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Terms & Conditions
This agreement represents the complete agreement and understanding
between BESTGIGA INC. Inc., and the customer (hereinafter
called ACCOUNT HOLDER) and supersedes any other written or
oral agreement. Upon notice published on-line via BESTGIGA
INC., BESTGIGA INC. may modify these terms and conditions,
amplify them, and/or modify the prices, as well as discontinue
or change the services offered.
Submission of your account order shall constitute your acceptance
of these Terms and Conditions.
1.
Provision of services
- Service
means - ANY act of serving the ACCOUNT HOLDER, being provided
by BESTGIGA INC., regardless of its duration and whether it's a
paid service or a service for free.
- Without
limiting the scope of item 1.a. above, BESTGIGA INC. will provide
services on its host computing systems to individual ACCOUNT
HOLDERS in exchange for payment of fees and compliance with
the terms and conditions of this document.
- BESTGIGA INC.
Services are defined as the use by the ACCOUNT HOLDER of
computing, telecommunications, software, and information
services provided by BESTGIGA INC. These services also include the
provision of access to computing, telecommunications, software,
and information services provided by others via the Global
Internet.
- For
existing customers only, BESTGIGA INC. may, with 30 days notice,
amend the fees and/or charges for any future server usage
and services.
- Be
advised that upon registering a domain name with InterNIC
you will be subject to the Terms and Conditions of InterNIC
or other registries as applicable.
2. Use of Material
- Public
Domain materials (e.g., images, text, and programs) may
be downloaded or uploaded using BESTGIGA INC. services. ACCOUNT
HOLDERS may also redistribute materials in the public domain.
The ACCOUNT HOLDER assumes all risks regarding the determination
of whether the material is in the public domain.
- As
provided by United States federal law and by International
treaties, copyrighted materials (e.g., images, text, and
programs) may not be uploaded using BESTGIGA INC. services without
the permission of the copyright holder. Copyrighted materials
may be downloaded for personal use. Except as expressly
permitted, materials under copyright may not be distributed
to others. Copyrighted material may not be changed nor can
the author attribution notices nor the copyright notices
be modified.
3.
Use of Services
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER agrees to maintain a secure password to the
account. Secure passwords are those that are between 6 and
8 characters long, contain upper and lower case letters,
and numbers or other characters, and can not be found in
direct or reverse order in a dictionary, without regard
to the language of the dictionary. The ACCOUNT HOLDER is
solely responsible for changing its password as required
to assure secure access to its account.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER agrees to use the services provided by BESTGIGA INC.
as permitted by applicable local, provincial, state, and
federal laws. The ACCOUNT HOLDER agrees, therefore, not
to use these services to conduct any business or activity
or solicit the performance of any activity that is prohibited
by law, libelous, or against any BESTGIGA INC. policy.
- BESTGIGA INC.
reserves the right to refuse service to any new or existing
customers and refund the remaining balance on the account,
if any.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER is solely responsible for any legal liability
arising out of, or relating to, his/her web site at BESTGIGA INC.
The ACCOUNT HOLDER represents and warrants to BESTGIGA INC. that
it holds the necessary rights to permit the use of any of
the items on his/her web site, and, that the use, reproduction,
distribution, transmission or display of any data to the
public, and any material to which the public can link through,
or any products of services made available to the public
through his/her web site, will not -
- violate
or potentially violate any criminal laws or any rights
of any third parties, including, but not limited to,
such violations as infringement or misappropriation
of any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, music,
image, or other proprietary or property right, false
advertising, unfair competition, defamation, business
or personal dispute or argument, invasion of privacy
or rights of celebrity, violation of any anti discrimination
law or regulation, or any other right of any person
or entity, or any personal or business argument or dispute;
or
- contain
any material that is: unlawful, harmful, fraudulent,
libelous, slanderous, threatening, abusive, harassing,
defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially,
ethnically, disputatiously, argumentatively or otherwise
objectionable, including, without limitation, any material
that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise
violate any applicable local, provincial, state, national
or international law. ACCOUNT HOLDER agrees to indemnify
and to hold BESTGIGA INC., and any third party entities related
to BESTGIGA INC., harmless from and against any and all liability,
loss, damages, claims, or causes of action, including
reasonable legal fees and expenses arising out of or
related to:
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER's breach of any of the forgoing representations
and warranties, or
- any
other third party claim with respect thereto.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER understands and agrees that hosting of the
ACCOUNT HOLDER's web site is at the sole discretion of BESTGIGA INC.
BESTGIGA INC. may at its sole discretion discontinue web site hosting
service to any ACCOUNT HOLDER operating a web site that
BESTGIGA INC. deems to be in violation of Section (3d.) of these
Terms and Conditions.
- BESTGIGA INC.
accounts cannot be transferred or used by anyone other than
the subscriber. ACCOUNT HOLDERS may not sell, lease, rent
or assign the connection or parts of the connection to any
party not named in this agreement.
- Use
of other organizations' networks or computing resources
is subject to their respective permission and usage policy.
4. Indemnification
The
ACCOUNT HOLDER agrees to protect, defend, hold harmless and
to indemnify BESTGIGA INC., its Executives, Directors, Officers, Managers,
Employees, Consultants and Agents, from any claims, including
attorney's fees, resulting from the ACCOUNT HOLDER's use of
BESTGIGA INC.'s services.
5. LIMITED LIABILITY
- TO
THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT
AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY SHALL BESTGIGA INC. BE LIABLE TO THE ACCOUNT
HOLDER FOR ANY BUSINESS LOSS, REVENUES DECREASE, EXPENSES
INCREASE, COSTS OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS/SERVICES, OR FOR
ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR INDIRECT
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY
TO USE, ANY OF BESTGIGA INC.'S SERVICES, EVEN IF BESTGIGA INC. HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT
SHALL BESTGIGA INC.'S LIABILITY EXCEED THE MONTHLY FEE PAID BY THE
ACCOUNT HOLDER. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND RISKS IS
REFLECTED IN THE PRICE OF BESTGIGA INC.'S SERVICES.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER acknowledges that BESTGIGA INC. makes an honest effort
to keep the information available on BESTGIGA INC.'s systems accurate.
However, BESTGIGA INC. can make no warranty of any kind, either
expressed or implied, regarding the quality, accuracy, or
validity for the data and/or information available. Use
of information obtained from or through BESTGIGA INC. is at the
risk of the ACCOUNT HOLDER.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER acknowledges that the information available
through the interconnecting networks may not be accurate.
BESTGIGA INC. has no ability or authority over the material. BESTGIGA INC.
can make no warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied,
regarding the quality, accuracy, or validity of the data
and/or information residing on or passing through these
networks. Use of information obtained from or through BESTGIGA INC.
services is at the risk of the ACCOUNT HOLDER.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER understands, agrees and acknowledges that
BESTGIGA INC. makes an honest effort to provide the ACCOUNT HOLDER
with Technologies, Developments and Innovations that part
of them are being licensed, or co-branded, from or by, third-party
entities. However, BESTGIGA INC. can make no warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, regarding the quality, accuracy,
reliability or validity for the application(s), data and/or
information involved in such items. BESTGIGA INC. specifically disclaims
all warranties of merchantability and and fitness for a
particular purpose. The use of these application(s), data
and/or information obtained from or through BESTGIGA INC., or any
other referred third-party, directly or indirectly, is at
the risk of the ACCOUNT HOLDER.
6.
Payment of fees and penalties
- The
BESTGIGA INC. accounting cycle begins on the date when customer
signs up of each month. Charges for terminating accounts
are not prorated.
- Service
payments will be submitted in advance of receiving services.
The starting date of the billable period will be the earlier
of - the day we receive the electronic order form or the
day customer signs up via fax.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER acknowledges that he/she is responsible to
initiate a payment in order to renew his/her service once
the original service-period has ended.
- Payment
is due at beginning of each accounting cycle.
- Delinquent
accounts are those that remain unpaid 5 days after beginning
of accounting cycle.
- Accounts
that are delinquent are put on "accounting hold"
and may not be used. Accounts that are unpaid for a whole
accounting cycle automatically have their files archived.
Accounts that are unpaid for 2 accounting cycles have their
files purged. BESTGIGA INC. accounts continue to accrue charges
while they are on hold.
- There
is a service reconnection charge equal to one half the currently
charged setup fee to remove accounts from accounting hold
status.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER acknowledges responsibility for the account
until payment in full is made.
- There
is a CND$25.00 service charge for each check which is not
honored.
- Trades,
Charity and Promotional accounts are NOT qualified for our
special discount on advance payment.
- The
ACCOUNT HOLDER will be charged for excessive bandwidth and
disk space usage (above the relevant allowance of the chosen
service package). It is the ACCOUNT HOLDER responsibility
to monitor the amount of bandwidth of his/her account, on
a daily basis. BESTGIGA INC. has no obligation to warn the ACCOUNT
HOLDER regarding the excessive bandwidth usage.
7. "NOT-TO-RENEW" Requests
- This
agreement will commence upon the ACCOUNT HOLDER's acceptance
of it and continue on a month-to-month basis.
- For
ACCOUNT HOLDERS that pay on a MONTHLY basis ONLY - "NOT-TO-RENEW"
requests for BESTGIGA INC. accounts must be given via a telephone
call to BESTGIGA INC.'s main office(Telephone number available on
the contact section of BESTGIGA INC.'s website). Such requests must
be received by 5PM Pacific Standard Time on the last day
of each month, in order to be processed by the end of the
same month.
- For
ACCOUNT HOLDERS that pay on a NON-MONTHLY basis (3,6 and
12 months) ONLY - "NOT-TO-RENEW" requests for
BESTGIGA INC. accounts must be given via a telephone call
to BESTGIGA INC.'s main office. Such requests must be received
by 5PM Easten Standard Time 15 DAYS before the account's
anniversary date, in order to be processed before anniversary
date. This will prevent an automatic renewal and charge).
- All
BESTGIGA INC. accounts must be paid in full before the transaction
will be considered complete.
- BESTGIGA INC.
will provide a 30 day money back guarantee. The 30 days
start from the earlier of - the day we receive the electronic
order form or the day customer signs up via fax. In any
case, the domain name registration fee, setup fee, extra
bandwidth and extra storage space charges are not refundable.
- Cancellations
will NOT generate ANY refund.
8. Abuse of Services
- Any
use of BESTGIGA INC. system resources that disrupts the normal use
of the system for other BESTGIGA INC. customers is considered to
be abuse of system resources and is grounds for administrative
intervention. Some examples of system abuse include, but
are not limited to, spawning dozens of processes, consuming
excessive amounts of memory or CPU for long periods of time,
spamming or mass emailing using internal or external mail
and/or news servers. Without limiting the scope of the above,
BESTGIGA INC. forbids the storage of illegal/pirated software (warez),
the use of any type of IRC bot and/or proxy (including,
but not limited to, bnc and eggdrop), the storage and use
of any type of software intended for hacking/cracking purposes
and the storage or sale of bulk e-mail lists intended for
spamming or resale purposes.
- Depending
on the nature and the severity of the abuse, the user may
receive an E-mail warning or have his/her account suspended
by BESTGIGA INC. Technical Support. If the misuse is unintentional,
the suspension may be rescinded following discussion with
BESTGIGA INC. Technical Support. If the misuse is intentional, the
suspension may be rescinded at the discretion of the Operations
Manager, and may require the payment of a service re connection
charge. Occasionally, unintentional misuse is misclassified
as intentional misuse. ACCOUNT HOLDERs who believe their
activity has been misclassified may appeal to the Operations
Manager. However, spamming activities will result in immediate
termination of services to Account Holder.
- Unethical
and criminal offenses are violations of BESTGIGA INC. conditions
of use. You are expected to report to BESTGIGA INC. any
information you may have concerning instances in which the
conditions of use have been or are being violated. When
BESTGIGA INC. becomes aware of possible violations, we will
initiate an investigation. At the same time, in order to
prevent further possible unauthorized activity, BESTGIGA
INC. may suspend access to services to the individual account
in question. Confirmation of violations may result in cancellation
of the individual account and/or criminal prosecution. The
account suspension may be rescinded at the discretion of
the Operations Manager, following payment of a re active
charge $50CND.
9.
IP Addresses
BESTGIGA INC. maintains control and ownership of any and all
IP numbers and IP addresses that may be assigned to the ACCOUNT
HOLDER and reserves in its sole discretion the right to change
or remove any and all IP numbers and addresses.
10.
Assignment
The rights and liabilities of the parties hereto will bind
and inure to the benefit of their respective successors, executors
and administrators, as the case may be, provided that the
ACCOUNT HOLDER may not assign or delegate its rights and obligations
under his business relationships with BESTGIGA INC., either
in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of
BESTGIGA INC. BESTGIGA INC. may assign its rights and obligations
under this Agreement to a third party in connection with a
merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of
BESTGIGA INC.'s assets or other corporate reorganization.
11. Governing Law/Severability
Any Agreement, arising from the business relationships between
BESTGIGA INC. and the ACCOUNT HOLDER, will be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province
of Ontario (Canada), without reference to its conflicts of
laws principles. ACCOUNT HOLDER agrees that any litigation
or arbitration between the parties will take place in Ontario
(Canada), and consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in
that Province. If any provision of that Agreement is found
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable for
any reason, the remainder of that Agreement will continue
in full force and effect.
12. Age of Majority
BESTGIGA INC. cannot accept agreements and payments from persons
under the age of 18 years. Therefore, BESTGIGA INC. requires
that its agreements be made with a person who is qualified
to contract. As such, the ACCOUNT HOLDER must be over the
age of 18 years. Otherwise, a parent or guardian must accept
this agreement and ensure the proper payment.
13.
Complete Understanding/Modification
These Terms & Conditions constitute the full and complete
understanding and agreement of the ACCOUNT HOLDER and BESTGIGA
INC., relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes
all prior understandings, agreements, representations and
warranties relating to such subject matter. Any waiver, modification,
or amendment of any provision of this Terms & Conditions,
initiated by the ACCOUNT HOLDER, will be effective only if
accepted in writing and signed by BESTGIGA INC.
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