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Terms of Rendering Services under Certificates

Habr LLC
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These Terms of Rendering Services under Certificates (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) governs procedure and conditions for the performance of work (rendering of services), which are part of the Certificates provided within the scope of the Services rendered by the Contractor.

1. Terms and Definitions

1.1 In these Terms, unless the text expressly requires otherwise, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

1.1.1 Agreement means a paid Certificates provision services agreement containing a link to these Terms and concluded by and between the Contractor and the Customer: i) on the basis of the Rules for Certificates Provision Services, published and/or available on the Internet at: https://habr.com/ru/docs/docs/certificate-rules/ by the Customer’s payment of the Proforma Invoice, or ii) by signing documents constituting the agreement (the main text of the agreement, annexes (specifications), other supplements) by both Parties with handwritten or electronic signatures.

1.1.2 Order means Proforma Invoice, specification or other document in which the Parties agreed upon the provision of a certain Certificate under the Agreement.

1.1.3 Application means the Customer's application for the performance of work (rendering of services) included in the Certificate.

1.1.4 Blog means a corporate blog (https://habr.com/ru/docs/companies/corpblogs/) on habr.com

1.2 These Rules may include terms and definitions not defined in Clause 1.1. In this case such term shall be construed in accordance with the text of the Rules. Where these Rules provide no unambiguous interpretation or definition of a term, such term shall be interpreted as defined, primarily, by the documents constituting the Agreement between the Parties, secondly, by the Russian Federation laws, and subsequently, by the good business practices and scientific doctrine.

2. Activation and Validity Term of Certificates

2.1 The Customer shall activate a Certificate, provided by issuing an access code, by entering the access code received from the Contractor in a special field in the Personal Account.

2.2 Until the functionality of the Website and the Personal Account required to apply the access code is developed, the Certificate shall be activated by the Customer sending the first Application for the Certificate to the Contractor.

2.3 Certificate validity term shall be as follows:

2.3.1 Before activation: Six (6) months from the Certificate issue date.

2.3.2 After activation: period specified in the Order. If the Certificate validity term is not specified in the Order, the Certificate shall be valid Six (6) months after its activation.

2.4 The Certificate shall expire upon occurrence of any of the following events:

2.4.1 Applications for all work (services) included in the Certificate are recognized as fulfilled in accordance with these Terms (the Certificate is fully used by the Customer);

2.4.2 the Certificate validity term expires;

2.4.3 the Agreement is terminated.

2.5 The Certificate validity term shall not depend on the period of the Customer's access to the Blog, and shall not be cancelled or extended for the period when the Customer did not have such access.

3. General Procedure and Conditions for the Performance of Work (Rendering of Services)

3.1 The work and services included in the Certificate shall be performed (rendered) on the basis of an Application filed by the Customer to the Contractor in full compliance herewith.

3.2 Applications must be filed:

3.2.1 after the Certificate activation, except for cases of the Certificate activation by filing the first Application thereon provided for herein;

3.2.2 within the validity term of the activated Certificate;

3.2.3 by e-mail or via the Telegram messenger to the addresses specified in the Order;

3.3 The Customer must appoint one authorized representative to interact with the Contractor on any issues related to the Certificate, including, but not limited to, the following: to receive and provide information, make decisions, receive and approve intermediate and final work deliverables, perform any other actions on behalf of the Customer. The Customer shall notify the Contractor on such authorized representative and provide his/her contacts. Until the Customer notifies the Contractor on the appointment of such a person and provides his/her contacts, any Customer representative interacting with the Contractor shall be considered to be duly authorized by the Customer for any interaction with the Contractor under the Agreement.

3.4 The Customer shall timely take any actions necessary to perform work (render services) under the Application, including, but not limited to, the provision of the requested materials and information to the Contractor, provision of approvals, etc. The Contractor's requests shall be replied within Two (2) business days, unless any other period is agreed upon by the Parties additionally. If the Customer fails to reply to the Contractor's request or actually fulfill it within the established period, the Contractor shall have the right to postpone the resumption of the work (services) under the Application to the nearest time available. If the Customer violates the deadline for reply to the Contractor's request for more than Ten (10) business days, the Contractor shall have the right to declare the Application fulfilled in the part that cannot be fulfilled without the Contractor’s reply to such a request.

3.5 Should the services be rendered using information and materials provided by the Customer, the Customer shall guarantee and be fully liable for the compliance of such information and materials with the applicable laws and observance of third-party rights, as well as for the content thereof, the legitimacy of usage of the intellectual property items, personal data and images of citizens therein on the Contractor’s initiative, and disclosure of information, reliability of information, non-violation of third party rights, the availability of necessary permits and licenses.

3.6 The Customer shall confirm that the Contractor performed work (rendered services) properly or notify the Contractor about detected shortcomings within Five (5) business days from the moment the Contractor finishes the work (services) upon the Application. If the Customer fails to notify the Contractor on the shortcomings of the work performed (services rendered) under the Application within the established period, the work (services) shall be deemed performed (rendered) properly and such Application shall be recognized as fulfilled.

3.7 Information about the work (services) completed and remaining to be performed (rendered) under the Certificate shall be provided to the Customer at its request or at the Contractor’s initiative. In addition, if the Personal Account has relevant functionality, current information on the work (services) completed and remaining to be performed (rendered) under the Certificate shall be displayed in the Personal Account.

3.8 The Contractor shall have the right to engage third parties to perform work (render services) without securing the Customer’s approval, provided that the Contractor shall be liable for the quality and timing of such work (services) as if they were performed (rendered) by itself.

4. Participation in Events

4.1 In this section services shall mean the services included in the Certificate for the participation of the Customer's representatives in webinars, courses, workshops and similar events (hereinafter referred to as the “Events”), as well as access to the materials of already held Events.

4.2 Events that are available for the participation within the scope of services under the Certificate shall be specified in the Certificate description.

4.3 If the Certificate description does not specify a specific date of the Event, an opportunity to participate in an Events to be held during the validity term of the activated Certificate shall be provided within the scope of the services.

4.4 Events shall be held in accordance with a schedule drawn up for the next month for a group of participants who may be representatives of different Customers. The total maximum number of participants for the ongoing Event shall be determined by the Contractor.

4.5 To take part in an Event, the Customer shall file an Application, on the basis of which and subject to availability of the needed number of vacant seats at the Event, the Contractor shall book the seats for the Customer's representatives within Two (2) business days from the Application acceptance date.

4.6 Should the number of vacant seats be insufficient, on a prior agreement with the Customer the Application can be fulfilled partially.

4.7 The participation in the Events shall be limited to the number of seats specified in the Certificate, which can be used by the Customer at its own discretion (for example, for the participation of several representatives at one Event or one representative at several Events).

4.8 The Customer shall have the right to refuse to participate in the Event (cancel the booking) not later than Two (2) business days before the start thereof, by sending a corresponding notice the same way as the Application was sent. Cancellation in a shorter period shall not be provided for and Clause 4.14 hereof shall apply.

4.9 If the Contractor fails to book seats or the Customer cancels booking of the seats in a timely manner, such seats shall not be considered used and can be booked under a different Application.

4.10 The Customer shall ensure the technical and organizational readiness of its representatives to the Event (Internet access, hardware and software, etc.) on its own. 

4.11 Unless otherwise expressly specified in the Certificate description or allowed by the host of the Event, the participants shall not have right to record Events in any form (including in text form, except for the personal notes) without the Contractor’s written consent.

4.12 The content of the Events in any form, including any materials provided to the Event participants, as well as any other materials in any form provided to the Customer within the scope of the services, are protected intellectual property and shall be provided only for the purposes and within the scope of the proper rendering of the services; their transfer to any third parties (including in a modified form), duplication, any full or partial publications or reproductions in print, electronic or any other form without the Contractor’s prior express written consent shall be strictly prohibited.

4.13 Due to the fact that the Events and content thereof are the result of the creative activity of their authors (hosts), the Contractor, to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable laws, refuses any guarantees in relation to the Events that are not provided for by the Agreement, and does not guarantee the Events’ compliance with any of the Customer’s expectations and/or requirements that are not provided for by the Agreement, their commercial value, compliance with the applicable laws, the absence of errors therein. 

4.14 Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled upon the end of the Event in terms of the seats booked for the Customer’s representatives under such Application. The Customer shall not be entitled to refer to the fact that the Customer’s representative did not actually participate in the Event, if this happened through no fault of the Contractor. 

4.15 Services shall be rendered by granting to the Customer access to the materials of Events already held, only if this is expressly provided for in the Certificate description or has been agreed upon with the Customer. In this case the Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled after granting such access to the Customer.

5. Provision of Creative and Analytical Materials

5.1 In this section services shall mean the services included in the Certificate for the preparation and provision of the following materials in electronic form (hereinafter referred to as the “Materials”) to the Customer:

5.1.1 Ideas for the Blog;

5.1.2 Article reviews;

5.1.3 Analytical report on hub;

5.1.4 Content express analysis;

5.2 The Materials shall be provided within Ten (10) business days from the Application acceptance date, unless a different services rendering term is agreed upon in the Order.

5.3 For the purposes of rendering services for provision of the Materials specified in Clauses 5.1.1., 5.1.3., 5.1.4. hereof, the Customer shall provide a link to the Blog.

5.4 For the purposes of rendering services for drawing up and provision of article reviews (Clause 5.1.2. hereof), the Customer shall provide the Contractor with the relevant articles by providing links to the articles published on the Internet (including in the Blog drafts) or by transferring articles in electronic form (files) to the Contractor.

5.5 The materials are protected intellectual property of the Contractor and shall be provided only for the purposes and within the scope of the proper rendering of the services for the Customer’s personal non-commercial use in accordance with their intended purpose. The use of the Materials in other ways, including, but not limited to, processing, transfer to any third parties (including in a processed form), duplication, full or partial publication, without the Contractor’s prior express written consent shall be strictly prohibited.

5.6 Due to the fact that the Materials are the result of the creative activity of their authors, the Contractor, to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable laws, refuses any guarantees in relation to the Materials that are not provided for by the Agreement, and does not guarantee the Materials’ compliance with any of the Customer’s expectations and/or requirements that are not provided for by the Agreement, positive effect from the use thereof, their commercial value, compliance with the applicable laws, the absence of errors therein.

5.7 Repeated analysis of the article modified by the Customer in accordance with the Contractor’s review (assessment of the result of the implementation of the Contractor’s recommendations) shall not be included in the services for drawing up and provision of One (1) review, and shall be carried out and accounted for as a separate review provided that a corresponding Application has been filed.

5.8 An Application accepted by the Contractor for work cannot be amended (to change the reviewed article or the analyzed the Blog). If the Customer refuses to provide Materials on the Application, such Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled in the part refused by the Customer.

5.9 Except as provided for herein, an Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled upon sending materials provided for by the Certificate and the Application to the Customer's e-mail address.

6. Additional Functionality of the Internet Resource

6.1 In this section services shall mean the services included in the Certificate for the provision of the following additional functionality of the Contractor's Internet resources for the Customer's articles published in the Blog:

6.1.1 placement of an additional link on the Website in the “recommended” (“most reading”) section for Seven (7) days;

6.1.2 placement of an additional link on the Website in the “Please pay attention” section for Seven (7) days;

6.1.3 placement of an additional link as an announcement in the official accounts of the habr.com community in the Vkontakte, Telegram, Zen social media.

6.2 The services shall be rendered within Ten (10) business days from the Application acceptance date, unless a different services rendering term is agreed upon in the Order.

6.3 For the purposes of services rendering, the Customer shall provide a link to a certain article in the Blog.

6.4 An Application accepted by the Contractor for work cannot be amended (to change the article). If the Customer refuses to use the additional functionality, the Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled in the part refused by the Customer.

6.5 The services shall be rendered with regard to articles only (not for news).

6.6 The services shall not provide for the preparation, placement, reviewing or any other the Contractor’s actions with the article.

6.7 Simultaneous use of the functionality specified in Clause 6.1. for one article shall not be allowed. 

6.8 The text and other content of an announcement shall be determined by the Contractor. When preparing an announcement, the Contractor shall have the right to completely or partially change (revise) the information and the materials provided by the Customer, provided that the announcement in general complies with the article. The exclusive right to the announcement shall belong to the Contractor.

6.9 When prepared, the Contractor e-mails the announcement to the Customer for approval.

6.10 The Customer shall provide the Contractor with all existing comments on the announcement within Five (5) business days. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agreed that One (1) iteration of comments shall be allowed within the scope of the services.

6.11 The Contractor shall have the right to reasonably reject any comments of the Customer to the announcement. After considering the Customer's comments, the Contractor sends the announcement to the Customer once again for the confirmation of the service rendering and approval of the date thereof.

6.12 The service specified in Clause 6.1.3. of these Terms shall be rendered after its confirmation by the Customer, on the day additionally approved by the Parties. If the Customer refuses to confirm the service rendering, the Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled in the part refused by the Customer. If the Customer fails to respond to the Contractor's request to confirm the service rendering and approval of the date thereof for more than Ten (10) business days, the Contractor shall have the right to declare the Application fulfilled.

6.13 Except as provided for herein, an Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled when relevant additional functionality of the Contractor's internet resources are provided to the Customer.

7. Publication of Event Information in the Calendar Section

7.1 In this section services shall mean the services included in the Certificate for the Contractor’s publication of information on an event specified by the Customer in the Calendar section available on the Internet at: https://habr.com/ru/events/ (hereinafter referred to as the “Calendar”), in the form of an electronic event card in the Calendar.

7.2 Pursuant to Clause 3 Part 2 Article 2 of the Federal Law No. 38-FZ "On Advertising” dated March 13, 2006, the published information is not an advertisement since the Calendar is a reference and information resource containing event cards filled in under a single standard without highlighting any event or organizer in particular. The information published in the Calendar shall not be marked, tokenized and transferred to the Unified Register of Internet Advertising (ERIR).

7.3. The number of events, information about which can be published in the Calendar as part of the services under the Certificate (number of event cards), shall be specified in the Order.

7.4. The Application shall be fulfilled within Ten (10) business days from its acceptance by the Contractor, unless a different term is agreed upon by the Parties. The Parties may envisage publication of information on several events under one Application, and agree upon a publication schedule.

7.5. For the purposes of the services rendering, the Customer shall provide information and materials about the event, and a hyperlink address.

7.6. An Application accepted by the Contractor for work cannot be amended to change (replace) the event. If the Customer refuses to publish the event information in the Calendar, the Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled in the part refused by the Customer.

7.7. The text and other content of an event card in the Calendar shall be determined by the Contractor. When preparing an event card, the Contractor shall have the right to completely or partially change (revise) the information and the materials provided by the Customer, provided that the announcement in general complies with the event card. The exclusive right to the event card in the Calendar shall belong to the Contractor.

7.8. When prepared, the Contractor e-mails the event card to the Customer for approval.

7.9. The Customer shall provide the Contractor with all existing comments on the event card within Five (5) business days from the receipt of an event card from the Contractor. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agreed that One (1) iteration of comments shall be allowed within the scope of the services.

7.10. The Contractor shall have the right to reasonably reject any comments of the Customer to the event card. After considering the Customer's comments, the Contractor sends the event card to the Customer once again for the confirmation of its publication in the Calendar.

7.11. The event card prepared by the Contractor shall be published in the Calendar no later than Two (2) business days after the receipt of the Customer's confirmation or within any other period of time agreed upon by the Parties. If the Customer rejects the event card publication, the Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled in the part refused by the Customer. If the Customer fails to respond to the Contractor's request to confirm the publication for more than Ten (10) business days, the Contractor shall have the right to declare the Application fulfilled.

7.12. Except as provided for herein, an Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled when the Contractor publishes the information on an event specified by the Customer in the Calendar.

8. Content Mentoring

8.1 In this section services shall mean the consulting services included in the Certificate for the Customer's Blog development aimed at building relevant practical skills, in particular those needed to determine the target audience of the Blog, create a content strategy, organize content preparation procedure, interact with authors, etc., in the Customer's representatives responsible for the Blog running.

8.2 The services are not educational activities within the meaning of Federal Law No. 273-FZ dated December 29, 2012 "On Education in the Russian Federation". The totality of consultations provided as part of the services shall not be deemed as an educational program.

8.3 The overall services rendering term shall be: Three (3) months from the Application filing date. 

8.4 The total scope of the services rendered during the entire servicing period shall be: Twenty one (21) hours.

8.5 The services shall be rendered remotely via the Internet in the form of video conferences and interactions with the Customer's representatives in a Telegram chat. Three (3) one-hour video conferences (introductory, median and final one) shall be mandatory. The Parties shall agree upon the exact dates and time of the video conferences in working order. In addition to the mandatory video conferences, the established total scope of the services (the Contractor’s working hours) shall be distributed, as necessary, to: holding periodic meetings to analyze activity in the Blog and set goals for the next period, communication with the Customer’s representatives in Telegram, preparation and provision of answers to questions and related materials, organization and planning of events as part of the services rendering, as well as to the Contractor’s internal meetings of specialists from various departments held to come up with recommendations and ideas for the Customer.

8.6 The active engagement of the Customer's representatives and their interest in gaining practical Blog running skills shall be a compulsory condition for the proper rendering of the services.

8.7 The Customer undertakes to ensure that during the services rendering its representatives shall:

8.7.1 participate in mandatory video conferences;

8.7.2 take an active role during the services rendering (ask questions, request consultations, provide information, recommendations, etc.);

8.7.3 comply with the Contractor’s recommendations;

8.7.4 observe the established distribution of the total scope of the services (the Contractor’s working hours) between specific tasks and actions during the services rendering;

8.8 The Customer shall not have the right to refer to inadequate quality of the services rendered, if the Customer violates the obligation provided for in Clause 8.7 hereof. 

8.9 Except as provided for herein, an Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled upon the expiry of the services rendering period.

9. Blog Content Creation

9.1 In this section services shall mean the services included in the Certificate for the creation of a content in "Blog Article" or "Devlogs" formats and provision thereof to the Customer for its subsequent publishing in the Blog (hereinafter referred to as the “Content”).

9.2 Simultaneous fulfillment of more than one Application shall be at the Contractor’s discretion. Should the Customer file several Applications at the same time or one Application when another Application is being fulfilled, the Contractor shall have the right, at its discretion, to:

9.2.1 Refuse to accept such Applications. In this case, the Customer shall have the right to refile the Applications rejected by the Contractor;

9.2.2 Accept the Applications and fulfill them at the same time;

9.2.3 Accept the Applications and fulfill them in a consecutive manner;

9.3 Unless an Order provides for another term, the Contractor shall proceed to fulfill the Application no later than Three (3) business days from the date of its acceptance.

9.4 Content format specifics:

9.4.1 Content in the "Blog Article" format is a publication for the Blog. The minimum text length and number of illustrations is not specified.

9.4.2 Content in the "Devlogs" format is a series of Six (6) posts for the Blog. The maximum text volume is 1,500 characters per post, the number of illustrations is 1 per post. The recommended posting schedule for the Customer's Blog posts is at least once every 10 business days with the same interval.

9.4.3 The services rendered to create One (1) publication in the "Blog Article” format under the Certificate are limited to the following scope of the Contractor's labor costs:

9.4.4 The services rendered to create One (1) series of posts in the "Devlogs” format under the Certificate are limited to the following scope of the Contractor's labor costs:

9.5 Should the scope of work specified in Clause 9.4 hereof be exceeded, the Contractor shall be obliged to notify the Customer on any action going beyond the agreed scope of work and that it will be carried out as part of additional services payable additionally. Additional services for the creation of the Content beyond the scope specified in Clause 9.4. hereof shall be rendered only subject to the Customer’s express written consent to the rendering thereof provided in response to the Contractor’s relevant notice. The cost of additional services hereunder shall be Ten Thousand (10,000) rubles per hour, including VAT 20%, and shall be paid by the Customer against an invoice issued by the Contractor. If the Content cannot be created without rendering additional services hereunder through no fault of the Contractor, and the Customer rejects such additional services, the Contractor shall deem such Application fulfilled. 

9.6 For the Content creation purposes the Customer shall approve the thesis plan of the Content’s text, and provide, inter alia, at the Contractor's request, the information and materials required.

9.7 The thesis plan can be amended only in terms of factual information (elimination of factual and logical errors, non-compliance of the information contained therein with the reality or with the approved concept). Style, presentation, point of view, tone of voice, approved in the thesis plan shall not be subject to any amendment.

9.8 By approving the thesis plan, the Customer agrees with the structure, logic, semantic and actual content, as well as the accents of the Content’s text created on its basis.

9.9 The Contractor shall create the Content within the term not less than Three (3) weeks from the Customer's approval of the thesis plan and provision of the information and materials required, unless otherwise additionally agreed upon by the Parties.

9.10 Within 5 (Five) business days after receiving the Content created by the Contractor, the Customer shall send a single, complete and exhaustive list of comments thereto to the Contractor. The comments shall be specific and allowing to complete the work on the Content when eliminated. For the avoidance of any doubt, the Parties agreed that the Services shall include One (1) iteration of amendments entered based on the Customer's comments.

9.11 Comments and proposals provided by the Customer in violation of the Contractor’s native policy set out in Clause 9.12 hereof, and the rules and recommendations set out in the documentation of the habr.com website, shall not be accepted.

9.12 Key provisions of the Contractor’s native policy:

9.12.1 Content shall be fully created by the Contractor. The Contractor shall not be obliged to adapt the Customer's materials. The Contractor can use the materials provided by the Customer as a source of information for the Content (factual information).

9.12.2 The language, style, format and presentation of the text shall be set by the Contractor, and not by the Customer's brand book.

9.12.3 The text must be as honest as possible, without hushing up inconvenient information and smoothing corners;

9.12.4 Advertisement is not allowed;

9.12.5 The text shall be based on personal experience of the Customer and its representatives. General statements shall not be accepted as information (factual information) for the inclusion into the Content.

9.12.6 The Content layout shall not include the Customer's logo, corporate colors and any other recognizable visual elements (identity) of the Customer.

9.13 The Content shall be considered approved by the Customer:

9.13.1 upon such confirmation receipt by the Contractor, or

9.13.2 if the Contractor receives the Customer's comments - upon elimination of such comments (subject to Clause 9.11 of these Terms).

9.13.3 if the Contractor receives no comments from the Customer - on the next day after the end of the period set for provision of the comments.

9.14 Except as provided for herein, an Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled upon the Customer's approval of the Content.

9.15 The Contractor’s elimination (fulfillment) of the Customer's comments sent in violation of Clauses 9.10. and 9.11. of these Terms shall not deprive the Contractor of the right to deem the Content approved by the Customer in the manner prescribed for by Clause 9.13. hereof.

9.16 If the Customer rejects the fulfillment of an Application for Content creation, such Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled and shall not be subject to repeated fulfillment.

10. Author Provision Service

10.1 In this section services shall mean the information services included in the Certificate for the provision of the Customer with recommendations, namely information about the authors whom the Contractor recommends for the Customer to attract for the creation of publications for the Blog.

10.2 The services shall not be deemed as the employee labor supply activities or employment services. The Customer does not have the goal of employing the authors recommended by the Contractor. The Contractor shall provide the Customer with the information about recommended authors as part of services aimed at performing specific tasks and achieving a specific result (civil relations), and not for a labor function.

10.3 For the services rendering purposes, the Contractor shall request and the Customer shall provide information in the form of a questionnaire in the format specified by the Contractor (the “brief”). The Contractor shall send the brief form to the Customer within Two (2) business days from the Application acceptance date, if the brief has not been provided earlier. 

10.4 After receiving the brief completed by the Customer, the Contractor shall hold a meeting with the Customer to clarify the information and form final initial data and requirements to recommended authors. The meeting shall be held on the date and time agreed upon by the Parties, and the Contractor is obliged to ensure its readiness to conduct the same within Five (5) business days from the brief reception date. Following the meeting results, the Contractor shall send to the Customer a brief containing initial data and requirements to the recommended authors, which the Parties recognize as approved by the Customer, if the Customer has received appropriate confirmation or no objections have been received within Two (2) business days after the date of sending such a brief by the Contractor. The initial data and requirements approved by the Customer in accordance herewith shall not be subject to change, unless otherwise additionally agreed upon by the Parties.

10.5 The Contractor shall prepare and provide the Customer with information about the recommended authors within Ten (10) business days from the date of the Customer’s approval of the initial data and requirements, unless another period has been agreed upon by the Parties.

10.6 The Contractor may be unaware of the authors meeting all the initial data and requirements approved by the Customer. In this case, the Contractor shall provide the Customer with information about authors known to the Contractor who correspond to the initial data and requirements the most.

10.7 The services rendering shall result in the Contractor emailing to the Customer information about at least Three (3) authors in the form of questionnaires in the format specified by the Contractor and containing contact information and other information about the author as required by the questionnaire.

10.8 The Contractor undertakes to check and update information about the authors by holding a preliminary meeting with them, before providing such information to the Customer.

10.9 Due to the fact that the relevant circumstances are beyond the Contractor‘s full control and depend on an author and/or the Customer, the Contractor does not guarantee and shall not be liable for the following:

10.9.1 Full reliability and relevance of the information about an author provided to the Customer;

10.9.2 Results of negotiations between the Customer and recommended authors;

10.9.3 Deadlines, quality and any other characteristics of work performed by an author for the Customer and the results thereof.

10.10 The Contractor guarantees the consent of the authors to provide the authors’ personal data to the Customer and the processing of such personal data by the Customer for the execution of an agreement between an author and the Customer on the creation of a publication for the Blog.

10.11 Apart from being recognized as personal data, information about the authors provided by the Contractor to the Customer as part of the services shall also be confidential information and a trade secret of the Contractor. The Customer shall be obliged to maintain the confidentiality of the information received from the Contractor as part of the services, not to disclose it to any third parties without the consent of the Contractor or the author, and not to use it for the purposes other than the execution of an agreement between the author and the Customer on the creation of a publication for the Blog.

10.12 For the purposes hereof, if the Customer rejects the fulfillment of an Application after its acceptance by the Contractor, such Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled and shall not be accepted or fulfilled again.

10.13 Except as provided for in these Terms, an Application shall be deemed to have been fulfilled when the Contractor sends information about authors to the Customer in accordance herewith. 

11. Final Provisions

11.1 These Terms shall become effective upon their publishing at the specified Internet address and shall remain in force until the Contractor cancels them.

11.2 The Contractor reserves the right to amend and/or cancel the Terms at any time at its discretion. The Customer shall be informed of the amendment or cancellation of the Terms by publishing a new revision of these Terms or by a relevant notice sent to the e-mail address specified by the Customer at the signing or during the performance of the Agreement.

11.3 Should the Terms be canceled or amended, such amendments or cancellation shall become effective upon notification of the Customer thereof, unless any other effective date is specified in the Terms or the notice provided.

11.4 The current version of this Terms is published and/or available on the Website at: https://habr.com/ru/docs/docs/certificate-legal/.