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                                                                       MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

1   AGREEMENT                                                                                     of the suspected error within sixty (60) days of the date of the disputed invoice.
                                                                                                  Service Provider shall have no obligation to make any billing adjustment or refund
1.1 Parties. This Master Services Agreement is by and between Hivelocity LLC and                  for any errors for which Customer has not provided Service Provider timely notice.
    its affiliated entities (each the “Service Provider”) and the customer identified             Disputed charges to the extent found to be in error shall not incur late fees.
    under the Service Order (“Customer”), each a “Party”, together the “Parties”.
                                                                                             2.8 NON-PAYMENT, NO SET-OFF OR ABATEMENT. Service Provider reserves the
1.2 This Agreement governs all orders executed by Customer and the applicable                    right to suspend Customer’s account and any active Service in the event Customer
    Service Provider (each such order a “Service Order”) providing for Customer’s                fails to pay any undisputed Charges in accordance with this Agreement. Service
    access to and use of any service provided by Service Provider (“Service”) whether            Provider shall levy a $200 reconnect fee in respect of any suspended account or
    such Service Order is completed through an online transaction or a duly executed             Service. Customer acknowledges its obligation to resolve any bona fide dispute
    electronic document.                                                                         expeditiously and to pay any undisputed portion of the Fees pending resolution of
                                                                                                 such dispute. The right of Service Provider to any payment provided for under this
1.3 The Agreement consists of (i) the Service Order; (ii) this Master Service Agreement          Agreement shall not be subject to any abatement, reduction, set off, defense,
    ("MSA"); (iii) the applicable service addendum(s) in respect of the ordered Service          counterclaim or recoupment of any amount due or alleged to be due by reason of
    including any applicable Service Level Agreement contained therein (“Service                 any past, present or future claims of the Customer. Service Credits shall be subject
    Addendum”); (iv) Service Provider’s Privacy Policy; (v) Service Providers                    to the further terms below. Service Provider will not issue refunds for any unused
    Acceptable Use Policy and any other applicable policies as referenced therein;               Services.
    each of which may be found at https://www.hivelocity.net/legal/ (collectively the
    “Agreement”). Each of (i) to (v) are hereby incorporated herein by reference. If 2.9 MERCHANT FEES, LATE CHARGES AND COLLECTION COSTS. Payment
    any terms of this Agreement are in direct conflict with other Agreement terms, the            processing fees may apply for non-standard forms of payment, details are provided
    terms of the Service Order shall prevail to the extent required to resolve the conflict,      in the Service Addendum. Service Provider reserves the right to suspend Services
    followed by the Service Addendum, and then the Master Service Agreement.                      and require an alternative future payment method in the event it receives any credit
                                                                                                  card merchant chargeback for Customer Charges. Charges not in dispute which
1.4 Service Provider may, at its option, permit Customer to add additional Services               are not paid by Customer within thirty (30) days of Service Provider’s invoice shall
    pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified by Service                accrue a late fee which shall accrue daily at the rate of one and one-half percent
    Provider or this Agreement, the price of such additional Services shall be at the             (1.5%) per month, or the maximum non-usurious rate under applicable law, until
    Service Providers then current standard rates.                                                paid. Such late fees shall be added as a Charge to Customer’s next invoice.
                                                                                                  Customer shall pay Service Provider’s reasonable costs of collection, including
1.5 Service Provider reserves the right to replace, modify, or amend the terms of this            reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by Service Provider in collecting any Charges
    Agreement at any time. Any such modifications shall be applicable upon the earlier            payable to it by Customer.
    of (i) the expiry of the then current Term; (ii) the execution of a new Service Order;
    or (iii) your other acceptance of such modifications to the Agreement.                   2.10 OVERAGES. To the extent applicable to the Services and in the event that the
                                                                                                  Customer’s usage of or access to the Services in any billing period exceed the
1.6 PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. This is a binding agreement                             usage allotment set forth in the applicable Service Order (“Overage”), including the
    and includes automatic renewal terms and a class action waiver.                               usage allotment of electrical power, network bandwidth, the number of
                                                                                                  subscriptions and/or the unit allotment of any third-party products/services (each
2 INVOICING AND PAYMENT.                                                                          an “Overage Product”), the Charges invoiced by Service Provider to the Customer
                                                                                                  for the monthly period in which the Overage occurred shall be adjusted on a non-
2.1 CHARGES. The charges for the Services are summarized in the Service Order,                    prorated basis accordingly to reflect the Overage in accordance with Service
    and are subject to the further terms of this Agreement including any additional fees          Providers then current unit price of such Overage Product.
    and charges setout therein (the “Charges”). All or a portion of the Charges may
    be invoiced to the Customer under the name of the Service Provider affiliate that 2.11 ADDITIONAL CHARGES. If Service Provider, during an investigation or trouble
    performs a particular Service. Consolidated invoices shall be provided at Service             shooting of any issue related to the Services, determines in its reasonable opinion
    Provider’s discretion where possible. Customer shall pay Charges in U.S. dollars              that the issue is caused by the Customer or related to a solution and/or service not
    for all Services.                                                                             included under the Services or attributable otherwise than to Service provider, then
                                                                                                  Service Provider reserves the right to pause work on the issue until the Customer
2.2 SERVICE PROVIDERS LIST PRICES. Service Provider reserves the right to                         has agreed to pay any Charges in respect of the appropriate additional costs
    increase its list prices for Services at any time. Service Providers List Prices shall        relating to any associated engineering time or other costs incurred. Customer shall
    be applicable to Services at the expiry of Customers then current Term and shall              be invoiced and liable to pay the Charges outlined in the Acceptable Use Policy
    be reflected in Customer’s invoices. Discounts and Special Offers applicable                  referred to in Section 4, for any non-compliance; this includes any corrective or
    during an Initial Term shall automatically end following the expiry of the applicable         investigative work undertaken by Service Provider in respect of Spam complaints,
    Initial Term.                                                                                 IP Blacklists or DDOS attacks derived from Customer’s services at a rate of $250
                                                                                                  per hour (minimum one (1) hour charge applies). Overage Charges and additional
2.3 CHARGE INCREASES. Customer’s Charges for contracted Services are subject                      Charges considered in this section may be invoiced in arrears separately to
    to an annual inflationary price escalator of the greater of five percent (5%) or the          Customers regular monthly invoices.
    U.S. CPI rate (as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) effective from
    January 1 of each year. Service Provider may also increase Customers charges 3 TERM AND TERMINATION OF SERVICES PURSUANT TO A SERVICE
    to cover any cost increases resulting from third-party products and services (e.g.            ORDER.
    software license key fees) or regulatory changes applicable to the Services (e.g.
    the application of a levy or additional tax). Service Provider will notify Customer of 3.1 TERM. The term of Services provided pursuant to each Service Order shall be for
    any such increased costs as soon as practically possible and such increases will              the period specified in the applicable Service Order for such Services or in the
    be borne and paid for by the Customer and will be invoiced as Charges in the first            absence of any such period being specified a period of one year (the “Initial
    invoice immediately following the price increase.                                             Term”). Unless otherwise agreed, the Initial Term of each Service Order shall be
                                                                                                  deemed to commence from the Service Commencement Date as notified to
2.4 PAYMENT TERMS. Monthly recurring Charges will accrue and be invoiced to                       Customer by Service Provider and indicated on your first invoice. Upon expiry of
    Customer in advance at the beginning of the month for which the Charges relate.               the Initial Term, the Service Order shall automatically renew (i) for a subsequent
    Set-up fee Charges will accrue upon execution of the Service Order. Other non-                one (1) month term for all Services initiated on a flexible monthly or 30-day Initial
    recurring charges including overages, late fees and cancellation fees, shall be               Term, or (ii) a further twelve (12) month term for all other Services (the Initial Term
    invoiced upon accrual. All payments for Charges are due upon delivery of invoice              and each subsequent term, collectively the “Term”) unless timely notice of
    to Customer.                                                                                  termination is provided by either party in accordance with the applicable
                                                                                                  termination notice requirements set out in the Service Addendum.
2.5 SECURITY DEPOSIT. Customer may be required to pay to Service Provider a
    security deposit. If Customer defaults under this agreement Service Provider may, 3.2 TERMINATION. Either Customer or Service Provider may terminate the Services
    without notice to Customer and without prejudice to Service Provider’s other                  pursuant to a Service Order for cause if: (1) the other party breaches a material
    remedies, apply part or all of the security deposit toward the cure of Customer’s             term or condition of this Agreement or the Service Order and fails to cure the
    default. Service Provider may co-mingle the security deposit with its own funds.              breach within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of the breach; (2) the
    Customer shall not be entitled to receive interest on the security deposit.                   other party fails to cure a payment default within five (5) days after written notice
                                                                                                  by Service Provider of the default; (3) the other party becomes the subject of a
2.6 TAXES. Customer shall pay applicable taxes imposed by any taxing authority with               voluntary petition in bankruptcy or any voluntary proceeding relating to insolvency,
    respect to the Services, excluding any tax on Service Provider’s net income.                  receivership, liquidation, or composition for the benefit of creditors; (4) the other
                                                                                                  party becomes the subject of an involuntary petition in bankruptcy or any
2.7 BILLING DISPUTES. If Customer believes an invoice contains a Charge that is not               involuntary proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation, or
    consistent with the terms of this Agreement, Customer shall notify Service Provider           composition for the benefit of creditors if such petition or proceeding is not
    dismissed within sixty (60) days of filing; (5) in the case of Service Provider in its        testing purposes, and not for actual production. Except as expressly stated
    discretion, if the Customer engages in any business conduct that is unethical,                otherwise in writing, such Services are provided “as is,” and are provided without
    illegal or could subject Service Provider to liability or reputational damage, or,            any warranty, indemnifications, or other responsibility or liability on the part of
    Customer exhibits abusive behavior towards its representatives.                               Service Provider. Such Services, in many cases, have not been fully developed or
                                                                                                  tested, and may have flaws and vulnerabilities. Service Provider accepts no liability
3.3 EARLY TERMINATION. Except in the event of termination by Customer pursuant                    for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with Customer’s use of such
    to section 3.2 or at the end of the Term by providing notice in accordance with               Services and Customer’s use of such Services in a production environment is not
    section 3.1, Customer shall pay Service Provider, as liquidated damages and not               recommended and would be at Customer’s sole risk. Service Provider may
    as a penalty, an early termination fee equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the             discontinue or modify such Services at any time in its sole discretion.
    Charges for the remaining portion of the Term.
                                                                                           7 LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.
3.4 HOLD OVER. Upon termination of the services by either party for any reason,
    Service Provider shall cease providing the Service pursuant to the affected Service 7.1 The provision of the Services by Service Provider is subject to the limitations on
    Order. Customer’s obligations, including without limitation, to pay sums due and         liability outlined in this Section and sets out the Parties’ entire liability arising out of
    protect proprietary information, shall survive. Where applicable, in the event           or in connection with the Agreement. Customer acknowledges and agree that the
    Customer notifies Service Provider that the services are still required by Customer      Charges for the Services under the Agreement are based upon this allocation of
    following expiry of the term, Service Provider shall, at its discretion, continue to     risk.
    provide the Services on a flexible monthly Term chargeable at a ‘hold over’ rate of
    one hundred and twenty five percent (125%) of the Charges and Customer shall 7.2 CUSTOMER’S EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY FAILURE OF SERVICE
    be liable to pay such hold-over rates as Charges.                                        PROVIDER’S OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
                                                                                             THE REMEDIES SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.2 ABOVE AND ANY SERVICE
4 ACCEPTABLE USE OF SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.                                 CREDIT DUE PURSUANT TO ANY APPLICABLE SERVICE LEVEL
    Services shall be subject to Service Provider’s Acceptable Use Policy at all times       AGREEMENT SET FORTH IN THE APPLICABLE SERVICE ADDENDUM FOR
    which can be found at https://www.hivelocity.net/legal/ . Customer shall not use         SUCH SERVICE. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, WHERE
    any Service in a manner prohibited by law or that Service Provider reasonably            APPLICABLE, A SERVICE CREDIT IS CUSTOMERS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
    determines may adversely affect a Service, Service Provider’s systems, Service           REMEDY IN RESPECT OF ANY BREACH OF A COLOHOUSE SERVICE
    Provider suppliers or other Customers, the integrity and operation of Service            LEVEL AGREEMENT. NO CLAIM MAY BE ASSERTED BY CUSTOMER
    Provider’s business, or Service Provider’s ability to provide Services to other          AGAINST SERVICE PROVIDER MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS FOLLOWING
    Service Provider customers. Service Provider may terminate or suspend any                THE DATE OF THE EVENT THAT UNDERLIES SUCH CLAIM.
    Service without notification if Service Provider determines to its reasonable
    satisfaction that Customer has used the Service to engage in any prohibited 7.3 IN NO EVENT SHALL SERVICE PROVIDER BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE
    activity or a situation exists which may result in a similar threat (e.g. a denial-of-   TO CUSTOMER FOR ANY TYPE OF INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, DIRECT,
    service attack). Any such Service Provider action shall not be deemed to be a            INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
    Service Interruption. Service Provider may cooperate with law enforcement                TO, LOST REVENUE, LOST PROFITS, REPLACEMENT GOODS, LOSS OF
    agencies in any investigation related to the use of a Service Provider Service and       TECHNOLOGY, RIGHTS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF DATA, OR INTERRUPTION
    investigate any complaint or reported violation of law or Service Provider’s policies    OR LOSS OF USE OF SERVICE OR EQUIPMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
    and take any action it deems is reasonably appropriate as a result of such               POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER ARISING UNDER THEORY OF
    investigations.                                                                          CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR
                                                                                             OTHERWISE.
5 EMERGENCY AND SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. In the event of any change
    in Service Provider standard scheduled maintenance window, Service Provider will 7.4 IN NO EVENT SHALL SERVICE PROVIDER LIABILITY TO ANY CUSTOMER
    provide reasonable notice by email to Customer of scheduled maintenance                  OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF
    affecting the Services and will use reasonable efforts to notify Customer of             CHARGES CUSTOMER ACTUALLY PAID TO SERVICE PROVIDER FOR
    emergency maintenance affecting the Services, provided that Service Provider             SERVICES IN THE MONTH IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING
    may perform emergency maintenance at any time, without advance notice to                 RISE TO THE ALLEGED LIABILITY.
    Customer. During scheduled and emergency maintenance periods, Service
    Provider’s Services may be unavailable to Customer. Service unavailability during 8 CUSTOMER OBLIGATIONS.
    maintenance periods shall not be considered a Service Interruption for purposes
    of service level provisions outlined in the Service Addendum. Customer is 8.1 END USER LICENSE TERMS. Customer agrees: it will not copy any license keys
    responsible for maintaining up to date contact information in accordance with            or otherwise decrypt or circumvent any license keys with respect to software
    Section 15 below.                                                                        provided by Service Provider or used in connection with the Services nor reverse
                                                                                             engineer, decompile, or disassemble any such software or code, except to the
6 SERVICE LIMITATIONS.                                                                       extent such activity is expressly permitted by the manufacturer or developer of the
                                                                                             software or code or applicable law; it will not use license keys provided by Service
6.1 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. SERVICE PROVIDER PROVIDES THE                                    Provider on a second system or through any other service provider; it will not
    SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED                            remove, modify or obscure any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights
    AND DOES NOT PROVIDE A WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT THE                                    notices that appear on or during the use of any such software or service; to observe
    SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. SERVICE                                     the terms of any license or applicable end user subscriber agreement for the
    PROVIDER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF                                software or other products made available to Customer; and, assist and enable
    MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR                            Service Provider access to systems in order to verify compliance with this section.
    PURPOSE, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET                            Service Provider will not have any liability to Customer or any other party resulting
    CUSTOMER’S           REQUIREMENTS         OR       EXPECTATIONS.        CUSTOMER         from Customer’s violation of any license agreements or end user subscriber
    ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT SERVICE PROVIDER PROVIDES NO                                agreements that govern such software or products and Customer will be solely
    WARRANTY,           EXPRESS      OF     IMPLIED      FOR      ANY     THIRD-PARTY        responsible for any additional software or products that Customer installs or uses
    MANUFACTURED OR DEVELOPED PRODUCT, TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE                                  in connection with the Services. Additional restrictions may apply to any Microsoft
    OR SERVICE AND WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER TO CUSTOMER                             software provided to Customer in connection with the Services. Customer agrees
    FOR ANY DEFECTS IN THE SAME, OR FOR THE UNAVAILABILITY OF                                to comply with all applicable Microsoft Corporation licensing terms. Customer’s
    UPDATES, PATCHES OR REPAIR IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH DEFECTS.                               own Microsoft licenses must be maintained under Microsoft’s Software Assurance
                                                                                             Program. In the event Customer’s Software Assurance expires, Customer must
6.2 END OF SUPPORT. Any use of an application, operating system, or other                    either (i) renew its compliance with the Software Assurance Program, (ii) purchase
    software that is considered to be end of support by the vendor or community that         a valid Microsoft license from Service Provider; or (iii) remove the expired license
    maintains software, or that is at least two major revisions behind the current           from the Services. Customer shall reimburse Service Provider any costs incurred
    release, is considered unsupported software and will not be supported, upgraded,         as a result of Customer’s non-compliance with this clause.
    patched, monitored, or migrated by Service Provider. The continued use, support,
    maintenance, and security of unsupported software will be the responsibility of 8.2 EXPORT, SANCTIONS. Customer’s use of the Services must be in compliance
    Customer. Compliance with the applicable vendors required license reporting and          with applicable laws. Without limiting the foregoing statement, Customer agrees to
    billing for the use of unsupported software will remain applicable based on the most     comply with all restrictions and regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
    current supported version and the then current pricing and customer agrees to            Commerce, Foreign Affairs, or any other domestic or foreign agency or authority
    indemnify Service Provider for any breach of this requirement. Any servers/virtual       in connection with Customer’s use of the Services, and to not, in violation of any
    machines running operating systems or software which vendor support has been             laws, transfer or authorize the transfer of any Services into any U.S., U.N., or any
    deemed end of life, will not be included in any SLA calculations or credits.             other applicable domestic or foreign governing agency or authority’s embargoed
                                                                                             countries. Customer represents and warrants that it is not located in, under the
6.3 BETA/EARLY ACCESS DISCLAIMER Service Provider may offer Customer                         control of, or a national or resident of any such country or using the Services for a
    access to newly developed Services (sometimes referred to as test, beta, pilot,          purpose that is otherwise prohibited in accordance with any such list.
    early access, experimental, pre-release, limited release, developer preview, etc.).
    In the event that Customer uses any such Services, such use shall only be for

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8.3 ANTI-CORRUPTION. The Customer will comply with all applicable anti-corruption               or other competent jurisdiction) and to debt collection services if needed. Further
    laws of the United States and other countries, including the United States Corrupt          details of Service Providers use of personal information and Customer’s
    Practices Act, the Canadian Criminal Code and Corruption of Foreign Public                  associated rights are outlined in Service Provider’s Privacy Policy as made
    Officials Act and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010. Neither the Customer nor any of its            available on its website.
    representatives shall, directly or indirectly, offer or pay anything of value (including
    gifts, travel, entertainment expenses and charitable donations) to any official or 15 NOTICES. Notices and other communications between Service Provider and
    employee of any government, government agency, political party or public                    Customer related to this Agreement or a Service governed by it may be delivered
    international organization, or any candidate for political office, to (i) improperly        by email. Communications may be directed to Service Provider at
    influence any act or decision of such official, employee or candidate for the purpose       legal@hivelocity.net . Customer shall provide Service Provider with a valid email
    of promoting the business interests of the other party in any respect, or (ii)              address to be used by Service Provider for communications related to this
    otherwise improperly promote the business interests of the other party in any               Agreement and shall update that address as needed. Service Provider shall fulfill
    respect.                                                                                    its notice obligations by providing Customer with notice at the email address most
                                                                                                recently provided to Service Provider by Customer for use in providing service
8.4 IP ADDRESSES. Customer acknowledges it has no right, title or interest in or to             notices pursuant to this Agreement.
    any network address or identifier (IP address and host name) (“Identifier”)
    assigned to the Customer by Service Provider as part of the Services and that the 16 DISPUTES AND JURISDICTION. In the event of a dispute, Customer must first
    Identifier may be determined by a third-party authority. Service Provider may, on           send to Service Provider a notice of the dispute that shall include a written
    reasonable notice to the Customer, change or require the Customer to update the             statement that sets forth the facts giving rise to the Dispute (the “Dispute Notice”).
    Identifier.                                                                                 The Dispute Notice to Service Provider must be sent to the address listed for
                                                                                                Notices in Section 15 above. Customer agrees it shall not issue formal legal
8.5 INSURANCE. Service Provider will maintain insurance aligned with its potential              proceedings unless the parties fail to resolve the Dispute within sixty (60) days
    liabilities under this Agreement. Customer acknowledges and agrees that                     after the Dispute Notice is received, or Service Provider fails to acknowledge the
    insurance covering Customer losses, including losses related to interruption of             Dispute Notice within ten (10) business days after the Dispute Notice was received.
    business or cybercrime, is Customer’s responsibility.                                       This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Florida. The location
                                                                                                of any legal proceeding arising out of or related to the Services or this Agreement
9 USE OF NAME AND MARKS. Neither party will, without the prior written consent                  shall be the Superior Court of Hillsborough County, Florida, or the United States
    of the other party, use any trademark, service mark, brand name, copyright, paten           District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and each party hereby irrevocably
    or any other intellectual property of the other party or its respective affiliates.         and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.
    Service Provider’s and Customer’s name and trademarks are proprietary and                   The prevailing party in any legal proceeding arising out of or related to this
    nothing herein constitutes a license authorizing its use by the other party.                Agreement shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and court
                                                                                                costs incurred in the proceeding, including in any appellate proceedings.
10 INDEMNIFICATION. Customer shall indemnify and hold Service Provider
    harmless from and against any claims, damages, losses, liability, and expenses 17 WAIVER OF CLASS ACTIONS AND CLASS ARBITRATIONS. CUSTOMER
    (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising as a result of any content or software       AND HIVELOCITY AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING DISPUTES
    introduced, or allowed to be introduced, to Service Provider hardware or network            AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND
    that breaches any third party intellectual property rights or that is a violation of the    NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR
    Service Provider Acceptable Use Policy whether such content or software is                  REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
    introduced by Customer, its employees or contractors, anyone using the Services             FEDERAL OR STATE CLASS ACTIONS, OR CLASS ARBITRATIONS.
    by or through Customer, or anyone authorized or permitted by Customer to access             ACCORDINGLY, NO COMPETENT ADJUDICATOR SHALL COMBINE OR
    the Service Provider facilities.                                                            CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PARTY’S CLAIMS PURSUANT TO THIS
                                                                                                AGREEMENT WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF ALL AFFECTED
11 CONFIDENTIALITY. Customer acknowledges that the following Service Provider                   PARTIES.
    information is Service Provider proprietary information “Proprietary Information”
    whether or not reduced to writing and whether or not specifically identified as 18 FORCE MAJEURE. Service Provider shall not be in default under any provision of
    “proprietary” or “confidential:”                                                            this Agreement or be liable for any delay, failure of performance or interruption of
                                                                                                any Service resulting, directly or indirectly, from causes beyond Service Provider’s
    (a) All information obtained by Customer as a result of access to the Service               reasonable control, including but not limited to any of the following: earthquake,
            Provider colocation facilities, including without limitation information which      lightning or other acts of God; fire or explosion; electrical faults; vandalism; cable
            could facilitate a security breach or disruption of or endanger Service             cut; water; fire; fire suppression activities, flood; weather conditions; action of any
            Provider facilities, operations or systems;                                         governmental or military authority; national emergency; insurrection; riot; war; acts
                                                                                                of terrorism or civil disturbance; strikes; lockouts; work stoppages or other labor
    (b) All Service Provider pricing and other provisions of this Agreement except to           difficulties; supplier failure; shortage; or telecommunication or other Internet
            the extent information is posted by Service Provider on areas of its website        provider failure.
            which are publicly accessible without restriction; and
                                                                                             19 SEVERABILITY. If any part of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or
    (c) any audit, compliance, certification or security reports provided to Customer.          unlawful, then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the
                                                                                                validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions of the Agreement.
    Customer shall not disclose any Proprietary Information or use it for its own benefit
    except as required to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Customer shall 20 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, including all referenced documents,
    limit disclosure of Proprietary Information only to its employees and consultants           constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties. It
    having the need to know and shall take all reasonable steps to prevent any                  supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations or agreements, whether oral
    inadvertent or wrongful disclosure or use by such employees and consultants.                or written, relating to its subject matter.

12 PCI COMPLIANCE. Service Provider acknowledges that it is responsible for the
   security of cardholder data to the extent that Service Provider has control of that
   data, and is responsible for the physical security of the systems that house
   cardholder data stored there by the customer. The customer acknowledges that
   they are responsible for determining the PCI DSS requirements applicable to them
   and their unique workloads.

13 TRANSFER; ASSIGNMENT. Customer may resell the Services to third parties,
   provided always that Customer’s reselling of the Services will not create a
   relationship between Service Provider and any other person, nor will any other
   person be entitled to exercise any rights or remedies under the Agreement.
   Customer will remain liable to the Service Provider as primary account holder at
   all times. Customer may not assign or transfer its rights and obligations under this
   Agreement without the prior written consent of Service Provider, which consent
   Service Provider may condition on Customer’s agreement to remaining bound by
   the Agreement to pay Service Provider for Services utilized by Customer’s
   assignee or transferee. Service Provider may assign or transfer its rights and
   obligations under this Agreement without Customer’s consent.

14 PRIVACY NOTICE. Service Provider will hold certain Customer personal
   information as reasonably required to provide the contracted Services and to
   collect fees owed. Service Provider will never disclose such information to any third
   party except as reasonably required by law (as evidenced by an order of a court

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