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Terms
and Conditions of use of Websites
This
Contract covers the General Terms
and Conditions which apply to all
visitors and Users/Customers of
our Web sites The terms contained
within this Web site provide the
complete and exclusive Terms and
Conditions for all our Web
sites that supersede any other terms
and conditions.
DEFINITIONS
"Authorised Software" means Software
placed on the Service by Us for
You to use
"Band Width" means
the volume of use by your customers
who access and use of your Web site
"Personal Domain
Name" means a domain name registered
by Us for You
"The Company" means
Business Director
"The Contract"
means the Contract between You and
Us incorporating these terms and
conditions.
"Due Date" means
the date upon which payment is due
"Hosting" means
the making available of the customers
domain name to the Internet community.
"Illegal" means
any act or acts which are capable
of breaching the criminal law in
England and Wales.
"Initial Term"
means one month
"In Writing" means
by letter, e-mail or faxed communication
"Material" means
text, graphics, data or information
provided by You or a third party
to Us or Material provided by Us
to You.
"Notice" means
in writing by post, e-mail or faxed
communication
"Renewal Term"
means each subsequent month after
the Initial Term
"Server" means
our computers connected directly
or indirectly to the Internet that
provides web pages to users
"Service" means
the computer/internet services provided
by Us to allow You to operate one
single domain name.
"Visitors" means
any person accessing the Service
"Virus" means any
software or code that in an unauthorised
manner seeks to annoy debilitate,
interfere with or damage any Server
or the Service
"World Wide Web"
means world wide web Service available
on the Internet.
"We/Us" means Business
Director
"Web site " means
the area on our computer system
allocated to You for the purpose
of this Order.
"You" means you
or any user who on your behalf visits
the Web site whether as a registered
user or not
Any words in the
singular include the plural and
vice versa. All definitions, notes,
terms and conditions referred to
in this Contract form part of the
Contract as if they were expressly
set out in it.
This Contract shall
be for the Initial Term and shall
automatically continue there after
for the Renewal Term unless and
until terminated by either party
in accordance with these terms and
conditions.
Any attempt to
visit part of the Web site to which
You do not have authorised access
will constitute an abuse these Web
site terms. Persistent abusers will
be deleted/ reported to their ISP
and may be prosecuted under criminal
law or the subject of civil proceedings.
1. VIRUS PREVENTION
It is your responsibility to ensure
that:-
You do not upload any Virus to the
Web space provided by Us
You do not allow a Virus to enter
or seek to enter the Service by
permitting anyone knowingly or otherwise
to download or upload files or data
containing a Virus.
2. USE OF SERVICE
Upon accessing the Service You may
print individual pages on paper,
store individual pages electronically
on disc or display individual pages
on a computer screen but You may
not store the content of the Web
site on a Server nor reproduce,
copy, disseminate or modify the
content of the Service, except as
hereafter described. You must not
allow any software to reside upon
or access or attempt to access our
Server that may harm degrade, or
place an unnecessary load on our
Server or the Service. You must
not exceed the Bandwidth limits
that We place upon the Service from
time to time.
3. LINKS FROM OTHER
WEBSITES & DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION/RENEWAL
You must obtain our written consent
before linking from any other Web
page to our Web site Where other
Web sites are linked to ours, there
is no implication that We in any
way endorse the content or policies
of that third party Web site and
We will not accept any liability
for any claims as a result of the
content or activity of any third
party Service. In addition to the
fees specified in this Agreement
You are also liable to pay any renewal
charges associated with any Personal
Domain Name as and when they become
due and at the prevailing rate.
If this Agreement is terminated
or you are in breach of any term
contained herein then We may permanently
suspend the use of e-mail associated
with the Personal Domain Name forthwith
and without reference to You or
that you immediately transfer the
Personal Domain Name to Us free
of charge.
4. SECURITY/YOUR
OBLIGATIONS
Upon registration as a User of the
Service You will receive a unique
password. You must not record your
password in any way that means it
can be identified as your password.
If You have reason to believe that
another person knows or may know
your password You must inform Us
immediately. We cannot be held liable
for any loss should Your password
become known to any third party.
You must not pass to any unauthorised
person information relating to the
login name and password. In the
event that your login name and password
are used by an unauthorised person,
We accept no responsibility and
You will be liable for any loss
or damage and all additional charges
levied by Us howsoever arising there
from. You must not allow any act
whereby any unauthorised access
is gained to any information or
resources of any body corporate
or person, individual, partnership,
government agency, national institution,
charity or recognised organisation
without first having obtained authority
from those persons or institutions.
You must not do or permit to be
done any act or omission the result
of which would have the effect of
bringing into disrepute the good
name of Business Director or the
Service. You must not perform any
action which will result in the
reduced performance of the Server
to the detriment of other Users.
You must not use the Server to send
unsolicited e-mail to other Internet
users. We reserve the right to make
a charge in respect of any direct
or indirect costs incurred by Us
in dealing with or processing unsolicited
e-mails.
5. COPYRIGHT AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We own the copyright in the Service
and all intellectual property rights
including but not limited to any
computer software, data or information
developed or provided by Us, and
any know-how methodologies, equipment
or processes used by Us to provide
Services to You, including without
limitation all copyrights, trademarks,
patents, trade secrets, any goodwill
and any other proprietary rights
inherent therein. You may not transmit,
reproduce, publish, copy or sell
any information obtained from the
Service without our express consent.
You must not upload material which
is or is likely to breach any 3rd
party copyright. We accept no responsibility
for your actions in either uploading
material to the WORLD WIDE WEB or
in your transfer of any material
to other Web sites if such material
is in breach of the copyright of
a third party.
6. YOUR PROPRIETARY
RIGHTS
As between You and Us, your content
shall remain your sole and exclusive
property, including, without limitation,
all copyrights, trademarks, patents,
trade secrets, and any other proprietary
rights previously belonging to You.
Except as provided in this Contract,
nothing in this Agreement shall
be construed to grant Us any ownership
right in, or license to your Content
provided by You to Us. We take no
responsibility and accept no liabilities
whatsoever for your content.
7. SOFTWARE LICENCE
We hereby grant You a non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to use
the Authorised Software in object
code form only on a Server controlled
by Us for the sole purpose of creating
and maintaining the Web site You
are not granted any right to copy
the Software, or use it on computers
other than as provided in this Agreement
or utilize any trademarks or service
marks of The Company. YOU MAY NOT
USE WEB PAGES OR PARTS OF WEB PAGES
GENERATED BY MEANS OF THE SOFTWARE
ON ANY SERVER OTHER THAN OUR SERVER
WITHOUT OUR EXPRESS CONSENT. You
also acknowledge and agree that
the Authorised Software is intended
for access and use by means of web
browsing software, and that We do
not commit to support any particular
browsing platform. We reserve the
right at any time to revise and
modify the Authorised Software,
release subsequent versions thereof
and to alter features, specifications,
capabilities, functions and other
characteristics of the Authorised
Software or Service, without notice
to You. If any revision or modification
to the Authorised Software materially
changes your ability to conduct
business, your sole remedy is to
terminate the Agreement.
8. CONTENT OF SERVICE
We reserve the right to suspend,
alter or amend the extent of and/or
nature of any entry within the Service
at any time and without notice and
for any reason without having to
specify a reason.
9. WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
In order to undertake Web site Maintenance,
parts of the Web site will occasionally
be closed. This will usually occur
outside the hours of 9.00am - 5.00pm
(UK time) Monday to Friday other
than in the case of an emergency.
We shall restore your data, as part
of Web site maintenance, provided
restoration is necessary solely
due to our deliberate actions/omissions
and these deliberate actions omissions
result in the wipe out of the data
from the Web site You are not entitled
to restores, unless this Service
is offered by Us on each occasion.
10. LIABILITY/LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
Whilst We make every effort to ensure
that the Service is fault free We
make no guarantee, no warranty or
representation either express or
implied in relation to the whole
or part of the Service that it will
be fault free or that any third
party Web sites linked through our
Service will be fault free. We do
not accept any liability and shall
not be held liable for any losses
or claims arising directly or indirectly
from any inability to access the
Service or any errors, interruptions,
omissions or inaccuracies in the
Service. In any event and in no
circumstances shall We be liable
for any loss either direct or indirect
of profits, business or anticipated
savings or any other direct or indirect
consequential loss arising out of
the provision of the Service to
You. In addition, We do not accept
any liability for any errors and
omissions by any third party Web
sites or any information provided
on the Service by third parties.
In no circumstances shall We be
liable for any loss whether direct
or indirect arising from the contents
of any information placed by You
onto the Service. In no circumstances
shall We be liable for any loss
whether direct or indirect of profits,
business or anticipated savings
or for any direct or indirect consequential
loss whatsoever by the failure of
or any problem experienced by You
in Your operation of the Web site
In the event of our being held liable
then the extent of that liability
(including costs or fees) will be
limited to a maximum of the total
of the actual price received by
Us in the current month in respect
of the individual contract in dispute
concerning the claim. For the avoidance
of doubt We have no obligation duty
or liability in contract and/or
tort for breach of statutory duty
or otherwise.
11. INDEMNITY
You will indemnify Us in full against
any loss expenses or damage to the
Web site or Service and/or Us/The
Company howsoever arising including
but not limited to indemnification
for any loss or expenses sustained
by reason of any breach of this
Contract and any actions, proceedings
(civil or criminal), claims or demands
in any way connected with this Contract
brought on by or threatened against
Us by a third party which are caused
by or arise from any direct or indirect
action on your part, your servants/agents
or carried out by Us pursuant to
your instructions. Your indemnification
to Us includes but is not limited
to our legal and other professional
fees The indemnity will be unlimited
as to value and / or time and without
set off or counterclaim. You will
indemnify Us in full in accordance
with the above in respect of any
breach howsoever arising of Trade
Mark Laws, Copyright Laws, the Law
of Privacy and Publicity, Communication
Regulations, Defamation, Data Protection,
Equal Opportunities Discrimination,
Human Rights Legislation and statute
which may give rise to a Civil or
Criminal Liability. Any materials
on the Web site shall comply with
any and all legal requirements including
(but not limited to) those pertaining
to non-discrimination, equal opportunity
and decency. Each provision of this
condition is to be construed as
a separate limitation applying and
surviving even if for any reason
one or other of the said provisions
is held inapplicable or unreasonable.
12. STORAGE AND
USE OF MATERIAL
Any Material that We receive be
it by e-mail or otherwise may be
used by Us for the purposes of know-how,
techniques or concepts including
the development manufacture or marketing
of products and/or Services unless
You expressly state in the e-mail
that all rights are reserved and
in the case of confidentiality that
the contents are confidential. You
authorise Us to place any Material
supplied by You into any database,
system or publication on this Web
site or elsewhere and to make this
information available entirely at
our discretion on the Internet or
in any other location, form or format.
We may allow or cause carefully
selected third parties to contact
You by e-mail or otherwise in order
to provide You with updates and
information. Upon our request You
undertake to discontinue storage
and use of and return to Us any
Material obtained from the Service.
13. UNSUITABLE
MATERIAL
You must not publish or disseminate
or cause or permit to be published
or disseminated or in any way assist
in the publication or dissemination
of any defamatory or criminal material.
You must not upload any material
which in the absolute and unfettered
discretion of Us is considered to
be pornographic, barbaric, overtly
tasteless, contrary to public decency
or in any other way which brings
into disrepute the good name of
the Company or Service. We reserve
the right to randomly inspect Web
sites and in the event that any
such material has in our sole view
been uploaded to that Web site,
We reserve the right, to terminate
this contract forthwith, and We
also reserve the right to inform
the Police or other relevant authorities.
14. ASSIGNMENT
You will not seek to assign this
Contract without seeking our express
consent. We reserve the right to
withhold such Consent without providing
any reason for so doing. We reserve
the right to assign the benefit
of this Contract by giving prior
notice of any assignment to You.
15. TERMINATION
(a) We reserve the right to immediately
terminate this Contract and use
of the Service upon any breach of
the Terms of use (b) If You do not
pay any invoice within the time
for payment specified in the invoice
or if You break any of these terms
and conditions then We reserve the
right to terminate this Contract
with immediate effect without prior
notification to You by giving notice
in writing to You to this effect
at your last known address. (c)
Termination of this Contract by
Us will result in our retaining
all monies received from You and
You will not be entitled to a refund
on monies paid. (d) Upon termination
We will remove all materials held
on our Server relating to You and
will remove all privileges which
You are entitled to including in
particular the disconnection of
the Web site from our server. (e)
We may terminate this Agreement
by giving notice to you in writing
providing at least seven days notice.
You will not be entitled to any
refund.
16. CHARGES/PAYMENT/INTEREST
Additional fees may apply to Shop
Front, subject to your requirements
for credit card purchasing. The
full contract price as per the invoice
must be paid to Us prior to our
providing the Service contemplated
by this Contract You shall pay Us
the monthly or annual charge of
the amount set out herein for the
Service for the Initial Term automatically
by credit card, cheque, or direct
debit. Each renewal term for the
Renewal Term shall automatically
happen after the Initial Term and
thereafter until such time as this
contract is terminated as here in
after provided. You will provide
Us with one months notice if you
wish to terminate this contract.
We reserve the right to increase
the charge to use the Service by
notice in writing to You at any
time. Any queries that You may have
concerning any invoice should be
addressed to Us within seven days
of the date of invoice failing which
the invoice will be regarded as
agreed by You. Payment of the invoice
and all other charges from You should
be made in full automatically by
credit card, cheque or direct debit
as and when they become due, Once
an invoice is overdue in excess
of the period of seven days or such
other extended period as may be
agreed We reserve the right to charge
interest at 6% per month or part
thereof from the date of the invoice
calculated on a daily basis for
all sums that are due to Us. We
reserve the right to pass any invoice
where fees are outstanding for forty
two days or more after the date
of issue to an outside agency for
collection without further notification
being given to You. You will be
liable for any costs incurred by
Us in so doing. Should We have to
issue court proceedings to obtain
payment of monies owing to it then
You will be responsible for all
legal fees and disbursements incurred
by Us.
17. CHANGES TO
TERMS
We reserve the right to update or
alter these terms and conditions
at any time without prior notice
whereupon the new terms and conditions
will be immediately incorporated
into the next Contract between Us.
18. DISPUTES AND
JURISDICTION
The terms and conditions of use
are governed by and are to be construed
in accordance with English Law and
fall within the exclusive jurisdiction
of the English Courts.
19. THIRD PARTY
RIGHTS ACT
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999 is expressly excluded from
this Agreement Your Agreement to
these current Terms and Conditions
for using the Web site is signified
by recording the date and time each
time You log into the Web site
20. FORCE MAJEURE
We are not liable for any breach
of this Contract if the breach was
caused by an act of God, insurrection
or civil disorder, war or military
operations, national or local emergency,
acts of omissions of government,
highway authority or other competent
authority, our compliance with any
statutory obligation industrial
disputes of any kind (whether or
not involving our employees), fire,
lightening, explosion, flood, subsidence,
weather of exceptional severity,
acts or omission of persons for
whom We are not responsible (including
in particular other telecommunication
Service providers), or any other
cause whether similar or dissimilar
outside our reasonable control.
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