1.1. The definitions and rules of interpretation in this Condition 1 apply to these terms and conditions (Conditions).
BDXL Ltd: BDXL Ltd (trading name “USCIS Translations”), located in 12 Greenway Plaza, Houston, 77046, USA
Charges: the charges payable by the Client to USCIS Translations for the provision of the services.
Contract: the contract formed by Client’s Order and USCIS Translations acceptance of it, or the Client’s acceptance of a valid quotation for Services by USCIS Translations under Condition 2.3.
Client: the person, firm or company that purchases Services from USCIS Translations.
Client’s Equipment: any equipment, systems, cabling, or facilities provided by the Client and used in the supply of the Services.
Client Materials: all documents, information, materials and works provided by the Client to carry out the Services including (without limitation) computer programs, data, reports and specifications or the materials specified in the Contract.
Deliverables: all documents, products and materials developed by USCIS Translations (or its agents, subcontractors, consultants and employees) in relation to the Services in any form or the deliverables specified in the Contract.
Document: any document in writing, drawing, map, plan, diagram, design, picture or other image, tape, disk or other device or record embodying information in any form.
Force Majeure: any act, omission, event or circumstance, beyond the reasonable control of the party affected, including but not limited to, any act of God, fire, disaster, war, civil commotion, insurrection, embargo, prevention from or hindrance in obtaining raw materials, energy or other supplies, explosion, industrial dispute affecting a third party for which a substitute third party is not reasonably available, breakdown of plant or machinery, computer system failure, flood, severe weather conditions, riots, accident, or any act of any governmental, regulatory or other official body.
Intellectual Property Rights: all utility models, copyright and related rights, trademarks, service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights in trade dress or get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database right, topography rights, moral rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for and renewals or extensions of such rights, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world.
Pre-existing Materials: all documents, information and materials provided by USCIS Translations relating to the Services which existed before the commencement of the Contract, including computer programs, data, reports, and specifications.
Order: a written order for the Services provided by the Client.
Privacy Policy: the privacy policy which USCIS Translations has from time to time.
Services: the translation, transcription, localisation, certification, or proofreading services to be provided by USCIS Translations under the Contract, together with any other services which USCIS Translations provides, or agrees to provide, to the Client.
Sales Tax: sales taxes, Value Added Tax (VAT), export or import charges, transportation or insurance charges, customs and duty fees, personal property taxes or similar charges.
Sub-contractor: a Translator and/or a person and/or an agency providing elements of the Services to USCIS Translations.
Website: USCIS Translations website (https://uscistranslations.com/) on which the Services are advertised.
USCIS Translations Equipment: any equipment, including tools, systems, cabling, or facilities, provided by USCIS Translations or its Sub-contractors and used directly or indirectly in the supply of the Services.
1.2 Headings in these conditions shall not affect their interpretation.
1.3 A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality).
1.4 A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as it is in force for the time being, taking account of any amendment, extension, or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation for the time being in force made under it.
1.5 A reference to writing or written includes faxes, e-mail, and via the Website.
1.6 Any obligation in the Contract on a person not to do something includes, without limitation, an obligation not to agree, allow, permit, or acquiesce in that thing being done.
2.1. These Conditions shall:
(a) apply to and be incorporated into the Contract; and
(b) prevail over any inconsistent terms or conditions contained, or referred to, in the Client’s purchase order, confirmation of the order, acceptance of a quotation, or specification or other Document supplied by the Client, or implied by law, trade custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.2. By ordering any of the Services, the Client agrees to be bound by the Conditions. The Client can only purchase the Services from the Website if eligible to enter a contract and is at least 18 years old.
2.3 The Client’s Order, or the Client’s acceptance of a quotation for Services by USCIS Translations, constitutes an offer by the Client to purchase the Services on these Conditions. No offer placed by the Client shall be accepted by USCIS Translations other than:
2.4 Quotations are given by USCIS Translations on the basis that no Contract shall come into existence except in accordance with Condition 2.3. Any quotation is valid for a period of 7 days from its date unless stated otherwise, provided that USCIS Translations has not previously withdrawn it.
2.5 Quotations are given by USCIS Translations on the basis of the Client’s description of the Services and Materials, and any other instructions. Such quotations may be amended at any time if the description of such materials is materially inaccurate.
2.6 The description of Services and information provided in USCIS Translations Website, brochures, catalogues, or other published material is a general description only and does not form part of the Contract.
2.7 In the case of Services made to the Client’s special requirements, it is the Client’s responsibility to ensure that any information or specification provided is accurate.
2.8 All Services which appear on the Website are subject to availability.
2.9 USCIS Translations may make changes to the Services to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement.
2.10 These terms and conditions may be subject to change from time to time. Please ensure that you check the Website regularly for changes to these terms and conditions.
3.1 The Services supplied under the Contract shall be provided by USCIS Translations to the Client from the date of acceptance of the Contract.
3.2 The Services supplied under the Contract shall continue to be supplied for the period stated in the Order.
4.1 USCIS Translations shall use reasonable endeavours to provide the Services, and to deliver the Deliverables to the Client.
4.2 USCIS Translations shall use reasonable endeavours to meet any performance dates specified in the Order, but any such dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence for the performance of the Services.
4.3 USCIS Translations has no liability for loss, corruption, or interception of Original Works or Deliverables.
4.4 USCIS Translations is not responsible for checking the accuracy of the Original Works.
4.5 USCIS Translations is not responsible for any indirect or consequential damages attributable to the Deliverables.
4.6 Unless provided otherwise by the Contract, USCIS Translations may deliver Services by instalments; such instalments shall be separate obligations and no breach in respect of one or more of them shall entitle the Client to cancel any subsequent instalments or repudiate the Contract.
4.7 USCIS Translations strives to the best of its ability to ensure that our translations are true and accurate.
4.8 For certified or accredited translations, USCIS Translations (and/or our suppliers) are ultimately responsible for the translated text, and shall have absolute discretion to reject any change requested by the Client that the translator feels isn’t a “true and accurate” reflection of the original text. No refund will be issued if we reject a Client’s change request in these circumstances.
5.1 The Client shall:
5.2 If USCIS Translations performance of its obligations under the Contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission of the Client, its agents, subcontractors, consultants or employees, USCIS Translations shall not be liable for any costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by the Client arising directly or indirectly from such prevention or delay.
5.3 The Client shall be liable to pay to USCIS Translations, on demand, all reasonable costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by USCIS Translations (including, without limitation, any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit and loss of reputation, loss or damage to property and those arising from injury to or death of any person and loss of opportunity to deploy resources elsewhere) arising directly or indirectly from the Client’s fraud, negligence, failure to perform or delay in the performance of any of its obligations under the Contract, subject to USCIS Translations confirming such costs, charges and losses to the Client in writing.
5.4 The Client shall not, without the prior written consent of USCIS Translations, at any time from the date of the Contract to the expiry of three months after the last date of supply of the Services, solicit or entice away from USCIS Translations or employ (or attempt to employ) any person who is, or has been, engaged as an employee, consultant or subcontractor of USCIS Translations in the provision of the Services.
6.1 The fees (Fees) for the Services, the price of any Goods (if not included in the Fees) and any additional delivery or other charges that set out on the USCIS Translations Website at the date an Order is accepted or such other price as that USCIS Translations may agree in writing.
6.2 Fees and charges are likely to attract VAT and/or other applicable taxes. The Client is liable to pay such taxes in all cases, even where an error may have been made when the parties originally agreed payment thereof.
6.3 Payment must be made at the time of Order by submitting credit or debit card details.
6.4 In the event of the cancellation of an Order by the Client, USCIS Translations retains the right to charge the Client for the Services in full.
7.1 As between the Client and USCIS Translations, and unless required otherwise by law, all Intellectual Property Rights and all other rights in the Deliverables and the Pre-existing Materials shall be owned by USCIS Translations.
7.2 USCIS Translations licenses all such rights to the Client free of charge and on a non-exclusive, worldwide basis to such extent as is necessary to enable the Client to make reasonable use of the Deliverables and the Services. If the Contract terminates, this license shall automatically terminate.
7.3 The Client acknowledges that, where USCIS Translations does not own any Pre-existing Materials, the Client’s use of rights in Pre-existing Materials is conditional on USCIS Translations obtaining a written license (or sub-license) from the relevant licensor or licensors on such terms as will entitle USCIS Translations to license such rights to the Client.
8.1 The Client shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential nature and have been disclosed to the Client by USCIS Translations, its employees, agents, consultants or subcontractors and any other confidential information concerning USCIS Translations business or its products which the Client may obtain.
8.2 The Client may disclose such information:
8.3 The Client shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives, advisers, agents, or subcontractors to whom it discloses such information comply with this condition.
8.4 The Client shall not use any such information for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under the Contract.
8.5 All materials, equipment and tools, drawings, specifications and data supplied by USCIS Translations to the Client (including Pre-existing Materials and USCIS Translations Equipment) shall, at all times, be and remain the exclusive property of USCIS Translations, but shall be held by the Client in safe custody at its own risk and maintained and kept in good condition by the Client until returned to USCIS Translations, and shall not be disposed of or used other than in accordance with USCIS Translations written instructions or authorisation.
9.1 The Contract continues as long as it takes USCIS Translations to perform the Services.
9.2 Either Party may terminate the Contract or suspend the Services at any time by a written notice of termination or suspension to the other if that other:
9.3 On termination of the Contract for any reason, any of USCIS Translations respective remaining rights and liabilities will not be affected.
USCIS Translations shall have no liability to the Client under the Contract if it is prevented from, or delayed in performing, its obligations under the Contract or from carrying on its business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of USCIS Translations or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.
Data Protection Legislation means the Data Protection Act 2018, and any legislation which amends, replaces, or re-enacts it. Personal Data means such data as defined under Data Protection Legislation.
USCIS Translations is the data controller for the purpose of Data Protection Legislation. The Data Controller is the controller and shall determine how Personal Data is to be processed under these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy.
The Processing of said Personal Data by any Data Processor shall solely be subject to the provisions of these terms and conditions and in compliance with the instructions of the Data Controller.
USCIS Translations may process personal data it collects from the Client in accordance with USCIS Translations Privacy Policy.
12.1 This Condition sets out the entire financial liability of USCIS Translations (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents, consultants, and subcontractors) to the Client in respect of:
12.2 All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
12.3 Nothing in these Conditions limits or excludes the liability of USCIS Translations:
12.4 Subject to Condition 12.2 and Condition 12.3
13.1 USCIS Translations may, from time to time and without notice, change the Services in order to comply with any applicable safety or statutory requirements, provided that such changes do not materially affect the nature, scope of, or the charges for the Services.
13.2 Subject to Condition 13.1, no variation of the Contract or these Conditions or of any of the documents referred to in them shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.
14.1 A waiver of any right under the Contract is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under the Contract or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy.
14.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under the Contract are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law.
15.1 If a provision of the Contract (or part of any provision) is found illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision such that, as amended, it is legal, valid and enforceable, and, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the parties’ original commercial intention.
15.2 If any provision of the Contract (or part of any provision) is found by any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, and the parties have been unable to agree an amendment in accordance with clause 15.1, that provision or part-provision shall, to the extent required, be deemed not to form part of the Contract, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of the Contract shall not be affected.
16.1 The Contract constitutes the whole agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous agreements between the parties relating to its subject matter.
16.2 Each party acknowledges that, in entering into the Contract, it has not relied on, and shall have no right or remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made negligently or innocently) (other than for breach of contract).
16.3 Nothing in this Condition shall limit or exclude any liability for fraud or any liability that may not be lawfully excluded.
17.1 The Client shall not, without the prior written consent of USCIS Translations, assign, transfer, charge, mortgage, subcontract, or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
17.2 USCIS Translations may at any time assign, transfer, charge, mortgage, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights under the Contract and may subcontract or delegate in any manner any or all of its obligations under the Contract to any third party or agent.
17.3 Each party that has rights under the Contract is acting on its own behalf and not for the benefit of another person.
Nothing in the Contract is intended to, or shall be deemed to, constitute a partnership or joint venture of any kind between any of the parties, nor constitute any party the agent of another party for any purpose. No party shall have authority to act as agent for, or to bind, the other party in any way.
20.1 Any notice or other communication required to be given under the Contract shall be in writing and shall be delivered in writing to the other party and for the attention of the person specified in the Order, or as otherwise specified by the relevant party by notice in writing to the other party.
20.2 This Condition shall not apply to the service of any in any proceedings or other documents in any legal action.
21.1 USCIS Translations has a formal complaint handling process. In the event of a complaint, USCIS Translations will address the complaint and enter correspondence with the Client with a view to resolving it to mutual satisfaction. USCIS Translations will, for its own part, use all reasonable endeavours to settle any dispute amicably, and would expect its clients to act in a similar manner. Any dispute that cannot be settled by the parties themselves shall be settled by arbitration.
21.2 Arbitration shall be governed by the rules laid down for the time being by the ATA (American Translators Association), which will be supplied on request. The decision of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding on all parties involved.
21.3 The Contract shall be interpreted in accordance with the law of the USA.
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