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| RULES GOVERNING ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE
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| RULE 2 - SCOPE OF APPLICATION |
- 2.1 These Rules shall apply to all Messages between the Company and its Customers using the Adopted Protocol in relation to the provision by the Company of any Services to which the Standard Trading Conditions apply.
2.2 Except as expressly provided, these Rules do not apply to govern any other relationships (contractual or otherwise) in the context of which Messages are communicated and, in particular, do not apply to the underlying commercial transactions relating to the provision of the Services, which shall be governed by the Standard Trading Conditions.
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| RULE 3 - SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND CONFIDENTIALITY |
- 3.1 The Company and the Customer agree that each of them shall: -
- at its own expense, test and maintain its equipment, software and services necessary to effectively and reliably transmit and receive Messages;
- ensure that no changes are made to the systems operations which impair the mutual capabilities of the parties to communicate as contemplated by these Rules without providing reasonable prior notice of the intended change;
- implement and maintain security procedures, including any specified in the User Manual, to protect Messages and their records against misuse, improper or unauthorized access, alteration or loss;
- that its Messages are correct and complete in form and secured in accordance with the provisions of the User Manual; and
- ensure that intermediaries employed to retransmit Messages are instructed not to make unauthorized change in the data content and that the data content of such Messages is not disclosed to any unauthorized person.
3.2 No information contained in any Message communicated under these Rules shall be considered confidential unless by operation of law or by designation in the User Manual or in the Message.
3.3 In the circumstances stipulated in the User Manual or if so agreed between the parties, the parties shall apply special protection ( such as encryption or other means listed in the User Manual or agreed between the parties ) to the Messages behind transmitted. Unless the parties otherwise agree, the recipient of Messages so protected shall ensure that at least the same level of protection used by the sender is applied for any further transmission.
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