This
agreement represents the complete agreement and understanding
between Internet Connection USA, Inc., (hereinafter called
ICUSA) and the customer (hereinafter called Client) and
supersedes any other written or oral agreement. Upon notice
published on-line via ICUSA, ICUSA may modify these terms
and conditions, amplify them, and/or modify the prices,
as well as discontinue or change the services offered.
Service is any act of serving the Client regardless of
the duration and whether it is a paid or free service.
Submission of your account order shall constitute your
acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
1.
ICUSA makes absolutely no warranties whatsoever, expressed
or implied, for the service it is providing. ICUSA also
disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for
a particular purpose. ICUSA shall not be liable to Client
or any of its customers for any claims or damages which
may be suffered by Client or its customers, including,
but not limited to, losses or damages of any and every
nature, resulting from the loss of data, inability to
access the Internet, or inability to transmit or receive
information, caused by, or resulting from, delays, non
deliveries, or service interruptions whether or not caused
by the fault or negligence of ICUSA.
2.
This service may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission
of any material in violation of any foreign, municipal,
state, county or federal statute or regulation is prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material,
material legally judged to be threatening or obscene,
or material protected by trade secret. ICUSA may, at its
sole discretion, immediately discontinue such service
to Client, without any liability other than for the refund
of unearned prepaid service fees. Client must provide
ICUSA with a 30 day written notice to cancel service.
Client agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ICUSA from
and against any and all claims, actions, causes of actions,
administrative or government action, losses or damages
(including legal fees and expenses) arising from the usage
by Client.
3.
Client agrees to comply strictly with ICUSA's "Acceptable
use Policy".
4.
The use of any data or information received by Client
or its customers from the utilization of the service to
be provided by ICUSA is at Client and its customer's sole
and absolute risk. ICUSA specifically disclaims and denies
any responsibility for the completeness, accuracy or quality
of information obtained through the services to be provided
hereby.
5.
Client shall ensure that its use of ICUSA network services
shall not disrupt ICUSA, its associated networks or equipment
forming part of the systems. Clients shall not transmit
any communication where the meaning of the message, or
its transmission or distribution, would violate any applicable
law and regulation or would likely be offensive to the
recipient thereof. No message may be mass distributed,
"broadcast", or otherwise sent on an intrusive basis to
any ICUSA user or to any directly or indirectly attached
network. Use of ICUSA connection in a manner that is disruptive,
damaging, unlawful, offensive, or intrusive as determined
by ICUSA shall be considered a breach of this Policy and
may result in cancellation of service.
6.
Client has no authority, apparent or otherwise, to contract
for, or on behalf of ICUSA, or in any other way legally
bind ICUSA in any fashion, nor shall Client be authorized
to make any representations about ICUSA or its services
other than to reiterate to its customers ICUSA responsibilities
as outlined in this agreement.
7.
Account sharing is not allowed. ICUSA will terminate immediately
and without compensation accounts which share the web
space with others or subdivide and resell the web space.
Subdivision of the web space into two or more web sites
in not allowed even if the owner is the same.
8.
Client agrees to pay for all set-up fees, monthly fees,
and any optional fees by the due date specified. Client
agrees that his or her credit card is to be billed for
the charges mentioned, and that any changes to the credit
card information must be updated with ICUSA. Client understands
that non-payment will result in a "credit hold". During
this "credit hold" period, the web site will be inaccessible
and e-mail services will be stopped. The account will
be removed from "credit hold" when the account is paid
in full. Late payment charges may apply. Client acknowledges
that all the information submitted on-line is true and
correct to the best of his or her knowledge. Client agrees
that the act of submitting an on-line subscription is
equivalent to his or her signature.
9.
ICUSA reserves the right to make changes to the above
terms and conditions of this agreement upon thirty (30)
days notice to Client, advising of the change and the
effective date thereof. ICUSA has the right to change
the price of the service with a thirty (30) day notice
sent via e-mail only.
10.
Each of the parties to this Agreement represents and warrants
that it has full power to enter into this Agreement and
that it hasn't assigned, encumbered, or in any manner
transferred all or any portion of the claims covered by
this Agreement.
11.
Client shall indemnify, defend by counsel reasonably accepted
by ICUSA, protect and hold ICUSA harmless from and against
any and all claims, liabilities, losses, costs, damages,
expenses, including consultants' and attorneys' fees and
court costs, demands, causes of action, or judgments directly
or indirectly arising out of or related to the web hosting
and other services provided by ICUSA to the Client.
12.
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and
contract between the parties and supersedes any and all
prior and contemporaneous, oral or written representations,
communications, understandings and agreements between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof,
all of which representations, communications, understandings
and agreements are hereby canceled to the extent they
are not specifically merged herein. The parties acknowledge
and agree that neither of the parties is entering into
this Agreement on the basis of any representations or
promises not expressly contained herein.
13.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as creating
a joint venture, partnership, agency, employment relationship,
franchise relationship or taxable entity between the parties,
nor shall either party have the right, power or authority
to create any obligations or duty, express or implied,
on behalf of the other party hereto, it being understood
that the parties are independent contractors vis-à-vis
one another.
14.
Any dispute arising under this agreement shall be resolved
by binding arbitration in the city of Naples, Florida
and under the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
15.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful,
void, or for any reason, unenforceable, it shall be deemed
severable from, and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of, the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, which shall remain valid and enforceable according
to its terms.
16.
This Agreement was entered into in the State of Florida
and its validity, construction, interpretation and legal
effect shall be governed by the laws and judicial decisions
of the State of Florida applicable to contracts entered
into and performed entirely within the State of Florida.
Acceptable
Use Policy
In
order to facilitate their contractual relationship the
Client and ICUSA wish to define a working protocol of
principles and policies and establish operating guidelines
and acceptable standards of use of the Internet.
To
this end the parties agree as follows:
ICUSA's
services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission,
distribution, or storage of any information, data or material
in violation of law is prohibited. This includes, but
is not limited to, material protected by copyright, trademark,
trade secret, or any other statute.
Client
may not use ICUSA's network as to attempt to circumvent
user authentication or security of any host, network,
or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing
data not intended for the Client, logging into a server
or account the Client is not expressly authorized to access,
password cracking, probing the security of other networks
in search of weakness, or violation of any other organization's
security policy.
Client
will avoid violation of certain generally accepted guidelines
on Internet usage such as restrictions on mass mailings,
mass advertisements, pirating or copying of software,
mail bombing or other methods of attempting to deny service
or access to other users, and attempts to violate security.
Client
is responsible for validating the integrity of the information
and data it receives or transmits over the Internet. ICUSA
is not liable for the content of any communications or
posting.
Client
is required to protect the security of its Internet account
and usage. The Client(s) password will be treated as private
and confidential and not disclosed to or shared with any
third parties.
ICUSA
will not accept any Clients who publish pornographic images.
If Client is found in violation, the Client's account
will be terminated.
Clients
will not be allowed to use excessive amounts of CPU processing
on any of ICUSA's servers.
In
some cases, an existing web site design and/or coding
may not function correctly with ICUSA's servers. This
usually has to do with a web site being scripted to work
with a certain type of server or special server settings
that are not required by ICUSA. ICUSA will not be held
responsible for incompatible coding and may charge a fee
if we are requested to fix the coding.
If
Client chooses to have ICUSA transfer an existing website,
you acknowledge that the site is ready to be moved without
delay. The Client will supply ICUSA with a copy of the
website via email or disk or the Client may FTP the web
pages to our server directly. ICUSA will not be held responsible
for lost web pages after the transfer had been made.