon
written request by Disclosing Party and to the extent practicable, return to
Disclosing Party or destroy all materials containing such Confidential
Information (with written certification of the same). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, either of you or Rendoodle may retain a
copy of any Confidential Information if required by applicable law or
regulation, in accordance with internal compliance policy, or pursuant to
automatic computer archiving and back-up procedures, subject at
all times to the continuing applicability of the provisions of this
Agreement.
17. Force Majeure
17.1.
We will not be liable or responsible to
you, nor be deemed to have defaulted or breached these Terms, for any failure
or delay in our performance under these Terms when and to the extent that such
failure or delay is caused by, or results from, acts or circumstances beyond
our reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God, flood,
fire, earthquake, explosion, governmental actions, war, invasion or hostilities
(whether war is declared or not), terrorist threats or acts, riot or other
civil unrest, national emergency, revolution, insurrection, epidemic or
pandemic (including COVID-19), lockouts, strikes or other labor disputes
(whether or not relating to our workforce), or restraints or delays affecting
carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable
materials, materials or telecommunication breakdown or power outage.
18. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
18.1.
All matters arising out of or relating
to these Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Province of Ontario, and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
19. Dispute Resolution and
Binding Arbitration
19.1.
SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE CONSUMER
PROTECTION LAWS, ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT
OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER PRE-EXISTING, PRESENT OR FUTURE, AND INCLUDING STATUTORY,
CONSUMER PROTECTION, COMMON LAW, INTENTIONAL TORT, INJUNCTIVE AND EQUITABLE
CLAIMS, AND INCLUDING DISPUTES REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF THIS SECTION 19 CONCERNING VENUE)
BETWEEN YOU AND US ARISING FROM OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE RENDOODLE
PLATFORM, SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY BY BINDING ARBITRATION.
19.2.
ARBITRATION WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ADR
CHAMBERS (CANADA) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR ARBITRATION RULES (THE “ADR RULES”)
THEN IN EFFECT, EXCEPT AS MODIFIED BY THIS SECTION 19. THE PLACE OF
ARBITRATION SHALL BE WITHIN THE CITY OF TORONTO.
19.3.
THE ARBITRATOR WILL HAVE EXCLUSIVE
AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE RELATING TO ARBITRABILITY AND/OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION, INCLUDING ANY UNCONSCIONABILITY
CHALLENGE OR ANY OTHER CHALLENGE THAT THE ARBITRATION PROVISION OR THESE TERMS
IS VOID, VOIDABLE OR OTHERWISE INVALID. THE ARBITRATOR WILL BE EMPOWERED TO
GRANT WHATEVER RELIEF WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN COURT UNDER LAW OR IN EQUITY. ANY
AWARD OF THE ARBITRATOR(S) WILL BE FINAL AND BINDING ON EACH OF THE PARTIES AND
MAY BE ENTERED AS A JUDGMENT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
20. Indemnification
20.1.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless
us and our affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, successors, assigns, third party
providers, licensors, and suppliers, and each of their respective officers,
shareholders, agents, directors, employees, and representatives (individually and collectively, the
“Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability, loss, claim,
damages, expense, or costs (including but not limited to lawyers’ fees),
incurred by or made against the Indemnified Parties arising out of or in
connection with (i) your access and use (or anyone’s
access and use of your accounts) of the Rendoodle
Platform or Third Party Content, (ii) any breach or violation of these Terms by
you or anyone using your account; (iii) any breach, violation, or failure in
performance of the terms of the Contracted Project (iv) your non-compliance
with applicable laws; (v) any data sent, received, posted or otherwise
transmitted via the Rendoodle Platform by you; or (vi)
any act or omission of yours that constitutes a breach of your covenants,
representations, warranties, or obligations hereunder.
21. No Waivers
21.1.
A failure by us to enforce any right or
provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of
that right or provision. The waiver of any right or provision will be effective
only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Rendoodle.
22. Changes to these Terms
22.1.
We may, at any time and for any reason,
amend these Terms with or without notice by publishing the amended Terms on the
Rendoodle Platform. You are responsible for regularly
reviewing the Terms, including, without limitation, by checking the “last updated”
date indicated on this document. Your continued use of the Rendoodle
Platform after any such changes shall constitute your consent to be bound by
such changes. Your only right with respect to any dissatisfaction with (i) these Terms, (ii) any policy or practice of ours in
operating the Rendoodle Platform, or (iii) any
content or services available through the Rendoodle
Platform, is to stop using the Rendoodle Platform.
23. Severability
23.1.
If any provision in the Terms is
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, then that
provision will be deemed severed from these Terms and will not affect the
validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms.
24. Assignment
24.1.
You hereby agree that we may at any time
assign, transfer or sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and
obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, without notice to you. You
may not assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with these Terms
without our prior written consent. These Terms will enure
to the benefit of and bind you and us and our respective personal and legal
representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
25. Relationship of the
Parties
25.1.
The relationship between you and Rendoodle is solely that of independent contractors, and
these Terms shall not establish any partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise or agency between you and Rendoodle.
These Terms will not create an exclusive relationship between you and us.
26. Entire Agreement
26.1.
These Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the
entire and exclusive agreement between you and us with respect to the subject
matter of these Terms.
We hope that you will
have a great experience using the Rendoodle Platform.
These Terms were last
updated on 2021-02-25
[MD1]NTD: please provide a hyper link to this privacy policy.
NTD: [MD2]added this section “Access and Active Presence” from the Retailer Terms for now (with some modification) in case want to impose any similar sort of obligations
[MD3]NTD: is it all contractors? Just contractors with applicable expertise? Just contractors in the applicable geographical area?
[MD4]NTD: consider whether you want to hold your contractors to “high industry standards” as opposed to “acceptable industry standards”.
[MD5]NTD: consider whether you want to hold your contractors to “high industry standards” as opposed to “acceptable industry standards”.