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·Effective Date: 28 January 2026 For the prior version of our Privacy Notice, click here. For the prior version of our Zendesk Events Policy, click here.
·Hello! Zendesk is a service-first CRM company that builds software designed to improve customer relationships. We've developed this Privacy Notice ("Notice") to explain to you how we collect, use, disclose and store personal data.
·This Notice only applies when Zendesk is the Controller of personal data (example: Zendesk website visitors' personal data and business-to-business contact data). Zendesk is a Processor, not a Controller, of personal data that we process on behalf of our Subscribers when they use Zendesk products and Services. For clarity, this means that this Notice does not apply to where Zendesk processes personal data as a processor in its products and Services. If you have questions related to how a Zendesk Subscriber utilises your personal data, please contact them directly. We are not responsible for the privacy or data security practices of our Subscribers. This Notice also does not apply to personal data about current and former Zendesk employees, job candidates or contractors and agents acting in similar roles.
·This Notice applies to Zendesk, Inc. and its relevant Affiliates listed in Section 14 ("Zendesk", "us", "we" or "our"). Capitalised terms that we use but are not defined in the Notice (such as Site, Services, Subscriber, Agent, Agent Contact Information, etc.) have the meaning provided in our Main Services Agreement. If you are located in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), Switzerland or the United Kingdom ("U.K."), please refer to Section 11 of this Notice for more information about which specific entity or entities act as a controller of your personal data.
·When Does This Notice Apply? This Notice only applies to personal data that Zendesk handles as a Controller (meaning where Zendesk controls how and why your personal data is processed). This includes when you:
·Changes: We may update this Notice from time to time. Please check back periodically for updates. If you do not agree with any changes we make, you should stop interacting with us. When required under applicable law, we will notify you of any changes to this Notice by posting an update on our Site or in another appropriate manner.
·The below table describes what personal data we collect about you and to whom we disclose personal data. California individuals: This table includes the parties we disclose personal data to for a business or commercial purpose, as defined by California law.
| Categories of Personal Data Collected | Disclosures of Personal Data |
|---|---|
| Identifiers, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number and device identifiers (e.g. advertising identifiers and IP address). | Affiliates and subsidiaries within the Zendesk Group, which includes parent and ultimate holding companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units and other companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the Zendesk GroupService providers, such as security and platform vendorsWith third parties that are necessary to complete a transaction, such as credit card processorsBusiness partners who we partner with to jointly market or sell our products and Services, such as channel partnersWith third parties at your direction, such as event sponsorsProfessional advisors, such as lawyers, accountants and auditorsEntities involved in a corporate transaction, including if we sell, acquire or merge all or some of our assetsCompanies that operate Cookies and Tracking Technologies, described in Section 5, such as marketing and advertising partnersTo which you have consented to the disclosure |
| Commercial information, including preferences, such as purchasing history or tendencies and transactional information, such as banking information. | Affiliates and subsidiaries within the Zendesk Group, which includes parent and ultimate holding companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units and other companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the Zendesk GroupService providers, such as security and platform vendorsWith third parties that are necessary to complete a transaction, such as credit card processorsProfessional advisors, such as lawyers, accountants and auditorsEntities involved in a corporate transaction, including if we sell, acquire or merge all or some of our assetsTo which you have consented to the disclosure |
| Internet or other electronic network activity information and device information, such as your browsing history, search history, device information and other information (whether passive browsing or active engagement) regarding your interactions with us and use of our products, Services, emails and other Digital Properties. | Affiliates and subsidiaries within the Zendesk Group, which includes parent and ultimate holding companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units and other companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the Zendesk GroupService providers, such as security and platform vendorsCompanies that operate Cookies and Tracking Technologies, described in Section 5, such as marketing and advertising partnersEntities involved in a corporate transaction, including if we sell, acquire or merge all or some of our assets |
| Geolocation information, such as approximate location based on your IP address, mobile device location, or information you provide to us (such as city and state you provide through a webform). You may be able to control collection of this data through the settings of your device. | Affiliates and subsidiaries within the Zendesk Group, which includes parent and ultimate holding companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units and other companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the Zendesk GroupService providers, such as security and platform vendors.Entities involved in a corporate transaction, including if we sell, acquire or merge all or some of our assets.Companies that operate Cookies and Tracking Technologies, described in Section 5, such as marketing and advertising partners |
| Audio, electronic, visual and other sensory information, such as CCTV recordings of our premises (e.g. if you visit our offices); recordings of your interactions with our sales or advocacy teams (e.g. for quality assurance or training purposes, in accordance with applicable laws); or customer support chat or messaging logs. | Affiliates and subsidiaries within the Zendesk Group, which includes parent and ultimate holding companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units and other companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the Zendesk GroupService providers, such as security and platform vendors.Entities involved in a corporate transaction, including if we sell, acquire or merge all or some of our assets |
| Inferences as defined by California law, such as marketing you are likely to react positively to. | Affiliates and subsidiaries within the Zendesk Group, which includes parent and ultimate holding companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units and other companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the Zendesk GroupService providers, such as platform vendorsEntities involved in a corporate transaction, including if we sell, acquire or merge all or some of our assets |
| Sensitive Personal Data, such as proof of vaccination or race and ethnicity (optional) (where permissible under applicable law). | Affiliates and subsidiaries within the Zendesk Group, which includes parent and ultimate holding companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units and other companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the Zendesk GroupService providers, such as platform vendorsEntities involved in a corporate transaction, including if we sell, acquire or merge all or some of our assetsTo which you have consented to the disclosure |
·In addition to the above disclosures, we may share your personal data to respond to lawful requests by law enforcement or other government authorities, including to meet national security requirements, in accordance with our Government Data Request Policy. We may also de-identify, anonymise or aggregate personal data to use or share with third parties for any purpose, where legally permitted.
·We may process your personal data for the below purposes: Purpose of Processing | Lawful Basis
| To provide our products, Services and Digital Properties to you, including processing and fulfilling transactions; enabling you to access the Digital Properties and our Services; operating, maintaining and improving our Digital Properties and Services; communicating with you, such as by completing your support requests or providing security updates; and diagnosing, repairing and tracking service and quality issues. | Legitimate interests; Contract; Legal obligations |
|---|---|
| For our own business purposes, including maintaining internal business records and conducting internal reporting; collecting payments and performing accounting and similar business functions; auditing and managing projects related to our Services; performing IT security management and IT-related tasks, such as administration of our technologies and network; evaluating and improving our business, Services and Digital Properties; and performing research and development of new products and services; and processing your survey and questionnaire responses. | Legitimate interests; Legal obligations |
| For legal, safety or security reasons, including to comply with legal requirements; establish, exercise or defend against legal claims; protect the safety, security and integrity of our property and the rights of those who interact with us or others; investigate any content or conduct policy violations; and detect, prevent and respond to security incidents or other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity.These safety purposes may also involve collecting and processing special categories of personal data (i.e. health data), for office visits and events where necessary for public health or as required by applicable law. | Legitimate interests; Legal obligations; Public interest |
| For marketing our products and Services or those of third parties, such as our business partners, including to solicit or publish testimonials or feedback about our products and Services; send you marketing and promotional communications or product recommendations (via email, phone or other online and offline channels) about our Services or those of third parties; facilitate your participation in a contest or event; assess ad impressions or engage in contextual ad customisation.You may opt out of marketing communications here or by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of our marketing communications. You may also manage your email preferences here. Note that some of our marketing materials and information may use tracking technologies and analytics tools to help us understand your preferences. For further information, please see Section 5 below and our Cookie Notice. | Consent (where required by law); Legitimate interests |
| To fulfil a referral request when you use our referral service to tell a friend about our Services, including by using the name, email address, title and company name that you provide us to contact the person you are referring.You must only provide others' personal data if you have their consent to do so. | Consent (where required by law); Legitimate interests |
| Diversity, equity and inclusion, such as promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and representation within our business (where authorised by applicable law). | Consent (where required by law); Legitimate interests |
| Corporate transactions, such as sales, mergers, acquisitions, reorganisations, bankruptcy and other corporate events. | Legitimate interests; Legal obligations |
| When you have voluntarily agreed to have your personal data processed. | Consent |
·Zendesk will honour data subject rights to the extent required by law. You may have the right to access, correct, update and, in some cases, request deletion of your personal data (subject to exceptions). You may submit a request here.
·Zendesk uses a limited number of third-party service providers to assist us in processing data for certain purposes. These third-party providers help support certain site features, perform database monitoring and other technical operations, assist with the transmission of data and provide data storage services. These third parties may process or store personal data while providing their services. Zendesk maintains contracts with these third parties restricting their access, use and disclosure of personal data in compliance with our obligations under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, including the onward transfer provisions, and Zendesk remains liable if they fail to meet those obligations and we are responsible for the event giving rise to damage.
·We may combine information that we receive from the various sources described in this Notice, including third-party sources and public sources, and use or disclose it for the purposes identified above.
·We use cookies and other tracking technologies and offer you the option to manage these settings as described in our Cookie Notice. Some tracking technologies enable us to track your device activity over time and across devices and websites. While some browsers have incorporated Do Not Track or DNT preferences, we do not honour such signals from web browsers at this time.
·We maintain appropriate security procedures and technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, disclosure, alteration or use.
·Your personal data will be generally retained as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected the personal data. Once you and/or your company have terminated the contractual relationship with us or otherwise ended your relationship with us, we may retain your personal data in our systems and records to ensure adequate fulfilment of surviving provisions in terminated contracts or for other legitimate business purposes, such as to evidence our business practices and contractual obligations, to provide you with information about our products and services, or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need nor lawful legal ground to process your personal data, we will delete, anonymise or aggregate it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal data has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. If you want to know more about retention periods applicable to your particular circumstance, please contact us using the details provided in Section 9 below.
·Our Sites and Services are not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect online personal data directly from children. If you are a parent or guardian of a minor child and believe that the child has disclosed online personal data to us, please contact us using the details provided in Section 9 below.
·When interacting with us, you may encounter links to external sites or other online services, including those embedded in third-party advertisements. We do not control and are not responsible for privacy and data collection policies for such third-party sites and services. You should consult such third parties and their respective privacy notices for more information or if you have any questions about their practices.
·If you have questions or complaints regarding this Notice or about the Zendesk Group's privacy practices, please contact us by email at euprivacy@zendesk.com or privacy@zendesk.com, or at: Zendesk, Inc. Attn: Privacy Team 989 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103, United States
·In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, we commit to refer unresolved complaints concerning our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF to JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider based in the United States. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your DPF Principles-related complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your DPF Principles-related complaint to your satisfaction, please visit here for more information or to file a complaint. The services of JAMS are provided at no cost to you.
·Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), this Section 10 applies to certain personal data collected about California individuals where Zendesk controls how and why the personal data is processed (which the CCPA calls a "business") and supplements the rest of our Notice above. This Section 10 does not apply to current or former employees, applicants, contractors or agents.
·a. Additional Data Processing Disclosures:The below table provides the categories of personal data we have sold, shared or disclosed to third parties, as defined by the California Privacy Rights Act. For reference, the table in Section 2 provides the categories of personal data collected and our disclosures of personal data.
| Categories of Personal Data We Collect | California Privacy Rights Act Details: Categories of Third Parties to Whom Personal Data is "Sold or Shared" |
|---|---|
| Identifiers, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number and device identifiers (e.g. advertising identifiers and IP address). | Companies that operate Cookies and Tracking Technologies, described in Section 5, such as marketing and advertising partners.Business partners who we partner with to jointly market or sell our products and Services, such as channel partners. |
| Commercial information, including preferences, such as purchasing history or tendencies and transactional information, such as banking information. | Not applicable |
| Internet or other electronic network activity information and device information, such as your browsing history, search history, device information and other information (whether passive browsing or active engagement) regarding your interactions with us and use of our products, Services, emails and other Digital Properties. | Companies that operate Cookies and Tracking Technologies, described in Section 5, such as marketing and advertising partners. |
| Geolocation information, such as approximate location based on your IP address, mobile device location, or information you provide to us (such as city and state you provide through a webform). You may be able to control collection of this data through the settings of your device. | Companies that operate Cookies and Tracking Technologies, described in Section 5, such as marketing and advertising partners. |
| Audio, electronic, visual and other sensory information, such as CCTV recordings of our premises (e.g. if you visit our offices); recordings of your interactions with our sales or advocacy teams (e.g. for quality assurance or training purposes, in accordance with applicable laws); or customer support chat or messaging logs. | Not applicable |
| Inferences as defined by California law, such as marketing you are likely to positively react to. | Not applicable |
| Sensitive Personal Data, such as proof of vaccination or race and ethnicity (optional) (where permissible under applicable law). | Not applicable |
·Although we have not "sold" or "shared" personal data for money in the past 12 months, we engage in routine practices with our Digital Properties involving third parties that could be considered a "sale" or "sharing" as defined under California law. We do not knowingly sell or share any personal data of minors under the age of 16. We do not collect or process "sensitive personal information", as defined by California law, to infer characteristics about you. Zendesk only uses sensitive personal information consistent with the exceptions to the right to limit sensitive personal information.
·Financial Incentives: We may offer a benefit or offering in exchange for you providing personal data, such as a discount or coupon to individuals who respond to a survey. As part of these surveys we may collect personal data, such as your name, contact information, preferences, experiences, beliefs, opinions and other responses to the survey questions. Participation in surveys is governed by the applicable terms and conditions for the survey, which will describe any financial incentives associated with that survey and how to participate. The value of your data is the value of the offer presented to you. We have calculated such value by using the expense related to the benefit. You may withdraw from any financial incentive at any time by emailing us at privacy@zendesk.com. If we offer another type of financial incentive, we will share with you the material terms of each offer when we ask you to participate.
·b. Your Data Protection Rights: Subject to legal limitations, certain California residents may have the below rights.
·California residents may request to exercise the Right to Know, the Right to Delete and the Right to Correct by using our webform or by emailing us at privacy@zendesk.com. We will not discriminate against you, in any manner prohibited by applicable law, for exercising these rights.
·How to Fully Exercise the Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: In order to fully exercise the Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing with respect to any "sale" or "sharing" of information, you must undertake both of the following steps:
·If you block cookies, we will be unable to comply with your Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing request for device data that we automatically collect and disclose to third parties online using cookies, pixels and other tracking technologies. If you clear the cookies in your browser, you will need to follow Step 2 above again. To the extent required by California law, we will honour "Do Not Sell or Share" opt-out preference signals sent in a format commonly-used and recognised by businesses at the browser level, such as an HTTP header field or JavaScript object.
·Verification: To process California data protection requests, we will need to obtain information to locate you in our records or verify your identity, depending on the nature of the request. In most cases, we will request information about you, which may include your name, email address or other information. If you submit a Right to Know "Specific Pieces Report", we may also request a signed declaration, under penalty of perjury, that you are who you say you are. We may request alternative information under certain circumstances and/or use third parties to help verify your identity.
·Authorised Agents: Authorised agents may exercise California data protection rights on behalf of California individuals, but we reserve the right to verify the individual's identity directly as described above. Authorised agents must contact us by submitting a request through our webform and indicate that they are submitting the request as an agent. We may require the agent to demonstrate authority to act on your behalf by providing signed permission from you. We may also require you to verify your own identity directly with us or to directly confirm with us that you provided the authorised agent permission to submit the request.
·Timing: We will process Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing requests within fifteen working days from the date we received the request. We will respond to Requests to Delete and Requests to Know within forty-five days unless we need more time, in which case we will notify you, and it may take up to ninety days to respond to your request.
·The following terms supplement the Notice with respect to our processing of EEA (i.e. European Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), Swiss and U.K. personal data. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the other parts of the Notice and the terms of this Section 11, Section 11 shall govern and prevail with regard to the processing of EEA, Swiss and U.K. Personal Data, to the extent applicable.
·Data Controller: The Zendesk entity with which you have a primary relationship (such as the entity that concluded the Services contract with you; the entity that has provided you with marketing materials and promotional communications; or the primary entity in the region where you access our Site) is the controller within the scope of this Notice. In the majority of cases, this will be Zendesk, Inc., unless we specifically inform you otherwise.
·a. Legal Basis for Processing: Please see Section 3 for the legal basis on which we rely for the collection, processing and use of personal data.
·b. Your Data Protection Rights: Under applicable data protection laws, you may exercise certain rights regarding your personal data:
·You may exercise these rights by contacting us using the details provided in Section 9 above. Please note that we may refuse to act on requests to exercise data protection rights in certain cases, such as where providing access might infringe someone else's privacy rights or impact our legal obligations.
·c. International Transfers of Personal Data: Due to the global nature of our operations, some of the recipients mentioned in Section 2 of the Notice may be located in countries outside the EEA, Switzerland or the U.K., which do not provide an adequate level of data protection as defined by data protection laws in the EEA, Switzerland and the U.K. Transfers within the Zendesk Group or to third parties located in such third countries take place using a valid data transfer mechanism, such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and/or the U.K. Addendum to such clauses, approved Binding Corporate Rules, approved codes of conduct and certifications mechanisms, on the basis of permissible statutory derogations, or any other valid data transfer mechanism issued or approved by the EEA, Swiss or U.K. authorities. More information on (including a copy of) our Binding Corporate Rules is available here, and evidence of our Binding Corporate Rules approval is available on the European Data Protection Board's website here. Certain third countries have been officially recognised by the EEA, Swiss and U.K. authorities as providing an adequate level of protection and no further safeguards are necessary. Please reach out to us using the contact information in Section 9 above, if you wish to receive further information about how we transfer personal data or, where available, a copy of the relevant data transfer mechanism.
·Zendesk, Inc., FutureSimple Inc. and Smooch Technologies US Inc. comply with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Zendesk, Inc. FutureSimple Inc. and Smooch Technologies US Inc. have certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. Zendesk, Inc. FutureSimple Inc. and Smooch Technologies US Inc. have certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern. For complaints regarding DPF compliance not resolved by any of the other DPF mechanisms, you have the possibility, under certain conditions, to invoke binding arbitration. Further information can be found on the official DPF website: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/framework-article/ANNEX-I-introduction. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.
·The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over Zendesk, Inc., FutureSimple Inc. and Smooch Technologies US Inc. compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF).
·Data Protection Officer: The contact details for our data protection officer are as follows: Zendesk, Inc., Attn: Privacy Team and DPO, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States, euprivacy@zendesk.com.
·Non-English translations of this notice are provided for convenience only. In the event of any ambiguity or conflict between translations, the English version is authoritative and controls.
·Zendesk, Inc.; Zendesk Brasil Software Corporativo Ltda; Zendesk UK Limited; Zendesk International Limited; Zendesk APS; Zendesk Pty., Ltd; Kabushiki Kaisha Zendesk; Zendesk Incorporated; Zendesk GmbH; Zendesk Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Zendesk France SAS; Base sp. z o. o. (Base spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością); Zendesk Technologies Private Limited; FutureSimple Inc.; Zendesk Korea LLC; Smooch Technologies ULC; Cleverly, Unipessoal, LDA.; ZD Sub Holdings (U.S.); Zendesk Sweden AB.; Smooch Technologies US Inc. (U.S.); Zendesk S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mexico); Zendesk Technologies Spain S.L. (Spain); Zoro TopCo, LP; Zendesk Netherlands B.V.; Zendesk Italy S.r.l.; Tymeshift Inc; Tymeshift doo Novi Sad; Tymeshift Portugal, Unipessoal Lda.
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·These Zendesk Marketing Affiliate Terms and Conditions (these "Terms") constitute a legally binding document covering your rights and obligations for participating in the Zendesk Marketing Affiliate Program. Please read these Terms carefully before submitting your application to join our Program. We also encourage you to consult back to these Terms when promoting Zendesk as an accepted Program participant.
·These Terms and this Program are also governed by the terms of our Privacy Notice, which is incorporated into these Terms as if fully set forth below.
·We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time and will use reasonable efforts to notify you in the event we make any major changes.
·As used in these Terms:
·After receiving your Program application, we will review the information you submit to us, including your website(s) and any other information submitted through the Program Portal that we deem relevant, and notify you as to whether you have been accepted or rejected for participation in our Program. We typically review and reply to Program applications within 48 hours; however it may take longer for your application to be reviewed. We reserve the right to reject any application in our sole discretion. If you feel we have made an incorrect decision in rejecting your application, you may contact us for reconsideration.
·Once you are accepted into the Program as a Marketing Affiliate, we may also contact you for further discussion about your Program participation expectations and our current Program benefits.
·As a Program participant, you will be eligible to receive certain commissions for the marketing activities you perform on behalf of Zendesk. Commission rates and other campaign-specific details will be provided to you via the Program Portal.
·At this time the Zendesk Marketing Affiliate Program does not include coupon codes; provided that Zendesk may update the Program to include coupon codes upon notice. Any messaging by you that states or implies coupon or discounting of Zendesk products and services is considered a violation of these Terms.
·To the extent applicable, any Program coupon codes provided by Zendesk shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 4 below. If you are enrolled in our Program and your Website promotes coupon codes, you must adhere to our Coupon Guidelines as follows:
11. You may ONLY advertise coupon codes that are provided to you through the Program.
22. Posting any information about how to work around the requirements of a coupon/promotion (i.e. first-time customers only) will result in removal from the Program.
33. Coupons must be displayed in their entirety with the full offer, valid expiration date and code.
44. You may NOT use any technology that covers up the coupon code and generates the affiliate click by revealing the code(s).
55. You may NOT advertise coupon codes obtained from our non-affiliate advertising, customer emails, paid search, or any other campaign.
66. You may NOT give the appearance that any ongoing offer requires clicking from your website in order to redeem.For example, if all items on the site have free shipping over $100, you may not turn this into an offer that infers that the customer must click from your site to get this deal.
77. Additionally, if your website ranks on the first page of any search engine for terms related to our website or company name(s) combined with the words coupon, coupons, coupon code, promo code, etc. and/or your conversion rate exceeds 25%, you may be offered a lower commission than our standard rate to offset the reduced profitability of orders.
·Marketing Affiliates whose primary business is posting coupons, who are viewed by the program as being a coupon site, and/or who are tagged as a coupon affiliate in our system, may not be paid commissions for sales generated without a corresponding valid coupon code. Valid codes are defined as codes that are made available to the affiliate channel in general, through newsletters or the respective section in your affiliate interface, and directly or privately to affiliates. Coupon codes that are not real, expired, not specific (i.e. 'up to 40% off sale items') or are long-term, sitewide offers that do not require a code may not be considered valid codes and the affiliate will not be given commission on these orders.
·When participating in our Program, you must follow the Zendesk Brand Guidelines and Trademark Usage Guidelines ("Advertising Policies") available at https://dam.zendesk.com/guidelines/guide/917681d4-0746-47a4-9e18-61729d8ee987/page/68232a44-6afa-4118-8443-a3930af168d7 and https://www.zendesk.com/company/trademark-property/trademarks/. These Advertising Policies outline Zendesk philosophy and certain content and activities that you must avoid when promoting Zendesk, our websites and our products and services.
·Your participation in the Program, including your website(s) and any technologies you employ in connection with your use of the Links and Program Portal, is subject to the following additional restrictions:
·Your use of the Program Portal, Link(s) and Program Materials is subject to the following requirements and restrictions:
·If you are enrolled in our Program and participate in other Pay Per Click ("PPC") advertising, you must adhere to these PPC guidelines:
·We have a strict, no tolerance policy on PPC trademark bidding. You will forfeit all commissions earned for a minimum of the past 30 days prior to your PPC trademark bidding activities. We also reserve the right to reduce your further commissions to 0%, without notice, if we determine you have engaged in PPC trademark bidding using our trademarked terms.
·Zendesk Trademarks and Logos: Marks outlined in the Trademark Usage Guidelines (https://www.zendesk.com/company/trademark-property/trademarks/), provided in the Program Portal, and any other Zendesk marks set forth below (if applicable).
·Except as otherwise provided in these Terms or as granted by us with prior written consent, you agree that all information, including, without limitation, these Terms, our business and financial information, our customer and vendor lists, our pricing and sales information, and all other details concerning us or any of our corporate affiliates that are provided to you by us or on our behalf, whether marked as 'Confidential' or would reasonably (collectively, "Zendesk Confidential Information") will remain strictly confidential and secret. You shall use at least the same standard of care to protect the Zendesk Confidential Information as you use to protect your own similar confidential and proprietary information, but no less than reasonable care. You may not, and will prevent other parties acting on your behalf from, use any such Zendesk Confidential Information for any purpose other than your participation in the Program. Your confidentiality obligations stated in this Section will not apply solely to the extent that any such Zendesk Confidential Information is generally known or made available to the public by us prior to your use of such information. You will not use any Zendesk Confidential Information obtained from the Program to develop, enhance or operate a service that competes with the Program, or assist another party in doing the same.
·You agree to not solicit any employee of Zendesk. during your participation in the Program and for a period of one year following your cessation or termination as a Program participant.
·Nothing in these Terms will be deemed to establish a partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representatives, or employment relationship between you (or any Affiliate Participant) and Zendesk or our corporate affiliates. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. If you are currently employed by Zendesk or our affiliates, you and your immediate family members are prohibited from joining the Program and from earning associated commissions.
·These disclosure requirements apply to all social media, even when space is restricted (e.g. tweets). For more information about FTC disclosure requirements, please review the FTC's "Dot Com Disclosures" Guidelines at http://www.ftc.gov/os/2013/03/130312dotcomdisclosures.pdf
·We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to set your future commission rates to 0%, suspend your Program accounts, rescind commissions accrued or previously paid to you, and/or remove you from the Program in the event of any fraudulent or misleading activity associated with your use of the Links or Program Materials, or any other Program violations committed by you or any party acting on your behalf, any party under your reasonable control or any party that obtains access to the Program, Links or our marketing materials through you (collectively "Affiliate Participants"). We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to discontinue this Program at any time without notice.
·Additionally, if we ask you for clarification or more information on any clicks, end user activity or content created by you that we suspect may be in violation of these Terms (including our policies referenced herein), we expect that you will respond in a timely and honest manner. We reserve all suspension, revocation and termination rights described in this Section 13 in the event that, in our sole discretion:
·Customers who buy products through the Program are our customers. All of our standard policies and operating procedures will apply to these customers. We may change our policies and operating procedures at any time. Product prices and availability may vary from time to time.
11. Only items that were purchased by customers who use the Program Affiliate Link from your site to our website are considered 'direct sales'. Direct sales placed through the Program Affiliate Link on your site are reduced by items that are not shipped, cancelled by customers, returned, charged back or refunded at a later date.
22. We reserve the right to exclude items ordered by you (using the Program Affiliate Link which would otherwise qualify for direct sales) and to not pay commissions for them, if we deem it necessary, in our sole discretion, to prevent abuse of the Program, or to reject orders that do not comply with any requirements that we periodically may establish.
33. We will be responsible for processing orders and will handle all customer service issues. We will track sales by customers who purchase products by using the Program Affiliate Link from your site to our website. A statement of activity is available to you through your affiliate interface.
·You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Zendesk and our subsidiaries, corporate affiliates, partners, licensors, directors, officers, employees, and service providers (the "Zendesk Participants") against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) based on (i) any failure or breach of these Terms (including all representations, warranties, covenants, restrictions and obligations herein) by you or any Affiliate Participant; (ii) you or any Affiliate Participant's misuse of the Links, Program Portal, Program Materials, our confidential information, or any other content or intellectual property connected with our Program; (iii) any claim related to your website, including but not limited to, the content contained on such website (excluding claims based upon our Links or the Program Materials); and (iv) your or any Affiliate Participant's violation of applicable law, rule, regulation or court order including any applicable tax laws.
·THE ZENDESK MARKETING AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND LINKS, INCLUDING OUR PROGRAM MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS". EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE. ZENDESK DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PROGRAM, LINKS, PROGRAM MATERIALS, OR ANY ZENDESK SERVICES OR PRODUCTS, WILL MEET YOUR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM, LINKS OR PROGRAM MATERIALS WILL BE COMPLETELY ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED. ZENDESK EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT, OMISSION OR ERROR OF ITS SERVICES PROVIDERS OR OTHER CORPORATE AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. ZENDESK DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR OR EARN ANY SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF COMMISSIONS.
·IN NO EVENT WILL ZENDESK BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY UNAVAILABILITY OR INOPERABILITY OF THE LINKS, PROGRAM PORTAL OR PROGRAM MATERIALS; ANY TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS, COMPUTER ERRORS, CORRUPTION OR LOSS OF INFORMATION; OR FOR OTHER INJURY, DAMAGE OR DISRUPTION OF ANY KIND. IN NO EVENT WILL ZENDESK BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF DATA, EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT EITHER PARTY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. ZENDESK'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS AND THE PROGRAM, FROM ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND ALL THEORIES OF LIABILITY, WILL BE LIMITED TO AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE LESSER OF (I) ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR (II) THE COMMISSION AMOUNTS PAID TO YOU BY ZENDESK DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO SUCH CLAIM.
11. You agree that you are an independent contractor, and nothing in these Terms will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between you and us. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on Your Site or any other of Your Site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
22. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under these Terms to any party, except to a party who obtains all or substantially all of the business or assets of a third party.
33. These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of California without regard to the conflicts of laws and principles thereof. Any disputes under these Terms shall be resolved in a court of general jurisdiction in San Francisco County, California.
44. You may not amend or waive any provision of these Terms unless in writing and signed by both parties.
55. These Terms represent the entire agreement between us and you, and shall supersede all prior agreements and communications of the parties, oral or written.
66. The headings and titles contained in these Terms are included for convenience only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the terms of these Terms.
77. If any provision of these Terms are held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary such that the intent of the parties is effectuated, and the remainder of these Terms shall have full force and effect.
88. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of these Terms.
·YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS AND AGREE TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME ADMIT OTHERS INTO THE PROGRAM ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS.
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