1. The Provider, HostingBay.com.au, is a division
of Hitech United Australia Pty. Ltd., a registered company
incorporated in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.C.N. 103
120 869), (hereinafter ¡°Provider¡±).
All services provided by Provider may be used
for lawful purposes only. Transmission or storage of any information,
data or material in violation of any law or administrative
regulation is prohibited, including without limitation copyrighted
material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene,
or material protected by trade secret and statute.
INDEMNIFICATION AND PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES:
The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Provider from any claims resulting from the use of
the service that damages the subscriber or any other parties.
The following is strictly prohibited, including links thereto,
on the Provider server, and Provider shall be the sole arbiter
as to what constitutes a violation of this provision:
Pornography and sex-related merchandising;
Excessive profanity; Violence, racial intolerance, hate, or
advocate against any individual, group, or organization; Hacking/cracking
content; Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia; Any other content
that promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights
of others. Provider reserves the right to remove such illegal
material from its server immediately.
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email,
and/or using an email address or domain name in a spam that
is maintained on a Provider machine is strictly prohibited.
Subscriber agrees to pay actual damages or liquidated damages
of five hundred dollars ($500) for each unsolicited e-mail
transmitted, whichever is greater.
2. PAYMENT: Payment is due
immediately after date of invoice. All setup fees are non-refundable
once setup has been completed. The subscriber is responsible
for providing up-to-date payment information. Provider will
not be held responsible should the subscriber¡¯s payment information
become out-of-date and Provider terminates service for non-payment.
2.1. If payment is by credit card, the subscriber
authorizes Provider to charge the credit card listed for those
charges for Provider services that may accrue from month to
month, or for any past-due balances, in order to bring the
account to current status. Credit card payments will be billed
and charged automatically, and Provider may charge the amount
due to the provided card at any time.
2.2. PAYMENT DEFAULT: Accounts
are in default if payment is not received within 20 days after
date of invoice. If a subscriber¡¯s check is returned by the
bank as unredeemable, the subscriber will be deemed to be
in default, and will be liable for a ¡®¡®returned check¡¯¡¯ charge.
Accounts unpaid 20 days after date of invoice may have their
service interrupted. Such interruption does not relieve the
subscriber from the obligation to pay the monthly charge and
Provider will not be liable therefor. Only a written request
to terminate your service relieves you of your obligation
to pay the monthly account charge. Accounts in default are
subject to a late payment charge and an interest charge of
1.5% per month on the outstanding balance. If the subscriber¡¯s
law does not allow an interest rate of 1.5% per month, the
maximum allowable rate for the subscriber¡¯s state will be
charged. If the subscriber defaults, the subscriber agrees
to pay Provider its reasonable expenses, including attorney
and collection agency fees, incurred in enforcing its rights
under these Terms and Conditions.
2.3. All files, information
and mail under the account will be preserved for 15 days from
the date the payment is due. If the payment is not received
after 15 days, all files, information and mail under the account
will be deleted. If the subscriber wishes to use the service
again, the subscriber must re-apply as a new subscriber. For
this, an activation fee will be required.
3. TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT:
The subscriber agrees that the company has the right to delete
all data, files or other information that is stored in the
subscriber¡¯s account if the subscriber¡¯s account with the
company is terminated, for any reason, by either Provider
or the subscriber.
4. USER: System accounts cannot
be transferred or used by anyone other than the subscriber.
5. SUSPENSION: Provider shall
have the right to suspend service to the subscriber at any
time, and for any reason, without notice. If such a suspension
is to last for more than 30 days, the subscriber will be notified
as to the reason.
6. CANCELLATION: Service provided
by Provider may be cancelled in writing at any time with no
penalty. Login Id and domain name must be included in the
cancellation request. Cancellation will take effect only when
the receipt of the cancellation request is confirmed by Provider.
7. AGE: The subscriber certifies
that he or she is at least 18 years of age.
8. SERVICES: If the subscriber
requests that Provider provide services not delineated herein
at any time during the 30-day period and thereafter, the subscriber
agrees to pay Provider¡¯s price for such services in effect
at the time such service was rendered.
9. CONTROL: Provider exercises
no control whatsoever over the content of the information
passing through Provider.
10. WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS:
Provider makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed
or implied, for the service it is providing. Provider also
disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. Provider will not be responsible for any
damage suffered. This includes loss of data resulting from
delays, nondeliveries, misdeliveries, or service interruptions
caused by Provider¡¯s negligence or the subscriber¡¯s errors
or omissions. Use of any information obtained via Provider
is at your own risk. Provider specifically denies any responsibility
for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through
its services.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: ANY
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED OR ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE
OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT,
DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE,
THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION
OF, OR USE OF RECORDS, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS
BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION,
SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY OR ON BEHALF
OF THE SUBSCRIBER TO THE COMPANY FOR THE CURRENT MONTH.
12. SEVERABILITY: Should any
provision of this agreement be held to be illegal, invalid,
or unenforceable by a court law, the legality, validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this agreement
shall remain unaffected thereby unless otherwise stated.
13. TERMS: These Terms and
Conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings
or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding any variance
with terms and conditions of any order submitted. Use of Provider
service constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
14. Background Running Programs: We
may allow programs to run continually in the background. These
are considered on a case-by-case basis and an extra charge
will be incurred based on system resources used and operational
maintenance needed.
15. TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Provider
does not provide technical support on non-server issues. We
WILL NOT respond to emails pertaining to such requests. This
includes but is not limited to, all 3rd party software, Java,
CGI, scripts, Real Audio/Video, applications utilized in developing
your web site, including HTML, MySQL, Telnet, FTP, Email Clients.
16. SERVER ABUSE: Any attempt
to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of Provider
is strictly prohibited.
17. ACCOUNT ACTIVATION: By
activating your account with Provider, you agree to the policies
and disclaimer. Upon requesting an account activation, you
are required to accept these Terms, Conditions and Disclaimer
and a copy of your acceptance is forwarded along with your
activation request to be maintained within your account information.
NOTE: If you sign up for an account and do
not follow our terms. No refunds will be given. We will however
let you know by email or phone before any action is taken
so you will have a chance to solve the matter.
18. ACCOUNT CANCELLATION:
You can cancel your account anytime within the first 30 days
of service and receive a refund on the web hosting fee.
You can cancel your account anytime before
your next billing date and not incur any charges for the next
billing period. You may request cancellation by using the
link in the members area or send an email to billing@HostingBay.com.au
Be sure to include your domain name and password. HostingBay.com.au
will ask you to confirm cancellation.
19. Notice: Provider retains
the right to change any or all of the above Term, Conditions,
and Disclaimer without notification.
20. PAYMENT POLICES: All accounts
are setup automatically, a Confirmation emails should arrive
within 15 minutes to the email specified in your online signup
form. Customers credit card is charged on the same day when
the account is open. Payment is due each anniversary month
or period following the date the account was established.
HostingBay.com.au may run a transaction at least 5 days in
advance to anticipate a declined credit card. This will give
the customer at least 4 days from the due date to run the
transaction. If the transaction is run at least 3 times, and
the client fails to update the credit card, the account will
be suspended and or terminated without further notice. In
some cases if a problem arises with the account, the user
will be notified via e-mail. If within the first ten (10)
days of account activation, a full refund will be credited
to credit card on file. All accounts are set up on a prepay
basis. HostingBay.com.au reserves the right to change prices
at any time. Credit card orders that are on a 'monthly' or
'quarterly' or 'yearly' basis will be charged automatically
to the card number on file. If for any reason the card does
not clear with the bank on three attempts, the account is
subject to suspension. Any account not brought current within
a week of e-mail notice or exceeding this time frame in any
way is subject to suspension. If a bank 'charge back' is processed
against our account, the account in question will be terminated
immediately.
21. TRAFFIC and STORAGE POLICES:
HostingBay.com.au allocates a set amount of storage and bandwidth
per customer. If customer exceeds or is about to exceed the
allocated amount of storage or traffic, HostingBay.com.au
will send a courtesy notice to customer with further options
and pricing.
22. High Resource Policy:
Any site that is deemed as impairing the performance of our
servers either by high disk utilization, high bandwidth usage,
or high CPU usage will be entered into our "High Resource
Customer" program. High Resource sites are sites that
use an excessive amount of system resources such as bandwidth,
storage or CPU utilization. It is HostingBay.com.au's sole
digression to decide which sites are "High Resource"
sites.
Sites who have been deemed as a "High
Resource" site will be subject to the following:
HostingBay.com.au will charge your credit
card on file $250.00 as a security deposit per occurrence
of our HRP or violation of any of our rules. If within 30
days the abuse in question has been deemed fixed, then we
will issue a refund to the credit card the total amount of
the security deposit.
A $300 per month fee will be added to the
user's current monthly fee if the problem is not fixed within
the set amount of days outlined in the Notice sent to the
client by email.
"What does HostingBay.com.au consider
"CGI ABUSE"?
Any site whose CGI programs are using excessive
amounts of system resources. Excessive amounts is defined
as any amount that results in substantial degradation of server
performance. HostingBay.com.au is the sole determinant of
what constitutes degraded server performance.
23. REFUSAL OF SERVICE: We
reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at
our sole discretion.
24. SURVIVAL OF CLAIMS. Any
claims arising out of or related to this Agreement must be
brought no later than one year after it has accrued.
25. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the course of dealing between
Company and Customer pursuant hereto shall be deemed to create
between Company and Customer (including their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents) a partnership, joint venture,
association, employment relationship or any other relationship
other than that of independent contractors with respect to
each other.
26. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, without regard to
choice of law provisions that would cause the application
of the law of another jurisdiction.
27. HEADINGS. The section
and subsection headings have been used in this Agreement as
a matter of convenience only and shall not be used in the
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
28. NON-WAIVER, WAIVER AND AMENDMENT.
Failure by either Company or Customer to enforce any of the
provisions of this Agreement or any rights with respect hereto
or the failure to exercise any option provided hereunder shall
in no way be considered to be waiver of such provisions, rights
or options, or to in any way affect the validity of this Agreement.
No waiver of any rights under this Agreement, no any modification
or amendment of this Agreement shall be effective or enforceable
unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as provided
by Section 5, above.
29. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties
and supersedes all oral negotiations and prior writings with
respect thereto. When used in this Agreement, the terms ¡®¡®hereof,¡¯¡¯
¡®¡®herein¡¯¡¯ and ¡®¡®hereunder¡¯¡¯ refer to this Agreement in its
entirety, including any attachments to this Agreement and
not to any particular provisions of this Agreement, unless
otherwise indicated.
30. ACCEPTANCE: USE OF COMPANY
SERVICES AND PRODUCTS CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.
Report SPAM here:abuse@hostingBay.com.au.
HostingBay is an online division of Hitech United Australia Pty. Ltd.
A registered company incorporating in Melbourne Victoria Australia (ABN:
53 073 181 441). 378-380 Johnston Street,
Abbotsford, Victoria 3067, Melbourne. Australia Telephone: 61-3-94173368
Facsimile: 61-3-94173360
Emailus: Support@HostingBay.com.au
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