4.1. Customer shall pay MicroBooks Limited the annual and/or monthly fees (“Fees”) specified in the Order Form, in accordance with the timing and currency specified in the Order Form. If no Order Form has been provided, the Fees will be as set out on the websites for the relevant Products. Unless required by applicable law, all payments by Customer to MicroBooks Limited under this Agreement are non-refundable and made via the payment method specified by Customer in the Order Form, or as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties. Customer shall undertake any additional actions reasonably requested by MicroBooks Limited to implement any automated Fee payment process. Any amounts past due shall accrue interest at a rate which is the lesser of: one and a half percent (1.5%) per month or the maximum rate allowable by law. Any assessment of late fees shall be without prejudice to MicroBooks Limited’s right to suspend Customer’s access to the Products. Any applicable goods and services or sales taxes will be added to Fees owing pursuant to this Agreement.
4.2. Customer acknowledges and agrees that by executing an Order Form, Customer is obligated to pay all of the Fees identified in (i) the Order Form or website (as applicable), and (ii) this Agreement, for the duration of the Current Term, and that any software subscription discounts or hardware discounts offered to Customer and/or identified on the Order Form are contingent upon the foregoing. Similarly, Customer acknowledges and agrees that, by renewing their subscription, whether implicitly or explicitly, Customer is obligated to pay all of the Fees due under the renewed contract at the then-current prices for the duration of the Renewal Term. Customer further acknowledges and agrees that any discounts offered under the initial Order Form shall not carry over or pertain to the Renewal Term, unless otherwise agreed to in writing
5. Confidential Information
MicroBooks Limited and Customer (each a “Receiving Party”) shall each retain in confidence all information received from the other party (the “Disclosing Party”) pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, the Products or the Beta Technology, that the Disclosing Party identifies as being proprietary and/or confidential or that, by the nature of the circumstances surrounding the disclosure, ought in good faith to be treated as proprietary and/or confidential (“Confidential Information”), and will make no use of such Confidential Information except as necessary to fulfill their respective obligations under this Agreement. Each party shall treat the terms and conditions of this Agreement as confidential; however, either party may disclose such information in confidence to its legal and financial consultants as required in the ordinary course of that party’s business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth above will not apply to (i) information previously known to the Receiving Party without reference to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, (ii) information which is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Receiving Party, (iii) information that is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, or (iv) information required to be disclosed pursuant to applicable law by enforceable orders of the court or other governmental authority. The foregoing shall also not prevent Lightspeed from using Customer Data on an aggregate and deidentified basis. Customer shall ensure that its Users fully comply with the terms of this Section and shall be responsible for any damages suffered by MicroBooks Limited as a result of a User’s failure to do so.
