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If you signed an offline variant of this Agreement for use of the Google Workspace for Education Services under the same Google Workspace for Education Account, the terms below do not apply to you and your offline terms govern your use of the Google Workspace for Education Services.

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These Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service (together, the "Agreement") (formerly known as "G Suite for Education Terms of Service" or "G Suite for Education (Online) Agreement") are entered into by Google and the entity or person agreeing to them ("Customer") and govern Customer's access to and use of the Services. "Google" has the meaning given at https://cloud.google.com/terms/google-entity.

• This Agreement is effective when Customer clicks to accept it (the "Effective Date"). If you are accepting on behalf of Customer, you represent and warrant that (i) you have full legal authority to bind Customer to this Agreement; (ii) you have read and understand this Agreement; and (iii) you agree, on behalf of Customer, to this Agreement.

• • 1. Provision of the Services.

    • 1.1 Services Use. During the Term, Google will provide the Services in accordance with the Agreement, including the SLA. Customer may use the Services ordered in the applicable Order Form or Reseller Order in accordance with this Agreement.

    • 1.2 Admin Console. Customer will have access to the Admin Console, through which Customer may manage its use of the Services.

    • 1.3 Accounts; Verification to Use Services.

      • (a) Accounts. Customer must have an Account to use the Services and is responsible for the information it provides to create the Account, the security of its passwords for the Account, and any use of its Account. Google has no obligation to provide multiple accounts to Customer.

      • (b) Verification to Use Services. Customer must verify a Domain Email Address or a Domain Name to use the Services. If Customer does not have valid permission to use the Domain Email Address or does not own or control the Domain Name, then Google will have no obligation to provide Customer with the Services and may delete the Account without notice.

    • 1.4 Updates.

      • (a) To the Services. Google may make commercially reasonable updates to the Services from time to time.

      • (b) To the Agreement. Google may update the terms of this Agreement from time to time by posting any such update at https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_terms.html. If these updates result in a material reduction in Customer’s permitted use of the Services or material increase in Customer’s performance obligations, they will take effect only if and when Customer’s Order Term renews; otherwise they will take effect 30 days after they are posted or upon such renewal, whichever is sooner. This Section 1.4(b) (Updates to the Agreement) does not apply to updates to URL Terms. 

      • (c) To the URL Terms. Google may update the URL Terms from time to time by posting any such update at the relevant URL Term. Unless otherwise noted by Google, material updates to the URL Terms will become effective 30 days after they are posted. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent the updates apply to new functionality or the Cloud Data Processing Addendum, or are required to comply with applicable law, they will be effective immediately.

      • (d) To the Cloud Data Processing Addendum. Google may only update the Cloud Data Processing Addendum where such update is required to comply with applicable law, is expressly permitted by the Cloud Data Processing Addendum, or:

        • (i) is commercially reasonable;

        • (ii) does not result in a material reduction of the security of the Services;

        • (iii) does not expand the scope of or remove any restrictions on Google's processing of "Customer Personal Data," as described in the "Compliance with Customer’s Instructions" Section of the Cloud Data Processing Addendum; and

        • (iv) does not otherwise have a material adverse impact on Customer's rights under the Cloud Data Processing Addendum.

      • (e) Discontinuation of Core Services. Google will notify Customer at least 12 months before discontinuing any Core Service (or associated material functionality) unless Google replaces such discontinued Core Service or functionality with a materially similar Core Service or functionality. Nothing in this Section 1.4(e) (Discontinuation of Core Services) limits Google's ability to make changes required to comply with applicable law, address a material security risk, or avoid a substantial economic or material technical burden. This Section 1.4(e) (Discontinuation of Core Services) does not apply to Other Services or to pre-general availability Services, offerings, or functionality.

  • 2. Payment Terms. If Fees are applicable to Customer’s use of any Services, the terms in this Section 2 (Payment Terms) apply to those Services.

    • 2.1 Usage Measurement and Billing Options. On or after the Billing Start Date, Google will invoice Customer in advance for the Monthly Charge or Annual Charge, as applicable according to the Order Form. Google’s measurement tools will be used to determine Customer’s usage of the Services.

    • 2.2 Payment. Customer will pay all Fees in the currency stated in the invoice. All Fees are due 30 days after the invoice date. Google has no obligation to provide multiple invoices. Payments made via wire transfer must include the bank information provided by Google.

    • 2.3 Taxes.

      • (a) Customer is responsible for any Taxes, and will pay Google for the Services without any reduction for Taxes. If Google is obligated to collect or pay any Taxes, the Taxes will be invoiced to Customer and Customer will pay such Taxes to Google, unless Customer provides Google with a timely and valid tax exemption certificate in respect of those Taxes.

      • (b) Customer will provide Google with any applicable tax identification information that Google may require under applicable law to ensure its compliance with applicable tax regulations and authorities in applicable jurisdictions. Customer will be liable to pay (or reimburse Google for) any taxes, interest, penalties, or fines arising out of any misdeclaration by Customer.

    • 2.4 Payment Disputes. Any payment disputes must be submitted in good faith before the payment due date. If Google, having reviewed the dispute in good faith, determines that certain billing inaccuracies are attributable to Google, Google will not issue a corrected invoice, but will instead issue a credit memo specifying the incorrect amount in the affected invoice. If a disputed invoice has not yet been paid, Google will apply the credit memo amount to the disputed invoice and Customer will be responsible for paying the resulting net balance due on that invoice. Nothing in this Agreement obligates Google to extend credit to any party.

    • 2.5 Delinquent Payments; Suspension. Late payments (which, for clarity, do not include amounts subject to a good faith payment dispute submitted before the payment due date) may bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (or the highest rate permitted by law, if less) from the payment due date until paid in full. Customer will be responsible for all reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by Google in collecting such delinquent amounts. Further, in the event of any late payment for the Services, Google may Suspend the Services.

    • 2.6 No Purchase Order Number Required. Customer is obligated to pay all applicable Fees without any requirement for Google to provide a purchase order number on Google's invoice (or otherwise).

    • 2.7 Price Revisions. Google may change the Prices at any time unless otherwise expressly agreed in an addendum or Order Form. Google will notify Customer at least 30 days in advance of any changes. Customer's pricing will change if and when Customer’s Order Term next renews following the 30-day period.

  • 3. Customer Obligations.

    • 3.1 Permitted Uses. Use of the Services under this Agreement is permitted only by (a) educational institutions that meet the criteria at https://support.google.com/a/answer/134628 or a successor URL and (b) non-profit entities (as defined under applicable laws).

    • 3.2 Compliance. Customer will (a) ensure that Customer and its End Users' use of the Services complies with the Agreement, (b) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent and terminate any unauthorized use of, or access to, the Services, and (c) promptly notify Google if Customer becomes aware of any unauthorized use of, or access to, the Services, Account, or Customer's password. Google reserves the right to investigate any potential violation of the AUP by Customer, which may include reviewing Customer Data.

    • 3.3 Privacy. Customer is responsible for any consents and notices required to permit (a) Customer's use and receipt of the Services, and (b) Google's accessing, storing, and processing of data provided by Customer (including Customer Data) under the Agreement.

    • 3.4 Restrictions. Customer will not, and will not allow End Users to, (a) copy, modify, or create a derivative work of the Services; (b) reverse engineer, decompile, translate, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to extract any or all of the source code of, the Services (except to the extent such restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law); (c) sell, resell, sublicense, transfer, or distribute any or all of the Services; or (d) access or use the Services (i) for High Risk Activities; (ii) in violation of the AUP; (iii) in a manner intended to avoid incurring any applicable Fees (including creating multiple Customer Accounts to simulate or act as a single Customer Account or to circumvent Service-specific usage limits or quotas); (iv) to engage in cryptocurrency mining without Google's prior written approval; (v) to place or receive emergency service calls, unless stated otherwise in the Service Specific Terms; (vi) for materials or activities that are subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) maintained by the United States Department of State; (vii) in a manner that breaches, or causes the breach of, Export Control Laws; or (viii) to transmit, store, or process health information subject to United States HIPAA regulations, except as permitted by an executed HIPAA BAA.

    • 3.5 Additional Products and Third-Party Offerings. Optional Additional Products and Third-Party Offerings may be available for use in conjunction with the Services, and may be enabled or disabled through the Admin Console. Any use of Additional Products is subject to the Additional Product Terms, which are incorporated by reference into the Agreement and which may be updated by Google from time to time. Any use of Third-Party Offerings is subject to separate terms and policies with the relevant service provider. If Customer intends to enable End Users under the age of 18 to access or use any Additional Products or Third-Party Offerings, then Customer will, before allowing any such End User to access or use those products or offerings, obtain parental consent for the collection and use of personal information by (a) the Additional Products, and (b) to the extent required by applicable law, the Third-Party Offerings.

    • 3.6 Administration of Services. Customer may specify through the Admin Console one or more Administrators who will have the right to access Admin Accounts. Customer is responsible for (a) maintaining the confidentiality and security of the End User Accounts and associated passwords, (b) deleting or reassigning inactive End User Accounts, (c) monitoring and auditing its End User Accounts and promptly deleting or exporting Customer Data from, and deleting, those End User Accounts as required to comply with applicable laws, and (d) any use of the End User Accounts. Customer agrees that Google’s responsibilities do not extend to the internal management or administration of the Services for Customer or any End Users.

    • 3.7 Abuse Monitoring. Customer is solely responsible for monitoring, responding to, and otherwise processing emails sent to the "abuse" and "postmaster" aliases for Customer Domain Names, but Google may monitor emails sent to these aliases to allow Google to identify Services abuse.

    • 3.8 Requesting Additional End User Accounts During Order Term. Customer may request additional End User Accounts during an Order Term by means of an additional Order Form or Reseller Order or by ordering via the Admin Console. Such additional End User Accounts will have a pro-rated term ending on the last day of the applicable Order Term.

    • 3.9 Copyright. Google responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminates the Accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances as required to maintain safe harbor for online service providers under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

  • 4. Suspension.

    • 4.1 AUP Violations. If Google becomes aware that Customer's or any End User's use of the Services violates the AUP, Google will notify Customer and request that Customer correct the violation. If Customer fails to correct the violation within 24 hours of Google's request, then Google may Suspend all or part of Customer's use of the Services until the violation is corrected. Suspension of the Services may include removal or unsharing of content that violates the AUP.

    • 4.2 Other Suspension. Notwithstanding Section 4.1 (AUP Violations), Google may immediately Suspend all or part of Customer's use of the Services (including use of the underlying Account) if (a) Google reasonably believes Suspension is needed to protect the Services, Google’s infrastructure supporting the Services, or any other customer of the Services (or their end users); (b) there is suspected unauthorized third-party access to the Services; (c) Google reasonably believes that immediate Suspension is required to comply with any applicable law; or (d) Customer is in breach of Section 3.4 (Restrictions) or the Service Specific Terms. Google will lift any such Suspension when the circumstances giving rise to the Suspension have been resolved. At Customer's request, Google will, unless prohibited by applicable law, notify Customer of the basis for the Suspension as soon as is reasonably possible. For Suspension of End User Accounts, Google will provide Customer’s Administrator the ability to restore End User Accounts in certain circumstances.

    • 4.3 Inactive End User Account(s).  Google may Suspend any End User Account created at least two (2) years prior to Suspension if that account has not been accessed or used for the two (2) years prior to Suspension.  Similarly, where neither the Customer Account nor any of its associated End User Accounts have been accessed or used for two (2) consecutive years of the Agreement Term, Google may Suspend the Customer Account itself.

  • 5. Intellectual Property Rights; Protection of Customer Data; Feedback; Using Brand Features Within the Services.

    • 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights. Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, this Agreement does not grant either party any rights, implied or otherwise, to the other's content or any of the other's intellectual property. As between the parties, Customer retains all Intellectual Property Rights in Customer Data, and Google retains all Intellectual Property Rights in the Services.

    • 5.2 Protection of Customer Data. Google will access, use, and otherwise process Customer Data only in accordance with this Agreement including the Cloud Data Processing Addendum and will not access, use, or process Customer Data for any other purpose. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, Google will not process Customer Data for Advertising purposes or serve Advertising in the Services. Google has implemented and will maintain technical, organizational, and physical safeguards to protect Customer Data, as further described in the Cloud Data Processing Addendum.

    • 5.3 Customer Feedback. At its option, Customer may provide feedback or suggestions about the Services to Google ("Feedback"). If Customer provides Feedback, then Google and its Affiliates may use that Feedback without restriction and without obligation to Customer.

    • 5.4 Using Brand Features Within the Services. Google will display within the Services only those Customer Brand Features that Customer authorizes by uploading them into the Services. Google will display those Customer Brand Features within designated areas of the web pages displaying the Services to Customer or its End Users. Customer may specify details of this use in the Admin Console. Google may also display Google Brand Features on such web pages to indicate that the Services are provided by Google.

  • 6. Technical Support Services. Subject to payment of applicable Fees, Google will provide TSS to Customer during the Term in accordance with the TSS Guidelines. Certain TSS levels include a minimum recurring Fee as described at https://workspace.google.com/terms/tssg.html. If Customer downgrades its TSS level during any calendar month, Google may continue to provide TSS at the same level and for the same TSS Fees as applied before the downgrade for the remainder of that month.

  • 7. Confidential Information.

    • 7.1 Obligations. The recipient will use the disclosing party's Confidential Information only to exercise the recipient’s rights and fulfill its obligations under the Agreement, and will use reasonable care to protect against the disclosure of the disclosing party's Confidential Information. The recipient may disclose Confidential Information only to its and its Affiliates' employees, agents, subcontractors, or professional advisors ("Delegates") who need to know it and who have agreed in writing (or in the case of professional advisors are otherwise bound) to keep it confidential. The recipient will ensure that its Delegates use the received Confidential Information only to exercise rights and fulfill obligations under this Agreement.

    • 7.2 Required Disclosure.

      • (a)  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the recipient or its Affiliate may also disclose Confidential Information to the extent required by applicable Legal Process; provided that the recipient or its Affiliate uses commercially reasonable efforts to (i) promptly notify the other party before any such disclosure of its Confidential Information, and (ii) comply with the other party's reasonable requests regarding its efforts to oppose the disclosure.

      • (b) Subsections 7.2(a)(i) and 7.2(a)(ii) above will not apply if the recipient determines that complying therewith could (i) result in a violation of Legal Process; (ii) obstruct a governmental investigation; or (iii) lead to death or serious physical harm to an individual.

• • 8. Term and Termination.

    • 8.1 Agreement Term. The term of this Agreement (the "Term") will begin on the Effective Date and continue until the Agreement is terminated or not renewed as stated in this Section 8 (Term and Termination).

    • 8.2 Renewal. At the end of each Order Term, the Services (and any End User Accounts previously subject to Fees) will automatically renew for an additional Order Term of 12 months. If either party does not want this Agreement and the Services to renew, then it must notify the other party to this effect at least 15 days before the end of the then-current Order Term, and this notice of non-renewal will take effect at the end of the then-current Order Term.

    • 8.3 Termination for Breach. To the extent permitted by applicable law, either party may terminate this Agreement immediately on written notice if (a) the other party is in material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure that breach within 30 days after receipt of written notice of the breach, or (b) the other party ceases its business operations or becomes subject to insolvency proceedings and the proceedings are not dismissed within 90 days.

    • 8.4 Termination for Convenience. Customer may stop using the Services at any time. Subject to Customer fulfilling all its financial commitments (if applicable) under an Order Form or otherwise under this Agreement (including payment of any and all Fees for the Order Term), Customer may also terminate this Agreement for its convenience at any time on prior written notice.

    • 8.5 Termination for Inactivity. 

      • (a) Subject to subsection (b) below, Google may terminate this Agreement with 30 days' advance notice to the Notice Email Address if, for two (2) consecutive years of the Agreement Term, (i) Customer has not accessed the Admin Console, (ii) no End User Account has logged in, and (iii) Customer has not incurred any Fees for Services. 

      • (b) Customer can avoid termination under this section and reset its activity window if Customer accesses the Admin Console, an End User Account logs in or Customer incurs Fees for the Services at any point during the 30 day notice period.

    • 8.6 Termination Due to Applicable Law; Violation of Laws. Google may terminate this Agreement and/or any applicable Order Form immediately on written notice if Google reasonably believes that (a) continued provision of any Service used by Customer would violate applicable law(s) or (b) Customer has violated or caused Google to violate any Anti-Bribery Laws or Export Control Laws.

    • 8.7 Effect of Termination or Non-Renewal. If the Agreement is terminated or not renewed, then (a) all rights and access to the Services will cease (including access to Customer Data), unless otherwise described in this Agreement, and (b) any and all Fees owed by Customer to Google are immediately due upon Customer’s receipt of the final invoice.

    • 8.8 No Refunds. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement or required by law, termination or non renewal under any section of this Agreement (including the Cloud Data Processing Addendum) will not oblige Google to refund any Fees.

  • • 9. Publicity. Neither party may use the other party’s Brand Features or issue, publish, or present a press release, blog post, speech, social media post, or investor relations call or announcement discussing Customer’s use of the Services or this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, Customer may state publicly that it is a Google Cloud customer and display Brand Features in accordance with the Branding Guidelines. Google may use Customer's name and Brand Features in online or offline promotional materials of the Services. Any use of a party’s Brand Features will inure to the benefit of the party holding Intellectual Property Rights to those Brand Features.

  • • 10. Representations and Warranties. Each party represents and warrants that (a) it has full power and authority to enter into the Agreement, and (b) it will comply with all laws applicable to its provision, receipt, or use of the Services, as applicable.

    • 11. Disclaimer. Except as expressly provided for in the Agreement, Google does not make and expressly disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (a) any warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular use, title, non-infringement, or error-free or uninterrupted use of the Services and (b) any representations about content or information accessible through the Services.

    • 12. Limitation of Liability.

      • 12.1 Limitation on Indirect Liability. To the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 12.3 (Unlimited Liabilities), neither party will have any Liability arising out of or relating to the Agreement for any (a) indirect, consequential, special, incidental, or punitive damages or (b) lost revenues, profits, savings, or goodwill.

      • 12.2 Limitation on Amount of Liability. Each party's total aggregate Liability for damages arising out of or relating to the Agreement is limited to the greater of (a) $1,000 USD or (b) the Fees Customer paid during the 12 month period before the event giving rise to Liability.

      • 12.3 Unlimited Liabilities. Nothing in the Agreement excludes or limits either party's Liability for:

        • (a) its fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

        • (b) its obligations under Section 13 (Indemnification);

        • (c) its infringement of the other party's Intellectual Property Rights;

        • (d) its payment obligations (if any) under the Agreement; or

        • (e) matters for which liability cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

• • 13. Indemnification.