Terms of Service
POLICY AND SERVICE GUIDELINES
We want to provide the best possible service to our customers and to do so, we have to set forth some guidelines for everyone to follow.
All account holders are bound by these terms and conditions. These terms
and conditions supersede any statements made through email, chat session,
or contact of any kind with ServUHosting.com. This Registration Agreement
("Agreement") also sets forth the terms and conditions of your
use of ServUHosting.com to register a domain name on the Internet. This
Agreement will become effective when accepted by ServUHosting.com.
CHRISTIAN FAITH
This company is owned by Christians and is operated with that in mind.
We welcome your website (and encourage you to host it here) even if it
is not related to Christianity or religion. However, we do ask that your
site not have anything on it that openly mocks or contradicts this our
basic belief.
* the Bible is the only authoritative Word of God;
* the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and
faith in the precious blood of Jesus Christ, which is essential for personal
salvation (and not through our works)
CONTENT
All services provided by ServUHosting.com may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, trademark, intellectual property, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, or material protected by trade secret and other statute without proper authorization. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ServUHosting.com from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.
All sites must be family AND Christian friendly. If your site contains material that is offensive to the average family and/or general Christian community (such as extreme violence/gore, practices or religions considered to be occultic, anti-Christian religions, etc.), you will be asked to take it down and/or move your site elsewhere. ServUHosting.com reserves the right to make the final decision on what can be hosted on our servers.
Pornography and sex-related merchandising and material is prohibited on all sites hosted by ServUHosting.com. This includes sites that may infer sexual content, or links to adult content elsewhere. If pornography is found on our server, the offending domain will be suspended immediately with no warning. If it is found that the pornography was placed on our server purposefully, the offending domain will be deleted.
Also prohibited are sites that promote any illegal activity or present content that may be damaging to ServUHosting.com servers or any other server on the internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.
Examples of unacceptable content or links:
* Pirated software
* Hacker / Cracker programs or archives
* Warez sites
ServUHosting.com will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
At ServUHosting.com's discretion, access to ServUHosting.com's server (and your account) may be revoked at any time for abusive conduct on the system and / or the Internet and its resources as a whole.
30 DAY SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
If you try our service for 30 days, stay within our terms and conditions stated here, and decide that it does not meet your needs within that amount of time, then all you have to do is cancel your hosting account before the 30th day and you will receive your hosting fee back. This does not include the domain registration fee, though, as that is non-refundable since we can not get our money back from the registrar.
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited e-mail or message board posts including, without limitation, commercial advertising and informational announcements, from our server(s) or using an e-mail address on a domain that is maintained on ServUHosting.com's servers as reference in that spam is STRICTLY prohibited. Domains and sites are subject to being canceled immediately off of our server as well as fined no less than $500 US. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the site. ServUHosting.com will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of these provisions. Pop email storage is limited to 90 days, at which time, 90 day old email will be removed.
HOSTING PACKAGE
We reserve the right to change the packages that we offer in any way without prior notice.
**DOMAIN REGISTRATION**
1. FEES (DOMAIN REGISTRATION)
As consideration for the domain name registration services provided by Christian Web Host, Inc. and Bulk Register, you shall pay all applicable initial registration fees and renewal fees. We register your new domain through an ICANN approved registrar (enom.com) and you agree to pay us $15.00 US per year for the total of the years that you are registering upon registration and then you agree to pay $15.00 US per year after that for every year that you use the domain. You will be notified (by email only) when renewal fees are due or if you have a hosting package with us for that domain, your account will be automatically debited 15 days prior to it's renewal time to be sure it gets renewed, and it shall be your responsibility to ensure that such fees are paid. We reserve the right to refuse any domain registration request at our discretion. All domain registration fees are non-refundable. Once the domain is ordered, we can not get your money back if you change your mind.
To complete the registration process, you must read and agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement, the accompanying fee schedule and dispute policy, and any rules or policies that are or may be published by ServUHosting.com and/or enom.com. You acknowledge that ServUHosting.com may modify this Agreement if necessary to comply with its Agreement with the registrar and ICANN, or for any other business purpose.
2. DISPUTE POLICY (DOMAIN REGISTRATION)
In applying for a domain name, you warrant that the registration is not made in bad faith and that the name does not conflict with another domain name. You agree to be bound by the current BulkRegister Name Dispute Policy ("Dispute Policy") which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. The Dispute Policy can be found at http://www2.bulkregister.com/5-5DisputePolicy.shtml. Any disputes regarding the right to use your domain name will be subject to the Dispute Policy. enom.com may modify the Dispute Policy in its sole discretion at any time. Your continued registration of your domain name after modification to the Dispute Policy becomes effective constitutes your acceptance of those modifications. If you do not agree to such a modification, you may request that your domain name be deleted. You agree that you will be subject to the provisions specified in the Dispute Policy in effect at the time your domain name is challenged by a third party. You also agree that in the event a domain name dispute arises with any third party, you will indemnify, defend and hold ServUHosting.com and enom.com harmless.
3. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (DOMAIN REGISTRATION)
As part of the domain registration process, you are required to provide certain information and to update this information to keep it current, complete and accurate. This information includes (i) your full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available; (ii) the name of an authorized person for contact purposes in the case of a registrant that is an organization, association, or corporation; (iii) the IP addresses of the primary nameserver and any secondary nameservers for the domain name; (iv) the corresponding names of those nameservers; (v) the full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the technical contact for the domain name; (vi) the full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the administrative contact for the domain name; (vii) the name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the zone contact for the domain name; and (viii) any remark concerning the registered domain name that should appear in the WhoIs data.
You acknowledge that providing inaccurate information or failing to update information promptly will constitute a material breach of this Agreement and will be a basis for cancellation of your domain name and hosting. If you license use of a domain name to a third party, you remain responsible for providing your own full contact information and for providing and updating accurate technical, administrative, and zone contact information. You acknowledge that Christian Web Host, Inc. will make some of the information that you provide during the registration process publicly available as required by ICANN. Additionally, you acknowledge that ICANN may impose guidelines, limits and/or requirements that relate to the amount and type of information that ServUHosting.com may or must make available to the public or to private entities. ServUHosting.com will not otherwise disclose your information to any third party unless it is required to maintain your domain name. You may request a copy of your information in ServUHosting.com's possession to review, modify or update such information.
4. USE POLICIES (DOMAIN REGISTRATION)
ServUHosting.com reserves the right to suspend or cancel your domain name in the event that you use the domain name to send unsolicited commercial advertisements in contradiction to either applicable laws or customary acceptable usage policies of the Internet, or if you use your domain name in connection with unlawful activity. You may not transfer your domain to another registrar within sixty (60) days of obtaining the domain name through us.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES (DOMAIN REGISTRATION)
You represent and warrant that all information provided by you in connection with your registration is complete and accurate. ServUHosting.com makes no representation or warranties of any kind in connection with this Agreement. ServUHosting.com does not represent or warrant that registration of your domain name will immunize you from challenges to your domain name.
7. BREACH AND REVOCATION (DOMAIN REGISTRATION)
Any breach by you of this Agreement or the Dispute Policy must be remedied
by you within 30 days of notice by ServUHosting.com. If you fail to cure
the breach, ServUHosting.com may revoke your registration of the domain
name.
You also agree that ServUHosting.com shall have the right in its sole
discretion to revoke, suspend, transfer or otherwise modify a domain name
registration upon seven (7) calendar days prior written notice, or at
such time as ServUHosting.com receives a properly authenticated order
from a court of competent jurisdiction, or arbitration award, re-querying
the revocation, suspension, transfer or modification of the domain name
registration.
Nothing contained in this Policy shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between the parties. The failure of ServUHosting.com to require your performance of any provision hereof shall not affect the right to require such performance thereafter; nor shall the waiver by ServUHosting.com of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision itself.
AGENTS
Client understands, acknowledges and agrees that by using the domain on or any service of ServUHosting.com, client ratifies and is bound by this Agreement even if an agent (such as a webmaster, ISP, or employee) entered into this Agreement on the client's behalf, and even if client has not itself read this Agreement. Further, client is responsible for all information submitted by its agent. ServUHosting.com will not cancel this Agreement, or refund any fees paid to it, because of errors or omissions of the agent in the registration process (e.g., if such agent provides incorrect information) or because of errors or omissions in changes to Registrant's client information, without client's actual consent, as such apparent authority will suffice to bind the client. By acting on the client's behalf, such agent represents and warrants to the client and ServUHosting.com that the agent is authorized to bind client hereto and that it has fully and thoroughly advised client of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
You agree that if you license the use of your domain name to a third party, you remain the domain name holder, and remain responsible for all obligations under this Agreement.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY
Violations of the ServUHosting.com system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. ServUHosting.com will investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and will cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected. We reserve the right to investigate files in a customer's account at any time if we have any reason to suspect there may be activities or network security violations including, but not limited to:
* Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
* Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any system or network without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
* Interference with service to any user including, but not limited to, mailbombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
* Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting.
ServUHosting.com reserves the right to report illegal activities to any and all regulatory, administrative, and / or governmental authorities for prosecution.
AGE - The client must be 18 years of age to obtain our hosting services.
SERVER ABUSE - Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of ServUHosting.com is strictly prohibited.
NEWSGROUP SPAM - Posting the same or similar message referencing your domain hosted with us in any way to one or more news groups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as "SPAM") is explicitly prohibited.
WEBCAMS - We do not allow webcams due to their high bandwidth usage unless you are willing to pay for the extra bandwidth used by your website. If you must use a webcam and are willing to pay for the extra bandwidth please contact us to discuss it first.
TRANSFER
We reserve the right to ask you to move your domain or upgrade to another server option that suits your needs if your site takes up more than a fair share of the server resources (over 10%). This can include excessive use of cgi resources, system resources, or excessive use of bandwidth.
IP NUMBERS
ServUHosting.com maintains control and any ownership of any and all I.P. numbers and addresses that may be assigned to the client and reserves in its sole discretion the right to change or remove any and all IP numbers and addresses. (you retain the ownership of your domain name and all material owned by you contained in your site, though)
INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ServUHosting.com and any applicable domain name registry, including enom.com and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them, for any loss, damages or costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any third party claim, action, or demand related to your domain name or the use thereof. This indemnification is in addition to any indemnification required under the Dispute Policy. All content on your web site is considered a publication of yours and we are not to be held responsible for anything you present on the web through your domain in any way.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY (Domain Registration)
YOU AGREE THAT SERVUHOSTING.COM AND/OR BULKREGISTER OR Enom WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOSS THAT MAY OCCUR DUE TO (a) ANY LOSS OF REGISTRATION OF A DOMAIN NAME, (b) THE USE OF YOUR DOMAIN NAME, (c) ACCESS DELAYS OR ACCESS INTERRUPTIONS TO SERVUHOSTING.COM/ENOM.COM'S REGISTRATION SYSTEM; (d) THE NON-DELIVERY OR MISDELIVERY OF DATA BETWEEN YOU AND SERVUHOSTING.COM; (e) EVENTS BEYOND SERVUHOSTING.COM'S CONTROL; (f) THE PROCESSING OF THIS APPLICATION; (g) THE PROCESSING OF ANY MODIFICATION TO THE RECORD ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR DOMAIN NAME, (h) THE FAILURE OF YOU OR YOUR AGENT TO PAY ANY FEES HEREUNDER; OR (i) THE APPLICATION OF THE DISPUTE POLICY. FURTHER, Christian Web Host, Inc. OR BULKREGISTER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SERVUHOSTING.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL SERVUHOSTING'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO SERVUHOSTING.COM FOR REGISTRATION OF YOUR DOMAIN NAME. TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE STATE DOES NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY (Hosting)
ServUHosting.com shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental and consequential damages, which may arise from ServUHosting.com's servers going off-line or being unavailable for any reason whatsoever. Further, ServUHosting.com shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the corruption or deletion of any web site or files from one of ServUHosting.com's servers. All damages shall be limited to the immediate termination of your service. ServUHosting.com will not be held responsible for any problems that a reseller's customer may have. We will always do our best to keep things running smoothly and to ensure that your web experience is the best. We disclaim any and all loss or liability resulting from, but not limited to: (1) loss or liability resulting from access delays or access interruptions; (2) loss or liability resulting from data non-delivery or data mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from acts of God; (4) loss or liability resulting from the unauthorized use or misuse of your Account Number, Password or security authentication; (5) loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions, or misstatements in any and all information or service(s) provided under this agreement; (6) loss or liability resulting from failure of our backup system*; (7) loss or liability relating to the deletion of or failure to store e-mail messages; (8) loss or liability resulting from the development or interruption of your Web site; (9) loss or liability from your inability to use our mail service; or (10) loss or liability from the use of our mail service; or (11) loss or liability that you may incur in connection with our processing of your application for our services, our processing of any authorized modification to your domain name record or your agents failure to pay any fees, including the initial registration fee or re-registration fee. ServUHosting.com encourages you to keep backups of all your files as a safety measure.
REFUSAL OF SERVICE
ServUHosting.com shall be the sole arbiter of what is and is not a violation of these acceptable use policies. ServUHosting.com reserves the right to terminate any account at any time and for any reason. ServUHosting.com reserves the right to delete all content and files upon termination. ServUHosting.com reserves the right to withhold any pre-paid funds for any site removed for violations of these policies. ServUHosting.com reserves the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.
In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed unenforceable or invalid, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Agreement. ServUHosting.com may amend or replace such provision with one that is valid and enforceable and which achieves, to the extent possible, the original objectives and intent of ServUHosting.com as reflected in the original provision.
This Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Arkansas. Any action relating to this Agreement or to your use of the ServUHosting.com site shall be brought exclusively in the courts of Arkansas in the USA.
ServUHosting.com reserves the right to change the Acceptable Use Policy without prior notice or warning. Non-enforcement of any part of the Acceptable Use Policy does not constitute consent.
This Agreement, the ServUHosting.com fee schedule, together with all amendments or modifications to any of them, constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between you and ServUHosting.com, and supersede and govern all prior proposals, agreements, or other communications.
All Sub-Networks and distributive hosting sites of ServUHosting.com must adhere to the above policies.
Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate shut down.
**BILLING POLICY**
By clicking the submit button, you are hereby granting us permission to charge your credit card number that you gave us at the intervals specified or pay the invoice within 2 weeks of receipt that you will get through email until you send us a cancellation notice 30 days before the next billing date. Transferring your domain to a new host does not cancel your account with us. We do not know that you want to cancel your account unless you notify us through the helpdesk or call us and speak to someone in billing. Your account username and password is required to cancel for your safety.
You agree that you will keep up with when your next billing date is and be responsible for having the funds available when your card is billed for your next term. We will send reminders to the email address we have on file so please keep your contact information current. We do NOT send invoices via postal mail. We only use email to communicate billing issues.
You agree that you will pay the amount indicated (whether by check or by credit card) on time or we will be forced to suspend and eventually delete your domain from our system. Non-payment will always end up with a domain deletion. You will normally get billed monthly (or yearly according to the plan you chose) on the anniversary date of signing up. If you are having trouble paying your bill, please let us know. Don't just stop communicating with us. I am sure that we can work something out!
Accepted Payment Methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Money Orders and Checks drawn on US banks all may be used as payment through Paypal. (Please note: a $15.00 charge applies to returned checks due to insufficient funds)
Remember: We always bill on the anniversary date at the intervals specified. If you purchase a yearly package on 8/1/04 then your next charge will be at 8/1/05 (monthly customers will be billed monthly). Please note that by not canceling before your billing date, you are agreeing that you authorize us to charge your card on the due date and we are not responsible for any non sufficient charges or service charges that your account may incur if funds are not available when we charge your account.
Suspension Policy for overdue accounts:
1. Accounts that are 30 days past due will be subject to suspension.
2. New accounts for which payment has not been received are subject to suspension after 10 days.
3. Accounts for which payment is not remitted 10 days past suspension will be deleted from our servers.
4. In the event a customer requires files from a deleted account, a $35 backup fee will apply if a suitable backup can be found. There is no guarantee that a suitable backup will be found after an account has been deleted.
5. We will send any suspension notices/correspondence to the email address we have on file. We do not send any correspondence through regular postal mail.
Refund Policy for cancelled accounts:
1. For NEW accounts that are cancelled within 30 days of the original order date we will give a full refund of the hosting fees. Registration fees for domain name registrations are NON-REFUNDABLE. If you order annual hosting with a new domain name and take advantage of our free domain name offer, the amount of your refund will be prorated based on the number of days of the billing year before you notified us of your cancellation.
2. All domain name registration fees are non-refundable, once a domain name registration is submitted there is no option to cancel it. For this reason it is extremely important to carefully check the spelling and accuracy of all new domain name registrations, and be sure you definitely want the domain name before submitting the order.
3. For monthly paid accounts we only refund unused hosting fees if the account is cancelled before or on the first day of the billing cycle. If the account is cancelled within 5 days of the first day of the billing cycle AND the cancellation form includes a request to please refund remaining fees if any are available, a credit may be issued upon our approval. If the account is more than five days into the billing cycle no refund is issued.
4. All requests for refunds of hosting fees in the last month of your contract are subject to approval by our billing manager.
7. Due to the costs of setting up and canceling accounts, if you have cancelled any account with ServUHosting.com more than 3 times, we may request that you either sign and fax in a yearly contract or pay a $50.00 non refundable set up fee for each additional account that you set up.
By submitting in your order, you agree to abide by our terms and conditions
and realize that if it is a new domain (not registered yet) that there
is a domain registration fee of $15.00 per year in addition to the hosting
fees for the package you choose.