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The
following agreement is by and between Ekhwan,
the company and the respective customer (now known as CUSTOMER)
acquiring web hosting and related services from the former. Ekhwan
("The Company") agrees to furnish services to the
Customer, subject to the following TOS (Terms of Service). Use
of Ekhwan’s
Service constitutes acceptance and agreement to Ekhwan
's AUP as well as Ekhwan
's TOS (Terms of Service). All
provisions of this contract are subject to the TOS (Terms of
Service) of Ekhwan
and AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). The AUP may be changed from time to
time at the discretion of the Company. Customer understands that
change to the AUP by the Company shall not be grounds for early
contract termination or non-payment. 1.
Performance: Ekhwan
agrees to provide and customer agrees to purchase the services
requested by customer from its authorized agent, in email or in
writing. Customer
may add services via any of the 3 methods and agrees to pay in
advance for them whether they be one time charges or recurring
monthly or yearly fees. 2.
Changes: No changes to this agreement shall be binding except those
in writing counter- executed by both parties. Deviations in pricing
shall be agreed to in writing. Email confirmed by both parties shall
suffice. 3.
Invoices, Payment: Ekhwan
will invoice Customer for Fees and Expenses periodically; provided,
however, that Ekhwan
may invoice Customer for Fees and Expenses associated with Service(s)
provided pursuant to a customer request immediately upon Ekhwan’s
provision of such Service(s). Customer acknowledges that Ekhwan
will
invoice certain Service(s) (including without limitation
telecommunications services) in advance of the provision of such
Service(s). Payment
shall be due immediately upon the invoice date for recurring
services whether or not the customer has received an invoice or not.
Invoices, which remain unpaid fifteen (15) days after receipt of it
by Customer will receive a notice and may result in service being
terminated for non-payment after 7 days at Ekhwan
option. Expenses shall be included on an invoice only to the extent
that Ekhwan
knows the actual amount of expenses at the time the invoice is
issued, and expenses for which an actual amount is not known to Ekhwan
at the time an invoice is issued may be included on subsequent
invoices. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the
failure of Ekhwan
to include earned or incurred Fees or Expenses on a given invoice
shall not relieve Customer of its obligation to pay such Fees or
Expenses. Customer's obligation to pay Fees or Expenses shall
survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. 4.
Security Interest: Customer grants Ekhwan
a blanket security interest in the customer’s contract with their
customers who are renting hosting services from them with Ekhwan
in the event of non-payment by customer – customer agrees that Ekhwan
may take these customer contracts direct without a tortuous
interference claim to protect the credit balance owed to Ekhwan
by customer and full ownership of the contracts shall transfer as
well if balance is more than 60 days old. 5.
Term: The term of this Agreement shall begin upon the date the
service is installed and made available to customer and shall be for
1 year and shall renew for successive 1 year terms until terminated
by either Party upon the sooner of (i) thirty (30) days prior
written notice to the other Party, or (ii) the expiration or
termination of all Service(s) set forth in the Statement of Work and
all Work Order(s). 6.
Termination Due to Breach: In the event that Customer commits a
material breach of any of its obligations hereunder, Ekhwan
may terminate this Agreement or (at Ekhwan
sole option) suspend, interrupt or terminate one or more Service(s)
to which such breach pertains by sending written notice of
termination to Customer with termination effective as of the date
such notice is given. 7.
Effects of Termination: Unless the Parties agree otherwise in
writing, termination of the Agreement shall also serve to terminate
all Service(s) and Statements of Work and to cancel all Work Orders,
and Customer shall pay Ekhwan
all Fees and Expenses earned or incurred by Ekhwan
pursuant to such Service(s), Statements of Work and Work Orders
through the date of termination, less any payments made hereunder by
Customer prior to said termination. Additionally, all property of
each Party, which is in possession of the other Party, shall be
returned to its owner. In the event one or more Service(s) is
terminated prior to the expiration of the Term for such Service(s)
(other than due to a material breach of this Agreement by Ekhwan). 8.
Warranties of Ekhwan
(99.999% connectivity and 100% network uptime): Ekhwan
warrants that the Service(s) shall be provided in a workmanlike and
professional manner. Upon Ekhwan’s
breach of the foregoing warranty, Customer's sole and exclusive
remedy shall be to require Ekhwan
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 Ekhwan’s
breach of the foregoing warranty for any time period, 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
multiplying the fixed monthly, recurring Fees (if any) for the
interrupted or inoperable Service(s) by the ratio that the number of
consecutive hours of inoperability bears to 720 hours (for the
purpose of this computation, each month is deemed to have 720
hours). Ekhwan
will not be liable to any extent whatsoever for interruption,
restriction, inoperability or malfunction of any Service(s) that is
not caused solely by a breach of the warranty set forth in this
Section 8. Ekhwan
expressly reserves the right to suspend, interfere with, impair or
terminate Service(s) as necessary for purposes of maintenance,
upgrades or repair (either by Ekhwan
or by any supplier, partner or independent contractor of Ekhwan.)
or in the event of any circumstance which Ekhwan,
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 (as defined in Section 11) 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 SECTION 8, Ekhwan
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. Customer
expressly acknowledges and agrees that proper provision of the
Service(s) is dependent upon the provision to Ekhwan
by Customer of timely and accurate information regarding (i)
Customer's needs and expectations regarding the Service(s), and (ii)
all operational, technological or other data which Customer knows or
should know is relevant to the provision of the Service(s)
(collectively "Information"). Customer shall provide the
Information to Ekhwan
in a timely manner and the Information shall be accurate. Customer
agrees that, in the event of Customer's breach of its obligations in
this Section 8, the warranty set forth in Section 8 shall be null
and void. 9.
Warranties of Customer: Customer hereby covenants, represents and
warrants that: 1.
Customer will not, and will not permit others to use Service(s) *
for any unlawful or illegal purpose or in connection with or in
furtherance of any unlawful or illegal activity, *
in violation of any applicable law or regulation, *
in a manner that will, or is likely to, infringe the copyright,
trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of
others or violate the right of privacy, publicity or other personal
rights of others, or *
in connection with any conduct or activity that is, in the sole
opinion of Ekhwan,
defamatory, indecent, obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive,
hateful, tortuous or violation of the rights of any other person or
entity; 2.
Customer will not, and will not permit others to, do any act which
may interfere with or compromise the security or functionality of
any Service(s), including without limitation attempting to probe or
test the vulnerability of any system or network connected to or
accessible by the Service(s); No
equipment owned, leased, maintained by or controlled by Customer or
by any third party, which is connected to or utilized the Service(s)
with the consent of Customer will *
interfere with or impair any Service(s) or any plant, services or
facilities of any Indemnities or of any third party, *
unlawfully interfere with or impair the transmission of privacy of
any data or communications transmitted over the Service(s) or over
any plant, services or facilities of any Indemnities or of any third
party, or *
create, cause or contribute to the creation or causing of a hazard
to any Indemnities or to any third party. 10.
Refund and Disputes: All payments to Ekhwan
that have been serviced are nonrefundable. This includes the one
time setup fee and subsequent charges regardless of usage. All
overcharges or billing disputes must be reported within 30 days of
the time the dispute occurred and refunds will be given at the
discretion of the Company Management. If you dispute a charge to
your credit card issuer that, in Ekhwan
's sole discretion is a valid charge under the provisions of the TOS
and/or AUP, you agree to pay Ekhwan
an "Administrative Fee" of not less than $100 and not more
than $500. 11.
Indemnification: Ekhwan
reserves the right to suspend, interrupt or terminate any Service(s)
or this Agreement immediately without further notice in the event of
a breach by Customer of Section 9. Ekhwan
reserves the right to remove, delete, disable or block transmission
of any data or materials that Ekhwan reasonably believes constitute,
either alone or in conjunction with other acts, omissions or data or
materials, a breach or potential breach by Customer of Section 9.
Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Ekhwan,
its successors or assigns, subsidiaries, officers, directors,
employees, agents, independent contractors, licensees, licensors,
suppliers and customers (excluding Customer) (collectively
"Indemnities") against any and all claims, liability,
loss, damage, or harm (including without limitation reasonable legal
and accounting fees) suffered by such Indemnities (including without
limitation claims, liability, loss, damage, or harm in connection
with death, bodily injury or injury to real or personal property)
arising from or in connection with (i) Customer's purchase or use of
any Service(s), including without limitation any claims, liability,
loss, damage, harm suffered by such Indemnities arising from or in
connection with the use by any third party of any Service(s)
purchased by Customer regardless of whether such use was authorized
by Customer, or (ii) Customer's breach of any provision of this
Agreement. 12.
Limitation of Liability: Any other provision of this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, the aggregate liability of all
Indemnities for any losses or damage, whether direct or indirect,
arising out of or in connection with the Service(s), including
without limitation any cause of action sounding in contract, tort or
strict liability, shall be limited to actual, direct damages
incurred but in no event shall exceed the greater of * One Hundred
Dollars, or *
The Fees paid by Customer to Ekhwan
during the two (2) months preceding the month in which liability
arose for the Service(s) in connection with which such liability
arose. Ekhwan
shall not be liable for lost profits or other consequential damages,
cover damages, or for any claims against Customer by any third
party, even if Ekhwan
was advised of the possibility of same. Under no circumstances shall
Ekhwan
be liable hereunder for special damages, consequential damages,
general damages, incidental damages, indirect damages, or exemplary
or punitive damages. No action arising out of this Agreement,
regardless of form, may be brought by Customer against Ekhwan
more than one (1) year after the cause of action arose. Without
limiting the foregoing: Customer
acknowledges that Ekhwan
is not responsible for controlling or monitoring any content,
information, data or other materials stored on, transmitted via, or
accessible through use of, the Service(s), and Ekhwan
will
have no liability to Customer whatsoever in connection with such
content, information, data or other materials (including without
limitation the accuracy or suitability thereof or unauthorized
access or damage to, alteration, theft, corruption destruction or
loss of, Customer’s data or other materials); Ekhwan
will have no liability to Customer whatsoever in connection with any
harm or loss arising from or in connection with unauthorized access
to the Service(s); and all Indemnities are expressly made third
party beneficiaries of this Section 12. This
Section 12 shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement
for any reason whatsoever. 13.
Proprietary/Confidential Information: Ekhwan
and Customer acknowledge that proprietary and confidential
information (including without limitation trade secrets)
(collectively "Proprietary Information") of each Party may
be disclosed to the other Party throughout the term of this
Agreement. Each Party agrees to not reverse engineer, decompile,
disclose to any third party, or to use for any purpose not strictly
required for such Party's performance hereunder, such Proprietary
Information except to the extent that such Proprietary Information
was: *
made publicly available by the owner of the Proprietary Information
or lawfully disclosed by a non-party to this Agreement; *
lawfully obtained from any source other than the owner of the
Proprietary Information; *
independently developed by personnel of the receiving Party to whom
Proprietary Information had not been previously disclosed and not
based on or derived from such Proprietary Information; or *
previously known to the receiving Party without an obligation to
keep it confidential. Customer will not contract directly with any
subcontractor relationships that Ekhwan
has under this agreement or are connected to future services related
to this agreement or that are of the same nature. Anything to the
contrary herein notwithstanding, Ekhwan
may disclose such information to its successors or assigns,
subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, agents, independent
contractors, licensees, licensors and suppliers which have signed
and are bound by a suitable non-disclosure agreement with Ekhwan
in order for Ekhwan
to perform the service in this contract. The obligations set forth
in this Section 13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement
for any reason whatsoever for a period of three (3) years; provided,
however, that, with respect to Proprietary Information which
constitutes a trade secret, the obligations set forth in this
Section 13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any
reason whatsoever for so long as such Proprietary Information
constitutes a trade secret under applicable law. 14.
Force Majeure: If either Party shall be prevented from performing
any portion of this Agreement (except the payment of money) by
causes beyond its control, including labor disputes, civil
commotion, war, governmental regulations or controls, casualty,
inability to obtain materials or Service(s) or acts of God, such
Party shall be excused from performance for the period of the delay
and the time for such Party's performance shall be extended for a
period of time equal to the duration of such delay. 15.
Construction, Venue, Jurisdiction: This Agreement and any claim,
action, suit, proceeding or dispute arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement shall in all respects be governed by, and
interpreted in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of
Georgia or United Kingdom. Venue for any actions arising under this
Agreement shall vest exclusively in courts located in the State of
Georgia or United Kingdom. Customer hereby submits to the
jurisdiction of the aforementioned courts, and agrees that it will
not assert lack of personal jurisdiction as a defense to any such
action. Customer acknowledges that their attorney has reviewed and
participated in the construction of this document and nothing herein
shall be viewed as to have favorable construction. 16.
Waiver: No waiver of any right or remedy shall be valid unless in
writing and delivered to the other Party, and waiver of a right or
remedy on one occasion by a Party shall not be deemed a waiver of
such right or remedy on any other occasion. 17.
Integration: This Agreement, including all referenced or attached
exhibits, schedules, attachments or documents, sets forth the entire
agreement and understanding between the Parties pertaining to their
subject matter and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
discussions, agreements, promises or understandings between the
Parties. Neither Party shall be bound by any conditions,
definitions, warranties, understandings nor representations with
respect to such subject matter other than as expressly provided in
this Agreement. 18.
Superior Agreement: This Agreement shall not be supplemented or
modified by any course of dealing or trade usage. Addition to or
variance from the terms and conditions of the Agreement by Customer,
including without limitation any additional or varying terms
contained in Customer's preprinted forms, correspondence or other
documents transmitted to Ekhwan,
shall be of no effect, unless otherwise expressly provided in the
Agreement. 19.
Assignment: This Agreement is not assignable by Customer, in whole
or in part, voluntarily or involuntarily, including by operation of
law or by merger in which Customer does not survive, without Ekhwan
's prior written consent. Any
attempted assignment without Ekhwan
's written consent shall be null and void. 20. Notice: Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, all notices required under the Agreement shall be delivered in writing, addressed and sent to the address provided herein and to the attention of the Party executing the Agreement or the person's successor, by either *
registered mail, *
certified mail, return receipt requested, or *
overnight mail, or *
by telephone facsimile transfer *
email that is replied to as accepted - appropriately directed to the
attention of the Party executing the Agreement or that person's
successor. Unless
otherwise agreed to by the Parties, all notices required under the
Agreement shall be deemed effective when received. 21.
Severability: If any provision of the Agreement is held invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. 22.
Counterparts: This Agreement may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Payment
from customer of the first month’s fees shall constitute
acceptance of this agreement. Ekhwan
shall modify this agreement from time to time and the then current
version shall be sent to the customer. If customer does not agree to
the new terms – customer should cease utilizing the services at
the next term. Acceptable Use Policy The
following agreement is by and between Ekhwan,
and the respective customer (now known as CUSTOMER) acquiring web
hosting and related services from the former. Ekhwan
's Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is provided to give our
customers and users a clear understanding of what Ekhwan
expects of them while using the service. All users of Ekhwan
's Internet services: those who access some of our Services but do
not have accounts, as well as those who pay a service fee to
subscribe to the Services, must comply with this AUP and our TOS
(Terms of Service). Use
of Ekhwan
Service constitutes acceptance and agreement to Ekhwan
's AUP as well as Ekhwan
's TOS (Terms of Service). This
Acceptable Use Policy applies to all persons and entities
(collectively, "customers") using the products and
services of Ekhwan
including Internet service. The policy is designed to protect the
security, integrity, reliability, and privacy of both the Ekhwan
network and the products and services Ekhwan
offers to its customers. Ekhwan
reserves the right to modify this policy at any time, effective
immediately upon posting of the modification. Your use of Ekhwan’s
products and services constitutes your acceptance of the Acceptable
Use Policy in effect at the time of your use. You are solely
responsible for any and all acts and omissions that occur during or
relating to your use of the service, and you agree not to engage in
any unacceptable use of the service. What
Uses are prohibited? Unacceptable
use includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: 1.
Posting, transmission, re-transmission, or storing material on or
through any of Ekhwan’s
products or services, if in the sole judgment of Ekhwan
such
posting, transmission, re-transmission or storage is: (a) in
violation of any local, state, federal, or non-United States law or
regulation (including rights protected by copyright, trade secret,
patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or
regulations); (b) threatening or abusive; (c) obscene; (d) indecent;
or (e) defamatory. Each customer shall be responsible for
determining what laws or regulations are applicable to his or her
use of the products and services. 2.
Installation or distribution of "pirated" or other
software products that are not appropriately licensed for use by
customer.} 3.
Deceptive marketing practices. 4.
Actions that restrict or inhibit anyone - whether a customer of Ekhwan
or otherwise - in his or her use or enjoyment of Ekhwan’s
products and services, or that generate excessive network traffic
through the use of automated or manual routines that are not related
to ordinary personal or business use of Internet services. 5.
Introduction of malicious programs into the Ekhwan
network or servers or other products and services of Ekhwan
(e.g., viruses, trojan horses and worms). 6.
Causing or attempting to cause security breaches or disruptions of
Internet communications. Examples of security breaches include but
are not limited to accessing data of which the customer is not an
intended recipient, or logging into a server or account that the
customer is not expressly authorized to access. Examples of
disruptions include but are not limited to port scans, flood pings,
packet spoofing and forged routing information. 7.
Executing any form of network monitoring that will intercept data
not intended for the customer. 8.
Circumventing user authentication or security of any host, network
or account. 9.
Interfering with or denying service to any user other than the
customer's host (e.g., denial of service attack). 10.
Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of any kind,
designed to interfere with, or to disable a user's terminal
session. 11.
Failing to comply with Ekhwan’s
procedures relating to the activities of customers on Cogent-owned
facilities. 12.
Furnishing false or incorrect data on the order form contract
(electronic or paper) including fraudulent use of credit card
numbers or attempting to circumvent or alter the processes or
procedures to measure time, bandwidth utilization or other methods
to document "use" of Ekhwan’s
products or services. 13.
Sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of
"junk mail" or other advertising material to individuals
who did not specifically request such material, who were not
previous customers of the customer or with whom the customer does
not have an existing business relationship (e.g., E-mail "spam"). 14.
Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of
messages. 15.
Unauthorized use or forging of mail header information. 16.
Solicitations of mail or any other E-mail address other than that of
the poster's account or service, with the intent to harass or
collect replies. 17.
Creating or forwarding "chain letters" or other
"pyramid schemes" of any type. 18.
Use of unsolicited E-mail originating from within the Ekhwan
network or networks of other Internet Service Providers on behalf of
or to advertise any service hosted by Ekhwan
or connected via the Ekhwan
network. 19.
Exporting, re-exporting, or permitting downloads of any content in
violation of the export or import laws of the United States or
without all required approvals, licenses and exemptions. No
failure or delay in exercising or enforcing this policy shall
constitute a waiver of the policy or of any other right or remedy.
If any provision of this policy is deemed unenforceable due to law
or change in law, such a provision shall be disregarded and the
balance of the policy shall remain in effect. Abusable Resources
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