Klook Policy and Contract
Klook Policy and Contract
1    GENERAL                                                                                                        time and resolve such complaints as KLOOK sees fit. In the event KLOOK
1.1 Operator provides certain products, tours, activities, services and other experience                            provides compensation to End Customer in relation to the End Customer’s
     with details as agreed between the Parties from time to time (collectively                                     complaint, KLOOK is not obliged to pay for the booking(s) at issue. KLOOK will
     “Products” or “Services”), and Operator agrees to provide the Products for                                     adjust the subsequent payments to Operator for any amount KLOOK has paid
     distribution on KLOOK’s various owned, affiliated or related third party online and                            for the booking(s) at issue minus any compensation amount KLOOK has paid to
     offline marketing and travel distribution channels including but not limited to                                the End Customer.
     KLOOK’s     website      (www.klook.com)        and     the    KLOOK     mobile     application
     (collectively “KLOOK’s Distribution Channels”). Each party hereto is a “Party”                             3   BILLING AND PAYMENTS
     and together referred to as “Parties”.                                                                     3.1 It is agreed between both Parties that payment will be made pursuant to the
                                                                                                                    payment terms as set out in the Agreement.
1.2 Payable Bookings
     (a)   Net Rate. KLOOK shall pay Operator the net rate for each unit of Product                             3.2 KLOOK will pay Operator monthly the aggregate amount in relation to the Payable
           purchased    through      KLOOK’s       Distribution    Channels   which     resulted   in               Bookings of the relevant month. The monthly payment will be settled based on
           provision of the Products to the End Customers (“Payable Bookings”). The                                 successful redemptions. Where Operator has provided the Services, this will be
           net rates shall be the cost that KLOOK purchases the Products from                                       deemed as a successful redemption. Each month, KLOOK shall provide Operator
           Operator. KLOOK is entitled to markup margins on top of the net rates at                                 with an email report which summarizes the previous month’s sales of the Products.
           its sole discretion and sell the Products to the End Customers. The net                                  In the event of discrepancies between the Parties’ records, Operator shall notify
           rates shall include all fees, charges, taxes, costs and expenses for provision                           KLOOK by email within three (3) business days upon receipt of such email report.
           of the Products and Operator is not entitled to ask the End Customer to                                  KLOOK will then issue a revised email report to Operator. KLOOK has the sole
           pay any further moneys or reimburse any other expenses for the provision                                 discretion to make any adjustment for the discrepancies if any such request was
           of the Products. Settlement will be based on the aggregate net rates for                                 raised after abovementioned period. Upon receipt of the email report (or revised
           the Payable Bookings.                                                                                    email report, as applicable), Operator shall issue invoice to KLOOK. KLOOK shall
     (b)   Lowest Rates Commitment.             In respect of the Products, Operator agrees                         make payment to Operator within thirty (30) days upon receipt of the invoice.
           that the net rates it offers to KLOOK shall not be higher than the net rates                             Any processing fees or bank charges shall be borne by Operator.
           it offers to any other partners, agents or distributors. If Operator does not
           comply with this provision, KLOOK shall have the right to subject Operator                           3.3 In the event where an excessive amount of payments is subject to chargeback
           to Suspension or terminate this Agreement with seven (7) days’ notice as                                 or other payment reversal for any reasons, KLOOK reserves the right to terminate
           it deems appropriate.                                                                                    this Agreement and/or withhold all outstanding payments to Operator.
     (c)   Payment Details.        If applicable, all payments to Operator shall be made to
           Operator’s bank account with details as filled in by Operator at the KLOOK                           3.4 All fees and amounts payable by KLOOK to Operator are inclusive of any taxes
           Merchant Portal. Any additional processing fees arising from incorrect                                   and duties, including all Value Added Tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST),
           account information shall be borne by Operator.                                                          Consumption Tax and other taxes levied on transactions, required by applicable
                                                                                                                    law. Operator undertakes that it shall provide all necessary assistance (including
1.3 KLOOK’s Responsibility                                                                                          but not limited to provision of tax invoices and other supporting documents) to
     (a)   KLOOK      shall   be     responsible    for    the    development,      maintenance    or               KLOOK to facilitate any claim of applicable tax deduction or exemption. In the
           engagement of KLOOK’s Distribution Channels to allow end customers ("End                                 event withholding tax is required by law, Operator agrees that KLOOK shall
           Customers”) to purchase products or services.                                                            deduct the relevant amount from any payment due to Operator and pay such
     (b)   KLOOK has the sole discretion to decide (i) whether to list any Product of                               amount to the appropriate tax authority. Operator undertakes to report and bear
           Operator on KLOOK’s Distribution Channels and (ii) the Product placements                                VAT, GST and other similar tax (if applicable) in respect of the provision of the
           within KLOOK's Distribution Channels together with the utilization of                                    Products based on the relevant tax laws and regulations in the country where
           KLOOK's Distribution Channels.                                                                           the Operator is providing the Products.
5.7 Operator shall procure and maintain in effect adequate and sufficient insurance               6.3 Operator’s obligations under this clause shall survive termination of this
    for third party liability to provide for the payment of claims resulting from property             Agreement.
    loss or damage or bodily injury, including death, sustained by the End Customer
    and/or any third parties arising from or in connection with the Products. Where               7    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
    the Operator is an aggregator of services rather than the service provider, the               7.1 Except for (i) either Party’s indemnification obligations under this Agreement, (ii)
    Operator shall procure such service provider(s) to maintain the same adequate                      damages arising out of either Party’s gross negligence and/or willful misconduct,
    and sufficient insurance for third party liability.                                                or (iii) damages arising from any unauthorized access or improper disclosure of
                                                                                                       customer data, in no event shall either Party be liable to the other Party for any
5.8 All information contained in the Product Content, Operator’s Online Content is                     loss of production, loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of contract, loss of or
    true, correct and not misleading and Operator is the proprietary owner or                          damage to goodwill or reputation, loss of claim or any indirect, special, punitive,
    authorized licensee of all intellectual property rights subsisting in the Products,                incidental or consequential damages or losses whether such damages are alleged
    Product Content and Operator’s Online Content. Operator warrants that the use                      as a result of a breach of contract, tort or otherwise.
    of the Product Content and Operator’s Online Content by KLOOK will not result
    in Operator and/or KLOOK violating any applicable laws and regulations or                     8    INDEMNIFICATION
    infringe rights of any third party (including, but not limited to intellectual property       8.1 Operator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless KLOOK, KLOOK’s affiliates
    rights).                                                                                           and channel partner and their respective shareholders, directors, employees,
                                                                                                       officers, agents and service providers (“KLOOK Indemnified Parties”) from and
                                                                                                       against any and all claims, losses, liabilities damages, fines, penalties, settlement
5.9 In the event Operator subcontracts all or any part of the Products to any third                    expenses and costs (including legal fees and costs) incurred or suffered by
    parties, Operator shall be will be responsible for all liabilities, damages, acts or               KLOOK Indemnified Parties in connection with any third party claims or
    omissions of such third-parties.                                                                   investigation brought against KLOOK Indemnified Parties directly or indirectly
                                                                                                       arising out of or relating to:
5.10 Operator shall comply with all applicable data protection laws and regulations                    (a)   activities, operations, products or services provided by Operator including,
    and KLOOK’s Privacy Policy available at https://www.klook.com/conditions in                              but not limited to, the Products provided by Operator to the End Customers;
    relation the personal data of the End Customers collected through KLOOK’s                          (b)   the use of the Product Content, Operator Online Content or the logo, service
    Distribution Channels or otherwise obtained, collected or received by Operator in                        marks, trademark of Operator on KLOOK’s Distribution Channels;
    fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. Operator shall keep all End                       (c)   Operator’s actual or alleged breach of this Agreement including, but not
    Customers’ personal data in strictest confidence and shall not use any of these                          limited to Operator’s representations and warranties in this Agreement; or
    data for any purposes other than for the provision of the Products and shall not                   (d)   taxes arising out of the sale of the Products through KLOOK’s Distribution
    transfer or disclose such personal data to any third party without the End                               Channels.
    Customers’ prior consent. In particular, Operator shall comply with and only
    process End Customers’ personal data in accordance with the provisions of                     8.2 KLOOK shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Operator, Operator’s affiliates
    Appendix 2.                                                                                        and channel partner and their respective shareholders, directors, employees,
                                                                                                       officers, agents and service providers (“Operator Indemnified Parties”) from and
5.11 Operator undertakes to KLOOK that neither Operator nor its associates shall                       against any and all claims, losses, liabilities damages, fines, penalties, settlement
    directly or indirectly solicit any End Customers who is made become aware of                       expenses and costs (including legal fees and costs) incurred or suffered by
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     Operator Indemnified Parties in connection with any third party claims or
     investigation brought against Operator Indemnified Parties directly or indirectly
     arising out of or relating to KLOOK’s actual or alleged breach of this Agreement.
10.2 Any disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be referred to and
     finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International
     Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in
     force when the notice of arbitration is submitted. The number of arbitrators shall
     be three.      The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English language.
     The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong.
11   GENERAL PROVISIONS
11.1 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and
     supersedes any previous agreement between the Parties relating to the subject
     matter of this Agreement.
11.4 KLOOK may assign, sub-contract or otherwise deal with this Agreement at its
     sole discretion. Operator will not assign, sub-contract or otherwise deal with this
     Agreement or any rights and obligations under this Agreement unless it has
     obtained prior consent from KLOOK.
11.5 This Agreement may be executed in counterparts including but not limited to
     counterparts delivered by electronic means, and such counterparts shall form one
     legal instrument. A manually or electronically signed copy of the Agreement
     delivered by email, facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to
     have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of the
     Agreement.
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                                                                                    APPENDIX 2
To the extent that the performance of the Operator Agreement involves the processing                 to Personal Data as those to which the Operator is bound under this DPA, and
of end customers’ personal data provided by KLOOK to Operator (“Personal Data”),                     Operator shall be liable for any non-compliance by any such sub-processor.
KLOOK and Operator have agreed to process all such Personal Data in accordance
with the terms of this DPA to comply with all applicable data protection laws and                12. Operator shall indemnify and keep indemnified KLOOK against all claims,
regulations, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation                     proceedings or actions brought by a competent public authority and/or an
2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (“GDPR”).                                     individual against KLOOK: (a) with respect to processing of the Personal Data
                                                                                                     by Operator and/or its sub-processors; (b) arising out of any breach by Operator
1.   This DPA shall form an integral part of the Operator Agreement. In the event of                 and/or its sub-processors of their obligations under this DPA; and (c) in relation
     any inconsistency arising between the provisions of this DPA and the Operator                   to any Breach Incident that was caused by or attributable to Operator and/or its
     Agreement, the provisions of this DPA shall prevail. All other terms agreed in                  sub-processors.
     the Operator Agreement remain unaffected and fully applicable.
                                                                                                 13. KLOOK reserves the right to conduct (or appoint a qualified, independent third
2.   This DPA shall take effect from the effective date of the Operator Agreement                    party to conduct) audit(s) and/or assessment(s) in respect of Operator’s
     and continue until the expiration or termination of the Operator Agreement, after               compliance with its obligations under this DPA.
     which this DPA shall automatically simultaneously expire or terminate with the
     exception of the clauses which by their nature should continue to remain in full            14. When KLOOK transfers or discloses Personal Data relating to any data subject
     force and effect.                                                                               located in a Member State of the European Economic Area or Switzerland to
                                                                                                     Operator, such transfers will be governed by the standard clauses for transfer of
3.   All references to “data controller”, “data processor”, “process”, and “processing”              personal data to processors established in third countries approved by European
     in this DPA shall be as defined in the GDPR.                                                    Commission from time to time which the approved version in force at present is
                                                                                                     set out in the European Commissions’ Decision 2010/87/EU of February 2010.
4.   KLOOK shall act as the data controller, and Operator shall act as KLOOK’s data                  For the purposes of the standard clauses:
     processor, in respect of all Personal Data processed under the Operator                         (a)   “Data Exporter” refers to KLOOK and/or its affiliate located in the European
     Agreement. Each Party shall comply with its respective obligations under all                          Economic Area or Switzerland;
     applicable data protection laws and regulations.                                                (b)   “Data Importer” refers to Operator;
                                                                                                     (c)   “Data Subjects” refers to individuals who are residents in a Member State
5. KLOOK shall determine the types and categories of Personal Data to be of the European Economic Area or Switzerland and book and/or purchase
processed as well as the purposes and means of such processing. Operator the Products on KLOOK’s Distribution Channels;
shall only process Personal Data to provide the Products in accordance with (d) the categories of Personal Data transferred include names, contact
KLOOK’s instructions. Operator shall not process Personal Data for its own information or any information which are necessary for the provision of the
9.   Where required for KLOOK to meet its obligations under this DPA, Operator
     shall: (a) allow KLOOK to correct or delete Personal Data or restrict Operator’s
     processing; and (b) provide reasonable assistance to KLOOK in respect of any
     data protection impact assessment or consultation with a competent supervisory
     authority.
10. Operator shall, without undue delay and in any case within twenty-four (24) hours,
     notify KLOOK and give assistance and information as reasonably requested by
     KLOOK if: (i) it becomes aware of any breach of security leading to the accidental
     or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to,
     Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed (“Breach Incident”); or
     (ii) it receives any requests by government agency or law enforcement authority
     for access to or seizure of Personal Data. In the event of any Breach Incident,
     Operator shall take prompt and adequate remedial actions to mitigate the effects
     and to minimise any damage resulting from the Breach Incident.
11. Operator shall not engage sub-processors without KLOOK’s prior written approval.
     In the event that sub-processor(s) are engaged, Operator shall ensure that any
     such sub-processor is contractually bound to the same obligations with respect