Web
Hosting Agreement
This Web Hosting
Agreement (this “Agreement”) is between Your Company, formed under the laws of the State of California with its principal
office at California. Your Company and the person (individual or legal
person) whose signs Your Company’s service order and set up form
(the “Order”) incorporating this Agreement by reference (“Customer”).
This Agreement governs Customer’s use of Your Company’s Web
hosting service.
1. Services.
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, and contingent
on Customer’s satisfaction of
Your Company’s credit approval requirements,
Your Company agrees to provide the web hosting
services described in the Order for the fees
stated in the Order.
2. Term.
The initial service term of the Agreement
shall begin on the date that Your Company
generates
an e-mail message to Customer announcing the
activation of the Customer’s account (the “Service
Commencement Date”) and shall continue
for the number of months stated in the Order
(the “Initial Term”). Upon expiration
of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically
renew for up to three successive renewal terms
of the same length as the Initial Term (each
a “Renewal Term”) unless Your Company or Customer provides the other with written
notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days
prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or
then-current Renewal Term, as applicable. The
Initial Term and any Renewal Term may be referred
to collectively in this Agreement as the “Term.”
3. Payments.
(a) Fees.
Fees are payable in advance on the first day
of each billing cycle. Customer’s
billing cycle shall be monthly or annually
as indicated
on the Order, beginning on the Service
Commencement Date. Your Company may
require payment
for the first billing cycle before beginning
service. If the Order provides for credit/debit
card billing, Customer authorizes Your Company to bill subsequent fees to the
credit/debit card on or after the first
day of each successive
billing cycle during the Term of this Agreement;
otherwise Your Company will invoice
Customer via electronic mail to the Primary
Customer
Contact listed on the Order. Invoiced fees
may be issued on or before the 1st day
of each billing cycle, and the fees shall
be
due on
the 14th day following invoice date, but
in no event earlier than the first day
of each
billing cycle.
Payments must be made in United
States dollars. Customer is responsible
for providing Your Company with changes to billing information (such
as credit card expiration, change in billing
address) At its option, Your Company may
accrue charges to be made to a credit/debit card
until such charges exceed $10.00. Your Company
may charge interest on overdue amounts at the
lesser of 1.5% per month or the maximum non-usurious
rate under applicable law. Your Company may
suspend the service without notice if payment
for the service is overdue. Fees not disputed
within sixty (60) days of due date are conclusively
deemed accurate. Customer agrees to pay Your Company’s reasonable reinstatement fee
following a suspension of service for non-payment,
and to pay Your Company’s reasonable
costs of collection of overdue amounts, including
collection agency fees, attorney fees and court
costs.
(b) Fee Increases.
Your Company may increase
its fees for services effective the first day
of a Renewal Term by giving notice to Customer
of the new fees at least forty five (45) days
prior to the beginning of the Renewal Term, and
if Customer does not give a notice of non-renewal
as provided in Section 2 above, the Customer
shall be deemed to have accepted the new fee
for that Renewal Term and any subsequent Renewal
Terms (unless the fees are increased in the same
manner for a subsequent Renewal Term).
(c)
Taxes.
At Your Company’s request
Customer shall remit to Your Company all
sales, VAT or similar tax imposed on the provision
of the services (but not in the nature of an
income tax on Your Company), regardless
of whether Your Company fails to collect
the
tax at the time the related services are provided.
(d)
Early Termination.
Customer acknowledges
that the amount of the fee for the service
is based on Customer’s agreement to pay the
fee for the entire Initial Term, or Renewal Term,
as applicable. In the event Your Company
terminates the Agreement for Customer’s
breach of the Agreement in accordance with Section
9 (Termination), or Customer terminates the service
other than in accordance with Section 9 (Termination)
for Your Company’s breach, the unpaid
fees for each billing cycle remaining in the
Initial Term or then-current Renewal Term,
as applicable, are due on the business day
following
termination of the Agreement.
4. Law/AUP.
Customer agrees to use the service
in compliance with applicable law and Your Company’s Acceptable Use Policy posted
at http://www.cylinderhosting.com/aup.html/(the “AUP”),
which is hereby incorporated by reference in
this Agreement. Customer agrees that Your Company may, in its reasonable commercial judgment
consistent with industry standards, amend the
AUP from time to time to further detail or describe
reasonable restrictions and conditions on Customer’s
use of the Services. Amendments to the AUP are
effective on the earlier of Your Company’s
notice to Customer that an amendment has been
made, or the first day of any Renewal Term that
begins subsequent to the amendment. Customer
agrees to cooperate with Your Company’s
reasonable investigation of any suspected violation
of the AUP. In the event of a dispute between
Your Company and Customer regarding the interpretation
of the AUP, Your Company’s commercially
reasonable interpretation of the AUP shall govern.
5. Customer Information.
Customer represents
and warrants to Your Company that the information
he, she or it has provided and will provide to
Your Company for purposes of establishing
and maintaining the service is accurate. If Customer
is an individual, Customer represents and warrants
to Your Company that he or she is at least
18 years of age. Your Company may rely on
the instructions of the person listed as the
Primary Customer Contact on the Order with regard
to Customer’s account until Customer has
provided a written notice changing the Primary
Customer Contract.
6 Indemnification.
Customer agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless Your Company, Your Company’s affiliates, and each of their
respective officers, directors, agents, and employees
from and against any and all claims, demands,
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
fines, punitive damages, amounts in interest,
expenses and disbursements of any kind and nature
whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees)
brought by a third party under any theory of
legal liability arising out of or related to
the actual or alleged use of Customer’s
services in violation of applicable law or the
AUP by Customer or any person using Customer’s
log on information, regardless of whether such
person has been authorized to use the services
by Customer.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties.
Your Company DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE
SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE,
OR COMPLETELY SECURE. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW Your Company DISCLAIMS
ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SERVICES
ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS.
8. Limitation of Damages.
NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR
ANY LOST PROFITS, OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY
KIND, OR FOR DAMAGES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED
BY THE USE OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE, ARISING IN
CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, EVEN IF THE PARTY
HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILIY
OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE IN THE AGREEMENT
TO THE CONTRARY, THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY
OF Your Company AND ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS OR AFFILIATES, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW
(INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT
LIABILITY, AND INFRINGEMENT) SHALL BE A PAYMENT
OF MONEY NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAYABLE BY
CUSTOMER FOR THREE MONTHS OF SERVICE.
9. Suspension/Termination.
(a) Suspension of Service.
Customer agrees that
Your Company may suspend services to
Customer without notice and without liability
if: (i)
Your Company reasonably believes that
the services are being used in violation
of the
AUP; (ii) Customer fails to cooperate with
any reasonable
investigation of any suspected violation
of the AUP; (iii) Your Company reasonably
believes
that the suspension of service is necessary
to
protect its network or its other customers,
or (iv) as requested by a law enforcement or
regulatory
agency. Customer shall pay Your Company’s
reasonable reinstatement fee if service is
reinstituted following a suspension of service
under this
subsection.
(b) Termination.
The Agreement may be terminated
by Customer prior to the expiration of the
Initial Term or any Renewal Term without
further notice
and without liability if Your Company fails
in a material way to provide the service in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement
and does not
cure the failure within ten (10) days of Customer’s
written notice describing the failure in reasonable
detail. The Agreement may be terminated by Your Company prior to the expiration of the Initial
Term or any Renewal Term without further notice
and without liability as follows: (i) upon ten
(10) days notice if Customer is overdue on the
payment of any amount due under the Agreement;
(ii) Customer materially violates any other provision
of the Agreement, including the AUP, and fails
to cure the violation within thirty (30) days
of a written notice from Your Company describing
the violation in reasonable detail; (iii) upon
one (1) days notice if Customer’s Service
is used in violation of a material term of
the AUP more than once, or (iv) upon one (1)
days
notice if Customer violates Section 5 (Customer
Information) of this Agreement. Either party
may terminate this agreement upon ten (10)
days advance notice if the other party admits
insolvency,
makes an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, files for bankruptcy or similar
protection, is
unable to pay debts as they become due, has
a trustee or receiver appointed over all or
a substantial
portion of its assets, or enters into an agreement
for the extension or readjustment of all or
substantially all of its obligations.
10. Requests for Customer Information.
Customer
agrees that Your Company may, without notice
to Customer, (i) report to the appropriate authorities
any conduct by Customer or any of Customer’s
customers or end users that Your Company
believes violates applicable law, and (ii) provide
any information that it has about Customer or
any of its customers or end users in response
to a formal or informal request from a law enforcement
or regulatory agency or in response to a formal
request in a civil action that on its face meets
the requirements for such a request.
11. Back Up Copy.
Customer agrees to maintain
a current copy of all content hosted by Your Company nothwithstanding any agreement by Your Company to provide back up services.
12. Changes to Your Company’s
Network.
Upgrades and other changes in Your Company’s
network, including, but not limited to changes
in its software, hardware, and service providers,
may affect the display or operation of Customer’s
hosted content and/or applications. Your Company reserves the right to change its network
in its commercially reasonable discretion, and
Your Company shall not be liable for any
resulting harm to Customer.
13. Notices.
Notices to Your Company under
the Agreement shall be given via electronic mail
to the e-mail address posted for customer support
on http://www.cylinderhosting.com. Notices to
Customer shall be given via electronic mail to
the individual listed as the Primary Customer
Contact on the Order. Notices are deemed received
on the day transmitted, or if that day is not
a business day, on the first business day following
the day delivered. Customer may change his, her
or its notice address by a notice given in accordance
with this Section.
14. Force Majeure.
Your Company shall not
be in default of any obligation under the Agreement
if the failure to perform the obligation is due
to any event beyond Your Company’s
control, including, without limitation, significant
failure of a portion of the power grid, significant
failure of the Internet, natural disaster, war,
riot, insurrection, epidemic, strikes or other
organized labor action, terrorist activity, or
other events of a magnitude or type for which
precautions are not generally taken in the industry.
15. Governing Law/Disputes.
The Agreement shall
be governed by the laws of the State of California,
exclusive of its choice of law principles, and
the laws of the United States of America, as
applicable. The Agreement shall not be governed
by the United Nations Convention on the International
Sale of Goods. EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR ALL DISPUTES
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT SHALL
BE THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND EACH PARTY AGREES NOT
TO DISPUTE SUCH PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND WAIVES
ALL OBJECTIONS THERETO.
16. Miscellaneous.
Each party acknowledges and
agrees that the other party retains exclusive
ownership and rights in its trademarks, service
marks, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
and other intellectual property. Neither party
may use the other party’s name or trade
mark without the other party’s prior written
consent. The parties intend for their relationship
to be that of independent contractors and not
a partnership, joint venture, or employer/employee.
Neither party will represent itself to be agent
of the other. Each party acknowledges that it
has no power or authority to bind the other on
any agreement and that it will not represent
to any person that it has such power or authority.
This Agreement may be amended only by a formal
written agreement signed by both parties. The
terms on Customer’s purchase order or other
business forms are not binding on Your Company
unless they are expressly incorporated into a
formal written agreement signed by both parties.
A party’s failure or delay in enforcing
any provision of the Agreement will not be deemed
a waiver of that party’s rights with respect
to that provision or any other provision of the
Agreement. A party’s waiver of any of its
right under the Agreement is not a waiver of
any of its other rights with respect to a prior,
contemporaneous or future occurrence, whether
similar in nature or not. The captions in the
Agreement are not part of the Agreement, but
are for the convenience of the parties. The following
provisions will survive expiration or termination
of the Agreement: Fees, indemnity obligations,
provisions limiting liability and disclaiming
warranties, provisions regarding ownership of
intellectual property, these miscellaneous provisions,
and other provisions that by their nature are
intended to survive termination of the Agreement.
There are no third party beneficiaries to the
Agreement. Neither insurers nor the customers
of resellers are third party beneficiaries to
the Agreement. Customer may not transfer the
Agreement without Your Company’s prior
written consent. Your Company’s approval
for assignment is contingent on the assignee
meeting Your Company’s credit approval
criteria. Your Company may assign the Agreement
in whole or in part.
This Agreement together with the Order and AUP
constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement
between the parties regarding its subject matter
and supercedes and replace any prior understanding
or communication, written or oral.
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