Server Union, LLC. ACCESS TO SERVERUNION’S SERVICE IS PROVIDED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. Warranties/Disclaimers
ServerUnion’s "Web Hosting Service" ("Service") is provided on an "as is, as available" basis. No warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, those of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, are made with respect to ServerUnion or any information or software therein. You release ServerUnion from and ServerUnion shall have no liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages suffered by you in connection with your use of or inability to use the ServerUnion services including, but not limited to, damages from loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, mis-deliveries, or service interruptions,
or due to inadvertent release or disclosure of information sent by you even if the same is caused by ServerUnion’s own negligence. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, ServerUnion disclaims to the full extent permitted by applicable law any responsibility for (and under no circumstances shall be liable for) any conduct, content, goods and services available on or through the Internet or the ServerUnion Services. In no event shall ServerUnion’s aggregate liability exceed the amount paid by you to ServerUnion for the ServerUnion services. Use of any information obtained via ServerUnion’s Internet service is at the user's own risk. ServerUnion specifically disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through its services.
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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SERVERUNION.COM BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, UNCONSEQUENTIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF SERVERUNION WAS INFORMED OF OR OTHERWISE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. In no event shall ServerUnion’s liability for direct damages incurred for any reason and upon any cause of action arising from or relating to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof exceed the fees paid to ServerUnion by Customer hereunder in said term in which the damages are incurred.
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ServerUnion warrants that the services it performs in maintaining its Services will be rendered in a competent, professional manner. ServerUnion does not warrant and specifically disclaims any representations that its Service will meet Customer's requirements or that their use will be uninterrupted or error-free. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH, SERVERUNION.NET DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER EXPRESSED WARRANTIES AND ALL WARRANTIES, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS IMPLIED IN LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ServerUnion’s limited warranty set forth herein is in lieu of all liabilities or obligations of ServerUnion for damages arising out of or in connection with its Internet services.
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ServerUnion is not obligated to verify the accuracy of any information contained on Customer's page or verify that the information is any other way proper and acceptable, provided, however, that ServerUnion reserves the right to:
• A.) Modify or delete any information or graphics supplied by Customer in order to comply with current and future technical limitations and business requirements of the Service.
• B.) Modify, delete or suspend dissemination or display of any information or graphics supplied by Customer if ServerUnion receives any complaints about Customer's information or advertising:
- (i) being false, deceptive, unfair or inaccurate;
- (ii) violating another's intellectual property right; or
- (iii) containing language which defames or libels another or another's works.
• C.)
Suspend dissemination and display of the Customer's Internet page, if Customer has not made a payment as required by this Agreement, or if ServerUnion determines that the information on the Customer's Internet page will damage the reputation of ServerUnion.
2. Security
The Customer is responsible for all use of the Customer's account(s) and confidentiality of password(s), including choosing safe passwords and ensuring file protections are set correctly. ServerUnion will suspend access or change access to Customer's account(s) immediately upon notification by Customer that Customer's password has been lost, stolen or otherwise compromised. ServerUnion is not liable for any usage and or charges prior to ServerUnion making the necessary account alteration. Electronic mail on this system is as private as we can make it. ServerUnion’s Customers are reminded that no computer network can ever be considered completely safe from intrusion. E-Mail may pass through many computer systems, and should not be considered a secure means of communication unless encrypted and even encrypted information is only as secure as the encryption method utilized.
3. Personal Files
ServerUnion is not responsible for any Customer's personal files residing on ServerUnion. The Customer is responsible for independent backup of the Customer's data that is stored on ServerUnion. ServerUnion reserves the right to delete any Customer’s personal files after one or both parties terminates the service agreement between ServerUnion and the Customer.
4. Non-Transferability of Account
The right to use ServerUnion’s Internet service is not transferable. Use of ServerUnion accounts is expressly limited to the individual or business whose name appears on the account and dependents of the account holder living at the same address. A Customer may use no more than one log-in session per account at any time. If a Customer has multiple accounts, the Customer is limited to one log-in session per account at any time.
5. Network Address Ownership
Any network address assignments issued by ServerUnion (i.e., IP addresses and Class C address space) are the property of ServerUnion and are considered to be loaned to its customers. In the event service with ServerUnion is discontinued for any reason, such addresses will revert to ServerUnion. If a Customer of ServerUnion participates in a service of ServerUnion which provides for a unique Domain Name System (DNS) entry, the Customer will retain ownership of the assigned Domain Name, but not the IP address to which it was assigned by ServerUnion.
6. Compliance with all Laws
Customer agrees to use the service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations of The United States of America and the Customer's locality. Reproduction or transmission of any material in violation of any local, state, United States, or international law or regulation is prohibited. The Customer agrees that any material to be reproduced or transmitted on ServerUnion’s service through Customer 's account(s) does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory, common law or proprietary rights of others, or contain anything obscene, libelous or threatening. Software intended to facilitate any such violations or infringements may not be stored on ServerUnion. The Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless ServerUnion from and against any claims, liabilities and expenses, including attorney fees, resulting from any Customer's use of the ServerUnion service or a Customer's account in an unlawful manner or otherwise in violation of or contrary to the Customer's Agreement with ServerUnion or ServerUnion’s Acceptable Use Policies. At ServerUnion’s discretion, ServerUnion may revoke any Customer's access to ServerUnion services or accounts for inappropriate usage.
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Customer represents and warrants to ServerUnion that Customer owns or otherwise has the right to display and disseminate the information and content provided on the Customer's Internet page, and that such information and content does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party. Customer represents and warrants that it has obtained, and currently has, any and all grants of rights from third parties which may be required to display text, graphics or other materials in the information contained on Customer's Internet page.
7. Unacceptable Conduct
The following types of conduct are grounds for immediate suspension of service pending investigation by ServerUnion and may result in termination of the account(s) the investigation determines to have originated or transmitted these types of traffic. In addition, ServerUnion reserves the right, where feasible, to implement technical mechanisms which block multiple postings by a ServerUnion Customer as described in (a) and (b) below before such postings are forwarded:
(a) Posting a single article or substantially similar articles to an excessive number of newsgroups (i.e., more than 20) or continued posting of articles which are off-topic, according to the newsgroup charter, or which provoke complaints from the regular readers of the newsgroup for being inappropriate, including articles used for marketing or promoting a site which resides on the ServerUnion network (Inappropriate Postings).
(b) Sending Unsolicited Business Emails (Spam) from ServerUnion’s Network. Spam is defined as 20 or more unsolicited messages sent simultaneously.
(c) Engaging in either Inappropriate Postings (a) or Spam (b) from a provider other than ServerUnion for the express purpose of marketing a site which resides on the ServerUnion network, or promoting a site on ServerUnion’s network through Spam from a non-related network. These tactics are defined as Spamvertisement.
(d) Continued harassment of other individuals on the Internet after being asked to stop by those individuals and/or by ServerUnion.
(e) Mail bombing, i.e., sending large volumes of unsolicited E-Mail to individuals or to individual business accounts.
(f) Impersonating another user or otherwise falsifying one's user name in E-Mail, Usenet postings, on Internet Relay Chat (IRC), or with any other Internet service. (This does not preclude the use of nicknames in IRC or the use of anonymous remailer services.)
(g) Privacy violations: Attempts, whether successful or not, to gain access to any other system or users' private data without express consent of the user.
(h) Use of IRC bots or clonebots on ServerUnion, whether on IRC servers controlled by ServerUnion or by other parties. An IRC bot is a program which runs and is connected to an IRC server 24 hours a day, automatically performing certain actions.
(i) Network unfriendly activity: Attempts to interfere with the regular workings of ServerUnion’s systems or network connections or which adversely affect the ability of other people or systems to use ServerUnion services or the Internet, including, but not limited to:
1. any unauthorized attempts by a user to gain root access or access to any account not belonging to that user on this or any other ServerUnion system;
2. any use of this or any other ServerUnion system as a staging ground to disable other systems.
(j) Any activity which violates the laws or statutes of Singapore.
8. Excess Utilization of System or Network Resources
ServerUnion account descriptions in some cases may specify limits on bandwidth, CPU and disk utilization for certain types of Customers, and use up to these limits is included in the price for that type of Customer. In the event ServerUnion determines that a Customer is exceeding the bandwidth, CPU and/or disk utilization limits, the Customer will be notified by E-Mail. If the excess use continues for more than 48 hours after such notification, the Customer may be requested to upgrade to a web hosting service agreement or to modify the activity creating the excess use. If excessive bandwidth, CPU or disk space utilization is determined by ServerUnion to adversely affect ServerUnion’s ability to provide service for all customers, immediate action may be taken to alleviate the problem. In such event, the Customer will be notified by E-mail as soon as practicable.
9. Compliance with Rules of Other Networks
Any access to other networks connected to ServerUnion’s Service must comply with the rules for that other network as well as with ServerUnion’s rules.
10. Monitoring/Privacy
ServerUnion reserves the right to monitor any and all communications through or with ServerUnion facilities. Customer agrees that ServerUnion is not considered a secure communications medium for the purposes of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and that no expectation of privacy is afforded. It may become necessary for ServerUnion employees to examine system accounting logs and other records to determine if privacy violations or other network unfriendly activities have occurred. ServerUnion also reserves the right to access a Customer's mailbox or other files stored on ServerUnion systems to resolve system problems or mail system errors.
11. Cooperation with Authorities
ServerUnion reserves the right to cooperate with law enforcement and other authorities in investigating claims of illegal activity including, but not limited to, illegal transfer or availability of copyrighted material, postings or e-mail containing threats of violence or other illegal activity.
12. Confidentiality of Personal Subscriber Information
ServerUnion will not release a Customer's personal subscriber information, nor a Customer's billing information, to any third party except upon presentation of a valid court order of a government or entity within our jurisdiction. Customer agrees that ServerUnion’s judgment as to the validity of any court order of subpoena shall be considered proper and final.
13. ServerUnion’s Right to Suspend or Cancel Account
ServerUnion reserves the right to suspend or cancel service to a Customer at any time and without notice, for any reason, including, but not limited to, refusal or failure to pay for services provided or by sole judgment of ServerUnion that the Customer may be performing activities harmful to ServerUnion or its Customers, employees, vendors, business relationships or any other users of the Internet.
14. Right to Damages
ServerUnion reserves the right to collect damages (software, hardware and man hours) if any harm is done to ServerUnion which requires repair or reconfiguration of any kind.
15. Other Remedies/Non-Waiver
Nothing contained in these policies shall be construed to limit action ServerUnion may take or remedies available to ServerUnion in any way with respect to any of the described conduct. ServerUnion reserves the right to take any additional actions ServerUnion may consider appropriate with respect to such conduct, including without limitation taking action to recover the costs and expenses of identifying offenders and removing them from the ServerUnion service, and levying cancellation charges to cover ServerUnion’s costs in the event of disconnection of dedicated access for the causes outlined above. In addition, ServerUnion reserves at all times all rights and remedies available to ServerUnion with respect to such conduct at law or in equity. Non-enforcement of any policy or rule herein does not constitute consent or waiver, and ServerUnion reserves the right to enforce such policy or rule at its sole discretion.
16. ServerUnion’s Right to Change Service
ServerUnion reserves to right to change without notice the ServerUnion service, including, but not limited to, access procedures, hours of operation, menu structures, commands, documentation, vendors and services offered.
17. ServerUnion’s Right to Modify its Acceptable Use Policies
ServerUnion may modify its Acceptable Use Policies upon notice published online via ServerUnion. Customer's use of ServerUnion services after such notice shall constitute Customer's acceptance of the modifications to these policies.
18. Indemnifications
Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ServerUnion and its owners, officers, shareholders, directors, employees, affiliates and subsidiaries from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, proceedings, damages, injuries, losses, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:
• A.) Any acts or omissions by Customer undertaken in connection with the Internet page, including, without limitation, those arising out of or related to any branch of:
- (i) any Customer warranties, representations, or covenants hereunder;
- (ii) inaccuracy of any information, including false advertising claims and unfair competition claims;
- (iii) claims and investigations made by any Federal or State agency arising out of information contained on the Customer's Internet page.
• B.) Violations of any third-party intellectual property rights, or any claim of infringement, misappropriation or violation of a right of a third party (including, without limitation, a trade secret claim, a defamation or libel claim, or an obscenity claim).
19. Miscellaneous Provisions
19.1 - Prevention of Performance
The parties shall not be liable for any delay or failure of performance of this Agreement if such failure is caused by acts of God, war, governmental decree, power failure, judgment or order, strike, communications failure, equipment of software malfunction, or other circumstances, whether or not similar to the foregoing, which are beyond the reasonable control of such party.
19.2 - Entire Agreement
This instrument embodies the whole agreement between the contracting parties. There are no promises, representations, conditions, or terms other than those contained herein.
19.3 - Severability
The provisions of this Agreement are severable. If any provision is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or a governmental regulatory entity to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, that provision shall be construed or limited in such a way as to make it enforceable, consistent with the manifest intentions of the parties. If such a construction or limitation is not possible, the unenforceable provision will be stricken, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain valid and enforceable.
19.4 - Amendments
No modification, change, or alteration of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
19.5 - Waiver
Failure by either party to insist upon the strictest performance or observance of any provision of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy arising out of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any right or remedy with respect to any existing or subsequent breach or default.
19.6 - Notices
Any and all written notices, communications, or payments shall be made to the respective parties at their addresses indicated in the first paragraph of this Agreement or at such other address as a party may indicate in a written notice to the other party to this Agreement.
19.7 - Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by laws of Singapore and the courts in Singapore shall have exclusive jurisdiction for any claims or disputes which may arise hereunder.