

This Master Service Agreement is between Visual
(Sales & Service) Ltd
Trading as: Visual NetCentre
The Marina Offices . St Peters Marina
The Quayside . Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 1HX . UK
("Company")
and
[customer name]
[customer address]
("You").
BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT AND USING
COMPANY'S SERVICES YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY'S ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY AND
COMPANY'S NO-SPAM POLICY.
Company and You agree to the following provisions:
1. Provision of Services.
Company agrees to provide services to You in accordance with the
Shared Web Hosting Service Level Agreement in exchange for your
payment for Company's services, your execution and compliance with
this agreement, and your compliance with Company's Acceptable Use
Policy and No-Spam Policy. Provision of Company's services shall
commence once Company has received both Your payment for Company's
services and this Agreement duly executed by You. You warrant and
represent that You shall use Company's services only for lawful
purposes.
2. Agreement Term.
The initial term of this agreement shall be from the date of your
initial payment and execution of this agreement through the remainder
of the calendar month in which this agreement was executed.
The term of this agreement, after the initial agreement term, shall
be one calendar month.
3. Automatic Renewal.
This agreement shall renew automatically at the end of the prior
agreement term unless terminated either by You or by the Company.
4. Termination without Cause.
You may terminate this agreement at any time, for any reason, by
following the termination procedure located within the Support section
of the Support Login Panel on the homepage at http://www.visualnetcentre.com
prior to the automatic renewal of this contract.
COMPANY SHALL NOT REFUND AMOUNTS ALREADY BILLED FOR THE MONTH IN
WHICH YOU TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT.
ALL CUSTOMER DATA AND ACCOUNT SETTINGS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, WEB SITE CONTENT, DATABASES, AND E-MAIL MESSAGES ARE IRREVOCABLY
DELETED UPON ACCOUNT TERMINATION.
Company may terminate this agreement at any time, for any reason,
by:
providing written or electronic mail notice of termination to your
e-mail contact address no less than thirty days prior to the service
termination; and refunding or not charging your credit card account
for the monthly services charge for the month in which company services
terminate.
5. Termination for Cause.
YOU AGREE TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP CURRENT ALL CONTACT INFORMATION
FOR YOUR ACCOUNT(S) WHICH IS(ARE) STORED WITHIN COMPANY SERVERS.
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN OR KEEP CURRENT ALL CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL
BE A VALID GROUND FOR COMPANY TERMINATION OF SERVICES FOR CAUSE.
IF COMPANY TERMINATES YOUR ACCOUNT FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT,
COMPANY'S ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, OR COMPANY'S NO SPAM POLICY, COMPANY
SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO REFUND TO YOU ANY AMOUNTS BILLED TO YOU
FOR THE MONTH IN WHICH COMPANY SERVICES TERMINATE.
6. Payment Terms.
You agree to be billed monthly via your credit card for all recurring
and one-time charges, including late and termination charges, for
any Company services ordered by You and any fees You owe to Company.
Company shall not provide You with an invoice. You may view and
print an invoice for your own account using the Support Login Control
Panel.
7. Taxes.
Company shall not be liable for any taxes and other governmental
fees to be paid which are related to purchases made from You or
from Company's server. You agree that you shall be fully responsible
for all taxes and fees of any nature associated with products or
services sold through the use of or with the aid of services provided
to You by Company.
8. "Beta" Hosting Products.
THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO CUSTOMERS WITH ACCOUNTS CREATED ON
EXPERIMENTAL "BETA" PLANS AND PLATFORMS.
"Beta" hosting services are provided to You on an "as
is" basis.
All provisions of this agreement shall apply to experimental "beta"
plan and platform accounts, except paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 6. The
Shared Web Hosting Service Level Agreement guarantees do not apply
to "beta" plan or platform accounts during periods in
which You receive the Company's "beta" hosting services
for free or at a discount.
In exchange for Company providing experimental "beta"
hosting services You agree, during periods You receive free or discounted
"beta" hosting services from Company, to comply with this
agreement as it applies to "beta" hosting accounts, Company's
Acceptable Use Policy, and Company's No Spam policy.
Uptime guarantees provided elsewhere in this agreement or in Service
Level Agreement(s) do not apply to "beta" plan and platform
accounts. Company does not make any guarantee of the integrity of
data stored on "beta" hosting servers. YOU ARE STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED FROM USING ACCOUNTS ON "BETA" PLANS OR PLATFORMS
FOR HOSTING ANY PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS, PRODUCTION WEB SITES, OR
FOR STORING SENSITIVE DATA.
The Company shall upgrade software on "beta" web hosting
servers when, and as, Company deems necessary in its sole discretion.
Company does not warrant or represent that new versions of the software
installed on "beta" servers will be compatible with the
currently installed version or that loss of functionality or interruption
of service will not occur as a result of such upgrades.
The Company reserves a right to terminate this "beta"
web hosting program at any time by giving You fifteen days written
or electronic mail notice.
If a "beta" program is terminated, all free and discounted
accounts on the "beta" servers will be converted at the
end of the fifteen-day notice period to fee-for-service accounts
to a Company's web hosting plan selected at Company's discretion.
To discontinue the account and avoid incurring charges under the
Company's web hosting plan, the account must be terminated by the
customer following the Termination provisions in Paragraph 4 of
this agreement.
9. Materials and Products.
Any material and data you provide to company in connection with
Company's services shall be in a condition that is in a form requiring
no additional manipulation on the part of the Company. Company shall
make no effort to validate this material or data for content, correctness,
or usability. Material or data that is not in this condition shall
be a breach of this agreement.
Company may, in its sole discretion, reject material or data that
You have placed on Company's servers or that You request Company
put on Company's servers. Company agrees to notify You immediately
of its refusal of the material or data and provide You with an opportunity
to amend or modify the material or data to meet the requirements
of Company. Your failure to amend or modify the data or material
as directed by Company within a reasonable time shall be a breach
of this agreement.
10. Liability; No Warranty; Limitation of Damages.
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF COMPANY'S SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK.
The Company, its agents, affiliates, licensors or the like, do
not represent or warrant, expressly or impliedly, that Company's
services will not be interrupted or error free; neither do they
make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the
use of Company's services or as to the accuracy, reliability, or
content of any information service or merchandise contained in or
provided through the Company's services, unless otherwise expressly
stated in this agreement.
The Company, its officers, agents, or anyone else involved in providing
Company's services shall not be liable for any direct, indirect,
incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from the
use or inability to use Company's services; or for any damages that
result from mistakes, Viruses, omissions, interruptions, deletion
of files, errors, defects, delays in operation, or transmission,
or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts of
God, communication failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized
access to Company's records, programs, or services.
The Company will exercise no control over the content of the information
passing through Company's network except those controls expressly
provided herein.
The Company makes no warranties or representations of any kind,
express or implied, for the service it is providing. The Company
also disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose and will not be responsible for any damages that
may be suffered by the You, including loss of data resulting from
delays, non-deliveries, or service interruptions by any cause or
due to your errors or omissions. Use of any information obtained
by way of Company is to be used at Your own risk, and Company specifically
denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information
obtained through its services. Company expressly limits its damages
for any non-accessibility time or other downtime to the penalties
listed in Company's Shared Web Hosting Service Level Agreement.
Company expressly limits its responsibility for any damages arising
as a consequence of such unavailability.
11. Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Other Intellectual
and Proprietary Rights.
Except for rights expressly granted herein, this agreement does
not transfer any intellectual or other property or proprietary right
to You. You agree that all right, title, and interest in any product
or service provided to You is the Company's. These products and
services are only for your use in connection with Company's services
provided to you as outlined in this agreement.
You expressly warrant to Company that You have the right to use
any patented, copyrighted, or trademarked material which You use,
post, or otherwise transfer to Company servers.
12. Hardware, Equipment, and Software.
You are responsible for and must provide all phones, phone services,
computers, software, hardware, and other services necessary to access
Company servers. Company makes no representations, warranties, or
assurances that your equipment will be compatible with Company services.
13. Age.
You expressly represent and warrant that You and any person to
whom You grant access to your Company account have reached the age
of eighteen.
14. Indemnification.
You agree that you shall defend, indemnify, save, and hold Company
harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs, and
claims, including reasonable attorneys' fess, asserted against Company,
its agents, servants, officers, and employees, that may arise or
result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed
or any product sold by You, your agents, employees, or assigns.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Company against
liabilities arising out of:
(i) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold
or otherwise distributed in connection with Company services provided
to you;
(ii) any material supplied by You infringing or allegedly infringing
on the property or proprietary rights of a third party;
(iii) copyright infringement; and
(iv) any defective product which You sold or distributed by means
of Company services.
You agree that the liability limit of Company shall in no event
be greater than the aggregate dollar amount which You paid during
the terms of this agreement, including any reasonable legal' fees
and court costs.
15. Miscellaneous.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Forum. This agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom
without regard to its conflicts of laws or principles. You agree,
in the event any suit is brought in connection with Company's provision
of services to you, to submit to the jurisdiction of the United
Kingdom, and agree to the United Kingdom Courts.
Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained
herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability
shall not affect any other provisions of this agreement, and this
agreement shall be construed as if such provision(s) had never been
contained herein, provided that such provision(s) shall be curtailed,
limited, or eliminated only to the extent necessary to remove the
invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability.
Waiver. No waiver by Company of any breach by You of any of the
provisions of this agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding
or succeeding breach of this agreement. No such waiver shall be
effective unless it is in writing and then only to the extent expressly
set forth in such writing.
Entire agreement. This agreement, including Company Acceptable
Use Policy, Company No Spam Policy, and Company Shared Web Hosting
Service Level Agreement, shall constitute the entire agreement between
You and Company.
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