Last Updated: April 12, 2024
Effective as of:
April 15, 2024

SERVICE TERMS – SHOPIFY MARKETS PRO

These Service Terms – Shopify Markets Pro (these “Service Terms”) constitute a legal agreement between Global-e and Merchant. As used in these Service Terms, “we”, “us”, “our” or “Global-e” means the contracting party of the Global-e group (as defined in Section 12 hereof) providing the Markets Pro Services as defined herein. “you”, “your” “Merchant” or “Shopify User” means the individual (if the business is a sole proprietorship) or the business (if signing up on behalf of a legal entity) that has applied and qualified for participation in the Markets Pro Services. “Shopify” means Shopify Inc. or the applicable Shopify contracting party (as defined in the Shopify Terms of Service available here). Each of Global-e and Merchant may be referred to as a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties” for the purpose of these Service Terms.

By applying for Markets Pro Services, or by otherwise activating or using Markets Pro Services in any way, you are agreeing to be bound by these Service Terms.

Additionally, you agree to be bound by all other terms and conditions contained or otherwise referenced in these Service Terms. You also agree that you are subject to and will comply with any terms and conditions that govern the use of any services offered by Shopify through which Markets Pro Services are made available.

By accepting these Service Terms, you are also accepting and agreeing to be bound by Global-e’s Acceptable Use Policy, Global-e Data Processing Addendum and Privacy Policy. In addition, you must carefully review the Terms of Sale governing the sale to the Shopper (as defined below).

We reserve the right to update and change these Service Terms from time to time by posting updates and changes here. You are advised to regularly check these Service Terms for any updates or changes that may impact you. If you do not accept such changes, you must cease using the Markets Pro Services.

1.     SERVICES; ONBOARDING

1.1.      The Markets Pro offering and services performed pursuant to these Service Terms as fully set out herein (the “Markets Pro Services” or “Services”) will be enabled after you complete the activation process for Markets Pro on Shopify’s commerce platform that is accessible by you through your Shopify Admin (the “Shopify Platform”). You must follow and complete all steps stated therein. As part of the Markets Pro Services, we will provide merchant of record and exporter of record services, including the required know-how and merchant support services.

1.2.      The Global-e contracting party (as defined in Section 12), acting as the merchant of record, will sell products that are made available for cross-border sale on your online store hosted by Shopify (“Products” and "Store" respectively) directly to individual customers (each, a “Shopper and collectively, the “Shoppers”) who have initiated a transaction in respect of Products on your Store and who desire to have the purchased Products delivered to a designated address located outside of the United States (“Destination(s)”). Upon completing the activation process for Markets Pro Services, all Destinations supported by Markets Pro Services will be enabled on your Store. If you would like to use Markets Pro Services in only select Destinations, you will need to manually change the Destinations operated by the Markets Pro Services through the Shopify Platform. The Shopper will be the “importer of record” of the purchased Products and we will cause the required documents to properly reflect that.

1.3.      KYC. You hereby agree and authorize us, that at any time while these Service Terms are in effect, we may conduct anti-money laundering (“AML”) and/or “know your customer” (“KYC”) validation processes to confirm your identity, to evaluate your business, to obtain financial information, credit information and your Personal Data (including from third parties) relating to you, your directors, officers and principals, or take any other action required in order to satisfy applicable AML or KYC compliance requirements or other compliance and legal obligations (the “KYC Process”). You authorize Shopify, to the extent within its possession, to share information required by Global-e or any third party to perform the KYC Process as set forth in this Section 1.3. This includes, but is not limited to, your name, your business or trade name, state in which you are incorporated, tax identification number, business address, your beneficial owner’s ID or passport number and date of birth, storefront URL, settlement currency, product catalog, expected transactional volume, average fulfillment period, warehouse location, bank name and address and bank account information. You must cooperate with the KYC Process and provide us or Shopify with documents required from time to time. We reserve the right to terminate these Service Terms with immediate effect at any time before the KYC Process is completed or not completed satisfactorily, and the right to refuse or rescind any Markets Pro Services without any fault on our end if such KYC Process is not completed satisfactorily or if you fail to cooperate with our reasonable KYC requests from time to time. We also reserve the right to retain any funds and not disburse or pay any such funds if this KYC Process is not completed satisfactorily.

2.     SETUP AND ACTIVATION; CONFIGURATIONS

2.1.      Markets Pro Application; API. You must activate and make such configurations required through the Shopify Platform before Markets Pro Services can be accessed and used. Neither Shopify nor Global-e will be obligated to render or perform any Markets Pro Services if Merchant fails to properly activate and enable Markets Pro on the Shopify Platform. You commit to having and making available the necessary resources required to achieve the above objectives in a timely manner. You will be solely responsible (at your own cost and labor) for the performance and the availability of your Store, as well as continually reviewing and updating all Store settings required to enable Markets Pro Services, including the appropriate configurations and settings of the Store and any systems and telecommunications facilities necessary to enable you to operate your Store and receive Markets Pro Services.  In certain cases we may provide you with an API to our approved 3rd party logistics providers (the “Supported External Fulfillment API”), allowing you to perform certain functions described in these Service Terms automatically through the Supported External Fulfillment API.

2.2.      Business Rules and Shipping Policies. Before using Markets Pro Services, you are responsible for configuring, reviewing and signing off on the Business Rules and the Shipping Policies. “Business Rules” refers to per-Destination settings, configurations, rules and other proposition selections made through the Shopify Platform to determine the manner by which products will be priced and sold to a Destination. “Shipping Policies” refer to the selection of shipping services through the Shopify Platform, including the applicable shipping Rate Card available for your merchant offering and the rates and fees charged to your Shoppers on checkout. Neither Global-e nor Shopify will be responsible or liable if you fail to follow the requirements of this section or for any misconfiguration of the Business Rules or the Shipping Policies. You are responsible for reviewing and making any necessary updates to your Business Rules and Shipping Policies.

2.3.      Product Pricing. You will be required and responsible for setting and configuring the Products sale price (in USD or in the currency of the Shopper) through the Shopify Platform in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Shopify Platform, including any pricing rules applicable to the base price of a Product. The price of Products displayed on the Store and paid by the Shopper will be rendered based on the rules and requirements set forth on the Shopify Platform, including the applicable FX rate (including spot rate and conversion fee) which will be automatically included in the Product price if using dynamic exchange rate conversions) (the “Product Sale Price”).

2.4.      Shopper Shipping Charges. Using the Shopify Platform, you will be required to set the Shipping Policies including the shipping fees which will be charged to each Shopper on checkout. As between you, Shopify and Global-e, you will be solely responsible and liable for any and all shipping charges, costs, fees or surcharges associated with the delivery (including customs clearance) of a Customer Order, and any difference between such amounts and the amount configured to be charged to the Shopper pursuant to the Shipping Policies will constitute a Permitted Deduction and billed to you as part of the reconciliation process. Markets Pro will handle the operational management and contracting of any carrier engaged to provide shipping, delivery and customs clearance services for Markets Pro Services (each, a “Contracted Carrier”). The availability of and the services provided by each Contracted Carrier for Markets Pro Services may vary, and are subject to periodic changes and updates. We will reconcile with these Contracted Carriers any fees and charges related to the contracted services. Specifically, you agree to the terms of service of DHL eCS as a Contracted Carrier which are available here.

2.5.      Each Payout File will provide the relevant details of the eligible consignments shipped, including any differences in shipping charges related to the actual chargeable measurements (e.g. shipping dimension and weight) based on the then-applicable Rate Card. In the event of a difference (e.g. shortfall or excess) between (A) the Weights used by the system based on your inputs on the Shopify Platform to determine the estimated shipping cost of the consignments as stated in the order (the “Estimated Weights”), and (B) the Actual Chargeable Weights of the consignments based on the then-applicable Rate Card, such difference in amount between items (A) and (B) will be reconciled as follows: any amount owed to us (i.e. in the event that the Actual Chargeable Weights were greater than the Estimated Weights used) shall be deemed a Permitted Deduction and we may deduct such amount from the Merchant Payout Amount or invoice you for such difference. Any amount owed to you (i.e. in the event that the Estimated Weights were greater than the Actual Chargeable Weights) will be set-off by way of a credit note in the next reconciliation cycle as per Section ‎4. For purposes hereof, “Weights” shall mean the applicable volumetric (dimensional) or dead-weight, as applicable, and “Actual Chargeable Weights” shall be based on the most accurate weight reported by the Contracted Carrier at the time of the report (i.e. based on Contracted Carrier’s reported weights or invoiced weight, and in the absence of both, the Estimated Weight used by the system).

2.6.      For the avoidance of doubt, neither Global-e nor Shopify provides any guarantee in the accuracy of the shipping charges based on the Estimated Weights that are displayed to your Shoppers on checkout. You are responsible for ensuring that you enter accurate Weights of each Product on your Store on the Shopify Platform.

3.     ORDER CREATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORDER FULFILLMENT

3.1.      Order Processing. Your Store cart (“Cart”) will be processed for payment authorization through the Shopper’s selected payment method, fraud detection and prevention, and determining any applicable Taxes. Subject to successful processing, an order will be created on your Store (“Customer Order”). Global-e will be relying on the data received from the Shopify Platform with respect to the accuracy of the Cart content and the Customer Order and Product data contained therein. We will have the right to cancel any order for reasons including payment declined, fraud or other circumstances reasonably determined and assessed by Global-e.

3.2.      Taxes and Duties. Based on the Product, Customer Order and customer shipping information received at the time of checkout, we will estimate the taxes (such as import taxes, sales taxes, value added tax or similar taxes), customs duties or other charges or fees that may be imposed on the order (such fees, the “Taxes”), and apply such Taxes. When Customer Orders are delivered by a Contracted Carrier, we will guarantee the amount of Taxes to you and the Shopper and be responsible for paying such Taxes to the relevant authorities or brokers as long as Taxes were paid on checkout by the Shopper or already included in the Product Sale Price as a subsidy (the “Taxes Guarantee”).

3.3.      Order Fulfillment. You will be responsible for fulfilling the order, including picking and packaging the Products underlying each Customer Order, and generating all the required shipping and customs documents through the Shopify Platform or the Supported External Fulfillment API, as applicable. You may amend a Customer Order, as well as cancel it in full and authorize a refund. Order Editing will be possible until the order is partially or fully fulfilled or at first successful label purchase. Any partially fulfilled Customer Orders will only be included in payouts when a ‘dispatched’ tracking event is received from the carrier.

Customer Orders will be prepared for delivery to the Shopper by way of applying all necessary international shipment documents (e.g. shipping label, export documents and commercial/VAT invoice), as made available to you through the Shopify Platform or Supported External Fulfillment API, as applicable (such documents, “International Shipping Documents”). You may not use any documents other than the International Shipping Documents made available to you through the Shopify Platform or the Supported External Fulfillment API, unless such documents are separately approved by Global-e. You will process the Customer Orders at your facility or a third-party provider’s facility that has been approved by Global-e, which will include the International Shipping Documents being produced by your personnel, updating the status of the processed Customer Order and making the processed Customer Order available for dispatch and pickup for delivery straight to the Shopper. Customer Orders fulfilled in multiple parcels may incur additional shipping charges.

3.4.      Shipping and Delivery; Rates. No carrier other than Contracted Carriers may be used for shipping and delivery of fulfilled Customer Orders through Markets Pro Services. Global-e will manage the shipping and delivery performed by Contracted Carriers, including but not limited to managing lost or damaged Product disputes and customs clearance in supported Destinations, and will offer the Taxes Guarantee pursuant to Section ‎3.2. Shipping and delivery costs, including all charges and fees of Contracted Carriers, are stated in the assigned rate card available for Markets Pro Services on the Shopify Platform (“Rate Card”). The Rate Card will be assigned based on your actual shipping volumes; provided that, the initial Rate Card will be assigned based on your last twelve (12) months of shipping data from your activation date of Markets Pro Services (such date, the “Activation Date”), and such Rate Card as well as any additional shipping or accessorial fees and surcharges may be updated from time to time, and we will exert reasonable efforts to notify you in writing in advance of such changes taking effect. The initial Rate Card will be re-assessed the quarter following the Activation Date, and thereafter every 12 months, using your actual shipping data, and a new Rate Card may be assigned to you from time to time, in which such newly-assigned Rate Card will apply from that point onwards. We reserve the right to true-up any amounts if you should have been assigned a lower tier Rate Card and billed for the difference of any shipping costs, fees and charges under that lower tier Rate Card. We may waive or delay, at our sole discretion, our right to true-up any such amounts. If a carrier which is not a Contracted Carrier is used, certain features of Markets Pro Services will be unavailable, including the Taxes Guarantee and claims for Products lost-in-transit.

3.5.      Title. As principal, you grant Global-e the legal right to act as the seller and merchant of record, and as the exporter of record. Once you have completed fulfilling and processing a Customer Order, flash title to the Products will transfer to Global-e allowing Global-e to complete the transaction with the Shopper, acting in Global-e’s name but for your account. You will be deemed to have sold the Product to Global-e prior to the export or subsequent sale to the Shopper, and simultaneously we will be deemed to have forthwith sold the Product to the Shopper.

3.6.      Lost in Transit. Subject to Section ‎3.4, any loss or damage to Products during transit to the Shopper using a Contracted Carrier will be our responsibility and liability, up to the loss coverage amount provided by such Contracted Carrier. We will manage the loss claim with the Contracted Carrier. The difference between the Contracted Carrier’s loss coverage amount and the amount required to be refunded and paid to the Shopper in respect of such loss will be a Permitted Deduction and reimbursed to Global-e as part of the reconciliation process outlined herein. Global-e will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage caused to Products while at your warehouse. Global-e will not be liable for any loss by an untracked shipment service (if you elect to use such level of service). “untracked” shall mean a shipment method that does not provide full shipment tracking information (i.e. information until the time of delivery).

3.7.      Undeliverable Packages. In the event that a Customer Order package cannot be delivered to a Shopper, you shall be responsible for any Undeliverable Fees incurred as a result of the Undeliverable Actions. “Undeliverable Actions” means those certain actions taken by a Contracted Carrier (as reasonably determined by Contracted Carrier in its discretion) to address an undeliverable Customer Order package, including but not limited to: (a) returning the undeliverable Customer Order package to its origin inventory address (“RTO”); (b) redirecting the undeliverable Customer Order package to an alternate address or destination; or (c) abandoning and destroying the undeliverable Customer Order package. “Undeliverable Fees” means any and all fees and expenses arising out or associated with the Undeliverable Actions. These Undeliverable Fees shall constitute a “Permitted Deduction” and shall be deducted from the applicable Merchant Payout Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where DHLeCommerce is the Contracted Carrier and DHLeCommerce deems a Customer Order package located outside of Canada to be undeliverable, such package will be automatically abandoned and destroyed.

3.8.      Cancellations. Shopper cancellations will be only in accordance with the terms and conditions under the applicable Terms of Sale. We may cancel any Customer Order in cases of technical issues unrelated to us, any Customer Order determined to be fraudulent or where payment was declined by the Shopper’s bank.

3.9.      Refunds. You will confirm, through the Shopify Platform, the eligibility of all or part of a Customer Order for refund and will authorize the amount eligible for refund, which will automatically trigger a conforming refund by Global-e through the same payment method and in the same currency used for such Customer Order. The refund amount you authorize, including any costs and charges for shipping, taxes, duties or other fees due to be refunded to Shopper or incurred in connection with such refund or return of items, will be regarded as a Permitted Deduction, unless such refund or any costs or charges are the direct result of our gross negligence or willful misconduct. For greater clarity, you will not receive a refund of any applicable fees outlined in Schedule 1 paid or owing to us in connection with an order being refunded, whether in full or in part.

3.10.   Chargebacks. Covered Chargebacks will be our responsibility and liability unless you have overridden our decision to reject an order. All other Chargebacks and associated costs, fees and charges imposed by the card issuer, payment provider or other authorized entity will be your cost, and we will bill and charge you such amounts as part of the reconciliation process as a Permitted Deduction. We are under no obligation to dispute or take any action with respect to non- Covered Chargebacks. “Covered Chargebacks” means a demand by a card scheme or payment method to reverse or refund a disputed or fraudulent transaction (such demand, “Chargeback”) other than those Chargebacks: (i) related to fraud scenarios (otherwise known as “friendly fraud”) where the perpetrator uses his or her own account and personally benefits or is complicit in the fraud (e.g., a Shopper disputes a charge, alleging it is not authorized, but such order is delivered to a verifiable address of cardholder); or (ii) directly resulting from your activity or inactivity (e.g. order is not fulfilled or partially fulfilled, refund is not processed or item received is different than as described on your Store). You agree that the relevant card scheme or payment method’s decision regarding the validity and value of such Covered Chargebacks will be final and binding and we will not be liable for decisions made by the card scheme or payment method.

4.     RECONCILIATION PROCESS; PAYOUTS

4.1.      Report; Invoicing. Your account statement and associated statement reports, presented in USD (“Payout Files”), will be posted on the Shopify Platform four times a month, on the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd of each calendar month (each, “Payout Day”). The Payout Files will include all fulfilled Customer Orders transactions for which ‘Dispatched’ status was triggered since the previous Payout Day (each transaction, a “Payout Eligible Transaction”). The Payout Files will also specify the applicable Product Sale Price and shipping information (including shipping and tax subsidies), refunds made to Shoppers during the reconciliation period and manual adjustments (such as service gestures). The Payout Files will serve as the agreed basis for billing and reconciliation of funds between the Parties. You undertake to promptly review the Payout Files and notify us in case you have any concerns or disputes no later than 21 days following the applicable Payout Day. If the Payout File results in a zero or negative balance due for payout (whether due to discounts, returns, refunds, non-Covered Chargebacks, shipping charges or when gift cards are used for payment), then no payout will occur, and any negative balance will be carried forward to the next positive Payout Day. Payouts will be issued once the balance becomes positive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Global-e reserves the right to charge you for any outstanding negative balances (regardless of whether such negative amounts are due to taxes, duties, shipping charges or otherwise and due to any other costs, fees and expenses associated with the Services) (such amounts, the “Negative Balance Amounts”), either by: (A) directly debiting your bank account (“Bank Account”) or charging your credit card (“Credit Card”) on file for such negative amounts; or (B) by offsetting such negative amounts against past or future payouts. You hereby authorize Global-e to periodically debit your Bank Account or charge your Credit Card on file for any Negative Balance Amounts owed to Global-e under these Service Terms or to credit or transfer funds to any of your accounts on file, until this authorization is revoked. You waive any prior notice requirements for Global-e to provide you with notice of a debit or charge for Negative Balance Amounts owed to Global-e or amounts used to credit or transfer funds to any of your accounts on file. Global-e may rely on this authorization to make one or more attempts to collect all or a subset of the Negative Balance Amounts owed. Your authorization under this section will remain in full force and effect until (a) you have terminated these Service Terms and the Markets Pro services hereunder or (b) all Negative Balance Amounts you owe under these Service Terms are paid, whichever occurs later. If applicable debit scheme authorization rules grant you the right to revoke your debit authorization, then to the extent permitted by law, you waive that right.

4.2.      Each account statement will reflect, in USD, the Merchant Payout Amount for all the Payout Eligible Transactions on each Payout Day, less Permitted Deductions (including deduction of Taxes subsidized by you), which we will pay you in accordance with these Service Terms. Shipping fees and charges will be based upon the applicable Rate Card, and billed to you (as part of the reconciliation process) in addition to any Permitted Deductions. The basis for calculating any applicable percentage-based fee as a Permitted Deduction amount will be the Total Order Value paid by the Shopper on checkout, such “Total Order Value” equals the total Product Sale Price of all items purchased by the Shopper in a Customer Order, plus any associated shipping charges and Taxes paid by the Shopper on checkout.

Merchant Payout Amount” means the total Product Sale Price paid by the Shopper for all Product items purchased and any manually adjusted amounts remitted to you by Global-e on behalf of Shopify.

Permitted Deductions” mean any costs or fees we incur as a result of rendering the Markets Pro Services with respect to an applicable Customer Order, including if such costs or fees result from your instructions or approvals (e.g. subsidies), including but not limited to those related to (i) any applicable fees referenced in Schedule 1 - Pricing attached hereto; (ii) all costs and expenses for the fulfillment of a Customer Order including Taxes and any charges relating to export, customs clearance, transport and delivery, in each case required to be paid as a result of shipping the Customer Order and any shortfalls between such amount and the amounts we were instructed to charge the Shopper, and any difference amounts pursuant to the true-up mechanism outlined in Section ‎2.4; (iii) non-Covered Chargebacks; (iv) other fees, amounts or credits relating to returns, refunds, re-shipments or processing un-deliverables to a Shopper; (v) actual costs incurred as a result of your election to override any value that modifies shipping prices, foreign exchange variances arising due to shipment of Products (and capture) after the rate lock 30-day period expires, (vi) any other charges made to cover your financial liabilities or negative balance (including negative balance caused by an insufficient or low Merchant Payout Amount relative to Permitted Deduction amount) owed to us during the term or post-termination of these Service Terms; and (vii) any other costs, fees and expenses included in these Service Terms or set by the Shopify Platform in connection with the Services.

4.3.      The net amount resulting from deducting the Permitted Deductions from the Merchant Payout Amount, plus any applicable Taxes, will be paid within three (3) business days following the date on which the Payout Files were posted.

4.4.      You acknowledge that Global-e is expressly appointed as either yours or Shopify’s agent, as applicable, to represent either you or Shopify and act on your or Shopify’s behalf, as applicable, with respect to the payment of any money due to either you or Shopify. We hereby confirm (and confirm that Shopify has acknowledged and agreed) that payment of money from you to Global-e for delivery to Shopify satisfies and discharges your payor obligations to Shopify with respect to money due hereunder, but for the avoidance of doubt, not with respect to any money otherwise owed for which you will remain liable to Shopify.

5.     MERCHANT UNDERTAKINGS

5.1.      You represent, warrant and undertake that: (i) you have installed, enabled or activated (and if needed, properly configured) all the relevant and required Shopify Platform applications in order to receive and use the Markets Pro Services; (ii) you or if you are an entity, then the person entering in to these Service Terms on your behalf, are duly authorized and have full legal capacity to enter into these Service Terms; (iii) no shareholder, board member, authorized signatory or senior management of Merchant is related to a public official or their immediate family members, and no shareholder, board member, authorized signatory or senior management of Merchant has ever been investigated for, convicted of, fined for, indicted for, or charged with a criminal offence or regulatory breach, including, without limitation, any related to bribery or corruption; (iv) you will supply Global-e with Products to which you have title or other full legal right appropriate for the performance of these Service Terms and which operate and perform in accordance with the respective Product specifications (including with respect to the origin of the products or materials, authenticity and genuineness), and include proper product labeling, tags, manuals, brochures or certifications, as needed for the product; (v) all intellectual property rights subsisting in or related to the Products are and will continue to be your or your licensors’ sole and exclusive property and you are not aware of any infringement in intellectual property rights subsisting in the Products; (vi) the sale of the Products to Shoppers in accordance with these Service Terms will not infringe any rights of any individual or entity worldwide; (vii) you will provide us only with data (by any means) or configuration applied by it (including, for example, the price list, Product catalogue, business rules configurations, etc.) that is accurate, complete and up-to-date and you will be solely and fully liable for any errors caused by the inaccuracy or incompleteness of such data; and (viii) you will not transmit data through the Markets Pro Services that you know or should know will corrupt or jeopardize our or the Shopify  Platform’s computer systems and/or data.

5.2.      You will be solely responsible for all Product warranties (including warranty of conformity and warranty for latent defects), and addressing any claims that Shoppers or any eligible third parties may have relating to the Product including, without limitation, any claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation, and/or any claims that the Product infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party (including for being fake, counterfeit or of an unlawful or illegal origin). You will be solely responsible for the packaging of any items included in the Customer Order.

5.3.      Each Party, or anyone acting on its behalf in connection with procuring, connecting, authorizing or otherwise operating the Markets Pro Services, has the full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this engagement under these Service Terms. These Service Terms are valid, binding and enforceable against each Party in accordance with its terms and no provision requiring a Party’s performance is in conflict with obligations under any constitutional document, charter or any other agreement (of whatever form or subject) to which each Party is a party or by which such Party is bound. Each Party is duly organized, authorized and in good standing under the laws of the country, region or state of its organization and is duly authorized to do business in all other states, regions or countries in which its business makes such authorization necessary or required. In addition, the person performing the onboarding, app installation or any other pre-service setup and thus consenting and signing up for the Markets Pro Services will be a person who is authorized to do so and will be the corresponding person in connection with the Markets Pro Services. You are liable and responsible for ensuring that the person’s name and information are true and correct.

5.4.      You must have and maintain general/public liability insurance (including product liability) for a minimum amount appropriate for your business and scope of trade, for each occurrence, with insurers of good repute, at your own cost, such insurance to be effective and valid in all Destinations to which the Products are sold hereunder.

5.5.      You must inform Shopify via your merchant success manager or general support of any change to your KYC/onboarding statements (or any subsequent statements) with respect to your beneficiary owners.

6.     SERVICE LIMITATIONS

6.1.      Global-e will make best efforts such that each sale, export and if applicable, delivery, of Products to a Destination comply with the Applicable Laws pertaining to cross-border personal-import of such Products. “Applicable Law” means all federal, state, and local laws and regulations, directives and any other relevant authorities, guidance and requirements applicable to the Parties’ performance under these Service Terms, including, but not limited to, as may be applicable, securities laws and regulations, privacy and data protection laws and regulations, AML, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

6.2.      Restricted Products. Subject to receiving an accurate, complete and updated catalog, containing adequate product description and specifications, we will restrict Products, and reserve the right to decline Customer Orders containing restricted Products (or Products which Global-e deems to be restricted), in each case, for personal-import or sale in the Destination. The decision to restrict a Product (or the actual restriction thereof) will be made based on our best effort best knowledge basis.  If you would like to dispute any Product restrictions or believe that any Product restrictions have been made in error, you will have the opportunity to submit supporting documentation or information. However, we retain final decision-making authority regarding the Product restriction, and you will not have any claim on that decision or resulting restriction. We may suspend, reject or terminate the Markets Pro Services (and terminate these Service Terms), if we determine that the products, their offering, or the Store are not suitable for Markets Pro Services or in case we discover a material discrepancy of the onboarding statements/AML/KYC.

6.3.      No Pick-Pack or Parcel Validation. We will not be responsible for the pick-pack of Products or Customer Orders, and we will not open any parcel, package or otherwise verify its content or the inclusion of all or some items, and we will rely solely on you and your reports through the Shopify  Platform in this regard.

6.4.      Dangerous Goods. The sale, export or delivery of Dangerous Goods (as such term is commonly defined by the international carriers or applicable legislation) using Markets Pro Services is prohibited, and you will be fully and solely liable in the event that a Product classified as Dangerous Goods was included or contained in a parcel.

7.     TERMINATION; CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION

7.1.      You may terminate these Service Terms and the Markets Pro Services hereunder at any time by following the instructions in the Markets Pro section of your Shopify Admin. Please note that in case of termination under this Section 7.1, you must take all action in preparation of such effective date of termination including, without limitation, assuming responsibility and having a solution in place to handle any Shopper or Customer Order issues. Since we operate under these Service Terms as ‘merchant-of-record’, you will indemnify Global-e (and the Shopify Platform if applicable) and hold Global-e harmless for any Shopper claim or related claims associated with such transition of service from Global-e to you.

7.2.      Each Party shall have the right to terminate these Service Terms at any time, by written notice to the other Party, with immediate effect, in any of the following events: (i) winding-up, dissolution or reorganization proceedings shall be commenced with respect to the other Party, provided that if such proceedings shall be rescinded within thirty (30) days of their commencement, such notice of termination shall have no effect; (ii) the other Party shall substantially cease to carry on business; (iii) a substantial part of the other Party's assets shall be attached or levied by a court or another official agency, provided that if such attachment or levy shall be removed within thirty (30) days, such notice of termination shall have no effect; or (iv) the other Party shall be in material breach of any of its material obligations under these Service Terms and such breach shall not be cured within thirty (30) days after receiving a written notice from the other Party, specifying the breach and demanding its cessation.

7.3.      Upon expiration or effective date of termination of these Service Terms for any reason, we will cease to provide the Markets Pro Services and will disable any technology (including APIs) related to the performance of Markets Pro Services, and all rights or permissions granted hereunder shall terminate. After expiration or termination of these Service Terms, you may not use any information, data or document provided to you, or was obtained or accessed by you, solely in connection with or through the Services during the term of these Service Terms, except for storefront, order and Shopper data created or processed by Global-e while performing the Services.

7.4.      All sections of these Service Terms that by their terms should survive expiration or earlier termination of these Service Terms shall so survive in accordance with their terms.

7.5.      Final reconciliation shall be made no later than 90 days (but not earlier than 60 days) following the termination date, allowing all returns, refunds and Chargebacks liability periods to lapse. Alternatively, you may elect to reconcile promptly after the termination date, in which case we may withhold up to 30% of the reconciliation value (at our reasonable discretion) for 90 days following the termination date to cover liabilities for returns, refunds and Chargebacks.

8.     INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

8.1.      Each Party retains all intellectual property rights to anything developed by such Party that is provided to, accessed by, or used by, the other Party under the Service Terms. Nothing in these Service Terms shall be construed as granting or conferring upon either Party, whether express or implied, any rights (including all intellectual property rights) not expressly granted to the other Party herein, all of which shall be retained by the first Party. The use by a Party of marks, logos or trademarks (“Marks”), whether registered or not, does not entail any transfer of ownership, rights or copyrights.

8.2.      Neither Party shall duplicate, alter or modify, access source code, make derivative works, make public performance or publicly display the technology underlying the Markets Pro Services or the Store, respectively.

8.3.      Nothing contained in these Service Terms shall restrict Global-e (or any of its affiliates) or the Shopify Platform from offering and using our respective technologies or know-how or any other intellectual property for the purpose of providing services similar to the Markets Pro Services to any other third party.

9.     CONFIDENTIALITY

9.1.      The Parties undertake to use the other Party’s Confidential Information solely as necessary for performing its obligations under the Service Terms and not to disclose Confidential Information to any third party without the other Party’s written consent. "Confidential Information" means any information, in whatever form, disclosed or provided by one Party to the other Party (“Receiving Party”) in the context of the Service Terms that is not non-confidential information. Non-confidential information means any information which (a) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as the result of a disclosure by the Receiving Party; (b) the Receiving Party can show that it already had in its possession before it was received; (c) information which the Receiving Party is obliged to provide in accordance with any Applicable Laws, court order or decision by a governmental authority; or (d) information which the Receiving Party has received from a third party without being bound by confidentiality in relation to it. Confidential Information also refers to third party information of technical, commercial or other nature unless there are objective and reasonable grounds to assume that such information is non-confidential. This provision applies to any information relating to third parties that you obtain when using the Markets Pro Services, and where the dissemination of the above mentioned information is not desired by third parties. Receiving Party may share Confidential Information with subcontractors, advisors and other companies within its group where necessary for the provision of the Markets Pro Services or the performance of these Service Terms provided that such parties are subject to confidentiality obligations corresponding to those under the Service Terms.

9.2.      Each Party agrees that monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate the other for breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Section. Accordingly, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, the injured party will be entitled to seek specific performance or injunctive relief (as appropriate) as a remedy for any breach or threatened breach thereof.

10.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

10.1.   Disclaimer. Except to the extent provided otherwise in these Service Terms, the Markets Pro Services and other items made available by Global-e are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and all express, implied and statutory warranties and conditions (including without limitation any implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or quality of service, or that otherwise arise from a course of performance or usage of trade) are hereby disclaimed. Except to the extent provided otherwise in these Service Terms, Global-e does not make any representation, warranty, guarantee or condition regarding the effectiveness, usefulness, reliability, completeness, or quality of the Markets Pro Services or such other items, services or that the provision or use thereof will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or will otherwise generate revenue or meet your needs.

10.2.   LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL WE, SHOPIFY OR ANY OF OUR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES BE LIABLE UNDER, OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH, THESE SERVICE TERMS FOR: (A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, (B) ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, BUSINESS, OR REVENUE, (C) ANY LOSS OF, OR DAMAGE TO, DATA, REPUTATION, OR GOODWILL, AND/OR (D) THE COST OF PROCURING ANY SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND: (A) EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED, OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE, OF THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSSES, DAMAGES, OR COSTS; (B) EVEN IF ANY REMEDY IN THESE SERVICE TERMS FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE; AND (C) REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY). OUR AND OUR AFFILIATES’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER, OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH, THESE TERMS, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS OF FEES PAID OR PAYABLE TO GLOBAL-E PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.

10.3.   Indemnification. You will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Global-e and its affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns from and against any and all third party claims, causes of action, suits, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, outside attorney’s fees and costs) (each a “Claim”) arising from or in connection with (i) your breach of any of the obligations, representations, warranties or undertakings set forth in these Service Terms; (ii) Merchant’s negligence or willful misconduct in connection with these Service Terms; or (iii) death, bodily harm or tangible property damage caused by a Product sold by Global-e hereunder. If Global-e receives notice or knowledge of a claim as described above, it will promptly notify Merchant in writing and give Merchant assistance and the exclusive authority to control the defense and settle such claim. Global-e will have the right to participate in the defense with counsel of its choice at its own expense.

11.  GENERAL CONDITIONS

11.1.   We are committed to render the Markets Pro Services and carry on business in accordance with our Code of Conduct (available here: Global-e Code of Conduct). We also require our vendors, sub-contractors and service providers to act in accordance with the Vendor Code of Conduct (available here: Vendor Code of Conduct). You are therefore required to act under these Service Terms in accordance with the moral and ethical values of such policies and codes, and you will take such actions required to ascertain that your employees and service providers involved in the performance of these Service Terms will adhere to the same philosophy and values for the management of their own companies/vendors.

11.2.   Neither Party will be responsible for any failure or delay in its performance under these Service Terms (except for any payment obligations) due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, labor disputes, strikes, lockouts, shortages of or inability to obtain labor, energy, raw materials or supplies, war, terrorism, riot, acts of God or governmental action (in each case to the extent beyond its reasonable control).

11.3.   These Service Terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. Non-contractual obligations (if any) arising out of or in connection with these Service Terms (including its formation) shall also be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. The Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Wilmington, Delaware and each party hereby irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts and waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Global-e may seek injunctive relief in any court worldwide that has competent jurisdiction. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is hereby disclaimed.

11.4.   The Parties hereby agree to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, that each of them irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury as to any issue relating hereto in any action, proceeding, or counterclaim arising out of or relating to these Service Terms.

11.5.   All notices, consents and other communications required or permitted to be given under these Service Terms will be in writing and delivered by email transmission, by courier or overnight delivery service, or by certified mail, and in each instance will be deemed given upon receipt. All communications will be sent to the addresses set forth above or to such other address as may be specified by either Party to the other Party in accordance with this section.

11.6.   Neither Party may assign these Service Terms without the prior written consent of the non-assigning Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, these Service Terms may be freely assigned by either Party without the consent of the other Party in the context of: (a) a reorganization, consolidation, merger, acquisition or sale or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of a Party; or (b) a transfer of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights of a Party to an Affiliate. Any assignment in violation of this provision will be invalid. These Service Terms will be binding upon, enforceable by and benefit the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. "Affiliate" shall mean any individual or entity that, at the applicable time, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled with or by or is under common control with, a Party.

11.7.   These Service Terms together with the schedules and appendices hereto constitute complete and exclusive agreement between the Parties concerning its subject matter and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings, written or oral, concerning the subject matter of these Service Terms. In case of any conflicts between any of the terms of the sections of these Service Terms and the attached Exhibits and Schedules, the terms and conditions of these Service Terms shall prevail. These Service Terms may not be modified or amended except in writing signed by a duly authorized representative of each Party or otherwise in accordance with the terms of these Service Terms. If any provision of these Service Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder will remain in full force and effect. The waiver by either Party of any default or breach of these Service Terms will not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent default or breach.

11.8.   Nothing contained in these Service Terms is intended, or shall be interpreted or construed to create or establish a franchise. If any provision of these Service Terms is deemed to create a franchise relationship between the Parties, then the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify these Service Terms to affect the Parties’ original intent as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner so that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as a vendor agreement and not as a franchise agreement.

11.9.   Nothing herein contained shall be construed to constitute a joint venture or partnership between the Parties.

11.10.Global-e will be an independent contractor, and its employees and/or other personnel will not be deemed to be your employees or personnel.

11.11.The titles of the sections of these Service Terms are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing these Service Terms. Unless the context of these Service Terms clearly requires otherwise: (i) references to the plural include the singular, the singular the plural, and the part the whole, (ii) references to one gender include all genders, (iii) "or" has the inclusive meaning frequently identified with the phrase "and/or," (iv) "including" has the inclusive meaning frequently identified with the phrase "including but not limited to" or "including without limitation," (v) references to "hereunder," "herein" or "hereof" relate to these Service Terms as a whole, (vi) the term "days" refers to calendar days and not business days, unless expressly noted and (vii) all monetary amounts are stated (and paid) in USD unless otherwise is clearly indicated and agreed. The Parties agree that these Service Terms shall be fairly interpreted in accordance with its terms without any strict construction in favor of or against either Party, and that ambiguities shall not be interpreted against the drafting Party.

12.  GLOBAL-E CONTRACTING PARTY

For purposes of these Service Terms, the Global-e contracting party is Flow Commerce Inc., d/b/a Global-e, a Delaware Corporation, with offices located at 200 West 41st Street New York, New York 10036. Certain features of the Markets Pro Services may be performed by other Global-e group-entities, to which we will remain fully liable and responsible as if such group entity was the contracting party under these Service Terms.

 

SCHEDULE 1 – PRICING

Pricing

 

    The Shopify Markets Pro Fee is calculated as 6.5% of the Total Order Value of a Customer Order.

    The Currency Conversion Fee* is calculated as 2.5% of the Total Order Value of a Customer Order. Please review your Shopify Admin for specific details regarding any Currency Conversion Fee

 

Please note that shipping label fees will be charged separately.

The Markets Pro Services include:

      Global-e acting as merchant of record and exporter of record as described in these Service Terms.

      Classification of your product catalog in order to identify any Product regulatory-restrictions in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and orders pertaining to personal-import of such Products and restrict the sale of such Products.

      Customer Order payment processing via supported payment service providers using payment methods supported (please refer to this page**), using, if applicable, local acquiring. Additional charges may apply for certain buy now pay later payment methods, if enabled.

      Fraud detection and protection (credit cards) as described in the Service Terms.

      Guaranteed Taxes and Duties calculation as described in the Service Terms.

      Shipping label & commercial invoice generation as described in the Service Terms.

      Access to Duties Prepaid shipping at negotiated rates.


* Currency Conversion Fee contemplates the following:

-         24 hour lock on the syndicated exchange rate of the day used for pricing, regardless of market movement.

-         30 day hedge from authorization to protect against fluctuations between order placement, shipment, return, and refund, to help you avoid losses resulting from currency value fluctuations during such time period.

 ** Additional Payment Methods may be added from time to time at our sole discretion

 


 

Data Processing Addendum

 

About this document:

This Data Processing Addendum (hereafter the “Addendum” or “DPA”) is a set of data processing clauses that will determine how the Contracting Party of the Global-e group (as defined in Section 12 hereof) (“Global-e” or “we” or “us”) carry out the sharing (with you and third parties) and the processing of Personal Data (as defined below) in accordance with applicable Data Protection Laws (as defined below). 

 

This Addendum amends and addends the Service Terms between us and you (each shall be referred to herein as a “Party” and together, the “Parties”), and is incorporated into the Service Terms by refences.

 

1.          DEFINITIONS

a.           Affiliate means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the subject entity. “Control”, for purposes of this definition, means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting interests of the subject entity.

b.          CCPAmeans the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Cal. Civ. §§ 1798.100 et. seq.

c.           The terms, "Controller", "Member State", "Processor", “Sub-processor”, "Processing" and "Supervisory Authority" “Personal Data Breach” shall have the same meaning as in the GDPR. The terms “Business”, “Business Purpose”, “Consumer” and “Service Provider” shall have the same meaning as in the CCPA.

d.          For the purpose of clarity, within this DPA “Controller” shall also mean “Business”, and “Processor” shall also mean “Service Provider”, to the extent the CCPA applies. 

e.          Data Protection Laws means all applicable and binding privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including such laws and regulations as applicable to the Processing of the Shared Personal Data under the Service Terms including (without limitation) the GDPR, the UK GDPR, and the CCPA, as applicable to the Parties in relation to the Shared Personal Data hereunder and in effect at the time of the Parties’ performance hereunder.

f.            Data Subject means the identified or identifiable person to whom the Personal Data relates.

g.           GDPR means the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).

h.          Personal Data or “Personal Informationmeans any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to or with an identified or identifiable natural person or Consumer, which is processed by a Party, under this DPA and the Service Terms.

i.            Shared Personal Datameans the Personal Data shared by Global-e with you or shared by you with Global-e under the Service Terms and this DPA as further detailed in Schedule 1 attached hereto.

j.            Standard Contractual Clausesshall mean the Standard Contractual Clauses set out in the Annex of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021.

k.           "UK GDPR" means the Data Protection Act 2018, as well as the GDPR as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/419).

2.    PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

a.           Roles of the Parties. The Parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the Shared Personal Data, each Party will act as separate and independent Data Controllers. The Parties acknowledge and agree that they will not be joint or ‘co’ controllers (as defined in the GDPR) with respect to the Shared Personal Data.

b.          Notice and Legal Basis. Each party shall ensure that it has legitimate grounds under the Data Protection Legislation for the Processing of Shared Personal Data. Global-e undertakes to inform the Data Subjects, in accordance with the Data Protection Law, of the purposes for which it will process their Personal Data, the legal basis for such purposes and such other information as is required by the Data Protection Law including (i) if Shared Personal Data will be transferred to a third party, that fact and sufficient information about such transfer and the purpose of such transfer to enable the Data Subject to understand the purpose and risks of such transfer; and (ii) if Shared Personal Data will be transferred outside the UK or EEA, that fact and sufficient information about such transfer, the purpose of such transfer and the safeguards put in place to enable the Data Subject to understand the purpose and risks of such transfer.

c.           The Parties’ Processing of Shared Personal Data. When Processing the Shared Personal Data under the Service Terms and this DPA, each Party shall Process the Shared Personal Data solely for the following purposes: (i) Processing in accordance with the Service Terms and this DPA; and (ii) Processing as allowed or required under applicable Data Protection Laws. Notwithstanding the above, the Parties may use the Shared Personal Data for their own purpose provided that, the appropriate legal basis and any other requirements under applicable Data Protection Laws required for such additional Processing activities have been established by the Party prior to the execution of such additional Processing activities. Without prejudice to the legitimate interest as a data controller, Global-e, as data controller, is deemed to have a legitimate interest and business purpose or rely on consent (where required by Data Protection Law) in processing Personal Data to (list non-exhaustive): (i) provide aggregated and statistical information and analyze trends; (ii) enhance and improve Global-e’s current services and develop new ones, including undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration, and activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by Global-e, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by Global-e; (iii) manage information security, including debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality; (iv) prevent fraud and detect security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity; (v) handle disputes with Merchants, Shoppers and third-parties; (vi) handle Shopper complaints and assist Merchants handling same; (vii) demonstrate compliance with Data Protection Legislation; (viii) transfer data between its group companies; (ix) performing services including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, engage in advertising or marketing including by way of e-marketing, providing analytic services, or providing similar services.

3.    COMPLIANCE WITH DATA PROTECTION LAWS

Without derogating from the foregoing, each Party shall be responsible independently and separately for complying with the obligations that apply to it as a Data Controller under Data Protection Laws, including with regards to the Shared Personal Data.

4.    DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

Taking into account the nature of the Processing, the Parties each agree to provide such assistance as is reasonably required and requested by the other Party to enable it to comply with requests received from Data Subjects to exercise their rights under Data Protection Laws with respect to the Shared Personal Data, within the time limits imposed by the Data Protection Law pursuant to which the Data Subject Request was made. Each Party is responsible for maintaining records of Data Subject Requests it receives and the decisions made with respect thereto, as required under Data Protection Laws.

5.    SECURITY

a.           Each Party shall have implemented and will maintain, appropriate technical and organizational measures for the protection of the Shared Personal Data Processed hereunder as required by Data Protection Laws (including protection against unauthorized or unlawful Processing and against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration or damage, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to Shared Personal Data, confidentiality and integrity of the Shared Personal Data). Global-e’s current technical and organizational measures (‘TOMs’) are listed in Annex A hereto.

b.          Without derogating from the foregoing, each Party shall be responsible to comply with security requirements that apply to it as a Data Controller under Data Protection laws, including with regards to the Shared Personal Data.

6.    CONFIDENTIALITY

The Parties shall ensure that Personal Data is kept confidential and their personnel, advisors, and sub-processors engaged in the Processing of Shared Personal Data have committed themselves to confidentiality.

7.    PERSONNEL

a.           Each Party shall take reasonable steps to ensure the reliability of staff and advisors who may have access to Shared Personal Data, prior to allowing them such access. If an individual is not suited to access Shared Personal Data, then the Party shall not provide such individual with access to Shared Personal Data.

b.          Each Party shall ensure that all its staff: (i) has such access only as necessary for the purposes as determined herein and by each Part separately; (ii) are contractually bound to confidentiality requirements no less onerous than in this DPA and the Service Terms ; (iii) are provided with appropriate privacy and security training, at least annually; (iv) are informed of the confidential nature of the Shared Personal Data, and required to keep it confidential; and (v) are aware of their Party’s duties and obligations under this DPA and the Service Terms .

8.    DATA INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND NOTIFICATION

a.           Each Party shall:

i.            without undue delay, notify the other party of the existence, nature and scope of any Personal Data Breach affecting Shared Personal Data; in any case within a sufficient timeframe to enable the other Party to comply with their respective obligations (if any) to make notification(s) of the Personal Data Breach under Data Protection Laws;

ii.          comply with its obligations under applicable Data Protection Laws in respect of all Personal Data Breaches affecting Shared Personal Data;

iii.         without undue delay, notify the other party of the existence of any requests for disclosure of the Shared Personal Data by a Supervisory Authority and/or any other law enforcement authority or court unless prohibited under criminal law specifically requiring the disclosing Party to preserve the confidentiality of a law enforcement investigation against the other Party.

iv.         not make, disclose, release or publish any finding, admission of liability, communication, notice, press release or report concerning any Personal Data Breach or disclosure request which directly or indirectly identifies the other Party (including in any legal proceeding or in any notification to regulatory or supervisory authorities or affected individuals) without the other Party’s prior written approval, unless, and solely to the extent that, the disclosing Party is compelled to do so pursuant to applicable Data Protection Laws. In the latter case, unless prohibited by such laws, the disclosing Party shall provide the other Party with reasonable prior written notice to provide the other Party with the opportunity to object to such disclosure and in any case the disclosing Party shall limit the disclosure to the minimum scope required.

9.    CROSS BORDER TRANSFERS

a.           Transfers from the EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom to countries that offer adequate level of data protection. Personal Data may be transferred from EU Member States, the three EEA member countries (Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) (collectively, “EEA”), Switzerland and the United Kingdom (“UK”) to countries that offer an adequate level of data protection under or pursuant to the adequacy decisions published by the relevant data protection authorities of the EEA, the European Union, the Member States or the European Commission, Switzerland, and/or the UK as relevant (“Adequacy Decisions”), as applicable, without any further safeguards being necessary.

b.          Transfers from the EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom to other countries. If the Parties’ processing of the Shared Personal Data under this DPA includes a transfer (either directly or via an onward transfer):

i.            From the EEA or Switzerland to other countries which have not been subject to a relevant Adequacy Decision, and such transfers are not performed through an alternative recognized compliance mechanism for the lawful transfer of personal data (as defined in the GDPR) outside the EEA or Switzerland (“EEA Transfer”), the terms set forth in Part 1 of Schedule 2 (EEA Cross Border Transfers) shall apply;

ii.          From the UK to other countries which have not been subject to a relevant Adequacy Decision, and such transfers are not performed through an alternative recognized compliance mechanism for the lawful transfer of personal data (as defined in the UK GDPR) outside the UK (“UK Transfer”), the terms set forth in Part 2 of Schedule 2 (UK Cross Border Transfers) shall apply;

iii.         the terms set forth in Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Additional Safeguards) shall apply to an EEA Transfer and a UK Transfer.

10.        Whenever reasonable collaboration or assistance between the Parties is necessary in order for one or both of the Parties to comply with any of its obligations, under the applicable Data Protection Laws (e.g., obligations on accountability, obligations related to Data Subject requests, obligations around cross-border transfers of Personal Data, obligations related to supervisory authority requests), such reasonable collaboration or assistance will be provided in good faith.

11.        This Addendum reflects the only provisions existing between Global-e and you on the use of Shared Personal Data in relation to the performance of the Services, and supersedes any prior agreements or understandings entered into between the Parties on this subject.

12.        For purposes of this DPA, the Global-e Contracting Party is Flow Commerce Inc., d/b/a Global-e, a Delaware Corporation, with offices located at 200 West 41st Street New York, New York 10036.


 

SCHEDULE 1 - DETAILS OF THE SHARED PERSONAL DATA

Categories of Data Subjects: Consumers shopping on e-commerce websites and navigating through the Global-e platforms (Shoppers as defined in the Service Terms), and as described in the Service Terms

Type of Personal Data to be shared: Names, title, addresses, telephone numbers, nationality, account numbers, email address, phone numbers, and additional data required for shipment clearance as per local regulations, or otherwise to lawfully provide the Services (e.g., national ID number / document copies), and transaction information on the basis that this is necessary for the performance of the sales contract to which the Shopper is part, and as described in the Service Terms.

Special/ Sensitive category data: N/A

Purpose: To allow for the lawful provision of the Services, under the Service Terms, and in addition:

·     provide aggregated and statistical information and analyze Shopper trends;

·     enhance and improve Global-e’s current services and develop new ones, including undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration, and activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by Global-e, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by Global-e;

·     manage information security, including debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;

·     prevent fraud and detect security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;

·     handle disputes with Merchants, Shoppers and third-parties;

·     handle Shopper complaints and assist Merchants handling same;

·     demonstrate compliance with Data Protection Legislation;

·     transfer data between its group companies;

·     performing services including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, engage in advertising or marketing including by way of e-marketing, providing analytic services, or providing similar services.

And all such other purposes described in each Party’s Privacy Policy and in the Service Terms.

Recipients. The personal data transferred may be disclosed only to the following recipients or categories of recipients: Other Global-e Group affiliates or external subcontractors (as necessary to manage the provision of the Services and ensure the cross-border delivery of Services), screening providers and competent public authorities or bodies (where required to lawfully provide the Services).

 


 

SCHEDULE 2 CROSS BORDER TRANSFERS

1.   PART 1 – EEA Transfers

1.1.      The Parties agree that the terms of the Standard Contractual Clauses are hereby incorporated by reference and shall apply to an EEA Transfer.

1.2.      Module One (Controller to Controller) of the Standard Contractual Clauses shall apply where the EEA Transfer is effectuated by Global-e as an independent and separate data controller of the Shared Personal Data to the Merchant as an independent and separate data controller of the Shared Personal Data.

1.3.      Clause 7 of the Standard Contractual Clauses (Docking Clause) shall not apply.

1.4.      In Clause 11 of the Standard Contractual Clauses, the optional language will not apply.

1.5.      With respect to Clause 17 of the Standard Contractual Clauses the Parties agree that the Standard Contractual Clauses shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland.

1.6.      In Clause 18(b) of the Standard Contractual Clauses, disputes will be resolved before the courts of the Republic of Ireland.

1.7.      Annex I.A of the Standard Contractual Clauses shall be completed as follows:

Data Exporter: Flow Commerce Inc., d/b/a Global-e

Contact details: As detailed in the Service Terms.

Data Exporter Role:

Module One: The Data Exporter is an independent and separate data controller.

Signature and Date: By entering into the Service Terms and DPA, Data Exporter is deemed to have signed these Standard Contractual Clauses incorporated herein, including their Annexes, as of the Effective Date of the Service Terms.

Data Importer: you

Contact details: As detailed in the Service Terms.

Data Importer Role:

Module One: The Data Importer is an independent and separate data controller.

Signature and Date: By entering into the Service Terms and DPA, Data Importer is deemed to have signed these Standard Contractual Clauses, incorporated herein, including their Annexes, as of the Effective Date of the Service Terms.

1.8.      Annex I.B of the Standard Contractual Clauses shall be completed as follows:

1.8.1.      The categories of data subjects are described in Schedule 1 (Details of Processing) of this DPA.

1.8.2.      The categories of personal data are described in Schedule 1 (Details of Processing) of this DPA.

1.8.3.      The frequency of the transfer is a continuous basis for the duration of the Service Terms.

1.8.4.      The nature of the processing is described in Schedule 1 (Details of Processing) of this DPA.

1.8.5.      The purpose of the processing is described in Schedule 1 (Details of Processing) of this DPA.

1.8.6.      The period for which the personal data will be retained is for the duration of the Service Terms, unless agreed otherwise between the Parties.

1.8.7.      To the extent applicable, the subject matter, nature, and duration of the processing of transfers to Sub-processors, shall be set forth in Schedule 1 (Details of Processing) of this DPA.

1.9.      Annex I.C of the Standard Contractual Clauses shall be completed as follows:

1.9.1.      The competent supervisory authority in accordance with Clause 13 is the supervisory authority in the Member State stipulated in Section 5 above.

1.10.   The security measures set forth in Section 5 of the DPA shall serve as Annex II of the Standard Contractual Clauses.

1.11.   To the extent there is any conflict between the Standard Contractual Clauses and any other terms in this DPA or the Service Terms, the provisions of the Standard Contractual Clauses will prevail.

 

2.   PART 2 – UK Transfers

2.1.  The Parties have agreed that the Standard Data Protection Clauses issued by the Information Commissioners Office under S119A(1) Data Protection Act 2018 (“UK Addendum") (found here) are hereby incorporated by reference and shall apply to a UK Transfer.

2.2.  The UK Addendum is hereby incorporated by reference:

a.   Table 1: The Parties: as detailed in the Service Terms.

b.   Table 2: Selected SCCs, Modules and Selected Clauses: as detailed in Part 1.

c.   Table 3: Appendix Information: as set out in the Annexes to Part 1.

 

3.   PART 3 – Additional Safeguards

3.1.  In the event of an EEA Transfer or a UK Transfer, the Parties agree to supplement these with the following safeguards and representations, where appropriate:

3.1.1.        The Data Importer shall have in place and maintain in accordance with good industry practice measures to protect the Personal Data from interception (including in transit from the Data Exporter to the Data Importer and between different systems and services). This includes having in place and maintaining network protection intended to deny attackers the ability to intercept data and encryption of Personal Data whilst in transit and at rest intended to deny attackers the ability to read data.

3.1.2.        The Data Importer will make commercially reasonable efforts to resist, subject to applicable laws, any request for bulk surveillance relating to the Personal Data protected under GDPR or the UK GDPR, including under section 702 of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA);

3.1.3.        If the Data Importer becomes aware that any government authority (including law enforcement) wishes to obtain access to or a copy of some or all of the Personal Data, whether on a voluntary or a mandatory basis, then unless legally prohibited or under a mandatory legal compulsion that requires otherwise:

                                 i.    The Data Importer shall inform Data Exporter in writing;

                                ii.    The Data Importer will use commercially reasonable legal mechanisms to challenge any such demand for access to Personal Data which is under the Data Importer’s control and notify the Data Exporter, immediately after first becoming aware of such demand for access and provide the Data Exporter with all relevant details of the same, unless and to the extent legally prohibited to do so.

3.2.  Once in every 12-month period, the Data Importer will inform the Data Exporter, at the Data Exporter’s written request, of the types of binding legal demands for Personal Data it has received and solely to the extent such demands have been received, including national security orders and directives, which shall encompass any process issued under section 702 of FISA. In the event of an EEA Transfer or a UK Transfer, the Parties agree to have in place and maintain in accordance with good industry practice measures to protect the Shared Personal Data from interception (including in transit from Data Exporter to Data Importer and between different systems and services).

Annex A - Technical and Organizational Measures

 

Considering the nature, scope, context and purposes of Global-e’s processing activities and the risk for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the following is a description of the elements that are essential to the level of security applied to such processing.

Ensuring Ongoing Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability and Resilience of Processing Systems and Services

Cyber security is strongly incorporated into Global-e’s DNA. Processing personal data is core function of Global-e’s service. Therefore, we pay significate attention to protect sensitive data. All sensitive costumer data reside solely on AWS servers. Storage of sensitive data on end-points devices, print copies and mass storage devices is forbidden and controlled accordingly. Standard Integration with your website usually done via iframes and API calls. Data coming from your side is transferred to Global-e servers, encrypted at the application layer and stored immediately in the database. Data in transmitting is encrypted using TLS 1.2 and above.

Global-e production environment is protected by several security layers and countermeasures, such as: Firewall UTM, CloudFlare Anti-DDOS and WAF, EDR etc.

Systems and servers undergo backup daily.

Even-though no sensitive data reside on workstations, endpoints are part of company domain, hardened and controlled using Intune.

All information systems are patched monthly after sufficient testing, or ad-hoc manner when a specific critical vulnerability that affects the systems is announced. Security audits and penetration tests are done quarterly by external Independent security companies.

Access and permissions are granted according to the principle of least privilege after strong business justification and are fully monitored.

Ability to Restore the Availability and Access to Personal Data in a Timely Manner in the Event of a Physical or Technical Incident

RPO set to less than 24 hours in total data loss scenario. RTO is set to couple of hours from total system wipe.

For DR, Global-e maintains two environments in AWS, one in Frankfort and one in Ireland. In crisis, Global-e has necessary policies and procedure for incident handling. Global-e holds applicative and infrastructural backups at several different levels.

At the code level, every project or change in a project are backed up continuously. At the application level, builds are backed up in 2 different regions (main and DR). At the server level, every production server is fully backed up once or twice a week (depends on the amount of changes running in each server).

From the infrastructure point of view, there are a few levels of backup and redundancy, the first one is at the network level, each product is distributed on Multi-Availability zone to support infrastructure dysconnectivity on the zone level, in addition, each application deployment is also deployed to a similar role server that serves similar applications and able to be used as a backup based on a decision. The last option is global-e's DR Site. The DR site receives code deploy approximately 24 hours after code has been deployed successfully to the main site.

All the processes mentioned above, including a full transition to the DR site, are fully automated (at the execution script level, not at the decision-making level) and tested at least once a year.

Processes for Regularly Testing, Assessing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technical and Organizational Measures for Ensuring the Security of The Processing

To ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulation, Global-e conducts annual security audit performed by external auditor, aimed specifically to data processing. to make sure perfect alignment with GDPR and applicable laws.

External penetration testing is done on quarterly basis. Additionally, a general security audit is performed annually. Findings and relevant improvements are evaluated and addressed accordingly.

Users Identification and Authorization Access Management

Global-e corporate network is managed using AzureAD and Intune. All workstations are part of the domain and controlled accordingly. A rigors password policy is in place. Users permissions are granted against business justification. By default, users do not have administrative rights on their computers.

Access to production environment is strictly controlled, granted upon specific request and strong justification. Access to production and/or production related systems requires two factor authentication.

Access to client’s data is done via Global-e Administration interface. This interface is a dedicated web portal allowing your access to data and configuration. Upon access the relevant data is retrieved from the database and decrypted on-the-fly by the application.

Access to admin interface is restricted by credentials provided to your POC. Internally, access to admin interface is minimized to only employees who are responsible for costumer operations and technical support. Credentials are provided only after proving of business justification and are minimized to least privileges and need-to-know basis. Access to admin interface is restricted, controlled and monitored.

Protection of Data During Transmission and at Rest

Data in motion - All Global-e interfaces are encrypted using TLS 1.2 or above with best available ciphers. Data at rest - Data at rest is stored encrypted using AES 256. A unique encryption key is assigned for each merchant.

Physical Security of Locations at which Personal Data are Processed

Company’s platform is hosted on AWS cloud infrastructure, and as part of the organizational policies, customer data is not stored at Company’s offices or in any location except for Global-e cloud-based production environment.

Events Logging and Reporting

All information systems produce logs for security, it and application events. Security related logs are being collected by dedicated server (IBM Qroc Event collector) and transmitted to MSSP who provide Global-e with 24/7/365 SOC service. Additional copy of all logs is stored in security data lake. Alongside security monitoring logs are also collected for infrastructure monitoring and costumer experience monitoring. In addition to security logs, all the infrastructure monitoring logs and application logs are being collected in a central ELK system that creates relevant alerts and reports and being handled by 24/7/365 NOC Team.

System Configuration, Including Default Configuration

Global-e infrastructure in all its parts is hosted by AWS and takes advantage of all technological solutions of working in the cloud. Although our infrastructure is multi- tenant infrastructure, we have complete separation backed by different encryptions for each merchant that does not allow information to leak between merchants. In addition, the entire infrastructure is distributed in a Multi AZ structure with only local subnets and all outgoing or incoming communications are monitored by a UTM in addition to a WAF solution that filters any unapproved access.

Internal IT and IT security governance and managements / certification / assurance of processes and products

Global-e has an ISMS in place to evaluate cyber security based risks to the company and its data assets. Company’s information security framework designed and implemented according to industries best practice, costumers’ requirements, contractual obligations and applicable legislation. Global-e is PCI-DSS level 1 certified, and in the process of ISO 27001 and SOC2 certifications. Global-e annual security plan is led by company’s CISO and overseeing by management bord.

Data Avoidance and Minimization

While conducting online purchase costumers are required to provide data relevant to allow successful delivery. This data includes: Full name, address, phone number, email address and IP address.

Credit card data is provided by the user to complete the order. According with PCI DSS directives, this data is not stored on Global-e’s systems and transmitted directly to relevant payment provider. To allow resolution of injuries first six and last four digits of card number are stored alongside order number. To comply with PCI DSS, this data (although allowed by the standard) is stored in a dedicated highly protected database. Data retention policy indicates that PII data will be stored for a year to allow inquiries and customer support. To balance GDPR and HMRC regulation, after a year period PII data is truncated and moved to a different database. Thus, accessing data older than a year will display only technical data without PII.

Data Retention

Data retention policy indicates that PII data will be stored for a year to allow inquiries and customer support. To balance GDPR and HMRC regulation, after a year period PII data is truncated and moved to a different database. Thus, accessing data older than a year will display only technical data without PII, and full access to data will be subject to a strict approval process under DPO scrutiny.

Accountability

Company has in place policies and procedures containing formal instructions for data processing procedures; Contractors are being carefully vetted with regard to data security; Company personnel is being trained periodically to maintain awareness regarding data protection and security requirements.

Data Portability and Data Disposal

As stated above, all Global-e information systems reside on cloud, therefore no digital or physical devices are kept on-prem. The storage of PII data, or any company data is done solely in the cloud; the storage of data on workstations is strictly forbidden. Data retention policy indicates that PII data will be stored for a year to allow inquiries and customer support. To balance GDPR and HMRC regulation, after a year period PII data is truncated and moved to a different database. Thus, accessing data older than a year will display only technical data without PII.

Personnel

Talent acquisition process is conducted through a carefully crafted HR process. Manning a position requires the involvement of at least three different people: The recruiting manager, HRBP, VP of HR, and recruiting managers’ supervisor. Part of pre-employment screening includes relevant background checks (subjected to local regulation), and reference check. All employees are required to sign Non discloser Agreement (NDA) as part of standard employment contract. The on-boarding process include written short security briefing. Additionally, employees are required to undergo security awareness training upon onboarding and annually. Relevant awareness campaigns are initiated ad-hoc. Permissions are given after user had clearly justified the need and business justification. Permissions are reviewed periodically.