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Web Hosting Agreement
This Agreement
defines the terms and
conditions between HostArc.com
(a hosting division of
Pozhub Solutions Pte Ltd, Company Registration No.
200500057R),
a company incorporated in Singapore and having a principal place of
business address at 11 Toa Payoh Lor 3, #03-25 Jackson Square Blk B
Singapore
319579
("HostArc.com") and The Party whose name and particulars are
stated in "Attached Price Terms" hereto ("the Customer") for
the provision of co-location services and related products and
services to the Customer.
1. PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT
HostArc.com provides Internet connectivity services (the
"Bandwidth"), space in its business premises to store and operate
such Hardware ("Server") and together comprising a web hosting
package (together, the "Services"). HostArc.com desires to provide
Services to the Customer, and the Customer desires to receive and
compensate HostArc.com for such Services.
2. DURATION
The term of this agreement is for the
Minimum Term of 12-month and shall automatically renew yearly
thereafter unless either party notifies the other in writing at
least one (1) Month prior to the end of the current term, of their
intention not to renew this Agreement.
3. SERVICE ORDERS
Service Orders. The provisions of Services
shall be initiated by this Agreement issued by the Customer
describing the service plan and cost. Each Agreement will contain
the prices, initial terms of Services and other information
designated in the Service Order form. The Customer shall use the
then current version of the Agreement as designated by
HostArc.com.
No Agreement shall be effective until accepted by
HostArc.com.
The terms of this Agreement shall control Services to the Customer.
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Termination. All contract terms are
based on a 12-month unless otherwise
stated in the Server Order. The Customer
may terminate any Agreement by giving
HostArc.com
at least thirty (30) days written notice
prior to the end of the Contract Term
when the Customer desires Services to
cease. If the Customer decided to
terminate the Server Order before the
contract term, all amounts due from the
Customer remaining contract terms for
the account to which the Agreement
relates must be paid in order for the
Customer to terminate an Agreement.
HostArc.com
may terminate any Agreement by giving at
least sixty (60) days prior written
notice of the date of termination of
Services.
Maintenance. From time to time,
HostArc.com may conduct routine tests,
maintenance, upgrade or repair on any
part of the System, and HostArc.com
shall give the Customer prior notice
thereof. The Customer acknowledges that
there may be instances where it is not
practicable for HostArc.com to give
advance notice of a disruption, for
example, in the event of an emergency,
and
HostArc.com
shall be entitled to disrupt the
Services to conduct restoration and
remedial works without prior notice.
Control Rights. The Customer, and not
HostArc.com, has the sole and exclusive
control over the Data. The Customer
acknowledges and HostArc.com agrees that
in the provision of the Services
hereunder HostArc.com is not provided,
either directly or indirectly, with or
access to the Data that would allow
HostArc.com to exercise any control over
the Data. HostArc.com accepts no
responsibility for the Data passing
through the System.
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4.
SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
HostArc.com shall not be liable for failure
or delay in performing its obligations hereunder if such failure or
delay is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control,
including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war,
insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor
disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation,
unavailability of or delay in telecommunications or third party
services, failure of third party software or inability to obtain raw
materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for
provision of the Services.
5. CUSTOMER CONTENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Customer is solely responsible for the
content of any postings, data or transmissions using the Services
(the ¡¡¡ÓContent¡¨), or any other use of the Services by the
Customer or by any person entity the Customer permits to access the
Services (a ¡¡¡ÓUser¡¨). The Customer represents and warrants that
neither it nor any User will use the services for unlawful purposes
(including, without limitation, infringement of copyright or
trademark, misappropriation of trade secrets, wire fraud, invasion
of privacy, illegal pornography, obscenity, defamation, and illegal
use, transportation or sale of tobacco, controlled substances and
firearms), or to interfere with, or disrupt, other network users,
network services, or network equipment. Disruptions include, without
limitation, distribution of unsolicited advertising or chain
letters, repeated harassment of other network users, wrongly
impersonating another user, falsifying one¡¦s network identity for
improper or illegal purposes, sending unsolicited mass e-mailings,
propagation of computer viruses, using the network to make
unauthorized entry to any other machine accessible location, via the
network, and distributing of tools designed for compromising
security (i.e. including, but not limited to, password guessing
programs, cracking tools or network probing tools).
HostArc.com
may suspend or terminate the Services
immediately, without prior notice to the Customer, if
HostArc.com
believes, in good faith, that the Customer
or a User is utilizing the Services for any such illegal or
disruptive purpose. The Customer shall defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless
HostArc.com
from and against all liabilities, judgments, claims, damages,
settlements, expenses and costs (including reasonable attorneys¡¦
fees and litigation expenses) arising out of or relating to any and
all claims by any person relating to use of the Services, including,
but not limited to, use of the Services without consent of the
Customer.
6. PRICING AND PAYMENT TERMS
Payment Terms. The full amount of the
Initial Fee as reflected in the Agreement, which includes any set-up
fees and charges for the first payment term of Services, are due and
payable to
HostArc.com
upon the acceptance of the Agreement.
Thereafter, the Customer will pay in advance charges for each
payment term. The recurring billing date shall be established by the
date that the server release notification is e-mailed or faxed to
the Customer and shall recur based on the Payment Term specified on
the Agreement. Accounts that pay by cheque (limited to Singapore
dollars) will be sent an invoice at least fifteen (15) days prior to
the recurring billing date and payment is due on or before the
recurring billing date. HostArc.com will impose an S$25.00 charge
for any cheque that is returned for any reason by a financial
institution. HostArc.com reserves the right to charge the Customer
any sales, use, excise, and gross receipts, or any other tax or fees
now or imposed, directly or indirectly, by any governmental
authority or agency with respect to the Services.
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Pricing Disputes. The Customer must
notify HostArc.com in writing of any
disputed charges within 7 days of the
date of the billing for such charges. If
the Customer does not notify HostArc.com
within that time period, the Customer
has waived any right to dispute such
amounts, either directly or indirectly
or as a set-off, or defense in any
action or efforts to collect amounts due
to HostArc.com.
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Collection. All accounts more than 30
days past due will be charged interest
from the due date of the lesser of (i)
2% per month on the past due amount; or
(ii) the highest legal rate of interest.
HostArc.com may also suspend, interrupt,
or terminate Services on any account
that is past due by more than thirty
(30) calendar days, by disabling
telnet/ftp access and/or disabling the
connection to the server. In the event
of disconnection, the Customer must pay
HostArc.com a reconnection fee of
S$50.00 as a condition of reactivation
of the Services, in addition to full
payment of the balance due on the
account. Reactivation of services will
only be performed during HostArc.com
regular business hours (Monday through
Friday, 9:00 a.m. ¡V 6:00 p.m. Singapore
Time). HostArc.com may send all accounts
that have not been paid in full to a
collection agency. The Customer is
responsible for paying all costs of
collection, including, but not limited
to, reasonable attorney¡¦s fee and,
where lawful, collection agency fees.
All accounting issues should be
addressed to HostArc.com at
billing@pozhub.com
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Price Increases. HostArc.com offers
a price-freeze guarantee to its
Customer. HostArc.com will not increase
the cost of services for the Customer as
indicated on the Agreement as long as
The Customer¡¦s account is with
HostArc.com and provided the Customer¡¦s
account does not become delinquent.
7. MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
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Ordering Maintenance and Support Services.
HostArc.com shall provide the Customer
with maintenance and support services
for the Hardware or Software, if such
services are specified in the Agreement.
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Exclusions. Maintenance and support
services shall not include services for
problems arising out of (a) tampering,
modification, alteration, or addition to
the Hardware or Software, which is
undertaken by persons other than
HostArc.com or its authorized
representatives; or (b) programs or
hardware supplied by the Customer.
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The Customer¡¦s
Duties. The Customer shall appoint
at least 1 representative that all
account information is sending to. This
is to prevent any attempts of
password-thief or any hacker attack
against the Customer.
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Passwords. Each HostArc.com Customer
is responsible for his or her passwords.
Generally, secure passwords are between
6 and 8 characters long, contain letters
of mixed case and non-letter characters,
and cannot be found in whole or part, in
normal or reverse order, in any
dictionary of words or names in any
language. The Customer is responsible
for changing his or her password
regularly.
8. TERM AND TERMINATION
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Term.
The term of this Agreement shall commence
on the Effective Date and continue until
terminated in accordance with this
Agreement. The term of an Agreement
shall be as indicated therein. The term
of an Agreement shall automatically
renew unless either party provides the
other with written notice of termination
at least thirty (30) days prior to the
renewal date as established by the
Contract Term reflected in the
Agreement.
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Termination Upon Default. HostArc.com
may immediately terminate this Agreement
and any or all Agreement s, within its
sole discretion, if the Customer fails
to pay (and HostArc.com has not actually
received) any amounts due within sixty
(60) days after the due date. For other
breaches of this Agreement, either party
may terminate this Agreement, and
Agreement, as applicable, if the
breaching party fails to correct the
default within thirty (30) days after
the written notice.
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Effect of Termination. Notwithstanding
termination of this Agreement and
Agreement, HostArc.com shall be entitled
to full contract payment of all amounts
that may be due to it from the Customer.
9. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Confidential Information shall mean all
information identified by a party
(Disclosing Party) to the other party
(Receiving Party), which, if in writing
labeled as confidential, or if disclosed
orally, is reduced to writing within fifteen
(15) days, and labeled as confidential.
Confidential Information shall remain the
sole property of the Disclosing Party.
Except for the specific rights granted by
this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall
not use any Confidential Information of
Disclosing Party for its own benefit or for
the benefit of others. Receiving Party shall
not disclose Confidential Information to any
third party without written consent of
Disclosing Party (except to consultants who
are bound by a written agreement with
Receiving Party to maintain
confidentiality). Confidential Information
shall exclude information (i) available to
the public other than by a breach of this
Agreement; (ii) rightfully received from a
third party not in breach of an obligation
of confidentiality; (iii) independently
developed by Receiving Party without access
to Confidential Information; (iv) known to
Receiving Party at the time of disclosure;
or (v) produced in compliance with a court
order. Receiving Party shall give reasonable
notice to Disclosing Party that Confidential
Information is being sought by a third
person, so as to afford the opportunity to
limit or prevent such disclosure. Receiving
Party agrees to cease using all Confidential
Information, and to promptly return such
Confidential Information to Disclosing Party
upon request. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Customer consents to HostArc.com
disclosure of account information to credit
reporting agencies, credit bureaus, private
credit reporting associations, or to other
providers of communications services.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
HostArc.com liability (including, for
purposed of this paragraph only, and of its
employees, agents, or representatives), to
the Customer (either directly or as a third
party defendant in any action or proceeding)
for any claim arising out of or relating to
this Agreement or Agreement or the provision
of any Services under Agreement (including,
without limitation, maintenance and support)
shall be limited to the amount of fees paid
by the Customer to HostArc.com under this
Agreement within one year preceding the date
the Customer contends its claim arose. In no
event shall HostArc.com be liable for any
loss of data, loss of profits, cost of
cover, or any other special, incidental,
consequential, indirect or punitive damages,
however caused and regardless of theory of
liability. This limitation will apply even
if HostArc.com has been advised of, or is
aware of, the possibility of such damages.
11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
HostArc.com specifically disclaims all
implies warranties, including but not
limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, any written materials by
HostArc.com, or information on HostArc.com
company web site, shall be for informational
purposes only and, whether delivered or
disseminated before or after the date of
this Agreement, shall not create any express
or implied warranties, guaranty of
performance, or contractual obligations.
12. MISCELLANEOUS
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Independent Contractor. The
relationship of HostArc.com and the
Customer under this Agreement is that of
independent contractors and not
partners, joint ventures, or co-owners
as participants.
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Notices. Any notice hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be given by
registered or express mail, or reliable
courier addressed to the addresses in
this Agreement, or by facsimile. Notice
shall be deemed to be given upon the
earlier of actual receipt or three (3)
days after it has been sent, properly
addressed and with postage prepaid.
Either party may change its address for
notice by means of notice to the other
party given in accordance with this
Section.
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Assignment. The Customer may not
assign this Agreement, in whole or in
part, either voluntarily or by operation
of law, and any attempt to do so shall
be void and a default of this Agreement.
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Advertising. HostArc.com may include
the Customer's name and contact
information in directories of
HostArc.com service subscribers for the
purpose of promoting the use of the
Services by the Customer s generally.
HostArc.com will not use the Customer's
name or other identifying information in
any other advertising or promotional
materials, without the prior written
consent of the Customer, which may not
be unreasonably withheld.
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Indemnification. The Customer shall
defend, indemnify, and hold harmless
HostArc.com from and against all
liabilities, judgments, claims, damages,
settlements, expenses and costs
(including reasonable attorneys¡¦ fees
and litigation expenses) arising out of
or relating to any breach of this
Agreement or Agreement by the Customer.
The Customer and HostArc.com promptly
notify each other upon receipt of any
third party claim or legal action
arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or Agreement.
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Entire Agreement and Waiver. This
Agreement and the Agreement constitute
the entire agreement between HostArc.com
and the Customer with respect to the
subject matter hereof. All prior
agreements, representations, and
statements with respect to such subject
matter are superseded. Any failure of
either party to exercise or enforce its
rights under this Agreement or Agreement
shall not act as a waiver of subsequent
breaches. Non-Solicitation. During the
term of this Agreement and for a period
of one (1) year thereafter, the Customer
shall not solicit or hire the services
of any employee or subcontractor of
HostArc.com without the prior written
consent of HostArc.com.
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Release of Information. HostArc.com
reserves the right to release the
contact information of the Customer s
involved in violations of system
security to system administrators at
other sites, in order to assist them in
resolving security incidents.
HostArc.com will also fully cooperate
with law enforcement authorities in
investigating suspected lawbreakers.
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