These terms and conditions and all applicable service-specific terms ("Terms of Service" or "Agreement") govern your access to and use of any websites, mobile sites, mobile applications, products or services offered by STANDARDS.WORK . ("STANDARDS.WORK" "we" "us") based on the "Services".

BY ACCESSING AND USING THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER, YOU ARE "ACCEPTING" AND AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPT THESE TERMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, YOU SHALL NOT (AND SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT TO) ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES. IF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE CONSIDERED AN OFFER, ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO SUCH TERMS. THESE TERMS SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH STANDARDS.WORK PRIVACY POLICY.

Wherever used in these Terms of Service, "you", "your", "Customer", "user" or similar terms means the person or legal entity accessing or using the Services. If you are accessing and using the Services on behalf of a company (such as your employer) or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms of Service.

We reserve the right, at any time, to update and change any or all of these Terms of Service, in our sole discretion, including but not limited to the fees and charges associated with the use of the Services. If we do so, we will post the modified Terms of Service on STANDARDS.WORK (the "Site"), Continued use of the Services after any such changes have been made shall constitute your consent to such changes. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the most current version of these Terms of Service, which are currently available at: https://standards.work/terms. When we change these Terms of Service, we will modify the "Last Modified" date above.

1. Definitions
"Authorized Users" means individuals who are directly accessing the Services via an online sign-up process, or individual users authorized by you to use the Services and who you have supplied user identifications and passwords to. Authorized Users may include your employees, consultants, contractors, agents, or your other designees.
"Customer Content" means all information and data (including text, images, photos, videos, audio, and documents) or any other content in any media and format provided or made available to STANDARDS.WORK by or on your behalf in relation to the use of the Services.
"Fair Use Policy" means the limits placed on usage as described in Section 2.4.
"Services" means services, products, applications, or websites provided to you by STANDARDS.WORK.
"Third-Party Services" means products, services, applications, or websites made available by third parties through the Services (i.e., companies or people who are not STANDARDS.WORK).

2. STANDARDS.WORK Services
2.1 Services. During the Term, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and solely for your personal or internal business purposes, STANDARDS.WORK grants you and your Authorized Users a right to access and use our Services.

2.2 Updates and Functionalities. You acknowledge that from time to time STANDARDS.WORK may apply updates to the Services and that such updates may result in changes in the appearance and/or functionality of the Services (including the addition, modification, or removal of functionality, features, or content). Excluding the addition of wholly new products, STANDARDS.WORK shall provide, implement, configure, install, support, and maintain at its own cost any and all updates, upgrades, enhancements, improvements, releases, corrections, bug fixes, patches, and modifications to the Services (collectively, the "Updates"). You acknowledge that the Services interoperate with several Supported Platforms, and that the Services provided are highly dependent on the availability of such Supported Platforms. If at any time any Supported Platforms cease to make their programs available to STANDARDS.WORK on reasonable terms, STANDARDS.WORK may cease to provide such features to you without entitling you to refund, credit, or other compensation.

2.3 Acceptable Use. You shall (i) be responsible for your and your Authorized Users' compliance with these Terms of Service, including the Fair Use Policy; (ii) be solely responsible for the accuracy, quality, integrity, and legality of Customer Content and of the means by which you acquired or generated Customer Content; (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Services, including keeping your password and user name confidential and not permitting any third party to access or use your user name, password, or account for the Services; (iv) be solely responsible and liable for all activity conducted through your account in connection with the Services; (v) promptly notify STANDARDS.WORK if you become aware of or reasonably suspects any security breach, including any loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure or use of your (or any Authorized User's) user name, password, or account; (vi) use the Services only in accordance with applicable laws and government regulations. You must not (a) make the Services available to anyone other than to your Authorized Users; (b) allow more than one individual Authorized User to use a Seat; (c) sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Seats to another party; (d) use the Services to store or transmit any content, including Customer Content, that may be infringing, defamatory, threatening, harmful, or otherwise tortious or unlawful, including any content that may violate intellectual property, privacy, rights of publicity, or other laws, or send spam or other unsolicited messages in violation of applicable law; (e) upload to, or transmit from, the Services any data, file, software, or link that contains or redirects to a virus, Trojan horse, worm, or other harmful component; (f) attempt to reverse engineer, de-compile, hack, disable, interfere with, disassemble, copy, or disrupt the integrity or the performance of the Services, any third-party use of the Services, or any third-party data contained therein (except to the extent such restrictions are prohibited by applicable law); (g) access the Services in order to build a competitive product or service or copy any ideas, features, functions, or graphics of the Services; (h) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or its related systems or networks; or (i) authorize, permit, or encourage any third party to do any of the above.

2.4 Fair Use Policy. STANDARDS.WORK may suspend your access to the Services for abusive practices that degrade the performance of the Services for you and/or other customers of STANDARDS.WORK.

2.5 Non-Exclusivity. You acknowledge that the rights granted to you under this Agreement are non-exclusive and that nothing in this Agreement will be interpreted or construed to prohibit or in any way restrict STANDARDS.WORK's right to license, sell, or otherwise make available the Services to any third party or perform any services for any third party.

3. Intellectual Property
3.1 STANDARDS.WORK Services. As between you and STANDARDS.WORK, STANDARDS.WORK retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Services. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict, impair, encumber, alter, deprive, or adversely affect the Services or any of STANDARDS.WORK's rights or interests therein or any other STANDARDS.WORK intellectual property, brands, information, content, processes, methodologies, products, goods, services, materials, or rights, tangible or intangible. All rights, title, and interest in and to the Services not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by STANDARDS.WORK. You may from time to time provide suggestions, comments or other feedback to STANDARDS.WORK with respect to the Services ("Feedback"). Feedback, even if designated as confidential by you, shall not create any confidentiality obligation for STANDARDS.WORK notwithstanding anything else. You shall, and hereby do, grant to STANDARDS.WORK a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, fully paid-up license to use and exploit the Feedback for any purpose.

3.2 STANDARDS.WORK collects information about the User and businesses with which he or she may be associated ("User Information"). The User authorizes STANDARDS.WORK to use User Information for sales and marketing purposes, for corporate communications and surveys and to prepare statistic information. STANDARDS.WORK does not claim ownership of any Content that you post on or through the Service. Instead, you hereby grant to STANDARDS.WORK a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use the Content that you post on or through the Service.

3.3 Responsibility for Customer Content. You are solely responsible for the Customer Content that you or Authorized Users upload, publish, display, link to, or otherwise make available via the Services.

4. Term and Termination
4.1 Term of the Agreement ("Term"). For Online Services, the term of this Agreement shall commence on the day you access the Services for the first time and shall continue until your account is cancelled and you cease using our Services.

4.2 Termination. If you violate the letter or spirit of this Agreement, abuse the Services, or otherwise create risk or possible legal exposure to STANDARDS.WORK, we can terminate or suspend your access to the Services at our sole discretion. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you by email or at the next time you attempt to access your account. You may also cancel or disable Services at any time.

4.3 Effects of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, (i) you will immediately cease all use of the Services; (ii) you will have no further access to your accounts provided by STANDARDS.WORK.

4.4 Survival. Any provision of this Agreement which, either by its terms or to give effect to its meaning, must survive, and such other provisions which expressly, or by their nature, are intended to survive termination shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

5. Warranty Disclaimer
SOME COUNTRIES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED TERMS IN CONTRACTS WITH CONSUMERS AND AS A RESULT THE CONTENTS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, STANDARDS.WORK EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES AND DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, STANDARDS.WORK PECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUALITY, AND NONINFRINGEMENT, THAT ITS SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ITS SERVICES WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR ERROR-FREE. IN ADDITION, STANDARDS.WORK DOES NOT WARRANT ANY CONNECTION TO OR TRANSMISSION FROM THE INTERNET. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM STANDARDS.WORK OR ELSEWHERE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY PROVIDED HEREIN. STANDARDS.WORK DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY IN RELATION TO THE CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE CUSTOMER CONTENT. STANDARDS.WORK IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY SERVICES OR SUPPORTED PLATFORMS ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE FAILURE OF ANY SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICES OR SUPPORTED PLATFORMS. STANDARDS.WORK EXPRESSLY DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING, OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR YOUR ACCOUNT OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED OR HARMED BY STANDARDS.WORK OR ANYTHING RELATED TO STANDARDS.WORK, YOU MAY CANCEL YOUR STANDARDS.WORK ACCOUNT AND TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.2 (TERMINATION), AS APPLICABLE, AND SUCH TERMINATION SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY (AND STANDARDS.WORK'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY).

6. Indemnification
6.1 Your Indemnification. You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless STANDARDS.WORK, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims, losses, damages, penalties, liability, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, of any kind or nature which are in connection with or arising out of a claim (a) alleging that the Customer Content or your use of the Services infringes or violates the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or other rights of a third party or violates applicable law; (b) relating to, or arising from, Customer Content, or your breach of Section 2.3 or (c) relating to, or arising from, Third-Party Services.

7. Limitation of Liability
SOME COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY IN CONTRACTS WITH CONSUMERS AND AS A RESULT THE CONTENTS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL STANDARDS.WORK AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BY STATUTE, CONTRACT, TORT, OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, EXCEED US$20. STANDARDS.WORK DOES NOT OFFER ANY WARRANTY OR REMEDIES FOR THE INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF ACCESS OR TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL STANDARDS.WORK, ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL USE, OR DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL STANDARDS.WORK BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING, OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR YOUR ACCOUNT OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION IS TO ALLOCATE THE RISKS UNDER THESE TERMS BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND LIMIT THEIR POTENTIAL LIABILITY GIVEN THE FEES CHARGED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IF STANDARDS.WORK WERE TO ASSUME ANY FURTHER LIABILITY OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH HEREIN. THE PARTIES HAVE RELIED ON THESE LIMITATIONS IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO EXCLUDE OR RESTRICT OR SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS EXCLUDING OR RESTRICTING THE LIABILITY OF STANDARDS.WORK FOR (I) DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF STANDARDS.WORK, ITS EMPLOYEES, OR ITS AGENTS; (II) WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF STANDARDS.WORK; OR (III) ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

8. General
8.1 Assignment. You may not assign or otherwise transfer any of your rights or obligations hereunder, whether by merger, sale of assets, change of control, operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of STANDARDS.WORK (not to be unreasonably withheld), and any attempted assignment or transfer without such consent will be void. STANDARDS.WORK may freely assign or delegate all rights and obligations under this Agreement, fully or partially without notice to you. STANDARDS.WORK may also substitute, by way of unilateral novation, effective upon notice to you, STANDARDS.WORK for any third party that assumes our rights and obligations under this Agreement.

8.2 Export Compliance and Use Restrictions. You shall not use or access the Services if you are located in any jurisdiction in which the provision of the Services is prohibited under Canadian, U.S. or other applicable laws or regulations (a "Prohibited Jurisdiction") and you shall not provide access to the Services to any government, entity or individual located in any Prohibited Jurisdiction. You represent, warrant and covenant that (a) you are not named on any Canadian or U.S. government list of persons or entities prohibited from transaction with any Canadian or U.S. person; (b) you are not a national of, or a company registered in, any Prohibited Jurisdiction; (c) you shall not allow Authorized Users to access or use the Services in violation of any Canadian, U.S. or other applicable export embargoes, prohibitions or restrictions; and (d) you shall comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of data exported from the country in which you (or your Authorized Users) are located to Canada and the United States.

8.3 Severability. Each provision of this Agreement is severable. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the illegality, invalidity, or unenforceability of that provision will not affect the legality, validity, or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or of that provision in any other jurisdiction.

8.4 Notices. For purposes of service messages and notices about the Services, we may place a banner notice across our pages to alert you to certain changes such as modifications to this Agreement. Alternatively, notice may consist of an email from us to an email address associated with your account, even if we have other contact information. You also agree that we may communicate with you through your STANDARDS.WORK account or through other means including email, mobile number, telephone, or delivery services including the postal service about your STANDARDS.WORK account or services associated with us. You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to maintain accurate contact or other information, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information about the Services. You may provide legal notice to STANDARDS.WORK via contact page. The email address provided may be updated as part of any update to these Terms of Service.

8.5 Nature of Relationship. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created as a result of this Agreement and neither party has any authority of any kind to bind the other in any respect.

8.6 Governing Law. This Agreement and your relationship with STANDARDS.WORK shall be governed exclusively by, and will be enforced, construed, and interpreted exclusively in accordance with, the laws applicable in the province of British Columbia, Canada and shall be considered to have been made and accepted in British Columbia, Canada, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. All disputes under this Agreement will be resolved by the courts of British Columbia in Vancouver. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover costs and attorneys' fees.

8.7 Entire Agreement. The terms of this Agreement, together with any service-specific terms, any applicable Authorization Form, all exhibits, and STANDARDS.WORK's privacy policy and copyright policy, constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the use of the Services and supersede any prior or inconsistent agreements, negotiations, representations, and promises, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter and is binding upon the parties and their permitted successors and assigns. The terms of this Agreement will apply to all orders you submit to STANDARDS.WORK and shall supersede any additional terms, which may be incorporated in a purchase order form, or any other form you generate. Any such terms shall be null and void.