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(Revised October 15, 2002)
- Order, Acceptance and Service.
- When Accepted by YallaHosting.com, the Order submitted by Customer
creates a contract between Customer and YallaHosting.com, consisting of the
Order, the applicable Service Description and these Terms of Service. An Order
is “Accepted” by YallaHosting.com when (i) with respect to Orders
submitted online, YallaHosting.com provides Services in response to the Order or
bills Customer for payment and (ii) with respect to Orders reduced to writing
and signed on an approved YallaHosting.com form, when an authorized
representative of YallaHosting.com executes and delivers such form signed by
Customer.
- YallaHosting.com will provide, and Customer will purchase and pay
for, the Services specified in the Order for the service fees specified in the
Order and the applicable Service Description (the “Service Fees”).
- In connection with any Hosting Services, Customer will not use
storage space in excess of the storage limits established for the Services in
the Service Descriptions, plus any storage space purchased by Customer. If
Customer uses storage space in excess of such amounts, YallaHosting.com may,
without limiting its other rights or remedies, assess Customer with additional
fees.
- In connection with any Hosting Services, if Customer’s actual
bandwidth usage in any month exceeds the limit in the Service Description,
Customer will pay YallaHosting.com such additional fees as may be specified in
the Service Description.
- Fees, Taxes and Payment. Customer will pay to
YallaHosting.com the Service Fees in the manner set forth in the Order.
YallaHosting.com may increase the Service Fees (i) in the manner permitted in
the Service Description and (ii) at any time on or after expiration of the
Initial Term by providing ten (10) days prior written notice thereof to
Customer. The Service Fees do not include any applicable sales, use, revenue,
excise or other taxes imposed by any taxing authority with respect to the
Services or any software provided hereunder (excluding any tax on
YallaHosting.com’s net income). All such taxes will be added to
YallaHosting.com’s invoices for the Service Fees as separate charges to be paid
by Customer. All fees are fully earned when due and non-refundable when paid.
Unless otherwise specified, invoices for the Service Fees and related charges
shall be due and payable within 30 days after the date of the invoice. If any
invoice is not paid within 45 days after the date of the invoice,
YallaHosting.com may charge Customer a late fee of $15 for such invoice; in
addition any amounts payable to YallaHosting.com not paid when due will bear
interest at the rate of one and one half percent (1.5%) per month or the maximum
rate permitted by applicable law, whichever is less. If YallaHosting.com
collects any payment due at law or through an attorney at law or under advice
therefrom or through a collection agency, or if YallaHosting.com prevails in any
action to which the Customer and YallaHosting.com are parties, Customer will pay
all costs of collection, arbitration and litigation, including, without
limitation, all court costs and YallaHosting.com’s reasonable attorneys’ fees.
If any check is returned for insufficient funds YallaHosting.com may impose a
processing charge of $25.
- Term and Termination.
- Hosting Services will commence on the Effective Date indicated in the
Order and continue for the duration of the Initial Term. Thereafter, the Order
will automatically renew for successive one month periods unless the Order is
earlier terminated in accordance with its terms or either party gives written
notice to the other party of non-renewal at least 30 days prior to expiration of
the then-current term.
- Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon the
occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (i) the other party fails
to pay when due any amounts required to be paid under this Agreement; (ii) the
other party breaches any material term or provision of this Agreement (other
than a breach described in subsection (i) above), and if capable of cure, such
breach remains uncured 30 days after the non-breaching party gives written
notice thereof to the breaching party; or (iii) the other party becomes
insolvent, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, institutes or
becomes subject to any proceeding under any bankruptcy or similar laws for the
relief of debtors, or seeks the appointment of, or becomes subject to the
appoint of, any trustee or receiver for all or any portion of such party’s
assets
- YallaHosting.com may terminate this Agreement (i) if the Services are
prohibited by applicable law, or become impractical or unfeasible for any
technical, legal or regulatory reason, by giving Customer as much prior notice
as reasonably practicable or (ii) immediately by giving written notice to
Customer, if YallaHosting.com determines in good faith that Customer’s use of
the Customer Web site or the Customer Content violates the Acceptable Use
Policy.
- Upon termination of this Agreement for any cause or reason
whatsoever, neither party shall have any further rights or obligations under
this Agreement, except as expressly set forth herein. The provisions of
Sections 3(d), 4, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 of this Agreement shall survive
the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any cause or reason
whatsoever, and, notwithstanding the expiration or termination of this
Agreement, the parties shall each remain liable to the other for any
indebtedness or other liability theretofore arising under this Agreement.
Termination of this Agreement and retention of pre-paid fees and charges shall
be in addition to, and not be in lieu of, any other legal or equitable rights or
remedies to which YallaHosting.com may be entitled.
- With respect to Non-Prepaid Plans, within 30 days after the
termination of this Agreement, Customer will pay the Termination Charge to
YallaHosting.com unless (i) YallaHosting.com terminated the Order under
Section 3(c) or (ii) Customer terminated the Order under Section
3(b). With respect to Prepaid Plans, Customer will pay the Termination
Charge as provided in the Service Description. The parties agree that the
Termination Charge constitutes consideration for YallaHosting.com’s time, effort
and expense in preparing and reserving the capacity to perform its obligations
hereunder, as actual damages are difficult to ascertain. If Customer terminates
the Order in accordance with Section 3(b), or if YallaHosting.com
terminates the Order under Sections 3(c)(i) or 12(c),
YallaHosting.com shall return to Customer, and Customer shall accept, as
Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for YallaHosting.com’s breach of the Order,
any Service Fees paid in advance by Customer hereunder attributable to Services
not yet rendered as of the date of termination.
- Customer’s Representations and Warranties. Customer
hereby represents and warrants to YallaHosting.com, and agrees that during the
Term Customer will ensure that: (a) Customer is the owner or valid licensee of
the Customer Content and each element thereof, and Customer has secured all
necessary licenses, consents, permissions, waivers and releases for the use of
the Customer Content and each element thereof, including without limitation, all
trademarks, logos, names and likenesses contained therein, without any
obligation by YallaHosting.com to pay any fees, residuals, guild payments or
other compensation of any kind to any Person; (b) Customer’s use, publication
and display of the Customer Content will not infringe any copyright, patent,
trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or intellectual property right of
any Person, or constitute a defamation, invasion of privacy or violation of any
right of publicity or any other right of any Person, including, without
limitation, any contractual, statutory or common law right or any “moral right”
or similar right however denominated; (c) Customer will comply with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations regarding the Customer Content and the
Customer Web site and will use the Customer Web site only for lawful purposes;
(d) Customer has used its best efforts to ensure that the Customer Content is
and will at all times remain free of all computer viruses, worms, trojan horses
and other malicious code; and (e) Customer will use the Services only for
business purposes and not for any family, household or personal use.
- License to YallaHosting.com. Customer hereby grants to
YallaHosting.com a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right and license
during the Term to do the following to the extent necessary in the performance
of Services under the Order: (a) digitize, convert, install, upload, select,
order, arrange, compile, combine, synchronize, use, reproduce, store, process,
retrieve, transmit, distribute, publish, publicly display, publicly perform and
hyperlink the Customer Content; and (b) make archival or back-up copies of the
Customer Content and the Customer Web site. Except for the rights expressly
granted above, YallaHosting.com is not acquiring any right, title or interest in
or to the Customer Content, all of which shall remain solely with Customer.
- YallaHosting.com’s Acceptable Use Policy. Customer will
abide by, and utilize the Services and the Customer Web site only in accordance
with, the Acceptable Use Policy (the “Acceptable Use Policy”) that
YallaHosting.com posts on its Web site, as such Acceptable Use Policy may be
changed by YallaHosting.com from time to time. The Acceptable Use Policy is
hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference. Customer
shall impose the Acceptable Use Policy on its customers and End Users to the
extent necessary to ensure their compliance. Customer shall familiarize itself
with the Acceptable Use Policy and periodically access YallaHosting.com’s Web
site to determine if YallaHosting.com has made any changes thereto.
- Customer’s Responsibilities.
- Customer is solely responsible for the quality, performance and all
other aspects of the Customer Content and the goods or services provided through
the Customer Web site.
- Customer will cooperate fully with YallaHosting.com in connection
with YallaHosting.com’s performance of the Services. Customer must provide any
equipment or software that may be necessary for Customer to use the Services.
Delays in Customer’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement will
extend the time for YallaHosting.com’s performance of its obligations that
depend on Customer’s performance on a day for day basis. Customer will notify
YallaHosting.com of any change in Customer’s mailing address, telephone, e-mail
or other contact information.
- Customer assumes full responsibility for providing End Users with any
required disclosure or explanation of the various features of the Customer Web
site and any goods or services described therein, as well as any rules, terms or
conditions of use.
- Customer will provide YallaHosting.com with a registered domain name
for the Customer Web site, or, upon Customer’s request and subject to
YallaHosting.com’s Domain Name Registration
Terms and Conditions, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by
this reference, YallaHosting.com will register an Internet domain name on behalf
of Customer.
- Because the Hosting Services permit Customer to electronically
transmit or upload content directly to the Customer Web site, Customer shall be
fully responsible for uploading all content to the Customer Web site and
supplementing, modifying and updating the Customer Web site. Customer is also
responsible for ensuring that the Customer Content and all aspects of the
Customer Web site are compatible with the hardware and software used by
YallaHosting.com to provide the Hosting Services, as the same may be changed by
YallaHosting.com from time to time. Specifications for the hardware and software
used by YallaHosting.com to provide the Hosting Services will be available on
YallaHosting.com’s Web site. Customer shall periodically access
YallaHosting.com’s Web site to determine if YallaHosting.com has made any
changes thereto. YallaHosting.com shall not be responsible for any damages to
the Customer Content, the Customer Web site or other damages or any malfunctions
or service interruptions caused by any failure of the Customer Content or any
aspect of the Customer Web site to be compatible with the hardware and software
used by YallaHosting.com to provide the Hosting Services.
- Unless the applicable Service Description provides otherwise,
Customer is solely responsible for making back-up copies of the Customer Web
site and Customer Content.
- YallaHosting.com Intellectual Property.
- YallaHosting.com hereby grants to Customer a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, royalty-free license, exercisable solely during the term of
this Agreement, to use applicable YallaHosting.com Technology solely for the
purpose of accessing and using the Services. Customer may not use the
YallaHosting.com Technology for any purpose other than accessing and using the
Services. Except for the rights expressly granted above, this Agreement does not
transfer from YallaHosting.com to Customer any YallaHosting.com Technology, and
all rights, titles and interests in and to the YallaHosting.com Technology shall
remain solely with YallaHosting.com. Customer shall not, directly or indirectly,
reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source
code or other trade secrets from any of the YallaHosting.com Technology.
- YallaHosting.com’s trademarks, tradenames, service marks, logos,
other names and marks, and related product and service names, design marks and
slogans are the sole and exclusive property of YallaHosting.com. Customer may
not use any of the foregoing in any advertising, publicity or in any other
commercial manner without the prior written consent of YallaHosting.com.
YallaHosting.com shall maintain and control ownership of all Internet protocol
numbers and addresses that may be assigned by YallaHosting.com to Customer.
YallaHosting.com may, in its sole discretion, change or remove any and all such
Internet protocol numbers and addresses.
- Any feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas
or the like which Customer sends to YallaHosting.com relating to the Services
will be treated as being non-confidential and non-proprietary. YallaHosting.com
may use, disclose or publish any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques
contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever.
- Limited Warranty.
- YallaHosting.com represents and warrants to Customer that the
Services will be performed (i) in a manner consistent with industry standards
reasonably applicable to the performance thereof; (ii) at least at the same
level of service as provided by YallaHosting.com generally to its other
customers for the same services; and (iii) in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable Service Descriptions. Customer will be deemed to
have accepted such Services unless Customer notifies YallaHosting.com within 30
days after performance of any Services of any breach of the foregoing
warranties. Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy, and YallaHosting.com’s sole
obligation, for breach of the foregoing warranties shall be for
YallaHosting.com, at its option, to re-perform the defective Services at no cost
to Customer, or, in the event of interruptions to the Services caused by a
breach of the foregoing warranties, issue Customer a credit in an amount equal
to the current monthly Service Fees pro rated by the number of hours in which
the Services have been interrupted. YallaHosting.com may provision the Services
from any of its data centers and may from time to time re-provision the Services
from different data centers.
- The foregoing warranties shall not apply to performance issues or
defects in the Services (i) caused by factors outside of YallaHosting.com’s
reasonable control; (ii) that resulted from any actions or inactions of Customer
or any third parties; or (iii) that resulted from Customer’s equipment or any
third-party equipment not within the sole control of YallaHosting.com.
- EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 9, YallaHosting.com
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH
RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, AND
YallaHosting.com HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE SAME. WITHOUT LIMITING THE
FOREGOING, ANY THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER HEREUNDER IS PROVIDED
“AS IS” WITHOUT ANY CONDITION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. YallaHosting.com DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR COMPLETELY
SECURE.
- Limitation of Liability.
- IN NO EVENT WILL YallaHosting.com’S LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SERVICES, ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR ANY ORDER, WHETHER CAUSED BY
FAILURE TO DELIVER, NON-PERFORMANCE, DEFECTS, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE,
EXCEED THE AGGREGATE SERVICE FEES PAID TO YallaHosting.com BY CUSTOMER DURING
THE 12-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH
LIABILITY.
- YallaHosting.com CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS SERVICE, SERVICE AT
ANY PARTICULAR TIME, INTEGRITY OF DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT STORED OR
TRANSMITTED VIA THE INTERNET. YallaHosting.com WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ANY CORRUPTION, ERASURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION,
ALTERATION OR INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF, DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT
TRANSMITTED, RECEIVED OR STORED ON ITS SYSTEM.
- EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BELOW, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE
IN ANY WAY TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR
REVENUES, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS,
LICENSES OR SERVICES OR SIMILAR ECONOMIC LOSS, OR FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, WHETHER
FORESEEABLE OR NOT, UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR OTHER RIGHT HEREUNDER, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF ANY ORDER, OR
(EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 11 AND 12) FOR ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY
BY A THIRD PARTY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH CLAIM OR DAMAGES.
- The limitations contained in this Section 10 apply to all
causes of action in the aggregate, whether based in contract, tort or any other
legal theory (including strict liability), other than claims based on fraud or
willful misconduct. The limitations contained in Section 10(c) shall not
apply to liability arising on account of a party’s breach of Section 13
or to Customer’s indemnification obligations under Section 11.
- Indemnification of YallaHosting.com. Customer shall
defend, indemnify and hold harmless YallaHosting.com, its affiliates and their
respective present, former and future officers, directors, employees and agents,
and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns
(collectively the “YallaHosting.com Indemnitees”), from and against any
and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, without
limitation, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable attorneys’ fees) which any
of the YallaHosting.com Indemnitees may suffer, incur or sustain resulting from
or arising out of (i) Customer’s breach of any representation, warranty, or
covenant contained in the Agreement, (ii) the Customer Content, the Customer Web
site or any End User’s use of the Customer Content or the Customer Web site,
(iii) violation by Customer or any of its officers, directors, employees or
agents of the Acceptable Use Policy or any applicable law, (iv) claims or
actions of third parties alleging misappropriation of trade secrets or
infringement of patents, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property
rights arising from the use, display or publication of Customer’s domain names,
the Customer Web site, the Customer Content, or the use of the Services in
combination with hardware, software or content not provided by YallaHosting.com,
(v) claims or actions by third parties relating to or arising out of Customer’s
use of the Services, and (vi) any failure of the Customer Content or any aspect
of the Customer Web site to be compatible with the hardware or software used by
YallaHosting.com to provide the Services, including any damage to
YallaHosting.com’s servers or other hardware caused thereby.
- Indemnification of Customer.
- Subject to Section 10, YallaHosting.com shall, at its own
expense, indemnify, defend and hold Customer harmless from any claim or suit
alleging that the Services infringe any United States patent, copyright or
trademark existing on the Effective Date, or that YallaHosting.com has knowingly
misappropriated any trade secret or other intellectual property right of any
other Person, including any losses, damages or expenses arising from any such
claim or suit. Customer agrees to cooperate with and assist YallaHosting.com in
the defense or settlement of any such claim or suit. Customer shall be
reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing any
cooperation or assistance requested by YallaHosting.com, but YallaHosting.com
will not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred without its prior written
authorization.
- Promptly after receipt by Customer of a threat of any claim or suit,
or a notice of the commencement or filing of any claim or suit, against which
Customer may be indemnified hereunder, Customer shall give written notice
thereof to YallaHosting.com, provided that failure to give or delay in giving
such notice to YallaHosting.com shall not relieve YallaHosting.com of any
liability it may have to Customer hereunder, except to the extent that the
defense of such claim or suit is prejudiced thereby. YallaHosting.com shall have
sole control of the defense, and of all negotiations for settlement, of such
claim or suit. Subject to the foregoing, Customer may participate in the defense
of any such claim or suit at Customer’s own expense.
- If an injunction, decree or judgment is, or YallaHosting.com believes
in its sole discretion is likely to be, entered providing that Customer may not
use the Services as contemplated in this Agreement without violating the
intellectual property rights of a third party, YallaHosting.com may, at its sole
option and expense, either (i) procure for Customer the right to use the
Services or affected part thereof as provided in this Agreement; (ii) replace
the Services or affected part thereof with other non-infringing services or
modify the Services or affected part thereof so as to be non-infringing; or
(iii) terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Customer.
- Notwithstanding Section 12(a), YallaHosting.com assumes no
liability for infringement claims arising from (i) use of the Services with
third-party products or services where the third-party products or services
cause the infringement, (ii) any modification of the Services not authorized by
YallaHosting.com in writing, (iii) the Customer Content, the Customer Web site
or any content, data or information provided or supplied by an End User, or (iv)
Customer’s use of any third-party software provided hereunder. THE FOREGOING
DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS STATE THE ENTIRE LIABILITY AND OBLIGATION
OF YallaHosting.com, AND THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF CUSTOMER, WITH RESPECT TO ANY
ACTUAL OR ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT BY THE
SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.
- Confidentiality; Non-Solicitation.
- Each party will not, without the prior written consent of the other
party, use or disclose to any Person any Proprietary Information of the other
party disclosed or made available to it, except for use of such Proprietary
Information as required in connection with the performance of its obligations or
use of the Services hereunder. Subject to Section 13(b), each party will
(i) treat the Proprietary Information of the other party as secret and
confidential, (ii) limit access to the Proprietary Information of the party to
those of its employees who require it in order to effectuate the purposes of
this Agreement, and (iii) not disclose the Proprietary Information of the other
party to any other Person without the prior written consent of the other party.
- Notwithstanding Section 13(a), the following shall not be
considered Proprietary Information: (i) any information that the receiving party
can demonstrate by written documentation was within its legitimate possession
prior to the time of disclosure by the disclosing party; (ii) any information
that was in the public domain prior to disclosure by the disclosing party as
evidenced by documents that were published prior to such disclosure; (iii) any
information that, after disclosure by the disclosing party, comes into the
public domain through no fault of the receiving party, (iv) any information that
is disclosed to the receiving party without restriction by a third party who has
legitimate possession thereof and the legal right to make such disclosure; or
(v) any information that, two years after expiration or termination of this
Agreement, does not constitute a trade secret under applicable law.
- Each party acknowledges that disclosure of any aspect of the
Proprietary Information of the other party shall immediately give rise to
continuing irreparable injury to the other party inadequately compensable in
damages at law, and, without prejudice to any other remedy available to the
other party, shall entitle the other party to injunctive or other equitable
relief. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason, each
party shall promptly return to the other party all Proprietary Information of
the other party (including all copies thereof) in its possession or control.
- During the term of this Agreement and for two years following
expiration or termination of this Agreement, Customer will not, directly or
indirectly, solicit or recruit the services of any employee of YallaHosting.com
performing services under this Agreement, while such employee is employed by
YallaHosting.com and for a period of six months after such employee has left the
employment of YallaHosting.com.
- Optional Services. In connection with any Optional
Services:
- Customer must provide YallaHosting.com with any information, login
identifications, passwords or other information or access to facilities that
YallaHosting.com may reasonably require to provide the Optional Services
YallaHosting.com will have no responsibility for any delays or increased costs
or expenses associated with Customer’s failure to provide any of such
information. If Customer does not provide any such information or access
requested by YallaHosting.com within fifteen (15) days of YallaHosting.com’s
request therefor, YallaHosting.com may terminate the Order and retain any
Service Fees paid.
- If Customer requested that YallaHosting.com perform the Optional
Services by a particular deadline or that YallaHosting.com achieve some
particular result or outcome, YallaHosting.com will use commercially reasonable
best efforts to perform the Services by any such deadline and achieve the result
requested by Customer; provided, however, that (i) YallaHosting.com’s ability to
perform the Services is subject to Customer’s provision of information and
access as provided above and (ii) YallaHosting.com has no liability or
obligation to complete the Services by any deadline or achieve any particular
outcome or result
- If Customer wishes to convey documents or files to YallaHosting.com,
Customer should deliver to YallaHosting.com a copy or duplicate of such
documents or files and not the original copy. YallaHosting.com will not return
to Customer any documents or files conveyed to YallaHosting.com.
- YallaHosting.com will have no liability or responsibility for any
damage, loss of data, loss of use or other loss occurring in connection with
YallaHosting.com’s provision of Optional Services requested by Customer.
- Miscellaneous.
- Independent Contractor. YallaHosting.com and Customer are
independent contractors and nothing contained in this Agreement places
YallaHosting.com and Customer in the relationship of principal and agent, master
and servant, partners or joint venturers. Neither party has, expressly or by
implication, or may represent itself as having, any authority to make contracts
or enter into any agreements in the name of the other party, or to obligate or
bind the other party in any manner whatsoever.
- Governing Law; Jurisdiction. Any controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, the formation of this Agreement or the
breach of this Agreement, including any claim based upon arising from an alleged
tort, shall be governed by the substantive laws of the State of Georgia, except
that all arbitration and related proceedings conducted pursuant to Section 15(c)
below, including without limitation confirmation proceedings, shall be governed
by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1, et. seq. . The United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to
this Agreement. ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT THAT IS
NOT SUBJECT TO MANDATORY ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(C) BELOW MUST BE
BROUGHT IN A GEORGIA STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA,
AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS (AND OF THE APPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURTS THEREFROM)
IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY
SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH IS BROUGHT IN ANY
SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
- Mandatory Arbitration. Notwithstanding Section 15(b) above,
each party agrees that any dispute between the parties arising out of this
Agreement or in any manner relating to the Services must be submitted by the
parties to arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of
the American Arbitration Association, as administered by Resolutions Resources
Corp. of Atlanta, Georgia (or such other recognized provider of arbitration
services agreed upon by both parties) before a single arbitrator, appointed in
accordance with such rules. Any such arbitrator must render a reasoned opinion
in writing only where the amount in dispute exceeds $100,000. Judgment upon the
award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any such
arbitration will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. Any action filed by either party
in any court in violation of this Section should be dismissed pursuant to this
Section.
- Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only and are
not part of this Agreement.
- Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, including
documents incorporated herein by reference, supersedes all prior discussions,
negotiations and agreements between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and this Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby. In case of a
conflict between this Agreement and any purchase order, service order, work
order, confirmation, correspondence or other communication of Customer or
YallaHosting.com, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. No
additional terms or conditions relating to the subject matter of this Agreement
shall be effective unless approved in writing by any authorized representative
of Customer and YallaHosting.com. This Agreement may not be modified or amended
except by another agreement in writing executed by the parties hereto; provided,
however, that these Terms of Service may be modified from time to time by
YallaHosting.com in its sole discretion, which modifications will be effective
upon posting to YallaHosting.com's web site.
- Severability. All rights and restrictions contained in this
Agreement may be exercised and shall be applicable and binding only to the
extent that they do not violate any applicable laws and are intended to be
limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Agreement
illegal, invalid or unenforceable. If any provision or portion of any provision
of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a
court of competent jurisdiction, it is the intention of the parties that the
remaining provisions or portions thereof shall constitute their agreement with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and all such remaining provisions or
portions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
- Notices. All notices and demands required or contemplated
hereunder by one party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly made and given upon date of delivery if delivered in person or by
an overnight delivery or postal service, upon receipt if delivered by facsimile
the receipt of which is confirmed by the recipient, or upon the expiration of
five days after the date of posting if mailed by certified mail, postage
prepaid, to the addresses or facsimile numbers set forth below the parties’
signatures. Either party may change its address or facsimile number for purposes
of this Agreement by notice in writing to the other party as provided herein.
YallaHosting.com may give written notice to Customer via e-mail to the
Customer’s e-mail address as maintained in YallaHosting.com’s billing records.
- Waiver. No failure or delay by any party hereto to exercise
any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right or remedy by any party preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
No express waiver or assent by any party hereto to any breach of or default in
any term or condition of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of or an
assent to any succeeding breach of or default in the same or any other term or
condition hereof.
- Assignment; Successors. Customer may not assign or transfer
this Agreement, or any of its rights or obligations hereunder, without the prior
written consent of YallaHosting.com. Any attempted assignment in violation of
the foregoing provision shall be null and void and of no force or effect
whatsoever. YallaHosting.com may assign its rights and obligations under this
Agreement, and may engage subcontractors or agents in performing its duties and
exercising its rights hereunder, without the consent of Customer. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
- Limitation of Actions. No action, regardless of form, arising
by reason of or in connection with this Agreement may be brought by either party
more than two years after the cause of action has arisen.
- Counterparts. If this Agreement is signed manually, it may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
If this Agreement is signed electronically, YallaHosting.com’s records of such
execution shall be presumed accurate unless proven otherwise.
- Force Majeure. Neither party is liable for any default or
delay in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement (other
than failure to make payments when due) if such default or delay is caused,
directly or indirectly, by forces beyond such party’s reasonable control,
including, without limitation, fire, flood, acts of God, labor disputes,
accidents, acts of war or terrorism, interruptions of transportation or
communications, supply shortages or the failure of any third party to perform
any commitment relative to the production or delivery of any equipment or
material required for such party to perform its obligations hereunder.
- No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement is intended, nor shall
anything herein be construed to confer any rights, legal or equitable, in any
Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Customer acknowledges and
agrees that Microsoft, and any supplier of third-party supplier that is
identified as a third-party beneficiary in the Service Description, is an
intended third-party beneficiary of the provisions set forth in this Agreement
as they relate specifically to its products or services and shall have the right
to enforce directly the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect to
its products or services against Customer as if it were a party to this
Agreement.
- Government Regulations. Customer may not export, re-export,
transfer or make available, whether directly or indirectly, any regulated item
or information to anyone outside the United States in connection with this
Agreement without first complying with all export control laws and regulations
which may be imposed by the United States government and any country or
organization of nations within whose jurisdiction Customer operates or does
business.
- Marketing. Customer agrees that during the term of this
Agreement YallaHosting.com may publicly refer to Customer, orally and in
writing, as a customer of YallaHosting.com. Any other public reference to
Customer by YallaHosting.com requires the written consent of Customer.
- Telephone Monitoring. To ensure YallaHosting.com’s customers
receive quality service, YallaHosting.com randomly selects phone calls for
monitoring. These calls, between YallaHosting.com’s customers and employees, are
evaluated by supervisors. This is to guarantee that prompt, consistent
assistance and accurate information is delivered in a professional manner.
YallaHosting.com has been properly licensed by the Georgia Public Service
Commission to use such service observing equipment.
- Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
- “Agreement” means each contract created between
YallaHosting.com and Customer for the provision of Services consisting of an
Order, the applicable Service Description and these Terms of Service.
- “Customer Content” means all data, graphics, text, names,
marks, logos, hypertext links to other Web sites and other information
incorporated in, transmitted through or published or displayed on the Customer
Web site.
- “Customer Web site” means Customer’s site on the World Wide
Web portion of the Internet that YallaHosting.com hosts under this Agreement.
- “End User” means any Person who accesses or uses the Customer
Web site via the Internet.
- “YallaHosting.com Technology” means YallaHosting.com’s
proprietary technology, including, without limitation, YallaHosting.com
services, software tools, hardware designs, algorithms, software (in source code
and object code forms), user interface designs, architecture, class libraries,
objects and documentation (both printed and electronic), network designs,
know-how, trade secrets and any related intellectual property rights throughout
the world (whether owned by YallaHosting.com or licensed to YallaHosting.com
from a third party), and also including any derivatives, improvements,
enhancements, updates, modifications or extensions of YallaHosting.com
Technology conceived, reduced to practice or developed during the term of this
Agreement by either party.
- “Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or
organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
- “Proprietary Information” means all technical, business and
other information of a party (i) that is not generally known to the public, (ii)
that derives value, economic or otherwise, from not being generally known to the
public or to other Persons who can obtain value from its disclosure or use, and
(iii) which information is subject to efforts that are reasonable under the
circumstances to maintain the secrecy thereof.
- “Order” means the Order submitted by the Customer to
YallaHosting.com for Services, whether such Order is submitted online through
YallaHosting.com’s Web site or on a written Order form.
- “Prepaid Plan” means Hosting Service provided by
YallaHosting.com to Customer where the Order provides that the Customer must pay
for the Hosting Service in advance for the Initial Term. “Non-Prepaid Plan”
means any Hosting Service provided by YallaHosting.com to Customer that is not a
Prepaid Plan.
- “Termination Charge” means, with respect to Non-Prepaid
Customers only, as of any date of calculation, an amount equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the fees that would become due over the balance of the
then-current Term.
- “Terms of Service” means these Terms of Service, as the same
may be modified, altered or amended from time to time by YallaHosting.com.
- “Service” means either Hosting Service or Optional Service.
“Hosting Service” means the Service provided by YallaHosting.com in response to
an Order whereby YallaHosting.com provides the Customer with specified
connectivity, storage space and bandwith for the hosting of a Customer Web site
as more particularly described in the applicable Service Description.
“Optional Service” means any additional Service (other than Hosting
Service) YallaHosting.com may provide in response to an Order, as more
particularly described in the applicable Service Description.
- “Service Description” means the applicable documents made
available by YallaHosting.com to Customer to describe the applicable Services at
the time the Order is accepted by YallaHosting.com.
- “Term” means the duration of any Agreement between
YallaHosting.com and Customer. With respect to Hosting Services, the “Initial
Term” is the initial term specified in the Order and the Term continues
beyond the Initial Term for any renewal period as specified in Section 3. . With
respect to Optional Services, the “Term” begins when YallaHosting.com
accepts the Order and ends on the first to occur of (i) YallaHosting.com’s
completion of performance, or (ii) the earlier termination of the Order in any
manner permitted by these Terms of Service.
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