Terms and
Conditions
You indicate
acceptance of these terms and conditions of service by placing an order with
Dataconnectivity Ltd. These terms and conditions will not be varied for
individual customers.
1 DEFINITIONS
1.1 In this Agreement the following words and
expressions shall have the following meanings:
1.1.1 "downtime" means any service
interruption in the availability to visitors of the Website;
1.1.2 "intellectual property rights" means
patents, trade marks, design rights, applications for any of the foregoing,
copyright, topography rights, database rights, rights in know-how, trade or
business names and other similar rights or obligations, whether registrable or
not in any country;
1.1.3 "Dataconnectivity" means
Dataconnectivity Ltd t/a DChost and Dataconnectivity Ltd.
1.1.4 "IP address" stands for internet
protocol address which is the numeric address for the server;
1.1.5 "ISP" stands for internet service provider;
1.1.6 "server" means the computer server
equipment operated by Dataconnectivity in connection with the provision of the
Services;
1.1.7 "the Services" means web hosting,
domain name registration, email and any other services or facilities provided
by Dataconnectivity Ltd.
1.1.8 "spam" means sending unsolicited
and/or bulk emails;
1.1.9 "virus" means a computer programme
that copies itself or is copied to other storage media, including without
limitation magnetic tape cassettes, memory chips, electronic cartridges,
optical discs and magnetic discs, and destroys, alters or corrupts data, causes
damage to the user's files or creates a nuisance or annoyance to the user and
includes without limitation computer
programs commonly referred to as "worms" or "trojan
horses";
1.1.10 "visitor" means a third party
who has accessed the Website;
1.2 Product specifications and details may be
found at www.dchost.co.uk.
1.3 Words denoting the singular shall include the
plural and vice versa and words denoting any gender shall include all genders.
1.4 The headings of the paragraphs of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended
to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
2 INTRODUCTION
2.1 The Customer wishes to provide Dataconnectivity
with data that will be hosted on Dataconnectivity's servers and made accessible via the Internet.
2.2 Dataconnectivity provides web hosting
services and has agreed to host the Customer's data upon the following terms
and conditions.
3 DUTIES
3.1 Dataconnectivity shall provide to the
Customer the Services specified in their order subject to the following terms
and conditions.
3.2 The Customer shall deliver to
Dataconnectivity the website and the software used in the website which is owned
by the Customer, or licensed to him by a third party or Dataconnectivity
("the Customer Software), in a format specified by Dataconnectivity.
4 CHARGES ,PAYMENT AND MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
4.1 Payment methods include credit cards
(including MasterCard and Visa), debit cards (including Switch/Maestro) and for
clarity succesfull Google Checkout transactions.
4.2 Dataconnectivity do not accept cheques, bank
transfers, postal orders, cash or any other form of payment other than those
outlined in 4.1
4.3 The Charges are exclusive of VAT, which if
payable shall be paid by the Customer.
4.4 Dataconnectivity shall be entitled to charge
interest in respect of late payment of any sum due under this Agreement, which
shall accrue from the date when payment becomes due from day to day until the
date of payment at a rate of 8% per annum above the base rate of the Bank of
England from time to time in force.
4.5 Dataconnectivity do not provide credit
facilities.
4.6 From time to time Dataconnectivity may make
enquiries on the Customers company, proprietor or directors of the Customers
company with credit reference agencies. These agencies may record that a search
has been made and share this information with other businesses.
4.7 Dataconnectivity provide "Money-Back
Guarantees" on certain products. Should your product qualify for this
guarantee please raise a support ticket at URL within 30 days of placing your
order for a full refund. This guarantee excludes domain names which may not be cancelled
once ordered. Customers are limited to using the money-back guarantee once.
4.8 Pro-rata refunds will not be issued for
services that are cancelled before the end of the current subscription /
service provision period.
4.9 Should your
chosen payment method fail Dataconnectivity will attempt to settle your invoice
using any other payment facilities available on your account, however if these
fail you will still need to provide an alternative method of payment.
4.10 All services
will renew until cancelled by the customer. Dataconnectivity emails the
customers primary email address prior to renewal of services, it is the
customers responsibility to cancel services prior to renewal as no refund can
be made once renewal has occurred. Customers must notify us at least 72 hours
before a service is renewed if they wish to cancel that service. The
cancellation process must be fully completed by you before your account is
cancelled.
5 IP ADDRESSES
5.1 Dataconnectivity shall maintain control and
ownership of the IP address that is assigned to the Customer as part of the
Services and reserves the right in its sole discretion to change or remove any
and all IP addresses.
5.2 Where Dataconnectivity changes or removes any
IP address it shall use its reasonable endeavours to avoid any disruption to
the Customer.
6 SOFTWARE LICENCE AND RIGHTS
6.1 If the Customer requires use of software
owned by or licensed to Dataconnectivity ("Dataconnectivity's
software") in order to use the Services, Dataconnectivity grants to the
Customer and its employees, agents and third party consultants and contractors,
a royalty-free, world-wide, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to use
Dataconnectivity Software in object code form only, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not
transfer or grant to the Customer any right, title, interest or intellectual
property rights in Dataconnectivity Software.
6.2 In relation to Dataconnectivity's obligations
under this Agreement in connection with the provision of the Services, the
Customer grants to Dataconnectivity a royalty-free, world-wide, non-exclusive
licence to use the Customer Software and all text, graphics, logos,
photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and other material and
related documentation featured, displayed or used in or in relation to the
website ("the Content"). For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement
does not transfer or grant to Dataconnectivity any right, title, interest or
intellectual property rights in the Customer Software or the Content.
6.3 The Customer undertakes that he will not
himself or through any third party, sell, lease, license or sublicense
Dataconnectivity Software or services.
6.4 Dataconnectivity may make such copies of the
Customer Content as may be necessary to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, including back up copies of the Content. Upon termination or
expiration of this Agreement, Dataconnectivity shall destroy all such copies of
the Content and other materials provided by the Customer as and when requested
by the Customer.
7 SERVICE LEVELS AND DATA BACKUP
7.1
Dataconnectivity shall use its reasonable endeavours to make the server and the
Services available to the Customer 100% of the time but because the Services
are provided by means of computer and telecommunications systems,
Dataconnectivity makes no warranties or representations that the Service will
be uninterrupted or error-free and Dataconnectivity shall not, in any event, be
liable for interruptions of Service or downtime of the server.
7.2 Dataconnectivity carries out data backups for
use by Dataconnectivity in the event of systems failure. Dataconnectivity do
not provide data restoration facilities for individual customers. Even though
every effort is made to ensure data is backed up correctly Dataconnectivity
accepts no responsibility for data loss or corruption.
8 ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
8.1 The website and use of the Services may be
used for lawful purposes only and the Customer may not submit, publish or
display any content that breaches any law, statute or regulation. In particular
the Customer agrees not to:
8.1.1 use the Services or the website in any way to
send unsolicited commercial email or "spam", or any similar abuse of
the Services;
8.1.2 send email or any type of electronic message
with the intention or result of affecting the performance of any computer
facilities;
8.1.3 publish, post, distribute or disseminate
defamatory, obscene, indecent or other unlawful material or information, or any
material or information which infringes any intellectual property rights (for
the avoidance of doubt this includes licensed software distributed as Warez),
via the Services or on the Website;
8.1.4 threaten, abuse, disrupt or otherwise violate
the rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
8.1.5 engage in illegal or unlawful activities
through the Services or via the Website;
8.1.6 make available or upload files to the website
or to the Services that the Customer knows contain a virus, worm, trojan or
corrupt data; or
8.1.7 obtain or attempt to obtain access, through
whatever means, to areas of Dataconnectivity's network or the Services which
are identified as restricted or confidential. This includes leaving your home
directory whilst using SSH access to servers.
8.1.8 operate or attempt to operate IRC bots or other
permanent server processes.
8.2 The Customer has full responsibility for the
content of the Website. For the avoidance of doubt, Dataconnectivity is not
obliged to monitor, and will have no liability for, the content of any
communications transmitted by virtue of the Services.
8.3 If the Customer fails to comply with the
Acceptable Use Policy outlined in Clause 8.1 Dataconnectivity shall be entitled
to withdraw the Services and terminate the Customer's account without notice
and refund.
9 ALTERATIONS AND UPDATES
All alterations and updates to the website
shall be made by the Customer using the online account management facility, FTP
access or SSH access where available. The Customer will be issued with a user
name and password in order to access the account. The Customer must take all
reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of this user name and password.
If the Customer reasonably believes that this information has become known to
any unauthorised person, the Customer agrees to immediately inform
Dataconnectivity and the password will be changed.
10 WARRANTIES
10.1 The Customer warrants and represents to
Dataconnectivity that Dataconnectivity's use of the Content or the Customer
Software in accordance with this Agreement will not infringe the intellectual
property rights of any third party and that the Customer has the authority to
license the Content and the Customer Software to Dataconnectivity as set out in
Clause 6.2.
10.2 All conditions, terms, representations and
warranties that are not expressly stated in this Agreement, whether oral or in
writing or whether imposed by statute or operation of law or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the implied warranty of satisfactory quality and
fitness for a particular purpose are hereby excluded. In particular and without
prejudice to that generality, Dataconnectivity shall not be liable to the
Customer as a result of any viruses introduced or passed on to the Customer.
11 INDEMNITY
The Customer agrees to indemnify and hold
Dataconnectivity and its employees and agents harmless from and against all
liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation
to any claims or actions brought against Dataconnectivity arising out of any
breach by the Customer of the terms of this Agreement or other liabilities
arising out of or relating to the Website.
12 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall
exclude or limit Dataconnectivity's liability for death or personal injury
resulting from Dataconnectivity's negligence or that of its employees, agents
or sub-contractors.
12.2 The entire liability of Dataconnectivity to
the Customer in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement,
whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the charges paid
for the Services under this Agreement in respect of which the breach has
arisen.
12.3 In no event shall Dataconnectivity be liable
to the Customer for any loss of business, loss of opportunity or loss of
profits or for any other indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever.
This shall apply even where such a loss was reasonably foreseeable or
Dataconnectivity had been made aware of the possibility of the Customer
incurring such a loss.
13 TERM AND TERMINATION
13.1 This Agreement will become effective on the
date the service is ordered and shall continue until terminated by either party
in writing of its intention to terminate the Agreement.
13.2 Dataconnectivity shall have the right to
terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by notice in writing to the
Customer if the Customer fails to make any payment when it becomes due.
13.3 Either party may terminate this Agreement
forthwith by notice in writing to the other if:
13.3.1 the
other party commits a material breach of this Agreement and, in the case of a
breach capable of being remedied, fails to remedy it within a reasonable time
of being given written notice from the other party to do so; or
13.3.2 the
other party commits a material breach of this Agreement which cannot be
remedied under any circumstances; or
13.3.3 the
other party passes a resolution for winding up (other than for the purpose of
solvent amalgamation or reconstruction), or a court of competent jurisdiction
makes an order to that effect; or
13.3.4 the other party ceases to carry on its
business or substantially the whole of its business; or
13.3.5 the other party is declared insolvent, or
convenes a meeting of or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or
composition with its creditors; or a liquidator, receiver, administrative
receiver, manager, trustee or similar officer is appointed over any of its
assets.
13.4 Any rights to terminate this Agreement shall
be without prejudice to any other accrued rights and liabilities of the parties
arising in any way out of this Agreement as at the date of termination.
13.5 On termination all data held in the customers
account will be deleted.
14 ASSIGNMENT
14.1 Dataconnectivity may assign or otherwise
transfer this Agreement at any time.
14.2 The Customer may not assign or otherwise
transfer this Agreement or any part of it without Dataconnectivity's prior
written consent.
15 FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable for any
delay or failure to perform any of its obligations if the delay or failure
results from events or circumstances outside its reasonable control, including
but not limited to acts of God, strikes, lock outs, accidents, war, fire, the
act or omission of government, highway authorities or any telecommunications
carrier, operator or administration or other competent authority, the act or omission
of any Internet Service Provider, or the delay or failure in manufacture,
production, or supply by third parties of equipment or services, and the party
shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of its obligations after notifying
the other party of the nature and extent of such events.
16 SEVERANCE
If any provision
of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by
any Court of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed and the
remainder of the provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect as
if this Agreement had been agreed with the invalid illegal or unenforceable
provision eliminated.
17 NOTICES
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
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 2 days following the date of
posting.
18 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement
contains the entire Agreement between the parties relating to the subject
matter and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or
proposals, oral or written. This Agreement may be updated without notice.
19 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and
the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
20 DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION
20.1 Domain names are not deemed to be successfully
registered until they appear in the relevant whois database of the top level
domain name registrar. In the event that a domain name is unavailable when we
attempt to register it Dataconnectivity will provide a full refund for that domain
name.
20.2 Please return to the main terms and conditions
area of this website to view terms and conditions for individual domain name
registrars.
21 SCRIPTING
Dataconnectivity
are not responsible for customer programming issues other than ensuring that
programming languages such as Perl, PHP and ASP are installed and functioning
on the web hosting system.
22 PRIVACY
To protect your
privacy we will not distribute your details to third parties, unless required
to do so by law.
23 DATA TRANSFER
23.1 Some web hosting accounts include a certain
amount of data transfer, if you exceed this amount in any one month your
account will be deactivated until you have upgraded to an account that has more
data transfer included.
23.2 Web hosting accounts are prohibited from
hosting file distribution websites (including but not limited to music, video
and software), adult content orientated websites, hosting banners, graphics or
cgi scripts for other websites, storing pages, files or data as a repository
for other websites or personal computers, giving away web space under a domain,
sub domain or directory.
24 SERVER USAGE
Should your
account use more than 5% of the servers processing power and as a result have a
detrimental effect on other customers we will discuss with you alternative
solutions for your hosting requirements.
25 AFFILIATE PROGRAMME
Commission earned
via the affiliate programme will only be paid by using a valid direct
debit/credit mandate on your account. It is the customers responsibility to
ensure they have this facility. In the event of the customer not being able to
obtain this facility then no commission will be paid.
26 EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Dataconnectivity
communicates with it's customers via email and as such you agree to receive by
email our regular newsletter which contains amongst other things changes to our
terms and conditions, notification of major outages, updates to our products
& features and special offers.
27 WEBSPACE USAGE
Unlimited web
space is available for genuine web site content, content must be linked into
web pages. Customers are prohibited from using the server as a file/backup
repository. Customers are expected to employ good house keeping when
maintaining their account.
28 MAIL BOXES
Mail boxes not
accessed for 100 days or more will be deleted from the system.