TERMS & CONDITIONS
These terms of business apply to single site hosting
plans and domain name registration services, dedicated servers are excluded.
Where the context admits: "We" includes Three Spires
UK Limited of: 6 Causeway Street, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire
United Kingdom or any party acting on Three Spires 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
Registry; you shall ensure that you are aware of those terms
and conditions and that you comply with them.
1.3 You shall have no right to bring any claim against us
in respect of refusal to register a domain name.
1.4 Any administration charge paid by you to us shall be
non refundable notwithstanding refusal by the Registry to
register your desired name.
1.5 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 Registry but will
not be obliged to take part in any such dispute.
1.6 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 Email
2.1. 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.
2.2 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.
2.2.1 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.
2.2.2 you will not upload, 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.
(d) any material which is forbidden by our acceptable use
policy which is published at http://www.threespires.co.uk/support/acceptable_use.htm
2.2.3 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.
2.2.4 you will not employ programs which consume excessive
system resources, including but not limited to processor
cycles and memory.
2.2.5 any file you store on the Server will be reachable
via a hyperlink from a page on your site.
2.2.6 should your account exceed its monthly data transfer
allowance your account will be charged at the rate of £5
+ VAT per additional 1000 MB. We will notify you by e-mail
if your account is projected to exceed its allowance.
2.3 We reserve the right to remove any material which we
deem inappropriate from your Web Site without notice to you.
2.4 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.
2.5 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.
2.6 You shall procure that all mail is sent in accordance
with applicable legislation (including data protection legislation)
and in a secure manner.
2.9 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.
2.10 Any access to other networks connected to Three Spires
must comply with the rules appropriate for those other networks.
2.11 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.
2.12 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.
3. Service Availability
3.1 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.
3.2 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.
4. Payment
4.1 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 provision of the Services.
4.2 We reserve the right to change pricing at any time although
all pricing is guaranteed for any period of pre payment.
4.2 Payment for Renewals is due each anniversary month, quarter
or year following the date the Services were established
until closure notice is given in accordance with 6.4. If
you choose to renew by credit or debit card You to authorise
Three Spires to debit your card at the specified interval
unless closure notice is given in accordance with 6.4.
4.3 All payments must be in UK Pounds Sterling.
4.4 If your cheque is returned by the bank as unpaid for
any reason, you will be liable for a "returned cheque" charge
of £25.
4.5 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.
5. Termination And Refunds
5.1 We shall be entitled to suspend the Services and/or terminate
this Agreement forthwith without notice to you If you:
5.1.1 fail to pay any sums due to us as they fall due.
5.1.2 break any of these terms and conditions.
5.1.3 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.
5.2 No refunds will be made under any circumstances for Services
suspended in accordance with 6.1.
5.3 We reserve the right to suspend the Services and/or terminate
this Agreement at any time. In the event of this You will
be entitled to a pro rata refund based upon the remaining
period of prepayment.
5.4 You may cancel the Services at any time. To do so you
must request cancellation of the Services in writing including
your account username and password. We will cancel the Services
within 2 working days of receipt of your request.
5.5 During the first 14 days of Service, you are entitled
to a refund of the basic hosting plan rental fee should You
decide to cancel the Services. No full refunds or pro rata
refunds will be made after the first 14 days of service should
You decide to cancel the Services.
5.5.1 Domain name registration fees, charges for additional
data transfer and charges for optional extras added to your
account are not refundable on this basis.
5.5.2 You will not be entitled to a refund on this basis
if you have previously held an account with Three Spires.
5.6 Where payment has been made by credit or debit card,
any refund will only be issued to the same credit or debit
card.
5.7 On termination of this Agreement or suspension of the
Services we shall be entitled immediately to stop access
to your Web Site and to remove all data located on the Server.
6. Indemnity
6.1 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.
7. Limitation Of Liability
7.1 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.
7.2 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude our
liability for death or personal injury resulting from our
negligence.
7.3 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.
7.4 In any event no claim shall be brought unless you have
notified us of the claim within one year of it arising.
7.5 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.
8. Notices
8.1 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.
9. Law
9.1 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.
10. Headings
10.1 Headings are included in this Agreement for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation
of this Agreement.
11. Entire Agreement
11.1 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.
rev 19/03/2007
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