{"id":1742,"date":"2019-10-11T10:29:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T10:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vbbabogados.com\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:36:21","slug":"contracts-related-to-new-technologies-legal-aspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vbbabogados.com\/en\/blog\/contracts-related-to-new-technologies-legal-aspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Contracts related to new technologies: legal aspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The impact of new technologies on society, both at a private and corporate level, has led to a new type of contract, not always specifically regulated, called \u201ctechnological contracts\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those are defined as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contracts on a computer good or service, regardless of the way in which they are formalized;\u00a0or\u00a0either,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contracts that are concluded on line, regardless of their purpose, and also called &#8220;electronic contracts.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first case,\u00a0these are commercial agreements entered into\u00a0between an IT\u00a0company and another company or individual that requires the provision of computer services,\u00a0such as,\u00a0for example: contracts for the development of computer programs (software development, web pages, mobile applications, &#8230;); hosting and maintenance services; or, technological outsourcing contracts; among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the second case, these are consumer acts and usually correspond to the purchase of goods or services over the Internet. Law on information society services and electronic commerce, regarding legal notices, conditions of use, electronic contracting or electronic signature are applicable to those contracts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General rules of contract law apply also to these contracts, with the peculiarities derived from its purpose (computer goods and services) and their complexity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0most common contracts of the first case are <\/span><b>software development contracts.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is\u00a0an\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">atypical\u00a0commercial contract\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whereby one of the parties (the supplier\u00a0or developer) undertakes to\u00a0develop a computer program\u00a0&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tailored\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; to the technical needs and functions specified by the customer. It is often part of a standard program. And of course, in exchange for a price.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">legal nature of these contracts?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It is mostly understood that we are facing a\u00a0<\/span><b> contract for a specific job <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(article 1544 of the Civil Code) and therefore what is agreed upon is the delivery of a software executed as agreed by the parties, that is, the supplier is obliged to obtaining a result, not only carrying out an activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The legal consequences that derive from this conception (together with the analysis of the will and intention of the parties when hiring) is certainly relevant, since it will determine the compliance and liability regime.\u00a0If we understand that we are facing a <\/span><b>service lease contract, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">software development company complies with the contract\u00a0if they\u00a0act\u00a0diligently\u00a0in\u00a0providing the service,\u00a0but not\u00a0get\u00a0the\u00a0result expected by\u00a0the customer.\u00a0The burden of proof that the services were performed diligently\u00a0corresponds to\u00a0the\u00a0developer.\u00a0In the<\/span><b> contract for a specific job or result,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the\u00a0software\u00a0must be delivered and executed in accordance with what was agreed by the parties to the contract, otherwise the developer will not be entitled to payment, and\u00a0cannot be exempted from liability on the grounds that he has acted diligently.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main clauses\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a software development\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are among others : a) Specification of the software to be developed through a technical specification document as detailed as possible ; b) Specification of the phases of the project, depending on the different deliveries to be made, and specifying the way of acceptance by the client of each of the phases; c) E stablish a delivery date of the final software and set if any possible delays, reasons and consequences for the parties; or, d) Price or method of fixing it, for example depending on the result achieved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With regard\u00a0to the\u00a0second kind of contracts or <\/span><b>electronic contracts:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 23 of Spanish Law 34\/2002 of 11 July, on information society services and electronic commerce (LSSICE), provides that contracts \u00a0contracts concluded electronically will produce all the effects provided by the legal system, when the consent and other requirements necessary for its validity, therefore\u00a0,\u00a0the written form is not a requirement that entails the nullity of\u00a0a legal transaction when\u00a0the declaration of intent\u00a0is issued\u00a0through electronic means, in accordance with the\u00a0principle of freedom of contractual form as contained\u00a0in article 1278 of the Spanish Civil Code or 51 of the Spanish Commercial Code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The requirements that Law 34\/2002 of the LSSICE\u00a0establishes for the validity of said contracts, are set out in <strong>articles 23.3<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Provided that the Law requires that the contract or any information related thereto be in writing, this requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the contract or the information is contained in an electronic support, and article<strong> 27.4<\/strong>, insofar as it provides that the incorporation requirements of the general conditions of contracting in electronic contracting, replaces the requirement in writing if they are made available so that they can be stored and reproduced by the recipient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impact of new technologies on society, both at a private and corporate level, has led to a new type of contract, not always specifically regulated, called \u201ctechnological contracts\u201d Those are defined as: Contracts on a computer good or service, regardless of the way in which they are formalized;\u00a0or\u00a0either,\u00a0 Contracts that are concluded on line,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Contracts related to new technologies: legal aspects - Boltas Boy&eacute; 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