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A) THE PARTIES
1. The Positive Internet Company Limited,
whose registered office is at Northside House Mount Pleasant,
Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9EE ("The Company")
2. ("the Client")
B) RECITALS
The Company is engaged in the business
of providing web-hosting and related services.
The Client wishes to use these services,
and the Company agrees to provide services to the Client on
the following terms and conditions:
C) OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
1. DEFINITIONS
"Agreement" means this Agreement
between the Company and Client incorporating Schedules 1 and
2 thereof;
"Bandwidth" means the allocated
transmission capacity, measured in bits per second, of the
network connection as specified in the Agreement;
"Charges" means those charges
set out in Schedule 2 of the Agreement.
"Server" means the computer equipment
operated by the Company in connection with the provision of
the Services;
"Service" or "Services"
means the service or services respectively set out in Schedule
1 of this agreement;
"Web site" means the area on
the Server allocated by the Company for the Client's use as
a site on the Internet.
2. WEB SITE HOSTING and EMAIL
2.1. The Company makes no representation
and gives no warranty as to the accuracy or quality of information
received by any person via the Server and the Company shall
have no liability for any loss or damage to any data stored
on the Server;
2.2. The Client shall effect and maintain
adequate insurance cover in respect of any loss or damage
to data stored on the Server;
2.3. The Client represents, undertakes
and warrants to the Company that the Client will use the Web
Site allocated to the Client only for lawful purposes. In
particular, the Client represents, warrants and undertakes
to the Company
that;
2.3.1. The Client 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 the Client
authorise or permit any other person to do so;
2.3.2. The Client will not publish, 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; provided by The Company to The
Client.
2.4. The Client shall keep secure any identification,
password and other confidential information relating to the
Client's account and shall notify the Company immediately
of any known or suspected unauthorised use of the Client's
account or breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorised
disclosure of the Client's password or other security information;
2.5. The Client shall observe the procedures
which the Company may from time to time prescribe and shall
make no use of the Server which is detrimental to other customers
of the Company;
2.6. The Client shall procure that all
electronic mail and other electronic material transmitted
using the Server is sent in accordance with applicable legislation
(including data protection legislation) and a in secure manner;
2.7. Any access to other networks connected
to the Company must comply with the rules appropriate for
those other networks;
2.8. While the Company will use every reasonable
endeavour to ensure the integrity and security of the Server,
the Company does not guarantee that the Server will be free
from unauthorised users, hackers or other malicious parties,
and the Company shall be under no liability for non-receipt
or misrouting of electronic mail or for any other failure
of electronic mail or other electronic material transmitted
using the Server;
3. RESELLING
3.1. The Client may not resell the Service
or any part thereof without prior written agreement from the
Company.
4. DOMAIN NAME RESGISTRATION
4.1. The Company makes no representation
that the domain name the Client wishes to register is capable
of being registered by or for the Client or that it will be
registered in the Client's name. The Client should therefore
not assume registration of the Client's requested domain name(s)
until the Client has been notified that it has or the Client
has been registered. Any action taken by the Client before
such notification is at the Clients risk;
4.2. The registration and use of the Client's
domain name is subject to the terms and conditions of use
applied by the relevant naming authority; the Client shall
ensure that the Client is aware of those terms and conditions
and that the Client complies with them. The Client shall have
no right to bring any claim against the Company in respect
of refusal to register a domain name or cancellation of the
domain name by the relevant naming authority.
4.3. The Company shall have no liability
in respect of the use by the Client of any domain name; any
dispute between the Client and any other person must be resolved
between the parties concerned in such dispute. If any such
dispute arises, the Company shall be entitled, at the Company's
discretion and without giving any reason, to withhold, suspend
or cancel the domain name. The Company shall also be entitled
to make representations to the relevant naming authority but
will not be obliged to take part in any such dispute;
4.4. The Company gives no warranty that
the Client's domain name is or will continue to be available
for the Client's use or that no domain name is or will be
registered which conflicts with the Client's domain name or
which otherwise affects the Client's use of the Client's domain
name;
5. THE COMPANY SERVICE
5.1. Requests relating to the provision
of Service are, unless otherwise agreed, to be made or confirmed
in writing or by electronic mail;
5.2. The Company will use all reasonable
endeavours to adhere to any dates proposed by either the Company
or the Client for the provision of Service, however any such
date is to be treated as an estimate only and the Company
accepts no liability for failure to meet such dates;
5.3. The Company will use all reasonable
endeavours to provide a reliable Service, however it is not
practicable to provide such a Service free of faults and the
Company does not undertake to do so. In the event of a fault
in Service,
the Client must report the fault by telephone facsimile or
electronic mail to the Company's Technical Support at the
appropriate numbers or addresses or other such numbers or
addresses that the Company may from time to time provide.
Upon receipt of the fault report, the Company will take all
proper steps without undue delay to correct the fault. The
Company shall not, in any event, be liable for interruptions
of Service or down-time of a Server;
5.4. The Company may:
- temporarily suspend for the purpose of repair, maintenance
or improvement, part or all of Company's service, generally
without notice.
- give or update instructions regarding the use of the Service
which in the Company's reasonable opinion is necessary in
the interests of safety, or to maintain or improve the quality
of Service to the Company's customers and any such instructions
shall whilst they are in force, be deemed to form part of
this Agreement,
- vary the technical specification of Service for operational
reasons,
- the Company undertakes to use reasonable endeavours to restore
Service as soon as practicable after any such suspension;
5.5 The Client must:
Notify The Company of any change of telephone
number, postal address, email address or any other contact
detail. Failure to do so which leads to The Company being
unable to contact The Client in any way will at The Company's
discretion result in suspension of service pending resumption
of communications with The Client.
6. COMMENCEMENT and CANCELLATION
6.1. The Service commences on ___________________________________
and shall continue indefinitely until cancelled by either
party after giving at least thirty days notice. If the Client
gives notice, the Client shall pay all
charges due for any remaining part of the Minimum Period of
Service unless the Client gives notice because we intend to
change any of the terms and conditions of this Contract to
the Clients detriment.
7. BANDWIDTH UTILISATION
7.1. There is no specific Bandwidth or
data-transfer frequency restriction. Nevertheless, if it is
the Company's reasonable opinion that the Client's use of
the Server is to the measurable detriment of the services
available on the
Server to other Clients, the Company will discuss measures
with the Client for remedying the situation, which the Client
may be obliged to follow.
8. CONTENT and MISUSE
8.1. The Client will use all reasonable
endeavours to ensure that the Company Service is used or includes
content that conforms to the laws of the this country and
will not knowingly permit any illegal use or such use that
will bring the Company into disrepute;
8.2. The Client must not use the Service:
to send or receive any material which is offensive, abusive,
indecent, obscene or menacing; or in breach of confidence,
copyright, privacy or any other rights; or in breach of any
provisions as contained within clause 3 of this Agreement;
or other than in conformance with the acceptable use policies
of any connected networks and the Internet standards;
9. CHARGES and PAYMENT
9.1. Charges and terms of payment for the
Service are set out in Schedule 2. All payments must be in
UK Pounds Sterling unless agreed in writing otherwise. If
any cheque from the Client is returned by the bank as unpaid
for any reason, the Client will be liable for a "returned
cheque" charge of 30 Pounds Sterling.
9.2. Without prejudice to the Company's
other rights and remedies under this Agreement, if any sum
payable is not paid on or before the due date, the Company
shall be entitled forthwith to suspend the provision of Services
to the Client;
9.3 A Minimum Period of 12 months of Service
begins from 30 days after account activation unless we are
notified in writing that you do not require our services.
10. DEFAULT
10.1. If the Client:
does not pay the charges in accordance with the provisions
of clause 9 of this Agreement, or breaks this Agreement in
any other way; or is subject to bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings;
the Company can (without prejudicing, losing or reducing any
other right or remedy) suspend service, including partially,
temporarily without notice, albeit
the Client remains liable to pay rental during the suspension,
or terminate this Agreement by immediate notice, without prejudice
to the Company's pre-existing rights;
10.2. Bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding
means bankruptcy proceedings or in Scotland sequestration
proceedings, becoming insolvent, making any composition or
arrangement with creditors or an assignment for their benefit,
any execution, distress, diligence or seizure: or if the Client
is a company, being the subject of proceedings for the appointment
of an administrator, going into liquidation whether voluntary
or compulsory (except for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction)
or having a receiver or administrative receiver of any assets
appointed;
10.3. The Client continues to be liable
to pay all charges which are due for Service during any period
in which the Client does not comply with this Agreement;
10.4. On termination of this Agreement
or suspension of the Service, the Company shall be entitled
immediately to block the Client's Web Site or related Service
and to remove all data located on it. The Company shall be
entitled to delete all such data but may, at its discretion,
hold such data for such period as it may decide to allow the
Client to collect it, subject to payment in full of any amounts
withstanding and payable to the Company. The Company shall
further be entitled to post such notice in respect of the
non-availability of the Client's Web Site or related Service
it thinks fit;
10.5. If the Company waives a breach of
this Agreement by the Client, that waiver is limited to the
particular breach. Any delay by the Company in acting upon
a breach is not to be regarded in itself as a waiver.
11. TERMINATION OF SERVICE
11.1. This Agreement may be terminated
by either party on giving at least 30 days written notice
to the other. If the Company gives notice, the Client shall
pay all charges owed to the Company up to the expiry of the
notice. If the
Client gives notice, the Client shall pay all charges due
for any remaining part of the Minimum Period of Service unless
the Client gives notice because we intend to change any of
the terms and conditions of this Contract to the Clients detriment.
12. NOTICES
12.1. Any notice to be given by either party to the other
may be sent by either electronic mail, fax or recorded delivery
to the address of the other party as appearing in this Agreement
or any other address as such party may from time to time have
communicated to the other in writing, and if sent by electronic
mail 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;
13. MATTERS BEYOND THE COMPANY'S REASONABLE
CONTROL
13.1. The Company is not liable for any
breach of this Agreement or liable for any delay or failure
in performance of any part of these conditions and its commitments
when caused as a result of Force Majeur, war, civil disorder,
industrial disputes, inclement weather, acts of local or central
government or other competent authorities, and failure by
other service providers.
14. LIABILITY
14.1. The Client acknowledges that the
Company has no control over the information transmitted via
the Service and that the Company does not examine the use
to which the Client puts the service or the nature of the
information
the Client is sending or receiving. The Client hereby excludes
all liability of any kind for the transmission or reception
of information of whatever nature;
14.2. The Company undertakes no liability
whatsoever for the acts or omissions of other providers of
telecommunication service or for faults in or failures of
their apparatus;
14.3. The Company is not in any way liable
in this Agreement or otherwise for loss, whether direct or
indirect of business, revenue or profits, anticipated savings
or wasted expenditure, corruption or destruction of data or
for any indirect or consequential loss whatsoever.
14.4. The Company makes no warranty as
regards to its services or equipment and will not be responsible
for any damage allegedly suffered or claimed by the Client
for any reason including but not limited to loss of data,
wrong or non deliveries and service interruptions.
14.5. All conditions, terms, representations
and warranties relating to the Service 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 subclause 14.6;
14.6. Nothing in these terms and conditions
shall exclude the Company's liability for death or personal
injury resulting from the Company's negligence;
14.7. The Company's total aggregate liability
to the Client for any claim in Contract, tort, negligence
or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the provision
of the Service shall be limited to the charges paid by the
Client in respect of the Service which is the subject of any
such claim;
14.8. In any event no claim shall be brought
unless the Client has notified the Company of the claim within
one year of its arising;
14.9. While the Company will endeavour
to make periodic backups of Client and system data, the Client
acknowledges that it is the Client's responsibility to ensure
the integrity of his data at all times. Backups of web-server
access logs will not be taken by the Company, and archived
web-server access logs may be deleted at any time and without
notice by the Company.
15. INDEMNITY
15.1. The Client shall indemnify the Company
and keep it indemnified and hold it harmless from and against
any breach by the Client of these terms of business and any
claim brought against the Company by a third party resulting
from the provision of Service by the Company to the Client
and the Client's use of the Service 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 the Company in consequences of the Client's breach or non-observance
of this Agreement;
16. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
16.1. The Client shall obtain any and all
necessary consents and clearances to enable the Client lawfully
to make use of all and any intellectual property rights through
the Services, including without limitation, clearance and/or
consents in respect of the Client's proposed domain name;
17. ASSIGNMENT
17.1. The Client may assign all or part
of this Agreement to any other party only with the prior written
agreement of the Company. The Company reserves the right to
assign all or part of this Agreement at any time to any subsidiary
or
associate company of the Company.
18. LAW
18.1. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with English law and the Client
hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English
courts.
19. HEADINGS
19.1. Headings are included in this Agreement
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
or interpretation of this Agreement.
20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
20.1. These terms and conditions together
with any documents expressly referred to in them, contain
the entire Agreement between the Client and the Company relating
to the subject matter covered and supersede any previous Agreements,
arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral:
between the Client and the Company 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, the Client has
not relied on any representation other than those expressly
stated in these terms and conditions and the Client agrees
that he shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation
which has not been made expressly in this Agreement.
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