Standard Terms and Conditions
of 3 Legs Ltd.
April 2005
The following terms of business apply to any and all of the domain name registration, website hosting, e-mail, website design & construction, programming and other Services (together "Services" and individually "Service") to be provided by us to you from time to time.
- " Server" means the computer server(s) equipment operated by us or on our behalf in connection with the provision of the Services.
- " Subscription Services" refer to the registration of domain names, hosting packages, Website Xpress, SearchSense and our Security-Payment Web Services.
- " Website" means the collection of HTML pages and images located on the Server(s) allocated by us to you for use by you as a site on the Internet.
- “Standard Rate” means £60 per hour (charged in units of 15 minutes). The standard rate may be revised by 3 Legs Ltd giving not less than 3 months prior written notice. Some work may be charged at a different hourly rate to the “standard rate”.
- “Excess Bandwidth Rate” means £3.00 per 125Mb. The excess bandwidth rate may be revised by 3 Legs Ltd giving not less than 1 months prior notice via our hosting website.
- "Completion Date" means the end of the period stated in the quotation.
PROJECT CONSTRUCTION/MAINTENANCE
1) AUTHORISATION
The client is engaging 3 Legs Ltd, a limited liability company,
located at Unit 18A, Snugborough Trading Estate, Snugborough, Isle
of Man as an independent contractor for the specific project
of
developing
and/or improving a website or other programming project.
If the website is to be installed on the client's web space on
an Internet
Service Provider's computer, the client hereby authorises
3
Legs Limited to access this account, and authorizes the
Internet Service
Provider to provide 3 Legs Ltd with "write permission" for
the client's web page directory, cgi-bin directory, and
any other directories or programs which need to be accessed
for
this project.
The client also authorizes 3 Legs Ltd at their discretion
to publicise their completed Website to e.g. Web Search
Engines, as
well as other Web Directories and Indexes.
2) CONTENT
Text, images and other elements of the project that are supplied
by client, must be in final version and any substantive
change after the site has been created, will be charged for
at the
hourly rate.
3) COMPLETION
3 Legs Ltd and the client must work together to complete
the project by the completion date or such other date as both
parties
agree
The client must supply 3 Legs Ltd with complete text, graphics
and other content promptly and if this has not been done in adequate
time to enable 3 Legs Ltd to meet the completion date the
entire amount of the contract becomes immediately due and payable
4) PAYMENT OF FEES
Fees to 3 Legs Ltd are due and payable on the following schedule:
25% upon signing this contract, and 75% when the project
has been completed according to the client's original written
specifications
(or as amended in writing by agreement between the parties).
3
Legs Limited will request 25% stage payments on work totalling £2,000
or more, this will be 25% on signing contract two further
payments of 25% during construction of the project at stages
agreed
by both parties and 25% on completion. In case the client
has not secured
Web space on an Internet Service Provider's computer by
the time the Web pages are completed, the Web pages may
be delivered
to
the client on disk, CD or attached to an e-mail message.
Advertising the pages to Web search engines and updating
occur only after
the final payment is made.
a. All fees due for our subscription services will be paid
for in advance by the due date as advertised on the relevant
3 Legs Ltd
Website. 3 Legs Ltd reserve the right to withdraw the service
and charge for the remaining part of the years dues if any part
of this entire agreement is broken.
5) TAXATION AND LAWS AFFFECTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
From time to time governments enact laws and levy taxes and tariffs
affecting Internet electronic commerce. The client agrees that
the client is solely responsible for complying with all such
laws, taxes, and tariffs, and will hold harmless, protect,
and defend
3 Legs Ltd and its subcontractors from any claim, suit,
penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the client's use of the
Internet and
electronic commerce.
6) MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS, SERVICE FEES
AND HOURLY RATE
3 Legs Limited carries out maintenance as received at our relevant rate. This maintenance only covers minor alterations to the website/software, any major work will be quoted for on a case by case basis. Client can choose to have a specific maintenance agreement with agreed terms. These agreements are subject to additional terms & conditions as laid out in the maintenance agreement.
If
the client or a party other than 3 Legs Ltd attempts updating
the client's pages, any time required to repair web pages will
be assessed at the hourly rate, and is not included as part
of the maintenance
agreement. The maintenance period commences upon the date the
client signs this contract. Changes requested by the client
beyond the limits
specified in the agreement will be charged at the Hourly Rate.
This rate shall also govern additional work authorised beyond
the maximums
specified for such services as general Internet orientation
education, marketing consulting, Web page design, editing,
modifying product
pages and databases in an online store, and art, photo, graphics
services, and helping clients learn how to use their own web
page editor.
Maintenance Agreements / Services Fees, excluding subscription
services, will be reviewed every 12 months and may be increased
by the rate
of inflation or 10%, as 3 Legs Ltd feels appropriate.
Any increase in the Monthly/Annual Fees for 3 Legs Ltd’s
subscription services will be notified 3 Months prior to there
introduction.
DOMAIN NAMES
7) DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION
We do not warrant or guarantee that the domain name applied for
will be registered in your name or is capable of being registered
by
you. Accordingly, you should take no action in respect of your
requested domain name(s) until you have been notified that
your requested domain name has been registered.
8) DOMAIN NAME RESTRICTIONS
The registration of the domain name and its ongoing use is subject
to the relevant naming authority's terms and conditions of
use and you are responsible for ensuring that you are aware
of those
terms and conditions and can and do comply with them. You irrevocably
waive any claims you may have against us in respect of the
decision of a naming authority to refuse to register a domain
name and,
without limitation agree that the administration charge paid
by you to us shall be non-refundable in any event.
9) DOMAIN NAME RIGHTS
We accept no responsibility in respect of the use of a domain
name by you and any dispute between you and any other individual
or
organization regarding a domain name must be resolved between
the parties concerned and we will take no part in any such
dispute.
We reserve the right, on our becoming aware of such a dispute,
at our sole discretion and without giving any reason, to
either suspend or cancel the domain name, and/or to make appropriate
representations to the relevant naming authority and/or to
take all other appropriate
actions. You undertake to fully indemnify 3 Legs Ltd
against
all reasonable costs and expenses so incurred.
Additional Terms & Conditions
In addition to our terms and conditions domain names are also subject to the terms and conditions of the administrating registrar. For details please see the links below.
For .uk names: http://www.nic.uk/registrants/aboutdomainnames/legal/terms/
For .com/.net/.org/.info/.biz names: http://www.bulkregister.com/terms/agreement.asp
For .im names: https://www.nic.im/public/terms.mth
HOSTING & E-MAIL
10) HOSTING/E-MAIL
We specifically exclude any warranty as to the accuracy, speed
or quality of information received by any person via the Server
and
in no event will we be liable for any loss or damage to any
data stored on the Server. You are responsible for maintaining
insurance
cover in respect of any loss or damage to data stored on the
Server.
11) BANDWIDTH
All hosting solutions contain a monthly bandwidth allowance.
Bandwidth usage is calculated on a monthly basis and constitutes
any website,
e-mail of FTP traffic to and from the hosting solution. Any
bandwidth usage in excess of the monthly allowance will be charged
for
at our excess bandwidth rate.
12) USE OF HOSTING
You warrant to us that you will only use your assigned Website
for lawful purposes. In particular, you further warrant and
undertake
to us that:
You will not authorize or permit any other party to use the
Server in violation of any law or regulation;
You will not knowingly or recklessly post, link to or transmit:
any material that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harmful,
malicious,
libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane or otherwise
objectionable in any way nor any material containing a virus
or other hostile computer program;
You will not post, link to or transmit any material that shall
constitute or encourage a criminal offence, give rise to civil
liability or
that violates or infringes any trade mark, copyright, other intellectual
property rights or similar rights of any person, firm or company
under the laws of any jurisdiction; and
You will conform to the standards made available by us from time
to time and will not yourself, or none of your end users, make
excessive or wasteful use of the Server to our detriment or that
of our other
customers.
If the site your site encounters heavy traffic leading to excessive
bandwidth usage, you agree to pay on demand any extra charges
incurred. If bandwidth usage remains high we will advise you
as to the most
cost effective means of managing your hosting requirements.
Use of scripting and databases with our hosting solutions is restricted to 3 Legs Ltd staff or approved agents.
13) E-MAIL
You are responsible for sending mail in accordance with any relevant
legislation (including Data Protection legislation) and for
sending the same in a secure manner. Where 3 Legs Ltd provide
e-mail
services, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure accurate
and prompt routing of messages but we will not accept any liability
for non-receipt or misquoting or any other failure of email.
14) TERMINATION
On termination of the agreement we shall be entitled immediately
to close your hosting and to remove all data located on it.
We will hold such data for a period of 14 days and allow you
to collect
it at your expense, failing which we shall be entitled to delete
all such data. We shall further be entitled to post such notice
in respect of the non-availability of your hosting, as we think
fit.
SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS & SERVICE FEES
15) PAYMENT OF FEES
All charges payable by you to us for these Services shall be in accordance with the relevant scale of charges and rates published from time to time by us and are exclusive of Value Added Tax which shall be paid by you at the rate and in the manner for the time being prescribed by law and shall be due as indicated on the invoice.
Maintenance Agreements will be reviewed every 12 months and may be increased by the rate of inflation or 10%, as 3 Legs Limited feels appropriate. Any increase in the fees for 3 Legs Limited’s subscription services will be notified 3 months prior to there introduction.
16) NON
– PAYMENT OF FEES
The provision by us of the Services is contingent upon
our having received payment in full from you in respect
of the
relevant Services.
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 reserve
the right, forthwith and at our sole discretion, to suspend
the provision of Services to you.
17) DURATION AND TERMINATION
Subscription Services are for a minimum period of twelve
(12) months from the date of commencement of the service.
Subscription
Services
may be terminated by giving one (1) months prior written
notice before the renewal date of that service. We may
terminate this
agreement
forthwith if you fail to pay any sums due to us as they
fall due or If you breach any of these terms and conditions and
you fail to
correct the breach within thirty (30) days following written
notice from us specifying the breach, or if you are a company
you go into
insolvent liquidation, or if you are a person you are declared
bankrupt.
18) RENEWAL
We will issue a renewal notice for any subscription service
six (6) to eight (8) weeks prior to the renewal date
of that service.
If
you intent to renew a subscription service then this
renewal notice should be completed and returned to us no later
that two (2) week
prior to the renewal date of that service.
GENERAL
19) OVERDUE PAYMENTS
All payments must be made promptly. If an amount remains
overdue for thirty (30) days after the invoice date,
an additional
1% penalty will be added for each week of non-payment from
the invoice. In
the case of any overdue amount. 3 Legs Ltd reserve
the right to suspend any ongoing work or services to
any client
whose invoice
is more than 30 days overdue beyond the terms stated on
the invoice. 3 Legs Ltd also reserves the right
to remove Web
pages from
viewing on the Internet until all payments are made. In
case collection action proves necessary, the client
agrees to pay
all fees and
costs incurred by that process.
20) SUPPORT
Support outside of a maintenance agreement is limited
to online support via support pages on our websites
or via
e-mail support
at our discretion.
Any extra support will be charged for at the hourly rate.
21) ADVERTISING
Advertising on any of 3 Legs Ltd Websites will be at the
discretion of 3 Legs Ltd and no guarantees as to the response
of the advertising
is given or implied. 3 Legs Ltd will take no responsibility
or liability for the accuracy of advertising copy.
22) ISP
The client understands that any Internet Service Provider (ISP)
services require a separate contract with the ISP of the client's
choice.
Any assistance given by 3 Legs Ltd in setting up this service
will be charged for. 3 Legs Ltd take no responsibility
for any ISP service.
23) SEARCH ENGINES DIRECTORIES AND INDEXES
3 Legs Ltd do not imply, warrant or guarantee any inclusion
or specific placing on any search engine, directory or index
as these
are third party services beyond our control. 3 Legs Ltd
will however make reasonable efforts to gain good placing of
clients
site on some of the most commonly used search engines. Our
service does not include paid for placements and does not include
any fees
to third parties.
24) SERVICE AVAILABILITY
3 Legs Ltd does not warrant that the functions contained
in the Website will meet the client's requirements or that
the operation
of the Web pages will be uninterrupted or error-free. The entire
risk as to the quality and performance of the Website is with
the client. In no event will 3 Legs Ltd be liable to the
client
or any third party for any damages, including any loss of profits,
lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special
damages arising out of the operation of or inability to operate
the Website
in whole or in part, even if 3 Legs Ltd has been advised
of the possibility of such damages.
25) REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS
We shall use reasonable endeavours to provide continuing availability
of the Server and the Services but we shall not, in any event,
be liable for Service interruptions or down time of the Server.
26) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND OTHER CONSENTS
You are solely responsible for obtaining any and all necessary
intellectual property rights, clearances and/or other consents
and authorisations
in respect of the Services, including without limitation, clearance
and/or consents in respect of your proposed domain name and
merchant services agreements between you and the relevant banks
in respect
of your operation of an Online Store and will fully indemnify
3 Legs Ltd against any liabilities arising from such matter.
27) COPYRIGHT
Copyright to the finished assembled work produced by 3 Legs Ltd
is owned exclusively by 3 Legs Ltd. Upon final payment
of this contract, the client is assigned rights to use the
Website design,
graphics, and text contained in the finished assembled project.
Rights to photos, graphics, source code, work-up files, and
computer programs are specifically not transferred to the client,
and remain
the exclusive property of their respective creators and owners.
3 Legs Ltd retain the rights to display graphics and other
Web design elements as examples of their work in their respective
portfolios.
All source code and programming code remains the copyright of 3 Legs Ltd unless explicitly stated otherwise. All third party service or code is subject to the terms of the original copyright holder unless agreed and stated otherwise. Any source code release by 3 Legs Ltd is for information purposes only and may not be altered, copied or re-distributed.
28) INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and keep indemnified and hold us on demand
harmless from and against any claim brought against us by a
third party resulting from the provision of Services by us
to you and
your use of the Server, and in respect of all losses, costs,
actions, proceedings, claims, damages, expenses (including
reasonable legal
costs and expenses), or liabilities, whatsoever suffered and
howsoever incurred by us in consequence of your breach or non-observance
of these terms and conditions.
29) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
We hereby exclude all conditions, terms, representations (other
than fraudulent 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.
30) NEGLIGENCE
Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude our liability
for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
31) LIABILITY
0ur total aggregate liability to you for any valid 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 and provided that you notify us of any such
claim within
three month of it arising.
32) LIMITATION
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.
33) NOTICES
Any notice to be given by either party to the other may be
sent by either e-mail, fax or recorded delivery to the
address of the other
party as appearing in this agreement or such other address
as either 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.
34) CLIENT INFORMATION
It is the responsibility of the client to inform 3 Legs Ltd
of any changes to any contact information we may hold for our
administration
purposes. This information held by 3 Legs Ltd is subject
to Data Protection Laws.
35) LAW
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with Manx law and you hereby submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the Manx Courts.
36) ENTIRE AGREEMENT
If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or
for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be
deemed severable
from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability
of any remaining provisions.
37) SECURITY
You warrant, undertake and agree that:
You will keep secure any identification, password and other
confidential information relating to your account and you
will notify us immediately
of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your account,
or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss,
theft or unauthorised
disclosure of your password information.
3 Legs Ltd reserve the right only to act to on clients
instructions with regard to our services on the production
of password and/or
identification code.
38) SERVERS
Whilst we shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure the integrity
and security of the Server, we do not guarantee that the Server
will be free from unauthorised users or hackers.
These terms and conditions together with any document 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. You confirm that in agreeing to these terms and conditions, you have not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly in these terms and conditions been made a representation and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any other misrepresentation (other than a fraudulent misrepresentation).



