USING ANY OF WEBWISEWEST SERVICES SIGNIFIES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW.

You should be aware that by signing up for a hosting account with WebWiseWest , you agree to position data on our servers, thus making it accessible to the wide public. In this sense, you accept that it is beyond the power of WebWiseWest to restrict such access and guarantee the security of your files. You are completely in charge of protecting your data on WebWiseWest servers, which suggests that you should consider carefully any piece of information before uploading it to your newly allocated WebWiseWest server space. It is recommendable to avoid publishing personal data that could be abused online.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY OF AGREEMENT
WebWiseWest shall provide its Services to you (the Customer) under the Terms and conditions of this WebWiseWest Customer Agreement. The Agreement is intended to keep the integrity of both WebWiseWest and the Customer and to protect both parties from liability. This Service Agreement will be enforced to ensure the speed, power, performance, and reliability of our services. The Customer Agreement constitutes the whole act of convention between WebWiseWest and the Customer, thus being the most significant document of the newly-established relationship. In case that a court of competent jurisdiction considers that any of the Agreement's provisions is invalid, enforceable, or void, the remaining ones will completely reserve their validity.

Customer's side of the Agreement could be presented by the following parties: an individual with personal demands, being over 18 years of age; a legal entity such as a corporation, a limited liability company etc. that is consistent with state's law system. If a person represents the Customer for some reason, he/she should be legally authorized to act in his/her name, thus accepting, executing and delivering the Agreement.

You understand and agree that the Service is provided "AS-IS" and that WebWiseWest assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, failure to deliver or store any Customer communication or personalization settings.

HOSTING SERVICES

BANDWIDTH - Each hosting plan include prepaid bandwidth. Additional bandwidth is available. Contact sales department (clients@WebWiseWest .co.uk) for more information. This bandwidth must be prepaid before using or otherwise the account will be suspended due over bandwidth usage. If the total bandwidth is exceeded on an account, the account will be suspended until either the bandwidth is increased or a new period starts.

WebWiseWest hosting plans include domain hosting. Each hosting plan has a limit of the domains hosted.

Additional disk space is available. Payment is accepted only in advance per year. Contact sales for more information.

WebWiseWest , standard hosting accounts do not include dedicated IP addresses.

MYSQL DATABASES are included in all hosting plans. Additional MySQL databases are available. Contact clients@WebWiseWest .co.uk for more information.

Additional MySQL database storage is available. Contact clients@WebWiseWest .co.uk for pricing.

SERVICE GUARANTEES

WebWiseWest will guarantee 99.9% network uptime, not including time whilst servers are being restarted, or hardware breakdowns. WebWiseWest will pro-rate credits for uptime below 99.9% upon request. This, however, does not refer to problems stemming from: - Server Hardware Breakdown - User error(s) or purposeful interruption(s) of the user service - Failures due to software that is not explicitly supported by WebWiseWest . Consequently, if a hardware crash provoked by the customer happens, WebWiseWest is beyond the control and responsibility for the resulting downtime.

WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS

WebWiseWest provides hosting services on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties or representations for its offering. The company bears no responsibility for connection problems, in cases when customers' hosting with WebWiseWest confronts with service interruption issues.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the WebWiseWest Services, you will not use the WebWiseWest Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any WebWiseWest Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any WebWiseWest Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the WebWiseWest Services. WebWiseWest reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as WebWiseWest deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of WebWiseWest .

WebWiseWest is within the capacity to refuse service to unlawful parties. WebWiseWest servers can be used explicitly for legal purposes only and each attempt for taking indecent advantage of the servers inconsistent with the rules will be immediately rejected. In this light, WebWiseWest expressly forbids any breach of Federal, State or Local regulation, including, but is not limited to the transmission of: copyrighted material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene and material protected by trade secrets.

WebWiseWest management will thoroughly scrutinize any of the received orders and decide to their own discretion which of them do not comply with the officially stated requirements for use of the company's servers. WebWiseWest servers CAN NOT be used for the propagation, distribution, housing, processing, storing, or handling in any way of lewd, obscene, adult OR pornographic material, or any other material which is considered impermissible by the company including, but not limited to - pornography, adult materials, satanic materials, and any other materials of an adult nature.

THIRD PARTY

Any dealings with third parties (including advertisers) included within the WebWiseWest Services or participation in promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between you and the advertiser or other third party. WebWiseWest shall not be responsible or liable for any part of any such dealings or promotions.

TERMINATION

You agree that WebWiseWest , in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service if you violate these terms.

SERVICE DENIAL

WebWiseWest reserves the right to reject its service and terminate this agreement for a certain period of time or indefinitely upon customers' failure to pay. The customer then is considered a debtor to WebWiseWest and liable for reasonable interest and collection fees.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

You are solely responsible for the content of your messages. Using the WebWiseWest Hosting Service in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk e-mail, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise) is prohibited. In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to the following:

When signing up for an account with WebWiseWest , each customer agrees to submit correct and up-to-date contact details, meaning that when introducing any changes to this information, he/she is obliged to notify WebWiseWest in the course of a 10-business-day period after the changes become valid.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to: - immediately notify WebWiseWest about any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security - ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. WebWiseWest cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this.

Any Customer in violation of system or network security is subject to criminal and civil liability, as well as immediate account termination. Examples include, but are not limited to the following: Unauthorized access, use, probe, or scan of a systems security or authentication measures, data or traffic. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, e-mail bombing, flooding deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks. Forging of any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in an e-mail or newsgroup posting.

Harm to WebWiseWest Servers - any attempts for doing harm to a server or customer of WebWiseWest Services are explicitly banned - Acceptable Use of Services / Acceptable Access to Services - WebWiseWest will immediately and resolutely react to any attempt of use of an Internet account or computer by a WebWiseWest customer unauthorized by the account or computer owner. Such attempts include "Internet scamming" (tricking other people into releasing their passwords and etc.), password robbery, security hole scanning etc. It DOES NOT matter whether the attacked account or computer belongs or not to WebWiseWest Services, the fraud will be subject to actions based on the very nature of the attack which could be a warning, an account suspension or cancellation and civil or criminal legal action.

Customer agrees not to publish on or over its account any information, software or other content, which violates or infringes upon the rights of any others or which knowingly contravenes the laws of any jurisdiction in which such content is generally accessible.

WebWiseWest does NOT allow sites that provide any content, points of distribution, or 'links' to sites that: - infringe on any third party's intellectual property or proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy - violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation - are defamatory, trade libellous, threatening, unlawfully harassing, abusive, pornographic or obscene - contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another - contain Pirated or Hacking / Phreaking Software (Warez)- any software that is copyrighted and not freely available for distribution without cost. ROMs, ROM Emulators and Mpeg Layer 3 files (MP3) all fall under this jurisdiction - have Adult Sites (content) - Any erotic or pornographic material, links to adult sites, or advertisements of adult sites. If any copyrighted material including Mpeg layer 3 files (MP3) is uploaded onto WebWiseWest servers, the hosting account holding the copyrighted material will be instantly terminated and the customer may be fined up to £2,000.
Any other content not provided in the list above that WebWiseWest does not deem to be acceptable for public viewing.

If any material supplied by a Customer that is incorporated into a webpage by WebWiseWest and is later found to be illegally used in any manner, this will be the sole responsibility of the Customer and the Customer will be held liable in all respects for all damages aimed at the Company.

Spamming is prohibited. We will determine in our sole discretion whether any of the messages you send are spam. For your information, spamming generally includes, but is not limited to: - the sending of unsolicited messages in bulk, or the sending of unsolicited e-mails, which provoke complaints from recipients - the sending of junk mail - the use of distribution lists that include people who have not given specific permission to be included in such a distribution process - posting commercial ads to USENET newsgroups that do not permit it - posting articles containing binary encoded data to non-binary newsgroups - excessive and repeated posting of off-topic messages to newsgroups - excessive and repeated cross-posting - e-mail harassment of another Internet Customer or Customers, including but not limited to, transmitting any threatening, libellous or obscene material, or material of any nature which could be deemed to be offensive - the e-mailing of age-inappropriate communications or content to anyone under the age of 18 - "Spamming" is considered as explicit misuse of ethical principles and will be interpreted as a violation of them - The maximum number of allowed e-mail messages sent per day is 1500. There are no exceptions to this rule. Every customer who is sending more than 1500 e-mail messages per day needs express written permission from WebWiseWest .

WEBSITE DESIGN SERVICES

The Customer’s approval for work to commence shall be deemed a contractual agreement between the Customer and WebWiseWest. Important: Approval for the work to commence and payment of the advance fee indicates that the Customer accepts these terms and conditions.

This Agreement assumes that the Customer has provided all text in the following format (.txt on floppy disk, cd rom, e-mail, or ftp retrievable). All photographs, and other graphics are provided in high quality print suitable for scanning, or on floppy disk, cd rom in a gif, jpeg, bmp, png format. Additional expenses may be incurred, and will be invoiced accordingly for corrective work, conversion of media, and outside facility charges. The Customer will provide all agreed written material, information and images within the agreed timescale. If the Customer has failed to provide the information required to complete the site within the agreed time scale the invoice for the full amount will still be payable.

The Customer will obtain all the necessary permissions and authorizations in respect of the use of all copy, graphic images, registered company logos, names and trademarks, or any other supplied material. Every contract for the design shall be regarded as a guarantee by the Customer to WebWiseWest that all such permissions and authorizations have been obtained. Evidence may be requested.

All material supplied by the Customer shall remain the Customer’s property. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, any code / documentation written by WebWiseWest remains the property of WebWiseWest with the provision of exclusive licence for customer to use such code for their business / personal use. Customer may not distribute or pass on the code, documentation, or parts thereof to others – whether for profit or not – without written permission from WebWiseWest.

Domain names registered on the Customer’s behalf are at no time the property of the Customer. Upon registration of a domain name the customer acquires the right to use the domain name for the period agreed but does not hold title to it. Where WebWiseWest have registered the domain name on the customer’s behalf this domain name will be registered to WebWiseWest or its partners. WebWiseWest agree to transfer this domain to the customer or his/her agent when asked to do so providing that all accounts have been settled.

A discrete design link credit link to WebWiseWest will appear at the bottom of each page on the site.

WebWiseWest are not responsible for the Customer’s on-going web site promotion.

WebWiseWest can make no guarantees about the success of any search engine promotion activity because this is controlled by the search engines.

Should the Customer wish to cancel at any point during the process they shall remain liable for the work that has taken place and shall be invoiced accordingly.

The price quoted to the Customer is for the work agreed on the quotation only. Should the Customer decide that changes are required, as the site is developed, the cost of any additional work will be added to the price quoted and this will appear on the final invoice.

In all cases the design and development process is treated as an individual project as agreed with the customer. We will endeavour to meet project deadlines, but it is the responsibility of the customer to make clear their needs and requirements and supply relevant information when required. All projects are allocated on a time frame basis, and therefore WebWiseWest cannot be held liable for delays or losses occurring as a result of lack of information or poor communication on behalf of the customer. Customer also accepts that after such project time frame has expired, WebWiseWest may have other commitments pending which will take priority, although we will endeavour to complete at the earliest available opportunity. In the event that customers requirements change, or are for example not clearly described, WebWiseWest has the right to change such project deadline boundaries as it sees fit.

An initial deposit is required before work can commence. After work commences this is non-refundable.

Payment is currently accepted only by cheque and in UK Pounds Sterling, or by PayPal unless otherwise agreed. If your cheque is returned by the bank as unpaid for any reason, you will be liable for a "returned cheque" charge of £25.

Payment will be due as each stage of the project is completed in accordance with the schedule laid out in the quotation. Any material previously published may be removed if payment is not received. When this occurs a minimum charge of £50 will be required to have the site restored.

PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS

Accounts that have not been settled within 7 days of our final reminder will incur a late payment charge of 10% of the amount outstanding. You will also be charged statutory interest of 8% above the reference rate (fixed for the six month period within which date the invoices became overdue) pursuant to the late payment legislation.

WebWiseWest reserves the right to terminate this agreement for a certain period of time or indefinitely upon customers' failure to pay. The customer then is considered a debtor to WebWiseWest and liable for reasonable interest and collection fees. If the client website, hosting, webpage or secure server form has been removed because of any non-payment then a prepaid charge of £50 is required for any reinstallation

CUSTOMER WEBSITE; E-COMMERCE; CUSTOMER WARRANTIES/GUARANTEES

Each customer is in charge of all the products and services as well as of all contents and materials appearing online, including: - the accuracy and relevance of Customer Content and content and material showcased in its store or on its products - certainty 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 - certainty that the Customer Content and the content and materials appearing in his/her store or on his/her products are not calumnious or somehow illegal.

Customer is the only one in charge of approving, processing and filling customer orders and of taking care of customer requests or complaints. Customer is the one in charge of the payment or satisfaction of any and all taxes related to his/her web site and online store.

Customer bears the responsibility for ensuring the security and confidentiality of any customer data (including, without limitation, customer credit card numbers) that he/she may receive in connection with his/her web site or online store.

Each Customer guarantees to WebWiseWest that he/she owns or possesses the right to use the Customer Content and its material, including all text, graphics, sound, music, video, programming, scripts and applets. Each Customer warrants to WebWiseWest that the use, reproduction, propagation and transmission of the Customer Content and any information and materials contained inside do not, and will not: - infringe or abuse any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or any other proprietary right of a third party - break any criminal laws or manifest false advertising, unfair competition, vilification, privacy intrusion; violate a right of publicity or violate any other law or regulation. Each Customer empowers WebWiseWest to reproduce, copy, use and propagate all and any part of the Customer Content for ensuring and operating the Services. WebWiseWest is granted the right to assess the extent these operations need to be done.

INDEMNIFICATION

Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold WebWiseWest harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable legal / attorney's fees asserted against WebWiseWest, its agents, its customers, officers, employees, and any other businesses WebWiseWest may use in the provision of services that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold to customer, and / or customers agents, employees, and customers. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WebWiseWest against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with WebWiseWest services; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright infringement and (4) any defective products sold to customer via WebWiseWest services.

TORTUROUS CONDUCT

Any case of indecent treatment towards a WebWiseWest employee will be considered inappropriate. Each Customer is anticipated to conduct a professionally mannered communication with WebWiseWest employees regarding any requests for help through e-mail. Each Customer should avoid applying any forms of written emotional outburst or cursing. Any attempts of deliberately undermining behaviour will be interpreted as a breach of these Terms and Conditions. Other acts of treatment towards WebWiseWest employees that will be considered as unacceptable include any verbal, oral, written or delivered by a second party threats addressing WebWiseWest or any of its employees, partners, equipment, and concerns. Any forms of such threats will be interpreted as a breach of these Terms and Conditions. WebWiseWest keeps the right to assess which behaviour will be treated as a breach of this these Terms and Conditions and to give no refunds to the users whose accounts have been suspended for violating the aforementioned rules.

COPYRIGHTS

Copyrighted material must not be placed on Customers' accounts without the permission of the copyright owners or people that are specifically authorized by the copyright owners. Only copyright owners or people specifically authorized by them may upload copyrighted material to the account.

Upon our receipt of a notice of a claimed copyright infringement containing the above information, after confirmation we will promptly remove the allegedly infringing material from the Services and carry out further procedures if necessary. We will assume no liability to any Customer of the Services for the removal of any such material.

FORCE MAJEURE CIRCUMSTANCES

WebWiseWest will be in an off-liability position as regards the failure or delay in doing its professional duties in consequence of circumstances beyond its control. Such circumstances could be provoked by acts of any governmental body, war, rebellion, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labour disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of, interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services (including DNS propagation), failure of third party software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies or power used in or equipment needed for provisioning of the Services.

This agreement constitutes the whole act of convention between the parties with regard to the agreement signed between them. It is not subject to any amendments, modifications, or any other alterations with the exception of changes introduced through a written instrument that is signed by the party to be charged. - This Agreement shall be interpreted in consistence with the laws of the country of United Kingdom. - This Agreement shall be in force and effect entirely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. - The captions and headings contained in these terms and conditions are aimed at facilitating the text comprehension. They are not a part of the very Agreement, and shall not limit or construe the provision they refer to. - This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which will be considered as original.

DISCLAIMER

WebWiseWest will not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. WebWiseWest makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. WebWiseWest disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose for a product or service where no such warranty is given in writing. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by WebWiseWest, its employees, other businesses used in provision of services by WebWiseWest, and the Internet. WebWiseWest reserves the right to revise its policies at any time.

Notes:
Should WebWiseWest waive any of these terms on an individual basis, this shall not affect the validity of remaining clauses or commit WebWiseWest to waive the same clause on any other occasion.

By agreeing to these terms and conditions your statutory rights are not affected.

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