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USER POLICY
This
User Agreement is an agreement between Hostingandserver.com
and the party set forth in the related order form
("Customer" or "you") incorporated herein by reference
(together with any subsequent order forms submitted
by Customer, the "Ord er
Form"), and applies to the purchase of all services
ordered by Customer on the Order Form (collectively,
the "Services").
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
BY CLICKING ON THE BUTTON ON THE ORDER FORM CREATES
A CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU THE CUSTOMER AND Hostingandserver.com.
THIS CONTRACT CONSISTS OF:
- THE ORDER.
- THE APPLICABLE
SERVICE DESCRIPTION.
- THIS USER AGREEMENT
- THAT YOU ARE
AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
AND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
IN THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING Hostingandserver.com'S
Terms and Conditions. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES
CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
- Acceptable
Use Policy
Under this Agreement, Customer shall comply with
Hostingandserver.com's then current Terms and
Conditions, as amended, modified or updated from
time to time by Hostingandserver.com, which currently
can be viewed under the Legal section of this
web site, and which is incorporated in this Agreement
by reference. Customer hereby acknowledges that
it has reviewed the Terms and Conditions and those
terms are incorporated herein by reference. In
the event of any inconsistencies between this
Agreement and the terms and conditions, the terms
shall govern. Hostingandserver.com does not intend
to systematically monitor the content that is
submitted to, stored on or distributed or disseminated
by Customer via the Service (the "Customer Content").
Customer Content includes content of Customer's
customers and/or users of Customer's website.
Accordingly, under this Agreement, you will be
responsible for your customers content and activities
on your website. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, Hostingandserver.com
may immediately take corrective action, including
removal of all or a portion of the Customer Content,
disconnection or discontinuance of any and all
Services, or termination of this Agreement in
the event of notice of possible violation by Customer
of the Terms and Conditions. In the event Hostingandserver.com
takes corrective action due to a violation of
the TERMS AND CONDITIONS, Hostingandserver.com
shall not refund to Customer any fees paid in
advance of such corrective action. Customer hereby
agrees that Hostingandserver.com shall have no
liability to Customer or any of Customer's customers
due to any corrective action that Hostingandserver.com
may take (including, without limitation, disconnection
of Services).
- Term;
Termination; Cancellation Policy
a. The initial term of this Agreement shall be
as set forth in the Order Form (the "Initial Term").
The Initial Term shall begin upon commencement
of the Services to Customer. After the Initial
Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew.
ADDITIONALLY AFTER THE INITIAL TERM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE,
AGREE AND AUTHORIZE Hostingandserver.com TO AUTOMATICALLY
BILL AND/OR CHARGE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR SUCCESSIVE
TERMS OF EQUAL LENGTH AS THE INITIAL TERM, UNLESS
TERMINATED OR CANCELLED BY EITHER PARTY AS PROVIDED
IN THIS SECTION. The Initial Term and all
successive renewal periods shall be referred to,
collectively, as the "Term".
b. This Agreement may be terminated
i. by either party by giving the other
party thirty (30) days prior written notice
ii. by Hostingandserver.com in the
event of nonpayment by Customer,
iii. by Hostingandserver.com, at any
time, without notice, if, in Hostingandserver.com's
sole and absolute discretion and/or
judgment, Customer is in violation of any term
or condition of the this Agreement
and related agreements, TERMS AND CONDITIONS,
or Customer's use of the Services disrupts
or, in Hostingandserver.com's sole and absolute
discretion and/or judgment, could disrupt, Hostingandserver.com's
business operations and/or
iv. by Hostingandserver.com in accordance
with Sections 1, 9, and 10 of this Agreement.
c. If you cancel this Agreement prior to the
end of the Initial Term or any Term thereafter,
i. you shall be obligated to pay all
fees and charges accrued prior to the effectiveness
of such cancellation,
ii. Hostingandserver.com shall refund
to you all pre-paid fees for basic hosting services
(shared, dedicated and/or managed)
for the full months remaining after effectiveness
of cancellation (i.e., no partial
month fees shall be refunded), less any setup
fees and any discount applied for prepayment,
iii. you shall be obligated to pay
100% of all charges for all Services for each
month remaining in the Term (other
than basic hosting fees as provided in (ii) above).
Any cancellation request shall be effective
thirty (30) days after receipt by Hostingandserver.com,
unless a later date is specified in such
request.
d. Hostingandserver.com may terminate this
Agreement
i. if the Services are prohibited
by applicable law, or become impractical or unfeasible
for any technical, legal or regulatory
reason, by giving Customer as much prior notice
as reasonably practicable or
ii. immediately by giving written
notice to Customer, if Hostingandserver.com determines
in good faith that Customer's use
of the Customer Web site or the Customer Content
violates any term or condition, including
the TERMS AND CONDITIONS. If Hostingandserver.com
cancels this Agreement prior to the end
of the Term for your breach of this Agreement
and related agreements, the TERMS AND CONDITIONS
or Customer's use of the Services disrupts, Hostingandserver.com
shall not refund to you any fees paid
in advance of such cancellation and you shall
be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued
prior to the effectiveness of such cancellation;
further, you shall be obligated to pay 100% of
all charges for all Services for each
month remaining in the Term and Hostingandserver.com
shall have the right to charge you
an administrative fee.
e. Upon termination of this Agreement for any
cause or reason whatsoever, neither party shall
have any further rights or obligations under this
Agreement, except as expressly set forth herein.
The provisions of Sections 2(e), 3, 4, 8, 10,
11, 13 and 15 of this Agreement shall survive
the expiration or termination of this Agreement
for any cause or reason whatsoever, and, notwithstanding
the expiration or termination of this Agreement,
the parties shall each remain liable to the other
for any indebtedness or other liability theretofore
arising under this Agreement. Termination of this
Agreement and retention of pre-paid fees and charges
shall be in addition to, and not be in lieu of,
any other legal or equitable rights or remedies
to which Hostingandserver.com may be entitled.
- Customer's
Responsibilities
a. Customer is solely responsible for the quality,
performance and all other aspects of the Customer
Content and the goods or services provided through
the Customer Web site.
b. Customer will cooperate fully with Hostingandserver.com
in connection with Hostingandserver.com's performance
of the Services. Customer must provide any equipment
or software that may be necessary for Customer
to use the Services. Delays in Customer's performance
of its obligations under this Agreement will extend
the time for Hostingandserver.com's performance
of its obligations that depend on Customer's performance
on a day for day basis. Customer will notify Hostingandserver.com
of any change in Customer's mailing address, telephone,
e-mail or other contact information.
c. Customer assumes full responsibility for providing
end users with any required disclosure or explanation
of the various features of the Customer Web site
and any goods or services described therein, as
well as any rules, terms or conditions of use.
d. Because the Services permit Customer to electronically
transmit or upload content directly to the Customer
Web site, Customer shall be fully responsible
for uploading all content to the Customer Web
site and supplementing, modifying and updating
the Customer Web site. Customer is also responsible
for ensuring that the Customer Content and all
aspects of the Customer Web site are compatible
with the hardware and software used by Hostingandserver.com
to provide the Services, as the same may be changed
by Hostingandserver.com from time to time. Specifications
for the hardware and software used by Hostingandserver.com
to provide the Services will be available on Hostingandserver.com's
Web site. Customer shall periodically access Hostingandserver.com's
Web site to determine if Hostingandserver.com
has made any changes thereto. Hostingandserver.com
shall not be responsible for any damages to the
Customer Content, the Customer Web site or other
damages or any malfunctions or service interruptions
caused by any failure of the Customer Content
or any aspect of the Customer Web site to be compatible
with the hardware and software used by Hostingandserver.com
to provide the Services.
e. Unless provided otherwise, Customer is solely
responsible for making back-up copies of the Customer
Web site and Customer Content.
- Customer's
Representations and Warranties
a. Customer hereby represents and warrants to
Hostingandserver.com, and agrees that during the
Initial Term and any Term thereafter Customer
will ensure that:
i. Customer is the owner or valid
licensee of the Customer Content and each element
thereof, and Customer has secured
all necessary licenses, consents, permissions,
waivers and releases for the use of
the Customer Content and each element thereof,
including without limitation, all trademarks,
logos, names and likenesses contained
therein, without any obligation by Hostingandserver.com
to pay any fees, residuals, guild
payments or other compensation of any kind to
any Person;
ii. Customer's use, publication and
display of the Customer Content will not infringe
any copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or other proprietary or intellectual
property right of any person, or constitute
a defamation, invasion of privacy or violation
of any right of publicity or any other right of
any person, including, without limitation,
any contractual, statutory or common law right
or any "moral right" or similar right
however denominated;
iii. Customer will comply with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations regarding
the Customer Content and the Customer
Web site and will use the Customer Web site only
for lawful purposes; and
iv. Customer has used its best efforts
to ensure that the Customer Content is and will
at all times remain free of all computer
viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other malicious
code.
b. Customer shall be solely responsible for the
development, operation and maintenance of Customer's
web site, online store and e-commerce activities,
for all products and services offered by Customer
or appearing online and for all contents and materials
appearing online or on Customer's products, including,
without limitation
i. the accuracy and appropriateness
of the Customer Content and content and material
appearing in its store or on its products,
ii. ensuring that the Customer Content
and content and materials appearing in its store
or on its products do not violate
or infringe upon the rights of any person, and
iii. ensuring that the Customer Content
and the content and materials appearing in its
store or on its products are not defamatory
or otherwise illegal. Customer shall be solely
responsible for accepting, processing
and filling customer orders and for handling customer
inquiries or complaints. Customer shall be
solely responsible for the payment or satisfaction
of any and all taxes associated with its web site
and online store.
c. Customer grants Hostingandserver.com the right
to reproduce, copy, use and distribute all and
any portion of the Customer Content to the extent
needed to provide and operate the Services.
- License
to Hostingandserver.com. Customer hereby grants
to Hostingandserver.com
Non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right and
license during the Initial Term and any Term thereafter
to do the following to the extent necessary in
the performance of Services under the Order: (a)
digitize, convert, install, upload, select, order,
arrange, compile, combine, synchronize, use, reproduce,
store, process, retrieve, transmit, distribute,
publish, publicly display, publicly perform and
hyperlink the Customer Content; and (b) make archival
or back-up copies of the Customer Content and
the Customer Web site. Except for the rights expressly
granted above, Hostingandserver.com is not acquiring
any right, title or interest in or to the Customer
Content, all of which shall remain solely with
Customer.
- Billing
and Payment
a. Customer will pay to Hostingandserver.com the
service fees for the Services in the manner set
forth in the Order Form.
b. Hostingandserver.com may increase the Service
Fees (i) in the manner permitted in the service
description and (ii) at any time on or after expiration
of the Initial Term by providing ten (10) days
prior written notice thereof to Customer.
c. The Service Fees do not include any applicable
sales, use, revenue, excise or other taxes imposed
by any taxing authority with respect to the Services
or any software provided hereunder (excluding
any tax on Hostingandserver.com's net income).
All such taxes will be added to Hostingandserver.com's
invoices for the fees as separate charges to be
paid by Customer. All fees are fully earned when
due and non-refundable when paid.
d. Unless otherwise specified, all fees and related
charges shall be due and payable within Sixty
(60) days after the date of the invoice. If any
invoice is not paid within Ninety (90) days after
the date of the invoice, Hostingandserver.com
may take any kind of decission for such invoice;
e. If Hostingandserver.com collects any payment
due at law or through an attorney at law or under
advice therefrom or through a collection agency,
or if Hostingandserver.com prevails in any action
to which the Customer and Hostingandserver.com
are parties, Customer will pay all costs of collection,
arbitration and litigation, including, without
limitation, all court costs and Hostingandserver.com's
reasonable attorneys' fees. I
f. In the event that any amount due Hostingandserver.com
remains unpaid twenty (20) days after such payment
is due, Hostingandserver.com, in its sole discretion,
may immediately terminate this Agreement, and/or
withhold or suspend Services.
g. Wire transfers will be assessed a $30.00 charge.
h. Customer acknowledges and agrees that Hostingandserver.com
may pre- charge Customer's fees for the Services
to its credit card supplied by Customer during
registration for the Initial Term.
i. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE AND AUTHORIZE Hostingandserver.com
TO AUTOMATICALLY BILL AND/OR CHARGE ON YOUR CREDIT
CARD FOR SUCCESSIVE TERMS OF EQUAL LENGTH AS THE
INITIAL TERM, UNLESS TERMINATED OR CANCELLED BY
EITHER PARTY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.
- Hostingandserver.com
as Reseller or Licensor
Hostingandserver.com is acting only as a reseller
or licensor of the hardware, software and equipment
used in connection with the products and/or Services
that were or are manufactured or provided by a
third party ("Non-Hostingandserver.com Product").
Hostingandserver.com shall not be responsible
for any changes in the Services that cause the
Non-Hostingandserver.com Product to become obsolete,
require modification or alteration, or otherwise
affect the performance of the Services. Any malfunction
or manufacturer's defects of Non- Hostingandserver.com
Product either sold, licensed or provided by Hostingandserver.com
to Customer or purchased directly by Customer
used in connection with the Services will not
be deemed a breach of Hostingandserver.com's obligations
under this Agreement. Any rights or remedies Customer
may have regarding the ownership, licensing, performance
or compliance of Non-Hostingandserver.com Product
are limited to those rights extended to Customer
by the manufacturer of such Non- Hostingandserver.com
Product. Customer is entitled to use any Non-Hostingandserver.com
Product supplied by Hostingandserver.com only
in connection with Customer's permitted use of
the Services. Customer shall use its best efforts
to protect and keep confidential all intellectual
property provided by Hostingandserver.com to Customer
through any Non-Hostingandserver.com Product and
shall make no attempt to copy, alter, reverse
engineer, or tamper with such intellectual property
or to use it other than in connection with the
Services. Customer shall not resell, transfer,
export or re-export any Non-Hostingandserver.com
Product, or any technical data derived therefrom,
in violation of any applicable United States or
foreign law.
- Internet
Protocol (IP) Address Ownership
If Hostingandserver.com assigns Customer an Internet
Protocol ("IP") address for Customer's use, the
right to use that IP address shall belong only
to Hostingandserver.com, and Customer shall have
no right to use that IP address except as permitted
by Hostingandserver.com in its sole and absolute
discretion in connection with the Services, during
the term of this Agreement. Hostingandserver.com
shall maintain and control ownership of all Internet
Protocol numbers and addresses that may be assigned
to Customer by Hostingandserver.com, and Hostingandserver.com
reserves the right to change or remove any and
all such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses,
in its sole and absolute discretion.
- Caching
Customer expressly (i) grants to Hostingandserver.com
a license to cache the entirety of the Customer
Content and Customer's web site, including content
supplied by third parties, hosted by Hostingandserver.com
under this Agreement and (ii) agrees that such
caching is not an infringement of any of Customer's
intellectual property rights or any third party's
intellectual property rights.
- CPU
Usage
Customer agrees that Customer shall not use excessive
amounts of CPU processing on any of Hostingandserver.com's
servers. Any violation of this policy may result
in corrective action by Hostingandserver.com,
including assessment of additional charges, disconnection
or discontinuance of any and all Services, or
termination of this Agreement, which actions may
be taken in Hostingandserver.com's sole and absolute
discretion. If Hostingandserver.com takes any
corrective action under this section, Customer
shall not be entitled to a refund of any fees
paid in advance prior to such action.
- Bandwidth
and Disk Usage
Customer agrees that bandwidth and disk usage
shall not exceed the number of megabytes agreed
to in the stipulated measurements outlined on
the web site at the time of sign-up (or other
measurements of services in the form of gigabytes,
terabytes, etc.) per month for the Services ordered
by Customer on the Order Form (the "Agreed Usage").
Hostingandserver.com will monitor Customer's bandwidth
and disk usage. Hostingandserver.com shall have
the right to take corrective action if Customer's
bandwidth or disk usage exceeds the Agreed Usage.
Such corrective action may include the assessment
of additional charges, disconnection or discontinuance
of any and all Services, or termination of this
Agreement, which actions may be taken in Hostingandserver.com's
sole and absolute discretion. If Hostingandserver.com
takes any corrective action under this section,
Customer shall not be entitled to a refund of
any fees paid in advance prior to such action.
- Property
Rights
a. Hostingandserver.com hereby grants to Customer
a non-exclusive, non- transferable, royalty-free
license, exercisable solely during the term of
this Agreement, to use Hostingandserver.com technology,
products and services solely for the purpose of
accessing and using the Services. Customer may
not use Hostingandserver.com's technology for
any purpose other than accessing and using the
Services. Except for the rights expressly granted
above, this Agreement does not transfer from Hostingandserver.com
to Customer any Hostingandserver.com technology,
and all rights, titles and interests in and to
any Hostingandserver.com technology shall remain
solely with Hostingandserver.com. Customer shall
not, directly or indirectly, reverse engineer,
decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to
derive source code or other trade secrets from
any of the Hostingandserver.com.
b. Hostingandserver.com owns all right, title
and interest in and to the Services and Hostingandserver.com's
trade names, trademarks, service marks, inventions,
copyrights, trade secrets, patents, know-how and
other intellectual property rights relating to
the design, function, marketing, promotion, sale
and provision of the Services and the related
hardware, software and systems ("Marks"). Noting
in this Agreement constitutes a license to Customer
to use or resell the Marks.
- Disclaimer
of Warranty
Customer agrees to use all Services and any information
obtained through or from Hostingandserver.com,
at Customer's own risk. Customer acknowledges
and agrees that Hostingandserver.com exercises
no control over, and accepts no responsibility
for, the content of the information passing through
Hostingandserver.com's host computers, network
hubs and points of presence or the Internet. THE
SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED
ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NONE OF Hostingandserver.com,
ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS,
OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS,
SUPPLIERS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS,
MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE (EACH, AN "Hostingandserver.com
PERSON") MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, FOR
THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT Hostingandserver.com
PROVIDES. NO Hostingandserver.com PERSON MAKES
ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED
OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES
AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY
OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE
CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES.
Hostingandserver.com IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY
DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM CUSTOMER OR
STORED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S CUSTOMERS
VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY Hostingandserver.com.
NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY
ANY Hostingandserver.com PERSON, WILL CREATE A
WARRANTY; NOR MAY YOU RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION
OR ADVICE. THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION SHALL SURVIVE
ANY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
- Limited
Warranty
a. Hostingandserver.com represents and warrants
to Customer that the Services will be performed
(a) in a manner consistent with industry standards
reasonably applicable to the performance thereof;
(b) at least at the same level of service as provided
by Hostingandserver.com generally to its other
customers for the same services; and (c) in compliance
in all material respects with the applicable Service
Descriptions. Customer will be deemed to have
accepted such Services unless Customer notifies
Hostingandserver.com, in writing, within thirty
(30) days after performance of any Services of
any breach of the foregoing warranties. Customer's
sole and exclusive remedy, and Hostingandserver.com's
sole obligation, for breach of the foregoing warranties
shall be for Hostingandserver.com, at its option,
to re-perform the defective Services at no cost
to Customer, or, in the event of interruptions
to the Services caused by a breach of the foregoing
warranties, issue Customer a credit in an amount
equal to the current monthly service fees pro
rated by the number of hours in which the Services
have been interrupted. Hostingandserver.com may
provision the Services from any of its data centers
and may from time to time re-provision the Services
from different data centers.
b. The foregoing warranties shall not apply to
performance issues or defects in the Services
(a) caused by factors outside of Hostingandserver.com's
reasonable control; (b) that resulted from any
actions or inactions of Customer or any third
parties; or (c) that resulted from Customer's
equipment or any third-party equipment not within
the sole control of Hostingandserver.com. EXCEPT
AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, Hostingandserver.com
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE
SERVICES OR ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS,
AND Hostingandserver.com HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
THE SAME. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, ANY
THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER HEREUNDER
IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY CONDITION OR WARRANTY
WHATSOEVER. Hostingandserver.com DOES NOT WARRANT
THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE
OR COMPLETELY SECURE.
- Limitation
of Liability
a. IN NO EVENT WILL Hostingandserver.com'S
LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, ANY
SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR ANY ORDER, WHETHER
CAUSED BY FAILURE TO DELIVER, NON-PERFORMANCE,
DEFECTS, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED
THE AGGREGATE SERVICE FEES PAID TO Hostingandserver.com
BY CUSTOMER DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.
b. Hostingandserver.com CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS
SERVICE, SERVICE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME, INTEGRITY
OF DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT STORED OR TRANSMITTED
VIA THE INTERNET. Hostingandserver.com WILL NOT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ANY
CORRUPTION, ERASURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, ALTERATION
OR INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF, DATA, INFORMATION
OR CONTENT TRANSMITTED, RECEIVED OR STORED ON
ITS SYSTEM.
c. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BELOW, NEITHER
PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY TO THE OTHER
PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOST PROFITS
OR REVENUES, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA OR COSTS
OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, LICENSES OR
SERVICES OR SIMILAR ECONOMIC LOSS, OR FOR ANY
PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR SIMILAR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, WHETHER FORESEEABLE
OR NOT, UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR OTHER RIGHT HEREUNDER,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE
OR NON- PERFORMANCE OF ANY ORDER, OR FOR ANY CLAIM
AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY BY A THIRD PARTY, REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH CLAIM OR DAMAGES.
d. The limitations contained in this Section apply
to all causes of action in the aggregate, whether
based in contract, tort or any other legal theory
(including strict liability), other than claims
based on fraud or willful misconduct. The limitations
contained in Section 15(c) shall not apply to
Customer's indemnification obligations.
e. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, Hostingandserver.com's maximum
liability under this Agreement for all damages,
losses, costs and causes of actions from any and
all claims (whether in contract, tort, including
negligence, quasi- contract, statutory or otherwise)
shall not exceed the actual dollar amount paid
by Customer for the Services which gave rise to
such damages, losses and causes of actions during
the 12-month period prior to the date the damage
or loss occurred or the cause of action arose.
f. Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees
that if Hostingandserver.com takes any corrective
action under this Agreement because of an action
of Customer or one if its customers or a reseller,
that corrective action may adversely affect other
customers of Customer or other reseller customers,
and Customer agrees that Hostingandserver.com
shall have no liability to Customer, any of its
customers or any Reseller Customer due to such
corrective action by Hostingandserver.com.
g. This limitation of liability reflects an informed,
voluntary allocation between the parties of the
risks (known and unknown) that may exist in connection
with this Agreement. The terms of this section
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
- Indemnification
Customer agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless Hostingandserver.com and its parent,
subsidiary and affiliated companies, and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees,
shareholders, attorneys and agents (each an "indemnified
party" and, collectively, "indemnified parties")
from and against any and all claims, damages,
losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands,
proceedings (whether legal or administrative),
and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or filed
by a third party against any of the indemnified
parties arising out of or relating to Customer's
use of the Services, (ii) any violation by Customer
of the TERMS AND CONDITIONS, (iii) any breach
of any representation, warranty or covenant of
Customer contained in this Agreement or (iv) any
acts or omissions of Customer. The terms of this
section shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
- Miscellaneous
a. Independent Contractor. Hostingandserver.com
and Customer are independent contractors and nothing
contained in this Agreement places Hostingandserver.com
and Customer in the relationship of principal
and agent, master and servant, partners or joint
venturers. Neither party has, expressly or by
implication, or may represent itself as having,
any authority to make contracts or enter into
any agreements in the name of the other party,
or to obligate or bind the other party in any
manner whatsoever.
b. Headings. The headings herein are
for convenience only and are not part of this
Agreement.
c. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This
Agreement, including documents incorporated herein
by reference, supersedes all prior discussions,
negotiations and agreements between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
this Agreement constitutes the sole and entire
agreement between the parties with respect to
the matters covered hereby. In case of a conflict
between this Agreement and any purchase order,
service order, work order, confirmation, correspondence
or other communication of Customer or Hostingandserver.com,
the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
control. No additional terms or conditions relating
to the subject matter of this Agreement shall
be effective unless approved in writing by any
authorized representative of Customer and Hostingandserver.com.
This Agreement may not be modified or amended
except by another agreement in writing executed
by the parties hereto; provided, however, that
these Terms of Service may be modified from time
to time by Hostingandserver.com in its sole discretion,
which modifications will be effective upon posting
to Hostingandserver.com's web site.
d. Severability. All rights and restrictions
contained in this Agreement may be exercised and
shall be applicable and binding only to the extent
that they do not violate any applicable laws and
are intended to be limited to the extent necessary
so that they will not render this Agreement illegal,
invalid or unenforceable. If any provision or
portion of any provision of this Agreement shall
be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable
by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is the
intention of the parties that the remaining provisions
or portions thereof shall constitute their agreement
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
all such remaining provisions or portions thereof
shall remain in full force and effect.
e. Notices. All notices and demands required
or contemplated hereunder by one party to the
other shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly made and given upon date of
delivery if delivered in person or by an overnight
delivery or postal service, upon receipt if delivered
by facsimile the receipt of which is confirmed
by the recipient, or upon the expiration of five
days after the date of posting if mailed by certified
mail, postage prepaid, to the addresses or facsimile
numbers set forth below the parties' signatures.
Either party may change its address or facsimile
number for purposes of this Agreement by notice
in writing to the other party as provided herein.
Hostingandserver.com may give written notice to
Customer via e-mail to the Customer's e-mail address
as maintained in Hostingandserver.com's billing
records.
f. Waiver. No failure or delay by any
party hereto to exercise any right or remedy hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right or remedy
by any party preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or
remedy. No express waiver or assent by any party
hereto to any breach of or default in any term
or condition of this Agreement shall constitute
a waiver of or an assent to any succeeding breach
of or default in the same or any other term or
condition hereof.
g. Assignment; Successors. Customer may
not assign or transfer this Agreement, or any
of its rights or obligations hereunder, without
the prior written consent of Hostingandserver.com.
Any attempted assignment in violation of the foregoing
provision shall be null and void and of no force
or effect whatsoever. Hostingandserver.com may
assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement,
and may engage subcontractors or agents in performing
its duties and exercising its rights hereunder,
without the consent of Customer. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns.
h. Limitation of Actions. No action,
regardless of form, arising by reason of or in
connection with this Agreement may be brought
by either party more than two years after the
cause of action has arisen.
i. Counterparts. If this Agreement is
signed manually, it may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original and all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument. If this Agreement
is signed electronically, Hostingandserver.com's
records of such execution shall be presumed accurate
unless proven otherwise.
j. Force Majeure. Neither party is liable
for any default or delay in the performance of
any of its obligations under this Agreement (other
than failure to make payments when due) if such
default or delay is caused, directly or indirectly,
by forces beyond such party's reasonable control,
including, without limitation, fire, flood, acts
of God, labor disputes, accidents, acts of war
or terrorism, interruptions of transportation
or communications, supply shortages or the failure
of any third party to perform any commitment relative
to the production or delivery of any equipment
or material required for such party to perform
its obligations hereunder.
k. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
nothing in this Agreement is intended, nor shall
anything herein be construed to confer any rights,
legal or equitable, in any Person other than the
parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Customer acknowledges and agrees that Microsoft,
and any supplier of third-party supplier that
is identified as a third-party beneficiary in
the Service Description, is an intended third-party
beneficiary of the provisions set forth in this
Agreement as they relate specifically to its products
or services and shall have the right to enforce
directly the terms and conditions of this Agreement
with respect to its products or services against
Customer as if it were a party to this Agreement.
l. Government Regulations. Customer may
not export, re-export, transfer or make available,
whether directly or indirectly, any regulated
item or information to anyone outside the United
States in connection with this Agreement without
first complying with all export control laws and
regulations which may be imposed by the United
States government and any country or organization
of nations within whose jurisdiction Customer
operates or does business.
m. Marketing. Customer agrees that during
the term of this Agreement Hostingandserver.com
may publicly refer to Customer, orally and in
writing, as a customer of Hostingandserver.com.
Any other public reference to Customer by Hostingandserver.com
requires the written consent of Customer.
Revised: June 2005 (ver
3.7)
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