5.1
Confidentiality. Subscriber shall
hold all Services Information in confidence and shall not
disclose the Services to any third party, except as required by
law (i.e., an order of a court or data request from an
administrative or governmental agency with competent
jurisdiction) to be disclosed; provided however, that Subscriber
shall provide TURSS ten (10) days prior written notice before
the disclosure of such information pursuant to this Paragraph
3.9. However, this restriction shall not prohibit Subscriber
from disclosing to the subject of the Consumer Report
Information, who is the subject of an adverse action, the
content of the Consumer Report Information as it relates to any
such adverse action.
5.2
Safeguards. Each party shall
implement, and shall take measures to maintain, reasonable and
appropriate administrative, technical, and physical security
safeguards ("Safeguards") to (a) insure the security and
confidentiality of personal information; (b) protect against
anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of
personal information; and (c) protect against unauthorized
access or use of personal information that could result in
substantial harm or inconvenience to any consumer. When a
consumer's first name or first initial and last name in
combination with a social security number, driver's license or
Identification Card Number, or account number, credit or debit
card number, in combination with any required security code,
access code, or password that would permit access to an
individual's financial account ("Personal Information"), is
delivered to Subscriber, Subscriber shall implement and maintain
reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the
nature of the information and to protect the Personal
Information from unauthorized access, destruction, use,
modification, or disclosure. Subscriber shall notify TURSS in
writing as soon as practicable but in no event later than
forty-eight hours after which Subscriber becomes aware of any
potential and/or actual misappropriation of, and/or any
unauthorized disclosures of, any information provided to
Subscriber by TURSS, including, but not limited to theft, loss
or interception of Consumer Report Information, unauthorized use
of TURSS subscriber codes and passwords, unauthorized entry to
the facilities where TURSS data may have been accessible, or
unauthorized release of or access to TURSS data by an employee
or Agent of Subscriber. Subscriber shall fully cooperate with
TURSS in any communications to consumers regarding the data
incident and mitigating, to the extent practicable, any damages
due to such misappropriation and/or unauthorized disclosure.
Such cooperation shall include, but not necessarily be limited
to, allowing TURSS to participate in the investigation of the
cause and extent of such misappropriation and/or unauthorized
disclosure. Such cooperation shall not relieve Subscriber of any
liability it may have as a result of such a misappropriation
and/or unauthorized disclosure. Moreover, without TURSS's prior
consent, Subscriber shall make no public notification, including
but not limited to press releases or consumer notifications, of
the potential or actual occurrence of such misappropriation
and/or unauthorized disclosure of any such information provided
to Subscriber.
5.3
Authorized Requests. Subscriber
shall use the Services: (a) for its certified permissible
purpose above to assist in making a residential or storage lease
decision; (b) solely for Subscriber's exclusive one-time use;
and (c) subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Subscriber shall not request, obtain or use Services for any
other purpose including, but not limited to, for the purpose of
selling, leasing, renting or otherwise providing information
obtained under this Agreement to any other party, whether alone,
in conjunction with Subscriber's own data, or otherwise in any
service which is derived from the Services. Services shall be
requested by, and disclosed by Subscriber to only Subscriber's
designated and authorized employees having a need to know and
only to the extent necessary to enable Subscriber to use the
Services in accordance with this Agreement. Subscriber shall
ensure that such Subscriber designated and authorized employees
shall not attempt to obtain any Services on themselves,
associates, or any other person except in the exercise of their
official duties.
5.4
Third Party Intermediaries. In
the event Subscriber will utilize a third party intermediary
(e.g., Internet service provider or other network provider) for
the purpose of receiving Services, Subscriber shall first enter
into an agreement with such third party under which such third
party acts solely as a network conduit for the delivery of the
Services to Subscriber and which prohibits such third party from
using, or otherwise accessing, the Services for any other
purpose. Subscriber shall be solely liable for any actions or
omissions of such third parties which result in a breach of this
Agreement.
5.5
Rights to Services. Subscriber
shall not attempt, directly or indirectly, to reverse engineer,
decompile, or disassemble Services or any confidential or
proprietary criteria developed or used by TURSS relating to the
Services provided under this Agreement. Except as explicitly set
forth in this Agreement, the entire right, title and interest in
and to the Services shall at all times vest exclusively in
TURSS. TURSS reserves all rights not explicitly granted to
Subscriber under this Agreement.
5.6
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, TURSS
hereby grants a limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable license
to the Public Record Information, and the Services derived from
the Public Record Information, from TURSS and that the material
content of the Public Record Information and the Consumer
Reports delivered by TURSS may not be altered, edited, or
otherwise changed without the prior written consent from TURSS.
5.7
Fees and Payments. The
Subscriber is responsible for the full payment of the
Services. Upon delivery of the Services, Subscriber will be
responsible for immediate payment, and outstanding amounts may
be subject to a late charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%)
per month (18% per year) or the maximum allowed by law,
whichever is less. If collection efforts are required,
Subscriber shall pay all costs of collection, including
reasonable attorney's fees.
5.7.1
In addition, in the event that TURSS's cost of rendering
Services increases as a result of federal, state or local
laws, ordinances or other regulatory, administrative or
governmental acts, then TURSS may implement a surcharge
subject to the following: (a) any surcharge will be applicable
generally to TURSS's customers; and (b) any surcharge will be
applied only to services pertaining to consumers in the
geographic area so affected. A legislative surcharge is
imposed on certain types of reports pertaining to consumers
residing in the United States, and an additional surcharge is
imposed on certain reports pertaining to only Colorado
residents.
5.8
Term, Termination and Survival.
The term of this Agreement shall commence upon the agreeing to
the terms of this Agreement and shall remain in effect until
terminated by any party hereto for any reason whatsoever.
5.8.1
With the exception of TURSS's obligation to provide Services
under this Agreement, all provisions of this Agreement shall
survive any such termination of this Agreement including,
but not limited to, all restrictions on Subscriber's use of
Services Information. Moreover, any such termination shall
not relieve Subscriber of any fees or other payments due to
TURSS through the date of any such termination nor affect
any rights, duties or obligations of either party that
accrue prior to the effective date of any such termination.
5.9
Limited Warranty. TURSS represents and warrants
that the Services will be provided in a professional and
workmanlike manner consistent with industry standards. TURSS
DOES NOT WARRANT THE SERVICES TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE
OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET SUBSCRIBER'S REQUIREMENTS. THE
WARRANTY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 4.12 IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES, WHETHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES THAT MIGHT BE IMPLIED FROM A
COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR DEALING OR TRADE USAGE OR WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
5.10
Limitation of Liability. TURSS'S SOLE LIABILITY,
AND SUBSCRIBER'S SOLE REMEDY, FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
BY TURSS OR FOR BREACH OF TURSS'S OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE THE
CORRECTION OF ANY DEFECTIVE SERVICE OR THE REFUND OF FEES PAID
FOR SAME.
5.10.1
IN NO EVENT SHALL TURSS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL,
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
LOSS OF GOOD WILL AND LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE, WHETHER OR
NOT SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE IS BASED IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY,
TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, INDEMNITY, OR OTHERWISE,
EVEN IF TURSS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.
5.10.2
ADDITIONALLY, TURSS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO SUBSCRIBER FOR
ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT BROUGHT MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS AFTER THE CAUSE OF
ACTION HAS ACCRUED.
5.11
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, use
of Public Record Information, and the Services derived from the
Public Record Information, from TURSS shall be subject to the
following: THE PUBLIC RECORD INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TURSS AND ITS DATA PROVIDERS MAKE
NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH
RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC RECORD INFORMATION AND DISCLAIM ANY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT THERETO. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TURSS AND ITS DATA PROVIDERS DO NOT
GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS,
CURRENTNESS, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD INFORMATION AND SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY ARISING OUT OF OR CAUSED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART BY USE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD INFORMATION.
Subscriber shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless TURSS and
its data providers, from and against any and all liabilities,
damages, losses, claims, costs, fees, and expenses (including
but not limited to reasonable attorney and expert witness fees
and expenses) arising out of or related to Subscriber's use of
the Public Record Information obtained from TURSS. Subscriber
acknowledges and agrees that TURSS's data providers are a third
party beneficiary of the provisions of this section, with right
of enforcement.
5.12
Assignment and Subcontracting.
Subscriber may not assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement,
in whole or in part without the prior written consent of TURSS.
TURSS may assign or transfer this Agreement to an affiliate or
in the event of a purchase of substantially all of TURSS's
assets or in the event of a corporate form reorganization (e.g.,
LLC to C-Corporation). Moreover, TURSS shall have the
unrestricted right to subcontract the Services to be provided to
Subscriber by TURSS under this Agreement; provided however, that
such subcontracting shall not relieve TURSS of its obligations
under this Agreement. The limited warranty and limitation of
liability provisions set forth in this Agreement shall also
apply for the benefit of TURSS's licensors, subcontractors and
agents.
5.13
No Waiver. No failure on the part
of either party to enforce any covenant, agreement, or condition
of this Agreement shall operate as a discharge of such covenant,
agreement, or condition, or render the same invalid, or impair
the right of either party to enforce the same in the event of
any subsequent breach by the other party.
5.14
Independent Contractors. This
Agreement is not intended to create or evidence any
employer-employee arrangement, agency, partnership, joint
venture, or similar relationship.
5.15
Severability. Whenever possible,
each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if
any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or
invalid under applicable law, such provision will be ineffective
only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.
5.16
Force Majeure. TURSS shall not be
liable for any delay in performance or failure to perform under
this Agreement if such delay or failure us caused by conditions
beyond TURSS' reasonable control.
5.17
Audit Rights. During the term of
this Agreement and for a period of five (5) years thereafter,
TURSS may audit Subscriber's policies, procedures and records
which pertain to this Agreement, to ensure compliance with this
Agreement, upon reasonable notice and during normal business
hours.
5.18
Governing Law. This Agreement
shall be construed and governed by the laws of the State of
Illinois, without reference to the choice of law principles
thereof.
5.19
Notices. Subscriber acknowledges
and agrees that any notice provided by TURSS to any electronic
mail address provided by Subscriber shall suffice for proper
notice under this Agreement. Additionally, all of Subscriber's
communications or notices required or permitted by this
Agreement shall be sufficiently given for all purposes hereunder
if given in writing and delivered to TURSS (i) personally, (ii)
by United States first class mail, (iii) by reputable overnight
delivery service, (iv) by electronic mail, or (v) by facsimile.
All notices delivered in accordance with this Section for TURSS
shall be sent to the appropriate address or number, as set forth
below: TURSS: TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions Attn.:
Counsel for TURSS 555 W. Adams St. Chicago, IL 60661
5.20
Trademarks. Both Subscriber and
TURSS shall submit to the other party for written approval,
prior to use, distribution, or disclosure, any material
including, but not limited to, all advertising, promotion, or
publicity in which any trade name, trademark, service mark,
and/or logo (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Marks") of the other party are used (the "Materials"). Both
parties shall have the right to require, at each party's
respective discretion and as communicated in writing, the
correction or deletion of any misleading, false, or
objectionable material from any Materials. Neither party shall
remove any of the other party's Marks from any information
materials nor reports provided to the other party and shall
comply with the other party's instructions with respect to the
use of any such Marks. Moreover, when using the other party's
Marks pursuant to this Agreement, a party shall take all
reasonable measures required to protect the other party's rights
in such Marks, including, but not limited to, the inclusion of a
prominent legend identifying such Marks as the property of the
other party. In using each other's Marks pursuant to this
Agreement, each party acknowledges and agrees that (i) the other
party's Marks are and shall remain the sole properties of the
other party, (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall confer in a
party any right of ownership in the other party's Marks, and
(iii) neither party shall contest the validity of the other
party's Marks. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, without the prior written approval of Subscriber,
TURSS shall have the right to disclose to third parties
Subscriber's marks in consumer credit reports containing
Subscriber's account information.
5.21
By signing this Agreement, Subscriber acknowledges receipt of a
copy of the Federal Trade Commission's "Notice to Users of
Consumer Reports: Obligations of Users Under the FCRA" and a
copy of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's "Using
Consumer Reports: What Employers Need to Know".
5.22
The individual executing this Agreement has direct knowledge of
all facts certified and the authority to both execute this
Agreement on behalf of Subscriber and bind Subscriber to the
terms of this Agreement.
5.23
TruValidate Services.
5.23.1
In connection with the Services, Subscriber desires to
obtain TransUnion's TruValidate Service pursuant to the
following additional terms and conditions:
5.23.1.1
Subscriber and its employees shall comply with all
applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes,
rules and regulations including, but not limited to,
Section (6802) (e) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
("GLB"), Title V, Subtitle A, Financial Privacy (15
U.S.C. § 6801-6809) and the United States Federal Trade
Commission rules promulgated thereunder, all other
applicable privacy laws, "do not call" laws, the Drivers
Privacy Protection Act (18 U.S.C. § 2721 et seq.)
("DPPA") and similar and/or associated state laws and
regulations governing the use and disclosure of drivers'
license information, and the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (47 U.S.C. § 227) ("TCPA"), Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et
seq.) ("FCPA"), the California Consumer Privacy Act,
(California Civil Code §1798.100 et seq.) ("CCPA"), and
similar and/or associated state laws and regulations.
Subscriber and its employees, agent(s), or contractor(s)
shall comply with relevant Federal and State laws
regulating the collection, use, and retention of
biometric information.
5.23.1.2
Subscriber shall comply with all terms and guidelines
contained in TransUnion user guides and other related
documentation (together, the "Documentation") provided
by TransUnion in connection with the Services.
5.23.1.3
TransUnion and its affiliates may use the data that
Subscriber provides only in connection with the Services
and as may be provided by Service Agreement. TransUnion
and its affiliates may not use such data for any other
purpose.
5.23.1.4
With respect to each Subscriber request for
TruValidate Services, Subscriber hereby certifies that
Subscriber is the user of the Services and that
Subscriber and its employees will request, obtain and
use such Services only for the following GLB Permitted
Use ("Permitted Use"):
5.23.1.4.1
To use in the normal course of business to verify
the accuracy of information submitted by the
consumer and if it is not correct, to obtain the
correct information, but only to protect against or
prevent actual fraud, unauthorized transactions,
claims or other liability.
5.23.1.5
Subscriber shall not request, obtain or use Services for
marketing purposes nor for any purpose except as
expressly provided for herein. Moreover, Subscriber
shall not take any adverse action, which is based in
whole or in part on the TruValidate Services, against
any consumer. For the purposes of this Service
Agreement, the terms "adverse action" and "consumer"
shall have the same respective meaning as those terms
are defined in the FCRA.
5.23.1.6
In no event shall Subscriber use any of the TruValidate
Services, in whole or in part, as a factor in
establishing an individual's creditworthiness or
eligibility for (i) credit or insurance, or (ii)
employment, nor for any other purpose under the Fair
Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq.) ("FCRA").
5.23.1.7
To the extent that any TruValidate Service contains, in
whole or in part, Consumer Reports as defined in the
FCRA, Subscriber certifies that it will request and use
these Services solely for one of the permissible
purposes certified in the Service Agreement. Subscriber
may request and use Account Verification only subject to
the written authorization of the subject consumer.
5.23.2
TransUnion hereby provides Subscriber a limited,
nonexclusive, non-transferable, non-sub licensable,
revocable license to use the TruValidate Services (together
with all content therein, and all applications, programs,
license keys, patches, updates, or upgrades provided by
TransUnion, and any improvements, modifications,
enhancements, fixes and revised versions of any of the
foregoing, and any derivative works of any of the foregoing,
and any combination of the foregoing, collectively defined
herein as the "Software", during the term of the applicable
Service Agreements, solely for the purposes described herein
and in the Documentation. As between the parties, TransUnion
retains all right, title, and interest in and to the
Software and Service and all copies and derivative works
thereof, which rights include, but are not limited to,
patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and all other
intellectual property rights. TransUnion reserves all rights
not expressly granted herein and, except as expressly
granted in the Service Agreements or this Addendum, no right
or license is granted to Subscriber hereunder, express or
implied or by way of estoppel, to any technology or
intellectual property rights.
5.23.3
Subscriber shall not, directly or indirectly, authorize any
person or entity to: (i) sell, rent, lease, distribute,
redistribute or transfer the TruValidate Services or any
software development kit, as applicable, or any rights in
any of the Software, or use the TruValidate Services in a
hosted or managed services environment; (ii) reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble, re-engineer or otherwise
create or attempt to create or permit, allow, or assist
others to create or derive the source code of the
TruValidate Services, or its structural framework; (iii)
modify or create derivative works of the Software; (iv) use
the TruValidate Services in whole or in part for any purpose
except as expressly provided under this Agreement or in the
Documentation; (vi) remove any proprietary notice, labels,
or marks on or in Software; or (vii) disable or circumvent
any access control or related device, process or procedure
established with respect to the Software. Subscriber may not
use the TruValidate Services for illegal or unlawful or
malicious activities.
5.23.4
Subscriber agrees that any performance agreements, uptime
commitments, performance metrics, and service level
commitments contained in the Agreement, any Service
Agreement, or statement of work, shall not apply to
TruValidate Services.