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IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All Payments To Orlando Tech Works, LLC Are
Non-Refundable*
Orlando Tech Works, LLC ("The
Company") agrees to furnish services to the Subscriber, subject to
the following TOS (Terms of Service).
Use of Orlando Tech Works, LLC Service
constitutes acceptance and agreement to Orlando Tech
Works, LLC’s AUP as well as Orlando Tech
Works, LLC’s TOS (Terms of Service).
All provisions of this contract are subject to the TOS (Terms of
Service) of Orlando Tech Works, LLC. and AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). The AUP may be
changed from time to time at the discretion of the Company. Subscriber
understands that change to the AUP by the Company shall not be grounds
for early contract termination or non-payment.
This Agreement shall be construed in all respects in accordance with
the laws of the state of Florida, county of Orange applicable to contracts
enforceable in that state. Venue will be Orange County, Florida.
1.
Disclosure to Law Enforcement:
The AUP specifically prohibits the use of our service for illegal
activities. Therefore, Subscriber agrees that the Company may disclose
any and all subscriber information including assigned IP numbers,
account history, account use, etc. to any law enforcement agent who
makes a written request without further consent or notification to the
Subscriber. In addition Orlando Tech Works, LLC
shall have the right to terminate all service set forth in this
Agreement.
2.
Service Rates: Subscriber
acknowledges that the nature of the service furnished and the initial
rates and charges have been communicated to Subscriber. Subscriber is
aware that the Company may prospectively change the specified rates and
charges from time to time. The promotional offer is contingent upon
Company achieving and maintaining its cost of service goals including
but not limited to rates charged to company by its suppliers.
3.
Payment: Establishment of this
service is dependent upon receipt by the Company of payment of stated
charges. Subsequent payments are due on the anniversary date of the
month for that month's service.
4.
Payments and Fees: Credit cards
that are declined for any reason are subject to a $1.00 declination
fee. Service will be interrupted on accounts that reach 24 hours past
due. Service interrupted for nonpayment is subject to a $25 reconnect
charge. Accounts that are not collectable by Orlando
Tech Works, LLC may be turned over to an outside collection
agency for collection. If your account is turned over for collection,
you agree to pay the company a "Processing and Collection"
Fee of no less than $50 but not more than $150. If you desire to cancel
your account, please follow the proper procedure to do this as outlined
in this TOS.
5.
Refund and Disputes: All payments
to Orlando Tech Works, LLC are nonrefundable.
This includes the one time setup fee and subsequent charges regardless
of usage. All overcharges or billing disputes must be reported within
60 days of the time the dispute occurred. If you dispute a charge to
your credit card issuer that, in Orlando Tech Works, LLC’s sole
discretion is a valid charge under the provisions of the TOS and /or
AUP, you agree to pay Orlando Tech Works, LLC
an "Administrative Fee" of not less than $50 and not more
than $150.
6.
Failure to Pay: The Company may
temporarily deny service or terminate this Agreement upon the failure
of Subscriber to pay charges when due. Such termination or denial will
not relieve Subscriber of responsibility for the payment of all accrued
charges, plus reasonable interest and any collection fees.
7.
Account Cancellation: All
requests for canceling accounts must be made in writing with at least
30 days notice but not more than 60 days prior written notice and sent
to:
Orlando Tech Works, LLC Attn: Cancellations
555 Winderley Place Suite 330
Maitland, FL 32751
Requests can also be submitted through the e-mail support system. The
account will be cancelled as soon as we receive the request (you can't
request it be turned off on a particular date/time) and are processed
within 24 hours.
8.
Subscriber
acknowledges that the service provided is of such a nature that service
can be interrupted for many reasons other than the negligence of the
company and that damages resulting from any interruption of service are
difficult to ascertain. Therefore, subscriber agrees that the company
shall not be liable for any damages arising from such causes beyond the
direct and exclusive control of the company. Subscriber further
acknowledges that the company's liability for its own negligence may
not in any event exceed an amount equivalent to charges payable by
subscriber for services during the period damages occurred. In no event
shall the company be liable for any special or consequential damages,
loss or injury.
9.
New Domain Accounts: All new web hosting
accounts involving new domains will be set up and entered into our DNS
servers within 3 to 5 business days. Due to unforeseen complications,
however, this process may sometimes require up to 7 business days. If
the new domain is registered by the account holder, there will be no
handling fee. If the domain is registered by Orlando
Tech Works, LLC. on behalf of the
account holder a handling fee will be incurred.
10.
Transfer of Domains: New web
hosting accounts which involve the transfer of a domain from another
provider to Orlando Tech Works, LLC will
require a minimum of seven (7) days to be set up and entered into our
DNS servers. In some cases, such transfers may take up to sixty (60)
days. Due to the unpredictable nature of the transfer process, no
guarantees are made regarding the amount of time a specific transfer
may take. If the transfer of the domain is done by Orlando
Tech Works, LLC on behalf of the account holder a handling fee
will be incurred. If the customer cancels service during the transfer
period for any reason, all charges are considered earned.
11.
Support Boundaries: Orlando Tech Works, LLC provides 24 x 7 technical support to our subscribers (except for few holidays
and short company meetings when we close our center.) We limit our
technical support to our area of expertise. The following is our
guidelines when providing support: Orlando Tech
Works, LLC provides support related to your virtual site
physical functioning. Orlando Tech Works, LLC
does not offer tech support for application specific issues such as CGI
programming, html or any other such issue. Orlando
Tech Works, LLC does not provide technical support for YOUR
customers. If you can email, we encourage you to email support
<at> orlandotechworks.com for assistance. If you are able to get
online and have other questions, the answers may be on our home page at
http://www.orlandotechworks.com - we encourage you to check there
first. Lastly, the Help files in the program you are using may have the
answer to your question so please do investigate these resources before
calling tech support.
12.
SPAM and Unsolicited Commercial Email
(UCE): Orlando Tech Works, LLC takes a
zero tolerance approach to the sending of Unsolicited Commercial Email
(UCE) or SPAM over our network. Very simply this means that customers
of Orlando Tech Works, LLC may not use or
permit others to use our network to transact in UCE. Customers of Orlando Tech Works, LLC may not host, or permit
hosting of, sites or information that is advertised by UCE from other
networks. Violations of this policy carry severe penalties, including
termination of service.
a.
Violation of Orlando
Tech Works, LLC’s SPAM policy will result in severe penalties.
Upon notification of an alleged violation of our SPAM policy, Orlando Tech Works, LLC will initiate an immediate
investigation (within 48 hours of notification). During the
investigation, Orlando Tech Works, LLC may
restrict customer access to the network to prevent further violations.
If a customer is found to be in violation of our SPAM policy, Orlando Tech Works, LLC may, at its sole
discretion, restrict, suspend or terminate customer's account. Further,
Orlando Tech Works, LLC reserves the right to
pursue civil remedies for any costs associated with the investigation
of a substantiated policy violation. Orlando Tech
Works, LLC will notify law enforcement officials if the
violation is believed to be a criminal offense.
b.
First violations of this policy will
result in an "Administrative Fee" of $250 and your account
will be reviewed for possible immediate termination. A second violation
will result in an "Administrative Fee" of $500 and immediate
termination of your account. Users who violate this policy agree that
in addition to these "Administrative" penalties, they will
pay "Research Fees" not to exceed $175 per hour that Orlando Tech Works, LLC personnel must spend to
investigate the matter. PLEASE, DO NOT SPAM from your account.
c.
As our Customers are ultimately
responsible for the actions of their clients over the Orlando Tech Works, LLC network, it is advisable
that Customers develop a similar, or stricter, policy for their
clients.
13.
Network
a.
IP Address Ownership: If Orlando Tech Works, LLC assigns Customer an
Internet Protocol address for Customer's use, the right to use that
Internet Protocol address shall belong only to Orlando
Tech Works, LLC, and Customer shall have no right to use that
Internet Protocol address except as permitted by Orlando
Tech Works, LLC in its sole discretion in connection with the
Services, during the term of this Agreement. Orlando
Tech Works, LLC shall maintain and control ownership of all
Internet Protocol numbers and addresses that may be assigned to
Customer by Orlando Tech Works, LLC, and Orlando Tech Works, LLC reserves the right to change
or remove any and all such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses, in
its sole and absolute discretion. Our allocation of IP addresses is
limited by ARIN's new policies. These new policies state that use of IP
addresses for IP based virtual hosts will not be accepted as
justification for new IP addresses. What this means to you is that you MUST
use name-based hosting where possible. We will periodically review
IP address usage, and if we find that clients are using IP addresses
where name-based hosting could be used, we will revoke authorization to
use those IP addresses that could be used with name-based hosting.
b.
Bandwidth and Disk Usage:
Customer agrees that bandwidth and disk usage shall not exceed the
number of megabytes per month for the Services ordered by Customer on
the Order Form (the "Agreed Usage"). Orlando
Tech Works, LLC will monitor Customer's bandwidth and disk
usage. Orlando Tech Works, LLC shall have the
right to take corrective action if Customer's bandwidth or disk usage
exceeds the Agreed Usage. Such corrective action may include the
assessment of additional charges, disconnection or discontinuance of
any and all Services, or termination of this Agreement, which actions
may be taken is in Orlando Tech Works, LLC’s
sole and absolute discretion. If Orlando Tech Works,
LLC takes any corrective action under this section, Customer
shall not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid in advance prior to
such action. In the event that a customer exceeds the included
allocation, Orlando Tech Works, LLC may, at its sole discretion suspend the account or delete excess
storage. Clients exceeding storage limitations or abusing shared FTP
service are not entitled to backups provided by the SLA.
c.
System and Network Security:
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the
security of the Orlando Tech Works, LLC
Network. Violations of system or network security may result in civil
or criminal liability. Orlando Tech Works, LLC
will investigate occurrences, which may involve such violations and may
involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting
Users who are involved in such violations. These violations include,
without limitation:
i.
Accessing data not intended for such
User or logging into a server or account, which such User is not
authorized to access.
ii.
Attempting to probe, scan or test the
vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or
authentication measures without proper authorization.
iii.
Attempting to interfere with service to
any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of
overloading, "flooding", "mail bombing" or
"crashing".
iv.
Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any
part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
v.
Taking any action in order to obtain
services to which such User is not entitled.
14.
Notification of Violation:
a.
Orlando Tech Works,
LLC is under no duty to look at each customer's or user's
activities to determine if a violation of the AUP has occurred, nor do
we assume any responsibility through our AUP to monitor or police
Internet-related activities.
b.
First violation: Any User, which Orlando Tech Works, LLC determines to have violated
any element of this Acceptable Use Policy, shall receive an email,
warning them of the violation. The service may be subject at Orlando Tech Works, LLC 's
discretion to a temporary suspension pending a User's agreement in
writing, to refrain from any further violations.
c.
Second Violation: Users that Orlando Tech Works, LLC determines to have
committed a second violation of any element of this Acceptable Use
Policy shall be subject to immediate suspension or termination of
service without further notice.
d.
We reserve the right, to drop the
section of IP space involved in Spam or Denial-of-Service complaints if
it is clear that the offending activity is causing great harm to
parties on the Internet.
15.
Suspension of Service or
Cancellation: Orlando Tech Works, LLC reserves
the right to suspend network access to any customer if in the judgment
of the Orlando Tech Works, LLC network
administrators the customer's server is the source or target of the
violation of any of the other terms of the AUP or for any other reason
which Orlando Tech Works, LLC chooses. If
inappropriate activity is detected, all accounts of the Customer in
question will be deactivated until an investigation is complete. Prior
notification to the Customer is not assured. In extreme cases, law
enforcement will be contacted regarding the activity. The customer will
not be credited for the time the customer's machines were suspended.
16.
Orlando Tech Works, LLC reserves the right to
amend its policies at any time. All Sub-Networks, resellers and managed
servers of Orlando Tech Works, LLC
must adhere to the above policies. Failure to follow any term or
condition will be grounds for immediate Cancellation. You will be held
responsible for the actions of your clients in the matter described on
these Terms and conditions. Therefore, it is in your best interest to
implement a similar or stricter Terms and conditions or otherwise
called Acceptable Terms of use policy.
17.
Indemnification: Orlando Tech Works, LLC wishes to emphasize that in
agreeing to the Orlando Tech Works, LLC Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (TOS), customer indemnifies Orlando Tech Works, LLC for any violation of the
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (TOS) that results in
loss to Orlando Tech Works, LLC or the
bringing of any claim against Orlando Tech Works,
LLC by any third-party. This means that if Orlando
Tech Works, LLC is sued because of a customer's or a customer of
a customer's activity, the customer will pay any damages awarded
against Orlando Tech Works, LLC, plus all
costs and attorney's fees.
18.
Miscellaneous Provisions: You
must provide us with, and keep current, good contact information for
you. E-mail, fax, and telephone contacts are used, in that order of
preference.
a.
A waiver by the Company of any breach of
any provision of this Agreement by Subscriber shall not operate as or
be construed as a continuing or subsequent waiver thereof or as a
waiver of any breach of any other provision thereof.
b.
Subscriber shall not transfer or assign
this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.
Company may assign Agreement at anytime without consent from or notice
to Subscriber. Company reserves right to cancel customers rights under
this contract at anytime without further obligation.
c.
Orlando Tech Works,
LLC takes no responsibility for any material input by others and
not posted to the Orlando Tech Works, LLC Network
by Orlando Tech Works, LLC. Orlando Tech Works, LLC is not responsible for the
content of any other websites linked to the Orlando
Tech Works, LLC Network; links are provided as Internet navigation
tools only. Orlando Tech Works, LLC disclaims
any responsibility for any such inappropriate use and any liability to
any person or party for any other person or party's violation of this
policy.
d.
Orlando Tech Works,
LLC is not responsible for any damages your business may suffer.
Orlando Tech Works, LLC does not make implied
or written warranties for any of our services. Orlando
Tech Works, LLC denies any warranty or merchantability for a
specific purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays,
non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions
caused by Orlando Tech Works, LLC.
e.
It is absolutely forbidden to host
pornographic content or IRC servers on Virtual Server Accounts. Virtual
Server Accounts found hosting this material will be subject to
immediate cancellation without refund.
19.
Responsibility for Content: You,
as Orlando Tech Works, LLC’s customer, are
solely responsible for the content stored on and served by your Orlando Tech Works, LLC virtual site.
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