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By submitting the online order form, or by using
Hosteach.com's service, Customer hereby agrees to
Hosteach.com's Terms of Service (TOS), Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP), No Spam Policy (NSP), and Privacy
Policy.
Unless otherwise specified, in this TOS, the AUP,
the NSP, and the Privacy Policy, the usage of "us",
"we", "our", and "ours" shall refer to Hosteach.com,
Inc., and all its parents, subsidiaries, successors,
and assigns. The usage of "you", "your", "they", and
"them" shall refer to the Customer of Hosteach.com,
Inc.
Moreover, in this TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the
Privacy Policy, "Hosteach.com" shall refer to
Hosteach.com, Inc., and all its parents, subsidiaries,
successors, and assigns; unless otherwise specified,
"Hosteach.com" and "Hosteach.com, Inc."
shall have the same meaning and shall be interchangeable.
Customer agrees that it shall comply with this TOS,
Hosteach.com's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), and Hosteach.com's No-Spam Policy (NSP). Customer further agrees
that it has read Hosteach.com's Privacy Policy and
agrees to all the terms and conditions in the Privacy
Policy. In this document, the word "Agreement," with
a capital "A," refers to the TOS, the AUP, the NSP,
and the Privacy Policy collectively.
1. General Terms.
In consideration of hosting services to be delivered,
Customer agrees to be bound by the following terms
and conditions:
1.1. Customer agrees to pay, in advance of each monthly
service term, for hosting services to be rendered.
1.2. Customer agrees to be bound by the service term
selected on the online order form or via applicable
promotional codes that may require Customer to order
Hosteach.com's service for a certain minimum period
of time.
1.3. Customer agrees to a no-refund policy in advance.
Setup fees and monthly web hosting service fees are
non-refundable.
1.4. Non-Payment of services shall result in a 14-day
notice of disconnection. All payment failures must
be cured within 14 days of notice.
1.5. Hosteach.com is not and shall not responsible
for data integrity for any accounts that are terminated,
disconnected, or interrupted because of Customer's
failure to pay for Hosteach.com's services.
1.6. Customers agree to pay all taxes applicable to
your account.
2. Agreement for Services.
2.1. Hosteach.com will provide, and Customer will
purchase and pay for, the Web hosting services (the
"Services"), according to the service fees specified
in the Order for the applicable Service Description.
Customer acknowledges that the service, and service
fees have been communicated to the Customer, and that
Customer is aware of all applicable charges as per
the Agreement. Customer also understands that no promotional
offers will apply to their individual service unless
said promotional offers are specified in this Agreement.
2.2. In connection with any Hosting Services, if Customer's
actual bandwidth usage in any month exceeds the allotted
amount specified in Customer's contract, Customer
will pay Hosteach.com any additional fees as specified
in the Service Description, subject to Hosteach.com's
"rollover bandwidth" policy as stated above in section
2.2 of this TOS document.
3. Payment.
3.1. Establishment and provision of service is contingent
upon receipt of payment from Customer to Hosteach.com.
3.1.1. Customer must pay in full for the Services
before Hosteach.com begins to provide the Services
to Customer.
3.1.2. Setup fees will be charged and are due at the
time of the Customer's initial request of the Services
requiring setup.
3.2. Payment is due on the defined monthly recurring
billing date of each month. All returned checks will
be charged a $20.00 service fee. Service will be interrupted
on accounts that reach 14 days past due. Accounts
that are not collectable by Hosteach.com will be turned
over to an outside agency for collection. If your
account is turned over for collection, you agree to
pay to Hosteach.com a "Processing and Collection"
Fee of not less than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars nor more
than One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars.
4. Delinquent Accounts.
Hosteach.com may temporarily deny service or terminate
this Agreement upon failure of Customer to pay charges
when due. Such termination or denial will not relieve
Customer of responsibility for the payment of all
accrued service fees, and any collection fees to which
Hosteach.com may be entitled under this Agreement
or under applicable law.
5. Account Cancellation.
Customers may voluntarily cancel their account at
any time, for any reason or for no reason, by filling
out the "Cancellation Request Form" which is provided
on the Hosteach.com Web site. You can find the "Cancellation
Request Form" at the following Web page:
http://www.Hosteach.com/forms/cancellation.html
Once a Customer has cancelled their account, no more
charges will be billed to the account.
Customer can terminate their account for any reason
or for no reason. However, Customer understands and
agrees that Hosteach.com does not provide pro-rated
or any other kinds of refunds on cancellations. All
fees Customer has paid shall be nonrefundable.
6. Refunds and Disputes.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY PROVIDED IN
THIS SECTION 6, ALL PAYMENTS TO Hosteach.com ARE NONREFUNDABLE.
All payments to Hosteach.com are nonrefundable. This
includes any setup fees and monthly fees regardless
of usage. All billing disputes must be reported within
thirty (30) days of the time the dispute occurred.
Disputed charges to your credit card issuer, also
known as chargebacks, which, in Hosteach.com's sole
discretion, are invalid under the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, will result in service interruption,
and reconnection fees to restore the desired service.
Without waiving any of its other rights under this
Agreement, Hosteach.com offers to its Customers a
30-day money-back guarantee on fees for hosting services
only. If for any reason you cancel your account by
filling in the account cancellation form and submitting
it to Hosteach.com, within thirty (30) days of the
beginning of your service, Hosteach.com will refund
your money with no questions asked.
Please Note: Fees for domain name registrations are
not refundable under any circumstances.
7. Customer agrees not to engage in any activity that
violates any international, foreign, federal, state,
or local laws applicable to the service terms described
in this Agreement.
8. Hosteach.com reserves the right to discontinue
service to any Customer it deems, in its sole discretion,
violates any condition of service including, but not
limited to, the following:
8.1. the
Acceptable Use Policy, or
8.2. the No-Spam
Policy.
9. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless Hosteach.com, and the parents, subsidiaries,
successors, assigns, employees and agents of Hosteach.com against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
penalties, actions, proceedings or judgments (collectively,
"Losses") to which an indemnified party may become
subject and which Losses arise out of, or relate to
this Agreement or Customer's use of the Services,
and to reimburse an indemnified party for all legal
and other expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with investigating, defending, or settling any Loss
whether or not in connection with pending or threatened
litigation in which such indemnified party is a party.
10. Hosteach.com SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
FOR
10.1. ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY
LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF USE, OR
LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE USE OF Hosteach.com'S
SERVICES BY CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTIES, REGARDLESS
OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR THEORY OF LIABILITY, OR
10.2. ANY LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM DELAYS, NONDELIVERIES,
MISDELIVERIES OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
11. Hosteach.com PROVIDES THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED. Hosteach.com DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, AND
DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMER SHALL
BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION, USE, AND
SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES AND Hosteach.com SHALL
HAVE NO LIABILITY THEREFOR.
12. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Hosteach.com DISCLAIMS, ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR
OTHER ENDORSEMENTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD
TO THE INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM, OR THROUGH, THIS
SERVICE, THE SYSTEMS WHICH PROVIDE IT, AND THE INTERNET,
INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR USE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY
RIGHTS.
13. Hosteach.com DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR
THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION
DISCLOSED OR MATERIALS ACCESSED THROUGH ITS SERVICES,
ITS SYSTEMS, ITS NETWORKS, OR THE INTERNET.
14.No Waiver of Rights by Hosteach.com.
Any failure by Hosteach.com to enforce this Agreement
in every instance in which it might apply does not
amount to a waiver of any of Hosteach.com's rights.
15. Arbitration.
ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS CONTACT OR ANY BREACH THEREOF IN EXCESS OF
$250.00 SHALL BE SETTLED BY ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE AMERICAN
ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, AND JUDGMENT UPON THE AWARD
RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT
OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
16. Notices.
16.1. From Hosteach.com to Customer.
Hosteach.com will notify you by e-mail of any notices
that Hosteach.com is required to provide to you under
this Agreement, at the most current e-mail address
you have provided to Hosteach.com.
By entering this Agreement, you consent to receive
notices by e-mail. You are solely responsible for
ensuring that Hosteach.com has your most current e-mail
address, and Hosteach.com shall not be responsible
for any lost, misdirected, bounced, forwarded, or
undeliverable e-mail that Hosteach.com sends to the
most current e-mail address you have provided to Hosteach.com.
16.2. From Customer to Hosteach.com.
Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, notices
to Hosteach.com shall be sent to the following address:
Hosteach.com
support@Hosteach.com
17. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the United States,
without regard to choice of law or conflicts of law
provisions that would cause the application of the
law of another jurisdiction.
18. Currency.
All monetary amounts to which this Agreement refers
shall be in United States dollars.
19. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, including all of its component parts,
comprises the entire agreement between you (the Customer)
and Hosteach.com, and supersedes any prior or previous
agreements between you and Hosteach.com with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement; provided,
however, that you agree that you shall be subject
to any additional terms and conditions of which Hosteach.com notifies you from time to time, pursuant to this
Agreement.
20. No Oral Modification of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be modified orally.
21. Assignment.
21.1 Customer shall not assign or attempt to assign
its obligations under this Agreement without Hosteach.com's prior and express written consent to such assignment.
21.2. Hosteach.com may assign any or all of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement at any time without
prior notice to or consent of Customer.
22. Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue.
Jurisdiction and venue for arbitration or litigation
of any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out
of, in connection with, or in relation to this Agreement,
or the breach thereof shall be proper only in a venue
determined Hosteach.com.
23. Choice of Law.
For all purposes, this Agreement shall be deemed to
have been made within the State of Texas, United States
of America. This Agreement shall be governed by the
laws of the United States of America and the laws
of the State of Texas, without regard to Texas' choice
of law and conflicts of law rules, and Hosteach.com
and Customer each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of Harris County, Texas, or to the United
States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas, should any claim or question arise under Federal
law or federal jurisdiction based upon diversity of
citizenship.
24. Force Majeure.
Hosteach.com shall not be liable or deemed to be in
default for any delay or failure in performance under
this Agreement or interruption of service resulting
directly or indirectly from acts of God, civil or
military authority, acts of public enemy, war, terrorism,
riots, civil disturbances, insurrections, accidents,
fire, explosions, earthquakes, floods, the elements,
strikes, labor disputes, shortages of suitable parts,
materials, labor or transportation, magnetic interference,
interruptions of electrical power or other utility
service, unavailability of any telecommunications
or wireless service or connection to any telecommunications
or wireless service, or any cause beyond the reasonable
control of Hosteach.com.
25. Severability of Terms of this Agreement.
In the event that any portion of this Agreement is
held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion
shall be construed in accordance with applicable law
as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions
of the parties hereto, and the remainder of the provisions
shall remain in full force and effect.
26. Limitation of Actions Arising Under this Agreement.
Any cause of action you may have with respect to Hosteach.com's performance or alleged non-performance of this
Agreement must be commenced within one (1) year after
the claim or cause of action arises or such claim
or cause of action is forever barred.
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