Merchant Agreement
Effective as of: 11 November 2025
BY EXECUTING AN ORDER FORM AND/OR MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT, IN EACH CASE, THAT INCORPORATES THIS MERCHANT AGREEMENT BY REFERENCE (THE “AGREEMENT” OR “MERCHANT AGREEMENT”), BY CLICKING A BOX INDICATING ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT OR BY USING ANY SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROVIDED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE BY TOAST CANADA, INC. (“TOAST”), MERCHANT (AS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER FORM) AGREES TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING: THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, ALL ORDER FORMS, THE TOAST MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT (IF APPLICABLE), THE TOAST PRIVACY STATEMENT, AND ALL OTHER TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND POLICIES PERTAINING TO THE SERVICES AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, ALL OF WHICH ARE INCORPORATED INTO THIS MERCHANT AGREEMENT BY REFERENCE (COLLECTIVELY, THE “ADDITIONAL TERMS”) AND THE PAYMENT PROVIDER AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC SERVICES MERCHANT USES.
IF THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING ACCEPTED ONLINE BY CLICKING A BOX, THE INDIVIDUAL CLICKING THE BOX ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE, SHE OR THEY IS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF MERCHANT AND REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT HE, SHE OR THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND MERCHANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, DO NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF MERCHANT.
IF MERCHANT DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL TERMS, MERCHANT MAY NOT USE, AND SHALL CEASE USING, ANY TOAST SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE. CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO THEM IN THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDING IN SECTION 18 (DEFINITIONS). WHERE APPLICABLE, CERTAIN REFERENCES TO TOAST MAY ALSO BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE PAYMENT PROVIDER. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION, REQUIRE MERCHANT TO SUBMIT CLAIMS MERCHANT HAS AGAINST TOAST TO BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION. UNDER THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, (1) MERCHANT WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE CLAIMS AGAINST TOAST ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND (2) MERCHANT WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SEEK RELIEF (INCLUDING MONETARY, INJUNCTIVE, AND DECLARATORY RELIEF) ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
MERCHANT ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES: MERCHANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT BY EXECUTING AN ORDER FORM AND/OR MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TOAST: (1) MERCHANT CONFIRMS ITS ORDER FOR THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES, (2) MERCHANT IS ENTERING INTO A SEPARATE PAYMENT PROVIDER AGREEMENT SOLELY WITH THE PAYMENT PROVIDER (AS DETAILED IN ANNEX A OF THIS AGREEMENT), INCLUDING ANY APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED THEREIN AND (3) MERCHANT UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT PAYMENT PROVIDER, NOT TOAST, IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES AND THE CONTENT THEREOF. PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES MAY ONLY BE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES IN CANADA.
CERTAIN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC-SPECIFIC TERMS IN ANNEX B AT THE BACK OF THIS MERCHANT AGREEMENT APPLY IN ADDITION TO, OR MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT. FOR ANY MERCHANT LOCATED IN QUEBEC AND GENERALLY USING THE SERVICES IN QUEBEC, PLEASE READ ANNEX B CAREFULLY AS IT CONTAINS PROVISIONS THAT MODIFY THIS MERCHANT AGREEMENT.
Merchant and Toast hereby agree as follows:
1. Scope
This Agreement applies to and governs Merchant's access to and use of the Services, Hardware, and Professional Services ordered by Merchant under an Order in Canada. The Services may include, but may not be limited to, (a) mobile and web applications for use by Merchant’s Employees and Customers to place orders and process Payments; (b) providing Merchant with access to the Payment Provider Services (including but not limited to payment processing and Settlement by Payment Provider to the Merchant Bank Account); (c) providing Merchant with certain reporting on its sales and activities; and (d) working with Merchant with respect to any Customer inquiries related to Payments or placing orders, in each case under Merchant’s Toast Account or Merchant’s Payment Provider Account.
2. Right to Use the Services and Hardware
2.1. Subject to Merchant’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Toast grants to Merchant a limited, non-transferable , non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, revocable license during the Term to permit Employees to access and use the Services solely and exclusively for Merchant’s internal business purposes in Canada. The Services are licensed, not sold, and Merchant acknowledges that it does not acquire any license to use the Services in excess of the scope and duration of the license to the Services specified in this Agreement. This license does not grant to Merchant or any other party any right to copy, modify, enhance, or transfer the Services or otherwise disclose any Confidential Information disclosed by Toast to any third party, including without limitation any Intellectual Property Rights (as more fully described in Section 5.1 below).
2.2. Merchant is (a) solely responsible for maintaining the security and control of its premises, equipment (including Hardware, Payment Provider Terminals and associated firmware), and username(s) and access passwords to its Toast Account; and (b) fully liable for all activity of its Employees and Customers that occur under its Toast Account, whether authorized by Merchant or not. Merchant agrees to immediately notify Toast if - becomes aware of any unauthorized activity under its Toast Account and will cooperate with Toast to prevent any further unauthorized activity.
2.3 Furthermore, regarding Hardware (including Payment Provider Terminals) being purchased by Merchant under an Order Form, Merchant agrees that change of title and ownership, risk of loss, theft, damage or destruction, shall transfer to Merchant at the point of shipment.
2.4. As part of the Services, Toast may provide access to the Toast Platform, including certain Toast Apps. When Employees download or use the Toast Platform or any Employee-facing Toast App, Merchant must ensure its Employees read and comply with all supplemental, special, or additional terms, conditions, or policies provided or presented by Toast in connection with such use (including those presented electronically within the Services). Such terms may include, without limitation, end user license terms, acceptable use terms, and other policies that apply to the Toast Platform or Toast App for the purposes of Merchant (including its Employees) accessing and using the Services in accordance with this Section 2 and Section 4 below; and Merchant must ensure that its Employees read and acknowledge the Privacy Statement which contains information about how Toast carries out processing of Personal Information as a Processor in relation to Merchant Employees.
2.4. As part of the Services, Toast may from time to time communicate with Merchant using the contact methods provided by Merchant at the time of application and/or during Merchant’s use of the Services, Hardware or Professional Services. Merchant expressly agrees that if it or any of its Employees provide a mobile phone number or email address to Toast, Toast shall be permitted to contact Merchant or Employees, including without limitation at that number or email address using autodialed or pre-recorded message calls, text messages or emails in order to provide transactional, servicing, support maintenance and account-related messages to Merchant.
2.5 Electronic Communications.
2.5.1 Toast may be required to provide Merchant with certain disclosures, notices and communications (collectively, “Communications”) in written form. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws and Rules, Merchant agrees and consents to receive all Communications regarding its use of any of the Services electronically instead of in paper form, including by sending electronic mail to the email address Merchant registered with Toast, or by posting a notice or communicating with Merchant through a Toast App or the Toast Platform. Communications include Service-specific terms or other agreements or policies to which Merchant must agree in order to use the Services, including (i) updates to those agreements and policies; (ii) payment authorizations and transaction confirmations; (iii) customer service matters; and any other communications related to Merchant’s use of the Services. Toast will provide paper copies of Communications where required by Applicable Laws and Rules and, where possible, upon Merchant’s request.
2.5.2 Merchant acknowledges and agrees that Communications provided in electronic format will be considered to be in “writing.” A Communication sent by email will be deemed received when sent to Merchant’s last-provided email address, absent a system-generated bounce-back. Merchant agrees that it is responsible for keeping its email address registered with Toast accurate and up to date. A Communication made available within the Toast Platform or a Toast App will be considered received by Merchant when first made available in a form that is accessible for subsequent reference and retention, regardless of whether Merchant has accessed such Communication. This paragraph does not shorten or modify any notice period or delivery method required by Applicable Laws and Rules, including the Code of Conduct.
2.5.3 In order to access and retain electronic Communications, Merchant must have a computer or mobile device with Internet connectivity, software capable of opening PDF documents, access to the valid email address that Merchant used to register with Toast, a current web browser with current-standard encryption and cookies enabled, and sufficient storage space to save communications electronically or to print them. Merchant should print or electronically save a copy of any electronic Communication and retain it for Merchant’s records.
2.5.4 Merchant’s consent to electronic Communications is valid until Merchant revokes it. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws and Rules, consent to electronic Communications is a condition of the Services. Merchant may revoke its consent to electronic Communications by updating its preferences within the Toast Platform. Revocation will take effect within a reasonable period after Toast receipt (not to exceed 10 business days) and will not affect the validity or enforceability of any Communications provided before the revocation becomes effective. If Merchant revokes consent, Toast may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws and Rules, suspend or limit Merchant`s access to only those features, modules, or components of the Services that require electronic Communications to operate; this will not, by itself, suspend or terminate unrelated portions of the Services.
2.5.5 For changes to this Agreement governed by the Code of Conduct, Toast will provide advance notice in accordance with that Code of Conduct, in a clear, prominent, and retainable format, which may include email to Merchant’s last-provided email address.
2.5.6 For merchants located in Quebec, all Communications will be provided in French, unless Merchant has expressly elected another language in accordance with Applicable Law and Rules and Annex B to this Agreement.
2.5.7 Merchant acknowledges and agrees that, by its Representative selecting “I Agree”, “Submit” or a similar button on the Toast website, the Toast Platform or a Toast App, in connection with any electronic document authorizing Toast to provide the Services to the Merchant, Merchant is indicating its intent to sign the relevant terms or policy. Merchant agrees that its Representative`s selection of these buttons on the Toast website, the Toast Platform, or in a Toast App shall constitute Merchant’s electronic signature to such document displayed with the buttons and relating to the Services. Merchant further agrees that its Representative’s electronic signature on such documents has the same legal effect under Applicable Law and Rules the document has been executed in wet ink by a Representative of the Merchant.
2.6. Where new products and services are provided by Payment Networks, Toast, on behalf of Payment Provider, will obtain Merchant’s express written consent before providing the new products and services to Merchant. Merchant is in no way obligated to accept the new products or services. If Merchant chooses to accept contactless Payments at the point-of-sale through the Payment Provider Terminals or otherwise, including contactless payments made from a Customer’s mobile wallet or mobile device, Merchant shall be able to cancel the contactless acceptance on their Payment Provider Terminals for each Payment Network, with thirty (30) days’ written notice to Toast or the Payment Provider, without penalty and while maintaining all other aspects of this Agreement.
3. Implementation and Professional Services
3.1. If Merchant orders any Professional Services under an Order, then, upon request from Toast, Merchant will promptly provide Toast with any information, resources and assistance required by Toast to enable the implementation of the Services or ongoing provision of the Services for Merchant’s purposes as described on the Order and, if applicable, to provide training to Employees. Any dates specified in an Order are estimates only and are contingent upon Merchant’s timely compliance with its obligations relative to such implementation and any dependencies on Merchant’s performance. If, and to the extent of, any default or breach on the part of Toast under this Agreement that is caused in whole or in part as a result of Merchant’s failure to timely perform its obligations under this Agreement , then Toast shall be entitled to relief from all liability with respect to such failure or delay, and may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement, or any part thereof, upon five (5) days’ prior written notice to Merchant.
4. Usage Restrictions
4.1. Neither Merchant nor its Employees will, directly or indirectly: (a) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code or underlying structure, ideas or algorithms of the Services; (b) modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Services; (c) copy (except for archival purposes), rent, lease, distribute, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer or encumber rights to the Services; (d) use or access the Services to build or support, and/or assist a third party in building or supporting, products or services competitive with the Services; (e) remove or obscure any proprietary notices or labels from the Services; (f) use the Services for any fraudulent undertaking or in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or otherwise interfere with Toast's provisioning of the Services (including but not limited to the use of automated systems or software (e.g. screen scraping) to extract data from the Toast Platform or other aspects of the Services); (g) violate or breach any operating procedures, requirements or guidelines regarding Merchant’s use of the Services that are posted on or through the Toast Platform or otherwise provided or made available to Merchant; (h) alter, distribute, license, resell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, timeshare or otherwise commercially exploit the Services to any third-party or provide it as a service bureau; (i) conduct any penetration or vulnerability testing on the Service or Toast’s network; or (j) copy any features, functions, text or graphics of the Services, including without limitation, the structure, sequence or organization of the user interface of the Platform.
4.2. Merchant represents, warrants and covenants that with respect to the Services and the Payment Provider Services (a) any sales transaction submitted by Merchant will represent a bona fide sale of goods or services by Merchant to a Customer; (b) any sales transactions submitted by Merchant will accurately describe the goods and/or services sold and delivered to a Customer; (c) Merchant will fulfil all of its obligations to each Customer for which Merchant submits a transaction and will resolve any consumer dispute or complaint directly with Customer, where possible; (d) Merchant, and all transactions initiated by Merchant, will comply with Applicable Law and Rules and Merchant is duly licensed and qualified to carry out its business operations and perform its obligations hereunder; (e) except in the ordinary course of business, no sales transaction submitted by Merchant through the Services will represent a sale to any principal, partner, proprietor, or owner of Merchant’s entity; (f) neither Merchant nor any of its Employees shall retain or store any portion of the magnetic-stripe data subsequent to the authorization of a sales transaction, nor any other data prohibited by Applicable Law and Rules, or this Agreement, or engage in the unauthorized use, transfer or disclosure of the same; (g) Merchant’s use of the Services will be in compliance with this Agreement; and (h) Merchant has put in place appropriate policies as well as technical, organizational and administrative security controls to safeguard Personal Information as well as other data associated with the Services, the Hardware, the Payment Provider Terminals and Merchant’s obligations under this Agreement. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that Merchant is solely responsible for its own compliance with all Applicable Law and Rules. Except as otherwise permitted by Toast in writing, the Services and the Payment Provider Services may only be used in Canada.
4.3. Merchant will use the Services and the Payment Provider Services only for the management and operation of its own business, and not for any business, services or offerings of non-affiliated third-parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Merchant will not act as a payment intermediary or aggregator on behalf of any third-party. This means that Merchant may not use the Services or the Payment Provider Services to handle, process or transmit funds for any third party and may only use the Payment Provider Services to accept payment for products and services sold by Merchant itself to the Customer and only for the type of products and services Merchant described in its application. Merchant is also prohibited from using the Services to process cash advances.
4.4. Toast will review the information that Merchant submits via an Order Form, in connection with Merchant’s request to sign up for the Services and the Payment Provider Services, and Toast will forward such information on to the Payment Provider. Merchant hereby authorizes Toast to request identity verifying information about the Merchant, including, but not limited to, (a) a consumer and/or credit report that contains Merchant’s name and address and may contain “credit information” such as age, occupation, place of residence, previous places of residence, marital status, spouse’s name and age, number of dependants, particulars of education or professional qualifications, places of employment, previous places of employment, estimated income, paying habits, outstanding debt obligations, cost of living obligations and assets and other personal information, and may request such information separately from a consumer and (b) to the extent applicable, a confirmation from the appropriate governmental authority of the Merchant’s corporation’s legal existence. Merchant hereby agrees that Toast may share information about Merchant and the Merchant Bank Account with the Payment Provider for the purpose of providing the Services (and in the case of the Payment Provider the Payment Provider Services) to Merchant or with other third parties for validation purposes. Once Merchant submits its Order Form, which includes the merchant application and related data, Toast or the Payment Provider may conclude that Merchant is not permitted to use the Services (and in the case of the Payment Provider the Payment Provider Services), in which case Toast may decide in its sole discretion to discontinue entering into an Agreement with Merchant, or if an Agreement has already been formed, may immediately terminate this Agreement by notice to Merchant. Merchant shall ensure any information it has provided, including information regarding its Merchant Bank Account, is up to date at all times, shall notify Toast immediately of any changes thereto and authorizes and instructs Toast to share any such changes with the Payment Provider. Toast may request additional information from the Merchant at any time, and the Merchant hereby agrees to fulfil these requests.
4.5. Merchant will provide information requested by Toast, in connection with Merchant’s application or ongoing business thereafter, within five (5) business days following such request (unless required sooner under Applicable Law and Rules or by Payment Provider), including, without limitation, invoices from suppliers, government-issued identification or a business license. Merchant must also provide Toast with access to inspect Merchant’s business location(s) upon request. Merchant, each of its then-current beneficial owners (i.e., persons who directly or indirectly have greater than a 25% ownership stake in Merchant), and its then-current designated control person(s) (i.e., an individual having significant responsibility to control, manage or direct Merchant), each authorize Toast to obtain — and will provide to Toast upon request — identity-verifying information about Merchant, its beneficial owners, and such designated control person from time to time, including documentation as necessary, consumer reports on Merchant and such beneficial owners and designated control person, including information relative to criminal history, or any other information necessary to comply with the requirements under Applicable Law and Rules and Sanctions, including Canadian anti-money laundering laws. Merchant authorizes and instructs Toast to share any such information with Payment Provider.
4.6. Toast may perform maintenance on the Services from time to time, which may result in service interruptions, delays, errors or bugs. Toast will not be liable for any such interruptions, delays, errors or bugs. Toast may contact Merchant in order to assist Toast with the Services and obtain information needed to identify and fix any errors. The Services do not function with every mobile device and may only be used on approved Toast Hardware. Merchant may access the Services and the Payment Provider Services only through devices identified by Toast (or by the Payment Provider pursuant to the Payment Provider Agreement) as compatible with and capable of accessing or supporting the Services and the Payment Provider Services using a wired or wireless connection to the internet. The Services and the Payment Provider Services do not function with every mobile device and may only be used on approved Toast` Hardware and Payment Provider Terminals. Toast may alter which Hardware (including Payment Provider Terminal) is approved as compatible with the Services and the Payment Provider Services in Toast’s discretion from time to time, provided that Toast will give Merchant reasonable notice unless such change is at the direction of the Payment Provider or regulator or due to a change in Applicable Law or Rules. Merchant is solely responsible for (a) the payment of any fees that may be imposed by its internet and/or data provider and (b) its use of the Services and the Payment Provider Services accessed via the internet which is subject to the terms of any agreements in place with such internet and/or data provider and availability and uptime of those services and wireless equipment. Toast does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility or liability for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party.
4.7. Merchant will comply with the following requirements in connection with its use of the Services: (a) with respect to each Customer who requests the delivery of transaction receipts via text message or email, such Customer must individually enter his or her Customer Data in the appropriate space displayed on the applicable device; (b) Merchant and/or Employees are NOT permitted to add or modify any Customer Data (including but not limited to phone number and email address) on behalf of a Customer unless requested by the Customer; (c) any communications provided to Customers as part of the Services (e.g. marketing, enrolment in a loyalty program) who desire to receive marketing material, enrol in a loyalty program, or otherwise receive communications from Merchant as part of the Services, must have provided their contact information as part of the Services and have consented to these communications as required under the Applicable Law and Rules (d) Merchant and/or Employees are NOT permitted to add or modify a Customer's consent indication on his or her behalf unless specifically requested by Customer; (e) Merchant shall not send any communications, including transactional or commercial messages, to Customers in violation of Applicable Law and Rules, including without limitation, Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 (as amended) and any implementing legislation or regulations including the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, the CAN-SPAM Act (2003) and Canada's anti-spam legislation contained in An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act (as the same may be amended, modified, or replaced) (“CASL”); (f) if Merchant` loyalty program includes points used by guests to purchase goods or services from Merchant, to the extent not disclosed by Toast, Merchant must (i) clearly disclose the terms and conditions of its loyalty program to its guests in-restaurant and/or on Merchant’s website, including the manner and rate at which loyalty points are accrued and redeemed, its right to amend the terms and conditions of the program and its right to terminate the loyalty program at any time, (ii) communicate changes to its loyalty program to its customers by SMS or email thirty (30) days before any changes to its loyalty program become effective to the extent Merchant elects to make changes to the manner and rate at which loyalty points are accrued and redeemed, and (iii) not terminate the points under such program by the passing of time alone unless the goods or services obtained through such points are, individually, worth less than $50 Canadian; (g) to the extent required by Applicable Law and Rules, if Merchant amends or terminates its loyalty program, Merchant will provide reasonable notice of such change or termination of its loyalty program to guests; and (h) to the extent required by Applicable Law and Rules, if Merchant terminates its loyalty program, Merchant will not reinstate its loyalty program within a year of such termination unless it has retained sufficient information to reinstate the points of any prior participant in its terminated program. Merchant agrees to send any communications, including transactional or commercial messages, to Customers in a manner consistent with the purposes for which the Customer has provided consent or has provided their information in a manner that complies with Applicable Law and Rules.
4.8 Where Toast or Payment Provider becomes aware of and/or receives any notice of a potential exposure to a fine or sanction from the Payment Networks related to Merchant’s behaviour, Merchant will, on first request, provide all reasonable co-operation to help investigate the relevant circumstances and remedy the relevant violation, including by engaging with the applicable Payment Network and consulting regularly with Toast regarding any alleged violation, notwithstanding all other rights and remedies of Toast in such situation as per the Agreement. If fines are applied for Merchant’s violations, Merchant shall fully indemnify and hold Toast harmless from any fines applied by the Payment Networks to the extent resulting from Merchant’s breach of the terms of this Agreement and related incurred reasonable legal and other costs.
4.9. Merchant must ensure that they make written receipts available to Customers for any transaction greater than $15. Merchant may give Customers the option to receive or decline a written receipt.
4.10 Merchant will abide by Toast’s Community Philosophy. Toast will not tolerate threats, harm, or intimidation tactics towards Toast employees - whether actual, veiled, or implied – including without limitation, derogatory or degrading language, threats, bullying, harassment, and/or intimidation.
4.11 AI Terms. The Toast AI Terms located at https://pos.toasttab.com/ca/AI-Terms (the “Toast AI Terms”) are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the Toast AI Terms and any other provision of this Agreement, the Toast AI Terms shall control with respect to the AI Products (as defined in the Toast AI Terms).
5. Ownership: Merchant Data, Customer Data & Intellectual Property
5.1. As between the parties, Toast (and/or its licensors) retain all rights, title, interest, copyright and all worldwide Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Hardware, Services, and Professional Services, including all derivatives, updates, modifications, upgrades, enhancements, extensions, or improvements thereof, as well as any new features, functionality, applications, or services, whether developed by or on behalf of Toast provided under the Agreement. Merchant may voluntarily submit Feedback at any time. Merchant hereby irrevocably assigns and, to the extent any such assignment cannot be made at present, will assign and transfer all right, title, interest and all worldwide Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Feedback to Toast, and acknowledges that Toast is free to use, disclose, reproduce and otherwise exploit any and all Feedback provided by Merchant or any Employee relating to the Services in Toast’s sole discretion, entirely without obligation or restriction of any kind. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Toast.
5.2. Merchant owns all Merchant Data. Merchant hereby grants to Toast a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid up, perpetual and worldwide license to use, copy, modify (including the right to create derivative works of), display and transmit Merchant Data solely in connection with the Services including the development of potential offerings or other future products and services under consideration by Toast (whether developed independently by Toast or through a third party). Merchant is solely responsible for the accuracy, quality, content and legality (including compliance with all Applicable Law and Rules) of Merchant Data, the means by which Merchant Data is acquired, and any transfer and use of Merchant Data outside of the Services by Merchant or any third party authorized by Merchant. Merchant represents, warrants and covenants that it has all rights necessary to upload the Merchant Data to the Services and to otherwise have such Merchant Data used or shared, as applicable, by Toast in relation to the Services. Merchant will not upload or store any data or materials containing any such information in violation of this Section. To the extent Merchant Data constitutes Personal Information, the Parties’ respective obligations are set out in the Merchant Data Processing Addendum.
5.3 Merchant acknowledges and agrees that, in the course of providing the Services to Merchant, both Toast and Merchant will collect, store and use Customer Data. Merchant shall be solely responsible for compliance with its own legal obligations in relation to such collection, storage and use of Customer Data pursuant to all Applicable Law and Rules, including putting in place any additional controls (e.g., notice, consent) and governance in relation to such use. Each Party’s use of Customer Data shall be in compliance with the Applicable Law and Rules. To the extent Customer Data constitutes Personal Information, the Parties’ respective obligations are set out in the Merchant Data Processing Addendum.
5.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Toast may create anonymized or aggregated data from Merchant Data, Customer Data and Personal Information that does not identify Merchant, any of Customers or Employees or any other identifiable individual. Such aggregated or de-identified data may include data analysis across Toast, our Merchant customers and partners and may be used for any lawful purposes, including, to use, disclose, compile, distribute and publish anonymous statistical or analytical data regarding the performance, provision, and operation of the Hardware or Services, the development of new products or services or otherwise. Upon creation, as between Merchant and Toast, Toast shall own and retain all Intellectual Property Rights in and to such anonymized or aggregated data entirely without obligation to Merchant or restriction of any kind.
5.5. Merchant hereby grants Toast a non-exclusive, royalty free right and license to use and display Merchant’s Marks on its website, marketing collateral and other public disclosures, or to otherwise identify Merchant as a customer of Toast. Toast obtains no rights in the Merchant Marks except for the limited right described in this sub-Section 5.5, and Merchant retains all right, title and interest in and to the Merchant Marks. All use of the Merchant Marks by Toast will inure to Merchant.
5.6. Merchant agrees and acknowledges that any use or display by Merchant of a trademark or other mark owned by the Payment Network(s) shall comply with the rules and regulations issued by such Payment Network and shall cease use of and remove all such trademark(s) from display upon termination of this Agreement.
6. Billing and Payment
6.1. Merchant will pay all Fees and Card Related Fees set forth in each Order, including any document cross-referred to in that Order. All Fees and Card Related Fees are non-cancellable and non-refundable, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein. Merchant will pay all Fees and Card Related Fees in Canadian Dollars or in such other currency as agreed to in writing by the parties.
6.2. All Fees and Card Related Fees and any other amounts payable by Merchant to Toast pursuant to this Agreement do not include any Sales Taxes and all applicable Sales Taxes are the responsibility and for the account of the Merchant. If Toast is required by law or by administration thereof to collect any applicable Sales Taxes from the Merchant, the Merchant shall pay such Sales Taxes to Toast concurrent with the payment of any consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement, unless the Merchant qualifies for an exemption from any such applicable Sales Taxes, in which case the Merchant shall, in lieu of payment of such applicable Sales Taxes to Toast, deliver to Toast such certificates, valid tax identification numbers, elections, or other documentation required by law or the administration thereof to substantiate and effect the exemption claimed by the Merchant. Where Toast is not required by law or by administration thereof to collect applicable Sales Taxes, the Merchant shall pay such Sales Taxes directly to the appropriate taxing authority and shall provide evidence of such payment to Toast upon request.
Merchant is responsible for determining and fulfilling its obligations under Applicable Law and Rules to report, collect, and remit any applicable Taxes, duties, or other governmental fees on the sale of Merchant’s products and services, payments received, or any other transactions arising from or out of Merchant’s use of the Services and the Payment Provider Services. Toast makes no representation or warranty that the Services, Hardware or the Payment Provider Services will enable Merchant to meet the tax requirements applicable to Merchant in a specific jurisdiction.
6.3. Merchant’s Software subscription Fees will remain unchanged during the Initial Term of this Agreement. However, Toast reserves the right to change any other Fees and, except as provided in Sections 6.4 through 6.6, Card Related Fees, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Merchant. Such notice will include the effective date of the change(s). Merchant’s continued use of the Services subsequent to any change in Fees or Card Related Fees, as applicable, will be deemed acceptance of such changes unless Merchant closes its Toast Account prior to the effective date of such change and ceases all access to and use of the Services and the Payment Provider Services. If Merchant does not accept such Fee and/or Card Related Fee change under this sub-Section 6.3, then Merchant may terminate this Agreement by providing Toast written notice prior to the effective date of such Fee and/or Card Related Fee change, and in such event the Early Termination Fee under sub-Section 8.4 shall not apply (other than the processing fee for Software financing), and Merchant shall only be liable to Toast for the payment of Fees and/or Card Related Fees (plus applicable Sales Taxes) for Services provided through the date of Merchant’s notice of termination.
6.4. In the case that there is: (a) an increase in Card Related Fees, made by the Payment Provider or the Payment Networks; (b) an introduction of a new Card Related Fee by the Payment Provider or the Payment Networks; or (c) if Merchant is an IC-Plus Merchant, a reduction in applicable interchange rates (as determined by the Payment Provider or the Payment Networks), then Toast, on behalf of the Payment Provider, will provide at least ninety (90) days prior written notice to any affected Merchant of such change. If such Merchant does not accept the increase in Card Related Fees or the introduction of a new Card Related Fee described in the notice provided under this sub-Section 6.4, then such Merchant may terminate this Agreement by providing Toast written notice within ninety (90) days of receiving notice of the increase in Card Related Fees or the introduction of a new Card Related Fee. Notwithstanding the forgoing, Toast will not be required to provide notice on the Payment Provider’s behalf where changes in the Card Related Fees are made in accordance with pre-determined fee schedules, provided that such schedules are included in Merchant’s contract with Toast or the Payment Provider, and the Merchant may not terminate this Agreement when changes are made in accordance with such pre-determined fee schedules. If Merchant is a Flat-Rate Merchant, such Merchant expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Flat Rate is a pre-determined fee schedule, the Flat Rate applies without regard to any increase or decrease in applicable interchange rates and, accordingly, notice of reduction thereof is not required under this sub-Section 6.4 and the termination right described in sub-Section 6.5 shall not apply to such Merchant.
6.5. In addition to the above sub-Section 6.3, in the case that the Payment Provider (or Toast on behalf of the Payment Provider), does not pass the full savings from any reduction to Payment Networks’ posted interchange rates that are applicable to an IC-Plus Merchant, such IC-Plus Merchant has the right to terminate this Agreement by providing the Payment Provider, through Toast or otherwise, ninety (90) days’ notice of termination; provided that, to be valid, any such notice of termination must be provided within ninety (90) days of receiving notice of the interchange reduction.
6.6. If the Merchant provides a notice of termination in accordance with sub-Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, (a) the Early Termination Fee under sub-Section 8.4 shall not apply, (b) Merchant will not face any form of penalty, and (c) Merchant shall only be liable to Toast and Payment Provider for the payment of Card Related Fees for Services provided through the date of Merchant’s notice of termination.
6.7. Merchant authorizes and instructs Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to withhold from each Settlement any applicable Fees and Card Related Fees, other amounts pursuant to Annex A and any other amounts as agreed in any Order Form. Merchant shall ensure that any instructions provided to Toast in connection with this Agreement are complete, clear and accurate, and correctly reflect Merchant’s intent. Merchant acknowledges that Toast may rely on all instructions given to Toast by Merchant and relay any such instructions to Payment Provider. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that Payment Provider is authorized to withhold from each Settlement Chargebacks, Refunds, fines and/or other amounts pursuant to the Payment Provider Agreement, without limitation of Toast’s right to authorize Payment Provider to withhold any applicable Fees, and Card Related Fees, other amounts pursuant to Annex A and amounts as agreed in an Order Form. Without limitation of Toast’s other rights hereunder, Merchant acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent any Settlement is insufficient to cover any such withholdable amounts Toast may withhold such amounts from any subsequent Settlement or may invoice Merchant separately for the balance thereof, which invoice is due and payable within five (5) days of it being issued to Merchant.
6.8. All amounts invoiced hereunder are due and payable as specified in the applicable Order, including any document cross-referred to in that Order. Unpaid Fees and unpaid Card Related Fees that are not the subject of a written good faith dispute are subject to a late payment interest charge of 1.5% per month (or 19.56% annually) on any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted by Applicable Law and Rules, whichever is lower, plus all reasonable expenses of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. Merchant authorizes and instructs Toast to instruct Payment Provider on its behalf to withhold such unpaid invoices, finance charges and expenses from the deposit of any Settlement under Section 6 of Annex A. Without prejudice to any right to set-off which Toast may be entitled to as a matter of law, Toast may set-off any amounts due to Merchant, including by instructing Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to set-off for Toast’s benefit amounts due to Merchant in respect of any Settlement, against any amounts owed or other liabilities of Merchant, now or at any time hereafter due, owing or incurred by Merchant to Toast under, in connection to, or pursuant to this Agreement.
6.9. If Merchant financed its original license of the Software during the Initial Term, then upon the first Renewal Term and for each Renewal Term thereafter, Merchant’s payment terms for Software Fees shall revert to billed monthly in advance, which Toast shall collect via PAD direct debit from the Merchant Bank Account.
7. Payment Processing
7.1. In order to provide Merchant with access to the Payment Provider Services, Merchant acknowledges and agrees that it is entering into a separate Payment Provider Agreement with the Payment Provider as more fully described at Annex A of this Agreement. Merchant further acknowledges and agrees that Merchant’s participation in the Payment Provider Services is subject to the Payment Provider Agreement.
7.2 Certain other terms relevant to the services provided by Toast to the Merchant to support the Merchant’s use of the Payment Provider Services are set forth at Annex A of this Agreement.
Note that as set out in Annex A, Toast is not considered by the parties to be a payment processor, and this Agreement does not contemplate the provision of payment processing by Toast. The Payment Provider shall be the sole provider of payment processing services to Merchant (as among Merchant, Toast and Payment Provider) as part of the Payment Provider Services under the Payment Provider Agreement.
8. Term and Termination; Suspension; Survival
8.1. The initial term of this Agreement will commence upon the earlier of: (i) the Contract Start Date (as defined in the Order), or (ii) the Go- Live Date and, unless terminated earlier as set forth in this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect for the remainder of the initial term outlined in the Order (the “Initial Term”). Thereafter, the term of this Agreement with respect to such applicable Order(s) shall automatically renew for successive six (6) month periods (each a “Renewal Term”); collectively, the Initial Term and any subsequent Renewal Term(s) shall be referred to as the “Term”; provided, however, that any Renewal Term shall be subject to the terms of the then-current version of the Merchant Agreement as in effect on the date such Renewal Term commences and further provided that either party may terminate an Order, together with this Agreement with respect to such Order, by providing at least thirty (30) days’ written notice of its intent not to renew prior to the end of the then-current Term. Merchant hereby acknowledges and agrees that Merchant is responsible to review the Merchant Agreement for updates prior to the commencement of any such Renewal Term, and agrees that entering such Renewal Term confirms Merchant's consent to the terms of the Merchant Agreement as then in effect.
8.2. Toast may suspend Merchant's username and password, Toast Account and access to the Services, and/or may terminate this Agreement, and Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct the Payment Provider to suspend Merchant’s access to Merchant’s Payment Provider Account and access to the Payment Provider Services and/or to terminate the Payment Provider Agreement, upon written notice to Merchant in the event any of the following occur: (a) Merchant fails to make any payment due within thirty (30) days; (b) Merchant provides any inaccurate, untrue or incomplete information or fails to comply with the Toast Account or Payment Services registration requirements, as determined in Toast’s sole discretion; (c) Toast determines that Merchant is incurring excessive Chargebacks, as a function of Merchant’s total number of Chargebacks and total number of Card transactions; (d) Merchant violates Sections 2, 4, 7 or 12 or any provision of the Merchant Data Processing Addendum; (e) the Payment Provider Agreement, or any agreement between Merchant and Payment Provider forming a part thereof, has been terminated for any reason or has otherwise expired and/or an event permitting a termination by Payment Provider under any such agreement occurs; (f) any agreement between Toast and Payment Provider pursuant to which Toast is authorized to provide access to the Payment Provider Services as “Marketplace” thereunder (as defined therein, or in a similar capacity) terminates or expires, (g) if (1) Toast determines in its discretion that any change to, clarification or interpretation by a regulatory authority or Payment Network of, or enactment of any Applicable Law and Rules, would render any portion of the Services illegal, otherwise have a material adverse effect upon the Services or a party, or pose unreasonable risk to Toast or (2) Toast is directed to terminate this Agreement or the Services by a regulatory authority, Payment Provider or a Payment Network or (h) for any reason upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to Merchant. As determined it its sole discretion, Toast, its Payment Provider, and/or one or more Payment Network(s) may terminate this Agreement immediately and without notice for any suspected issues that could potentially cause a violation of this Agreement, the Payment Network rules, any law or regulation, or may impose a potential security threat, data breach, fraud or other crime, or damage to the Payment Network(s).
8.3. In the event of a material breach of this Agreement by either party, the non-breaching party will have the right to terminate the applicable Order(s) and this Agreement for cause if such breach has not been cured within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice from the non-breaching party specifying the breach in reasonable detail and the remedy being sought. In the event Merchant terminates this Agreement due to Toast’s uncured breach, Merchant shall be entitled to a pro rata refund of any Software Fees paid for Services not delivered as of the date of termination, to the extent such Software Fees have been paid in advance.
8.4. By executing an Order and/or Toast Master Agreement, Merchant agrees to pay Toast all Fees, plus applicable Sales Taxes, indicated in the applicable Order(s), for the total number of Locations indicated therein, and for the entire duration of the then-current Term. Unless otherwise agreed to by Toast, Merchant acknowledges and agrees that it may terminate this Agreement and any applicable Order(s) at any time during the Term, provided that Merchant shall remain responsible for payment of all Fees, plus applicable Sales Taxes, and Card Related Fees as provided for Services provided by Toast and Payment Provider Services (provided by Payment Provider), and any other amounts owed to Toast and/or the Payment Provider through the date of termination. Additionally, Merchant shall incur and pay an early termination fee equal to the sum of (a) the remaining Software subscription Fees that would have otherwise been due for the remainder of the then-current Term, (“Early Termination Fee”), and (b) any applicable processing fee related to Software financing.
8.5. Upon any termination or expiration of an Order and/or this Agreement, Merchant's right to access and use the Services covered by the applicable Order(s) will terminate. Upon any such termination or expiration, all Sections of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination or expiration will survive, including without limitation, the following Sections: Section 18 (Definitions), Section 2.2, Section 4 (Usage Restrictions), Section 5 (Ownership; Merchant Data, Customer Data & Trademarks), rights to any payments of Fees, Card Related Fees or Settlements earned up to the date of termination, Section 9 (Disclaimer of Warranties), Section 10 (Limitation of Liability), Section 12 (Confidential Information), Section 14 (Arbitration), Section 15 (Notices) and Section 17 (General Provisions). If applicable, the Merchant Data Processing Addendum shall also survive such termination if and to the extent that Toast continues to process Personal Information on behalf of Merchant. Annex A shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement to the extent necessary to effectuate any remedies of Toast following termination or expiration of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at Merchant's request if received within thirty (30) days of termination of the Order or Agreement for any reason other than termination by Toast for Merchant’s uncured material breach, to the extent Merchant is otherwise unable to access the information itself, Toast will permit Merchant to access the Services solely and exclusively to the extent necessary for Merchant to retrieve a copy of Merchant Data, Customer Data, and any other data, materials, and information collected by the Merchant as part of the Services and contained in Merchant’s Toast Account except for Card data. Merchant hereby authorizes Toast to notify Payment Provider of any termination or expiration of an Order and/or this Agreement. Subject to Annex A, Merchant acknowledges and agrees that Toast has no obligation to retain Merchant Data and that Toast will have the right to irretrievably delete and destroy Merchant Data after thirty (30) days following the termination of this Agreement. Merchant agrees it will continue to permit Toast access to the Merchant Bank Account until all amounts due under this Agreement are paid in full.
9. Representations; Disclaimer of Warranties
9.1. Each party represents and warrants to the other party that it has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement.
9.2. Merchant represents, warrants and covenants to Toast that (a) it is a legal resident of, or is a business entity authorized to conduct business in, any jurisdiction in which it operates; (b) the name identified by Merchant when Merchant registered with Toast is its legal name or business name under which it sells goods and/or services; and (c) the taxpayer identification number identified by Merchant is its legal taxpayer identification number.
9.3. Limited Warranty and Return Policy. Toast represents, warrants and covenants to Merchant that, during the Term, the Services will materially conform to the printed and digital instructions, on-line help files, technical documentation and user manuals for the Services provided by Toast to Merchant, as the same may be updated by Toast from time to time in the ordinary course of business (together the “Specifications”). Merchant’s sole and exclusive remedy for Toast’s breach of this limited warranty is limited to Toast correcting the Services or, if such correction is not commercially reasonable, termination of this Agreement in connection with Section 8.3 above.
Any Hardware sold by Toast to Merchant hereunder is covered by the Limited Warranty Policy and Return Policy available at https://pos.toasttab.com/limited-warranty, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made part of this Agreement.
9.4. Toast does not warrant that the (i) Payment Provider Services, which may permit Merchant to process payments on a compatible mobile device, will be compatible with Merchant’s mobile device or third-party carrier; (ii) Services, which may permit Merchant to use the Services on a compatible third party device, will be compatible with all third party devices or carriers. Merchant’s use of the Services may be subject to the terms of Merchant’s agreements with its mobile device manufacturers and carriers. Such carriers’ normal rates and fees, such as data transfer fees, may apply and Merchant is solely liable for the payment of all such carrier fees. All third party hardware and other products included with the Services (subject to Toast prior written approval) but purchased by Merchant directly from a third party manufacturer are provided solely according to the warranty and other terms specified by such third party manufacturer who is solely responsible for service and support for its hardware product. For service, support, or warranty assistance, Merchant will contact the third party manufacturer directly.Toast does not endorse any product advertised or offered by a third party through the Services or any hyperlinked website or service, or featured in any banner or other advertising, and Toast will not be a party to or in any way monitor any transaction between Merchant and third-party providers of products.
9.5. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES SET FORTH HEREIN AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES, TOAST AND ITS THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES AND THE SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND QUALITY. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES TOAST AND ITS THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SUITABILITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES OR THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES OR THE RESULTS MERCHANT MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE SERVICES OR THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TOAST AND ITS THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) THE OPERATION OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES WILL BE TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; OR (B) THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES OR THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES WILL MEET MERCHANT'S REQUIREMENTS. MERCHANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NEITHER TOAST NOR ITS THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS CONTROL THE TRANSFER OF DATA OVER COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, AND THAT THE SERVICES AND THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, DELAYS, AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF SUCH COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES. TOAST IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELAYS, DELIVERY FAILURES, OR OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING FROM SUCH PROBLEMS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TOAST DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT ANY OR ALL SECURITY ATTACKS WILL BE DISCOVERED, REPORTED OR REMEDIED, OR THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SECURITY BREACHES BY THIRD PARTIES. EXCEPT WHERE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE BY TOAST, AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES, THE SERVICES AND THE PAYMENT PROVIDER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO MERCHANT ON AN "AS IS" BASIS.
10. Limitation of Liability
10.1. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES IN NO EVENT WILL TOAST BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY: (A) FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; (B) FOR LOSS OF USE, INACCURACY, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; OR (C) FOR ANY MATTER BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE, EVEN IF TOAST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN HAS FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
10.2. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES, TOAST’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY MERCHANT TO TOAST IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE APPLICABLE CLAIM.
11. Indemnification
11.1. Toast Indemnification. Toast will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Merchant and its directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents from and against any and all third-party claims brought against Merchant by a third party to the extent resulting from or arising out of any allegation that the use of the Services as contemplated hereunder infringes the copyright or misappropriates the trade secret rights of such third party, and Toast will pay all costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and damages finally awarded against Merchant by a court of competent jurisdiction as a result of any such claim or payable by Merchant pursuant to a settlement agreement to which Toast agrees in writing in settlement of such claim; provided, that Merchant (a) promptly gives written notice of the claim to Toast; (b) gives Toast sole control of the defence and settlement of the claim; and (c) provides to Toast, at Toast's cost, all reasonable assistance. If the Services become, or in Toast’s opinion are likely to become, the subject of an infringement or misappropriation claim, Toast may, at its option and expense, either (i) procure for Merchant the right to continue exercising the rights made available hereunder; (ii) replace or modify the Services so that they become non-infringing or non-misappropriating; or (iii) refund to Merchant the portion of subscription fees paid in advance by Merchant for any unused portion of the then-current term of the Services, if any, whereupon Toast may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Merchant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 11.1 shall not apply to any infringement or misappropriation claims arising from (A) designs, specifications, or modifications originated or requested by Merchant; (B) the combination of the Hardware, Software, and/or Services with other equipment, software or products not supplied by Toast if such infringement or misappropriation would not have occurred but for such combination; (C) Merchant’s failure to install an update provided by Toast at no additional charge, where same would have avoided or mitigated such claim; (D) allegations of infringement made by a non-practicing entity; (E) the failure of Merchant to follow any instructions given by Toast to Merchant in relation to such claim, suit, action, or proceeding brought against Merchant, where the instruction would have avoided or mitigated the same; or (F) any claims that are attributable to Merchant’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. This Section 11.1 represents the sole and exclusive remedy of Merchant and the entire liability and obligation of Toast with respect to infringement and misappropriation.
11.2. Merchant Indemnification. Merchant will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Toast and its directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents from and against any and all third-party proceedings, claims, losses, damages, demands, liabilities, fines imposed by the Payment Networks or by regulatory authorities, costs and expenses whatsoever, including all reasonable legal and accounting fees and expenses and all reasonable collection costs, incurred by Toast, its directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents to the extent resulting from or arising out of (a) Merchant’s use of the Services or the Payment Provider Services, other than those attributable to Toast’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct; (b) Toast acting in accordance with this Agreement on behalf of Merchant with respect to the Payment Provider Services and processing activitites as set forth at Annex A of this Agreement ; (c) any sales transaction conducted by Payment Provider on behalf of Merchant; (d) any non-compliance with any Applicable Law and Rules by Merchant or its Employees expressly including any claims by Payment Provider arising out of such non-compliance; (e) any non-compliance with Section 13 (Data Privacy & Security) of this Agreement; (f) Merchant’s, or any Employees’, breach or non-performance of any provision of this Agreement; (g) Merchant’s or its Employee’s reliance on any report or other information generated through the Services or the Payment Provider Services; (h) any Tax assessment, or (i) any claims against Toast related to the use by Toast of any Merchant Data or any of Merchant’s intellectual property.
12. Confidential Information
12.1. Each party (the "Receiving Party") understands that the other party (the "Disclosing Party") has disclosed or may disclose Confidential Information relating to the Disclosing Party's business under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Toast’s Confidential Information includes the Services, Hardware, and Customer Data, and any information relating thereto. The Receiving Party agrees: (a) to take reasonable precautions to protect such Confidential Information; (b) not to use such Confidential Information except to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (c) not to disclose to any third person any such Confidential Information, other than as expressly permitted in this Agreement. The Disclosing Party agrees that the foregoing obligations will not apply with respect to any Confidential Information that the Receiving Party can document (i) is or becomes generally available to the public by Disclosing Party or a third party not bound by a confidentiality obligation; (ii) was in Receiving Party’s possession or known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party; (iii) was rightfully disclosed to Disclosing Party by a third party not bound by a confidentiality obligation; or (iv) was independently developed without use of any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party as demonstrated by Receiving Party’s written records.
12.2. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, either party may disclose the other party’s Confidential Information, in whole or in part (a) to its Representatives who have a need to know and are legally bound to keep such Confidential Information confidential by written confidentiality obligations or, in the case of professional advisors, are bound by ethical duties to keep such Confidential Information confidential, consistent with the terms of this Agreement; (b) as required by law (in which case Merchant shall, if permitted by Applicable Law and Rules, provide Toast with prior written notification thereof and the opportunity to contest such disclosure, and shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize such disclosure in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law); or (c) otherwise in accordance with Toast’s Privacy Statement. The Receiving Party will remain primarily responsible for any breach of this Section 12 by any of its Representatives with whom it shares the other party’s Confidential Information as permitted by this Section 12.2.
13. Data Privacy & Security
13.1. The parties acknowledge that the Personal Information of Merchant, Merchant’s Employees and Customers will be Processed as part of the Services. For the purposes of any Personal Information Processed under this Agreement, the terms of the Merchant Data Processing Addendum found at https://pos.toasttab.com/privacy/merchantdpa shall apply. The Merchant Data Processing Addendum forms part of and is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. Merchant agrees to post and maintain on its websites a consumer privacy policy describing the Personal Information Processed under this Agreement.
13.2 Merchant acknowledges and understands that Payment Provider shall act as a Controller of Merchant’s Personal Information that is collected, Processed and retained as part of Payment Provider’s self-hosted on-boarding process. Toast will provide a web link for Merchant to use to complete Payment Provider’s on-boarding process. Payment Provider’s Privacy Statement (https://www.adyen.com/policies-and-disclaimer/privacy-policy) and Payment Provider Agreement control this relationship and its on-boarding process, including the Processing of Personal Information.
13.3 Each party shall implement and maintain a written information security program embodying all appropriate technical, organizational and administrative security measures as part of the Services and each party’s compliance with their obligations under this Agreement. This obligation shall apply generally in addition to any security obligations imposed on the parties under this Agreement, including the Merchant Data Processing Addendum.
14. Arbitration
14.1. Agreement to Arbitrate. This Section is referred to as the “Arbitration Agreement.” Except where prohibited by Applicable Law and Rules, Merchant agrees that any and all disputes or claims that have arisen or may arise between Merchant and Toast, whether arising out of or relating to this Agreement or in connection with Merchant’s use of the Services or our websites, shall be resolved exclusively through confidential, final and binding arbitration, rather than a court, in accordance with the terms of this Arbitration Agreement. Merchant agrees that, by agreeing to this Agreement, Merchant and Toast are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. Subject to the provisions of Section 14.4 below, the forum and seat of the arbitration shall be Toronto, Ontario. The Arbitration Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 17 and other arbitration laws of the forum of the arbitration shall govern the procedure of any arbitration conducted under this Arbitration Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Arbitration Agreement shall not preclude either party from commencing proceedings in a court for the sole purpose of obtaining a temporary restraining order or an interim or interlocutory injunction in aid of an arbitration conducted or to be conducted hereunder; provided that any other relief shall be pursued through arbitration pursuant to this Arbitration Agreement. In any event, any action, proceeding, or arbitration by Merchant against Toast pertaining to any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or in connection with Merchant’s use of the Services or our websites must be commenced within two years from the date on which the claim is discovered, as determined in accordance with section 5(1) of theLimitations Act, 2002 (Ontario). Except where prohibited by Applicable Law and Rules, every action or proceeding against Toast by Merchant arising from or relating to this Agreement or Merchant’s use of the Services or our websites is absolutely barred unless commenced within two years of the discovery of the claim.
14.2. Prohibition of Class and Representative Actions and Non-Individualized Relief. Except where prohibited by applicable law, Merchant and Toast agree that each may bring claims against the other only on an individual basis and not as a representative plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative action or proceeding. Unless both Merchant and Toast agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate or join more than one person’s or party’s claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a consolidated, representative, or class proceeding. Also, the arbitrator may award relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) only in favour of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief necessitated by that party’s individual claim(s).
14.3. Pre-Arbitration Dispute Resolution.
14.3.1. Toast is always interested in resolving disputes amicably and efficiently, and most concerns can be resolved quickly and to the participant’s satisfaction by contacting Toast’s support team at Toast Central located at central.toasttab.com. If Toast’s support is unable to successfully resolve the concern, a party who intends to seek arbitration must first send to the other, by certified mail, a written notice of dispute (“Notice”). The Notice to Toast should be sent to Toast Canada, Inc. at 3-84 Castlebury Crescent, Toronto, M2H1W8, Ontario, Canada Attn: General Counsel.. The Notice must (i) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute and (ii) set forth the specific relief sought. If Toast and Merchant do not resolve the claim or dispute, despite good faith attempts, within sixty (60) calendar days after the Notice is received, Merchant or Toast may commence an arbitration proceeding. During the arbitration, the amount of any settlement offer made by Toast or Merchant shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator determines the amount, if any, to which Merchant or Toast is entitled.
14.3.2. If, however, Merchant believes that the conduct of the Payment Provider or Toast is contrary to the Code of Conduct, then the Merchant may report the issue to the Payment Provider in accordance with the steps detailed here: https://www.adyen.com/licenses/financial-consumer-agency-of-canada.
14.4. Arbitration Procedures. Arbitration will be conducted by a neutral arbitrator in accordance with the ADR Institute of Canada Rules (“ADRIC Rules”) in force at the time of commencement of arbitration, except as modified by this Arbitration Agreement. If there is any inconsistency between any term of the ADRIC Rules and any term of this Arbitration Agreement, the applicable terms of this Arbitration Agreement will control unless the arbitrator determines that the application of the inconsistent Arbitration Agreement terms would result in procedural unfairness in the arbitration. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, including, but not limited to, issues relating to the scope, enforceability, jurisdiction and arbitrability of this Arbitration Agreement. The arbitrator can award the same damages and relief on an individual basis that a court can award to an individual under this Agreement and applicable law. The arbitrator’s award shall be final and binding upon Merchant and Toast and shall not be subject to any appeal. The hearings in any arbitration where the value of all claims or counterclaims cumulatively amount to less than CAD $100,000 will take place virtually unless Toast and Merchant agree otherwise or the arbitrator directs that the hearing be held in a different manner, including in person, to preserve procedural fairness. Regardless of the manner in which the arbitration is conducted, the arbitrator shall issue a reasoned written decision sufficient to explain the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based.
14.5. Costs of Arbitration. Payment of all filing, administration, and arbitrator fees (collectively, the “Arbitration Fees”) will be governed by the ADRIC Rules, unless otherwise provided in this Arbitration Agreement. Any payment of attorneys’ fees will be governed by the ADRIC Rules.
14.6. Confidentiality. Except as may be required by law, all aspects of the arbitration proceeding (including its existence), and any ruling, decision, or award by the arbitrator, will be strictly confidential for the benefit of all parties.
14.7. Severability. If a court or the arbitrator decides that any term or provision of this Arbitration Agreement other than clause 14.2 above is invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Arbitration Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified. If a court or the arbitrator decides that any of the provisions of clause 14.2 is invalid or unenforceable, then the entirety of this Arbitration Agreement shall be null and void. The remainder of this Agreement will continue to apply.
15. Notices
Except as provided in the Arbitration Agreement, Toast may give notice applicable to Toast's general customer base by means of a general notice on the Services portal, and may also send notices specific to Merchant to the mailing address, email address, telephone number, Merchant’s account on any electronic platform Merchant uses to access Toast’s services, and any other contact information Toast has on file for Merchant. It is Merchant’s responsibility to maintain the accuracy of Merchant’s contact information, and Merchant must notify Toast immediately of any change. Any communication Toast sends to the contact information Toast has on file for Merchant before Merchant notifies Toast of any change, and Toast has an opportunity to act on such change, shall be considered received by Merchant.
Notices to Toast must be sent via registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to Toast Canada, Inc. at 3-84 Castlebury Crescent, Toronto, M2H1W8, Ontario, Canada Attn: General Counsel. Copies of all notices may be sent via email at legal@toasttab.com. However, a notice will not be taken to have been delivered or received by email until delivery is effected as required under this paragraph.
16. Force Majeure
Neither party shall be in default of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent its performance is (a) delayed or prevented by any act of God, earthquake, flood, national disaster, strike, embargo, riots, sabotage, utility or transmission disruption or outage, equipment or widespread communications network or internet failure, governmental or regulatory changes, acts of declared or undeclared war, terrorism, fire, unforeseen vendor issues, epidemic, pandemic or any other similar event beyond such party’s control, and (b) could not have been prevented by the non-performing party’s reasonable precautions or commercially accepted processes, or could not reasonably be circumvented by the non-performing party through the use of substitute services, alternate sources, work-around plans or other means by which the requirements of a buyer of services substantively similar to the Services hereunder would be satisfied. Events meeting both of the criteria set forth in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) are referred to individually and collectively as “Force Majeure Events”. Upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event, the non-performing party shall be excused from any further performance or observance of the affected obligations for as long as such circumstances prevail, and provided that such party continues to attempt to recommence performance or observance to the greatest extent possible as soon as possible and without delay.
17. General Provisions
17.1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. Any action, claim, or dispute related to this Agreement will be governed by the laws of the province of Ontario excluding its conflicts or choice of law provisions, procedural law, and controlling Canada federal law. Except as set forth in Section 14, the parties irrevocably attorn to the personal jurisdiction of and agree that the federal or provincial courts in the city of Toronto, Ontario shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute between them that is not subject to arbitration under Section 14. The United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods, shall not apply to this Agreement.
17.2. No Waiver. The failure of either party to enforce any right or provision in this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by such party in writing; and any waiver with respect to a specific circumstance will not constitute a waiver of the same provision or any other provision of this Agreement for any subsequent circumstance unless expressly provided by such written agreement. The Section headings are provided merely for convenience and will not be given any legal import in the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between Toast and Merchant as a result of this Agreement or use of the Services.
17.3. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and all Order(s), together with all exhibits, attachments, and addenda incorporated by reference herein and therein, represent the parties' entire understanding relating to the Services and the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting, or additional communications, whether written or verbal, and will control over any different or additional terms of any non-Toast ordering document, and no terms included in any such purchase order or other non-Toast ordering document will apply to the Services or Hardware.
17.4 Modification to this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended by written agreement executed by the parties, except in the following circumstances: (i) as provided for in Section 8.1 in connection with a Renewal Term; (ii) where Toast modifies this Agreement by issuing a general notice to its Merchant customer base, provided that such notice complies with any requirements of Applicable Law and Rules; and (iii) where Toast amends this Agreement to comply with or as a result of, amendments to Applicable Law and Rules. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause 17.4 also applies to any changes contemplated under clause 9.5 of the Merchant Data Processing Addendum, with any such changes being effective from the date stated in the general notice above.
17.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, if the essential terms and conditions of this Agreement for each party remain valid, binding, and enforceable, then such provision(s) will be deemed to be restated and construed to reflect the original intentions of the parties in accordance with Applicable Law and Rules with respect to the invalid or unenforceable provision(s), and with all other provisions of this Agreement remaining in full force and effect.
17.6. Assignment. Merchant may not assign this Agreement without the prior written approval of Toast, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 17.6 will be null and void and without force or effect.
17.7. Electronic Signature. Signatures transmitted and received electronically, such as through transmission of a scanned or faxed document, or via secure email or a service such as DocuSign, are true and valid signatures for all purposes hereunder and shall bind the parties to the same extent as that of an original signature.
17.8. Representatives. Each party shall be primarily responsible for each of its respective Representatives’ compliance with this Agreement.
18. Definitions
“Agreement” means collectively: (i) this Merchant Agreement, (ii) the Toast Master Agreement (only if applicable), (iii) any Order(s), (iv) any Quote(s) approved by Merchant, (v) Toast`s Limited Warranty, (vi) the Privacy Statement, (vii) Merchant Data Processing Addendum, (viii) Toast AI Terms, (ix) any supplemental, special, or additional terms, conditions, or policies (including those presented in an Order Form, Quote, or electronically within the Toast Platform or Services) that are provided to the Merchant in connection with the use of Toast’s Services, and any other exhibit, addendum, annex, schedule (except any schedules, exhibits, annexes that refer to or include terms related to the Payment Provider and the Payment Provider Services), or attachment to any of the foregoing that is incorporated by reference therein or herein. “Agreement” does not include the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Applicable Data Protection Laws” has the meaning given to it in the Merchant Data Processing Addendum.
“Applicable Law and Rules” means all federal, provincial, state, territorial, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, regulatory guidance, and industry best practice (as may be enacted or amended from time to time) applicable to Merchant and/or Merchant’s business, including without limitation, (i) any applicable tax laws and regulations, (ii) all requirements of Canadian anti-money laundering laws, including the Criminal Code and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (“PCMLTA”) and laws applicable to Sanctions, (iii) Applicable Data Protection Laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) and all other provincial privacy laws, as well as laws applicable to information security, (iv) all applicable anti-spam laws, including CASL, (v) all consumer protection laws applicable to the Merchant and the Merchant’s business including any accessibility laws or standards, (vi) the then-current version of the Code of Conduct, and (vii) the then-current version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards as made available at https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org (“PCI DSS”) and the Operating Regulations.
Merchant shall refer to the websites of the PCI DSS and the Payment Networks for applicable PCI DSS and Payment Network requirements, as may be updated from time to time, including:
“Card” has the meaning set forth in the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Card Related Fees” means amounts in respect of Card processing rates and other amounts related to credit or debit card transactions as determined by Toast, the Payment Networks or Payment Provider, including Flat-Rates and Interchange-Plus Rates, as set forth in an Order.
“Chargeback” has the meaning set forth in the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Community Philosophy” means Toast’s Community Philosophy framework of expectations for conduct for interactions between Toast employees and customers, partners, vendors, etc. and process for addressing conduct that does not align with our standards and values, available at the Toast Investor Relations webpage at https://investors.toasttab.com.
“Code of Conduct” means the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada, as published by FCAC, and found at: https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/industry/laws-regulations/credit-debit-code-conduct.html;
“Confidential Information” means (i) the terms (but not the fact or existence) of the Agreement, and (ii) all trade secrets and other information disclosed by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party orally, or in writing, whether or not designated as proprietary or ‘Confidential’ or some similar designation, including without limitation customer lists, financials, products, services, organizational structure and internal practices, forecasts, sales, budgets, trade secrets, know-how, designs, specifications, documentation, components, source code, object code, images, icons, audiovisual components and objects, schematics, drawings, notes, analyses, compilations, reports, forecasts, studies, data, statistics, summaries and other materials disclosed to Recipient that contain, or are based on, in whole or in part, any of the information described in this definition.
“Controller” has the meaning provided under the Merchant Data Processing Addendum.
“Customers” refers to Merchant’s customers or guests who purchase goods and services from the Merchant, where such purchase is facilitated by the Services and/or the Payment Provider Services
“Customer Data” means data and information, which may include Personal Information, collected by Merchant and/or Toast via the Services, such as when a Customer enters payment information, submits an online order, enrols in a loyalty program or requests a digital receipt, and may include without limitation: (i) contact information (such as name, phone number, email address, etc.); (ii) information about the transaction; (iii) Card information; (iv) Customer purchase history; and (v) location information.
“Effective Date” means the date of last signature of an Order Form or Toast Master Agreement, as applicable.
“Employees” means Merchant’s employees, agents and contractors who are authorized by Merchant to use the Services.
“Feedback” means suggestions, enhancement requests, ideas, feedback, recommendations or other input about the Services, Professional Services and Hardware.
“Fees” means any fees of any kind whatsover (whether denominated as “fees”, “charges”, “rates” or otherwise) set forth in an Order or otherwise owed to Toast by Merchant in connection to with this Agreement, including without limitation, fees for Software subscriptions, Hardware (including Payment Provider Terminals), and Professional Services other than Card Related Fees.
“Flat Rate” means a flat-rate Card Related Fee structure described in the applicable Order Form pursuant to which Card Related Fees at any time for each Payment Network’s Cards or a combination or subset thereof (as particularized in the Order Form, the “Flat-Rate Category”) do not vary based on differences in or changes to the underlying interchange rates (and certain other fees) applicable to the individual Cards comprising such Flat-Rate Category, as such rates (and such other fees) may be determined by the Payment Networks, the Card issuer or the Payment Provider, as the case may be. For clarity, the Flat Rate may vary among different Payment Networks or among different Flat-Rate Categories, but will be the same for all Cards in the same Flat-Rate Category.
“Flat-Rate Merchant” means a Merchant whose Order Form reflects a Flat Rate.
“Force Majeure Event” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16.
“Go-Live Date” means the actual date upon which Merchant begins using the Services and is capable of processing Card payments in a live production environment using the Payment Provider Services (if applicable).
“Hardware” means any terminal, Toast Payment Terminal, Payment Provider Terminal, tablet, kitchen display screen (”KDS”), switch, router, card, cable, wall mount, printer or other item of physical hardware, as made available by Toast, and purchased under an Order.
“IC-Plus Merchant” means a Merchant whose Order Form reflects an Interchange-Plus Rate.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all rights under patent law, copyright law, database rights laws, industrial design law, trade secret law, trademark law, moral rights, goodwill, and any and all other intellectual property rights that are in existence now and in the future, including without limitation any applications, registrations, extensions and renewals related to the foregoing.
“Interchange-Plus Rate” means a cost-plus Card Related Fee structure described in the applicable Order Form pursuant to which Card Related Fees at any time for each Card are calculated based on a mark-up to the underlying interchange rates (and certain other fees) applicable to such Card at such time, as such rates (and such other fees) may be determined by the Payment Networks, the Card issuer or the Payment Provider, as the case may be.
“Location(s)” means the actual number of locations for which a Merchant is agreeing to purchase or license, as applicable, the Hardware, Services, Professional Services, Payment Provider Terminals and Payment Provider Services as reflected in an Order.
“Merchant” means the contracting entity listed on the applicable Order Form or Toast Master Agreement, as applicable.
“Merchant Bank Account”means the bank account (or accounts) Merchant designates on the Order Form or Toast Master Services Agreement, as applicable, for the facilitation of transactions, for receipt or facilitation of Settlement (by the Payment Provider) and/or payment of Fees to Toast hereunder.
“Merchant Data” means any files, graphics, images, text, emails, data or other information submitted by Merchant in the course of using the Hardware and Services and/or collected by Toast, including without limitation Merchant’s name, address, contact information, Employee information, products, loyalty program information, logos, promotional information, advertisements, transaction details, intellectual property and other information or material submitted by Merchant to Toast through the Services, excluding Customer Data. Merchant data may include Personal Information, whether from Merchant’s Employees, existing customer information or otherwise.
“Merchant Data Processing Addendum” means the data processing addendum available at https://pos.toasttab.com/privacy/merchantdpa which is incorporated into and forms part of this Agreement, as updated by Toast from time to time.
“Merchant Marks” means Merchant’s business name, logo, trademarks, service marks, images, domain names and other similar content provided to Toast for use with the Services.
“Merchant’s Payment Provider Account” means the account of the Merchant established and held by Payment Provider in Merchant’s name on the Payment Provider Platform for holding amounts in respect of Settlement (among other amounts as may be agreed between Merchant and Payment Provider) but prior to the application of withholdings or the disbursement of Settlement to the Merchant Bank Account.
“Operating Regulations” means the collective set of bylaws, rules, regulations, operating regulations, procedures and/or waivers issued by the Payment Networks as may be amended or supplemented over time, including but not limited to the PCI DSS, Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), the VISA Cardholder Information Security Program, the Visa Core Rules and Visa Product and Service Rules (“Visa Rules”) and the Mastercard Rules, the Mastercard Site Data Protection Program, and any other program or requirement that may be published and/or mandated by a Card brand or Payment Network. Significant portions of the Operating Regulations are made available to the public at the following online websites:
- Visa: https://www.visa.ca/en_CA;
- Mastercard: https://www.mastercard.ca/en-ca.html
- PCI DSS: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/; French version here: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/lang/fr-fr/
“Order” or “Order Form” means any Toast ordering document (including any online order) specifying the Services, Hardware and Professional Services purchased, or licensed hereunder, and the applicable Card Related Fees (in respect of the Payment Provider Services), as mutually agreed to, executed by Merchant and accepted by Toast. The Order may also contain the merchant application and related data.
“Payment” means a “Transaction” as defined in the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Payment Network” has the meaning ascribed to “Card Scheme” in the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Payment Provider” means one or more third party banks or other payment processing providers as Toast may designate from time to time with or without notice to Merchant. As of the Effective Date, the Payment Provider includes both Adyen Canada Ltd. (“Adyen CAN”) a company registered under company number C1239120 whose registered office is at Suite 2600, Three Bentall Centre, 595 Burrard Street, P.O. BOX 49314 Vancouver BC, V7X 1L3, Canada and Adyen N.V. a company registered in Amsterdam under number 34259528 and having its seat at Simon Carmiggeltstraat 6-50, 1011 DJ in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and/or any of its local affiliates.
“Payment Provider Platform” means the Payment Provider payment processing and acquiring platform used by Payment Provider to provide the Payment Provider Services to the Merchant.
“Payment Provider Services” has the meaning ascribed to “Services” in the Payment Provider Agreement including, for avoidance of doubt, any services described in any agreement that forms a part of the Payment Provider Agreement . Payment Provider Services does not include the Services (as defined in this Agreement).
“Payment Provider Terminal” means a “Payment Terminal” as used in the Payment Provider Agreement, and purchased by Merchant from Toast under an Order. The Payment Provider Terminals can be purchased only through Toast.
“Payment Provider Agreement ” means the following agreements between Merchant and Payment Provider, each of which is available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/terms-and-conditions-adyen-for-platforms-2022 (including documents hyperlinked therein provided by Payment Provider), each of which is provided solely by Payment Provider and does not form part of this Agreement, and as each may be amended or updated from time to time by Payment Provider in accordance with its terms, including:
- The general terms and conditions for the Payment Provider Services available at ;https://www.adyen.com/legal/terms-and-conditions-adyen-for-platforms-2022;
- The terms and conditions for a service allowing Settlement per sales day available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/sales-day-payout-terms-of-service ;
- The terms and conditions for prohibited and restricted products and services (the “Payment Provider Prohibited and Restricted Services and Products”) available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/list-restricted-prohibited; and
- The terms and conditions for payment terminals provided by Payment Provider (the “Payment Provider Terminal Services”) available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/payment-device-terms-of-service .
“Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual or household. Personal Information may include, but is not limited to, a name, address, contact details, unique identifiers, payment card information, biometric identifiers and information, preferences, history and profile data, IP addresses, and location-based information, but excludes aggregated or anonymized information. Personal Information shall include any information that constitutes “Personal Information” or “Personal Data” under the Applicable Data Protection Laws.
“Privacy Statement” means the then-current version of Toast’s Privacy Statement available at https://pos.toasttab.com/privacy.
“Processor” has the meaning provided under the Merchant Data Processing Addendum.
“Process” or “Processing” means any operation or set of operations performed on Personal Information or sets of Personal Information, whether or not by automated means, including, but not limited to, the collection, access, use, alteration, disclosure, or deletion of Personal Information.
“Professional Services” means any implementation services and/or training provided by Toast to Merchant pursuant to an Order.
“Quote” means a document issued by Toast and approved by the Merchant that sets out the detailed breakdown of Hardware, Software subscriptions, modules, product codes, unit pricing, Card Related Fees and any other relevant details of the products and services purchased, or licensed hereunder.
"Receiving Party" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12.
“Refund(s)” has the meaning set forth in the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Representatives” means a party’s respective officers, employees, directors, related bodies corporate, consultants, agents, professional advisors (e.g., attorneys, auditors, financial advisors, accountants and other professional representatives), contractors and third-party service providers.
“Reserve” or “Reserve Account” means an amount of Merchant funds designated by Toast and/or Payment Provider that must be held and maintained by Toast and/or Payment Provider, or by Merchant if directed by Toast, in order to protect Toast or Payment Provider from risks related to Merchant’s acts or omissions as more fully described in Section 9 of Annex A.
“Sanctions” means all applicable economic or trade sanctions or export controls, laws and regulations, or anti-terrorism laws or measures, including any sanctions or restrictions imposed, administered, or enforced by the government of Canada, the United Nations, European Union, Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department , as each may be amended or be updated from time to time.
“Services” means Toast’s websites, Software, the Toast Platform, Toast Apps, supported integrations with third parties, customer support, and the Toast`support services in respect of the the Payment Provider Services (as such support services are described in Annex A) or any other current or future services offered by Toast. The Services do not include the Payment Provider Services.
“Settlement” has the meaning set forth in the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Software” means Toast’s point-of-sale restaurant, hospitality and retail management system made available to Merchant via the Toast Platform, including both online and offline components, products, services, features, content, and updates related thereto. For clarity, Software does not include the “Software” as defined in the Payment Provider Agreement.
“Specifications” means the printed and digital instructions, on-line help files, technical documentation and user manuals for the Services provided by Toast to Merchant.
“Sales Tax” or “Sales Taxes” means any value-added, goods and services, harmonized sales, sales, transfer, retail sales, or similar taxes, duties, or charges.
“Tax”or "Taxes” means taxes, levies, duties, assessments, reassessments or other charges of any kind whatever imposed by governmental authorities including federal or provincial tax authorities, including any interest or penalty or other addition to or on any of the foregoing, whether disputed or not.
“Term” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.1.
“Toast Account” means Merchant’s account with Toast.
“Toast Platform” means Toast’s proprietary online and offline Software either installed on Hardware, or made available for download by Merchant online, that enables Employees and Customers to interface with, access and use the Services. The “Marketplace Platform” as defined in the Payment Provider Agreement is a component of the Toast Platform.
“Toast Apps” means, collectively, mobile applications made available by Toast as part of the Toast` Services, for download by Merchants, Employees or Customers, as applicable, that enable Merchants, Employees and Customers to interact with, access and use the Services.
“Toast Payment Terminals” means a payment terminal device sold or provided by Toast to the Merchant, which is approved for use with the Payment Provider Services, but does not qualify as a Payment Provider Terminal as defined under this Agreement.
“Toast Master Agreement” means a master services agreement that Toast may enter into with select merchants that contains certain terms, conditions, and/or fees or other arrangements agreed upon by such merchant and Toast.
ANNEX A
Payment Provider Services
1. Payment Provider Relationship. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that:
a. by executing an Order Form and/or Master Services Agreement with Toast, Merchant confirms its order for the Payment Provider Services;
b. Merchant is entering into a separate binding Payment Provider Agreement solely with the Payment Provider, and the Payment Provider, not Toast, is solely responsible for the provision of the Payment Provider Services and the content thereof;
c. Payment Provider Services may only be used for business purposes in Canada;
d. Toast is not considered by the parties to be a payment processor, this Agreement does not contemplate the provision of payment processing by Toast, and Payment Provider shall be the sole provider of payment processing services to Merchant (as among Merchant, Toast and Payment Provider) as part of the Payment Provider Services under the Payment Provider Agreement. The parties intend that Toast will act as technological service provider supporting the provision by Payment Provider of the Payment Provider Services, without entering at any time into possession of the funds to be transferred, and accordingly, that Toast is not required to be registered as a money services business under the PCMLTA or the Money Services Business Act (Québec);
b. Toast is the “Marketplace” and the provider of the “Marketplace Platform” as those terms are used in the Payment Provider Agreement
c. Merchant designates Toast as an authorised representative of Merchant towards Payment Provider with respect to the use by Merchant of the Payment Provider Services. As such, Toast is authorised by Merchant to access and use the data of Merchant processed on the Payment Provider Platform. Merchant agrees that any notices, requests, requirements, demands, instructions, directions and any other communication from Payment Provider transmitted by Payment Provider to Merchant through the Toast Platform shall be deemed received by Merchant. Merchant hereby authorizes Toast to access any such communication or Payment data to provide support to Merchant at the level of individual Payments and to technically manage user settings of the Merchant with respect to the Payment Provider Services on Merchant’s behalf;
d. All activities performed by Toast with respect to Merchant on the Payment Provider Platform will be deemed to be performed by Toast as authorised representative of Merchant including, for example, any settings of Merchant configured by Toast on the Payment Provider Platform. Toast may treat any instruction Merchant provides to Toast to do or refrain from doing any activity as authorization to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to do or refrain from doing such activity, and any instruction relating to Merchant transmitted by Toast to Payment Provider contemplated hereunder shall be deemed to be authorized by Merchant and transmitted on Merchant’s behalf. All instructions or other communications contemplated by this Agreement or the Payment Provider Agreement that may or are required to be provided by Merchant to Toast or Payment Provider shall be provided through the Toast Platform, except to the extent expressly agreed otherwise by Toast or Payment Provider, as applicable;
e. Merchant has taken notice of and accepts the terms and restrictions of each document referenced in the definition of Payment Provider Agreement and has reviewed each such document, including (i) the general terms and conditions for the Payment Provider Services available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/terms-and-conditions-adyen-for-platforms-2022 and (ii) the Payment Provider Prohibited and Restricted Services and Products available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/list-restricted-prohibited. Payment Provider may at any time request that Merchant re-confirms its acceptance of the terms of the Payment Provider Agreement (as defined herein) by means of a written document signed by an authorised representative of the Merchant or via any other online means including but not limited to via the Payment Provider Platform. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms referenced in the definition of the Payment Provider Agreement herein and the terms presented by the Payment Provider directly to the Merchant, the terms presented by the Payment Provider shall control with respect to the Payment Provider Services.f. Merchant’s use of the Payment Provider Services is subject to approval by Payment Provider in its sole discretion and Merchant’s application to use the Payment Provider Services may be rejected as the result of the review of the application;
g. Merchant will not use the Payment Provider Services for the sale of any product or service that: (i) violates any Applicable Law and Rules; or (ii) appears in the Payment Provider Prohibited and Restricted Services and Products available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/list-restricted-prohibited (except if for products or services in the “restricted” category an express waiver is agreed by Payment Provider);
h. Merchant acknowledges and accepts that Toast does not control or assume any responsibility for the content, language, or compliance of the Payment Provider’s general terms and conditions for the Payment Provider Services with the requirements of the Quebec Charter of the French Language and applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, if Toast makes available to Merchant any French-language version of the Payment Provider Agreement (including by attaching such documents to an Order Form, including where no link is available and Toast attaches a PDF provided by the Payment Provider), such French-language version is provided on an “as is” basis, exactly as made available to Toast by the Payment Provider without modification. For clarity, the language applicable to, and governing, the Payment Provider Agreement (including any translations) shall be as set out in section 16.2 of the Payment Provider Agreement (or any successor or replacement provision) or as otherwise presented by the Payment Provider to Merchant from time to time.
2. Exclusivity and Merchant Authorization. Merchant acknowledges that as a condition of this Agreement, Merchant agrees to utilize Toast in its capacity as the “Marketplace” under the Payment Provider Agreement as its exclusive provider of access to payment processing services. Merchant hereby authorizes Toast to act as Merchant`s authorized representative for the purpose of (i) instructing Payment Provider to hold, receive and disburse funds on Merchant’s behalf; (ii) accessing the Merchant Bank Account to effectuate payment to Toast of any applicable Fees, Card Related Fees, other amounts pursuant to Annex A and any other amounts as agreed in any Order Form; and (iii) directing the Payment Provider to withhold from Settlements payment(s) to Toast, or a third party, to the extent expressly directed by Merchant, of any other amounts contracted for between Merchant and Toast or Merchant and such other third party, including, by way of example, in connection with a Hardware lease program or a loan through a lending program for which Toast or its affiliate may be a servicer (if Toast were to offer access to such a program). Merchant’s authorization permits Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to generate a tangible draft or an electronic funds transfer to process each Payment transaction that Merchant authorizes. Merchant’s authorization herein will remain in full force and effect during the Term.
3. Settlement Timing. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that Payment Provider will settle available Settlements to the Merchant Bank Account on the basis of either (i) payment triggers instructed by Merchant based on such triggers as Toast may make available or (ii) a preferred fixed regime (daily, weekly, monthly) instructed by Merchant based on such regimes as Toast may make available. It is Merchant’s responsibility to initiate Settlement of its payments in a timely manner through the Payment Provider Services accessed through the Services. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that the Payment Provider is responsible for Settlement. Merchant’s failure to initiate Settlement of its payments in a timely manner may result in higher processing rates charged by the Payment Networks and Toast reserves the right to recoup such charges from Merchant, including by offsetting such amounts against Settlements. Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider to submit transactions to and receive Settlements from one or more Payment Networks, on Merchant’s behalf. Merchant shall ensure any information it has provided, including information regarding its Merchant Bank Account, is up to date at all times, shall notify Toast immediately of any changes thereto and authorizes and instructs Toast to share any such changes with Payment Provider. Notwithstanding the above, Settlement of funds for processed Payments may be delayed or withheld by the Payment Provider or Toast, in their reasonable discretion.
4. Aged Settlements. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that any Settlement funds to which Merchant is entitled must be paid out to the Merchant Bank Account within thirty (30) days. If Merchant fails to instruct Toast to instruct Payment Provider to pay out such funds within thirty (30) days and does not give proper justification satisfactory to Toast and Payment Provider for this (which could be justified because Merchant did not yet provide the goods or services sold to the Customer), Payment Provider is authorized to push, and Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on its behalf to push, settlement of such aged funds to the Merchant Bank Account.
5. Use and return of payment terminals. Toast acquires payment terminals from Payment Provider for further sale to Merchants (“Payment Provider Terminals” as defined in the Agreement). The Payment Provider Terminals can be purchased by Merchant only through Toast. Merchant agrees that Merchant shall be solely responsible for operating and using the Payment Provider Terminals in compliance with Section 5 (General Responsibilities of Merchant) of the Payment Provider Terminal Terms of Service available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/payment-device-terms-of-service . Upon termination of this Agreement or the applicable Order Form, and/or in case the Payment Provider Terminals will permanently no longer be used by Merchant, Merchant shall, as soon as reasonably possible, return all Payment Provider Terminals in its possession to Payment Provider or, at Toast’s direction, to Toast, for proper disposal.
Toast may, at its discretion, offer Toast Payment Terminals to Merchant for purchase or use. A Toast Payment Terminal refers to a payment terminal device sold or provided by Toast to Merchant, which is approved for use with the Payment Provider Services but does not qualify as a Payment Provider Terminal as defined in this Agreement. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that its operation and use of any Toast Payment Terminal must (i) comply with Toast’s then-current use, operation, security, and end-of-life/return requirements as communicated by Toast from time to time (including by posting within the Services, on Toast’s website, or by direct notice), which requirements are hereby incorporated by reference and may include, without limitation, device return for secure wiping and proper disposal; (ii) comply with applicable PCI-DSS security requirements imposed by the Card Schemes in handling and using Toast Payment Terminals and, upon Toast’s (and/or the Payment Provider) request, complete any Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs) prescribed by the Scheme Owners under applicable PCI-DSS regulations to confirm such compliance; and (iii) follow the Scheme Rules in operating the Toast Payment Terminals to submit POS Transactions.
The parties acknowledge and agree that, irrespective of the type of payment terminal purchased or used by Merchant (including, without limitation, any Payment Provider Terminals and any Toast Payment Terminals), all Payment Provider Services made available to Merchant under the Payment Provider Agreement continue to be provided by the Payment Provider, and Toast’s and Merchant’s respective rights, obligations, and liabilities relating to payment processing remain unchanged and are governed by this Annex A. For clarity, the introduction or use of Toast Payment Terminals does not modify, expand, or diminish any provision this Annex A.
For clarity, both the Payment Provider Terminals and Toast Payment Terminals are subject to the Limited Warranty and Return Policy set out in Section 9.3 (as applicable to Hardware ) available at https://pos.toasttab.com/limited-warranty,
Toast may, in its sole discretion, determine which types of payment terminals to make available for purchase by Merchant from time to time (including Payment Provider Terminals and/or Toast Payment Terminals) and may discontinue offering Payment Provider Terminals, in which case only Toast Payment Terminals will be available for purchase.
6. Adjustments. If Merchant has not provided goods or services consistent with the Merchant Agreement and the Payment Provider Agreement with respect to a particular Transaction(s), Merchant authorizes Toast to, or to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to: (i) withhold Settlement and/or pay a Refund to any Customer from the Merchant Bank Account, (ii) adjust the Settlement due for any period to compensate Toast for any Chargebacks, calculation errors, Merchant employee fraudulent use, and any Refunds paid to Customers, whether or not related to the period on which such adjustment is made, or to offset against such Settlement any other claim Toast may have arising hereunder, as more fully set forth in Section 9 of this Annex A.
7. Investigations. Notwithstanding Section 9 of this Annex A, if Toast needs to conduct an investigation or resolve any pending dispute related to the Merchant Bank Account, Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to defer payout or restrict access to Merchant’s funds for the entire time it takes for Toast to complete its investigation or resolve the dispute. Merchant also authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on the Merchant’s behalf to defer payout or restrict access to Merchant funds as required by Applicable Law and Rules or court order, or if otherwise requested by law enforcement or government entity. Additionally, Merchant will assist Toast when requested, at Merchant’s expense, to investigate any of Merchant’s Payments processed through the Payment Provider Services. To that end, and in accordance with Section 10 below, Merchant permits Toast to share and authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to share information about a Chargeback with Customer, Payment Provider, Customer’s financial institution and Merchant’s financial institution in order to investigate and/or mediate a Chargeback. Toast will request necessary information from Merchant to contest the Chargeback, and Merchant agrees to provide such information as promptly as possible and in accordance with any timing specified by Toast or as required under Applicable Law and Rules. If a Chargeback dispute is not resolved in Merchant’s favour by the Payment Network or issuing bank or Merchant chooses not to contest the Chargeback, Toast may instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to recover the Chargeback amount and any associated fees as described in the Agreement. Merchant acknowledges that its failure to assist Toast in a timely manner when investigating a Payment, including providing necessary documentation within the time period specified in Toast’s request, may result in an irreversible Chargeback. Toast will charge a fee for mediating and/or investigating Chargeback disputes (as set out in the Order Form or otherwise agreed in advance with the Merchant), in addition to any other Chargeback fee(s) set forth in an Order Form, if applicable. Additionally, Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf not to authorize or settle any Payment that Merchant submits to Payment Provider if Toast reasonably believes that the Payment is in violation of any agreement between Toast or Payment Provider, on the one hand, and Merchant on the other, or exposes Merchant, other Toast users, Payment Provider or Toast to harm. Harm includes without limitation fraud, a violation of individual or proprietary rights and other criminal acts. If Toast reasonably suspects that Merchant’s Toast Account or Merchant Bank Account has been used for an unauthorized, illegal, or criminal purpose, Merchant gives Toast express authorization to share, or to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to share, information about Merchant, Merchant’s Toast Account and Merchant Bank Account, and any of Merchant’s transactions with law enforcement or regulatory authorities.
8. Merchant Bank Account Activity. Except as required by Applicable Law and Rules, Merchant is solely responsible for (a) compiling and retaining permanent records of all transactions and other data associated with the Merchant Bank Account and Merchant’s use of the Services or the Payment Services, and (b) reconciling all transactional information that is associated with Merchant Bank Account. If Merchant believes that there is an error or unauthorized transaction activity associated with the Merchant Bank Account, Merchant will contact Toast immediately.
9. Merchant Reserves. At any time and from time to time, Merchant authorizes Toast to, or to instruct Payment Provider on its behalf to: (i) temporarily suspend or delay payments to Merchant in accordance with the Merchant Agreement, (ii) designate an amount of Merchant funds that Toast or Payment Provider must maintain in order to protect against anticipated risks as described herein, and/or (iii) require that Merchant maintain a certain amount of funds in its Merchant Bank Account to secure the performance of its obligations under the Merchant Agreement. Toast, in its sole reasonable discretion, may require a Reserve for any reason, in order to protect Toast from potential losses or other risk associated with Chargebacks (or anticipated Chargebacks), excessive Refunds, liens, garnishments, credit risk based on Merchant’s processing history, or other indications of performance problems related to Merchant’s acts or omissions. The Reserve will be in an amount as reasonably determined by Toast and/or Payment Provider. The Reserve may be raised, reduced, or removed at any time by Toast, in its reasonable discretion, based on Merchant’s payment history, a credit review, the amount of any arbitration award or court judgment against Merchant in Toast's favor, or otherwise as Toast and/or Payment Provider may determine or require. If Merchant does not have sufficient funds in its Merchant Bank Account, Merchant authorizes Toast to fund, or to instruct Payment Provider on the Merchant’s behalf to fund, the Reserve from the Merchant Bank Account or any funding source associated with Merchant’s Toast Accounts, including any funds (a) transferred by Merchant, (b) due to Merchant, or (c) available in the Merchant Bank Account, or other payment instrument registered with Toast or Payment Provider. Merchant grants Toast a security interest in and lien on any and all funds held in any Reserve, and also authorizes Toast to, or to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to, make any withdrawals or debits from the Reserve, the Merchant Bank Account, or any bank account linked to any of Merchant’s Toast Accounts, without prior notice to Merchant, to collect amounts that Merchant owes Toast, and such authorization survives termination of this Agreement for so long as such amounts remain due and owing. Merchant will execute any additional documentation required for Toast to perfect its security interest in any funds in the Reserve. This security interest survives termination of this Agreement for as long as Toast or Payment Provider holds funds in the Reserve. Any Reserve will be held by Toast or Payment Provider for such period of time as is consistent with Toast’s liability for the potential risks described above, in accordance with Applicable Law and Rules. Toast or Payment Provider may (but are not required to) apply funds in the Reserve toward the satisfaction of any amounts which are or may become due from Merchant pursuant to this Merchant Agreement. Funds in the Reserve will not bear interest and may be commingled with other funds. Upon (i) satisfaction of all of Merchant’s obligations under this Merchant Agreement; and (ii) Merchant’s execution of documents reasonably requested by Toast and/or Payment Provider in connection with the return of any Reserve funds, Toast and/or Payment Provider will pay to Merchant any funds then remaining in the Reserve. Upon notice of termination of this Merchant Agreement, Toast and/or its Payment Provider may estimate the aggregate dollar amount of anticipated Chargebacks, Refunds, fines, fees, penalties, or other risks and the like that Toast and/or Payment Provider reasonably anticipates subsequent to termination, and Merchant agrees to immediately deposit such amount in its Merchant Bank Account, or Toast may withhold, or may instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to withhold, such amount from Settlement funds in order to establish a Reserve pursuant to and governed by the terms and conditions of this Merchant Agreement.
10. Chargebacks. Merchant will not incur excessive Chargebacks. If Toast determines that Merchant is incurring excessive Chargebacks, Toast may, and Merchant authorizes Toast to, establish controls or conditions governing Merchant’s Toast Account, or to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to establish such controls or conditions governing Merchant’s Payment Provider Account, including without limitation, by (a) establishing new processing fees, (b) creating or instructing Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to create a Reserve in accordance with Section 9 of this Annex A, (c) instructing Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to delay Settlement payouts, and/or (d) terminating this Agreement and/or any associated Order Form(s) or Toast Master Agreement(s), as applicable. Notwithstanding Section 9 of this Annex A, for any Payment that results in a Chargeback, Toast may instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to withhold the Chargeback amount and any associated fees. Toast may deduct, and Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to deduct, the amount of any Chargeback and any associated Fees, Card Related Fees, fines, or penalties listed in each Order or assessed by a third party, from either Merchant’s Payment Provider Account or the Merchant Bank Account (including without limitation any Reserve), or any proceeds or amounts due to Merchant. If Merchant has pending Chargebacks, Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to delay payouts to the Merchant Bank Account. Further, if Toast reasonably believes that a Chargeback is likely with respect to any disputed Payment, Merchant authorizes Toast to instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to withhold the amount of the potential Chargeback from Settlements or other payments otherwise due to Merchant under the Agreement until such time that: (a) a Chargeback is assessed, in which case Toast may instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to retain the funds; (b) the period of time under Applicable Law and Rules by which Customer may dispute the Payment has expired; or (c) Toast determines that a Chargeback on the transaction will not occur, in which case Toast will promptly instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to release the withheld funds back to Merchant. If Toast is unable to recover funds related to a Chargeback for which Merchant is liable, Toast may instruct Payment Provider on Merchant’s behalf to deduct the full amount of the applicable Chargeback from the Merchant Bank Account in accordance with the Agreement or, if Toast is unable to do so, Merchant shall pay Toast promptly upon demand. Merchant will pay all costs and expenses, including without limitation attorneys' fees, other legal expenses, and handling fees incurred by or on behalf of Toast in connection with the collection of all Chargebacks and Toast Account or Merchant’s Payment Provider Account deficit balances that are unpaid by Merchant. The terms and conditions of this Section 10 will survive termination of this Agreement.
11. Dormant Account. If Merchant does not process Payments for an extended period of time, Merchant may have a balance in the Merchant’s Bank Account that is deemed “unclaimed” or “abandoned” under Applicable Law and Rules in certain Canadian provinces. If this occurs, Payment Provider or Toast on the Payment Provider’s behalf will provide Merchant with notice as required by Applicable Law and Rules and instructions for how to transfer the balance. If funds still remain in Merchant’s Bank Account, the Payment Provider will transfer such funds to the applicable provincial government as required by Applicable Law and Rules or, as permitted, to the Payment Provider.
12. Discounts. Merchants may provide discounts to Customers for different methods of payment (e.g. cash, Card). Merchants are also allowed (but are not required to) provide different discounts for each type of Card from a Payment Network.
13. Merchant Statements. The Merchant statement provided to Merchant by Toast must include the following information: (a) effective discount rate for each type of Card from a Payment Network; (b) interchange rates and, if applicable, all other rates charged to the Merchant by the Payment Provider; (c) the number and volume of transactions for each type of payment transaction; (d) the total amount of Card Related Fees applicable to each rate; and (e) details of each Card Related Fee and the Payment Network to which they relate. In the case that there is a change to the Card Related Fees as discussed under Sections 6.3 and 6.4 of the Agreement, the subsequent Merchant statement will clearly identify the change.
14. Compliance. The Payment Networks require that Merchant and Toast comply with all Applicable Law and Rules. Applicable Law and Rules may prohibit or impose additional conditions or restrictions on Merchant, including without limitation assessing a surcharge for the use of a Card in connection with any transaction. Further, Toast may prohibit or otherwise restrict Merchant's ability to use the Services in connection with the sale of certain products or services, or certain transaction types, that Toast, or its payment provider, in its respective discretion deem to pose undue risk to Toast or its payment provider, as applicable. Without limitation of the foregoing, a list of certain prohibited or restricted transactions may be found at the Payment Provider Prohibited and Restricted Services and Products available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/list-restricted-prohibited.
15. Errors. Toast will employ commercially reasonable efforts to rectify, or to cooperate with Payment Provider to rectify, payment processing errors that Merchant processes incorrectly if and when Merchant notifies Toast of such an error. Merchant’s failure to notify Toast of a payment processing error within thirty (30) days of when it first appears on Merchant’s electronic transaction history will be deemed a waiver of any right to amounts owed to Merchant for such error.
16. Offline Payments. Merchant acknowledges that in case of connectivity issues to a Payment Network or the issuer of a Card, it may choose to accept Payments offline as described in Section 6.5 (Offline Payments) of the Payment Provider` Payment Device Terms of Service available at https://www.adyen.com/legal/payment-device-terms-of-service. If Merchant chooses to accept Payments offline, Merchant accepts any and all risks, responsibilities and liabilities as described in these Payment Provider` Payment Device Terms of Service.
ANNEX B
CERTAIN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC-SPECIFIC TERMS
For any Merchant located in Quebec and generally using the Services in Quebec, the Merchant Agreement is modified to the extent, and as specified in this section. For clarity, this Annex B applies only to Toast` Merchant Agreement.
- Add the following at the end of the preamble: “THE PREAMBLE HEREOF IS TRUE AND CORRECT AND FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, AS IF HEREIN SET FORTH AT LENGTH.”
- With respect to Section 6.2 an additional section is inserted as follows:
Functionalities regarding Taxes. Toast` Services offers functionalities that may relate to activities prescribed or regulated by applicable federal and provincial laws and regulations, such as the application of taxes to transactions with Merchant` Customers (“Regulated Activities”). Merchant is solely responsible for its engagement in any Regulated Activities and its compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Toast disclaims any representation or warranty that Merchant use of the Toast` Services will enable or ensure Merchant compliance with applicable laws and regulations or meet Merchant requirements in respect of any Regulated Activity. Merchant understands that Merchant may need to obtain independent legal advice about its obligations under applicable laws and regulations and that Toast cannot provide Merchant with such legal advice.
Without limiting the foregoing, Merchant expressly assume all responsibility for the following:
Application of sales and other Taxes; recording and reporting technology. The Merchant is liable and responsible to ensure applicable federal or provincial taxes, including Sales Tax are correctly charged by Merchant to its Customers and remitted and reported as required by applicable law. Merchant must determine whether and what Sales Taxes to apply to sales of Merchant` products and services, and is responsible for obtaining and maintaining applicable tax registrations with the appropriate government taxing authority. Without limiting the foregoing, Merchant is responsible for determining, collecting, remitting and reporting as required any applicable import or export taxes, customs or duties in connection with Merchant sale, rental or shipment of its products or services. Merchant is responsible to ensure that applicable invoices or receipts meet the necessary documentary requirements established by the applicable law. In the event that Merchant incur any tax liability in respect of Taxes in connection with the products or services sold to its Customers, Merchant will indemnify Toast and its affiliates for all taxes, interest and penalties which may be assessed by any taxing authority that arise from the sale of Merchant` products and services.|
Toast is not engaged in rendering tax, accounting, legal or other professional advice or service. If accounting advice or other expert advice is required, the service of a competent professional should be sought. It is the Merchant responsibility to keep informed of accounting and tax changes that may affect Merchant and to ensure that Merchant follows these changes. In addition, certain tax authorities may require Merchant to report sales, taxation, tip and other transaction-related information to Merchant using devices or solutions certified by such tax authorities. Merchant is responsible for ensuring that the devices and solutions that Mercchan use in connection with such reporting meet all applicable requirements and certifications.
Toast` Services may assist Merchant by presenting suggested tax amounts based on information Merchant enters into the Toast`s Services. These suggestions are subject to and limited by the paragraphs above. Merchant acknowledges and agrees that Toast does not guarantee the accuracy of this information for Merchant purposes and that Merchant remains responsible for determining any and all applicable Taxes and other amounts. Merchant should review any information suggested by the Toast` Services to determine if it accords with Merchant requirements. - With respect to Section 9 at Annex A (Merchant Reserves) replace the words “a security interest in and lien” with “hypothec”.
- Section 10.1 (Limitation of Liability) replace the words “FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES” with “FOR ANY LOSS PROFITS OR REVENUE”.
- Replace “gross negligence or willful misconduct” with “gross or intentional fault” at sections 11.1 (Toast Indemnification) and 11.2 (Merchant Indemnification).
- Section 14 (Arbitration) is amended as follows:
- The words “right to a trial by jury” at section 14.1 are deleted;
- Words “Toronto, Ontario” are replaced with “Montreal, Quebec” (at section 14.1) as the forum and seat of arbitration;
- Replace “ sixty (60) calendar days” with “thirty (30) calendar days” at section 14.3.1; and
- Replace “filing” with “publication” at section 14.5.
- Section 17 (Governing law) is amended as follows:
- References to “Ontario” and “Toronto” are replaced with “Quebec” and “Montreal, Quebec”.
- Language. A new section 17.9 is added as follows:
17.9. Language. The language selected on the Order Form governs this Agreement and all documents related to this Agreement that the parties exchange.
If the Merchant selects English on the Order Form, the parties acknowledge that a French version of this Agreement was provided to the Merchant prior to signature. It is the parties’ express wish to be bound only by the English version, and that all documents, notices and communications relating to this Agreement be drawn up in English. Les parties reconnaissent que, si le Commerçant choisit l’anglais dans le Bon de commande, une version française de la présente Convention a été remise au Commerçant avant la signature. Il est de la volonté expresse des parties d’être liées par la version anglaise, et que tous les documents, avis et communications se rattachant à la présente Convention soient rédigés en anglais.
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