Hosting Terms and Conditions
Please read the terms of service
carefully and make sure you understand the limits and acceptable usage of
the services provided by FOD Production. FOD Production enforces its usage
policies to maintain the quality of its services and to assure mutual
respect between clients.
TOS applies to all FOD Production
clients.
TOS applies automatically to all FOD
Production clients upon subscription to the Services including
subscription through a third party or any commercial partner. BY
SUBSCRIBING TO FOD PRODUCTION'S SERVICES YOU ACCEPT THE POLICIES LISTED IN
THIS DOCUMENT AND ACCEPT TO RESPECT THEM. The service order is described
as the package description as presented on the web.
General
FOD Production, agrees to provide
services described in the Service Order(s) signed by the parties
(“Services”) to the customer subject to the following Terms of Service (TOS).
Use of FOD Production services constitutes acceptance and agreement to
these Terms of Service and all attachments. FOD Production will make all
reasonable efforts to provide a quality service to the Customer.
Privacy
FOD Production will use the customer's
personal information only as reasonably necessary to provide contracted
services and to collect fees owed and will not disclose such information
to any third party except as required by law as evidenced by an order of a
court of competent jurisdiction and to collection services if needed.
Bandwidth Services
FOD Production will provide to the
Customer the Internet Connectivity, IP Addresses and Internet Traffic
services (collectively, the “Bandwidth Services”), as specified in the
Service Order.
The Customer agrees to use bandwidth as
described in the Acceptable Usage Policy.
Other Services
Upon request by the Customer, FOD
Production may at its option, provide the Customer with technical and
non-technical support, such as equipment reboots, troubleshooting, DNS and
other support, in connection with the Customer’s use of the Customer Space
and Bandwidth Services. The Customer agrees to pay the hourly rate of
49.95$US for those other services.
If the Customer is in default
If the Customer is in default of any of
its obligations under this Agreement, then FOD Production may in its sole
discretion do any or all of the following: (i) without notice suspend
access to the Customer Space or the Premises, (ii) if the Customer’s
default is non-payment of any sums due to FOD Production, exercise all the
rights and remedies of a secured party under applicable law including,
without limitation, with the minimum notice (if any) required by law, FOD
Production may seize the Equipment and sell the Equipment to third parties
in satisfaction of any Customer indebtedness owing to FOD Production as
well as any costs (including reasonable legal fees) incurred by FOD
Production in exercising any remedy under this Agreement.
Billing and termination
Invoices are sent by email, upon request
a copy can be sent by mail. First Month’s Payment shown in the Service
Order must be paid by the Customer to FOD Production Inc. before
commencement of the Term. All other invoices must be paid by the Customer
within 15 days from the date of FOD Production’s invoices, which invoices
will be issued 15 days before the end of the last paid period.
Payments
The Customer will pay FOD Production the
One-Time Install Fees and Recurring Monthly Fees specified in the Service
Order, as well as any charges for Other Services the Customer will pay all
applicable taxes levied against or upon the services stipulated in the
Service Order (as amended by the parties from time to time) or otherwise
provided by FOD Production under this Agreement. All One-Time Install Fees
will be payable in advance. Recurring Monthly Fees will be payable in
advance upon the Customer's chosen payment period. All other fees and the
cost will be payable monthly and payment due on the renewal date. Except
for the First Month’s Payment shown in the Service Order, which must be
paid by the Customer to FOD Production before commencement of the Term,
all amounts will be payable in American dollars within 15 days from the
date of FOD Production’s invoices, which invoices will be issued 15 days
before the end of the last paid period. Service interrupted for nonpayment
is subject to a $150 reconnect charge. Accounts that are not paid 45 days
after due date 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 Collection Fee. If you desire to cancel your account,
please follow the proper procedure to do this as outlined in this TOS. Any
payment not made when due will be subject to interest of two percent (2%)
per month compounded monthly (equivalent to a yearly interest rate of
26.86%). Bounced checks are subject to a penalty fees of $20US.
The Customer will pay by pre-authorized
payment to a Customer credit card or PayPal of immediately available funds
remitted to FOD Production.
Changes
Upon 30 days or greater written notice
prior to the end of the initial commitment, FOD Production may change any
fees payable under this Agreement.
Refund policy
Any prepayment is a commitment regarding
the payment period that can not be refunded outside the terms of the
satisfaction warranty which applies for 30 days following the opening of
the account. However, when closing a product, the account may be credited
with the value of advanced payments for that product.
Payment obligation
Upon account activation, FOD Production
reserves space, equipment and resources for the customer's needs. The
Customer must pay its account even if he is not making any use of it.
Guaranteed satisfaction
The Customer has 30 days following the
account's activation date to resiliate his subscription with complete
reimbursement of the monthly fees paid. Exclusions, terms and conditions
of the guarantee are posted in the Service Guarantees section of our web
site.
Guaranteed network availability
FOD Production will provide 100% transit
to the Internet to all the customers who have purchased said service from
FOD Production. Exclusions, terms and conditions of the guarantee are
posted in the Service Guarantees section of our web site.
Other warranties
FOD Production warrants that the
Service(s) shall be provided in a workmanlike and professional manner.
Upon FOD Production's breach of the foregoing warranty or any of the
above-referenced “guarantees”, the Customer's sole and exclusive remedy
shall be to require FOD Production to exercise commercially reasonable
efforts to repair or replace the nonconforming Service(s); provided,
however, that, with respect to any Service(s) which are interrupted or
rendered inoperable due solely to FOD Production's breach of the foregoing
warranties or the above guarantees, for any time period, the Customer
shall also be entitled to a pro-rata refund of any Fees attributable to
the interrupted or inoperable Service(s) in an amount determined by 1 day
of refund for each 60 minutes interruption. Refunded amount on account of
failures in any one month should not at any time exceed the monthly fee
paid by the customer for that month.
FOD Production will not be liable to any
extent whatsoever for interruption, restriction, inoperability or
malfunction of any Service(s) which is not caused solely by a breach of
the warranties set forth in this Section. FOD Production expressly
reserves the right to suspend, interfere with, impair or terminate
Service(s) as necessary for purposes of maintenance, upgrades or repair
(either by FOD Production or by any supplier, partner or independent
contractor of FOD Production.) or in the event of any circumstance which
FOD Production, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable to
prevent or remedy an impairment of, or harm to, the integrity or
functionality of any Service(s) or any plant, services or facilities of
any Indemnities or of any third party, and neither the exercise nor the
non-exercise of the foregoing rights or discretion shall constitute a
breach of any provision of this Agreement.
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION AND
THE ABOVE GUARANTEES FOD PRODUCTION. MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, CONTRACTUAL OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES
OF UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE
SERVICE(S) OR ANY ASPECT THEREOF, AND ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT THERETO
ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
Limitation of Liability
THE CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FOD
PRODUCTION PERMITS OTHER CUSTOMERS TO INSTALL THEIR SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT
IN THE PREMISES. FOD PRODUCTION WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES,
COSTS, OR LOSSES INCURRED BY THE CUSTOMER (OR ITS CUSTOMERS) CAUSED BY
SUCH OTHER LICENSEES’ ACTS, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARES, ACTIVITIES OR FAILURES
TO ACT. THE LIMIT OF FOD PRODUCTION’S LIABILITY IN CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE TO THE CUSTOMER (OR ITS
CUSTOMERS) CONCERNING PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE IN ANY MANNER RELATED
TO THIS AGREEMENT, FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS WILL NOT, IN THE AGGREGATE,
EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY THE CUSTOMER TO FOD PRODUCTION UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING 3 MONTHS FROM THE DATE THE CLAIM
AROSE. IN NO EVENT WILL FOD PRODUCTION BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS,
SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
Force Majeure
Neither party will be liable for any
delay, interruption or failure in the performance of its obligations if
caused by acts of God, war, declared or undeclared, fire, flood, storm,
slide, earthquake, or other similar event beyond the control of the party
affected (“Force Majeure”). If any Force Majeure occurs, the party
claiming the Force Majeure will promptly notify the other. The party
claiming the Force Majeure will use commercially reasonable efforts to
eliminate or remedy the Force Majeure. This Section will not apply to
excuse a failure to make any payment when due.
Responsibility for Content
The customer is solely responsible for
the content stored on and served by his servers.
Entire agreement.
This Agreement including the attachments
hereto and any Service Orders signed by the parties constitute the entire
agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and
supersede all proposals and prior discussions and writings between the
parties with respect thereto. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS
AGREEMENT, FOD PRODUCTION MAKES NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR CONDITION,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL IMPLIED OR STATUTORY
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY,
DURABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR TITLE OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM
A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. In case of any dispute or
inconsistency this main agreement, any attachments, and/or any Service
Order, the Service Order will take first priority, this main agreement
will take second priority and the attachment will take third priority in
interpreting the parties’ rights and obligations.
Severability and Reformation
If any portion of this Agreement is
determined to be or becomes unenforceable or illegal, such portion will be
reformed to the minimum extent necessary in order for this Agreement to
remain in effect in accordance with its terms as modified by such
reformation.
Choice of Law and Attornment
This Agreement shall be construed in all
respects in accordance with the laws of the province of Quebec, Canada
jurisdiction de Montréal applicable to contracts enforceable in that
province. Without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. The parties
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally attorn to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the jurisdiction where the Premises are
located, and all courts competent to hear appeals therefrom.
Changes and rights
FOD Production may vary these rules and
regulations from time to time in its sole discretion, and the Customer
will comply with all other reasonable security requirements that FOD
Production may impose from time to time, provided that the Customer has
been given 30 days notice. |