MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT

FOR DEMAND PARTNERS

Preamble

This Master Service Agreement for Demand Partners (“MSA“) is incorporated in and forms an integral part of the applicable Service Order entered between either Fyber GmbH or Fyber Monetization Ltd., each d/b/a “Digital Turbine” that provides the applicable Service (“DT”, “we”) and the entity that uses such service, all as set forth in the applicable Service Order (“Demand Partner”, “you”) that was entered between the parties (each a “Party” and together the “Parties”).

The following documents are included in this MSA as appendixes and form an integral part hereof, which together with the Service Order, form the agreement between Demand Partner and DT with respect to the Service provided by DT to Demand Partner under and in accordance with the terms of the applicable Service Order (the “Agreement”):

  • The Data Protection Addendum (“DPA”) attached hereto as Appendix B.
  • The Local Addenda to this MSA attached hereto as Appendix C.
  • Any guidelines, including content policies and/or guidelines referenced hereto.
This MSA contains provisions that apply to ALL of DT’s services. However, the provisions in this MSA that apply to you are only those that relate to the Service(s) utilized by you under and in accordance with the terms of your Service Order with DT.

By using and/or accessing the service that is described in your Service Order with DT (“Service”), you hereby agree and accept the Agreement in full. We recommend that you print out or save a local copy of the Agreement for your records. Capitalized terms used but not defined elsewhere in the Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to them in Appendix A attached hereto.

If you do not accept this Agreement in its entirety, you may not access or use any Service. if you are an individual who consents to this Agreement on behalf of a business, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that business to this Agreement and your consent to this Agreement will be treated as the consent of the business. In that event, “business”, “you” or “your” will refer and apply to that business. You also consent to the use of: (a) electronic means to consent to and complete this agreement and to provide you with any notices given pursuant to this Agreement; and (b) electronic records to store information related to this Agreement and your use of any Service.

From time to time we may change this MSA. DT will make reasonable commercial efforts to notify you of any updates to this MSA by making such updates available on the DT website and/or the respective DT dashboard. notwithstanding the foregoing, your continued use of any Service will be deemed acceptance to any amended or updated MSA.

1.          General

1.1.      Scope. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement (including Demand Partner’s payment obligations under Section 5 below), DT will provide to Demand Partner the Service(s) described in the applicable Service Order.

1.2.      Conflict resolution clause. In the event of a conflict between a provision of this MSA and a provision of the applicable Service Order, the provision of the Service Order shall prevail.

2.          Registration & Set Up

2.1.      Account Registration. Where applicable under the respective Service Order, in order to access the Service, Demand Partner shall be required to register for an Account. In registering an Account with DT, whether directly or via a third party’s dashboard provided on behalf of DT, Demand Partner shall: (i) provide accurate, truthful, current and complete information; (ii) maintain and promptly update its Account information; (iii) maintain the security of its Account by not sharing Account access data, including any log-ins and passwords, and restricting access to its Accounts and devices; (iv) promptly notify DT if it discovers or otherwise suspects any security breaches related to the Account, including if its Account information or access data has been compromised; and (v) take sole responsibility for all activities that occur under its Account and accept all risks of unauthorized access. In the event of a breach, DT reserves the right to close Demand Partner’s existing Account and require Demand Partner to create a new Account and agree to all then-current DT terms and policies in place.

2.2.      Business Credit Score Check. At any time, prior to or after the commencement of the Service, DT may run a business credit score check on Demand Partner to ensure its financial stability. Further to the result of such check, DT will have the right to require Demand Partner to prepay DT for its usage of the Service or to suspend Demand Partner’s Account until such prepayment is made.

2.3.      Login Data. Demand Partner agrees to keep access information, such as user names and other login data, passwords, and other information required in order to access the Service(s) and the Account, strictly confidential, and will not disclose such information to any Third Party without DT’s prior written (email suffices) approval or as otherwise agreed in the Agreement. Demand Partner must inform DT immediately upon becoming aware that any unauthorized Third Party has gained access to any such information or to Demand Partner’s technology, systems, equipment, and/or property. DT reserves the right at its sole discretion to either change the access information or to block any Account at DT’s own discretion and without prior notification. In such cases, DT will inform the Demand Partner without undue delay and will provide any such new access information upon request within a reasonable time.

3.          Licenses and proprietary rights

3.1.      License to use the Service. During the Term DT will provide Demand Partner with a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free (except as may be set forth otherwise in the respective Service Order), non-transferable, non-sub-licensable, revocable license to (a) buy Ad Inventory of the App via the Service, (ii) serve and deliver, or enable DT to serve and deliver on Demand Partner’s behalf (as applicable to the specific Service), Ads on the App via the Service; and (b) access and use the DT dashboard, or third party’s dashboard provided by or on behalf of DT (as applicable for the specific Service), for the purpose of viewing Demand Partner’s activity/performance on/via the Service.

3.2.      Demand Partner License to DT. During the Term Demand Partner hereby grants to DT and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, revocable, worldwide and royalty-free right and license to: (a) enable the serving of, performing, displaying, and distributing Demand Partner’s Ads (including any Content and Intellectual Property Rights therein) via the Service on DT’s publishers-customers’ Apps; and (b) use the Demand Partner Data for providing the Service, including without limitations to (i) make technical modifications (including resizing) as necessary to conform the Ads to DT’s technical specifications and requirements, (ii) address troubleshooting and improve the Service, and (iii) provide, reporting, analytics, and/or billing in connection with Demand Partner’s use of the Service.

3.3.      DT will have no right to use, access, reproduce, display or distribute the Demand Partner Data, API, Tag or any other technology that is being used to integrate and connect Demand Partner with or to the Service and any related documentation for any other purpose. Demand Partner will not seek to impose any terms and conditions with respect to any such access or use by DT, other than as set forth in the Agreement. Any such terms and conditions imposed by Demand Partner will have no force or effect.

3.4.      License limitation. Nothing contained in this Section 3 or otherwise in the Agreement shall transfer any right, title, or interest in or to any Service to Demand Partner. Except as expressly stated in Section 3.1 above, as between DT and Demand Partner: DT and its Affiliates retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Service and Demand Partner retains all rights and interest in and to the Demand Partner Data. Except as expressly permitted under this Agreement, either Party will not access, use, reproduce, reverse-engineer, modify, lend, distribute or otherwise make available or exploit the Services or Demand Partner Data, as applicable.

3.5.      No Implied License. Except as expressly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement will be construed to confer any ownership interest, license, sale or other rights upon Demand Partner or DT (as applicable) by implication, estoppel or otherwise as to any Intellectual Property Rights of the other Party or any Third Party.

3.6.      Open Source Software.

3.6.1.     The Service may include open-source software (“OSS”). To the extent so provided by the license that governs each OSS (“OSS License“), the applicable OSS is subject to its respective OSS License, not this Agreement. If, and solely to the extent, an OSS License requires that this Agreement effectively impose, or incorporate by reference, certain disclaimers, provisions, prohibitions or restrictions, then such disclaimers, provisions, prohibitions or restrictions shall be deemed to be imposed, or incorporated by reference into this Agreement, as required, and shall supersede any conflicting provision of this Agreement, solely with respect to the corresponding OSS which is governed by such OSS License. DT OSS attribution list is available at https://www.digitalturbine.com/open-source-fyber/

3.6.2.     Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, DT does not make any representation or warranty with respect to any OSS or free software that may be included in or accompany the Service. DT hereby disclaims any and all liability to Demand Partner or any third party related to any such software that may be included in or accompany the Service.

3.7.      DT’s point of contact under the Digital Services Act (DSA) is available at https://www.digitalturbine.com/dsa/.

4.          Representations and Warranties

4.1.      Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants that: (a) it has all requisite power and authority to execute and enter into the Agreement and perform its obligations therein and hereunder and that the Agreement is a valid and binding agreement by such Party; and (b) the execution of the Agreement, and its performance under it, will not constitute a breach or default of, or otherwise violate any agreement to which it is a party or violate any right of any third parties arising therefrom.

4.2.      Demand Partner Representation and Warranties Demand Partner represents and warrants that: (a) the Ads provided by it via the Service do not and will not infringe upon or violate any Intellectual Property Right, right of publicity, privacy right or are otherwise illegal; (b) the Ads provided by it via the Service will be fully compliant with the Digital Services Act (DSA) when served in the EU, and (c) its use of the Service and all Bid Responses provided by it will be in full compliant with this Agreement; (d the Ads provided by Demand Partner will not contain Prohibited Content, violate applicable law, and/or otherwise fail to adhere to the Content Guidelines (available at https://www.digitalturbine.com/fyber-demand-content-guidelines/) as updated by DT from time to time; and (d) Demand Partner’s performance under the Agreement will not violate any applicable law or regulation, including where applicable, but not limited to, the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and its rules, as amended from time to time (“COPPA”), the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and its rules, as amended from time to time, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and its rules, as amended from time to time, Geral de Proteção de Dados (“LGPD”) and its rules, as amended from time to time, and any other data protection law that may enter into effect in the future, or cause DT to be in violation of any applicable law or any applicable terms of any mobile application store.

4.3.      DT representation and warranty. DT represents and warrants that: (a) the Service shall, in all material aspects, operate as set out in its respective Service description set forth in the applicable Service Order; and (b) the Service shall be and is in compliance with any applicable laws and does not infringe any third-party Intellectual Property Rights.

5.          Payment Terms

5.1.      Payment. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Service Order, DT will issue invoices to Demand Partner on a calendar-month basis, based upon the Ad Impressions count reported by DT or as otherwise agreed between the Parties in the Service Order. . The Invoice shall be produced at the end of the calendar month at GMT (UTC) time zone.

5.1.1.     If Demand Partner Seat is in China, then with respect to the DT Direct Service only, the fee payable by Demand Partner to DT for such service shall be referred to as advertisement fee.

5.1.2.     If Demand Partner Seat is in China, then with respect to the DT Marketplace Service only, the fee payable by Demand Partner to DT for such service shall be referred to as a service fee.

5.2.      Payment Terms. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Service Order, Demand Partner will pay to DT the amounts specified in the invoice provided by DT within thirty (30) days as of the end of the calendar month.

5.3.      Dispute resolution. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Service Order, if Demand Partner does not dispute DT’s invoice, by written notice, within thirty (30) days from receipt of the invoice, such invoice shall be deemed accepted by Demand Partner. The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to resolve any invoicing dispute prior to commencing any action in connection with such dispute hereunder. In addition, in the event such invoice dispute is based on Demand Partner challenging DT’s Tracking as a result of Fraud, Demand Partner will provide DT with sufficient evidence of such Fraud together with its notice of dispute.

5.4.      Late payment. Any undisputed late payment shall bear interest at a monthly interest rate of 1.5% until payment date.

5.5.      Currency. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Service Order, all payments hereunder shall be made in US Dollars via wire transfer to DT’s bank account, as specified in the Service Order.

5.6.      DT’s Tracking. DT’s tracking and reporting regarding Ad Impressions and other payable events (if applicable) under the Service Order shall constitute the basis to calculate the Ad Impressions or other payable events (as applicable) for the invoice issued by DT, if not otherwise agreed between the Parties in the Service Order. Demand Partner shall duly examine the invoice and the amounts due when provided by DT and shall notify DT, in writing (email suffices) and without undue delay (but in no event later than thirty (30) days upon receipt of the applicable invoice from DT) of any inaccuracy of the amounts due to DT that could be reasonably identified in such examination. If Demand Partner fails to notify DT of any such identifiable inaccuracy within such time – period, the invoice and the amounts due to DT shall be deemed correct regarding such identifiable inaccuracy. Demand Partner further agrees and acknowledges that the determinations of DT with respect its reporting and invoices are final where the difference between the evidence provided by Demand Partner and the Account data is less than ten percent (10%), which is considered a deviation in tracking customary in trade and therefore reasonably acceptable by both Parties. If the deviation is 10% or more, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to find an amiable solution prior to commencing any action hereunder. Alternatively, if the parties agree to use tracking information obtained by Demand Partner (or a third party acting on its behalf) (“Demand Partner Tracking”) in the Service Order, then Demand Partner shall make advertising tracking information available to DT no later than five (5) days after the end of the billing period (“Demand Partner Report”). DT reserves the right to challenge the accuracy of a Demand Partner Report within thirty (30) calendar days of its receipt or of the time in which DT becomes aware of the inaccuracy, whichever occurs later.

5.7.      Taxes and Expenses. Unless expressly provided hereunder, each Party will bear its costs and expenses incurred by such Party in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. In addition, each Party shall bear its own taxes under applicable law. If the DT Service is subject to value-added tax (“VAT“) in the meaning of the European VAT Directive or to any other similar non-European tax under the applicable tax jurisdiction, VAT in the amount applicable under statutory law at the time of payment shall be added and paid on the agreed fees by the Demand Partner, provided that DT is the tax debtor of such VAT amounts.

5.8.      Audit. DT and its accountants, representatives and agents shall have the right to inspect, examine, audit and verify Demand Partner’s records related to the use of the Service to determine the accuracy of the Demand Partner payment obligations under the Agreement and any amounts due to DT hereunder. Demand Partner shall actively cooperate in all such reviews, audits or inspections. DT shall pay the cost of any audit it performs; provided, however, that if an audit reveals that Demand Partner has underpaid DT by more than ten percent (10%), Demand Partner shall pay for the reasonable cost of the audit.

5.9.      While DT is under no obligation to do so, without limiting any other terms of this Agreement, DT reserves the right to remove any Ad’s content, and suspend Demand Partner access to the Service, without notice, in the event that any Ad that DT has reasonable basis to suspect is in violation of this Agreement.

6.          Modification of Service

The Service, by its nature, may be updated and developed continuously over time. DT may modify the Service without prior notice but only with effect for the future (i.e., not retroactively) and provided that the modification is reasonable for the Demand Partner considering its interests. A modification is reasonable for the Demand Partner if it is necessary to adapt the Services to changed circumstances regarding technological developments, market requirements, and any changes of applicable law, and in case of any new features, functions, or services added to the Services. Accordingly, Demand Partner’s right to use the Services under this Agreement is limited to the then-current version of the Services. If a modification of a Service is not reasonably acceptable for Demand Partner, Demand Partner has the right to terminate the Agreement with respect to such Service effective immediately upon notice. Demand Partner shall have no other claims against DT due to changes in and to the Services.

7.          Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability

7.1.      Service Disclaimer. DT provides the Service, the DT dashboard, Ad Inventory and/or App’s content “as is” and “as available” without representations and warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, title and non-infringement, fitness for a particular purpose, reasonable care and skill or any warranties arising out of a course of dealing or course of performance. Without limiting the foregoing, DT does not warrant that Demand Partner’s use of the Service and/or any DT dashboard will be uninterrupted, error-free, or virus-free, nor does DT make any warranty as to any results that may be obtained by use of the Service and/or any DT dashboard. Further, Demand Partner acknowledges that Ad Inventory is provided by Supply Partners and that DT does not endorse nor make any representation or warranty regarding the accuracy, truth, quality, availability, suitability or reliability of any promise, claim or statement contained in any Ad Inventory and/or Bid Request (as applicable) or App that is available via the Service. DT is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies contained in any Ad Inventory and/or Bid Request (as applicable) or in any App that is offering such Ad Inventory for sale. Demand Partner acknowledges that it has received no assurances from DT that it will receive or earn any particular value or amount of money by using the Service or that it will recoup any expenditure made in fulfillment of its obligations under this Agreement. DT is under no obligation to monitor Supply Partners compliance, and Demand Partner shall have no claim against DT for any Supply Partner’s breach of, any terms and conditions or anti-fraud rules applicable to a Supply Partner. DT makes no warranty and/or assurances in respect of Users’ response to the Ads. DT does not provides any warranty or guarantee that Ads will be displayed in a quantity, manner or reach performance satisfactory to Demand Partner.

 

7.1.  Limitation of Liability. Except for breach of confidentiality, willful misconduct and/or gross negligence, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, neither Party will be liable for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages arising out of or related to this agreement, however caused, and under whatever cause of action or theory of liability, even if a Party has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Except in connection with Demand Partner’s obligation to pay DT in accordance with the terms of the applicable Service Order, for all claims related to this Agreement neither Party’s total aggregate liability shall exceed the amount of ten thousand us dollars (US$10,000). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this agreement shall limit the liability for breaches of each party’s obligations under sections 8, 9 and Appendix B.

8.          Indemnification

8.1.      By Demand Partner. Demand Partner (for purposes of this Section 8.1, the “Indemnifying Party”), shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless DT, and its directors, officers and employees, and its Affiliates and suppliers and their directors, officers and employees (collectively, the “DT Indemnified Parties”) against any liability, damage, loss or expense, fines, penalties and interests (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by the DT Indemnified Parties as a result of any third-party claim, suit or other proceeding (collectively, “Claims“) brought or made against any of the DT Indemnified Parties alleging (a) that any Ad provided by or through Demand Partner to the Service infringes any Intellectual Property Right of any third party or is otherwise illegal; and/or (b) a breach by Demand Partner of any of its representations or warranties under Section 4 of this MSA.

8.2.      By DT. DT (for the purpose of this Section 8.2 the “Indemnifying Party”), shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Demand Partner, and its directors, officers and employees, and its Affiliates and their directors, officers and employees (collectively, the “Demand Partner Indemnified Parties” and together with the DT Indemnified Parties, each shall be referred to hereunder as an “Indemnified Party”) against any liability, damage, loss or expense, fines, penalties and interests (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs)  incurred by the Demand Partner Indemnified Parties as a result of any Claims alleging (a) that the Service as provided by DT to Demand Partner under the Agreement infringes any Intellectual Property Right of any third party or is otherwise illegal; and/or (b) a breach by DT of any of its representations or warranties under Section 4 of this MSA. In the event of any such threatened or actual Claim, in addition to its indemnification obligations herein, DT will have the right, in its discretion, to either (i) replace or modify the infringing or allegedly infringing components of the Service, or (ii) immediately terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Demand Partner.

8.3.      Indemnification Process: The Indemnified Party shall: (a) give the Indemnifying Party prompt written notice of the relevant Claim; (b) provide the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, with reasonable information, assistance and cooperation in the defense of such Claim; and (c) give the Indemnifying Party the right to control the defense and settlement of any such Claim, except that the Indemnifying Party will not enter into any settlement that affects the Indemnified Party’s rights or interest without the Indemnified Party’s prior written approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and provided further that the Indemnified Party shall not be required to allow the Indemnifying Party to assume the control of the defense of a Claim to the extent that the Indemnified Party determines (i) any relief other than monetary damages is sought against the Indemnified Party, (ii) there may be a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in the conduct of the defense, or (iii) settlement of, or an adverse judgment with respect to, such claim could reasonably be expected to establish a precedential custom or practice materially adverse to the continuing business interests of the Indemnified Party, and in such events the costs of defense will be considered “Claims” as defined above. The Indemnified Party will have the right to participate in the defense of such Claim with counsel of its choice at its own expense.

9.          Confidentiality

9.1.      Confidentiality. Except as provided herein, neither Party shall disclose Confidential Information of the other Party, including, but not limited, to the terms or conditions of the Agreement (which shall be deemed the Confidential Information of each Party), to any Third Party, except as permitted by the Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated in the Agreement, DT may communicate the general nature of the Agreement and identify or announce Demand Partner as a customer of DT to Third Parties by name and logo, including in communications to existing and potential customers.

9.2.      Handling Confidential Information. The receiving Party of any Confidential Information from the disclosing Party will use the same degree of care to protect the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information as it uses for its own Confidential Information of similar nature, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care, and will use such Confidential Information only for the purpose of exercising its rights or fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. The receiving Party will promptly return or destroy the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information upon request of the disclosing Party or upon termination of this Agreement (whichever occurs earlier), provided that the receiving Party shall have the right to retain a copy of the Confidential Information if and to the extent required (i) by applicable mandatory law for the required record retention period, or (ii) for the enforcement of any claims against the other Party that may arise under this Agreement until such claims become time-barred. In this event, the receiving Party shall return, destroy, or delete (as applicable) such copy upon the expiration of the applicable record retention or limitation period. Except as otherwise provided for in the Agreement, the receiving Party shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any person or entity other than to its employees, professional advisors and auditors and its Affiliates and their employees, professional advisors and auditors who have a strict business need to access such Confidential Information and who are bound by non-disclosure obligations as restrictive as the confidentiality obligations in the Agreement regarding the protection, use, and confidentiality of such Confidential Information.

9.3.      Confidentiality Exception. Notwithstanding the obligations set forth in Section 9.1, each Party may disclose the other Party’s Confidential Information to the extent that such disclosure is required pursuant to a duly authorized subpoena, court order, or government authority order, provided that the receiving Party shall (where reasonably practicable and without breaching statutory or regulatory requirements) provide prompt written notice to the disclosing Party prior to such disclosure, so that the disclosing Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy.

9.4.      Injunctive Relief. The Parties acknowledge that any breach of a Party’s obligations arising under this Section 9 may give rise to irreparable harm to the other Party and that such breach may be inadequately compensable in monetary compensation. Accordingly, either Party may seek and obtain injunctive relief or other equitable remedies against such breach or threatened breach, in addition to any other legal remedies that may be available. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the covenants contained herein are necessary for the protection of legitimate business interests of the owners of the Confidential Information and are reasonable in scope and content.

10.        Term & Termination

10.1.   Term. The Agreement will enter into effect either upon (i) DT accepting Demand Partner’s Account registration, where applicable (whereby such registration includes the acceptance of the Agreement by Demand Partner; or (ii) the signing of a Service Order between the Parties, which shall incorporate this MSA (the “Effective Date”). The Agreement shall continue in force thereafter, until terminated as provided herein (the “Term”).

10.2.   Termination for Convenience. Unless otherwise agreed in the applicable Service Order, either Party may terminate the Agreement at any time for any reason and without liability upon thirty (30) days prior written notice of termination (email shall suffice) to the other Party.

10.3.   Termination for Cause. DT may suspend Demand Partner’s access to and use of all or any part of the Service immediately, with or without notice, if DT believes in good faith that Demand Partner materially breached any part of this Agreement. DT may terminate this Agreement (a) for any curable breach, if Demand Partner fails to cure such breach within five (5) business days after receiving written (email sufficing) notice of such breach; and (b) for any incurable breach, immediately upon written (email sufficing) notice to Demand Partner. Demand Partner may terminate the Agreement for cause with immediate effect upon written notice to DT if DT is in breach of one of its material obligations under the Agreement, provided that DT has not cured such breach within five (5) business days after receipt of a written (email suffices) notice of the breach from Demand Partner.

10.4.   Effect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights and licenses granted to Demand Partner under the Agreement shall immediately terminate, and Demand Partner will promptly pay to DT any amounts due under the Agreement. Demand Partner shall discontinue all access to and use of the Service and shall have no rights in or to any Account data, which shall, as between Demand Partner and DT, be the exclusive property of DT and must be deleted by Demand Partner after settling any open amounts payable to DT. Termination of the Agreement will not release the Parties of any obligation accruing prior to such termination or amounts due to DT for Ads delivered up to the termination date in accordance with the terms of any applicable Service Order.

10.5.   Surviving Provisions. The rights and duties of the Parties under Sections 3.6, 5.2, 5.3, 7- 9, 10.4, 10.5, 11 and all Appendixes of this MSA will survive the termination of the Agreement.

11.        Miscellaneous

11.1.   Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability. The Agreement supersedes all previous agreements between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof. No provision of the Agreement will be deemed amended by either Party, unless such amendment or modification is made in writing and signed by both Parties. If any provision of the Agreement is found by a competent authority to be unenforceable or invalid under the applicable law, the enforceability and validity of the remaining provisions will not be affected. Such provision will be interpreted and enforced to best accomplish the objectives of the Parties within the limits of applicable law, including applicable court decisions.

11.2.   No Waiver. DT’s failure to act with respect to a breach by Demand Partner does not waive DT’s right to act with respect to that breach or subsequent or similar breaches. No consent or waiver by DT under the Agreement shall be deemed effective unless delivered in writing and signed by a duly appointed representative of DT.

11.3.   Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which taken together will constitute one signed agreement between the Parties. Signatures may be transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail in PDF or another similar format and will be deemed original.

11.4.   Assignment. Demand Partner will not assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any right or interest thereunder to any Third Party without the prior written consent of DT, except if such assignment occurs (a) pursuant to a merger, sale or transfer of all or substantially all its assets or capital stock; or (b) to any successor or assignee of all or substantially all its business. Subject to the foregoing terms and restriction on assignments, the Agreement will be fully binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Except as permitted by the foregoing, any attempted assignment, delegation or other transfer will be null, void and of no effect. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, DT may assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement without consent.

11.5.   Force Majeure. Neither Party will be liable to the other Party for failure or delay in performing its obligations due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God, terrorism, war, riots, fire, earthquake, flood or degradation or failure of third-party networks or communications infrastructure.

11.6.   Marketing. Demand Partner agrees that DT may identify Demand Partner, including by using Demand Partner’s name(s) and logo(s), as a customer of DT, including in DT’s website(s), newsletters, case studies, emails or promotional posts in social media; in the event that Demand Partner wishes to be excluded from a specific promotion/publication of DT, Demand Partner may notify DT in writing and DT will cease using Demand Partner’s name(s) and logo(s) in such publication, on a going-forward basis, provided that DT will not be required to cease such use in any printed material that has already been printed or ordered. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, Demand Partner will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of any such publication.

11.7.   Arbitration The Parties agree to arbitrate any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any Service, except that the arbitration provision does not prevent a Party from seeking equitable relief relating to unlawful use of Intellectual Property Rights from a court of competent jurisdiction. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION PREVENTS SUITS IN COURT OR A JURY TRIAL. DT and Demand Partner agree: (a) to notify each other, in writing, of any dispute within thirty (30) days of when it arises; (b) to attempt informal resolution prior to any demand for arbitration; (c) that any arbitration will occur in New York County, New York State, USA; and (d) that arbitration will be conducted confidentially by a single arbitrator in accordance with the Rules of JAMS. The state or federal courts in New York County, New York State, have exclusive jurisdiction over any appeals of an arbitration award. Other than with respect to class procedures and remedies as discussed below, the arbitrator has the authority to grant any remedy that would otherwise be available in court. Any dispute between the Parties will be governed by this Agreement and the laws of the State of New York and applicable United States law, without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles that may provide for the application of the law of another jurisdiction. WHETHER THE DISPUTE IS HEARD IN ARBITRATION OR IN COURT, THE PARTIES WILL NOT COMMENCE AGAINST THE OTHER OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

11.8.   Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Local Addenda. Unless otherwise stated in Sections 11.8.1 to 11.8.3 or otherwise agreed to by the Parties, this Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York, USA, excluding its conflict of laws principles, and the laws of the United States (including the Federal Arbitration Act). To the extent the arbitration provision in Section 11.7 does not apply, Demand Partner and DT agree that the courts located in New York County, New York State, USA shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the Parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and the Parties hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

11.8.1.  Germany. If Demand Partner has its Seat in the Federal Republic of Germany, the following shall apply:

(a)   The Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, without regards to their conflict of laws rules. To the extent the arbitration provision in Section 11.7 does not apply, Demand Partner and DT agree that the courts located in Berlin, Germany shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the Parties arising out of or relating to the Agreement, or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, and the Parties hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

(b)   The terms and conditions of the Local Addendum to the Master Service Agreement for Demand Partners – Germany in Appendix C shall be effective as an integral part of the Agreement and shall replace and supersede any conflicting provisions, except for conflicting terms individually agreed upon between the Parties in the applicable Service Order, which shall take precedence over the terms thereof.

11.8.2.  Europe. If Demand Partner has its Seat in the European Economic Area (other than the Federal Republic of Germany) or otherwise within Europe (including Armenia, Cyprus, Greenland, and the entire territory of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey), the following shall apply:

(a)   The Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales, without regards to its conflict of laws rules. To the extent the arbitration provision in Section 11.7 does not apply, Demand Partner and DT agree that the courts in England shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the Parties arising out of or relating to the Agreement, or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, and the Parties hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

(b)   The terms and conditions of the Local Addendum to the Master Service Agreement for Demand Partners – Europe in Appendix C shall be effective as an integral part of the Agreement and shall replace and supersede any conflicting provisions, except for conflicting terms individually agreed upon between the Parties in the applicable Service Order, which shall take precedence over the terms thereof.

11.8.3.  Asia. If Demand Partner has its Seat in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia or Singapore the following shall apply:

(a)   The Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, State of New York, USA, excluding its conflict of laws principles, and the laws of the United States (including the Federal Arbitration Act).

(b)   The terms and conditions of the Local Addendum to the Master Service Agreement for Demand Partners – Asia in Appendix C shall be effective as an integral part of the Agreement and shall replace and supersede any conflicting provisions, except for conflicting terms individually agreed upon between the Parties in the applicable Service Order, which shall take precedence over the terms thereof.

11.9.   Independent Contractors. The Parties hereto are and shall remain independent contractors, and nothing herein shall be deemed to create any agency, partnership or joint-venture relationship between the Parties. Neither Party shall be deemed to be an employee or legal representative of the other, nor shall either Party have any right or authority to create any obligation on behalf of the other Party.

11.10. Third-Party Beneficiaries. It is not the intention of this Agreement to create any Third-Party beneficiary rights in any Third-Party individual or entity that is not a party to this Agreement and no such rights will be deemed to have been created.

11.11. Notice. Unless otherwise agreed herein, notices must be in writing and will be deemed given when (a) delivered personally, (b) delivered by recognized overnight courier (established by written verification of personal, certified or registered delivery from a courier or the postal service), (c) sent by fax (established by a transmission report), or (d)  sent by email to the recipient at the most up-to-date email address provided by the other Party, provided that (i) the sending Party can confirm that the email was apparently sent successfully according to its ordinary technical records and that the Party did not receive an error notice and (ii) the email includes in the subject line “LEGAL NOTICE”. If sent by email from Demand Partner to DT, the following address must be copied: [email protected]. Notices to a Party shall be sent to the postal and electronic mail addresses set forth in this Agreement, or such different address as a Party may designate in writing to the other Party during the Term from time to time.

 

Appendix A

Definitions

Ad” means promotional content and creatives, including text, graphics, video or rich media provided by Demand Partner to DT or to the Service for placement on the Ad Inventory via the Service, and any landing page of such promotional content and creatives.

Account” means an online, password-protected account provided by DT, or third-party on behalf of DT, allowing Demand Partner to access and use the Service in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.

Ad Impression” means when an Ad is fetched from its source and is countable.

Ad Inventory” means the Ad space(s) made available via the Service for sale by a Supply Partner on its App for the placement of Ads.

Affiliates” means, with respect to a Party, all entities which, directly or indirectly, control, are being controlled by, or are under common control with such Party.

API” means application programming interface that specifies patterns of interaction between certain software components.

App” (previously referred as “Property”) means any mobile application owned, controlled and/or developed by a Supply Partner.

Bid” or “Bid Response” means all data transmitted by Demand Partner to DT via the Service in response to a Bid Request, including the price offer for a specific Ad Impression, the Ad creative, identity and category of Advertiser, identity and category of Demand Partner, and any websites, app, or other endpoint linked to or made available via the Ad excluding any Bid Request Data and/or any Personal Information of a User.

Bid Request” means an electronic request or notification of the availability of Ad Inventory, sent to Demand Partner or made available to it through the Service including information about the App and its Users.

Confidential Information” means any proprietary, confidential and/or trade secret information of disclosing Party and/or its Affiliates and/or others possessed by disclosing Party, whether furnished before or after the Effective Date of any Service Order entered by and between DT and Demand Partner, regardless of the way it is furnished. Such information includes, without limitation, the following: (a) any information, artwork, designs, ideas, concepts, know-how, data, products, services, processes, techniques, drawings, programs, code, inventions, computer program, formulae or test data, work in progress, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, financial, sales, suppliers, customers, investors and/or business information, whether in oral, written, graphic, or electronic form; (b) any document, diagram, drawing, computer program and/or code or other communication; and/or (c) the conditions of the Agreement. Any information disclosed by the disclosing Party whether it is conspicuously marked “confidential”, is known or if it should have been reasonably known by the receiving Party to be confidential in nature, shall be considered as Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (a) is, or subsequently becomes, publicly available without receiving Party’s breach of any obligation owed to disclosing Party; (b) became known to receiving Party prior to disclosing Party’s disclosure of such information to receiving Party; (c) became known to receiving Party from a source other than disclosing Party by means other than by a breach of an obligation of confidentiality owed to disclosing Party; or (d) is independently developed by receiving Party without the use of any of disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. If a portion or aspect of the Confidential Information becomes subject to any of the foregoing exceptions, all other portions or aspects of such information shall remain subject to all the provisions of this Agreement.

Demand Partner Data” means all data owned by Demand Partner that was provided and/or transmitted via the Service, including without limitations, data that is collected by Demand Partner independently of DT following the delivery of an Ad by Demand Partner, excluding personal identifiable information/personal data and the Bid Request.

Fraud” includes, among others and without limitations, (a) any action taken by any person that is intended to inflate, either directly or indirectly, the payment due to a Supply Partner for a certain Ad Inventory; and/or (b) the generation of User activities by a mechanism not approved or acceptable by DT, including but not limited to (i) applying automatic redirecting of Users, blind text, or misleading links, forced and/or artificial clicks, bots, or any other automatic process or method that generates a User activity without a conscious and willful action of a User; (ii) creating fake impressions, clicks, views, or installs generated by a person, a robot, an automated program, or any equivalent or similar mechanism having an equivalent or similar effect; (iii) operation of or linking to Ad Inventory on the App that display no content for the sole purpose of generating User activities; (iv) implementation of 1×1 pixels to deliver invisible advertisement; or (v) impersonating or misappropriating the identity of a Supply Partner and/or any other Third Party.

DT API” means DT’s application programming interface that specifies patterns of interaction between certain software components.

Intellectual Property Rights” means any patent, copyright, neighboring right to copyright, including database right, right to trademarks, right to trade and business secrets, right to trade dresses, right to domain names, right to mask works, right to moral rights of authors of copyright protected works, right to publicity, right to privacy, and any other personal right, right of attribution, or integrity, or any other intellectual or industrial property right anywhere in the world, whether under statutory law, common law, or otherwise.

Prohibited Content” means any content or other material that (a) violates any applicable law or regulation, including the criminal code, data protection, consumer law and children protection laws, or infringes any Third Party rights, including Intellectual Property Rights; (b) is obscene, sexually explicit or defamatory, or related to sex trafficking; (c) encourages violence or is threatening or harassing; (d) contains viruses, spyware, adware, pirated software, digital rights protection circumvention or hacking tools, spamming tools or any other harmful code or activity that could, in an impermissible manner, access or use, impair or injure any data, devices, computer systems, or software; (e) is false, misleading or deceptive; (f) includes references to gambling, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or firearms, including without limitation ammunitions, fireworks and explosives; (g) endorses or encourages violence, hatred, revenge, racism, sexism, victimization, or discrimination of any kind; (h) results in consumer fraud, product liability, or breach of contract to which Demand Partner is a party, or causes injury to any Third Party; or (i) promotes any products and services that fall within any of the foregoing categories (a) to (h), or promotes any company, organization, person or brand that engages in or is associated with any of the conduct described in the foregoing categories (a) to (h).

Seat” means the address provided for Demand Partner in the applicable Service Order. If no address is provided in the applicable Service Order then the Seat will be deemed to be in New York City, New York, USA, for the purposes of this agreement.

Supply Partners” means Third Parties that have entered into a contract with DT to sell their App’s Ad Inventory via the Service to certain demand partners of DT and to enable DT to serve Ads, on behalf of such demand partners on their App. Such Supply Partners may be publishers, ad networks or supply side platforms (SSPs).

Third Party” means any natural person or legal entity other than a Party or authorized agent of a Party.

“User” means a human end-user accessing an App.

 

Appendix B

Data Protection Addendum

This Data Protection Addendum (“Addendum”) supplements and forms part of any existing and currently in effect commercial agreement (the “Agreement“), either previously or concurrently executed by either Fyber Media GmbH or Fyber Monetization Ltd. (formerly, Inneractive Ltd., “Fyber”), d/b/a Digital Turbine (“DT”) and the company or business that has been using the Service provided by DT (“Advertiser” or “Demand Partner” and collectively: the “Parties”) with respect to the Processing of Personal Information of a European Economic Area User or a California Consumer in connection with the Service (as applicable).

This Addendum is in effect as of the Effective Date of the agreement entered between Demand Partner and DT (“Agreement”). This Addendum may be updated and/or supplemented from time to time with new provisions in case a new data protection regulation will or is about to enter into effect and might apply to the Parties Processing of Personal Information (as such terms are defined herein below) that may be shared via the Service. DT shall notify and make any such update available via its dashboard and/or website. In case of any conflict between a provision of this Addendum and the Agreement, the provisions of this Addendum shall prevail. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein will have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

  1. GDPR Addendum

DT’s provision of the Service to Demand Partner entails the transmission and processing of data retrieved, sent and received by and from DT’s Users, clients and other third parties (“Data“). Certain transmitted Data may constitute Personal Information, as this term is referred to under applicable Data Protection Legislation. Therefore, the parties agree to comply with the following provisions.

1.     Definitions.

1.1.   “Data Protection Legislation” means data protection and privacy laws, rules and regulations applicable to Demand Partner in relation to the processing of Personal Information under or in relation to the Agreement.

1.2.   “Data Protection Legislation” means data protection and privacy laws, rules and regulations, applicable to Demand Partner in relation to the Processing of Personal Information under or in relation to the Agreement including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1.3. “Individual” means a natural person to whom Personal Information relates, also referred to as “Data Subject” pursuant to the GDPR.

1.4.   “Process” or “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is or are performed upon Personal Information, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction.

1.5. “Service(s)” – Company’s proprietary technology for enabling and optimizing publishers and advertisers’ ability to sale and purchase advertising space inventory on certain mobile applications, including via programmatic auction (if applicable) – as describe in the Service Order between DT and Demand Partner.

2. Roles. For the purposes of this GDPR Addendum and the Agreement, the parties agree and acknowledge that Company provides the Services to its customers, including to Demand Partner and that Demand Partner uses the Services on behalf of Demand Partner’s customers, or on Demand Partner’s own behalf.

3. Compliance with Laws. Each party undertakes to comply with applicable Data Protection Legislation, including, but not limited, to exercising Individuals’ rights, conducting impact assessments, taking commercially reasonable efforts to prevent and manage appropriately data breaches, maintaining confidentiality, recording processing activities, limiting the processing to permitted purposes, maintaining the ability to demonstrate compliance with the applicable Data Protection Legislation, implementing appropriate data retention and destruction procedures and adhering to data transfer requirements.

4. Demand Partner’s Processing. NOTHING IN THE AGREEMENT SHALL LIMIT DEMAND PARTNER FROM PROCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION SHARED OR TRANSMITTED TO IT BY DT AS PART OF THE SERVICE SUBJECT TO DEMAND PARTNER’S INDEPENDENT GROUNDS TO LAWFULLY PROCESS SUCH INFORMATION. Otherwise, Demand Partner may Process Personal Information shared or transmitted to it by DT only as necessary to deliver Ads to Supply Partners’ mobile applications via the Service (the “Permitted Purpose”) and in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Demand Partner will: (i) ensure that its applicable third-party partners and/or advertisers-customers will not Process Personal Information shared or transmitted to Demand Partner by DT under this Addendum for any other purpose; and (ii) not make any attempts to re-identify any Personal Information that is included in the bid request or is otherwise shared or transmitted by DT when provided with a flag by DT that indicates that the User declined consent under the GDPR or any other Data Protection Legislation. Any use, disclosure, transfer or other processing of Personal Information without DT’s prior written permission or as necessary for the Permitted Purposes, including by way of permitting access to, use by, or any other Processing by Demand Partner, its affiliates, agents, vendors, customers, partners and other third parties, is strictly prohibited. Demand Partner will delete Personal Information shared or transmitted to it by DT, via the bid request or otherwise, and that was Processed by Demand Partner as an independent data controller, in accordance with Demand Partner data retention policy. In any other cases, Demand Partner will delete such data within thirty (30) days after receiving it from DT, or earlier, in case DT request Demand Partner to delete Personal Information in accordance with Article 19 of the GDPR or any other Data Protection Legislation. In the event that Demand Partner receives from DT any inquiries, correspondence, rights request and/or complaint (“Correspondence”) that DT received from its publishers-controller which DT is their data processor/service provider or from the competent authorities or regulator and are in connection with the Processing conducted by Demand Partner, Demand Partner shall promptly cooperate in good faith as necessary and reasonable to respond to such Correspondence and fulfil its respective obligations under the GDPR or any Data Protection Legislation.

5. DT’s Processing. DT will process Data in compliance with applicable Data Protection Legislation, to provide the Services, including but not limited to for fraud prevention, bot detection, quality rating, analytics, enhancements, optimization, viewability, geo location services, ad security, ad verification services, and service misuse prevention. Where applicable, DT may process Data in anonymized and aggregated forms. 

6. Limitation of Access. Each party will ensure that such party’s access to Data is limited to those personnel who require such access only as necessary to fulfill such party’s obligation under the Agreement.

7. Demand Partner Personnel. Demand Partner will ensure that Demand Partner’s access to the Data is limited only to those personnel who require such access to perform the Agreement. Demand Partner will impose appropriate contractual obligations upon its personnel engaged in the Processing of Data including relevant obligations regarding confidentiality, data protection and data security. Demand Partner will ensure that its personnel engaged in the Processing of the Data are informed of the confidential nature of the Data, have received appropriate training in their responsibilities, and have executed written confidentiality agreements.

8. Information Security. Each party will maintain appropriate administrative, physical, organizational and technical safeguards aimed at maintaining an appropriate level of security, confidentiality and integrity of the Data, in accordance with official guidelines as provided by the competent authorities and good industry practice. Each party undertakes to regularly monitor compliance with these safeguards and will not materially decrease the overall security controls during the term of this GDPR Addendum.

9. Breach Prevention and Remediation. Each party will maintain security incident management policies and procedures and will, to the extent required by applicable Data Protection Legislation, provide appropriate notices of any actual or reasonably suspected unauthorized access to, acquisition of, or disclosure of Personal Information, by such party or by any third party acting on such party’s behalf, of which the party becomes aware of. To the extent that the security incident occurred on the information systems of a party, or on the information systems of any third party acting on such party’s behalf, such party will make all reasonable efforts to identify and remediate the cause of the incident.

10. Assistance. Demand Partner will provide DT all necessary assistance, in connection with any inquiries received from competent authorities and DT’s clients, users or any entitled third party, and in connection with fulfilling of DT’s obligations under applicable Data Protection Legislation.

11. Audit. Except when Demand Partner’s Processing is being done as an independent Controller, Demand Partner will make available all information necessary to demonstrate Demand Partner’s compliance with this GDPR Addendum and will permit and contribute to any data audits reasonably required by DT upon DT’s prior written request and advanced notice.

12. Retention and Destruction. To the extent that DT grants Demand Partner a right to extract, download or otherwise make copies of the bid requests or any Data included therein or related thereof, then Demand Partner may retain such bid request or Data for not more than 30 days upon receiving the bid request or the Data. Upon Company’s written request, Demand Partner will return all the Data and the copies thereof to Company or will destroy all the Data and certify in writing to the Company that it has done so.

13. This GDPR Addendum is effective on the date Demand Partner agreed to be bound by it, either via the DT dashboard or by the execution of the Agreement to which it relates and will continue until the Agreement expires or is terminated.

14. Compliance. Each party is responsible to make sure that all relevant personnel of such party adhere to this GDPR Addendum.

15.  Miscellaneous.

Demand Partner acknowledges that DT may disclose this GDPR Addendum and any relevant privacy provisions in the Agreement to any supervisory authority, regulator or other competent authority, to the extent required under the applicable law. Such disclosure will not constitute a breach of DT’s confidentiality obligation under the Agreement.

 

  1. CCPA Addendum

 This CCPA addendum (“CCPA Addendum”) supplements and forms part of the Agreement, between DT and Demand Partner.

DT’s provision of the Service to Demand Partner entails the transmission and processing of data retrieved, sent and received by and from DT’s Publishers, and depending on the type of Service, by and from Demand Partners as well. Certain transmitted data may constitute Personal Information.

This CCPA Addendum reflects the Parties’ agreement with regard to the sharing and use of Publishers and Demand Partner’s Personal Information.

As of January 1st, 2020, each Party undertakes to comply with the applicable provisions under the CCPA, while taking in mind that as the CCPA is a new piece of legislation, the implementation of certain provisions thereof may require the Parties to use a substantial degree of discretion.

All capitalized terms not defined herein will have the meaning set forth in the Agreement. The terms of this CCPA Addendum will prevail in connection with the purpose and scope of this CCPA Addendum, over any conflicting terms under the Agreement.

1.     DEFINITIONS

11.12.      For the purposes of this CCPA Addendum –

1.1.     “CCPA” means the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

1.2.     “Demand Partner Consumers” – mean Consumers who engage directly with Demand Partner or with Demand Partner’s advertisers-customers, through Demand Partner’s or Demand Partner advertisers-customers’ mobile applications or other online properties.

1.3.     “Demand Partner’s Personal Information” – mean Personal Information related to Demand Partner’s Consumers.

1.4.     The terms “Collection (collects, collected)”, “Consumer”, “Deidentified”, “Device”, “Processing”, “Personal Information”, “Service Provider”, “Operational Purposes” and “Sell” or “Selling” will have the meaning as set forth under the CCPA.

1.5.     “Publishers” mean DT’s supply-side customers (e.g. mobile application developers, owners, distributors).

1.6.     “Publishers’ Consumers” – mean Consumers who use their Devices to interact with Publishers’ mobile applications or websites.

1.7.     “Publishers’ Personal Information” – mean Personal Information related to Publishers’ Consumers.

1.8.     “Service” – the advertising monetization services that DT provides, including enabling the buying by Demand Partners of Publishers’ ad inventory and optimization thereof, and facilitation and optimization of Demand Partners’ ad campaigns The Service also includes fraud prevention reporting, analytics, Operational Purposes associated therewith and any other operational purpose that is compatible with the context in which Personal Information was Collected in the course of DT’s provision of the Service.

  1. SUBJECT MATTER

2.1.     The Agreement, including this CCPA Addendum

2.2.     Demand Partner acknowledges that:

2.2.1.       Publishers share Publishers’ Personal Information with DT, DT collects and shares Publishers’ Personal Information with Demand Partners on behalf of Publishers, and Demand Partners’ use Publishers’ Personal Information, strictly and as necessary to facilitate DT’s provision of the Service to Publishers.

2.2.2.       Demand Partner shares Demand Partner’s Personal Information with DT, strictly and as necessary to facilitate DT’s provision of the Service to Demand Partner, or to the extent applicable, to strictly and as necessary to facilitate Demand Partner’s provisions of Demand Partner’s services to Demand Partner’s advertisers customers and on their behalf.

2.3.     The parties acknowledge that Demand Partner pays DT fees, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, in consideration for Demand Partner’s purchase of ad space inventory on Publishers’ mobile applications and websites. Neither Party receives from the other Party any monetary or other valuable consideration for using Personal Information and for sharing Personal Information with the other Party.

2.4.     Demand partner further acknowledges that DT is prohibited from: (i) Selling Publishers’ Personal Information; (ii) retaining, using, or disclosing Publishers’ Personal Information for any purpose other than for the specific purpose of performing the Service, including retaining, using, or disclosing Publishers’ Personal Information for a commercial purpose other than providing the Service to the Publishers; (iii) retaining, using, or disclosing Publishers’ Personal Information outside of the direct business relationship between DT and Publishers.

2.5.     Where Demand Partner acts as a Service Provider on behalf of its advertisers-customers, DT acknowledges that Demand Partner is prohibited from: (i) Selling Demand Partner Personal Information; (ii) retaining, using, or disclosing Demand Partner’s Personal Information for any purpose other than for the specific purpose of performing Demand Partner’s services to Demand Partner’s advertisers customers, including retaining, using, or disclosing Demand Partner’s Personal Information for a commercial purpose other than providing Demand Partner’s services to Demand Partner’s customers; (iii) retaining, using, or disclosing Demand Partner’s Personal Information outside of the direct business relationship between Demand Partner and Demand Partner’s customers.

2.6.     Each Party understands the above restrictions and will comply with them.

3.     OPT-OUT

3.1.     Demand Partner acknowledges that if, according to a Publisher’s instructions to DT, the Publisher sets with DT an opt-out flagging mechanism for Publisher’s Consumers to opt-out from sharing their Personal Information with DT and DT’s partners, then: (i) such Publisher will cease sharing with DT, and DT will cease Collecting and sharing such Publisher’s Personal Information related to the opted-out Publisher Consumers; and (ii) DT will cease using such Publisher Personal Information, except as permitted under the CCPA.

3.2.     If Demand Partner wishes to provide Demand Partner Consumers with an option to opt-out of sharing their Personal Information with DT and DT’s partners by including a “Do not sell my personal information” option on Demand Partner’s application, the Parties will set an opt-out flagging mechanism which will transmit the Demand Partner Consumers’ opt-out requests to DT, and accordingly, Demand Partner will cease sharing with DT related to the opted-out Demand Partners’ Consumers. Upon Demand Partner’s transmission of an opt-out signal to DT, DT will cease any use of Demand Partner’s Personal Information, except as permitted under the CCPA.

3.3.     For the purpose of establishing the opt-out flagging mechanism, Demand Partner will follow the technical instructions as provided by DT.

3.4.    For the purpose of the Agreement, it is Demand Partner’s sole responsibility and liability, to decide if the out-out option in relation to Demand Partner’s Personal Information is required, pursuant to the CCPA and to instruct DT accordingly.

4.      TERM.

This CCPA Addendum is effective on the date Demand Partner agreed to be bound by it, either via the DT dashboard or by the execution of the Agreement to which it relates and will continue until the Agreement expires or is terminated.

5.     GENERAL

5.1.    Nothing under the Agreement precludes the Parties from Deidentifying Personal Information and using and sharing thereof in a Deidentified form.

5.2.    Notices and inquiries related to this CCPA Addendum should be sent to DT’s legal team at: [email protected].

  • Demand Partner acknowledges that DT may disclose this CCPA Addendum and any relevant privacy provisions in the Agreement to any US government authority to the extent required under the applicable law. Such disclosure will not constitute a breach of DT’s confidentiality obligation under the Agreement.

 

 

Appendix C

 Local Addendums to the MSA

Local Addendum – Germany

This Local Addendum to the Master Service Agreement for Demand Partners (“Addendum”) shall only become effective as an integral part of the Agreement between DT and Demand Partner (i) to the extent the Parties explicitly agree upon its applicability in the applicable Service Order or (ii) if Demand Partner has its Seat in the Federal Republic of Germany, as stated in Section 11.8.1 of the MSA. In either case the provisions of this Addendum shall replace and supersede any conflicting provisions in the remaining Agreement, except for conflicting terms individually agreed upon between the Parties in the applicable Service Order, which shall take precedence over the terms of this Addendum.

Capitalized terms used in this Addendum will have the meaning ascribed to them in the MSA unless otherwise defined herein.

1.           Interpretation of “Warranty”

For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that the words “to represent/representation”, “to warrant/warranty” shall be understood as referring to an ordinary German law contractual representation (Zusicherung) and not to a German law guarantee with strict liability (Garantie).

2.           Tax and VAT

Any legally owed German VAT for services supplied by Demand Partner in Germany shall be added to the due amounts in the respective statutory amount.

3.           Late Payment

Section 5.4 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“5.4         Late Payment. Without prejudice to any other rights DT may have in case of late payment under applicable law, any undisputed late payment shall bear interest at an annual rate of 9 percentage points above the then-current ECB rate, such interest beginning thirty (30) days after the receipt of the respective invoice by Demand Partner and ending on payment date.”

4.           Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability

4.1      Section 7.1 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“7.1    Quality; Availability of Service(s).

7.1.1   DT provides the Service(s) in accordance with the recognized state of the art and the care of a prudent service provider.

7.1.2   If DT cannot supply the Service(s) to Demand Partner for reasons beyond the control of DT (“Non-availability of Service”), DT will inform Demand Partner without undue delay, at the same time indicating – if possible – when DT will be able to continue the supply of the Service(s). If the Non-availability of Service has continued for two (2) weeks, DT may terminate the Agreement upon written notice to Demand Partner with immediate effect. It is also deemed a case of Non availability of Service within the meaning of the above sentence in case the timely provision of the Service(s) is prevented through force majeure, i.e., events which cannot be reasonably foreseen and averted by taking reasonable precautions by DT, such as war, acts of terrorism, internal unrest, forces of nature, sabotage, and attacks by third parties, strikes in areas for the functioning of which DT is not responsible and failure of communications networks or systems of a third party for which DT is not responsible (this also applies when such a case of force majeure occurs at one of DT’s subcontractors or suppliers). Statutory rights of termination of each Party in the case of such Non-availability of Service remain unaffected.

4.2     Section 7.2 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“7.2    Limitation of Liability.

7.2.1   Subject to Section 7.2.2, DT shall be liable for damages and futile expenses caused to or incurred by Demand Partner (collectively the “Damages”) pursuant to applicable statutory law.

7.2.2   DT’s liability for Damages of Demand Partner (irrespective of the legal nature of the claim, whether under contract, tort, or otherwise)

(a)  caused by (i) a breach of material contractual obligations of DT under the Agreement with ordinary negligence (einfache Fahrlässigkeit), or (ii) a breach of non-material obligations by employees or vicarious agents of DT who are not legal representatives or executive officers (leitende Angestellte) of DT with gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), shall be limited to those Damages foreseeable at the time of conclusion of the Agreement that typically arise in transactions of this nature;

(b)  caused by a breach of non-material obligations under the Agreement with ordinary negligence shall be excluded; and

(c)  caused by a defect of the Service(s) that already existed at the conclusion of the Agreement shall be excluded, provided that such Damages were not caused with negligence or willful intent of DT or a person for whose behavior DT is vicariously liable.

7.2.3   A material contractual obligation of DT according to the meaning of the foregoing Section 7.2.2 is an obligation, the fulfilment of which is a prerequisite for enabling the proper fulfilment of the Agreement in the first place and on which the Demand Partner regularly relies and may rely.

7.2.4   Notwithstanding Section 7.2.2, nothing in the Agreement shall limit DT’s liability for Damages arising from death or personal injury, from breach of a contractual guarantee as to the quality of goods or services or, in case of any other liability pursuant to applicable mandatory law, where such liability cannot be excluded or limited by agreement between the Parties in advance (e.g., under sec. 1 of the German Product Liability Act).

7.2.5   The above limitations to liability also apply to the liability of employees, executive officers, legal representatives and vicarious agents of DT.”

5.           Modifications to the MSA

5.1      DT reserves the right to change or amend the MSA at any time effective prospectively. Any change or amendment will be notified to Demand Partner in a suitable manner (including but not limited to by email or by display of the notice in the Account) at least four (4) weeks prior to its effective date.

5.2      Demand Partner has the right to object to any change or amendment of the MSA within two (2) weeks after the date of the notification of the intended change or amendment. In case of a timely objection, each Party shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement for cause upon notice to the other Party, such termination to become effective upon the date that the intended change or amendment was to take effect. If Demand Partner does not object within two (2) weeks after the date of the notification, the change or amendment shall be deemed accepted by Demand Partner and become an integral part of the Agreement.

5.3      In its notification, DT will inform Demand Partner of Demand Partner’s right to object within two (2) weeks, each Party’s right to terminate the Agreement in case of objection, and the legal consequences of non-objection.

6.           Arbitration

Section 11.7 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“11.7  Arbitration. All disputes between the Parties arising out of or relating to the Agreement, including any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be finally settled in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) without recourse to the ordinary courts of law. The place of arbitration shall be Berlin, Germany. The arbitral proceedings shall be held in the English language.”

7.           Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

7.1      Governing Law. The Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, without regards to their conflict of laws rules.

7.2      Jurisdiction. To the extent the arbitration provision in Section 11.7 of the MSA (as modified by Section 6 of this Addendum) does not apply, Demand Partner and DT agree that the courts in Berlin, Germany shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the Parties arising out of or relating to this Addendum, the Agreement, or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them, and the Parties hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

 

Local Addendum – Europe

This Local Addendum to the Master Service Agreement for Demand Partners (“Addendum”) shall only become effective as an integral part of the Agreement between DT and Demand Partner (i) to the extent the Parties explicitly agree upon its applicability in the applicable Service Order or (ii) if Demand Partner has its Seat in European Economic Area (other than the Federal Republic of Germany) or otherwise within Europe (including Armenia, Cyprus, Greenland, and the entire territory of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey), as stated in Section 11.8.2 of the MSA. In either case the provisions of this Addendum shall replace and supersede any conflicting provisions in the remaining Agreement, except for conflicting terms individually agreed upon between the Parties in the applicable Service Order, which shall take precedence over the terms of this Addendum.

Capitalized terms used in this Addendum will have the meaning ascribed to them in the MSA unless otherwise defined herein.

1.           Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability

1.1      Section 7.1 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“7.1    Service Disclaimer. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Agreement and except for any implied warranties or conditions or terms that cannot be excluded as a matter of law, DT does not make any representations, covenants, conditions or warranties to the Demand Partner, whether express or implied, including warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, availability, or error or malware-free or uninterrupted operation.”

1.2     Section 7.2 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“7.2    Limitation of Liability.

7.2.1   Neither Party excludes or limits its liability to the other Party pursuant to the indemnities detailed in Section 8  or in respect of (i) death or personal injury arising as a result of a Party’s negligence or that of its employees, agents or sub-contractors (as applicable), (ii) fraudulent misrepresentation by DT, or (iii) any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited as a matter of law.

7.2.2   In respect of losses not covered by Section 7.2.1 and subject to Section 7.2.3, to the extent permitted by law, each Party’s aggregate liability to the other Party, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation (other than fraudulent misrepresentation), breach of statutory duty, contribution or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement in respect of all claims, losses, or damages suffered by the non-liable Party, shall not exceed an amount equal to €2,500.

7.2.3   To the extent permitted by law, DT shall not be liable to the Demand Partner for the following loss and damage (including costs and expenses relating to or arising out of such loss and damage) whether arising from contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, contribution or otherwise:

  1. indirect loss, incidental loss, collateral loss or consequential loss;
  2. exemplary, punitive or special damages;
  3. lost revenue, profits, contracts or business;
  4. lost anticipated savings;
  5. lost goodwill or reputation;
  6. loss of or damages to, and restitution of, records or data; and/or
  7. lost management time,

even if Demand Partner has been advised of the possibility of such damages or loss. DT shall be excused from the performance of, and shall not be held liable for, any failure or delay in performing any of its obligations under the Agreement to the extent that such non-performance or delay is caused by any acts and omissions of Demand Partner or any party acting for or on behalf of Demand Partner.”

2.           Rights of Third Parties

Section 11.8 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“11.8  No Third Party Rights. It is not the intention of this Agreement to create any third-party beneficiary rights in any third-party individual or entity that is not a party to this Agreement, and no such rights will be deemed to have been created.

11.8.1 A person who is not a party to the Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any part of the Agreement. This shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

11.8.2 The right of the Parties to terminate, rescind or agree any variation, waiver or settlement relating to the Agreement is not subject to the consent of any person that is not a party to the Agreement.”

3.           Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

3.1      Governing Law. This Addendum, the Agreement, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales, without regards to their conflict of laws rules.

3.2      Jurisdiction. To the extent the arbitration provision in Section 11.7 of the MSA does not apply, Demand Partner and DT agree that the courts in England shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the Parties arising out of or relating to this Addendum, the Agreement, or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them, and the Parties hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

 

Local Addendum – Asia

This Local Addendum to the Master Service Agreement for Demand Partners (“Addendum”) shall only become effective as an integral part of the Agreement between DT and Demand Partner (i) to the extent the Parties explicitly agree upon its applicability in the applicable Service Order or (ii) if Demand Partner has its Seat in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia or Singapore as stated in Section 11.8.3 of the MSA. In either case the provisions of this Addendum shall replace and supersede any conflicting provisions in the remaining Agreement, except for conflicting terms individually agreed upon between the Parties in the applicable Service Order, which shall take precedence over the terms of this Addendum.

Capitalized terms used in this Addendum will have the meaning ascribed to them the MSA unless otherwise defined herein.

1.          Arbitration

Section 11.7 of the MSA shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“11.7  Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Agreement, including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof or any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration rules in force when the a Notice of Arbitration is submitted. The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English. The arbitral award made by HKIAC shall be final and binding upon the Parties.

The arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators. The claimant shall select one arbitrator, and the respondent shall select one arbitrator. The third arbitrator, who shall be the presiding arbitrator, shall be jointly appointed by the claimant and the respondent. If either the claimant or the respondent fails to select an arbitrator or the Parties fail to agree on the choice of the third arbitrator, HKIAC shall make the appointment on their behalf.

Notwithstanding this Section 11.7, any Party may apply for a preservation order or seek other interim relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.”

2.          Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

2.1      Governing Law. This Addendum, the Agreement, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, New York law, without regards to its conflict of laws rules.

2.2      Jurisdiction. The second sentence of Section 11.8 of the MSA shall not apply.

Last updated: February 2024