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East
Side Hosting & Servers – Terms of Agreement and Policies
1. ACCEPTANCE OF
TERMS
Welcome to East Side Servers . We 'Thank You' for your business and
will work hard to provide great service. East Side Servers provides
its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"),
which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. ESS
is not responsible for any viewing of old or cached versions of this
document are result in any loss whatsoever. In addition, when using
particular East Side Servers services, you and East Side Servers shall
be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services
which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules
are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. East Side Servers
may also offer other services that are governed by different Terms of
Service.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
East Side Servers currently
provides users with access to various communications tools through its
network of services.
East Side Servers offers
a full complement of web development tools and applications for enabling
internet sites. These services include e-mail and web based applications,
including shopping cart systems, mysql databases, webmail, administration
and user site login panels. We work hard to provide reliable services
yet these services are firstly subject to provider downstream conditions
which may vary.
East Side Servers is not
subject to losses contributed to any downstream interruption. Neither
is
East Side Servers liable
for client side misconfiguration of any kind. Unless explicitly contracted
services are not guaranteed on a continuous basis and may vary.
East Side Servers does not
do virus scanning and is not responsible for any losses arising from
any kind of virus.
East Side Servers virus protection
service is not guaranteed, databases are on a scheduled update system,
of which have proven reliable. You also understand and agree that the
service may include certain communications from
East Side Servers, such as
service announcements and administrative messages, and that these communications
are considered part of
East Side Servers membership
and you will be understood as having received and read them. Unless
explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augments or enhances
the current services, including the release of new
East Side Servers applications,
shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service
is provided "AS-IS" and that
East Side Servers assumes
no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure
to store any user communications or personalization settings.
East Side Servers does not
accept responsibility for mail delivery, either at the local system
or from the internet. East Side Servers does not guarantee the transaction
of any mail or attachments between servers, either local or remote.
Webmail users e-mail folders and files are not warranted as protected
or backed up and are the responsibility of the user to backup up daily
if needed. East Side Servers does not attempt to control the actions
of its users, who bear sole responsibility for any illegal use. East
Side Servers in not responsible for any loss incurred using our services.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS In consideration of your use of the
Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract
and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of
the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.
You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete
information about yourself as required by East Side Servers, and (b)
maintain and promptly update said information to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or East Side Servers has reasonable
grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not
current or incomplete, East Side Servers has the right to suspend or
terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use
of the Service (or any portion thereof).
4. East Side Servers PRIVACY POLICY Registration Data and certain other
information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. We reserve all
rights and informaiton. East Side Servers is not liable for any and
all missrepresentation of privacy policy. East Side Servers is not responsible
for any privacy infraction with regards to intrusion, hacking, theft,
or system compromise in any way.
5. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY You will receive
a password and account designation upon completing the Service's registration
process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities
that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately
notify East Side Servers of any unauthorized use of your password or
account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit
from your account at the end of each session. East Side Servers cannot
and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure
to comply with this Section 5.
6. MEMBER CONDUCT You understand that all information, data, text, software,
music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials
("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted,
are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated.
This means that you, and not East Side Servers, are entirely responsible
for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise
make available via the Service. East Side Servers does not control the
Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the
accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Under no circumstances
will East Side Servers be liable in any way for any Content, including,
but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for
any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any
Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via
the Service.You agree to not use the Service to:
- upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- harm minors in any way;
- impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a East Side Servers official, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
- upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
- upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
- upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.
- upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
- intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law; or
- collect or store personal data about other users.
You acknowledge that East Side Servers may not pre-screen Content, but that East Side Servers and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, East Side Servers and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by East Side Servers or submitted to East Side Servers.You acknowledge, consent and agree that East Side Servers may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of East Side Servers, its users and the public.You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.You understand that the Service and software embodied within the Service may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by East Side Servers and/or content providers who provide content to the Service. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Service. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Service, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.7. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States.8. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICEEast Side Servers does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant East Side Servers the following world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
- With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on all publicly accessible areas of the Service, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or East Side Servers removes such Content from the Service.
"Publicly accessible" areas of the Service
are those areas of the East Side Servers network of properties that
are intended by East Side Servers to be available to the general public.
9. INDEMNITY You agree to indemnify and hold East Side Servers, and
its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other
partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising
out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through
the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service,
your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.10.
GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE You acknowledge that East
Side Servers may establish general practices and limits concerning use
of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days
that email messages or other uploaded Content will be retained by the
Service, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from
or received by an account on the Service, the maximum size of any email
message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service,
the maximum disk space that will be allotted on East Side Servers's
servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum
duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of
time. You agree that East Side Servers has no responsibility or liability
for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications
or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge
that East Side Servers reserves the right to log off accounts that are
inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that
East Side Servers reserves the right to modify these general practices
and limits from time to time.12. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE East Side
Servers reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify
or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part
thereof) with or without notice. You agree that East Side Servers shall
not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension
or discontinuance of the Service.13. TERMINATION You agree that East
Side Servers may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice,
immediately terminate your East Side Servers account, any associated
email address, and access to the Service. Cause for such termination
shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of
the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests
by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you
(self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification
to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical or security
issues or problems, and (f) extended periods of inactivity. Termination
of your East Side Servers account includes (a) removal of access to
all offerings within the Service, (b) deletion of your password and
all related information, files and content associated with or inside
your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring further use of the
Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be
made in East Side Servers's sole discretion and that East Side Servers
shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of
your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service.
17. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES YOU EXPRESSLY
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
- YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR
SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN
"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. EAST SIDE SERVERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
- EAST SIDE SERVERS MAKES NO WARRANTY
THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE,
(iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE
WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND (iv) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE
WILL BE CORRECTED.
- ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMAILS, IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
- NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER
ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM EAST
SIDE SERVERS OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND
AND AGREE THAT EAST SIDE SERVERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR
OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF EAST SIDE SERVERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY
TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND
SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED
OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH
OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR
TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY;
OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.19. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR
THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 17 AND
18 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.21. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIESYou agree that,
except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there shall be no
third party beneficiaries to this Agreement.22. NOTICE East Side Servers
may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the
TOS, by either email, regular mail, or postings on the Service.23. TRADEMARK
INFORMATION Trademarks and service marks and other East Side Servers logos
and product and service names are trademarks of East Side Servers , LLC.
(the "East Side Servers Marks"). Without East Side Servers's
prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the East
Side Servers Marks.24. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT
OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENTEast Side Servers respects the intellectual
property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. East Side Servers
may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or
terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. If you believe
that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please
contact East Side Servers immediately.25. GENERAL INFORMATION Entire
Agreement. The TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and
East Side Servers and govern your use of the Service, superceding any
prior agreements between you and East Side Servers. Choice of Law and
Forum. The TOS and the relationship between you and East Side Servers
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Rhode
Island without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Waiver and
Severability of Terms. The failure of East Side Servers to exercise
or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver
of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless
agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions
as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain
in full force and effect.Statute of Limitations. You agree that
regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of
action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must
be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose
or be forever barred.The section titles in the TOS are for convenience
only and have no legal or contractual effect.26. AddendumEast Side Servers
– DisclaimerEast Side Servers does not accept responsibility for
mail delivery, either at the local system or from the internet. Webmail
users e-mail folders and files are not warranted as protected or backed
up and are the responsibility of the user to backup up daily if needed.East
Side Servers is not liable for any losses either written or implied related
to any downtime of East Side Servers servers. This includes but is not
limited to E-Mail Services, Web Services, Shopping & Cart Services,
Security Services, and Chat Client Services.East Side Servers will provide
official notices of events, updates or scheduled downtime 24 hours prior.
Rebooting the East Side Servers.com network can take place at anytime
without prior notifications, this reboot process has been timed as of
01-23-07 as less than
2 minutes. 28. Client proposals are as written and at the complete discretion
of ESS/1G, may be withdrawn at any time during the negotiation including
and up to time of signature or read agreement. Any verbal discussion of
any work is not to be held liable for loss through miscommunication. Verbal
discussions and agreements are not subject to any legal recourse. Only
'final copy' written proposals are used to set guidelines and expectations
for any project whatsoever. Any miscommunication between any and all parties
resulting in unforseen expenses or time lost shall not be the responsibility
of ESS/1G. In no way will ESS/1G be held accountable for any loss resulting
from anything, at anytime, anywhere. ESS/1G reserves all rights to the
legal maximum. Client assumes any and all costs contributed to lack of
communication by any party. East Side Servers Services Web hosting Apache
1.3 & Apache 2.0 are provided to host website pages. Mail / POP ;
Secure mechanisms for retrieving your mail from a remote client.WebMail;
East Side Servers WebMail allows users to access their e-mail from a browser
anywhere in the world. No liability will be assumed by ESS for any failure
of systems, software, or otherwise to meet expectations or complete a
request. Database Service; MySql &
PHP provide enterprise level database hosting tool services. All sites,
applications, projects, and any work of any kind by ESS/1G is limited
to the extent of the stated manufacturers capacity of the tools used in
development. 29. All proposals and quotes for work of any kind are not
required to meet the expectations of anyone not present at meetings or
not having direct input in the develpment process. ESS is released from
any liability for failed expectations of any member of client company
which has not been met, involved in meetings with ESS, or communicated
with personally regardless of their position. ESS is not responsible for
expectations not conveyed by any means including error, assumptions, or
miscommunication of any kind between client company personnel. This clause
protects ESS from having to meet expectations not communicated, or not
communicated clearly between client company personnel of which have specific
expectations of the project yet have not been closely involved. 30. Hosting
costs may vary according to several factors including but not limited
to, bandwidth usage, mail usage, database and shopping cart related transfers,
payment processing functions, and file transfers. 31. ESS is not responsible
for domain name registration or renewal of any site, this is the responsibility
of the client for any and all notifications of the domain name.
Copyright © 2004 East Side Servers , LLC.
All rights reserved.
Signature: ______________________________________
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