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SPLUNK GENERAL TERMS
Last updated: February 13, 2020
These Splunk General Terms ("General Terms") between
Splunk Inc., a Delaware corporation, with its principal place
of business at 270 Brannan Street, San Francisco,
California 94107, U.S.A ("Splunk" or "we" or "us" or "our")
and you ("Customer" or "you" or "your") apply to the
purchase of licenses and subscriptions for Splunk's
Offerings. By clicking on the appropriate button, or by
downloading, installing, accessing or using the Offerings,
you agree to these General Terms. If you are entering into
these General Terms on behalf of Customer, you represent
that you have the authority to bind Customer. If you do not
agree to these General Terms, or if you are not authorized
to accept the General Terms on behalf of the Customer, do
not download, install, access, or use any of the Offerings.
See the General Terms Definitions Exhibit attached for
definitions of capitalized terms not defined herein.
1. License Rights
(A) General Rights. You have the nonexclusive, worldwide,
nontransferable and nonsublicensable right, subject to payment of
applicable Fees and compliance with the terms of these General
Terms, to use your Purchased Offerings for your Internal Business
Purposes during the Term and up to the Capacity purchased.
(B) Copies for On-Premise Products. You have the right to make a
reasonable number of copies of On-Premise Products for archival
and back-up purposes.
(C) Splunk Extensions. You may use Splunk Extensions in
connection with the applicable Purchased Offering subject to the
same terms and conditions for that Offering (including with respect
to Term) and payment of any Fees associated with the Splunk
Extensions. Some Splunk Extensions may be made available under
license terms that provide broader rights than the license rights you
have to the applicable underlying Offering (e.g., if the Extension is
Open Source Software). These broader rights will apply to that
Splunk Extension. Splunk Extensions may be installed on Hosted
Services pursuant to our instructions.
(D) Trials, Evaluations, Beta and Free Licenses.
(i) Trials and Evaluations. Offerings provided for trials and
evaluations, as specified in an Order, are provided at no
charge, and their use will be for the specified limited duration.
(ii) Beta Licenses. Some Offerings may be available to you as a
preview, or as an alpha, beta or other pre-release version
(each, a "Beta Offering"). All rights for Beta Offerings are
solely for internal testing and evaluation. Your use of a Beta
Offering will be for the term specified by us, and if no term is
specified, then for the earlier of one year from the start date of
the Beta Offering or when that version of the Beta Offering
becomes generally available. We may discontinue the Beta
Offering at any time and may decide not to make any of the
features and functionality generally available
(iii) Free Licenses. From time to time, we may make certain
Offerings available for full use (i.e., not subject to limited
evaluation purposes) at no charge. These free Offerings may
have limited features, functions and other technical limitations.
(E) Test and Development Licenses. For Offerings identified as
"Test and Development" Offerings on your Order, you only have the
right to use those Offerings up to the applicable Capacity on a non-
production system for non-production uses, including product
migration testing or pre-production staging, or testing new data
sources, types, or use cases. Test and Development Offerings
may not be used for any revenue generation, commercial activity,
or other productive business or purpose.
(F) Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these
General Terms, we do not provide maintenance and support,
warranties, or indemnification for Test and Development Offerings,
trials, evaluations, or free or Beta Offerings.
2. Purchasing Through Authorized Resellers
If you purchase Offerings through a Splunk authorized reseller, these
General Terms will govern those Offerings. Your payment obligations
for the Purchased Offerings will be with the authorized reseller, not
Splunk. You will have no direct Fee payment obligations to Splunk for
those Offerings.
Any terms agreed to between you and the authorized reseller that are in
addition to these General Terms are solely between you and the
authorized reseller. No agreement between you and an authorized
reseller is binding on Splunk, or will have any force or effect with respect
to the rights in, or the operation, use or provision of, the Offerings.
3. Your Contractors and Third Party Providers
You may permit your authorized consultants, contractors, and agents
("Third Party Providers") to access and use your Purchased Offerings,
but only on your behalf in connection with providing services to you, and
subject to the terms and conditions of these General Terms. Any access
or use by a Third Party Provider will be subject to the same limitations
and restrictions that apply to you under these General Terms, and you
will be responsible for any Third Party Provider's actions relating to or
use of the Offering. The aggregate use by you and all of your Third
Party Providers must not exceed the Capacity purchased, and nothing
in this Section is intended to or will be deemed to increase such
Capacity.
4. Hosted Services
(A) Service Levels. When you purchase Hosted Services as a
Purchased Offering, we will make the applicable Hosted Services
available to you during the Term in accordance with these General
Terms. If a Service Level Schedule applies to your Hosted Service
(as identified in the Specific Hosted Services Terms referenced in
Section 4(I) below), the Service Level Schedule and associated
remedies will apply to the availability and uptime of the Hosted
Service. If applicable, service credits will be available for downtime
in accordance with the Service Level Schedule.
(B) Data Protection. Please refer to Sections 9 and 10 below for
information on Splunk's security and data protection programs for
our Hosted Services.
(C) Maintaining Protections. Notwithstanding anything to contrary in
these General Terms, or any policy or terms referenced herein via
hyperlink (or any update thereto), Splunk may not, during a Term
materially diminish the security protections provided by the controls
set for the Hosted Service.
(D) Connections. You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all
telecommunications, broadband and computer equipment and
services needed to access and use Hosted Services, and for
paying all associated charges.
(E) Your Responsibility for Data Protection. You are responsible for:
(i) selecting from the security configurations and security options
made available by Splunk in connection with a Hosted Service; (ii)
taking additional measures outside of the Hosted Service to the
extent the Hosted Service Offering does not provide the controls
that may be required or desired by you; and (iii) routine archiving
and backing up of Customer Content. You agree to notify Splunk
immediately if you believe that an unauthorized third party may be
using your accounts or if your account information is lost or stolen.
(F) Data Restrictions. You may not transmit and/or store PHI Data,
PC&I Data or ITAR Data within the Hosted Services unless you
have specifically purchased a Purchased Offering for that
applicable regulated Hosted Services environment (as identified in
an Order).
(G) Refund Upon Termination for Splunk's Breach. If a Hosted
Service is terminated by you for Splunk's uncured material breach
in accordance with these General Terms, Splunk will refund you
any prepaid subscription fees covering the remainder of the Term
after the effective date of termination.
(H) Return of Customer Content. Customer Content may be retrieved
by you and removed from the Hosted Services in accordance with
the applicable Documentation. We will make the Customer Content
available on the Hosted Services for thirty (30) days after
termination of a subscription for your retrieval. After that thirty (30)
day period, we will have no obligation to maintain the storage of
your Customer Content, and you hereby authorize us thereafter to
delete all remaining Customer Content, unless we are otherwise
legally prohibited from doing so. If you require assistance in
connection with migration of your Customer Content, depending on
the nature of the request, we may require a mutually agreed upon
fee for assistance.
(I) Specific Hosted Services Terms. Specific security controls and
certifications, data policies, service descriptions, Service Level
Schedules and other terms specific to Hosted Services ("Specific
Hosted Services Terms") are set forth here:
www.splunk.com/SpecificTerms, and will apply as applicable.
5. Support and Maintenance
Your Purchased Offerings may include support and maintenance
services as part of your purchase. The specific Support Program
purchased with a Purchased Offering will be identified in the applicable
Order. Splunk will provide the purchased level of support and
maintenance services in accordance with the terms of the Support
Exhibit attached to these General Terms.
6. Configuration and Implementation Services
Splunk offers standard services to implement and configure your
Purchased Offerings, subject to the payment of the Fees for these
services in an Order, and the terms of the Configuration and
Implementation Services Exhibit attached to these General Terms.
7. Use Restrictions
Except as expressly permitted in an Order or our Documentation, you
agree not to (nor allow any third party to): (a) reverse engineer (except
to the extent specifically permitted by statutory law), decompile,
disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover source code or underlying
structures, ideas or algorithms of any Offering; (b) modify, translate or
create derivative works based on the Offerings; (c) use an Offering for
service bureau purposes, or for any purpose other than your own
Internal Business Purposes; (d) resell, transfer or distribute any
Offering; (e) access or use any Offering in order to monitor its
availability, performance, or functionality for competitive purposes; (f)
attempt to disable or circumvent any license key or other technological
mechanisms or measures intended to prevent, limit or control use or
copying of, or access to, Offerings; (g) separately use any of the
applicable features and functionalities of the Offerings with external
applications or code not furnished by Splunk or any data not processed
by the Offering; (h) exceed the Capacity purchased or (i) use any
Offering in violation of all applicable laws and regulations (including but
not limited to any applicable privacy and intellectual property laws).
8. Our Ethics, Compliance and Corporate
Responsibility
(A) Ethics and Corporate Responsibility. Splunk is committed to
acting ethically and in compliance with applicable law, and we have
policies and guidelines in place designed to provide awareness of,
and compliance with, the laws and regulations that apply to our
business globally. We are committed to ethical business conduct,
and we strive to perform in accordance with the highest global
ethical principles, as described in the Splunk Code of Conduct and
Ethics found here: https://investors.splunk.com/code-business-
conduct-and-ethics-1.
(B) Anti-Corruption. We use diligent efforts to implement and maintain
programs to ensure compliance with applicable anti-corruption and
anti-bribery laws. Splunk policy prohibits the offering or soliciting of
any illegal or improper bribe, kickback, payment, gift, or thing of
value to or from any of your employees or agents in connection with
these General Terms. If we learn of any violation of the above, we
will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify you at the main
contact address provided by you to Splunk.
(C) Export. We certify that Splunk is not on any of the relevant U.S.
government lists of prohibited persons, including the Treasury
Department's List of Specially Designated Nationals and the
Commerce Department's List of Denied Persons or Entity List.
Export information regarding our Offerings, including our export
control classifications for our Offerings, is found here:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/legal/export-controls.html.
9. Data Protection
Splunk follows globally recognized data protection principles and
industry-leading standards for the security of personal data. Splunk is
self-certified with the U.S. Department of Commerce for the EU-U.S.
and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks. Splunk's data protection
practices are set forth in Splunk Protects and include (as applicable)
standard terms for the processing of Personal Data as defined under
GDPR and Personal Information as defined under the CCPA. Please
refer to the applicable Specific Hosted Services Terms that may apply to
your Purchased Offering.
10. Security
(A) General Security. Splunk's information security management
system ("ISMS") is calibrated to protect the confidentiality, integrity
and availability of customer data. Splunk employees receive
regular training on Splunk's security policies and procedures,
including annual training on secure data handling practices, and
supplemental, targeted trainings as appropriate. Employees are
background checked and Splunk vendors are risk assessed prior
to onboarding to determine if their data protection and security
practices meet Splunk's standards.
(B) Offering Security. Hosted Services meet industry leading cloud
security standards appropriate to the nature of service provided,
e.g., Splunk Cloud HIPAA Offering certified to HIPAA security
requirements. We have commercially reasonable physical,
technical and procedural measures in place to protect Customer
Content against destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized
disclosure to third parties or unauthorized access by employees or
contractors employed by Splunk. Any specific and additional
security controls for a Hosted Service are set forth in the
applicable Documentation and Specific Hosted Services Terms
www.splunk.com/SpecificTerms. Third-party certificates of
compliance issued as part of Splunk's audited third-party
compliance program are located on Splunk Protects. In addition,
for On-Premise Products, which are not provided as a service and
therefore are not audited for compliance, Splunk follows industry
standard security controls for the processing of customer data
accessed or received through activities such as maintenance,
implementation or configuration services. Those industry standard
security controls are set forth in Splunk's Information Security
Addendum ("ISA") located at www.splunk.com/on-pre-isa.
(C) Product Development Security. Splunk deploys secure software
development practices and uses a risk-based approach when
applying its standard software development lifecycle (SDLC)
methodology, which may include such things as performing
security architecture reviews, open source security scans, virus
detection, dynamic application security testing, network
vulnerability scans and external penetration testing in the
development environment. Product-specific information about the
SDLC in our Offerings is detailed more fully in the ISA. Splunk's
Product Security Portal contains detailed information about
Splunk's program for managing and communicating product
vulnerabilities. Splunk categorizes product vulnerabilities in
accordance with the Common Vulnerability Scoring System
("Medium," "High," or "Critical") and uses commercially reasonable
efforts to remediate vulnerabilities depending on their severity
level in accordance with industry standards.
11. Usage Data
From time to time, Splunk may collect Usage Data generated as a by-
product of your use of Offerings (e.g., technical information about your
operating environment and sessions, systems architecture, page loads
and views, product versions, number and type of searches, number of
users, source type and format). Usage data does not include Customer
Content. We collect Usage Data for a variety of reasons, such as to
identify, understand, and anticipate performance issues and the factors
that affect them, to provide updates and personalized experiences to
customers, and to improve the Splunk Offerings. Details on Splunk's
Usage Data collection practices are set forth in Splunk's Privacy Policy.
12. Capacity and Usage Verification
(A) Certification. At Splunk's request, you will furnish Splunk a
certification signed by your authorized representative verifying that
your use of the Purchased Offering is in accordance with these
General Terms and the applicable Order. Also, if your Purchased
Offering requires usage reporting (as specified and agreed in the
Order), you agree to provide this reporting pursuant to those
requirements.
(B) Specific Product Verification. For On-Premise Products, we may
ask you from time to time, but not more frequently than once per
calendar period, to cooperate with us to verify usage and
adherence to purchased Capacities. If Splunk requests a
verification process, you agree to provide Splunk reasonable
access to the On-Premise Product installed at your facility (or as
hosted by your Third Party Provider). If Splunk does any
verification, it will be performed with as little interference as
possible to your use of the On-Premise Product and your business
operations. Splunk will comply with your (or your Third Party
Providers') reasonable security procedures.
(C) Overages. If a verification or usage report reveals that you have
exceeded the purchased Capacity or the scope of your license
grant for your Purchased Offering (e.g. used as a service bureau)
during the period reviewed, then we will have the right to invoice
you using the applicable Fees at list price then in effect, which will
be payable in accordance with these General Terms. Without
limiting Splunk's foregoing rights, with respect to Hosted Services,
Splunk may work with you to reduce usage so that it conforms to
the applicable usage limit, and we will in good faith discuss
options to right size your subscription as appropriate. For the
avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, Splunk will have the right to directly invoice you for
overages, regardless of whether you purchased the Purchased
Offering from an authorized reseller. See the Specific Hosted
Services Terms for any additional information related to overages
for a Hosted Service.
13. Our Use of Open Source
Certain Offerings may contain Open Source Software. Splunk makes
available in the applicable Documentation a list of Open Source
Software incorporated in our On-Premise Products as required by the
respective Open Source Software licenses. Any Open Source Software
that is delivered as part of your Offering and which may not be removed
or used separately from the Offering is covered by the warranty, support
and indemnification provisions applicable to the Offering. Some of the
Open Source Software may have additional terms that apply to the use
of the Offering (e.g., the obligation for us to provide attribution of the
specific licensor), and those terms will be included in the
Documentation; however, these terms will not (a) impose any additional
restrictions on your use of the Offering, or (b) negate or amend any of
our responsibilities with respect to the Offering.
14. Splunk Developer Tools and Customer
Extensions
Splunk makes Splunk Developer Tools available to you so you can
develop Extensions for use with your Purchased Offerings (Extensions
that you develop, "Customer Extensions").
You have a nonexclusive, worldwide, nontransferable, nonsublicensable
right, subject to the terms of these General Terms, to use Splunk
Developer Tools to (a) copy and modify Splunk Developer Tools to
develop your Customer Extensions, including to support interoperability
between the Offering and your system or environment, and (b) distribute
your Customer Extensions exclusively for use with the designated
Offering. Your rights are subject to the following conditions: (x) Splunk
proprietary legends or notices contained in the Splunk Developer Tools
may not be removed or altered when used in or with your Customer
Extension; and (y) you may not make any statement that your Customer
Extension is certified or that its performance is guaranteed by Splunk.
You retain title to your Customer Extensions, subject to Splunk's
ownership in our Offerings and any materials and technology provided
by Splunk in connection with the Splunk Developer Tools. If you allow
end users of Customer Extensions to modify or distribute the Customer
Extensions, you will limit such modification or distribution to use with the
designated Offering only, and will flow down the conditions in (x) and (y)
above to end users of Customer Extensions. You agree to assume full
responsibility for the performance and distribution of Customer
Extensions.
15. Third Party Extensions, Third Party Content
and Unsupported Splunk Extensions
(A) Third Party Extensions. Splunk makes no promises or
guarantees related to Extensions on Splunkbase developed
and/or made available by a third party ("Third-Party Extension").
Splunk makes Third Party Extensions available for download on
Splunkbase as a convenience to its customers. Splunk neither
controls nor endorses, nor is Splunk responsible for, any Third
Party Extension, including the accuracy, integrity, quality, legality,
usefulness or security of the Third Party Extension. Nothing in
these General Terms or on Splunkbase will be deemed to be a
representation or warranty by Splunk with respect to any Third
Party Extension, even if a particular Third Party Extension is
identified as "certified" or "validated" for use with an Offering. We
may, in our reasonable discretion, block or disable access to any
Third Party Extension at any time. Your use of a Third Party
Extension is at your own risk and may be subject to any additional
terms, conditions and policies applicable to that Third Party
Extension (such as license terms, terms of service, or privacy
policies of the providers of such Third Party Extension).
(B) Third Party Content. Hosted Services may contain features or
functions that enable interoperation with Third Party Content that
you, in your sole discretion, choose to add to a Hosted Service.
You may be required to obtain access separately to such Third
Party Content from the respective providers, and you may be
required to grant Splunk access to your accounts with such
providers to the extent necessary for Splunk to allow the
interoperation with the Hosted Service. By requesting or allowing
Splunk to enable access to such Third Party Content in connection
with the Hosted Services, you certify that you are authorized under
the provider's terms to allow such access. If you install or enable
(or direct or otherwise authorize Splunk to install or enable) Third
Party Content for use with a Hosted Service where the
interoperation includes access by the third party provider to your
Customer Content, you hereby authorize Splunk to allow the
provider of such Third Party Content to access Customer Content
as necessary for the interoperation. You agree that Splunk is not
responsible or liable for disclosure, modification or deletion of
Customer Content resulting from access to Customer Content by
such Third Party Content, nor is Splunk liable for any damages or
downtime that you may incur or any impact on your experience of
the Hosted Service, directly or indirectly, as a result of your use of,
and/or reliance upon, any Third Party Content, sites or resources.
(C) Unsupported Splunk Extensions. The Service Level Schedule
commitments for any applicable Hosted Services will not apply to
Splunk Extensions labeled on Splunkbase as "Not Supported."
You agree that Splunk is not responsible for any impact on your
experience of a Hosted Service as a result of your installation
and/or use of any "Not Supported" Splunk Extensions, and that
your sole remedy will be to remove the "Not Supported" Splunk
Extension from the applicable Hosted Service. Further, some
Splunk Extensions may not be compatible or certified for use with
that Hosted Service (e.g., only specific Splunk Extensions are
validated for our FedRAMP authorized environment for Splunk
Cloud). Please refer to the applicable Documentation for more
information related to the Splunk Extensions compatible with your
specific Purchased Offering.
16. Your Compliance
(A) Lawful Use of Offerings. When you access and use an Offering,
you are responsible for complying with all laws, rules, and
regulations applicable to your access and use. This includes being
responsible for your Customer Content and users, for your users'
compliance with these General Terms, and the accuracy, lawful use
of, and the means by which you acquired your Customer Content.
(B) Registration. You agree to provide accurate and complete
information when you register for and use any Offering and agree
to keep this information current. Each person who uses any
Offering must have a separate username and password. For
Hosted Services, you must provide a valid email address for each
person authorized to use your Hosted Services, and you may only
have one person per username and password. Splunk may
reasonably require additional information in connection with certain
Offerings (e.g., technical information necessary for your connection
to a Hosted Service), and you will provide this information as
reasonably requested by Splunk. You are responsible for securing,
protecting and maintaining the confidentiality of your account
usernames, passwords and access tokens.
(C) Export Compliance. You will comply with all applicable export
laws and regulations of the United States and any other country
("Export Laws") where your users use any of the Offerings. You
certify that you are not on any of the relevant U.S. government lists
of prohibited persons, including the Treasury Department's List of
Specially Designated Nationals and the Commerce Department's
List of Denied Persons or Entity List. You will not export, re-export,
ship, transfer or otherwise use the Offerings in any country subject
to an embargo or other sanction by the United States, including,
without limitation, Iran, Syria, Cuba, the Crimea Region of Ukraine,
Sudan and North Korea, and you will not use any Offering for any
purpose prohibited by the Export Laws.
(D) GovCloud Services. If you access or use any Hosted Services in
the specially isolated Amazon Web Services ("AWS") GovCloud
(US) region (including without limitation any Hosted Services that
are provisioned in a FedRAMP authorized environment), you
represent and warrant that users will only access the Hosted
Services in the AWS GovCloud (US) region if users: (i) are "US
Person(s)" as defined under ITAR (see 22 CFR part 120.15); (ii)
have and will maintain a valid Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls registration, if required by ITAR; (iii) are not subject to
export control restrictions under US export control laws and
regulations (i.e., users are not denied or debarred parties or
otherwise subject to sanctions); and (iv) maintain an effective
compliance program to ensure compliance with applicable US
export control laws and regulations, including ITAR, as applicable.
You are responsible for verifying that any user accessing Customer
Content in the Hosted Services in the AWS GovCloud (US) region
is eligible to access to such Customer Content. The Hosted
Services in the AWS GovCloud (US) region may not be used to
process or store classified data. You will be responsible for all
sanitization costs incurred by Splunk if users introduce classified
data into the Hosted Services in the AWS GovCloud (US) region.
(E) Acceptable Use. Without limiting any terms under these General
Terms, you will also abide by our Hosted Services acceptable use
policy: https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAMB6.
17. Confidentiality
(A) Confidential Information. Each party will protect the Confidential
Information of the other. Accordingly, Receiving Party agrees to: (i)
protect the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information using the
same degree of care (but in no event less than reasonable care)
that it uses to protect its own Confidential Information of a similar
nature; (ii) limit use of Disclosing Party's Confidential Information
for purposes consistent with these General Terms, and (iii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to limit access to Disclosing Party's
Confidential Information to its employees, contractors and agents or
those of its Affiliates who have a bona fide need to access such
Confidential Information for purposes consistent with these General
Terms and who are subject to confidentiality obligations no less
stringent than those herein.
(B) Compelled Disclosure of Confidential Information.
Notwithstanding the foregoing terms, the Receiving Party may
disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party if it is
compelled by law enforcement agencies or regulators to do so,
provided the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party prior notice
of such compelled disclosure (to the extent legally permitted) and
reasonable assistance, at the Disclosing Party's cost, if the
Disclosing Party wishes to contest the disclosure. If the Receiving
Party is compelled to disclose the Disclosing Party's Confidential
Information as part of a civil proceeding to which the Disclosing
Party is a Party, and the Disclosing Party is not contesting the
disclosure, the Disclosing Party will reimburse the Receiving Party
for its reasonable cost of compiling and providing secure access to
such Confidential Information.
18. Payment
The payment terms below only apply when you purchase Offerings
directly from Splunk. When you purchase from an authorized reseller,
the payment terms are between you and the authorized reseller.
(A) Fees. You agree to pay all Fees specified in the Orders. Fees are
non-cancelable and non-refundable, except as otherwise expressly
set forth in these General Terms. Without limiting any of our other
rights or remedies herein, overdue charges may accrue interest
monthly at the rate of 1.5% of the then-outstanding unpaid balance,
or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower. Fees are
due and payable either within 30 days from the date of Splunk's
invoice or as otherwise stated in the Order.
(B) Credit Cards. If you pay by credit or debit card, you: (i) will provide
Splunk or its designated third-party payment processor with valid
credit or debit card information; and (i) hereby authorize Splunk or
its designated third-party payment processor to charge such credit
or debit card for all items listed in the applicable Order. Such
charges must be paid in advance or in accordance with any
different billing frequency stated in the applicable Order. You are
responsible for providing complete and accurate billing and contact
information and notifying Splunk in a timely manner of any changes
to such information.
(C) Taxes. All Fees quoted are exclusive of applicable taxes and
duties, including any applicable sales and use tax. You are
responsible for paying any taxes or similar government
assessments (including, without limitation, value-added, sales, use
or withholding taxes). We will be solely responsible for taxes
assessable against us based on our net income, property and
employees
19. Splunk's Warranties
(A) Relationship to Applicable Law. We will not seek to limit our
liability, or any of your warranties, rights and remedies, to the extent
the limits are not permitted by applicable law (e.g., warranties,
remedies or liabilities that cannot be excluded by applicable law).
(B) General Corporate Warranty. Splunk warrants that it has the legal
power and authority to enter into these General Terms.
(C) Hosted Services Warranty. Splunk warrants that during the
applicable Term: (i) Splunk will not materially decrease the overall
functionality of the Hosted Services; and (ii) the Hosted Services
will perform materially in accordance with the applicable
Documentation. Our sole and exclusive liability, and your sole and
exclusive remedy for any breach of these warranties, will be your
right to terminate the applicable Hosted Services Purchased
Offering, and we will refund to you any prepaid but unused Fees for
the remainder of the Term.
(D) On-Premise Product Warranty. Splunk warrants that for a period
of ninety (90) days from the Delivery of an On-Premise Product, the
On-Premise Product will substantially perform the material
functions described in the applicable Documentation for such On-
Premise Product, when used in accordance with the applicable
Documentation. Splunk's sole liability, and your sole remedy, for
any failure of the On-Premise Product to conform to the foregoing
warranty, is for Splunk to do one of the following (at Splunk's sole
option and discretion) (i) modify, or provide an Enhancement for,
the On-Premise Product so that it conforms to the foregoing
warranty, (ii) replace your copy of the On-Premise Product with a
copy that conforms to the foregoing warranty, or (iii) terminate the
Purchased Offering with respect to the non-conforming On-Premise
Product and refund the Fees paid by you for such non-conforming
On-Premise Product.
(E) Disclaimer of Implied Warranties. Except as expressly set
forth above, the Offerings are provided "as is" with no
warranties or representations whatsoever, express or implied.
Splunk and its suppliers and licensors disclaim all warranties
and representations, including any implied warranties of
merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular
purpose, noninfringement, or quiet enjoyment, and any
warranties arising out of course of dealing or trade usage.
Splunk does not warrant that use of Offerings will be
uninterrupted, error free or secure, or that all defects will be
corrected.
20. Ownership
(A) Offerings. As between you and Splunk, Splunk owns and reserves
all right, title, and interest in and to the Offerings, developer tools
and other Splunk materials, including all intellectual property rights
therein. We retain rights in anything delivered or developed by us or
on our behalf under these General Terms. No rights are granted to
you other than as expressly set forth in these General Terms.
(B) Customer Content. You own and reserve all right, title and interest
in your Customer Content. By sending Customer Content to a
Hosted Service, you grant us a worldwide, royalty free, non-
exclusive license to access and use the Customer Content for
purposes of providing you the Hosted Service.
(C) Feedback. You have no obligation to provide us with ideas for
improvement, suggestions or other feedback (collectively,
"Feedback") in connection with an Offering, unless otherwise
expressly set forth in the applicable Order. If, however, you provide
any Feedback, you hereby grant to Splunk a non-exclusive,
transferable, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license (with rights
to sublicense) to make, use, sell, offer to sell, reproduce, modify,
distribute, make available, publicly display and perform, disclose
and otherwise commercially exploit the Feedback.
21. Term and Termination
(A) Term and Renewal. These General Terms will commence upon
the Effective Date and will remain in effect until the expiration of all
applicable Purchased Offerings, unless earlier terminated pursuant
to this Section. Termination of a specific Purchased Offering will not
affect the Term of any other Purchased Offering. Termination of
these General Terms will have the effect of terminating all
Purchased Offerings. Grounds for terminating a Purchased Offering
(e.g., for non-payment), that are specific to the Purchased Offering,
will not be grounds to terminate Purchased Offerings where no
breach exists. Unless indicated otherwise in an Order, the Term of
a Purchased Offering (and these General Terms) will automatically
renew for an additional period of time equal to the length of the
preceding Term, unless one party notifies the other of its intent not
to renew at least one (1) day in advance of the expiration of the
Term or then-current renewal period.
(B) Termination. Either party may terminate these General Terms, or
any Purchased Offering, by written notice to the other party in the
event of a material breach of these General Terms, or the specific
terms associated with that Purchased Offering, that is not cured
within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice. Upon any expiration
or termination of a Purchased Offering, the rights and licenses
granted to you for that Purchased Offering will automatically
terminate, and you agree to immediately (i) cease using and
accessing the Offering, (ii) return or destroy all copies of any On-
Premise Products and other Splunk materials and Splunk
Confidential Information in your possession or control, and, (iii)
upon our request, certify in writing the completion of such return or
destruction. Upon termination of these General Terms or any
Purchased Offering, Splunk will have no obligation to refund any
Fees or other amounts received from you during the Term.
Notwithstanding any early termination above, except for your
termination of our uncured material breach, you will still be required
to pay all Fees payable under an Order.
(C) Survival. The termination or expiration of these General Terms will
not affect any provisions herein which by their nature survive
termination or expiration, including the provisions that deal with the
following subject matters: definitions, ownership of intellectual
property, confidentiality, payment obligations, effect of termination,
limitation of liability, privacy, and the "Miscellaneous" section in
these General Terms.
(D) Suspension of Service. In the event of a material breach or
threatened material breach of this Agreement, Splunk may, without
limiting its other rights and remedies, suspend your use of the
Hosted Service until such breach is cured or Splunk reasonably
believes there is no longer a threat, provided that we will give you
at least five (5) days' prior notice before suspension. Suspension of
a Hosted Services will have no impact on the duration of the Term
of the Purchased Offering or the associated Fees owed.
22. Limitation of Liability
In no event will the aggregate liability of either party, together with
any of its Affiliates, arising out of or related to any Purchased
Offering exceed the total amount paid by you for that Purchased
Offering in the twelve (12) months preceding the first incident out
of which the liability arose. For the avoidance of doubt, the
foregoing limitation will not limit your obligations under the
"Payment" section above, and will not be deemed to limit your
rights to any service level credits under any applicable Service
Level Schedule. Furthermore, the cap above will not be deemed to
limit Splunk's right to recover amounts for your use of an Offering
in excess of the Capacity purchased or use outside of Internal
Business Purposes.
In no event will either party or its Affiliates have any liability arising
out of or related to these General Terms for any lost profits,
revenues, goodwill, or indirect, special, incidental, consequential,
cover, business interruption or punitive damages.
The foregoing limitations will apply whether the action is in
contract or tort and regardless of the theory of liability, even if a
party or its Affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such
damages or if a party's or its Affiliates' remedy otherwise fails of
its essential purpose.
The limitation of liability herein will not apply to a party's
infringement of the other party's intellectual property rights,
indemnification obligations, or the fraud, gross negligence or
willful misconduct of a party.
The foregoing disclaimers of damages will also not apply to the
extent prohibited by law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of certain damages. To the extent such a
law applies to you, some or all of the exclusions or limitations set
forth above may not apply to you, and you may have additional
rights.
23. Indemnity
(A) Our Indemnification to You. Splunk will defend and indemnify
you, and pay all damages (including attorneys' fees and costs)
awarded against you, or that are agreed to in a settlement, to the
extent a claim, demand, suit or proceeding is made or brought
against you or your Affiliates by a third party (including those
brought by the government) alleging that a Purchased Offering
infringes or misappropriates such third party's patent, copyright,
trademark or trade secret (a "Customer Claim"). Splunk will have
no obligation under the foregoing provision to the extent a
Customer Claim arises from your breach of these General Terms,
your Customer Content, Third Party Extension, or the combination
of the Offering with: (i) Customer Content; (ii) Third Party
Extensions; (iii) any software other than software provided by
Splunk; or (iv) any hardware or equipment. However, Splunk will
indemnify against combination claims to the extent (y) the
combined software is necessary for the normal operation of the
Purchased Offering (e.g., an operating system), or (z) the
Purchased Offering provides substantially all the essential elements
of the asserted infringement or misappropriation claim. Splunk may
in its sole discretion and at no cost to you: (1) modify any
Purchased Offering so that it no longer infringes or misappropriates
a third party right, (2) obtain a license for your continued use of the
Purchased Offering, in accordance with these General Terms, or
(3) terminate the Purchased Offering and refund to you any prepaid
fees covering the unexpired Term.
(B) Your Indemnification to Us. Unless expressly prohibited by
applicable law, you will defend and indemnify us, and pay all
damages (including attorneys' fees and costs) awarded against
Splunk, or that are agreed to in a settlement, to the extent a claim,
demand, suit or proceeding is made or brought against Splunk or
its Affiliates by a third party (including those brought by a
government entity) that: (i) alleges that your Customer Content or
Customer Extensions infringes or misappropriates such third party's
patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret, or violates another
right of a third party; or (ii) alleges that your Customer Content or
your use of any Offering violates applicable law or regulation.
(C) Mutual Indemnity. Each party will defend (or settle), indemnify and
hold harmless at its expense, any action brought against the other
party by a third party to the extent that it is based upon a claim for
bodily injury, personal injury (including death) to any person, or
damage to tangible property resulting from the negligent acts or
willful misconduct of the indemnifying party or its personnel
hereunder, and will pay any reasonable, direct, out-of-pocket costs,
damages and reasonable attorneys' fees attributable to such claim
that are awarded against the indemnified party (or are payable in
settlement by the indemnified party).
(D) Process for Indemnification. The indemnification obligations
above are subject to the party seeking indemnification to: (i) provide
the other party with prompt written notice of the specific claim; (ii)
give the indemnifying party sole control of the defense and
settlement of the claim (except that the indemnifying party may not
settle any claim that requires any action or forbearance on the
indemnified party's part without their prior consent, which will not
unreasonably withhold or delay); and (iii) gives the indemnifying
party all reasonable assistance, at such party's expense.
24. Updates to Offerings
Our Offerings and policies may be updated over the course of our
relationship. From time to time, Splunk may update or modify an
Offering and our policies, provided that: (a) the change and modification
applies to all customers generally, and are not targeted to any particular
customer; (b) no such change or modification will impose additional fees
on you during the applicable Term or additional restrictions on your use
of the Offering, or alter our liability or the allocation of risk between us
under these General Terms; (c) no such change or modification will
materially reduce the security protections or overall functionality of the
applicable Offering; and (d) any such change or modification will apply
only prospectively, and will not apply to any breach or dispute that arose
between the parties prior to the effective date of the change or
modification.
25. Governing Law
These General Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California, as if performed wholly within the
state and without giving effect to the principles of conflict of law. Any
legal action or proceeding arising under these General Terms will be
brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the Northern
District of California and the parties hereby consent to personal
jurisdiction and venue therein. Splunk may seek injunctive or other relief
in any state, federal, or national court of competent jurisdiction for any
actual or alleged infringement of intellectual property or other proprietary
rights of Splunk, its Affiliates, or any third party.
Neither the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act nor the
United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods will apply
to these General Terms.
26. Use of Customer Name
You agree that we may add your name to our customer list and identify
you as a Splunk customer on Splunk's websites. Any further public use
of your name in connection with Splunk marketing activities (e.g., press
releases) will require your prior approval.
27. Miscellaneous
(A) Different Terms. Splunk expressly rejects terms or conditions in
any Customer purchase order or other similar document that are
different from or additional to the terms and conditions set forth in
these General Terms. Such different or additional terms and
conditions will not become a part of the agreement between the
parties notwithstanding any subsequent acknowledgement, invoice
or license key that Splunk may issue.
(B) No Future Functionality. You agree that your purchase of any
Offering is not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality
or features, or dependent on any oral or written statements made
by Splunk regarding future functionality or features.
(C) Notices. Except as otherwise specified in these General Terms, all
notices related to these General Terms will be sent in writing to the
addresses set forth in the applicable Order, or to such other
address as may be specified by either party to the other party, and
will be effective upon (i) personal delivery, (ii) the second business
day after mailing, or (c), except for notices of termination or an
indemnifiable claim ("Legal Notices"), which shall clearly be
identifiable as Legal Notices, the day of sending by email. Billing-
related notices to Customer will be addressed to the relevant billing
contact designated by Customer. All other notices to Customer will
be addressed to the relevant system administrator designated by
Customer.
(D) Assignment. Neither party may assign, delegate or transfer these
General Terms, in whole or in part, by agreement, operation of law
or otherwise without the prior written consent of the other party,
however Splunk may assign these General Terms in whole or in
part to an Affiliate or in connection with an internal reorganization or
a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of Splunk's
assets to which these General Terms relates. Any attempt to assign
these General Terms other than as permitted herein will be null and
void. Subject to the foregoing, these General Terms will bind and
inure to the benefit of the parties' permitted successors and
assigns.
(E) U.S. Government Use Terms. Splunk provides Offerings for U.S.
federal government end use solely in accordance with the following:
Government technical data and rights related to Offerings include
only those rights customarily provided to the public as defined in
these General Terms. This customary commercial license is
provided in accordance with FAR 12.211 (Technical Data) and FAR
12.212 (Computer Software) and, for Department of Defense
transactions, DFARS 252.227-7015 (Technical Data-Commercial
Items) and DFARS 227.7202-3 (Rights in Commercial Computer
Software or Commercial Computer Software Documentation). If a
government agency has a need for rights not conveyed under these
terms, it must negotiate with Splunk to determine if there are
acceptable terms for transferring such rights, and a mutually
acceptable written addendum specifically conveying such rights
must be included in any applicable contract or agreement.
(F) Waiver; Severability. The waiver by either party of a breach of or a
default under these General Terms will not be effective unless in
writing. The failure by either party to enforce any provisions of
these General Terms will not constitute a waiver of any other right
hereunder or of any subsequent enforcement of that or any other
provisions. If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of
these General Terms invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions of these General Terms will remain in full force and
effect, and the provision affected will be construed so as to be
enforceable to the maximum extent permissible by law.
(G) Integration; Entire Agreement. These General Terms along with
any additional terms incorporated herein by reference, constitute
the complete and exclusive understanding and agreement between
the parties and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous
agreements, communications and understandings, written or oral,
relating to their subject matter. Except as otherwise expressly set
forth herein, any waiver, modification or amendment of any
provision of these General Terms will be effective only if in writing
and signed by duly authorized representatives of both parties.
(H) Force Majeure. Neither party or its Affiliates, subsidiaries, officers,
directors, employees, agents, partners and licensors will (except for
the obligation to make any payments) be liable for any delay or
failure to perform any obligation under these General Terms where
the delay or failure results from any cause beyond their reasonable
control, including, without limitation, acts of God, labor disputes or
other industrial disturbances, electrical, telecommunications, or
other utility failures, earthquake, storms or other elements of
nature, blockades, embargoes, riots, acts or orders of government,
acts of terrorism, or war.
(I) Independent Contractors; No Third Party Beneficiaries. The
parties are independent contractors. These General Terms does
not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, fiduciary
or employment relationship between the parties. There are no third-
party beneficiaries of these General Terms. Neither party has the
authority to bind or act on behalf of the other party in any capacity
or circumstance whether by contract or otherwise.
General Terms Definitions Exhibit
"Affiliates" means a corporation, partnership or other entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such party, but only so long
as such control continues to exist. For purposes of this definition,
"control" means ownership, directly or indirectly, of greater than fifty
percent (50%) of the voting rights in such entity (or, in the case of a
noncorporate entity, equivalent rights).
"Capacity" means the measurement of usage of an Offering (e.g.,
aggregate daily volume of data indexed, specific source type rights,
number of search and compute units, number of monitored accounts,
virtual CPUs, user seats, use cases, storage capacity, etc.) that is
purchased for an Offering, as set forth in the applicable Order. The
Capacities for each of our Offerings can be found here:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/legal/licensed-capacity.html.
"CCPA" means the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
"Confidential Information" means all nonpublic information disclosed
by a party ("Disclosing Party") to the other party ("Receiving Party"),
whether orally or in writing, that is designated as "confidential" or that,
given the nature of the information or circumstances surrounding its
disclosure, should reasonably be understood to be confidential.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Confidential Information" does not
include any information that: (i) is or becomes generally known to the
public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (ii)
was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the
Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing
Party, (iii) is received from a third party without breach of any obligation
owed to the Disclosing Party, or (iv) was independently developed by
the Receiving Party.
"Content Subscription" means the right of Customer to receive content
applicable to an Offering (e.g., models, templates, searches, playbooks,
rules and configurations, as described in the relevant Documentation)
on a periodic basis over the applicable Term. Content Subscriptions are
purchased as an add-on service and are identified in an Order.
"Customer Content" means any data that is ingested by or on behalf of
you into an Offering from your internal data sources.
"Delivery" means the date of Splunk's initial delivery of the license key
for the applicable Offering or, for Hosted Services, the date Splunk
makes the applicable Offering available to you for access and use.
"Documentation" means the online user guides, documentation and
help and training materials published on Splunk's website (such as at
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation) or accessible through the
applicable Offering, as may be updated by Splunk from time to time.
"Enhancements" means any updates, upgrades, releases, fixes,
enhancements or modifications to a Purchased Offering made generally
commercially available by Splunk to its customers under the terms and
conditions in the Support Exhibit.
"Extension" means any separately downloadable or accessible suite,
configuration file, add-on, technical add-on, example module, command,
function, playbook, content or application that extends the features or
functionality of the applicable Offering.
"Fees" means the fees that are applicable to an Offering, as identified in
the Order.
"GDPR" means the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation
(EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27
April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the
processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data) as
updated, amended or replaced from time to time.
"HIPAA" means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
of 1996, as amended and supplemented by the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
"Hosted Service" means a technology service hosted by or on behalf of
Splunk and provided to you.
"Internal Business Purpose" means your use of an Offering for your
own internal business operations, based on the analysis, monitoring or
processing of your data from your systems, net-works and devices.
Such use does not include use on a service bureau basis or otherwise
to provide services to, or process data for, any third party, or otherwise
use to monitor or service the systems, networks and devices of third
parties.
"ITAR Data" means information protected by the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations.
"Offerings" means the products, services and other offerings that
Splunk makes generally available, including without limitation On-
Premise Products, Hosted Services, Support Programs, Content
Subscriptions and Configuration and Implementation Services.
"On-Premise Product" means the Splunk software that is delivered to
you and deployed and operated by you or on your behalf on hardware
designated by you, and any Enhancements made available to you by
Splunk.
"Open Source Software" means software that is licensed under a
license approved by the Open Source Initiative or similar freeware
license, with terms requiring that such software code be (i) disclosed or
distributed in source code or object code form, (ii) licensed for the
purpose of making derivative works, and/or (iii) redistribute under the
same license terms.
"Orders" means Splunk's quote or ordering document (including online
order form) accepted by you via your purchase order or other ordering
document submitted to Splunk (directly or indirectly through an
authorized reseller) to order Offerings, which references the Offering,
Capacity, pricing and other applicable terms set forth in an applicable
Splunk quote or ordering document. Orders do not include the terms of
any preprinted terms on your purchase order or other terms on a
purchase order that are additional or inconsistent with the terms of
these General Terms.
"PC&I Data" means credit card information within the scope of the
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
"PHI" means any protected health data, as defined under HIPAA.
"Purchased Offerings" means the services, subscriptions and licenses
to Offerings that are acquired by you under Orders, whether directly or
through an authorized reseller.
"Service Level Schedule" means a Splunk policy that applies to the
availability and uptime of a Hosted Service and which, if applicable,
offers service credits as set forth therein.
"Splunkbase" means Splunk's online directory of or platform for
Extensions, currently located at https://splunkbase.splunk.com and any
and all successors, replacements, new versions, derivatives, updates
and upgrades and any other similar platform(s) owned and/or controlled
by Splunk.
"Splunk Developer Tool" means the standard application programming
interface, configurations, software development kits, libraries, command
line interface tools, other tooling (including scaffolding and data
generation tools), integrated development environment plug-ins or
extensions, code examples, tutorials, reference guides and other related
materials identified and provided by Splunk to facilitate or enable the
creation of Extensions or otherwise support interoperability between the
Software and your system or environment.
"Splunk Extensions" means Extensions made available through
Splunkbase that are identified on Splunkbase as built by Splunk (and
not by any third party).
"Support Programs" are the Support Programs offered by Splunk and
identified here: http://www.splunk.com/en_us/support-and-
services/support-programs.html
"Term" means the duration of your subscription or license to the
applicable Offering that starts and ends on the date listed on the
applicable Order. If no start date is specified in an Order, the start date
will be the Delivery date of the Offering.
"Third Party Content" means information, data, technology or materials
made available to you by any third party that you license and add to a
Hosted Service or direct Splunk to install in connection with a Hosted
Service. Third Party Content includes but is not limited to, Third Party
Extensions, web-based or offline software applications, data service or
content that are provided by third parties.
"Usage Data" means data generated from the usage, configuration,
deployment, access and performance of an Offering. For example, this
may include such things as information about your operating
environment, such as your network and systems architecture, or
sessions, such as page loads and session views, duration, or
interactions, errors, number of searches, source types and format (e.g.,
json, xml, csv), ingest volume, number of active and licensed users, or
search concurrency. Usage Data does not include Customer Content.
Support Exhibit to Splunk General Terms
This Support Exhibit forms a part of the Splunk General Terms and
governs your purchase, and Splunk's provision of Support Services.
1. Support Programs
Support Programs purchased as part of a Purchased Offering will be
identified in your applicable Order. Splunk will provide you the level of
Support Services described under the purchased Support Program,
subject to your payment of applicable Fees. "Support Programs" are
the Support Programs offered by Splunk and identified here:
http://www.splunk.com/en_us/support-and-services/support-
programs.html.
2. Support Services
"Support Services" include technical support for your Purchased
Offerings, and, when available, the provision of Enhancements for your
Purchased Offerings, subject to the Support Policy described below.
Technical support under a Support Program is available via email or
web portal, and certain Support Programs also make support available
via telephone. Support Services will be delivered by a member of
Splunk's technical support team during the regional hours of operation
applicable under the Support Program. Support Services are delivered
in English unless you are in a location where we have made localized
Support Services available.
3. Support Policy
Our Support Policy, provided here:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/legal/splunk-software-support-policy.html
("Support Policy") describes the duration of our Support Services for
certain Splunk On-Premise Products and other policies associated with
our Support Services.
As we release new versions for our Offerings, we discontinue Support
Services for certain older versions. Our Support Policy sets forth the
schedule for the duration of support, and end of support, for Offering
versions. The current versions of our Offerings that are supported
under our Support Policy, and will be our "Supported Versions" herein.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Support Policy may not apply to Hosted
Services, and the product and services version we make available as
our Hosted Services will be deemed Supported Versions herein.
4. Case Priority
Each Support Program offers different support levels for your case
priority levels. When submitting a case, you will select the priority for
initial response by logging the case online, in accordance with the
priority guidelines set forth under your Support Program. When the case
is received, we may in good faith change the priority if the issue does
not conform to the criteria for the selected priority. When that happens,
we will provide you with notice (electronic or otherwise) of such change.
5. Exclusions
We will have no obligation to provide support for issues caused by any
of the following (each, a "Customer Generated Error"): (i)
modifications to an Offering not made by Splunk; (ii) use of an Offering
other than as authorized in the Agreement or as provided in the
applicable Documentation; (iii) damage to the machine on which an On-
Premise Product is installed; (iv) use of a version of an Offering other
than the Supported Version; (vi) third-party products that are not
expressly noted in the Documentation as supported by Splunk; or (vi)
conflicts related to replacing or installing hardware, drivers, and
software that are not expressly supported by Splunk and described in
the applicable Documentation. If we determine that support requested
by you is for an issue caused by a Customer Generated Error, we will
notify you of that fact as soon as reasonably possible under the
circumstances. If you agree that we should provide support for the
Customer Generated Error via a confirming email, then we will have the
right to invoice you at our then-current time and materials rates for any
such support provided by us.
6. Support for Splunk Extensions
Only Splunk Extensions that are labeled as "Splunk Supported" on
Splunkbase, or other Splunk-branded marketplace, are eligible for
support, and this support is limited. For those labeled Splunk Supported,
we will provide an initial response and acknowledgement in accordance
with the P3 terms that are applicable in the applicable Support Program.
Enhancements for Splunk Extensions labeled as Splunk Supported
when made available. No other terms of a Support Program will apply to
a Splunk Application. For those labeled as "Not Supported," Splunk will
have no support obligations.
7. Authorized Support Contacts
You are entitled to have a certain number of Support Contacts under
each Support Program. "Support Contacts" means the individual(s)
specified by you that are authorized to submit support cases.
The number of Support Contacts will be based on the Capacity of the
Offering purchased, and the applicable Support Program. The number
of Support Contacts will be set forth in customer's entitlement
information on the Splunk support portal.
We only take support requests from, and communicate with, your
Support Contacts in connection with support cases. We strongly
recommend that your Support Contact(s) are trained on the applicable
Offering. In order to designate Support Contacts, you must provide the
individual's primary email address and Splunk.com login ID.
8. Defect Resolution
Should we determine that an Offering has a defect, we will, at our sole
option, repair the defect in the version of the Offering that you are then
currently using or instruct you to install a newer version of the Offering
with that defect repaired. We reserve the right to provide you with a
workaround in lieu of fixing a defect should we in our sole judgment
determine that it is more effective to do so.
9. Your Assistance
Should you report a purported defect or error in an Offering, we may
require you to provide us with the following information: (a) a general
description of your operating environment; (b) a list of all hardware
components, operating systems and networks; (c) a reproducible test
case; and (d) any log files, trace and systems files. Your failure to
provide this information may prevent us from identifying and fixing that
purported defect.
10. Changes to Support Programs
You acknowledge that, subject to the Support Policy, and subject to any
commitment we have under an Order with you, we have the right to
discontinue the manufacture, development, sale or support of any
Offering, at any time, in our sole discretion. We further reserve the right
to alter Support Programs from time to time, using reasonable
discretion, but in no event will such alterations, during the Term of any
Order, result in diminished Support Services from the level of your
applicable purchased Support Program.
Configuration and Implementation
Services Exhibit to Splunk General
Terms
This Configuration and Implementation Services Exhibit forms a part of
the Splunk General Terms and governs your purchase, and Splunk's
provision of Configuration and Implementation Services.
Capitalized terms below are defined in the General Terms, this
Exhibit or in the Definition Exhibit attached to this Exhibit.
1. Services and Statements of Work
We will perform the C&I Services for you that are set forth in the
applicable Statements of Work. You will pay the Fees under each
Statement of Work in accordance with these General Terms, or
otherwise as we may expressly agree in the applicable Statement of
Work.
In each Statement of Work, we will designate our primary point of
contact for you for all matters relating to the applicable C&I Services
(which we may change from time to time upon notice).
2. Our Personnel
Qualifications. The Personnel we assign to perform the C&I Services
will be qualified, skilled, experienced and otherwise fit for the
performance of the C&I Services. If you, in your reasonable judgement,
determine that Personnel assigned to your project are unfit, we will in
good faith discuss alternatives, and we will replace Personnel as
reasonably necessary. You acknowledge that any replacement may
cause delay in the performance of the C&I Services.
Personnel Conduct. Our Personnel are subject to our Splunk Code of
Conduct and Ethics https://investors.splunk.com/code-business-
conduct-and-ethics-1, which includes, without limitation, an obligation to
comply with our policies on protecting customer information, prohibitions
on illegal drugs and any impaired job performance, avoiding conflicts of
interest, and acting ethically at all times. We also background check our
employees, per the Section below.
Use of Subcontractors. We reserve the right to use subcontractors in
performance of the C&I Services, provided: (a) any subcontractor we
use meets the requirements herein and conditions of these General
Terms and the Statement of Work; (b) we will be responsible for the
subcontractor's compliance with the terms herein and the Statement of
Work; and (c) upon your request or inquiry, we will identify any
subcontractor that we are using, or plan to use, for C&I Services, and
will cooperate in good faith to provide you with all relevant information
regarding such subcontractors.
No Employee Benefits. We acknowledge and agree that our Personnel
are not eligible for or entitled to receive any compensation, benefits, or
other incidents of employment that you make available to your
employees. We are solely responsible for all employment related taxes,
expenses, withholdings, and other similar statutory obligations arising
out of the relationship between us and our Personnel and the
performance of C&I Services by such Personnel.
3. Our Background Checks, Security and
Compliance Obligations
Compliance with Your Security Program. While on your premises,
our Personnel will comply with your security practices and procedures
generally prescribed by you for onsite visitors and service providers.
However, any requirement that is in addition to the compliance
requirements set forth in this Schedule (e.g., background checks that
are different from the background checks described herein) must be
expressly set forth in a Statement of Work. We agree to discuss in good
faith any condition or requirement you may have for our Personnel that
are different from standard policies, however any additional requirement
may delay C&I Services, and must be vetted and implemented by
mutual agreement of the parties and expressly set forth in a Statement
of Work. Splunk does not guarantee that it will be able to meet any
additional requested requirements.
Our Security Practices. We implement and follow an enterprise
security program, with the policies, plans, and procedures set forth here
www.splunk.com/prof-serv-isa. Our Personnel will be subject to the data
protection and confidentiality obligations set forth in these General
Terms with respect to any of your data that we may have access to in
connection with the C&I Services.
Background Checks. For U.S.-based projects, we will not assign an
employee to perform C&I Services under a Statement of Work unless
we have run the following background check on the employee: Criminal
Felony & Misdemeanor; SSN Validation; Federal Criminal; SSN Trace;
Employment Report - Three (3) Employers; Education Report - One (1)
Institution; Global Sanctions & Enforcement; Prohibited Parties;
Widescreen Plus National Criminal Search. You acknowledge that such
background checks may not be permitted or customary outside the
United States.
Permissions for Access. In the event you require any Personnel to
sign any waivers, releases, or other documents as a condition to gain
access to your premises for performance of the C&I Services ("Access
Documents"), you agree: (a) that Personnel who will be required to
sign Access Documents will sign on behalf of Splunk; (b) that any
additional or conflicting terms in Access Documents with these General
Terms will have no effect; and (c) you will pursue any claims for breach
of any terms in the Access Documents against Splunk and not the
individual signing.
4. Your Materials
We will have no rights in or to any Customer Materials, however you
grant us the right to use Customer Materials in order to provide the C&I
Services. Nothing in these General Terms will deemed to transfer to us
any ownership of Customer Materials.
5. C&I Services Materials and Customizations
Unique to You
C&I Services Materials. The C&I Services we perform (e.g.,
configuration of our Offerings), and the C&I Services Materials we offer,
create, and deliver to you in connection with the C&I Services, are
generally applicable to our business, and therefore we require the right
to be able to re-use the C&I Services Materials we create for one
customer in connection with all of our customers. For the avoidance of
doubt, our use of the C&I Services Materials created for you in
connection with C&I Services will comply with our ongoing obligations
and restrictions with respect to your Customer Materials and your
Confidential Information, and we will not identify you in any way in
connection with our further use of such C&I Services Materials.
Customer Owned Work Product. However, in the unlikely event that
the parties agree that C&I Services Materials for a project are custom
work product unique to your business, and not applicable to other
customers generally, we will transfer ownership to those agreed C&I
Services Materials to you under the applicable Statement of Work. C&I
Services Materials must be expressly identified as "Customer Owned
Work Product" under a Statement of Work for ownership to pass to
you. Subject to payment of applicable Fees under the Statement of
Work, we hereby assign to you all rights, title and interest (including all
Intellectual Property Rights therein) in and to all C&I Services Materials
identified as Customer Owned Work Product (but excluding all Pre-
Existing Splunk IP incorporated into the Customer Owned Work
Product). At your request and expense, we will assist and cooperate
with you in all reasonable respects and will execute documents, and
take such further acts reasonably requested by you to enable you to
acquire, transfer, maintain, perfect and enforce your ownership rights in
such Customer Owned Work Product.
Our Ownership. Subject to your ownership rights in Customer Owned
Work Product and Customer Materials, we will own all rights in and to all
C&I Services Materials.
License Rights. For those C&I Services Materials that are not
Customer Owned Work Product, you will have the right to access and
use those C&I Services Materials in connection with your applicable
Offerings, and those rights will be of the same scope and duration as
your rights to the underlying Offering.
6. C&I Services Warranty
We warrant that the C&I Services will be performed in a good and
workmanlike manner consistent with applicable industry standards.
This warranty will be in effect for a period of thirty (30) days from the
completion of any C&I Services. As your sole and exclusive remedy
and our entire liability for any breach of the foregoing warranty, we will,
at our option and expense, promptly re-perform any C&I Services that
fail to meet this warranty or refund to you the fees paid for the non-
conforming C&I Services.
7. Your Cooperation
You acknowledge that your timely provision of (and our access to) your
facilities, equipment, assistance, cooperation, data, information and
materials from your officers, agents and employees (the "Cooperation")
is essential to Splunk's performance of the C&I Services. We will not be
liable for any delay or deficiency in performing the C&I Services if you
do not provide the necessary Cooperation. As part of the Cooperation,
you will (1) designate a project manager or technical lead to liaise with
us while we perform the C&I Services; (2) allocate and engage
additional resources as may be required to assist us in performing the
C&I Services; and (3) making available to us any data, information and
any other materials reasonably required by us to perform the C&I
Services, including any data, information or materials specifically
identified in the Statement of Work.
8. Insurance
Throughout any period of C&I Services we perform for you, we will
maintain insurance policies in the types and amounts described below
at our own expense:
Commercial General Liability Insurance with a limit of not less than
$1,000,000 per occurrence and a general aggregate limit of not less
than $2,000,000.
Business Auto Insurance with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 per
accident. Such Insurance will cover liability arising out of "hired and
non-owned" automobiles.
Worker's Compensation Insurance as required by workers'
compensation, occupational disease and occupational health and safety
laws, statutes and regulations.
Technology Errors & Omissions Insurance with a limit of not less than
$3,000,000.
Umbrella/Excess Insurance with a limit of not less than $3,000,000.
9. Change Order Process
You may submit written requests to us to change the scope of C&I
Services described in a Statement of Work (each such request, a
"Change Order Request"). If we elect to consider a Change Order
Request, then we will promptly notify you if we believe that the Change
Order Request requires an adjustment to the fees or to the schedule for
the performance of the C&I Services. In such event, the parties will
negotiate in good faith a reasonable and equitable adjustment to the
fees and/or schedule, as applicable. We will continue to perform C&I
Services pursuant to the existing Statement of Work and will have no
obligation to perform any Change Order Request unless and until the
parties have agreed in writing to such an equitable adjustment.
10. Expenses
Unless otherwise specified in the Statement of Work, we will not charge
you for our expenses we incur in connection with a Statement of Work.
Our daily C&I Services rates are inclusive of any expenses. In the event
the parties agree that expenses are reimbursable under a Statement of
Work, we will mutually agree on any travel policy and any required
documentation for re-imbursement.
11. Prepaid C&I Services
Unless otherwise expressly stated in a Statement of Work, all prepaid
C&I Services must be redeemed within twelve (12) months from the
date of purchase/invoice. At the end of the twelve (12) month term, any
remaining pre-paid unused C&I Services will expire; no refunds will be
provided for any remaining pre-paid unused C&I Services. Unless
otherwise specifically stated in a Statement of Work, Education is
invoiced and payable in advance.
Configuration and Implementation
Services Definitions Exhibit
"C&I Services" means the services outlined in the Statement of Work.
"C&I Services Materials" means the materials and other deliverables
that are provided to you as part of the C&I Services, and any materials,
technology, know-how and other innovations of any kind that we or our
Personnel may create or reduce to practice in the course of performing
the C&I Services, including without limitation all improvements or
modifications to our proprietary technology, and all Intellectual Property
Rights therein.
"Customer Materials" means the data, information, and materials you
provide to us in connection with your use of the C&I Services.
"Fees" means the fees that are applicable to the C&I Services, as
identified in the Statement of Work.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means all worldwide intellectual property
rights, including copyrights and other rights in works of authorship;
rights in trademarks, tradenames, and other designations of source or
origin; rights in trade secrets and confidential information; and patents
and patent applications.
"Offerings" means the products, services and other offerings that
Splunk makes generally available for purchase and use.
"Orders" means Splunk's quote or ordering document (including online
order form) accepted by you via your purchase order or other ordering
document submitted to Splunk (directly or indirectly through an
authorized reseller) to order C&I Services.
"Personnel" means any employee, consultant, contractor, or
subcontractor of Splunk.
"Splunk Preexisting IP" means, with respect to any C&I Services
Materials, all associated Splunk Technology and all Intellectual Property
Rights created or acquired: (a) prior to the date of the Statement of
Work that includes such C&I Services Materials, or (b) after the date of
such Statement of Work but independently of the C&I Services provided
under such Statement of Work.
"Statement of Work" means the statements of work and/or any all
applicable Orders that describe the specific services to be performed by
Splunk, including any materials and deliverables to be delivered by
Splunk.
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