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Golavida Terms of Service
Where the content states: "We" includes Golavida or any party acting on
Golavida's implicit instructions. "You" includes the person purchasing the
services or any party acting on the customer's instructions. "Member" includes
the purchaser of services or any party acting on the purchaser's instructions.
"The Registrant" includes the person applying for a domain name or any party
acting on the Registrant's instructions. "The Registry" refers to the relevant
domain names Registry. "Server" means the computer server equipment 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. "TOS"
includes this agreement. Golavida reserves the right to modify this policy at
any time, effective immediately upon posting of the modification to this URL:
http://www.golavida.com/terms-of-service.html. 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 naming authority; you shall ensure
that you are aware of those terms and conditions and that you comply with them.
You shall have no right to bring any claim against us in respect of refusal to
register a domain name. Any administration charge paid by you to us shall be
non-refundable notwithstanding refusal by the naming authority to register your
desired name.
1.3 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 naming authority but will not be obliged to take part in any such
dispute.
1.4 We shall not release any domain to another provider unless full payment for
that domain has been received by us.
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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 shall effect and maintain adequate insurance coverage in respect of any
loss or damage to data stored on the Server.
2.3 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:
2.3.1 you will not use the Server in any manner which infringes any law or
regulation or which infringes the rights of any third part; nor will you
authorize or permit any other person to do so.
2.3.2 you will not post, link to or transmit:
(a) any material which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, malicious, defamatory,
obscene, pornographic, blasphemous, profane or otherwise objectionable as
determined by Golavida 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.
2.3.3 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.
2.3.4 You will not employ programs which consume excessive system resources
including, but not limited to, processor cycles and memory. We do not host IRC,
IRC bots, or other server resource intensive programs.
2.3.5 If you surpass your allotted disk/bandwidth usage as set forth in your
purchased plan, you agree to purchase the excess in blocks as set forth in our
"plans" section. Such payment to be immediate and non-disputable.
2.4 We reserve the right to remove any material which we deem inappropriate from
your web site without notice. We do not host Wares, Underage Adult,
Pornographic, or Copyrighted MP3 content.
2.5 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 unauthorized use of your account or breach of security,
including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or other
security information.
2.6 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.
2.7 Members utilizing free hosting shall exclude themselves from promotions
offered and afforded to paying Members.
2.7.1 Members utilizing free hosting shall display a banner as supplied by
Golavida.
2.8 You shall procure that all mail is sent in accordance with applicable
legislation (including data protection legislation) and in a secure manner.
2.8.1 Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation,
commercial advertising and informational announcements, is expressly prohibited.
A Member shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the
express permission of the site.
2.8.2 It is contrary to Golavida policy for Members to use our servers to effect
or participate in any of the following activities:
To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, e-mail mailing list or other
similar group or list articles which are off-topic according to the charter or
other owner-published FAQ or description of the group or list.
To send mass e-mailings; whether unsolicited, opt-in, or otherwise.
To engage in any of the foregoing activities using the service of another
provider, but channeling such activities through a Golavida provided server, or
using a Golavida provided server as a mail drop for responses.
To falsify user information provided to Golavida or to other users of the
service in connection with use of a Golavida service.
2.8.2(a) Consequences of Violation:
When Golavida becomes aware of an alleged violation of its Acceptable Use
Policy, Golavida will initiate an investigation. During the investigation
Golavida may restrict Member's access in order to prevent further possible
unauthorized activity. Depending on the severity of the violation, Golavida may,
at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate Member's account and/or
pursue other civil remedies. If such violation is a criminal offense, Golavida
will notify the appropriate law enforcement department of such violation.
2.8.2(b) You shall be held liable for any and all costs incurred by Golavida as
a result of your violation of these terms and conditions. This is including, but
is not limited to, attorney fees and costs resulting from Postmaster responses
to complaints from and the cleanup of unsolicited commercial mailings and/or
unauthorized bulk mailings and/or news server violations. Golavida’s current
hourly rate for Postmaster responses to complaints and cleanup of unsolicited
commercial mailings and/or unauthorized bulk mailings and/or news server
violations is US $100 per hour, with a minimum one (1) hour charge, plus US $1
for each bulk-email or Usenet message sent, plus US $1 per complaint received.
Server maintenance fees of $85 per hour.
2.8.3 Golavida does not issue service credits for any outages incurred through
service disablement resulting from Policy violations.
2.9 Any access to other networks connected to Golavida must comply with the
rules appropriate for those other networks
2.10 While we will use every reasonable endeavor to ensure the integrity and
security of the Server, we do not guarantee that the Server will be free from
unauthorized users or hackers and we shall be under no liability for non-receipt
or misrouting of email or for any other failure of email.
2.11 You may cancel the Services at any time by logging into the Ticket Desk
Support System (for verification) and requesting cancellation of services.
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3. Service Availability
3.1 We shall use our reasonable endeavors 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 expected to
last for more than 7 days you will be notified of the reason. As a reseller or
sub-client, it is your responsibility to take care of backup for sites that may
be yours or ones under you. We also reserve the right to disallow
services/hosting to any client as we feel necessary and hold no liability. Also
please note that we do not offer any sort of compensation on our network uptime
guarantee.
3.3 The Services provided to you hereunder and your account with us cannot be
transferred or used by anyone other than you. 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;
user programs may be run only during log-in sessions. If your account is found
to have been transferred to another party, or shows other activity in breach of
this sub clause, we shall have the right to cancel the account and terminate the
Services and/or this Agreement immediately.
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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 our service provision. We reserve the
right to change pricing at any time although all pricing is guaranteed for the
period of pre payment.
4.2 Payment is due each anniversary month, quarter or year following the date
the Services were established until closure notice is given. If you choose to
pay by credit or debit card you authorize Golavida to debit your account renewal
fees from your card.
4.3 All payments must be in US Dollars.
4.4 If your check is returned by the bank as unpaid for any reason, you will be
liable for a "returned check" charge of $45.
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.
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5. Termination
5.1 If you fail to pay any sums due to us as they fall due, we may suspend the
Services and/or terminate this Agreement forthwith without notice to you.
5.2 If you break any of these terms and conditions we may suspend the Services
and/or terminate this Agreement forthwith without notice to you.
5.3 If you 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, we shall be entitled to suspend the
Services and/or terminate this Agreement forthwith without notice to you.
5.4 No refunds will be made for Services suspended in accordance with 5.1, 5.2
and 5.3.
5.5 We reserve the right to suspend the Services and/or terminate this Agreement
at any time. In the event of this You will a be entitled pro rata refund based
upon the remaining period of membership.
5.6 You may cancel the Services at any time by logging into the Ticket Desk
Support System (for verification) and requesting cancellation of services.
5.7 During the first 30 days of Services, You are entitled to a refund of fees
paid with the exclusion of domain name registration, dedicated server, data
transfer fees, and excessive support requests should you decide to cancel the
Services for just cause. Golavida shall be the sole arbitrator as to the
validity of your claim of just cause. And will subtract the aforementioned fees
from any monies due you.
5.7.1 During the first fourteen days of service you are entitled to a full, no
questions asked refund excluding as set forth in sections 5.7, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, and
12.5; as well as exclusions listed in section 2 above. For the remaining time
your refund will be prorated and factored at the full discretion of Golavida.
5.7.2 Partner Plans (Resellers) are eligible for above refund minus usage fees;
if such use has been deemed excessive at the discretion of Golavida. Such
accounts are often more resource intensive than standard shared hosting accounts
and, therefore, do not qualify under our standard 30 day guarantee details.
5.7.3 You will not be entitled to a refund on these bases if you have previously
had an account with Golavida under any plan or service.
5.7.4 Allow 30 (thirty) days for refund payments to process. If you have not
received refund within this time allotment; please contact us.
5.8 Where payment has been made by credit or debit card, any refund will only be
issued to the same credit or debit card.
5.9 On termination of this Agreement or suspension of the Services we shall be
entitled immediately to block your Web Site and to remove all data located on
it.
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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.
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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.
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.
7.6 You are responsible for monitoring Bandwidth and Disk space usage of your
site. This is easily done from your Control Panel. If you go over the amount
indicated in your current plan; you will assessed a surcharge as set forth in
our pricing structure.
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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.
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9. Support
9.1 On our site you will find links to all the information to get your web site
up and running. All information pertaining to your account should have been
included in the Welcome Letter you received when we created your account. If you
did not receive a welcome letter email, please contact our Support Team. There
are several reasons an email may not reach you; first and foremost is if the
domain you have contracted services for is the same domain your welcome email
was sent to.
9.2 The support feature of our service at present time consists of our Support
System solving server related problems only.
9.2.1 If you require support for your scripting, there are several online
tutorials available we can help you find. You may purchase our technicians'
services at the rate of $80 per hour, with one half hour minimum billed. We
reserve the right to wave this fee at any time.
9.3 Support can only be addressed in English through our Support System.
9.4 All Support requests are to be processed through our Support System. Any
other request for support, except as noted in Section 9.5, will be considered a
breach of our TOS.
9.5 In the event of a server outage or other such emergency, you are free to
contact us in any manner.
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10. Law
10.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
Republic of the Philippines law. You hereby submit to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Philippines courts.
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11. Headings
11.1 Headings are included in this Agreement for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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12. Torturous Conduct
12.1 No one shall post defamatory, scandalous, or private information about a
person without their consent, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, or
violating trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights.
12.2 Any abuse towards any Golavida employee will not be tolerated. You are
expected to request and respond to support and other issues in a professional
manner. When emailing Golavida or utilizing the Ticket Desk Support System,
refrain from using caps, exclamation points, and other forms of written yelling.
Any cursing, yelling, or further intentional disruptive behaviour aimed at
Golavida or it's employees shall be considered a violation of this TOS.
12.3 Any threat; whether verbally, orally, written, or delivered by second
parties directed towards Golavida or any of it's employees, partners, equipment,
and concerns shall be construed as a violation of this TOS.
12.4 Any conduct viewed as violating this section shall be considered a
violation of this TOS. Golavida will be the sole arbitrator in regards to what
is deemed a violation.
12.5 No refunds shall be given when the contents of this section necessitates
removal of the account.
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13. Cancellation of Services
13.1 You may cancel the Services at any time by logging into the Ticket Desk
Support System (for verification) and requesting cancellation of services.
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14. Entire Agreement
14.1 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.
14.2 Golavida reserves the right to amend these TOS at any time.
14.3 It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Service on occasion for
any such amendments.
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15. Freedom to use these Terms
15 You (anyone viewing this page) are free to use these terms as a template for
writing your own. Please have it reviewed by a local attorney to make certain it
conforms with your applicable laws. You will also wish to confirm that the terms
you create using this form as a template conform to your upstream provider.
15.1 Golavida releases rights to this document text to the reader, free of
encumbrance. Except as noted in this section (15.3).
15.2 In no form can you hold Golavida responsible for any and all actions
arising out of your use of these terms as your own.
15.3 If you choose to use these terms as your own, this section (15) must remain
intact of content; save for our name. You agree to let others use these terms as
a guide.
15.4 Our release of this text material in no way assigns rights of any images
viewed herein.
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