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User Agreement
This User Agreement ("Agreement") is an agreement between GISOL, Inc.
("GISOL"), a California corporation, and the party set forth in the
related order form (Customer or You) incorporated herein by reference
(together with any subsequent order forms submitted by Customer, the
"Order Form"), and applies to the purchase of all services ordered by
Customer on the Order Form (collectively, the "Services").
BY SIGNING UP FOR THE SERVICES CREATES
A CONTRACT BETWEEN CUSTOMER AND GISOL, CONSISTING OF THE ORDER, THE APPLICABLE
SERVICE DESCRIPTION AND THIS USER AGREEMENT AND YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING GISOL'S USAGE POLICY. YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
- Acceptable Use Policy. Under this Agreement, Customer shall comply
with GISOL's then current Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), as amended,
modified or updated from time to time by GISOL, which currently can be
viewed under the Policies section of this web site, and which is
incorporated in this Agreement by reference. Customer hereby
acknowledges that it has reviewed the AUP and that the terms of the AUP
are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any
inconsistencies between this Agreement and the AUP, the terms of the AUP
shall govern. GISOL does not intend to systematically monitor the content
that is submitted to, stored on or distributed or disseminated by Customer
via the Service (the "Customer Content"). Customer Content
includes content of Customer's customers and/or users of Customer's
website. Accordingly, under this Agreement, You will be responsible for
Your customers content and activities on Your website. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, GISOL may
immediately take corrective action, including removal of all or a portion
of the Customer Content, disconnection or discontinuance of any and all
Services, or termination of this Agreement in the event of notice of
possible violation by Customer of the AUP. In the event GISOL takes
corrective action due to a violation of the AUP, GISOL shall not refund to
Customer any fees paid in advance of such corrective action. Customer
hereby agrees that GISOL shall have no liability to Customer or any of
Customer's customers due to any corrective action that GISOL may take
(including, without limitation, disconnection of Services).
- Customer's Responsibilities.
- Customer is solely responsible for the quality, performance
and all other aspects of the Customer Content and the goods or services
provided through the Customer Web site.
- Customer assumes full responsibility for providing end
users with any required disclosure or explanation of the various features
of the Customer Web site and any goods or services described therein, as
well as any rules, terms or conditions of use.
- Because the Services permit Customer to electronically
transmit or upload content directly to the Customer Web site, Customer
shall be fully responsible for uploading all content to the Customer Web
site and supplementing, modifying and updating the Customer Web site,
including all back-ups. Customer is also responsible for ensuring that
the Customer Content and all aspects of the Customer Web site are
compatible with the hardware and software used by GISOL to provide the
Services, as the same may be changed by GISOL from time to time.
Specifications for the hardware and software used by GISOL to provide the
Services will be available on GISOL's Web site. Customer shall
periodically access GISOL's Web site to determine if GISOL has made any
changes thereto. GISOL shall not be responsible for any damages to the
Customer Content, the Customer Web site or other damages or any
malfunctions or service interruptions caused by any failure of the
Customer Content or any aspect of the Customer Web site to be compatible
with the hardware and software used by GISOL to provide the Services.
- Even though GISOL does make daily, weekly, and monthly
backups Customer is solely responsible for making back-up copies of the
Customer Web site and Customer Content.
- Customer's Representations and Warranties.
Customer
hereby represents and warrants to GISOL, and agrees that during the Initial
Term and any Term thereafter Customer will ensure that:
a.
Customer is the owner or valid licensee of the Customer Content and each
element thereof, and Customer has secured all necessary licenses, consents,
permissions, waivers and releases for the use of the Customer Content and each
element thereof, including without limitation, all trademarks, logos, names and
likenesses contained therein, without any obligation by GISOL to pay any fees,
residuals, guild payments or other compensation of any kind to any Person;
b.
Customer's use, publication and display of the Customer Content will not
infringe any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or
intellectual property right of any person, or constitute a defamation, invasion
of privacy or violation of any right of publicity or any other right of any
person, including, without limitation, any contractual, statutory or common law
right or any .moral right. or similar right however denominated;
c.
Customer will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
regarding the Customer Content and the Customer Web site and will use the
Customer Web site only for lawful purposes;
d.
Customer has used its best efforts to ensure that the Customer Content
is and will at all times remain free of all computer viruses, worms, trojan
horses and other malicious code; and
e.
Customer shall be solely responsible for the development, operation and
maintenance of Customer's web site, online store and e-commerce activities, for
all products and services offered by Customer or appearing online and for all
contents and materials appearing online or on Customer's products, including,
without limitation the accuracy and appropriateness of the Customer Content and
content and material appearing in its store or on its products, ensuring 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, and ensuring
that the Customer Content and the content and materials appearing in its store
or on its products are not defamatory or otherwise illegal. Customer shall be
solely responsible for accepting, processing and filling customer orders and
for handling customer inquiries or complaints. Customer shall be solely
responsible for the payment or satisfaction of any and all taxes associated
with its web site and online store.
f.
Customer grants GISOL the right to reproduce, copy, use and distribute
all and any portion of the Customer Content to the extent needed to provide and
operate the Services.
g.
In addition to transactions entered into by Customer on Your behalf,
Customer also agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement for
transactions entered into on Customer's behalf by anyone acting as Customer's
agent, and transactions entered into by anyone who uses Customer's account,
whether or not the transactions were on Customer's behalf.
- License to
GISOL.
- Customer hereby grants to
GISOL a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right and license during
the Initial Term and any Term thereafter to do the following to the extent
necessary in the performance of Services under the Order:
i.
digitize, convert, install, upload, select, order, arrange, compile,
combine, synchronize, use, reproduce, store, process, retrieve, transmit,
distribute, publish, publicly display, publicly perform and hyperlink the
Customer Content; and
ii.
make archival or back-up copies of the Customer Content and the Customer
Web site.
- Except for the rights
expressly granted above, GISOL is not acquiring any right, title or
interest in or to the Customer Content, all of which shall remain solely
with Customer.
- GISOL, in its sole
discretion, reserves the right (1) to deny, cancel, suspend, transfer or
alter, modify, correct, amend, change, program, or take any other
corrective action to protect the integrity and stability of the Services
(including altering, modifying, correcting, amending, changing,
programming, or taking any other corrective action regarding any
malicious code, software or related abusive activity, Customer's Content
and/or web site(s)), and/or (2) to comply with any applicable laws,
government rules, or requirements, requests of law enforcement, or to
avoid any liability, civil or criminal. Customer further agrees that
GISOL shall not be liable to Customer for any loss or damages that may
result from such conduct.
- Indemnification. Customer agrees to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless GISOL and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies,
and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders,
attorneys and agents (each an "indemnified party" and,
collectively, "indemnified parties") from and against any and
all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands,
proceedings (whether legal or administrative), and expenses (including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or
filed by a third party against any of the indemnified parties arising out
of or relating to Customer's use of the Services, (ii) any violation by
Customer of the AUP, (iii) any breach of any representation, warranty or
covenant of Customer contained in this Agreement or (iv) any acts or
omissions of Customer. The terms of this section shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
- GISOL as
Reseller or Licensor. GISOL is acting only as a reseller or
licensor of the hardware, software and equipment used in connection with
the products and/or Services that were or are manufactured or provided by
a third party ("Non-GISOL Product"). GISOL shall not be
responsible for any changes in the Services that cause the Non-GISOL
Product to become obsolete, require modification or alteration, or
otherwise affect the performance of the Services. Any malfunction or
manufacturer's defects of Non-GISOL Product either sold, licensed or
provided by GISOL to Customer or purchased directly by Customer used in
connection with the Services will not be deemed a breach of GISOL's
obligations under this Agreement. Any rights or remedies Customer may have
regarding the ownership, licensing, performance or compliance of Non-GISOL
Product are limited to those rights extended to Customer by the
manufacturer of such Non-GISOL Product. Customer is entitled to use any
Non-GISOL Product supplied by GISOL only in connection with Customer's
permitted use of the Services. Customer shall use its best efforts to
protect and keep confidential all intellectual property provided by GISOL
to Customer through any Non-GISOL Product and shall make no attempt to
copy, alter, reverse engineer, or tamper with such intellectual property
or to use it other than in connection with the Services. Customer shall
not resell, transfer, export or re-export any Non-GISOL Product, or any
technical data derived therefrom, in violation of any applicable United States or foreign law.
- Internet Protocol (IP) Address Ownership.
If GISOL assigns Customer an Internet Protocol (IP) address for
Customer's use, the right to use that IP address shall belong only to
GISOL, and Customer shall have no right to use that IP address except as
permitted by GISOL in its sole and absolute discretion in connection with
the Services, during the term of this Agreement. GISOL shall maintain and
control ownership of all Internet Protocol numbers and addresses that may
be assigned to Customer by GISOL, and GISOL reserves the right to change
or remove any and all such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses, in its
sole and absolute discretion.
- Server resources. It is in the sole and absolute
discretion of GISOL to determine if Customer is using the server resources
fairly and to maintain the proper level of uptime for other Customers on
the server. GISOL will monitor Customer's usage and shall have the right
to take corrective action such as disconnection or discontinuance of any
and all Services, or termination of this Agreement.
- Customer agrees to use all Services and any information
obtained through or from GISOL, at Customer's own risk. Customer
acknowledges and agrees that GISOL exercises no control over, and accepts
no responsibility for, the content of the information passing through
GISOL's host computers, network hubs and points of presence or the
Internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS
IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NONE OF GISOL, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR
AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, SUPPLIERS,
THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE (EACH,
AN "GISOL PERSON") MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT,
FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT GISOL PROVIDES. NO GISOL PERSON MAKES
ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE;
NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY
OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR
PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. GISOL IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO
OR FROM CUSTOMER OR STORED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S CUSTOMERS VIA
THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY GISOL. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION
GIVEN BY ANY GISOL PERSON, WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY YOU RELY ON ANY
SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. The terms of this section shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
- Limited Warranty.
- GISOL represents and warrants to Customer that the Services
will be performed (a) in a manner consistent with industry standards
reasonably applicable to the performance thereof; (b) at least at the
same level of service as provided by GISOL generally to its other
customers for the same services; and (c) in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable Service Descriptions. Customer will be
deemed to have accepted such Services unless Customer notifies GISOL, in
writing, within thirty (30) days after performance of any Services of any
breach of the foregoing warranties. Customer's sole and exclusive remedy,
and GISOL's sole obligation, for breach of the foregoing warranties shall
be for GISOL, at its option, to re-perform the defective Services at no
cost to Customer, or, in the event of interruptions to the Services
caused by a breach of the foregoing warranties, issue Customer a credit
in an amount equal to the current monthly service fees pro rated by the
number of hours in which the Services have been interrupted. GISOL may
provision the Services from any of its data centers and may from time to
time re-provision the Services from different data centers.
- The foregoing warranties shall not apply to performance
issues or defects in the Services (a) caused by factors outside of
GISOL's reasonable control; (b) that resulted from any actions or
inactions of Customer or any third parties; or (c) that resulted from
Customer's equipment or any third-party equipment not within the sole
control of GISOL. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, GISOL MAKES
NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH
RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY
RIGHTS, AND GISOL HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE SAME. WITHOUT LIMITING
THE FOREGOING, ANY THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER HEREUNDER IS
PROVIDED .AS IS. WITHOUT ANY CONDITION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. GISOL DOES
NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR
COMPLETELY SECURE.
- Billing and
Payment.
- Customer will pay to GISOL
the service fees for the Services in the manner set forth in the Order
Form.
- Unless otherwise specified,
all fees and related charges shall be due and payable the date they are
invoiced. If any invoice is not paid within seven (7) days after the
date of the invoice, GISOL may charge Customer a late fee.
- If GISOL collects any
payment due at law or through an attorney at law or under advice
therefrom or through a collection agency, or if GISOL prevails in any
action to which the Customer and GISOL are parties, Customer will pay all
costs of collection, arbitration and litigation, including, without
limitation, all court costs and GISOL's reasonable attorneys. fees.
- If any check is returned for
insufficient funds GISOL may impose a processing charge of $25.00.
- In the event that any amount
due to GISOL remains unpaid seven (7) days after such payment is due,
GISOL, in its sole discretion, may immediately terminate this Agreement,
and/or withhold or suspend Services.
- There may be an
administrative charge to reinstate accounts that have been suspended or
terminated.
- Customer acknowledges and
agrees that GISOL may pre-charge Customer's fees for the Services to its
credit card supplied by Customer during registration for the Initial
Term.
- Satisfaction Guarantee: All of our virtual Web Hosting
Packages come with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee during the 8th
month of use with no cancellation or administrative fees charged. This
also means that you may cancel rendered hosting services at any time
past 8 (eight) months of use and receive a Pro-Rated GISOL Company Credit
(referred to as: GCC) which may be used for services within the GISOL
Network. Promotional fees, if any, will be deducted from the amount
of your Pro-Rated GCC. This Satisfaction Guarantee exists
solely for and is limited to Web Hosting packages. Any features purchased
from GISOL will be considered as rendered upon dispatch from GISOL's
mail servers. Any features such as PromoPack(s), Private Registration(s),
U.S. Based Technical Support and/or Etc., do not qualify for any GCC.
If a cancellation request is submitted prior to 8 months of use, no
credit will be issued to Customer.
- Any length of time shorter
then one month of service is billed as a whole month of service for all
packages.
- Duration of Agreement, Continuity, and Cancellation Policy.
- The Initial Term shall begin upon agreement of GISOL’s Policies by the Customer, commencement of the Services to Customer and/or receipt of lawful funds. The term's length is chosen by customer and shall be indicated in the confirmation email after the verification process. After the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive terms, equal in length to the Initial Term, unless terminated or canceled by either party 30 days in advance of the renewal/anniversary date as provided herein.
- This agreement may be terminated by the Customer before the renewal/anniversary date by giving GISOL notice at least 30 days prior to the renewal/anniversary date of the Term (Customer hereby agrees and understands that they must follow the instructions provided at http://cancel.GISOL.com in order to effectively terminate services as described herein), or by GISOL in the event of nonpayment or non compliance by Customer, at any time, without notice, if in GISOL’s sole judgment Customer has in any way breached this Agreement (Termination for Cause). If Customer fails to keep their appropriate method of payment updated at any time, GISOL may in its sole discretion terminate the account without any prior notice and/or forward the account to a 3rd (third) party collections agency if any funds are outstanding on any account which has not been cancelled by the Customer through http://cancel.GISOL.com.
- GISOL may also terminate this agreement in its sole discretion at any time for any or no reason, by giving Customer 72 hours notice to the email address customer keeps on file with GISOL. In the event of GISOL executing such termination prior to the renewal/anniversary date, GISOL's sole liability may be to issue a prorated credit for the Customer's unused prepaid service fees. Liability is limited to circumstance and may not be invoked by the Customer if in violation of any company Policies.
- If GISOL cancels this agreement pursuant to any of the terms outlined in this agreement, with the exception of Termination without Cause pursuant to paragraph C, GISOL shall not credit Customer any fees paid or prepaid in advance of such cancellation and Customer shall be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued prior to the effectiveness of such cancellation. In the event that GISOL terminates the agreement based on Termination with Cause, all prepaid hosting fees will be forfeited and are no Credit will be issued. Furthermore, due to the fact that damages are difficult to ascertain, Customer consents that US $250.00 per each hosted domain and serviced package is reasonable for Termination with Cause.
- If prior to the end of the agreed upon Term, Customer cancels the Services for any reason, or GISOL terminates the Agreement due to Customer's breach of the GISOL User Agreement or Acceptable Usage Policy, Customer will be charged a US $250.00 Breach-Of-Contract fee per domain package and per hosting account for liquidated damages. Client also forfeits any prepaid service fees and at no time shall customer receive a refund of any prepaid service fees.
- GISOL reserves the right to terminate the Services, if Customer's usage of the Services results in, or is the subject of, legal action or threatened legal action, against GISOL or any of its affiliates, partners, owners, employees or agents, without consideration for whether such legal action or threatened legal action is eventually determined to be with or without merit.
- Any account affiliated with a Chargeback Dispute may be suspended without any prior notice.
- Any Customer paying by Check is responsible for the successful deduction of the funds agreed to between Customer and GISOL. If Customer elects to Stop Payment or does not have enough funds on their account, no consideration may be provided regarding a Bounced Check Fee. A Bounced Check Fee may be charged at the discretion of GISOL and is limited to US $25.00 per failed transaction.
- All sales are final including the acceptance of all policies after the Customers order has been submitted and prior to contact from GISOL's Verification Department. Any setup fees, fees for additional services, as well as fees paid for the lease of the domain name are always non-refundable. Any promotional domain lease options will be billed at US $29.95 per domain and subtracted from any prepaid hosting fees before any Credit is processed. Customer acknowledges and agrees that following the instructions provided at http://cancel.GISOL.com is the ONLY ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO CANCEL a Web hosting account with GISOL to avoid occurrences such as an automatic renewal. Any cancellation requests sent to or directed to GISOL by telephone, email and/or regular mail shall be null and void. Customer also agrees that any request for a credit shall be forfeited, if the instructions provided at http://cancel.GISOL.com have not been followed to cancel a Web hosting account.
- Limitation of Liability.
- GISOL CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS SERVICE, SERVICE AT ANY
PARTICULAR TIME, INTEGRITY OF DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT STORED OR
TRANSMITTED VIA THE INTERNET. GISOL WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ANY CORRUPTION, ERASURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION,
ALTERATION OR INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF, DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT
TRANSMITTED, RECEIVED OR STORED ON ITS SYSTEM.
- EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BELOW, NEITHER PARTY SHALL
BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOST
PROFITS OR REVENUES, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS, LICENSES OR SERVICES OR SIMILAR ECONOMIC LOSS, OR FOR
ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR
DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR
OTHER RIGHT HEREUNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF ANY ORDER, OR FOR ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE
OTHER PARTY BY A THIRD PARTY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH CLAIM OR DAMAGES.
- The limitations contained in this Section apply to all
causes of action in the aggregate, whether based in contract, tort or any
other legal theory (including strict liability), other than claims based
on fraud or willful misconduct. The limitations contained in Section
15(c) shall not apply to Customer's indemnification obligations.
- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, GISOL's maximum liability under this Agreement for all
damages, losses, costs and causes of actions from any and all claims
(whether in contract, tort, including negligence, quasi-contract,
statutory or otherwise) shall not exceed the actual dollar amount paid by
Customer for the Services which gave rise to such damages, losses and
causes of actions during the 12-month period prior to the date the damage
or loss occurred or the cause of action arose.
- Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that if
GISOL takes any corrective action under this Agreement because of an
action of Customer or one if its customers or a reseller, that corrective
action may adversely affect other customers of Customer or other reseller
customers, and Customer agrees that GISOL shall have no liability to
Customer, any of its customers or any Reseller Customer due to such
corrective action by GISOL.
- This limitation of liability reflects an informed,
voluntary allocation between the parties of the risks (known and unknown)
that may exist in connection with this Agreement. The terms of this
section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
- Miscellaneous.
- Independent Contractor. GISOL and Customer are
independent contractors and nothing contained in this Agreement places
GISOL and Customer in the relationship of principal and agent, master and
servant, partners or joint venturers. Neither party has, expressly or by
implication, or may represent itself as having, any authority to make
contracts or enter into any agreements in the name of the other party, or
to obligate or bind the other party in any manner whatsoever.
- Governing Law; Jurisdiction. Any controversy or claim
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the formation of this
Agreement or the breach of this Agreement, including any claim based upon
arising from an alleged tort, shall be governed by the substantive laws
of the State of California. The United Nations Convention on Contracts
for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to this Agreement. ANY
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE BROUGHT IN A
STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND EACH OF
THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
SUCH COURTS (AND OF THE APPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURTS THEREFROM) IN ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
WHICH IS BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM.
- Customers and Upgrades
- The terms of this section shall survive any termination of this agreement for up to 6 years from the date of cancellation.
- Any existing Customer must obtain an Upgrade/Consolidation Package if they have, are entering in or had any relation, affiliation or involvement with one (1) or more account within the GISOL Network.
- Upgrade/Consolidation Packages are priced at US $49.95 per month and prepaid for 36 months while providing the customer with the ability to consolidate up to 3 current accounts into 1 package. This package contains Unlimited disk space, bandwidth and allows hosting of unlimited domain names not currently hosted within the GISOL Network. The package will also include free Private Registration, U.S Based Technical Support and 1 (one) free PromoPack per month for the full term of the aforementioned agreement. Upgrade/Consolidation Packages may be obtained at a significantly lower price during any special offer period. In order to obtain the special offer price, Customer must fill out a new order form which will automatically serve as acknowledgement of this clause.
- Customer may not consolidate domain names or transfer/move domain names between any accounts within the GISOL Network. Any such attempt will be considered an AUP violation and will contain a fee as appropriate for the severity of the violation. Customer must contact GISOL at 323-924-5915 and request for this service to be completed on the Customers behalf. This service will entail the automatic agreement to the “Customers and Upgrades” Term and the automated purchase request for the Upgrade/Consolidation Package at the currently offered price or special offer, whichever is most suitably priced.
- Online Hosting Specials
- Any and all "Special Offers" located on http://www.gisol.com/hosting are for the exclusive purpose of "Personal Use" and follow the strict guidelines and regulations of the "Personal Use Limitations and Statutes" section of the GISOL Policies. Online specials pertain only to the 2 (two) year term, furthermore, are the sole bearers of the "Price Freeze Guarantee" and the "Credit Back Guarantee/GCC". Regular priced packages may contain the same features as any "Special Offer", however, "Personal Use" Guidelines and Regulations still apply. Availability of items such as the E-Commerce Package and Shopping Cart feature within any given "Special Offer" allows Customer to sell their personal property, limited by the intent of the sale. Intent may not contain any business purpose or financial gain; moreover, any sale must constitute an even trade of funds in exchange for personal products/belongings of Customer.
- Business Packages start at $49.95 per month and are prepaid for 36 months, however, during any special offer period, the business package may be purchased at $29.95 per month prepaid for 36 months. Any package with 1 or more websites hosting any business related content or any information from the customer suggesting the intent to utilize an account for business will automatically receive an upgrade to the Business Package. If it is discovered by GISOL that Customer is planning to utilize hosting services for Business, it is automatically presumed that our policies have been reviewed and that the customer acknowledges the automatic upgrade to the Business Package. All business packages will include identical benefits to the Unlimited Package, additionally; Customer will receive Private Registration, U.S Technical Support and one PromoPack feature per month.
- Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only
and are not part of this Agreement.
- Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, including
documents incorporated herein by reference, supersedes all prior
discussions, negotiations and agreements between the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof, and this Agreement constitutes the sole and
entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters covered
hereby. In case of a conflict between this Agreement and any purchase
order, service order, work order, confirmation, correspondence or other
communication of Customer or GISOL, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control. No additional terms or conditions relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement shall be effective unless approved in
writing by any authorized representative of Customer and GISOL. This
Agreement may not be modified or amended except by another agreement in
writing executed by the parties hereto; provided, however, that these
Terms of Service may be modified from time to time by GISOL in its sole
discretion, which modifications will be effective upon posting to GISOL's
web site.
- Personal Use Limitations and Statutes
- PERSONAL USE . Personal use is limited to content meant solely for the use and viewing pleasure of the Account Holder/Customer. Content furthermore shall be limited to: Personal Images (pictures of person or persons of particular relation to the Customer), Personal Blogs (blogs regarding activities, daily life, adventures or happenings directly related to the Customer), Personal Diaries, Personal Forums (personal forums are strictly prohibited from any association with goods, services, propaganda or political insight). Web content may not contain any sale, promotion, reference, link or advertisement, promoting, assimilating to, introducing, offering or suggesting any product, service, concept, hobby, belief, religion, faith, theory, instruction or method.
- BUSINESS USE . Business use constitutes the allowance of web content such as; Business forums, blogs, pictures, paintings, art, promotion of a product, promotion of a service, promotion of a belief, sales, offers and etc. Customer may incorporate links, advertisements, assimilations and references to all legal content which may be utilized for any personal or business purpose. Customer is liable to act in good faith at all times and must follow both federal and state laws and regulations to ensure legitimate use of GISOL and all of its services.
- Severability. All rights and restrictions contained in
this Agreement may be exercised and shall be applicable and binding only
to the extent that they do not violate any applicable laws and are
intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not
render this Agreement illegal, invalid or unenforceable. If any provision
or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is the
intention of the parties that the remaining provisions or portions thereof
shall constitute their agreement with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and all such remaining provisions or portions thereof shall remain
in full force and effect.
- Notices. All notices and demands required or contemplated
hereunder by one party to the other shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly made and given upon date of delivery if delivered
in person or by an overnight delivery or postal service, upon receipt if
delivered by facsimile the receipt of which is confirmed by the recipient,
or upon the expiration of five days after the date of posting if mailed by
certified mail, postage prepaid, to the addresses or facsimile numbers set
forth below the parties. signatures. Either party may change its address
or facsimile number for purposes of this Agreement by notice in writing to
the other party as provided herein. GISOL may give written notice to
Customer via e-mail to the Customer's e-mail address as maintained in
GISOL's billing records.
- Domains
- Any Domain name registered by GISOL on behalf of the Customer remains the intellectual property of GISOL. All domain names registered by GISOL are leased to the Customer at all times with no exceptions. Customer may not transfer any domain names registered by GISOL to any competitive registrar.
- Customer may elect to purchase a DNS Management Package which provides a DNS pointing service to an alternate hosting provider. The DNS Management Package will allow the Customer to point their Domain name to an alternate hosting provider, furthermore, any fees and/or costs for the DNS Management Package will reflect the current rate for such services decided solely at the discretion of GISOL.
- Waiver. No failure or delay by any party hereto to
exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy by any
party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right or remedy. No express waiver or assent by any party hereto
to any breach of or default in any term or condition of this Agreement
shall constitute a waiver of or an assent to any succeeding breach of or
default in the same or any other term or condition hereof.
- Assignment; Successors. Customer may not assign or
transfer this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder,
without the prior written consent of GISOL. Any attempted assignment in
violation of the foregoing provision shall be null and void and of no
force or effect whatsoever. GISOL may assign its rights and obligations
under this Agreement, and may engage subcontractors or agents in
performing its duties and exercising its rights hereunder, without the
consent of Customer. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
- Limitation of Actions. No action, regardless of form,
arising by reason of or in connection with this Agreement may be brought
by either party more than two years after the cause of action has arisen.
- Counterparts. If this Agreement is signed manually, it may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. If this Agreement is signed electronically, GISOL's records of
such execution shall be presumed accurate unless proven otherwise.
- Force Majeure. Neither party is liable for any default or
delay in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement
(other than failure to make payments when due) if such default or delay is
caused, directly or indirectly, by forces beyond such party's reasonable
control, including, without limitation, fire, flood, acts of God, labor
disputes, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, interruptions of
transportation or communications, supply shortages or the failure of any
third party to perform any commitment relative to the production or
delivery of any equipment or material required for such party to perform
its obligations hereunder.
- No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement is
intended, nor shall anything herein be construed to confer any rights,
legal or equitable, in any Person other than the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Customer acknowledges and agrees that Microsoft, and any
supplier of third-party supplier that is identified as a third-party
beneficiary in the Service Description, is an intended third-party
beneficiary of the provisions set forth in this Agreement as they relate
specifically to its products or services and shall have the right to
enforce directly the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect
to its products or services against Customer as if it were a party to this
Agreement.
- Government Regulations. Customer may not export,
re-export, transfer or make available, whether directly or indirectly, any
regulated item or information to anyone outside the United States in
connection with this Agreement without first complying with all export
control laws and regulations which may be imposed by the United States
government and any country or organization of nations within whose
jurisdiction Customer operates or does business.
- Marketing. Customer agrees that during the term of this
Agreement GISOL may publicly refer to Customer, orally and in writing, as
a customer of GISOL. Any other public reference to Customer by GISOL
requires the written consent of Customer.
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