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Biller Agreement 5. Billing and Renewal. Invoice Cloud fees for the Service are provided on the Biller Order Form. Invoice Cloud's fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, Invoice Cloud may assess and/or collect such taxes, levies, or duties against Biller and Biller shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties, excluding only United States (federal or state) taxes based solely on Invoice Cloud's income. All payment obligations for completed transactions are non -cancellable and all amounts or fees paid are non- refundable. Unless Invoice Cloud in its discretion determines otherwise, all fees will be billed in U.S. dollars. If Biller believes Biller's bill or payment is incorrect, Biller must provide written notice to Invoice Cloud within 60 days of the earlier of the invoice date, or the date of payment, with respect to the amount in question to be eligible to receive an adjustment or credit; otherwise such bill or payment is deemed correct. Invoice Cloud reserves the right to modify any pricing with respect to fees owed by the Biller upon thirty days written notice to Biller based on increases incurred by Invoice Cloud on fees, assessments, and the like from credit card processers, bank card issuers, payment associations, ACH and check processers. 6. Term and Termination. The initial term of this Agreement shall be for a period of three (3) years ("Initial Term") commencing on the Effective Date on the Biller Order Form and will renew for each of additional successive three (3) year terms ("Renewal Term") unless terminated as set forth herein. This Agreement may be terminated by either party effective at the end of the Initial or any Renewal Term by such party providing written notice to the other party of its intent not to renew no less than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the then - current term. Additionally, this Agreement may be terminated by either party with cause in the event of a material breach of the terms of this Agreement by the other party and the breach remains uncured for a period of 30 days following receipt of written notice by the breaching party. For example, any unauthorized use of the Invoice Cloud Technology or Service by Biller, or its authorized users will be deemed a material breach of this Agreement. Upon any early termination of this Agreement by Invoice Cloud as a result of the breach, Biller shall remain liable for all fees and charges incurred, and all periodic fees owed through the end of the calendar month following the effective date of termination. Upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, Biller's password and access will be disabled and Biller will be obligated to pay the balance due on Biller's account computed in accordance with the Charges and Payment of Fees section above. Biller agrees that Invoice Cloud may charge such unpaid fees to Biller's Debit Account or credit card or otherwise bill Biller for such unpaid fees. 7. Invoice Cloud Responsibilities. Invoice Cloud represents and warrants that it has the legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement. Invoice Cloud warrants that the Service will materially perform the functions that the Biller has selected on the Order Form under normal use and circumstances and that. Invoice Cloud shall use commercially reasonable measures with respect to Customer Data to the extent that it retains such, in the operation of the Service; provided that the Biller shall maintain immediately accessible backups of the Customer Data. In addition, Invoice Cloud will, at its own expense, as the sole and exclusive remedy with respect to performance of the Service, correct any Transaction Data to the extent that such errors have been caused by Invoice Cloud or by malfunctions of Invoice Cloud's processing systems. 8. Limited Warranty EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 7, THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT AND TRANSACTION DATA IS PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS, OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW BY INVOICE CLOUD AND ITS LICENSORS AND PAYMENT PROCESSORS. INVOICE CLOUD AND ITS LICENSORS AND PAYMENT PROCESSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR -FREE, OR OPERATE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SYSTEM OR DATA, (B) THAT THE SERVICE WILL NOT DELAY IN PROCESSING OR PAYING, OR (C) THE SERVICE WILL MEET REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SIZE OR VOLUME. Invoice Cloud's service may be subject to limitations, delays, and other problems inherent in the use of the internet and electronic communications. Invoice cloud is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or other damage resulting from such problems. Biller represents and warrants that Biller has not falsely identified itself nor provided any false information to gain access to the Service and that Biller's billing information is correct. 9. Biller's Responsibilities. Biller represents and warrants that it has the legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement. Biller is responsible for all activity occurring under Biller's accounts and shall abide by all applicable laws, and regulations in connection with Biller's and/or its customers' and a payers' use of the Service, including those related to data privacy, communications, export or import of data and the transmission of technical, personal or other data. Biller shall: (i) notify Invoice Cloud immediately of any unauthorized use of any password or account or any other known or suspected breach of security; (ii) report to Invoice Cloud and immediately stop any copying or distribution of Content that is known or suspected to be unauthorized by Biller or Biller's Users; and (iii) obtain consent from Biller's customers and payers to receive notifications and invoices from Invoice Cloud. Invoice Cloud is not responsible for any Biller postings in error due to delayed notification from credit card processor, ACH bank and other related circumstances. Biller agrees and acknowledges that in the event that Biller has access to, receives from, creates, or receives protected health information, or Biller has access to, creates, receives, maintains or transmits on behalf of electronic protected health information (as those terms are defined under the privacy or security regulations issued pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") and Subtitle D of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA"),during the performance under this Agreement, it will comply with all such law, regulations and rules related thereto. Biller is required to ensure that it maintains a fair policy with regard to the refund, return or cancellation of services and adjustment of Transactions. Biller is also required to disclose a refund, return or cancellation policies to Invoice Cloud and any applicable payment processors and Biller's Customers, as requested. Any change in a return/ cancellation policy must be submitted to Invoice Cloud, in writing, not less than Biller Agreement Rev 4 0 The complete Biller Agreement includes the Biller Order Form, the Online Terms and Conditions and this Agreement P a g e 12