BidSwitch Standard Terms for Demand Partners
Last Updated Date: October 27, 2022
“Additional Services” means one or more additional services that may be made available to and selected by the Demand Partner from within the BIDSWITCH User Interface, further details of which can be accessed through the BIDSWITCH User Interface.
“Advertising” means digital material together with related code made available to the BIDSWITCH Platform by the Demand Partner including but not limited to all content, trademarks, branding features and ‘look and feel’.
“Advertising Materials” means creative materials, active URLs and their related tags.
“Applicable Data Protection Law(s)” shall mean the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR“), the GDPR as it forms part of UK law by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “UK GDPR“) and the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 California Civil Code § 1798.100 et seq. (“California Consumer Privacy Act” or “CCPA”), together with any other laws applicable to the processing of Personal Data.
“Bid” means a response (containing Bid Data) to a Bid Request provided by the Demand Partner via the BIDSWITCH Platform to a Supply Partner that includes an offer to buy Media.
“Bid Data” means the data and related information including the price that will be provided to a Supply Partner in response to a Bid Request that only includes Personal Data that is being used in accordance with all Applicable Data Protection Laws.
“Bid Distribution Fees” means the fees set out in the Bid Distribution Fees Table in the Term Sheet that are payable for the BIDSWITCH Services selected by the Demand Partner using the BIDSWITCH User Interface.
“Bid Request” means a request (containing Supply Partner Data) made by a Supply Partner for Bids on Media that it has available to sell and includes certain criteria that must be met, such as the price for the Media and other information that only includes Personal Data that is being used in accordance with all Applicable Data Protection Laws.
“BIDSWITCH Demand Partner Agreement” or “Agreement” means the Term Sheet and these Standard Terms that together form a fully executed agreement between BIDSWITCH and the Demand Partner.
“BIDSWITCH Platform” means BIDSWITCH’s proprietary online trading platform through which Supply Partners can submit Bid Requests for Media that they wish to sell, and Demand Partners can submit Bids for Media that they wish to buy through the operation of a dynamic, real-time exchange whereby Media is sold to Demand Partners whose Bids are selected by or on behalf of Supply Partners.
“BIDSWITCH Service” means the service or services selected by the Demand Partner using the BIDSWITCH User Interface.
“BIDSWITCH User Interface” or “BIDSWITCH UI” means the online tool that allows the Demand Partner to access the BIDSWITCH Service.
“Connect Mode” means the BIDSWITCH Service whereby BIDSWITCH provides a connection from the Demand Partner’s systems to the BIDSWITCH Platform that enables the Demand Partner to buy Media from Supply Partners and the Demand Partner pays Supply Partners the Media Cost directly for Media acquired.
“Data Processing Addendum” means the document located at https://www.iponweb.com/policies-legal/bidswitch-inc-data-processing-addendum that governs the processing of Personal Data by BIDSWITCH in connection with the BIDSWITCH Service.
“Demand Partner” means the party identified in the Term Sheet that wishes to buy Media through the BIDSWITCH Platform.
“Fees” means the amounts charged by BIDSWITCH to the Demand Partner for the BIDSWITCH Services set out in the Term Sheet.
“Impression” means provision of the relevant Advertising Materials to the relevant Site after a Winning Bid has been successfully completed in accordance with section 3.
“Initial Term” is defined in the Term Sheet.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights including current and future registered and unregistered rights in respect of copyright, designs, trademarks, know-how, confidential information, trade secrets, patents, inventions and discoveries and all other rights (including moral rights) resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic fields in each case whether registered or unregistered and including any pending applications for or rights to apply for any of the foregoing anywhere in the world.
“Media” means digital advertising units on Sites where Advertising can be displayed that is made available for sale on the BIDSWITCH Platform.
“Media Cost” means the amount payable for Media acquired through the operation of the BIDSWITCH Platform as set out in section 3.
“Media Mode” means the BIDSWITCH Service whereby Media can be acquired using the BIDSWITCH Platform where BIDSWITCH (but not the Demand Partner) has direct contractual relationships with Supply Partners and the Demand Partner pays BIDSWITCH the Media Cost for Media acquired.
“Personal Data” means information that allows the holder to identify a data subject and/or is considered to be ‘Personal Data’ by any Applicable Data Protection Laws.
“Renewal Term” is defined in the Term Sheet.
“Site” means one or more websites and/or other online locations made available to the BIDSWITCH Platform that are operated by or on behalf of a Supply Partner or upon which a Supply Partner has the right to display Advertising.
“Standard Terms” means these BIDSWITCH Standard Terms for Demand Partners.
“Supply Partner” means a third party that is connected to the BIDSWITCH Platform that has Media that it wishes to sell.
“Supply Partner Data” means data provided by a Supply Partner to the BIDSWITCH Platform that does not identify BIDSWITCH or a Supply Partner or a Site (or information that the holder would already have had before it was provided by BIDSWITCH) that the BIDSWITCH Platform uses for the day-to-day operation of the BIDSWITCH Platform that only includes Personal Data that is being used in accordance with all Applicable Data Protection Laws.
“Supply Partner Transaction Fees” means fees that a Supply Partner has agreed to pay to BIDSWITCH for Media that it sells, instead of and in substitution for Transaction Fees being payable by the Demand Partner.
“Targeting Group” is a feature that is accessible by the Demand Partner within the BIDSWITCH UI that enables the Demand Partner to granularly select categories of Media for which it wishes to provide Bids.
“Term Sheet” means a fully executed BIDSWITCH Demand Partner term sheet between BIDSWITCH and the Demand Partner that incorporates these Standard Terms.
“Transaction Fees” means Transaction Fees – Connect Mode and/or Transaction Fees – Media Mode.
“Transaction Fees – Connect Mode” means the Fees set out in the Transaction Fees Table in the Term Sheet that are payable by the Demand Partner for Media acquired using Connect Mode.
“Transaction Fees – Media Mode” means the Fees set out in the Transaction Fees Table in the Term Sheet that are payable by the Demand Partner for Media acquired in addition to the Media Cost when Media Mode is selected by the Demand Partner from within the BIDSWITCH User Interface.
“Winning Bid” means the amount payable for each Bid for Media that wins in accordance with section 3.
These Standard Terms relate to the sale and purchase of Media using the BIDSWITCH Platform, including use of the BIDSWITCH UI and any Additional Services (if any), and together with the Term Sheet and the Data Processing Addendum constitutes the entire agreement between you and BIDSWITCH relating to your use of the BIDSWITCH Service (unless expressly stated otherwise). Any contrary terms and conditions that you may have shall not apply to the Agreement.
3.1 The BIDSWITCH Platform shall receive Bid Requests for Media from Supply Partners in response to which the BIDSWITCH Platform shall provide Bids to Supply Partners. Upon receipt of such Bids, Supply Partners shall select which Bid best fits the criteria set out in their Bid Request (the “Winning Bid”). Upon selection of the Winning Bid, the BIDSWITCH Platform shall procure delivery of the winning Demand Partner’s Advertising to the relevant Site (each an “Impression”).
3.2 Your use of the BIDSWITCH Platform is subject to the BIDSWITCH ‘fair use policy’ set out in this section 3.2. If in the reasonable opinion of BIDSWITCH it is believed that you are sending substantially less Bids than Bid Requests you are ‘listening’ to, BIDSWITCH may ask you to moderate your access, or in extreme cases BIDSWITCH may restrict and/or suspend your access to the BIDSWITCH Platform.
3.3 In relation to section 3.1 you hereby authorise BIDSWITCH to use ‘BIDSWITCH True Price’ (when made available to you) to optimise and adjust Bids that you provide to the BIDSWITCH Platform to reduce the overall cost of Media that you buy (when compared to the overall cost of Media if BIDSWITCH True Price was not used). No fee shall be charged by BIDSWITCH to you for BIDSWITCH True Price. BIDSWITCH reserves the right to charge you a fee for BIDSWITCH True Price by giving you at least 30 days prior notice of this in writing (email sufficing). BIDSWITCH reserves the right to suspend your access to BIDSWITCH True Price at any time. All other Fees payable by you in accordance with the Agreement shall continue to be payable.
4.1 You agree to ensure that all provisions of the Agreement are complied with by both you and any third party advertisers that you represent. You will be directly liable to BIDSWITCH for any act or omission by you or your advertiser that is not in accordance with the Agreement.
4.2 You confirm that you are the authorised representative of any advertiser that you place Advertising on behalf of using the BIDSWITCH Service or otherwise advise BIDSWITCH that you act on behalf of and that you are authorised to enter into and perform the Agreement on behalf of any such advertiser. You agree to be jointly and severally liable with any advertisers that you represent for all payment obligations set out in the Agreement and that BIDSWITCH may contact any advertiser that you represent if any amounts payable under the Agreement are not received by BIDSWITCH by the due date.
5.1 You warrant, represent and confirm that:
5.1.1 all Advertising and the websites, goods and services that they promote and Bids shall comply with the BIDSWITCH Buy-side Policies relating to the use of the BIDSWITCH Platform (available at https://www.iponweb.com/policies-legal/bidswitch-buy-side-and-sell-side-policies) as updated by BIDSWITCH and advised to you from time to time;
5.1.2 you will not provide any data (including data containing Personal Data) to BIDSWITCH unless you have the right to do so in accordance with all applicable laws (including but not limited to Applicable Data Protection Laws) and any agreements you have with third parties;
5.1.3 you will not use any Bid Request (or part thereof) that you receive for anything other than (i) deciding whether to submit a Bid and/or (ii) submitting a Bid for the Media that each such Bid Request relates to; and
5.1.4 where applicable, you have obtained all necessary consents from data subjects, in accordance with all Applicable Data Protection Laws, for purposes of providing personalised Advertising to such data subjects and will send BIDSWITCH all information reasonably requested by BIDSWITCH relating to the same (and as BIDSWITCH may reasonably update from time to time).
5.2 You agree to observe BIDSWITCH’s online technical specifications and Buy-side Policies relating to the use of the BIDSWITCH Platform (available at https://www.iponweb.com/policies-legal/bidswitch-buy-side-and-sell-side-policies) as updated by BIDSWITCH and advised to you from time to time.
5.3 You agree to comply with the Data Processing Addendum (if Personal Data is shared between the parties).
5.4 You agree that if BIDSWITCH, acting reasonably, believes that you do not comply with any obligations of this section 5 or the terms of an agreement with BIDSWITCH and/or its corporate affiliate, BIDSWITCH may immediately suspend the provision of the BIDSWITCH Service to you (either with or without providing notice of this), until BIDSWITCH is reasonably satisfied with your compliance.
6.1 BIDSWITCH shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure the display of Advertising in accordance with the Agreement.
6.2 BIDSWITCH will measure the delivery of Advertising using BIDSWITCH’s reporting systems. If there is a discrepancy between the BIDSWITCH reporting systems and yours, the BIDSWITCH Platform reporting systems will prevail, but BIDSWITCH will discuss any such discrepancy over 10% with you upon request and use all reasonable endeavours to resolve the matter to your reasonable satisfaction. As part of any discrepancy procedure, BIDSWITCH will make available to you up to 30 days’ of log data in response to such inquiries from you and you agree to make your log data for the same period available to BIDSWITCH. Log data that is shared shall include the timestamp, user IP (when available), auction ID and amount payable for Media) for any period that you dispute on the express agreement that each party shall delete all such data provided to it by the other party as soon as any dispute relating to such discrepancies has been resolved in accordance with this section 6.
6.3 BIDSWITCH shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that all Supply Partners ensure that their Sites, everything displayed on their Sites and their Bid Requests shall comply with the BIDSWITCH Sell-side Policies (available at https://www.iponweb.com/policies-legal/bidswitch-buy-side-and-sell-side-policies).
6.4 BIDSWITCH shall comply with the Data Processing Addendum (if Personal Data is shared between the parties).
BIDSWITCH may reject any Advertising that you make available through the BIDSWITCH Platform that does not comply with section 5.1. However, you acknowledge and agree that BIDSWITCH has no obligation to review and/or approve any Advertising that you submit to the BIDSWITCH Platform and that BIDSWITCH accepts no liability for any Advertising that is displayed on a Site on your behalf in accordance with the Agreement.
8.1 Where you have agreed to pre-pay for Media you buy and related Fees, you agree to pre-pay BIDSWITCH at least 7 days before the end of each calendar month an agreed amount each month for Media that you plan to buy in the next calendar month.
8.2 If you do not pay BIDSWITCH and/or its corporate affiliate on time, all amounts due on your account will become immediately payable by you to us on demand and we reserve the right to suspend provision of the BIDSWITCH Service to you and/or terminate the Agreement and/or any part of it if any amounts payable by you are overdue by more than 10 days.
8.3 If you do not pay BIDSWITCH and/or its corporate affiliate on time, we reserve the right to charge you interest at the rate of three per cent (3%) above the base rate of the HSBC bank in Switzerland on any overdue amounts. If we need to take legal action against you for failing to pay us in accordance with the Agreement, you also agree to pay the legal costs and expenses that we incur in making you pay us.
8.4 You are not entitled to set-off any amounts that you owe BIDSWITCH against any amounts that BIDSWITCH owes you, unless we have accepted your claim or your claim has been found to be valid by a final court ruling.
8.5 If you dispute any amount on an invoice, you should provide notice of this to BIDSWITCH by writing to your BIDSWITCH representative within 15 business days of the end of the month that the invoice you dispute relates to. Your email must include the amount you dispute and provide adequate information to support your claim. Within 30 business days of receipt of your email, BIDSWITCH will investigate and provide you with a written response. You may not withhold payment for any amounts that you do not dispute.
9.1 Unless expressly stated in the Agreement, neither party will acquire any right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property Rights belonging to the other party or to the other party’s licensors.
9.2 If BIDSWITCH provides you with software and/or access to the BIDSWITCH User Interface in connection with the BIDSWITCH Services, BIDSWITCH grants you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable licence for use of that software and/or the BIDSWITCH User Interface. Such licence is for the sole purpose of allowing you to use and enjoy the benefit of the BIDSWITCH Services. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell or lease any part of the BIDSWITCH Services, including the software or BIDSWITCH User Interface or Bid Requests that you receive (or any part thereof), nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of that software or BIDSWITCH User Interface, unless laws prohibit such restrictions or you have BIDSWITCH’s prior written permission to do this. You will not remove, obscure or alter any BIDSWITCH copyright notice (if any), branding or other proprietary rights notices affixed to or contained within the BIDSWITCH Service, BIDSWITCH Platform, BIDSWITCH User Interface, software or related documentation.
9.3 BIDSWITCH may include your name and branding in BIDSWITCH’s presentations, marketing materials, customer lists and financial reports.
10.1 BIDSWITCH may require you to pay a deposit in advance for amounts payable by you to BIDSWITCH under the Agreement (a “Payment Deposit’).
10.2 If you pay a Payment Deposit it will be offset against future invoices payable by you to meet your payment obligations under the Agreement, the balance will be refunded to you (without any interest) at the end of the Agreement. If you do not pay BIDSWITCH in full in accordance with the Agreement, your Payment Deposit will be set off against your payment obligations to BIDSWITCH.
11.1 You hereby grant BIDSWITCH a royalty free, non-exclusive worldwide licence in the Advertising solely to enable BIDSWITCH to provide the BIDSWITCH Services. You grant to BIDSWITCH all rights necessary to allow BIDSWITCH to provide the BIDSWITCH Services and to advise BIDSWITCH customers and prospective customers that you use the BIDSWITCH Services.
11.2 You hereby agree that BIDSWITCH is entitled to sublicense the licenses granted to BIDSWITCH under the Agreement to third parties where necessary to fulfil our obligations under the Agreement.
12.1 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless BIDSWITCH, its affiliates, agents and Supply Partners from and against any and all third-party claims and liabilities arising out of or related to your breach of any part of the Agreement. Supply Partners that use the BIDSWITCH Platform and any direct or indirect, wholly or partly owned subsidiaries and/or holding companies of BIDSWITCH are third-party beneficiaries of this indemnity.
12.2 Subject to section 14, BIDSWITCH agrees to indemnify you and hold you harmless against any and all third-party claims and liabilities arising out of or related to BIDSWITCH’s breach of any part of the Agreement.
13.1 You represent and warrant that you have the full power and authority to agree to the Agreement.
13.2 You represent and warrant that (i) you are the owner of, or are legally authorised to act on behalf of the provider(s) of the Advertising; and (ii) you have control over the way in which Advertising is displayed using the BIDSWITCH Platform on Sites.
13.3 Unless expressly stated in the Agreement, BIDSWITCH does not make any promises about the BIDSWITCH Services, including the BIDSWITCH Platform and BIDSWITCH UI.
13.4 BIDSWITCH will not be liable to Demand Partner for the content of any Site that the BIDSWITCH Platform may make available to Demand Partner.
14.1 Each party warrants that neither it nor any affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents is the subject of any sanctions administered by any applicable sanction authority having jurisdiction over it.
14.2 Each party agrees to perform its obligations hereunder in compliance with all applicable laws and requirements relating to trade sanctions, foreign trade controls, export and re-export controls, non–proliferation, anti-terrorism, and similar laws, as well as with all applicable anti-corruption laws, anti-terrorist financing legislation, and anti-money laundering laws.
14.3 Each party ensures compliance with Crite S.A.’s Code of Conduct available online: https://criteo.investorroom.com/corporate-governance.
15.1 NOTHING IN THE AGREEMENT EXCLUDES OR LIMITS EITHER PARTY’S LIABILITY FOR (A) FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION; (B) DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE; OR (C) ANYTHING WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY LAW.
15.2 NEITHER PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS (WHETHER SUCH LOSS WAS FORESEEABLE, KNOWN OR OTHERWISE).
15.3 EACH PARTIES’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE NET AMOUNT PAYABLE BY DEMAND PARTNER TO BIDSWITCH IN ANY ROLLING 6 CALENDAR MONTH PERIOD ENDING THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH LIABILITY ARISES.
You may not assign any rights or obligations that you may have under the Agreement to a third party unless this has first been agreed by BIDSWITCH in writing. BIDSWITCH may assign all or any of its rights and obligations under the Agreement to a wholly owned direct or indirect subsidiary or holding company of BIDSWITCH. BIDSWITCH may also assign your payment obligations to BIDSWITCH under the Agreement to a third party by giving notice of this in writing to you.
Either party may terminate the Agreement by giving at least one month’s written notice of this to the other party in writing.
The Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England without regard to its conflict of law provisions to the extent such principles or rules would require the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of England, and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts for the resolution of any dispute which may arise in connection with the Agreement.
No forbearance, delay or indulgence by either party in enforcing the provisions of the Agreement shall prejudice or restrict the rights of that party nor shall any waiver of its rights operate as a waiver of any subsequent breach and no right, power or remedy conferred upon or reserved for either party under the Agreement is exclusive of any other right, power or remedy available to that party and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative.
All notices under the Agreement must be in the English language, in writing and shall be sent to the address of the recipient set out in the Agreement or such other address as the recipient may designate by notice given in accordance with this section. Any such notice may be delivered personally or by first class pre-paid recorded delivery letter or facsimile transmission and shall be deemed to have been served (a) if by hand, when delivered, (b) if by courier service or registered mail, 72 hours after despatch, and (c) if by facsimile transmission when despatched, in each case, with proof of sending/delivery (as the case may be) retained by the sending party.
Nothing in the Agreement and no action taken by the parties under the Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a partnership, association, joint venture or other co-operative entity or undertaking between the parties and neither party shall have any authority to bind the other in any way.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and undertakings between the parties, and constitutes the entire agreement between the parties, relating to the subject matter of the Agreement.
If the whole or any part of any provision of the Agreement is deemed to be illegal or unenforceable, remaining provisions of the Agreement and the remainder of the provision in question shall remain in full force and effect.
Each party shall appoint a prime contact for the purposes of performing the Agreement as set out in the Term Sheet and may appoint a substitute or alternative individual by providing reasonable written notice of this to the other party.
Except as provided in section 9.3 and section 11, each party shall keep the terms of the Agreement confidential and will not use the other party’s name in any publicity, advertisement or other disclosure without the other party’s prior written consent.
A person who is not party to the Agreement shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or any other substantially similar applicable laws to enforce any of the terms of the Agreement unless expressly stated otherwise herein.
27.1 For the purposes of this Agreement, “Demand Partner’s Confidential Information” shall mean any data or information of any kind and in any format relating to the business, business processes, business logic, business strategy, products, games, customers or customer behaviour, revenues, know how, trade secrets or other information relating to the Demand Partner which is not generally publicly available.
27.2 BIDSWITCH shall not, except as expressly permitted in the Agreement or as required by law, or by subpoena, judicial or administrative order, without the prior written consent of the Demand Partner: (a) communicate, or otherwise make available, the Demand Partner’s Confidential Information to any third party; or (b) use Demand Partner’s Confidential Information for any commercial, industrial or other purpose whatsoever other than the provision of the BIDSWITCH Services or the BIDSWITCH UI; or (c) copy, adapt, or otherwise reproduce the Demand Partner’s Confidential Information save as strictly necessary for the provision of the BIDSWITCH Services under the Agreement.
You agree that BIDSWITCH can use your company and/or trading name and related branding to advise other users and potential users of the BIDSWITCH Service for marketing and promotional purposes relating to the BIDSWITCH Service with your prior written consent.
If BIDSWITCH advises you of a change to the Standard Terms, you will have 7 days to consider the change before it shall be deemed to take effect, unless within such 7 days you advise BIDSWITCH that you do not agree to the change. If you advise BIDSWITCH that you do not agree to the change, you will be entitled to continue to use the BIDSWITCH Services to sell Media for a period of 21 days from the date that you advise BIDSWITCH of this, after which you must stop using the BIDSWITCH Services.