Dispersionware Inc. ("DISPERSIONWARE") is a client-centered web-hosting
firm. This Services Agreement ("Agreement") governs your purchase and
use, in any manner, of all web hosting services as described in the
online order form (the “Services”), ordered by you and accepted by
DISPERSIONWARE and describes the terms and conditions that apply to
such purchase and use of the Services. Under the terms of this
agreement, your placement of information on our servers is an
acknowledgement that you have read, understand, and agree to be by
terms and conditions below.ACCEPTABLE USE POLICYTerms of service also includes our Acceptable Use Policy. TERM AND PAYMENT FOR SERVICESThis Agreement shall be for an "Initial Term" as chosen by you in the
Order Form located on this Site at the time you register for the
Services. This Agreement will be automatically renewed (the "Renewal
Term") at the end of the Initial Term for the same period as the
Initial Term unless you provide DISPERSIONWARE with notice of termination
thirty (30) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or the Renewal
Term. You must provide DISPERSIONWARE with your notice of termination by
clicking on the "Cancel Service" button located on the Site or as
otherwise provided by this Agreement. Upon clicking on the "Cancel
Service" button, you will be asked to provide DISPERSIONWARE with
sufficient customer identification information so that DISPERSIONWARE may
properly identify you and your account. Any notice of termination will
be effective following thirty (30) days after DISPERSIONWARE's receipt
thereof. TERMINATION POLICYIf
you terminate your receipt of the Services prior to the end of the
Initial Term or the Renewal Term, whichever is then applicable, (a)
DISPERSIONWARE will not refund to you any fees paid in advance of such
termination and (b) you shall be required to pay 100% of
DISPERSIONWARE's standard monthly charge for each month remaining in
the term, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you terminate your receipt of Shared
Hosting Services prior to the end of the first thirty (30) days of the
Initial Term, you are entitled to a refund of the fees you paid in
advance for the monthly Services, not including any set-up fees, if
applicable. Your termination request or notice must be submitted to
DISPERSIONWARE in the manner described above. DISPERSIONWARE may
terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by providing to
you written notice thirty (30) days prior to the date of termination.
If DISPERSIONWARE terminates this Agreement, DISPERSIONWARE will refund
to you the pro-rated portion of pre-paid fees attributable to Services
(excluding set-up fees) not yet rendered as of the termination date
unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement. ENFORCEMENTDISPERSIONWARE
reserves the right to refuse or discontinue service to anyone at
DISPERSIONWARE' sole discretion. DISPERSIONWARE may deny you access to
all or part of the service without notice if you engage in any conduct
or activities that DISPERSIONWARE in its sole discretion believes
violates any of the terms and conditions in this agreement.
DISPERSIONWARE 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 DISPERSIONWARE 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. DISPERSIONWARE 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. DISPERSIONWARE also reserves the right to refuse
refunds in cases where DISPERSIONWARE believes abuse has taken place. PUBLIC NATURE OF THE INTERNETPlease
understand that all information submitted on your hosting account shall
be considered publicly accessible. Important and private information
should be protected/backed up by you. For example, we are not liable
for protection or privacy of electronic mail or other information
transferred through the Internet or any other network provider that you
may use. NO SERVICE WARRENTIESDISPERSIONWARE
makes no warranties or representations of any kind for the services
being offered. The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available"
basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied,
including but not limited to warranties of title, non-infringement, or
implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. No advice or information given by DISPERSIONWARE or its agents
or employees shall create a warranty. DISPERSIONWARE provides no
warranty that the service will be uninterrupted or error free or that
any information, software or other material accessible on the service
is free from viruses or other harmful components. Under no
circumstances shall DISPERSIONWARE be liable for any direct, indirect,
special, punitive, or consequential damages that result in any way from
your use of or inability to use the service, or for third parties' use
of the service to access your Web space, or to access the Internet or
any part thereof, or your or any third parties' reliance on or use of
information, services, or merchandise provided on or through the
service, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions,
deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation or
transmission, or any failure of performance. If you are dissatisfied
with DISPERSIONWARE service or any of its terms, conditions, rules,
policies, guidelines, or practices, your sole and exclusive remedy is
to discontinue using the service. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSYour
License Grant to DISPERSIONWARE. You hereby grant to DISPERSIONWARE a
non-exclusive, worldwide, and royalty-free license for the Initial Term
and any Renewal Term to use your content as necessary for the purposes
of rendering and operating the Services to you under this Agreement.
You expressly (a) grant to DISPERSIONWARE a license to cache materials
distributed or made available for distribution via the Services,
including content supplied by third parties, and (b) agree that such
caching is not an infringement of any of your intellectual property
rights or any third party's intellectual property rights. DISPERSIONWARE
Materials and Intellectual Property. All materials, including but not
limited to any computer software (in object code and source code form),
data or information developed or provided by DISPERSIONWARE or its
suppliers or agents pursuant to this Agreement, and any know how,
methodologies, equipment, or processes used by DISPERSIONWARE to
provide the Services to you, including, without limitation, all
copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets and other proprietary
rights are and will remain the sole and exclusive property of
DISPERSIONWARE or its suppliers, including but not limited to any
software programs, inventions, products and/or technology innovations
and methodologies utilized, developed, or disclosed by DISPERSIONWARE
during the term of this Agreement. Unauthorized copying, reverse
engineering, decompiling, and creating derivative works based on the
any such software is expressly forbidden except as permitted in this
Agreement. You may be held legally responsible for violation of any
patent rights, copyright or trade secret rights that is caused or
encouraged by failure to abide by the terms of this Agreement. You
hereby grant to DISPERSIONWARE a limited right to use your trademarks,
if any, for the limited purpose of permitting DISPERSIONWARE to fulfill
its duties under this Agreement. This is not a trademark license and no
other rights relating to the trademarks are granted by this Agreement.
Specifically, but without limitation, the rights granted by this
Agreement do not include the right to sublicense use of your trademarks
or to use your trademarks with any other products or services outside
the scope of the Services provided under this Agreement. The limited
trademark use rights granted under this section terminate upon
termination of this Agreement. INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCLUSION OF LIABILITYYou
agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless DISPERSIONWARE from any
and all liability, penalties, losses, damages, costs, expenses,
attorneys' fees, causes of action or claims caused by or resulting
indirectly from your use of the service which damages either you,
DISPERSIONWARE, or any other party or parties without limitation or
exception. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement extends to
all issues associated with your account, including but not limited to
domain name selection and web site content. Interruption of
Service You hereby acknowledge and agree that DISPERSIONWARE will not
be liable for any temporary delay, outages or interruptions of the
Services. Further, DISPERSIONWARE shall not be liable for any delay or
failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement, where such
delay or failure results from any act of God or other cause beyond its
reasonable control (including, without limitation, any mechanical,
electronic, communications or third-party supplier failure). MISCELLANEOUSIn
the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be
unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in
accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the
original intentions of the parties and the remainder of the provisions
shall remain in full force and effect. DISPERSIONWARE's failure
to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this
Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.
Neither the course of conduct between parties nor trade practice shall
act to modify any provision of this Agreement. DISPERSIONWARE may
modify this Agreement from time to time, your continued use of the
Service shall be deemed to be your acceptance. If you do not agree to
this Agreement, you must immediately stop using the Service. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the Province of Alberta, without regard to its conflicts of law
provisions. Any cause of action you may have with respect to the
Service must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause
of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and DISPERSIONWARE with respect to the Service. DISPERSIONWARE
reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, any Addendums and any policy or guideline
incorporated by reference at any time and from time to time in its sole
discretion, and to determine whether and when any such changes apply to
both existing or future customers. Any changes or modification will be
effective upon posting of the revisions on the DISPERSIONWARE Web site
(the "Site"). DISPERSIONWARE will post a notice of such changes or
modifications to this Agreement or the Addendum on the Site for thirty
(30) days. DISPERSIONWARE may post changes or modifications to
referenced Acceptable Use Policies without notice to you. Your
continued use of Services following DISPERSIONWARE's posting of any
changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such
changes or modifications. Investigation of Violations
DISPERSIONWARE may investigate any reported or suspected violation of
this Agreement, its policies or any complaints and take any action that
it deems appropriate and reasonable under the circumstance to protect
its systems, facilities, customers and/or third parties. DISPERSIONWARE
will not access or review the contents of any e-mail or similar stored
electronic communications except as required or permitted by applicable
law or legal process. |