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Terms Of Service Where the context admits:
"We" includes dragon computers or any party acting on dragon computers'
implicit instructions. "You" includes the person purchasing the services
or any party acting on the customer's instructions. "The Registrant"
includes the person applying for a domain name or any party acting on the Registrant's
instructions. "The Registry" the relevant domain names Registry. "Server"
means the computer server equipment operated by us in connection with the provision
of the Services. "Web Site" means the area on the Server allocated by
us to you for use by you as a site on the Internet. In consideration of the mutual
covenants herein, the parties agree to the following, which shall apply during
the term of this agreement: 1. Domain Name
Registration 1.1 We make no representation that the domain name you wish to
register is capable of being registered by or for you or that it will be registered
in your name. You should therefore not assume registration of your requested domain
name(s) until you have been notified that it has or they have been registered.
Any action taken by you before such notification is at your risk. 1.2 The
registration and use of your domain name is subject to the terms and conditions
of use applied by the relevant naming authority; you shall ensure that you are
aware of those terms and conditions and that you comply with them. You shall have
no right to bring any claim against us in respect of refusal to register a domain
name. Any administration charge paid by you to us shall be non-refundable notwithstanding
refusal by the naming authority to register your desired name. 1.3 We shall
have no liability in respect of the use by you of any domain name; any dispute
between you and any other person must be resolved between the parties concerned
in such dispute. If any such dispute arises, we shall be entitled, at our discretion
and without giving any reason, to withhold, suspend or cancel the domain name.
We shall also be entitled to make representations to the relevant naming authority
but will not be obliged to take part in any such dispute. 1.4 We shall not
release any domain to another provider unless full payment for that domain has
been received by us. 2. Web Site Hosting and
e-mail
2.1 . MINIMUM PERIOD OF SERVICE -
Unless otherwise stated, the service shall be provided for a minimum period of service of twelve months beginning on the day that Service is first made available and shall continue until it is terminated by either party giving to the other not less than 3 (three) months prior written notice of termination or under clause 10 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2.2. We make no representation and give no warranty as to the accuracy
or quality of information received by any person via the Server and we shall have
no liability for any loss or damage to any data stored on the Server.
2.3.
You shall effect and maintain adequate insurance cover in respect of any loss
or damage to data stored on the Server.
2.4 You represent, undertake and warrant
to us that you will use the Web Site allocated to you only for lawful purposes.
In particular, you represent, warrant and undertake to us that:
2.4.1 you
will not use the Server in any manner which infringes any law or regulation or
which infringes the rights of any third party, nor will you authorise or permit
any other person to do so.
2.4.2 you will not post, link to or transmit:
(a) any material which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, malicious, defamatory,
obscene, pornographic, blasphemous, profane or otherwise objectionable in any
way.
(b) any material containing a virus or other hostile computer program.
(c) any material which constitutes, or encourages the commission of, a criminal
offence or which infringes any patent, trade mark, design right, copyright or
any other intellectual property right or similar rights of any person which may
subsist under the laws of any jurisdiction.
2.4.3 you will not send bulk
email whether opt-in or otherwise from our network. Nor will you promote a site
hosted on our network using bulk email.
2.4.4 you will not employ programs
which consume excessive system resources, including but not limited to processor
cycles and memory.
2.4.5 any file you store on the Server will be reachable
via a hyperlink from a page on your site.
2.5 On publication of your website
you have fourteen days in which to notify us of any contention at which point,
if we have not received such notification all development fees and 1 full years
hosting charges will become due.
2.6 We reserve the right to remove any material
which we deem inappropriate from your web site without notice. We do not host
Warez, Adult or illegal MP3 content.
2.7 You shall keep secure any identification,
password and other confidential information relating to your account and shall
notify us immediately of any known or suspected unauthorised use of your account
or breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorised disclosure of your
password or other security information.
2.8 You shall observe the procedures
which we may from time to time prescribe and shall make no use of the Server which
is detrimental to our other customers.
2.9 You shall procure that all mail
is sent in accordance with applicable legislation (including data protection legislation)
and in a secure manner.
2.10 In the case of an individual User, you warrant
that you are at least 18 years of age and if the User is a company, you warrant
that the Services will not be used by anyone under the age of 18 years.
2.11
Any access to other networks connected to dragon computers must comply with the
rules appropriate for those other networks.
2.10 While we will use every reasonable
endeavour to ensure the integrity and security of the Server, we do not guarantee
that the Server will be free from unauthorised users or hackers and we shall be
under no liability for non-receipt or misrouting of email or for any other failure
of email.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
3.1 The Intellectual Property Rights in this website and the materials on or accessible via it belong to dragon computers or its licensors. This includes the data and all images for all websites designed and hosted by dragon computers. All websites and the materials on or accessible via such sites and the Intellectual Property Rights therein may not be copied, distributed, published, licensed, used or reproduced in any way (save to the extent strictly necessary for, and for the purposes of, accessing and using this website).
3.2 "dragon computers" and the dragon computers logo are trade marks which belong to dragon computers and they may not be may not be used, copied or reproduced in any way without dragon computers' prior written consent.
3.3. For these purposes "Intellectual Property Rights" includes the following (wherever and when ever arising and for the full term of each of them): any patent, trade mark, trade name, service mark, service name, design, design right, copyright, database right, moral rights, know-how, trade secret and other confidential information, rights in the nature of any of these items in any country, rights in the nature of unfair competition rights and rights to sue for passing off or other similar intellectual or commercial right (in each case whether or not registered or registrable) and registrations of and applications to register any of them.
4. Resellers
4.1 If you are
or become a reseller of our Services you will continue to be bound by these terms
and conditions, you will be responsible for ensuring that your customers are bound
by terms and conditions that adequately reflect and give effect to these.
4.2 You shall not incur or purport to incur on our behalf any liability nor in
any way pledge or purport to pledge our credit or to make any contract binding
on us.
4.3 No default by your customers shall in any way affect, modify or
limit your obligations under this Agreement.
4.4 We authorise you to sell
our services under your own brand for the direct use of your clients only. You
may not permit your clients to resell the services you provide.
5.
Service Availability
5.1 We shall use our reasonable endeavours to make available
to you at all times the Server and the Services but we shall not, in any event,
be liable for interruptions of Service or down-time of the Server or any loss
or interruption of business as a result of such.
5.2 We shall have the right
to suspend the Services at any time and for any reason, generally without notice,
but if such suspension lasts or is to last for more than 7 days you will be notified
of the reason.
5.3 The Services provided to you hereunder and your account
with us cannot be transferred or used by anyone other than you. No more than one
log-in session under any one account may be used at any time by you. If you have
multiple accounts, you are limited to one login session per system account at
any time; user programs may be run only during log-in sessions. If your account
is found to have been transferred to another party, or shows other activity in
breach of this sub clause, we shall have the right to cancel the account and terminate
the Services and/or this Agreement immediately.
6.
Payment
6.1 All charges payable by you for the Services shall be in accordance
with the scale of charges and rates published from time to time by us on our web
site and shall be due and payable in advance of our service provision. We reserve
the right to change pricing at any time although all pricing is guaranteed for
the period of pre payment.
6.2 Payment is due each anniversary month, quarter
or year following the date the Services were established until closure notice
is given in writing. If you choose to pay by credit or debit card you authorise
dragon computers to debit your account renewal fees from your card.
6.3 Payment
in respect of website development and one full years hosting becomes due in full
30 days following the electronic publication of your website. Failure to pay within
this period will result in interest being applied to the amount outstanding in
accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1988.
6.4 All payments must be in UK Pounds Sterling.
5.5 If your cheque is returned
by the bank as unpaid for any reason, you will be liable for a "returned
cheque" charge of £25.
6.6 Without prejudice to our other rights
and remedies under this Agreement, if any sum payable is not paid on or before
the due date, we shall be entitled forthwith to suspend the provision of Services
to you.
7. Termination
7.1 If you fail
to pay any sums due to us as they fall due, we may suspend the Services and/or
terminate this Agreement forthwith without notice to you.
7.2 If you break
any of these terms and conditions we may suspend the Services and/or terminate
this Agreement forthwith without notice to you.
7.3 If you are a company and
you go into insolvent liquidation or suffer the appointment of an administrator
or administrative receiver or enter into a voluntary arrangement with your creditors,
we shall be entitled to suspend the Services and/or terminate this Agreement forthwith
without notice to you.
7.4 No refunds will be made for Services suspended
in accordance with 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3.
7.5 We reserve the right to suspend the
Services and/or terminate this Agreement at any time.
7.6 You may cancel the
Services at any time in writing to the registered offices of dragon computers.
7.7 During the first 30 days of Services, You are entitled to a complete refund
of all fees paid with the exclusion of domain name registration, website development
fees, dedicated server and data transfer fees should You decide to cancel the
Services. You will not be entitled to a refund on this basis if you have previously
had an account with dragon computers. No full refunds or pro rata refunds will
be made after the first 30 days of service should You decide to cancel the Services.
It may be necessary to withhold refund if the account has utilised excessive resources,
this is at the sole discretion of dragon computers. If you request a refund after
you have requested a domain name you will be refunded the total amount you have
paid less £10 admin fee for the domain. You may transfer the domain to another
registrar other wise the domain will become property of dragon computers.
7.8 Where payment has been made by credit or debit card, any refund will only
be issued to the same credit or debit card.
7.9 On termination of this Agreement
or suspension of the Services we shall be entitled immediately to block your Web
Site and to remove all data located on it.
8.
Indemnity
8.1 You shall indemnify us and keep us indemnified and hold us harmless
from and against any breach by you of these terms of business and any claim brought
against us by a third party resulting from the provision of Services by us to
you and your use of the Services and the Server including, without limitation,
all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses
(including reasonable legal costs and expenses), howsoever suffered or incurred
by us in consequences of your breach or non-observance of this Agreement.
9.
Limitation Of Liability
9.1 All conditions, terms, representations and warranties
relating to the Services supplied under this Agreement, whether imposed by statute
or operation of law or otherwise, that are not expressly stated in these terms
and conditions including, without limitation, the implied warranty of satisfactory
quality and fitness for a particular purpose are hereby excluded, subject always
to sub clause 8.2.
9.2 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude
our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
9.3 Our total aggregate liability to you for any claim in contract, tort, negligence
or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the provision of the Services
shall be limited to the charges paid by you in respect of the Services which are
the subject of any such claim.
9.4 In any event no claim shall be brought
unless you have notified us of the claim within one year of it arising.
9.5
In no event shall we be liable to you for any loss of business, contracts, profits
or anticipated savings or for any other indirect or consequential or economic
loss whatsoever.
10. Notices
10.1 Any notice
to be given by either party to the other may be sent by either email, fax or recorded
delivery to the address of the other party as appearing in this Agreement or ancillary
application forms or such other address as such party may from time to time have
communicated to the other in writing, and if sent by email shall unless the contrary
is proved be deemed to be received on the day it was sent or if sent by fax shall
be deemed to be served on receipt of an error free transmission report, or if
sent by recorded delivery shall be deemed to be served two days following the
date of posting.
11. Law
11.1 This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you hereby
submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
12.
Headings
12.1 Headings are included in this Agreement for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
13.
Entire Agreement
13.1 These terms and conditions together with any documents
expressly referred to in them, contain the entire Agreement between us relating
to the subject matter covered and supersede any previous Agreements, arrangements,
undertakings or proposals, written or oral: between us in relation to such matters.
No oral explanation or oral information given by any party shall alter the interpretation
of these terms and conditions. In agreeing to these terms and conditions, you
have not relied on any representation other than those expressly stated in these
terms and conditions and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of
any misrepresentation which has not been made expressly in this Agreement.
14. Domain
Offer Terms
14.1 If you request a refund under our money back guarantee after you
have requested a domain name you will be refunded the total amount you have paid
less £10 admin fee for the domain. You may transfer the domain to another
registrar otherwise the domain will become property of dragon computers.
15. Domain
Ownership
15.1 The domain will be registered using the details collected during
sign-up. It will belong to you but dragon computers will only pay for the domain
while you maintain a fully paid account with dragon computers. IF YOU WISH TO
TRANSFER/REMOVE THE DOMAIN TO ANOTHER REGISTRAR AND/OR WEB HOST OR ANY OTHER PARTY THEN A £100.00 (GBP One Hundred) ADMINISTRATION CHARGE
WILL BE APPLIED.
16. Registration
16.1 We will
register one domain per fully paid account. The domain must be available for registration
and can only be used as an alias to the fully paid account. dragon computers cannot
be held responsible if the domain is not available for registration when dragon
computers attempts to purchase the domain.
17. VAT
Policy
17.1 Currently dragon computers is a VAT registered company. Our VAT registration
number is 800 9492 38. Therefore all prices quoted are inclusive of VAT and VAT
be charged at the current standard rate, as determined by HM Customs and Excise. |