This AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered
into between Aulpa ("Host") and you ("Client") (each being
referred to individually as a "Party" and collectively as the
"Parties"). By registering for an account with Aulpa Hosting
you agree to all of the terms and conditions contained in this
agreement:
Services
Hosting Services
Host agrees to provide Client with services for hosting of a
site on the World Wide Web portion of the Internet (the "Web
Site") as set forth or described in the Pricing Schedule
contained on Aulpa.com. Host shall provide the Hosting Services
so that the Web Site is accessible to third parties via the
World Wide Web portion of the Internet as specified herein.
Except as expressly provided herein, Client agrees that Host is
responsible only for providing the Hosting Services, and Host is
not responsible for providing any services or performing any
tasks not specifically set forth in the Pricing Schedule. At the
time of execution of this Agreement, to the extent that Client
wishes to receive from Host Additional Services the arrangements
for their provision shall be set forth in a separate addendum to
this Agreement which is duly executed by the Parties (the
"Services Addendum"), and the Services Addendum shall be
incorporated into, and become a part of this Agreement. (The
Hosting Services and the Additional Services will hereinafter be
referred to collectively as the "Services").
Content
Client shall be responsible for maintaining its own content via
FTP (file transfer protocol). Client also assumes responsibility
for backups including, but not limited to, their website and
email. Host will provide backup in accordance with industry
accepted standards of due diligence, but does not guarantee the
integrity or usability of these backups.
Availability of Web Site
The Web Site shall be accessible to third parties via the World
Wide Web portion of the Internet twenty-four (24) hours a day,
seven (7) days a week, except for scheduled maintenance and
required repairs, and except for any loss or interruption of
Hosting Services due to causes beyond the control of Host or
which are not reasonably foreseeable by Host, including, but not
limited to, interruption or failure of telecommunication or
digital transmission links and Inter-net slow-downs or failures.
99.5% Uptime Guarantee
In the event of any loss or interruption of Hosting Services,
Client's sole and exclusive remedy and Host's sole and exclusive
liability for any loss or interruption of Hosting Services shall
be as follows: for loss or interruption of Hosting Services
which is due to (i) causes other than scheduled maintenance and
required repairs, or (ii) causes beyond the control of Host, or
(iii) causes which are not reasonably foreseeable by Host,
including, but not limited to, interruption or failure of
telecommunication or digital transmission links and Internet
slow-downs or failures, which loss or interruption of Hosting
Services lowers uptime below 99.5% for the total month, Client
shall receive a credit against future Hosting Services equal to
5% of the monthly fee for every hour of downtime, not including
overage fees, domain registration fees or software licensing
costs, not exceeding the total amount of Hosting Service fees
paid by the Client to the Host in the previous month.
Domain Name Registration
As part of the initial Hosting Services, Client shall provide
Host with a registered domain name, or Host shall register
domain name(s) selected by Client provided that such domain name
is available for registration and does not violate any ICANN or
other registration services' policies, or any law or regulation.
Client agrees to promptly reimburse to Host any fees paid by
Host to a domain-name registrar or other registration services
with respect to the registration and maintenance of such domain
name.
Domain Name Disputes
Host shall not be liable for any domain-name disputes which
Client may enter into or otherwise encounter. Such disputes
shall be governed by the relevant ICANN dispute procedures
adopted by the domain-name registrar with which Client's
domain-name has been registered.
Additional Storage and Transfer
In the event that the Web Site requires storage and transfer on
the Host Server which exceeds the amount of storage included in
the Hosting Services, Client may, upon two (2) days written
e-mail notice to Host, request that Host (a) upgrade the level
of Hosting Services, or (b) acquire additional incremental
storage to be included in the Hosting Services, on a time and
materials basis and in accordance with the Pricing Schedule
hereto. Host shall review all such requests and determine, in
consultation with Client, whether it can reasonably comply with
such requests and, if so, Host shall propose a procedure and
budget for complying with such request.
Client Content
Client assumes sole responsibility for (a) acquiring any
authorization(s) necessary for hypertext links to third party
web sites, (b) the accuracy of materials on the Web Site,
including, without limitation, Client Content, descriptive
claims, warranties, guarantees, nature of business, and address
where business is conducted, and (c) ensuring that the Client
Content does not infringe or violate any right of any third
party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Host reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to exclude or remove from the Web Site
any hypertext links to third party web sites, any Client Content
on the Web Site, or other content not supplied by Host which, in
Host's sole reasonable discretion, may violate or infringe any
law or third party rights or which otherwise exposes or
potentially exposes Host to civil or criminal liability or
public ridicule, provided that such right shall not place an
obligation on Host to monitor or exert editorial control over
the Web Site.
Limitations on Client Content
Client shall place only content that does not contain any
materials which are obscene, threatening, malicious, which
infringe on or violate any applicable law or regulation or any
proprietary, contract, moral, privacy or other third party
right, or which otherwise exposes Host to civil or criminal
liability. Any such materials placed on the Web Site which do
not satisfy the foregoing requirements shall be deemed to be a
material breach of this Agreement.
Resource Usage
Client may not initiate the following on our servers:
- any process that requires more than 8Mb of memory space,
more than 30 CPU seconds, or use more than 5% of all
available system resources at any time;
- any type of interactive real-time chat applications that
require server resources;
- stand-alone, unattended server-side processes at any
point in time on the server;
- any software that interfaces with an IRC (Internet Relay
Chat) network; and
- remote access to databases located on the Host's servers
without written approval.
Spam
Client shall not send bulk e-mail, commonly know as spam, from
or through their account. Any use of Client's account to send
bulk e-mail shall be a material breach of this agreement and
shall be grounds for immediate cancellation of Client's account
without notice. Any charges related to spam will be charged to
the customer.
Refusal or discontinuation of service
Host reserves the right to refuse or discontinue service to
anyone at Hosts's sole discretion. Host may deny you access to
all or part of the service without notice if you engage in any
conduct or activities that Host in its sole discretion believes
violates any of the terms and conditions in this agreement. Host
shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers
of services, merchandise, or information, nor any responsibility
for any consequences resulting from such discontinuance or lack
of notification. You agree that Host has the right to monitor
the service electronically from time to time and to disclose any
information as necessary to satisfy the law, or to protect
itself or its subscribers. Host reserves the right to refuse to
post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in
part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable,
undesirable, or in violation of this agreement. Host also
reserves the right to refuse refunds in cases where Host
believes abuse has taken place.
Fees
Hosting Services Fees
Client shall pay Host all fees for the Hosting Services in
accordance with the applicable fee and payment schedule set
forth in the Pricing Schedule hereto. Host expressly reserves
the right to change its rates charged hereunder for the Services
during any Renewal Term (as defined herein).
Late Payment
Host may terminate service when Client's payment is late and
shall not be responsible for maintaining any data Client may
have uploaded to Host's server. Host reserves the right to
suspend the Client's services after 72 hours if payment is not
received or no other arrangement has been made. Upon account
suspension, Host is not responsible in any way for Client's
data. Host reserves the right to require a re-activation fee of
15 USD to cover administrative and processing fees. Exceptions
may be made at the Host's discretion if Host is notified IN
ADVANCE of any late payments.
Money Back Guarantee
Each plan includes a full 10-days money back guarantee. If
Client is not completely satisfied with Host's services within
the refund time period of 7 days, then Client will be given a
full refund of the contract amount excluding overages. No refund
is available after that period. This policy does not apply to
any additional services such as overages, disk space, bandwidth,
maintenance fees, etc. Accounts cancelled/terminated for
violating the Terms Of Service do not qualify for the 7-day
money back guarantee. Only first-time accounts are eligible for
a refund.
Disclaimer of Warranty
HOST MAKES NO WARRANTIES HEREUNDER, AND HOST EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Indemnification
A. Client
Client agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Host, its
directors, officers, employees and agents, and defend any action
brought against same with respect to any claim, demand, cause of
action, debt or liability, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
to the extent that such action is based upon a claim that: (i)
if true, would constitute a breach of any of Client's
representations, warranties, or agreements hereunder; (ii)
arises out of the negligence or willful misconduct of Client; or
(iii) any of the Client Content to be provided by Client
hereunder or other material on the Web Site infringes or
violates any rights of third parties, including without
limitation, rights of publicity, rights of privacy, patents,
copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and/or licenses.
B. Host
Host agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Client, its
directors, officers, employees and agents, and defend any action
brought against same with respect to any claim, demand, cause of
action, debt or liability, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
to the extent that such action arises out of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Host.
Notice
In claiming any indemnification hereunder, the indemnified Party
shall promptly provide the indemnifying Party with written
notice of any claim which the indemnified Party believes falls
within the scope of the foregoing paragraphs. The indemnified
Party may, at its own expense, assist in the defense if it so
chooses, provided that the indemnifying Party shall control such
defense and all negotiations relative to the settlement of any
such claim and further provided that any settlement intended to
bind the indemnified Party shall not be final without the
indemnified Party's written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
Limitation of Liability
HOST SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR
ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF, THE WEB SITE OR CLIENT'S
DATA FILES, PROGRAMS OR INFORMATION THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT
MEANS OR DEVICES. HOST SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO
HOST'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES EVEN IF HOST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. IN ANY EVENT, THE LIABILITY OF HOST TO CLIENT FOR ANY
REASON AND UPON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE
AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID TO HOST BY CLIENT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
DURING THE MONTH IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH
CLAIM ACCRUED. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION
IN THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO BREACH OF
CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY,
MISREPRESENTATIONS, AND OTHER TORTS.
Termination and Renewal
Term
This Agreement shall be effective when signed and Clients assent
by virtue of clicking the button or checkbox at the bottom of
this agreement shall constitute signing by the Parties and
thereafter shall remain in effect unless earlier terminated as
otherwise provided in this Agreement (the "Initial Term"). This
Agreement shall automatically be renewed beyond the Initial Term
for additional one(1) year terms (each, a "Renewal Term") unless
Client provides Host with a written notice of termination at
least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the Initial
Term or the then-current Renewal Term.
Termination
Host may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason
by providing written notice of termination to Client and
refunding a pro rata portion of fees paid to Client for Hosting
Services not yet rendered on the date of termination.
Termination and Payment
Upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, Client
shall pay all unpaid and outstanding fees through the effective
date of termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement and Schedules referenced herein constitute the
entire agreement between Client and Host with respect to the
subject matter hereof and there are no representations,
understandings or agreements which are not fully expressed in
this Agreement.
Force Majuro
Except for the payment of fees by Client, if the performance of
any part of this Agreement by either Party is prevented,
hindered, delayed or otherwise made impracticable by reason of
any flood, riot, fire, judicial or governmental action, labor
disputes, act of God or any other causes beyond the control of
either Party, that Party shall be excused from such to the
extent that it is prevented, hindered or delayed by such causes.
Assignment
Client shall not assign, without the prior written consent of
Host, its rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement to
any person or entity, in whole or in part, whether by
assignment, merger, transfer of assets, sale of stock, operation
of law or otherwise, and any attempt to do so shall be deemed a
material breach of this Agreement.
Modification and Notice
Host has the right to modify this Agreement. Any modification is
effective immediately. Client's continued use of the Host's
Service following notice of any modification to this Agreement
shall be conclusively deemed an acceptance of all such
modification(s). Client's only right with respect to any
dissatisfaction with any modifications made pursuant to this
provision, or any policies or practices of Host in providing the
Services, including, without limitation, (i) any change in the
content of the Services, or (ii) any change in the amount or
type of Service Fees, is to terminate this agreement by
delivering notice to Host. Such notice will be effective upon
receipt by Host.
Waiver
The waiver of failure of either Party to exercise any right in
any respect provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of
any further right hereunder.
Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid
under any applicable statute or rule of law, it is to that
extent to be deemed omitted, and the balance of the Agreement
shall remain enforceable.
Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute the entire agreement
between the Parties hereto.
Headings
The section headings used herein are for reference and
convenience only and shall not enter into the interpretation
hereof.
Approvals and Similar Actions
Where agreement, approval, acceptance, consent or similar action
by either Party hereto is required by any provision of this
Agreement, such action shall not be unreasonably delayed or
withheld.
Survival
All provisions of this Agreement relating to Client warranties,
confidentiality, non-disclosure, proprietary rights, limitation
of liability, Client indemnification obligations and payment
obligations shall survive the termination or expiration of this
Agreement.
Agreement Acknowledgement
This agreement supersedes any written, electronic, or
oral communication you may have had with Host or any agent or
representative thereof, and constitutes the complete and total
agreement between the parties. Should any provision of this
agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, all
other provisions shall remain in full force and effect and said
provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make
it enforceable. By placing and continuing to maintain or place
information on Host's servers you are stating and acknowledging
that you have read the aforementioned terms and conditions and
that you understand such terms and conditions and agree to be
bound by them.