Introduction
This Agreement is between AI Cloud Solutions Pty Ltd trading as Contract Cloud and the Subscriber identified in the applicable Order Form.
By signing or accepting an Order Form, the Subscriber:
- confirms that it is either entering into this Agreement personally, if named in the Order Form as an individual, or duly authorised to bind the organisation identified in the Order Form;
- acknowledges that it has read and understood this Agreement, including all schedules, the Acceptable Use Policy, Data Processing Terms and Service Level Agreement; and
- agrees that the Subscriber must comply with, and will be legally bound by, this Agreement.
If the Subscriber does not agree to this Agreement, it must not sign or accept an Order Form or access the Services.
A. Key Commercial Details
| Item | Details |
| Provider | AI Cloud Solutions Pty Ltd trading as Contract Cloud, ABN 48 679 002 316. Email: info@contractcloud.com.au |
| Subscriber | The individual or organisation identified as the subscriber, customer or client in the applicable Order Form. |
| Order Form | The applicable Order Form issued by the Provider and accepted by the Subscriber for the Services. |
| Agreement Date | The date specified as the agreement date, effective date or commencement date in the applicable Order Form, or if no date is specified, the date on which the Order Form is last signed or accepted by the Parties. |
| Free Trial Period | The time limited free trial period specified in the applicable Order Form. If no Free Trial Period is specified in the Order Form, no Free Trial applies. |
| Fees | The applicable fees stated on the Order Form, paid annually in advance. |
| Services | The Contract Cloud SaaS platform, including the Word add-in, document management, review, drafting and analytics functionality, together with standard support during Support Hours, and any other services specified in the applicable Order Form. |
| Authorised Users | The number of Authorised Users specified in the applicable Order Form. |
| Token Allowance | Annual Plan and Free Trial: 20 million Tokens per Authorised User per Usage Month, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Order Form. |
| Billing Frequency | Annual, paid in advance. |
| Governing law / jurisdiction | Queensland, Australia. |
B. Terms and Conditions
The Provider and the Subscriber are each a Party and together the Parties. Capitalised terms have the meanings set out in clause 1.
1. Definitions and interpretation
1.1 Definitions
Unless the context requires otherwise:
| Term | Meaning |
| Acceptable Use Policy | the policy in Schedule 1. |
| ACL | Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. |
| Affiliate | in respect of a Party, any entity that Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with that Party. |
| Agreement | this Contract Cloud Software as a Service Agreement, comprising: (a) the applicable Order Form; (b) the Key Commercial Details; (c) the Terms and Conditions, clauses 1 to 19; and (d) the Schedules and any documents incorporated by reference, in each case as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms. |
| Agreement Date | has the meaning set out in the Key Commercial Details table. |
| AI Functionality | any artificial intelligence or machine learning functionality included in the Services. |
| Annual Plan | the subscription option under which the Subscriber is billed annually in advance, at the rate specified in the applicable Order Form, or if no rate is specified, at the rate specified in the Fees row of the Key Commercial Details table, with a Token Allowance of 20 million Tokens per Authorised User per Usage Month unless otherwise specified in the applicable Order Form. |
| Authorised Users | employees, agents and contractors of the Subscriber authorised to use the Services, up to the number specified in the applicable Order Form. |
| Billing Frequency | annual in advance, as further described in clause 5.1. |
| Business Day | a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Queensland. |
| Confidential Information | has the meaning in clause 9. |
| Contract Year | each successive twelve month period beginning on the Agreement Date or Conversion Date, as applicable. |
| Control | has the meaning given in section 50AA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). |
| Conversion | the Subscriber's conversion from a Free Trial to a paid Annual Plan. |
| Conversion Date | the date on which the Subscriber completes the steps required to convert from a Free Trial to a paid Annual Plan, including accepting an Order Form for the paid Annual Plan. |
| Data Breach | any actual or suspected unauthorised access to, disclosure of, or loss of Subscriber Data. |
| Data Processing Terms | the terms in Schedule 2. |
| Data Protection Laws | all applicable privacy and data protection laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). |
| Documentation | Provider supplied user guides and technical material. |
| Fees | the amounts specified in the applicable Order Form. |
| Force Majeure Event | any event beyond a Party's reasonable control that prevents or delays performance, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, epidemics, government orders, embargoes, strikes affecting important suppliers, or widespread failure of power, internet, or third party hosting. Insufficient funds are not a Force Majeure Event. |
| Free Trial | the temporary, no charge subscription granted to the Subscriber for the Free Trial Period under clause 2. |
| Free Trial Period | the time limited free trial period specified in the applicable Order Form, if applicable. |
| Input | any text, prompt, document, file, dataset, image, audio, video, metadata or other material that the Subscriber or its Authorised Users submit to, or otherwise make available within, the Services for processing. |
| Order Form | an order form, proposal, statement of work, quote, invoice or other ordering document issued by the Provider and signed, accepted or otherwise agreed by the Subscriber that identifies the applicable commercial details for the Services, including the Subscriber, number of Authorised Users, Fees, Free Trial Period, subscription start date and any other applicable terms. |
| Output | data, content, insight, model response or other material generated by or on behalf of the Provider through the Services in direct response to an Input and delivered to the Subscriber, together with any adaptations, edits or derivative works made by the Subscriber or by a third party that accesses or receives the Output from the Subscriber. |
| Personal Information | has the meaning in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). |
| Plan | the Annual Plan specified in the applicable Order Form. |
| Services | has the meaning given in the Key Commercial Details table. |
| SLA | the service level agreement in Schedule 3. |
| Subscriber | the individual or organisation identified as the subscriber, customer or client in the applicable Order Form. |
| Subscriber Data | all Inputs, Outputs, including any third party adaptations referred to above, and any other data, whether raw or processed, that the Subscriber or its Authorised Users upload to, store in, share from, or generate using the Services, and any backups or intermediate copies made by the Provider or its subprocessors while providing the Services. |
| Subscription Term | has the meaning in clause 4. |
| Support Hours | has the meaning given in the SLA. |
| Token | the basic unit of text measured by the Services for billing and fair use purposes. For guidance, 1,000 Tokens has an approximate equivalent of 750 words, which may vary by AI model, language and formatting. |
| Token Allowance | the maximum number of Tokens that may be consumed: (a) during a Free Trial Period, as specified in the applicable Order Form, or if no amount is specified, 20 million Tokens in total; and (b) during a paid Subscription Term, 20 million Tokens per Authorised User in each Usage Month, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Order Form. Unused Tokens do not carry forward. |
| Usage Month | each consecutive period of one calendar month measured from: (a) the Conversion Date, for Subscribers who begin with a Free Trial and later convert to a paid Annual Plan; or (b) the Agreement Date, for Subscribers who commence a paid Annual Plan without a Free Trial, and thereafter from the same calendar day in each subsequent month, or where that day does not exist, the last calendar day of that month. Usage Month is used solely for usage metrics, including the Token Allowance, and does not create a monthly billing event. |
1.2 Interpretation
Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The singular includes the plural and vice versa. References to statutes include modifications and replacements. Including and similar words are not words of limitation. Currency is Australian dollars. Time is Brisbane time. Any obligation that would otherwise fall on a non Business Day may be performed on the next Business Day.
If there is any inconsistency between documents comprising this Agreement, the following order of precedence applies to the extent of the inconsistency:
- the applicable Order Form;
- the Key Commercial Details;
- these Terms and Conditions; and
- the Schedules.
2. Free Trial Period
2.1 Grant
Where specified in the applicable Order Form, the Provider grants the Subscriber a single Free Trial for the Free Trial Period. No Fees are payable during the Free Trial Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Subscriber may not enter into a Free Trial if the Subscriber has already entered into a paid Annual Plan.
2.2 Conditions
During the Free Trial Period:
- the Subscriber must comply with this Agreement; and
- unless the Order Form states otherwise, no payment method is required to commence or continue the Free Trial.
2.3 Conversion to paid subscription
- The Subscriber may convert to a paid Annual Plan.
- The paid Annual Plan will take effect on the date on which the Subscriber completes the steps required to convert from a Free Trial to a paid Annual Plan, including accepting an Order Form for the paid Annual Plan.
- Fees will begin to accrue from the Conversion Date.
- If the Subscriber does not convert to a paid Annual Plan by the end of the Free Trial Period, the Provider will disable access and delete Subscriber Data in accordance with clause 14.3.
3. Licence and use of the Services
3.1 Licence
Subject to payment of the Fees, except during the Free Trial Period, and compliance with this Agreement, the Provider grants the Subscriber a non exclusive, non transferable right for Authorised Users to access and use the Services and Documentation for the Subscriber's internal business purposes during the Subscription Term.
3.2 Service levels
The Provider will use reasonable commercial endeavours to provide the Services to the Subscriber in accordance with the SLA. The Subscriber acknowledges that non urgent maintenance will occur during the maintenance windows stated in the SLA.
3.3 AI outputs
AI outputs are probabilistic and may be inaccurate, incomplete or inappropriate. The Subscriber must validate outputs before use.
4. Term and renewal
4.1 Commencement and automatic renewal
The Subscription Term begins on the Conversion Date, or if the Subscriber did not elect a Free Trial, the Agreement Date, and continues for successive twelve month periods.
The Subscription Term renews automatically for successive twelve month periods unless terminated in accordance with this clause 4.
4.2 Termination by the Subscriber
The Subscriber may provide notice of termination of this Agreement at any time by written notice to the Provider or by electing to cancel the Agreement through the Services. Termination takes effect at the end of the then current Subscription Term. Unless agreed by the parties in writing, no further Fees will accrue for the period after the effective date of termination.
4.3 Refunds
Fees already paid by the Subscriber to the Provider are non refundable except where:
- the Services cannot be provided due to a Force Majeure Event and this Agreement is terminated in accordance with clause 15; or
- the Subscriber terminates the Agreement under clause 14.2,
in each case the Provider will refund, within thirty days, on a pro rata basis, any Fees prepaid for the unused portion of the then current Subscription Term.
5. Fees, payment and Token Allowance
5.1 Billing
Fees for the subscription Services must be paid annually in advance.
- The first charge is due:
- on the Conversion Date if the Subscriber converts to a paid Annual Plan after a Free Trial; or
- on the Agreement Date if the Subscriber purchases a paid Annual Plan without a Free Trial.
- Thereafter Fees are due annually in advance on the same calendar day of each year that corresponds to the Conversion Date or Agreement Date, as applicable.
- All Fees are exclusive of GST unless expressly stated otherwise, and any applicable GST will be added to the amount charged.
Fees in relation to implementation services will be paid in accordance with the timing set out in the Order Form.
5.2 Payment method
The Provider will issue invoices electronically to the Subscriber in accordance with applicable law. The Subscriber must pay each invoice by the due date specified in the applicable Order Form or invoice.
5.3 Pricing changes
The Provider may update the Fees at any time upon providing thirty days' notice to the Subscriber. Revised prices will apply from the start of the next renewal period following the notice period. Continued use of the Services after the change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the new Fees.
5.4 Token methodology and Token Allowance
- The Provider may, at its discretion, update:
- the method used by the Services to count or measure Tokens; and
- the Token Allowance linked to any Free Trial or paid Annual Plan.
- For paid Annual Plans, any revision to the Token Allowance must not materially reduce the aggregate processing capacity available to the Subscriber. Any Token Allowance revision will take effect from the start of the next Usage Month.
- For a Free Trial, a revised Token Allowance takes effect immediately on publication within the Services.
6. Subscriber obligations
The Subscriber must:
- ensure each Authorised User accesses the Services using their own credentials. Credentials are strictly personal and must not be shared or used concurrently by more than one individual. The Subscriber must keep all access credentials secure and promptly disable any compromised credentials;
- ensure that use of the Services complies with all applicable laws, regulations and the Acceptable Use Policy;
- be responsible for the accuracy, quality, legality and integrity of Subscriber Data;
- obtain and maintain all rights, authorisations and consents necessary for the Provider to process Personal Information in accordance with this Agreement and the Data Processing Terms;
- implement reasonable security measures, including industry standard anti virus and anti malware controls, to prevent unauthorised access to the Services, and notify the Provider without undue delay of any security incident, suspected misuse, virus or other malicious code originating from the Subscriber's environment;
- not:
- copy, modify, decompile, reverse engineer or create derivative works from the Services;
- use the Services to train or develop competing AI models; or
- resell or sublicense the Services;
- provide reasonable assistance and information to enable the Provider to comply with its obligations under this Agreement.
7. Support and maintenance
The Provider will:
- provide email support during the Support Hours in the SLA;
- use commercially reasonable efforts to meet the response targets in the SLA; and
- prioritise issues acting reasonably.
On site support, custom development, third party integrations and implementation services are out of scope unless agreed in the Order Form.
8. Intellectual property and AI models
8.1 Ownership
The Provider and its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Services and Documentation. The Provider does not own the third party AI models it uses. Those models and their underlying intellectual property are licensed from third party suppliers and may change without notice.
8.2 Licence to Subscriber Data
The Subscriber grants the Provider a non exclusive, royalty free licence to host, copy, transmit and otherwise process Subscriber Data to provide the Services.
8.3 Provider IP indemnity
The Provider will defend and indemnify the Subscriber from any claim alleging that the Services, excluding third party AI models, infringe a third party patent, copyright or trade mark, and will pay any resulting damages finally awarded or agreed in settlement, provided the Subscriber:
- promptly notifies the Provider in writing;
- allows the Provider sole control of the defence and settlement; and
- provides reasonable assistance.
If such a claim is made or is likely, the Provider may:
- procure the right to continue using the Services;
- modify or replace the Services so they become non infringing; or
- terminate the Agreement and refund any unused prepaid Fees for the affected period.
The indemnity does not apply to claims arising from:
- use of the Services in combination with anything not supplied by the Provider;
- Subscriber Data or specifications provided by the Subscriber; or
- the Subscriber's breach of this Agreement.
8.4 Outputs shared with, or acted on by, third parties
- The Provider does not control, and is not responsible for, any disclosure, use, modification or reliance on Outputs.
- The Subscriber is solely responsible for ensuring that any sharing or downstream use of an Output complies with applicable laws, with this Agreement and with any third party rights, including intellectual property, privacy and confidentiality rights.
- The Provider disclaims all liability for loss or damage arising from third party acts or omissions in connection with an Output.
9. Confidentiality
9.1 Definition
Confidential Information means any information disclosed by one Party to the other that is marked or otherwise identified as confidential or would reasonably be considered confidential, including business, technical and pricing information and the terms of this Agreement.
9.2 Obligations
The receiving Party must:
- keep Confidential Information confidential and use it only to perform this Agreement;
- protect it with no less than reasonable care; and
- disclose it only to personnel and advisers who need to know and are bound by similar obligations.
9.3 Exceptions
Confidential Information does not include information that:
- is or becomes publicly available without breach;
- was lawfully known to the receiving Party before disclosure;
- is received from a third party without breach; or
- is independently developed without use of the disclosing Party's Confidential Information.
9.4 Compelled disclosure
The receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information where required by law or court order, provided it, where lawful, gives prompt written notice and cooperates with the disclosing Party to seek confidential treatment.
9.5 Return or destruction
Upon termination of this Agreement, except where the Subscriber is in the Free Trial Period, each Party must, on request, return or destroy the other Party's Confidential Information, except to the extent retention is required by law.
10. Privacy
10.1 Compliance
Each Party must comply with Data Protection Laws and the Data Processing Terms.
10.2 Subscriber warranty and indemnity
The Subscriber warrants that it has and will maintain all necessary consents and legal bases to permit the Provider to process Personal Information as contemplated. The Subscriber indemnifies the Provider for any loss arising from breach of this warranty.
10.3 Security
The Provider will implement and maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect Personal Information against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.
10.4 Data residency, third party services and cross border processing
The Provider will store all production Subscriber Data at rest in data centres located in Australia.
The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Provider uses certain third party hosting, communication and artificial intelligence services, Third Party Services, to deliver and support the Services, and the Subscriber's use of the Services constitutes acceptance of any end user terms applicable to those Third Party Services.
While Subscriber Data at rest remains in Australia, Inputs submitted to the Services and Outputs generated by the Services may transit through, or be temporarily processed in, systems located in other jurisdictions, including the United States, Singapore and member states of the European Union.
11. Warranties, disclaimers and Australian Consumer Law
11.1 Authority
Each Party warrants that it has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement.
11.2 Service warranty
The Provider warrants that the Services will materially conform to the Documentation current at the Agreement Date.
11.3 Exclusions
Except as expressly stated, all conditions and warranties are excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
11.4 AI advice disclaimer
AI outputs are informational only and are not a substitute for professional advice. The Subscriber is solely responsible for decisions made based on Outputs.
11.5 Australian Consumer Law
Nothing in this Agreement limits any consumer guarantees that cannot be excluded under the ACL.
12. Indemnities
12.1 Subscriber indemnities
The Subscriber indemnifies the Provider against any claim, cost, loss or liability arising from:
- the Subscriber's breach of clause 6 or the Acceptable Use Policy;
- the Provider's processing of Subscriber Data where the Subscriber lacked a lawful basis;
- any allegation that Subscriber Data infringes third party intellectual property, privacy or other rights;
- any malware, viruses or malicious code introduced into the Services from the Subscriber's systems; or
- the Subscriber's sharing of, or allowing third party access to, the Services or any Output, or the Subscriber's use of the Services or any Output in breach of law.
13. Liability
13.1 Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by law, the Provider's total cumulative liability for all claims arising in any Contract Year, whether in contract, tort, including negligence, or otherwise, except for claims as a result of death, personal injury or fraud, is limited in aggregate to one hundred per cent of the Fees paid for that Contract Year.
13.2 Consequential loss
Neither Party is liable for loss of profits, revenue, goodwill or any other indirect or consequential loss.
14. Suspension and termination
14.1 Suspension
The Provider may immediately suspend access where:
- any Fees are overdue for a period of more than seven days;
- the Subscriber is using the Services unlawfully or in a manner that endangers the security, integrity or availability of the Services;
- the Subscriber breaches the Acceptable Use Policy;
- continued use would expose the Provider to legal or regulatory risk; or
- the Subscriber commits a material breach of this Agreement.
14.2 Termination for cause
Either Party may terminate immediately if the other fails to remedy a material breach within thirty days of receiving written notice from the other Party.
14.3 Consequences
Cancelled or terminated accounts cannot be reactivated. If the Subscriber wishes to resume use of the Services after cancellation, it must enter into a new Order Form.
Upon termination or expiry other than during a Free Trial Period, the Provider will make Subscriber Data available for download for thirty days, then delete it unless retention is required by law.
No data retrieval service is available where an account is cancelled or otherwise terminates during, or at the expiry of, the Free Trial Period. In such cases, the Provider will permanently delete all Subscriber Data once access is disabled, except to the extent retention is required by law.
15. Force majeure
Neither Party is liable for delay or failure, other than payment, caused by a Force Majeure Event, provided the relevant Party affected by the Force Majeure Event provides written notice to the other Party without undue delay and uses reasonable endeavours to mitigate the Force Majeure Event.
If a Force Majeure Event continues for sixty consecutive days, either Party may terminate this Agreement on written notice.
If a Force Majeure Event continues for 60 consecutive days and the Subscriber elects to terminate under this clause 15, the Provider will provide a refund in accordance with clause 4.3.
16. Notices
Notices must be in writing and delivered by email.
Provider: info@contractcloud.com.au
Subscriber: the email address specified in the applicable Order Form or otherwise supplied by the Subscriber.
An email is deemed received when sent unless a delivery failure notice is received.
17. Assignment
Neither Party may assign this Agreement without the other Party's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that the Provider may assign:
- to an Affiliate as part of a corporate reorganisation; or
- to a purchaser of all or substantially all of the Provider's business or assets relating to the Services,
in each case on written notice to the Subscriber.
18. Entire Agreement
This Agreement, including the applicable Order Form, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior understandings relating to its subject matter.
19. Governing law and jurisdiction
This Agreement is governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia and the Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of its courts.
Schedule 1 - Acceptable Use Policy
1. Lawful use
The Subscriber and Authorised Users must use the Services only for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
2. Prohibited content
The Subscriber must not upload, store or transmit content that is unlawful, harmful, defamatory, obscene or infringing.
3. Security
The Subscriber must not interfere with or compromise the integrity or security of the Services, including by attempting to gain unauthorised access.
4. No infringement
The Subscriber must not upload or transmit content that infringes third party intellectual property or privacy rights.
5. Resource limits and fair use
The Subscriber must respect any reasonable limits on storage, bandwidth, processing or Token usage, measured against the Token Allowance.
Excessive or abnormal usage may result in throttling or additional Fees.
If the Token Allowance for a Usage Month is exhausted, the Provider may automatically suspend or disable any Service functionality that consumes Tokens, for example AI driven drafting, review, analytics and chat features, until the Token Allowance resets or the Subscriber purchases an additional allowance.
6. AI restrictions
The Subscriber must not use the Services to develop competing AI models or to create deceptive content.
The Provider may suspend or terminate access for any Authorised User who breaches this policy.
Schedule 2 - Data Processing Terms
1. Subject matter and duration
The Provider processes Personal Information only to provide the Services during the Subscription Term and for any data retrieval period.
2. Nature and purpose
Hosting, storage, retrieval, analytics and machine learning operations in connection with the Services.
3. Types of Personal Information and data subjects
Business contact data and any other data uploaded by the Subscriber concerning its employees, contractors, customers or counterparties.
4. Security measures
Encryption at rest and in transit, role based access controls and vulnerability testing.
5. Subprocessors
The Provider may engage subprocessors to support the delivery of the Services. Details of current subprocessors are available on request.
6. Data subject requests
The Provider will assist the Subscriber, at the Subscriber's cost if unreasonable, in responding to requests from individuals exercising their rights under Data Protection Laws.
Schedule 3 - Service Level Agreement
Incident priority definitions
| Priority | Definition | Typical examples |
| Priority 1, Critical service outage | A complete loss of the production service or a security incident that materially threatens confidentiality, integrity or availability of Subscriber Data, and for which no reasonable workaround exists. | System unavailable to all users; data loss incident; ransomware event. |
| Priority 2, High impact degradation | A significant impairment of a core function affecting multiple users, or a recurring fault likely to interrupt business operations, where a temporary workaround is available. | Document upload failing for several teams; reporting module timing out; major performance slowdown. |
| Priority 3, Standard issue or request | A system issue or service request that impacts a limited number of users or a non core function, and does not materially impede operations. A workaround is available or unnecessary. | Access or permissions issue for a single user; incorrect configuration of a non critical setting; low impact bug in a non core module. |
| Priority 4, Low priority issue | A non urgent fault or request that does not materially impede business operations and for which a practical workaround exists. | Cosmetic UI defects; minor usability issues; spelling errors in the interface. |
Service level targets
| Metric | Target |
| Support Hours | 08:00 to 22:00 AEST, Monday to Friday, excluding Queensland public holidays. |
| Priority 1, Acknowledgement | Same Business Day. |
| Priority 1, Workaround or action plan | By next Business Day. |
| Priority 2, Acknowledgement | Same Business Day. |
| Priority 2, Workaround or action plan | Within two Business Days. |
| Priority 3, Acknowledgement | By next Business Day. |
| Priority 3, Workaround or action plan | Within two Business Days. |
| Priority 4, Acknowledgement | Within two Business Days. |
| Priority 4, Workaround or action plan | Resolution will be included in a future release. |
| Monthly uptime percentage | 99.0%. |
| Maintenance window | 20:00 to 04:00 AEST, with a minimum of 48 hours' written notice. |
The Provider will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet the above targets.
Remote diagnostic access to facilitate timely support: the Subscriber acknowledges that Provider support personnel may, with the Subscriber's prior consent, use secure screen sharing or remote access software to observe the issue directly on the Subscriber's system and to apply diagnostic or remedial actions.