In the recent Court of Appeal decision Axa Sun Life Services Plc v Campbell Martin Ltd an entire agreement clause did not exclude liability for pre-contractual misrepresentations although the clause was reasonable under the Unfair Contract Terms Act (UCTA).
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SaaS Agreements – E-Discovery
As a SaaS supplier you may be ordered by a court as part of a litigation process to identify and disclose physical documents and electronically stored information (e-discovery). This creates problems for SaaS suppliers on a number of levels.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – Jurisdiction – Information made Available on the Internet
The Court of Appeal has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to determine where publication takes place when information is made available via the internet in relation to a claim for breach of database rights in the UK.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – SLA – Error Fix Times
There are no standard fix times for remedying software errors, problems and bugs in a SaaS agreement. Fix times need to be tailored to the services being provided and should be set out in the service level agreement (SLA). The following factors need to be considered when SaaS suppliers establish fix times in their SaaS agreement.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – Data Protection – Binding Corporate Rules
What are Binding Corporate Rules?
BCR’s are a set of rules adopted within a particular company or corporate group that provide legally binding protections for data processing within the company or group to cover global data transfers.
Continue readingWebsite Legal Requirements – Data Commissioner Fines for Unsolicited E-mails
As a result of an amendment to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), from the 25th of May 2011 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will have the power to impose fines of up to £500,000 on companies, if they send unwanted marketing e-mails or text messages to consumers.
Continue readingWebsite Legal Requirements – Ecommerce and Distance Selling Rules
A number of different laws apply to websites, the content on them and online sales which are set out in the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2005 (as amended) and the E-Commerce Regulations 2002 which have been summarised below.
Company Information
The following information must be made available on your website.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – SLA – Service Credits
In order to limit your liability for the availability of the SaaS software that you provide to customers under a SaaS agreement you should consider whether or not to offer service credits in your SLA.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – SLA – Maintenance
From time to time you will need to carry out emergency maintenance to the SaaS software. You should therefore include an emergency maintenance section in your SLA so that you can install emergency patches and repairs on your servers. The maintenance section of your SLA should permit you to carry out emergency maintenance at any time and the obligation to provide the customer with prior notice should be on a best efforts basis.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – Data Protection – Further Fines by Data Commissioner
On the 8th of February 2011 Ealing and Hounslow Councils were fined £80,000 and £70,000 respectively by the Data Commissioner for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA) following the theft of two laptops from the house of an employee of Ealing Council.
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