Working document, pending legal validation: this text binds DSSF only once validated by legal counsel. Fields in brackets “[to complete]” remain to be filled in.
1. Parties and scope
This agreement is entered into between Digital Solution & System Factory SARL AU (“DSSF”) and, as the case may be:
- the customer: the buying organisation and each of its members using the platform (“customer ↔ DSSF agreement”);
- the workshop: the partner manufacturer and each of its members using the platform (“workshop ↔ DSSF agreement”).
It applies to any confidential information exchanged through the DSSF CONNECT platform or in connection with a quotation request, consultation or order, including before any order (anonymous quotation request included).
2. Confidential information
Confidential information includes, on any medium: CAD files, drawings, models, specifications, bills of materials, tolerances, materials and treatments; quantities, prices, quotations and offers; the identities of customers and workshops, their capabilities, costs and performance; production data, photos and quality documents; and any information designated as such.
Information is not confidential if it is already public without fault of the receiving party, lawfully held before disclosure, or independently developed without using the confidential information.
3. Obligations
The receiving party undertakes to:
- use confidential information only for the purposes of its relationship with DSSF (quotation, manufacturing, inspection, delivery);
- disclose it only to its members and subcontractors with a need to know who are bound by equivalent obligations;
- protect it with at least the same care as its own information, and no less than reasonable care;
- not reproduce parts, tooling or drawings outside the order concerned, nor use them for third parties;
- return or destroy the information on first request or at the end of the relationship, subject to backup copies and statutory retention obligations.
4. Provisions specific to workshops
The workshop accesses originals (CAD, drawings) only after assignment to an order or invitation to a consultation, through the platform's private vault; every access is logged and downloaded drawings carry a watermark identifying the workshop and the date.
The workshop shall not contact the customer directly for services falling within the platform and shall not disclose the customer's identity (“frosted glass” principle, mirroring the workshop's anonymity before order).
The workshop's acceptance of this agreement covers all of its orders; a specific acceptance may be requested per file or per order (“file NDA” log).
5. Provisions specific to customers
DSSF undertakes not to disclose the customer's files and data outside the workshops selected for the order, bound by an equivalent agreement, and to use the files only for analysis, quotation, manufacturing and inspection.
The customer undertakes not to disclose the identities, prices and terms of workshops revealed after an order, nor to solicit them directly to bypass DSSF during the relationship and [to complete: period] after its end.
6. Term, governing law
Confidentiality obligations apply during the relationship and [to complete: period, 5 years recommended] after the last order or exchange.
This agreement is governed by Moroccan law; any dispute falls under the competent courts of [to complete: city — to be validated by legal counsel], subject to mandatory provisions applicable to parties established in the European Union.
Online acceptance (ticked box, timestamp, IP address, text version) constitutes signature of the agreement between the accepting party and DSSF. [to be validated by legal counsel.]