11.1. Each party warrants and undertakes to the other that it has the authority and all necessary approvals to enter into the Contract and the Order Form is signed by a duly authorised representative of that party.
11.2. JATO warrants that it will:
11.2.1. take reasonable steps to ensure that the Databases are substantially accurate; and
11.2.2. provide the Subscription Services with reasonable care and skill; and
11.2.3. where a Service Level Agreement is provided in respect of a Subscription Service, take reasonable steps to ensure that that Subscription Service meets the standards described in that Service Level Agreement.
11.3. The Customer accepts that JATO does not warrant complete accuracy or market coverage of the Databases nor any accuracy of the AI Generated Content. The Customer will not rely on any Data in circumstances where loss or damage might occur or where absolute accuracy is required. The Customer will immediately inform JATO of any error which it finds in the Data.
11.4. Except where it is explicitly stated in the Contract, JATO does not warrant that the Subscription Services will be timely, uninterrupted or error-free, nor does it make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Subscription Services (including the Data) or that the Subscription Services will operate on or via the Customer Portal. The Subscription Services are provided ‘as is’. JATO disclaims all other warranties, express or implied including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, timeliness, accuracy or completeness.
11.5. Subject to clause 11.6 and 11.7, JATO will defend the Customer, Users and Permitted Recipients from any third party claim against them alleging that the use of the Subscription Services (or the part of it they are permitted to use), when used in line with the Contract, infringes: (i) that third party’s Intellectual Property Rights (except for patents); or (ii) a UK patent existing at the Initial Subscription Start Date; (an “IPR Claim”). JATO will pay all costs and damages finally awarded against the Customer, Users or Permitted Recipients, by a court of competent jurisdiction as a result of the IPR Claim.
11.6. JATO may, at its option, settle the IPR Claim, and obtain permission for continued use of the affected Subscription Service or modify or replace it with an equivalent service that is non-infringing. If JATO determines the affected Subscription Service cannot be secured for such use or cannot be modified or replaced, JATO may terminate (at its option) the supply of that Subscription Service or the Contract by notice in writing to the Customer and will pay to the Customer within one month of the date of termination a pro-rata sum of any advance payment made by the Customer for the affected Subscription Service or the Contract (as relevant), to reflect the remaining part of the Initial Term or Renewal Term (as relevant). JATO will have no further liability from such termination.
11.7. If any third party makes an IPR Claim, or notifies an intention to make an IPR Claim against the Customer, User or a Permitted Recipient, the Customer will:
11.7.1. promptly inform JATO in writing;
11.7.2. not accept any liability for the IPR Claim without JATO’s written approval;
11.7.3. allow JATO, at its cost, to handle the defence of the IPR Claim, including settlement; and
11.7.4. co-operate with and assist JATO in, defending the IPR Claim and in any settlement negotiations.
11.8. JATO is not responsible for any liability under clause 11.5 or 11.6 to the extent that IPR Claims relate to:
11.8.1. the Customer, Users or the Permitted Recipients using the Subscription Services in a way that is not explicitly permitted in the Contract;
11.8.2. use of the Subscription Services in combination with any system, hardware or software not supplied or specified by JATO where infringement would have been avoided by use not so combined;
11.8.3. the AI Generated Content or its use, User Content (except for Data included in it) or Customer Information; or
11.8.4. use of the Data in combination with any data not supplied by JATO where infringement would have been avoided by the use of the Data not so combined.
11.9. The Customer must ensure that no Users or Permitted Recipients bring a claim against JATO or a JATO Affiliate in connection with the Contract or the Subscription Services but instead refer any action or claim to the Customer. To that end, any loss or damage suffered by a User or Permitted Recipient will be considered to be loss or damage suffered by the Customer. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless JATO and its Affiliates from any losses that they may suffer as a result of a breach by the Customer of this clause 11.9.
11.10. The Customer will indemnify and hold harmless JATO, its Affiliates and their respective licensors against all and any losses, costs, damages, liabilities, claims and expenses (including reasonable legal costs) suffered by JATO, its Affiliates and their licensors arising out of or connected with: (i) the Customer’s, Users’ and the Permitted Recipients’ unauthorised use of the Subscription Services (or any part of it); or (ii) any third party claim made against any of them in relation to: (a) their use of the Customer Information provided such use is in line with clauses 7.4; or (b) the User Content (except for the Data included in it).
11.11. The Customer will have no liability under clause 11.10 to the extent that the unauthorised use is carried out by Permitted Recipients, where they are consumers accessing the Data (as part of User Content) through the Customer Portal and provided the Customer has complied with clauses 5.4.2, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 and 11.13.2.
11.12. If JATO fails to meet the standards set out in the Service Level Agreement, the Customer will inform JATO in writing of the details of non-compliance. If, within 40 days of receipt of the notification, JATO has failed to refute any complaint or to meet the required standard, the Customer can cancel the affected Subscription Service. JATO will refund the Customer a proportional amount of the fees paid for the affected Subscription Service relevant to the remaining unused part of the Initial Subscription Term or Renewal Term (as relevant). This is the Customer’s sole remedy for failure to meet the Service Level Agreement.
11.13. Subject to clause 11.15:
11.13.1. neither party will be liable in connection with the Contract for any (i) loss of business or contract; (ii) loss of reputation or goodwill; (iii) loss of anticipated savings; (iv) loss or corruption of data or information; or (vi) indirect or consequential loss or damage; in all cases whether arising from tort (including negligence), breach of contract, misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise;
11.13.2. JATO will not be liable for any errors or omissions in the Data or delays in delivery of the Data, unless caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct, and Customer agrees and will ensure that each User and Permitted Recipient agrees that JATO will not be liable for the results of their use of the Data or for the Users’ inability to conduct their business; and
11.13.3. JATO will not be liable for any losses arising in connection with inaccuracy of the AI Generated Content, the User Content (except for the Data included in it) or their respective use.
11.14. Subject to clauses 11.12, 11.13 and 11.15, each party's total aggregate liability to the other in connection with a claim or a series of connected claims arising out of the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, will be limited to an amount equal to the Subscription Price paid or payable in the Initial Subscription Term or the Renewal Term (as applicable) during which the cause of action first arose.
11.15. Neither party excludes or limits liability to the other party for:
11.15.1. death or personal injury caused by its negligence;
11.15.2. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
11.15.3. any liability that cannot be excluded at law;
11.15.4. either party’s liability arising from its deliberate default or from breach of clause 10;
11.15.5. in the case of the Customer, its liability under clauses 11.9 and 11.10 and for non-payment of fees due; and
11.15.6. in the case of JATO, its liability under clauses 11.5 and 11.6.
12. Term and Termination
12.1. The Contract starts when the Customer signs the Sales Order Form or the Subscription Services start (whichever happens first, the Start Date). The Contract will then, unless ended earlier in line with its terms:
12.1.1. continue until the Initial Subscription End Date; and
12.1.2. then automatically renew for successive one-year periods (each a Renewal Term) unless or until terminated by either party giving the other at least 25 days written notice to expire at the end of that Renewal Term; and this total period is the Subscription Term.
12.2. The Contract may be terminated, by one party informing the other in writing:
12.2.1. immediately if: (i) the other party suspends or threatens to suspend payment of its debts; (ii) the other party suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or cease carrying on all or a substantial part of its business; (iii) the other party convenes a meeting of its creditors or makes a proposal for a voluntary arrangement or other scheme with its creditors or if a receiver or administrator or administrative receiver is appointed or if a petition for the winding up of the other party is presented or any similar analogous event or process occurs under the laws of the Customer’s country of incorporation; or (iv) the other party’s financial position deteriorates so far as to reasonably justify the opinion that its ability to give effect to the terms of the Contract are at risk;
12.2.2. immediately if the other party materially breaches the Contract and either cannot rectify the breach or does not rectify the breach within 30 days of a written request specifying the breach and requiring it to be rectified;
12.2.3. immediately by JATO if the Customer fails to pay any amount due under the Contract which is not genuinely in dispute and provided JATO has informed the Customer at least 14 days’ before, of its intention to terminate if payment is not made within that period;
12.2.4. immediately by JATO if the Customer starts or continues any business activity that JATO in its reasonable opinion considers to be directly or indirectly commercially competitive to JATO or any of its Affiliates or there is a change of Control of the Customer; or
12.2.5. as otherwise provided in the Contract.
12.3. If the Contract ends for any reason:
12.3.1. the Customer must immediately pay any outstanding sums owed to JATO;
12.3.2. JATO can immediately disable access to the Subscription Services and stop providing the Subscription Services;
12.3.3. the Customer must stop using the Subscription Services including making them available to Users;
12.3.4. within 14 days of the Contract ending, the Customer must delete the Data and all copies of it from its systems (including back-up copies) and ensure deletion from the respective information technology systems of all Users. If JATO requests, the Customer must certify in writing to JATO, signed by an authorised signatory, that it has done so;
12.3.5. within 14 days of the Contract ending, JATO will delete the Customer Information and all copies of it from its systems. If the Customer requests, JATO must certify in writing to the Customer, signed by an authorised signatory, that it has done so. Nothing in this sub-clause will mean that JATO has to change or remove changes made to its standards or Databases as a result of use of the Customer Information prior to the date the Contract ends;
12.3.6. each party must as soon as possible return, delete or destroy (as required in writing by the other party) all data, information, software, and other materials provided to it by the other party in connection with the Contract including all materials containing or based on the other party's Confidential Information;
12.3.7. all rights and obligations of the parties will automatically end except for those rights of action that have arisen before the end of the Contract; and
12.3.8. clauses 6.10, 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 10, 11, this clause 12.3 and clauses 13, 14 and 15 will remain in effect.
12.4. If the Customer ends the Contract under clause 12.2.2, or JATO ends it under clause 12.2.4, and the Customer has paid the Subscription Price in advance, JATO will return to the Customer a portion of that payment that relates to the unused period of the Subscription Term for which the Customer has paid.
12.5. Unless expressly stated in the Agreement, the Customer will not be entitled to reimbursement of any part of the Subscription Price.
13. General
13.1. The Contract is personal to the parties and may not be transferred to a third party. However, a party may assign the Contract to its Affiliate on informing the other party in writing.
13.2. In performing its obligations under the Contract, each party must comply with all Applicable Law, including those relating to anti-bribery, anti-slavery and human trafficking.
13.3. Neither party will be liable if they cannot fulfil their obligations because of events outside their reasonable control, such as acts of God, governmental act, war, fire, flood, explosion or civil commotion, failure of plant or utility service. If either party fails or delays in performing any of its obligations because of such a reason, it will inform the other as soon as practical and will resume its obligations when the event comes to an end. If non-performance continues for a continuous period of more than 5 weeks, the other party may terminate the Contract immediately by written notice to the party suffering from the event. This clause does not apply to the non-payment of money due.
13.4. If personal data is processed under the Contract, each party will process that data in line with Data Protection Law. If a party acts as a processor and another as controller in connection with personal data being processed under the Contract and clause 8 does not apply to that processing, or they are not in the UK or EEA, they will enter into a data processing agreement, to comply with Data Protection Law.
13.5. JATO will be entitled to publicly announce, including on JATO’s website, that the Customer is a customer of JATO and use the Customer’s logo (obtained from the Customer, including from its published press packs) in association with such an announcement only.
13.6. Any amendment to the Contract will not be effective unless it is in writing and signed by both parties.
13.7. No third party can enforce any terms of the Contract, unless they are a permitted assign or successor of a party.
13.8. The terms contained in the Contract replace all previous oral or written understandings between the parties about its subject matter and forms their entire agreement. Other terms, including the Customer’s standard terms of purchase or any terms pre-printed on or referenced in any purchase order do not apply. Each party accepts that in entering into the Contract it does not rely on any statement, representation, assurance or warranty not set out in the Contract.
13.9. Each part of the Contract will be read separately. If any part is removed because it is not valid or enforceable, the rest of the Contract will continue in force.
13.10. If a party does not on any occasion insist on the performance of any term of the Contract, it does not operate as a waiver of that party’s right to enforce it at any time after. A waiver must be in writing and signed by the party waiving its right, to be effective.
13.11. Written notices to be given under the Contract are valid if sent by courier to a party’s address in the Sales Order Form or subsequently notified to the other party in writing, or by email to the notifying party’s main contact at the other party. Notices are considered received on delivery, as recorded by the courier or, if sent by email, on sending, as long as no message of non-delivery is received by the sending party. If receipt occurs outside business hours in the place of receipt, it will be considered deferred until business hours resume. In this clause, business hours mean 9.00am to 5.00pm on a Business Day. This clause does not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action or other method of dispute resolution.
13.12. If there is a disagreement about the different language versions of the Contract, the English language version will override.
13.13. The Contract may be signed using an electronic signature, which will have the same legal effect as a physical copy signed by hand.
14. Governing law and jurisdiction
14.1. The Contract and any dispute or claim related to it will be interpreted according to the laws of England.
14.2. Each party agrees that any disputes will be dealt with exclusively by the courts of England, except JATO may start proceedings against the Customer for non-payment or unauthorised use of the Subscription Services in any other court in any country.
15. Definitions and interpretation
15.1. In the Contract, the following definitions have the following meanings:
Defined Term |
Meaning |
Affiliate |
In respect of either party, any company Controlling, Controlled by or in common Control with the party. |
AI |
Any system or technology, including ChatGPT, Google Bard, Grok, Deepseek or Microsoft Copilot, that can analyse large amounts of data and use analogical matching, machine, or reinforcement learning, and decision-making without human intervention. |
AI Generated Content |
Content (including marketing content and vehicle descriptions) generated by Users using AI tools made available by JATO either as part of the Subscription Services or via a link from the Subscription Services. |
Applicable Law |
The laws and regulations that apply to each party, including those in the country where they operate or are incorporated, as well as any laws or regulations from third-party countries that are applicable to them. If a law or regulation from the Customer's jurisdiction applies to JATO, the Customer must inform JATO in writing of that law in advance so that JATO can comply with it. |
Business Day |
Any day other than Saturday or Sunday or a public holiday in the country of the party receiving notice under the Contract. |
Call Volume |
The quota of calls to a Subscription Service permitted by Users, for the period indicated, as both are specified in the Sales Order Form. |
Commercial Terms |
The additional terms (including limits on the use of the Subscription Services if any) set out in the section headed “Commercial Terms” in the Sales Order Form. |
Commissioner |
The applicable regulator in the relevant country, which, for example in the UK, is the Information Commissioner (see Article 4(A3), UK GDPR and section 114, Data Protection Act 2018). |
Confidential Information |
All information disclosed by a party or its Representatives (disclosing party) to the other party and that party’s Representatives (receiving party), which is marked as confidential or should reasonably be considered as confidential because of its nature or manner of disclosure, including the terms of the Contract, all documentation provided by JATO, as well as specifications for the Subscription Services. |
15.2. Clause and paragraph headings will not affect the interpretation of the Contract.
15.3. A person includes a natural person, as well as a corporate or unincorporated body, regardless of their legal status.
15.4. A reference to a company includes any company, corporation or other corporate body, wherever and however incorporated or established.
15.5. In the Contract personal data, process, processor, controller, data subject and personal data breach have the meanings given to them under Data Protection Law.
15.6. A reference to a law or regulation is a reference to it as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time.
15.7. The singular includes the plural form and vice versa.
15.8. A reference to writing or written includes email.
15.9. When terms like "including," "include," "in particular," or "for example" are used to describe something, any words that follow these terms will not limit the broader meaning of the preceding general words.