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Web Hosting Plans.
Where the context admits: "We" includes
VolcanoHost.com or any party acting on VolcanoHost.com's implicit instructions.
"You" includes the person purchasing the Services or any party acting
on the customer's instructions. "The Registrant" includes the person
applying for a domain name or any party acting on the Registrant's instructions.
"The Registry" the relevant domain names Registry. "Server"
means the computer server equipment operated by us in connection with the
provision of the Services. "Web Site" means the area on the Server
allocated by us to you for use by you as a site on the Internet.
In consideration of the mutual covenants herein, the
parties agree to the following, which shall apply during the term of this
Agreement:
1. Domain Name Registration
1.1 We make no representation that the domain name you wish to register is
capable of being registered by or for you or that it will be registered in your
name. You should therefore not assume registration of your requested domain
name(s) until you have been notified that it has or they have been registered.
Any action taken by you before such notification is at your risk.
1.2 The registration and use of your domain name is subject to the terms and
conditions of use applied by the relevant Registry; you shall ensure that you
are aware of those terms and conditions and that you comply with them.
1.3 You shall have no right to bring any claim against us in respect of refusal
to register a domain name.
1.4 Any administration charge paid by you to us shall be nonrefundable
notwithstanding refusal by the Registry to register your desired name.
1.5 We shall have no liability in respect of the use by you of any domain name;
any dispute between you and any other person must be resolved between the
parties concerned in such dispute. If any such dispute arises, we shall be
entitled, at our discretion and without giving any reason, to withhold, suspend
or cancel the domain name. We shall also be entitled to make representations to
the relevant Registry but will not be obliged to take part in any such dispute.
1.6 We shall not release any domain to another provider unless full payment for
that domain has been received by us.
2. Web Site Hosting And Email
2.1. We make no representation and give no warranty as to the accuracy or
quality of information received by any person via the Server and we shall have
no liability for any loss or damage to any data stored on the Server.
2.2 You represent, undertake and warrant to us that you will use the Web Site
allocated to you only for lawful purposes. In particular, you represent, warrant
and undertake to us that.
2.2.1 you will not use the Server in any manner which infringes any law or
regulation or which infringes the rights of any third party, nor will you
authorize or permit any other person to do so.
2.2.2 you will not upload, post, link to or transmit:
(a) any material which is unlawful, threatening, abusive,
malicious, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, blasphemous, profane or otherwise
objectionable in any way.
(b) any material containing a virus or other hostile
computer program.
(c) any material which constitutes, or encourages the
commission of, a criminal offence or which infringes any patent, trade mark,
design right, copyright or any other intellectual property right or similar
rights of any person which may subsist under the laws of any jurisdiction.
(d) any material which is forbidden by our acceptable use policy which is
published at http://www.VolcanoHost.com/tos.htm
2.2.3 you will not send bulk email from our network. Nor
will you promote a site hosted on our network using bulk email.
Exceptions are opt-in mailing lists to promote your
business / products using the Email Mailing List(s) included with your hosting
plan. We reserve the right to terminate any account
we feel is abusing this tool.
2.2.4 you will not employ programs which consume excessive
system resources, including but not limited to processor cycles and memory.
2.2.5 any file you store on the Server will be reachable via a hyperlink from a
page on your site.
2.3 We reserve the right to remove any material which we
deem inappropriate from your Web Site without notice to you.
2.4 You shall keep secure any identification, password and other confidential
information relating to your account and shall notify us immediately of any
known or suspected unauthorized use of your account or breach of security,
including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of your password or other
security information.
2.5 You shall observe the procedures which we may from time to time prescribe
and shall make no use of the Server which is detrimental to our other customers.
2.6 You shall procure that all mail is sent in accordance with applicable
legislation (including data protection legislation) and in a secure manner.
2.9 In the case of an individual User, you warrant that you are at
least 18 years of age and if the User is a company, you warrant that the
Services will not be used by anyone under the age of 18
years.
2.10 Any access to other networks connected to VolcanoHost.com must comply with
the rules appropriate for those other networks.
2.11 While we will use every reasonable endeavor to ensure the integrity and
security of the Server, we do not guarantee that the Server will be free from
unauthorized users or hackers and we shall be under no liability for non-receipt
or misrouting of email or for any other failure of email.
2.12 No more than one log-in session under any one account may be used at any
time by you. If you have multiple accounts, you are limited to one login session
per system account at any time.
4. Service Availability
4.1 We shall use our reasonable endeavors to make available to you at all times
the Server and the Services but we shall not, in any event, be liable for
interruptions of Service or down-time of the Server.
4.2 We shall have the right to suspend the Services at any time and for any
reason, generally without notice, but if such suspension lasts or is to last for
more than 7 days you will be notified of the reason.
5. Payment
5.1 All charges payable by you for the Services shall be in accordance with the
scale of charges and rates published from time to time by us on our web site and
shall be due and payable in advance of provision of the Services.
5.2 We reserve the right to change pricing at any time although all pricing is
guaranteed for the period of pre payment.
5.2 Payment is due each anniversary month, quarter or
year following the date the Services were established until closure notice is
given in accordance with 6.4.
5.3 All payments must be in US Dollars.
5.4 If your check is returned by the bank as unpaid for any reason, you will be
liable for a "returned check" charge of $35.
5.5 You are responsible for the bandwidth your site(s) consume, if you use more
bandwidth then your account is allocated you will be billed $10 per 0.5 GB of
additional data transfer.
5.6 Without prejudice to our other rights and remedies under this Agreement, if
any sum payable is not paid on or before the due date, we shall be entitled
forthwith to suspend the provision of Services to you.
6. Termination And Refunds
6.1 We shall be entitled to suspend the Services and/or terminate this Agreement
forthwith without notice to you If you:
6.1.1 fail to pay any sums due to us as they fall due.
6.1.2 break any of these terms and conditions.
6.1.3 are a company and you go into insolvent liquidation or suffer the
appointment of an administrator or administrative receiver or enter into a
voluntary arrangement with your creditors.
6.2 No refunds will be made under any circumstances for Services suspended in
accordance with 6.1.
6.3 We reserve the right to suspend the Services and/or terminate this Agreement
at any time. In the event of this You will be entitled to a pro rata refund
based upon the remaining period of prepayment.
6.4 You may cancel the Services at any time. To do so you must request
cancellation of the Services in writing including your account username and
password. We will cancel the Services within 2 working days of receipt of your
request.
6.5 During the first 7 days of Services, You are entitled to a refund of the
basic hosting plan rental fee should You decide to cancel the Services. No full
refunds or pro rata refunds will be made after the first 7 days of service
should You decide to cancel the Services.
6.5.1 Domain name registration fees, setup charges, charges for additional data
transfer and charges for optional extras added to your account are not
refundable on this basis.
6.5.2 You will not be entitled to a refund on this basis if you have previously
held an account with VolcanoHost.com.
6.6 Where payment has been made by credit or debit card, any refund will only be
issued to the same credit or debit card less any processing fees associated with
the refund.
6.7 On termination of this Agreement or suspension of the Services we shall be
entitled immediately to stop access to your Web Site and to remove all data
located on the Server.
7. Indemnity
7.1 You shall indemnify us and keep us indemnified and hold us harmless from and
against any breach by you of these terms of business and any claim brought
against us by a third party resulting from the provision of Services by us to
You and your use of the Services and the Server including, without limitation,
all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses
(including reasonable legal costs and expenses), howsoever suffered or incurred
by us in consequences of your breach or non-observance of this Agreement.
8. Limitation Of Liability
8.1 All conditions, terms, representations and warranties relating to the
Services supplied under this Agreement, whether imposed by statute or operation
of law or otherwise, that are not expressly stated in these terms and conditions
including, without limitation, the implied warranty of satisfactory quality and
fitness for a particular purpose are hereby excluded, subject always to sub
clause 8.2.
8.2 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude our liability for death
or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
8.3 Our total aggregate liability to you for any claim in contract, tort,
negligence or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the provision of
the Services shall be limited to the charges paid by you in respect of the
Services which are the subject of any such claim.
8.4 In any event no claim shall be brought unless you have notified us of the
claim within one year of it arising.
8.5 In no event shall we be liable to you for any loss of business, contracts,
profits or anticipated savings or for any other indirect or consequential or
economic loss whatsoever.
9. Notices
9.1 Any notice to be given by either party to the other may be sent by either
email, fax or recorded delivery to the address of the other party as appearing
in this Agreement or ancillary application forms or such other address as such
party may from time to time have communicated to the other in writing, and if
sent by email shall unless the contrary is proved be deemed to be received on
the day it was sent or if sent by fax shall be deemed to be served on receipt of
an error free transmission report, or if sent by recorded delivery shall be
deemed to be served two days following the date of posting.
10. Law
10.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the United States of America and you hereby submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States courts.
11. Headings
11.1 Headings are included in this Agreement for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
12. Entire Agreement
12.1 These terms and conditions together with any documents expressly referred
to in them, contain the entire Agreement between us relating to the subject
matter covered and supersede any previous Agreements, arrangements, undertakings
or proposals, written or oral: between us in relation to such matters. No oral
explanation or oral information given by any party shall alter the
interpretation of these terms and conditions. In agreeing to these terms and
conditions, you have not relied on any representation other than those expressly
stated in these terms and conditions and you agree that you shall have no remedy
in respect of any misrepresentation which has not been made expressly in this
Agreement.
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