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Web
Hosting Agreement
THIS AGREEMENT defines the
terms and conditions between IT Works Interactive Pte. Ltd.
(Company Registration No. 200107655C), a company incorporated in
Singapore and having a principal place of business address at 2
International Business Park, The Strategy, #01-26, Singapore 609930 (“IWI”)
and The Party whose name and particulars are stated in “Online Order”,
"Fax Order" and/or "Email Order" hereto (“Customer”) for the provision
of web hosting services and related products and services to the
Customer.
1. PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT
IT WORKS Interactive Pte Ltd provides Internet connectivity services
(the “Bandwidth”), space in its business premises to store and operate
such Hardware (“Server”) and together comprising a web hosting package
(together, the “Services”). IWI desires to provide Services to the
Customer, and the Customer desires to receive and compensate IWI for
such Services.
2. DURATION
The term of this agreement is for the Minimum Term of 12-month and shall
automatically renew yearly thereafter unless either party notifies the
other in writing by FAX (only) at least one (1) Month prior to
the end of the current term, of their intention not to renew this
Agreement.
3. SERVICE ORDERS
Service Orders. The provisions of Services shall be initiated by this
Agreement issued by the Customer describing the service plan and cost.
Each Agreement will contain the prices, initial terms of Services and
other information designated in the Service Order form. The Customer
shall use the then current version of the Agreement as designated by IWI.
No Agreement shall be effective until accepted by IWI. The terms of this
Agreement shall control Services to the Customer.
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Termination. All contract terms
are based on a 12-month unless otherwise stated in the Server Order.
The Customer may terminate any Agreement by giving IWI at least thirty
(30) days written notice by fax (only) prior to the end of the
Contract Term when the Customer desires Services to cease. If the
Customer decided to terminate the Server Order before the contract
term, all amounts due from the Customer remaining contract terms for
the account to which the Agreement relates must be paid in order for
the Customer to terminate an Agreement. IWI may terminate any
Agreement by giving at least ninety (90) days prior written notice by
post of the date of termination of Services.
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Maintenance. From time to time,
IWI may conduct routine tests, maintenance, upgrade or repair on any
part of the System, and IWI shall give the Customer prior notice
thereof. The Customer acknowledges that there may be instances where
it is not practicable for IWI to give advance notice of a disruption,
for example, in the event of an emergency, and IWI shall be entitled
to disrupt the Services to conduct restoration and remedial works
without prior notice.
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Control Rights. The Customer, and
not IWI, has the sole and exclusive control over the Data. The
Customer acknowledges and IWI agrees that in the provision of the
Services hereunder IWI is not provided, either directly or indirectly,
with access to the Data that would allow IWI to exercise any control
over it. IWI accepts no responsibility for the Data passing through
the System.
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FREE DOMAIN POLICY: The free domain name offered
with the monthly promotion will be registered by IWI. The customer
will be the registrant (owner) of the free domain name. The domain
name is transferable (host with another ISP) provided the contract has
been fulfilled.
4. SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
IWI shall not be liable for failure or delay in performing its
obligations hereunder if such failure or delay is due to circumstances
beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of
any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire,
flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in
transportation, unavailability of or delay in telecommunications or
third party services, failure of third party software or inability to
obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for
provision of the Services.
5. CUSTOMER CONTENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Customer is solely responsible for the content of any postings, data
or transmissions using the Services (the “Content”), or any other use of
the Services by the Customer or by any person entity the Customer
permits to access the Services (a “User”). The Customer represents and
warrants that neither it nor any User will use the services for unlawful
purposes (including, without limitation, infringement of copyright or
trademark, misappropriation of trade secrets, wire fraud, invasion of
privacy, illegal pornography, obscenity, defamation, and illegal use,
transportation or sale of tobacco, controlled substances and firearms),
or to interfere with, or disrupt, other network users, network services,
or network equipment. Disruptions include, without limitation,
distribution of unsolicited advertising or chain letters, repeated
harassment of other network users, wrongly impersonating another user,
falsifying one’s network identity for improper or illegal purposes,
sending unsolicited mass e-mailings, propagation of computer viruses,
using the network to make unauthorized entry to any other machine
accessible location, via the network, and distributing of tools designed
for compromising security (i.e. including, but not limited to, password
guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing tools). IWI may
suspend or terminate the Services immediately, without prior notice to
the Customer, if IWI believes, in good faith, that the Customer or a
User is utilizing the Services for any such illegal or disruptive
purpose. The Customer shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless IWI
from and against all liabilities, judgments, claims, damages,
settlements, expenses and costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and litigation expenses) arising out of or relating to any and all
claims by any person relating to use of the Services, including, but not
limited to, use of the Services without consent of the Customer.
To maintain the quality of our
bandwidth, IWI discourage the use of heavy bandwidth intensive web sites
like file-sharing, game servers video and music files for all shared
hosting, dedicated servers and server colocation customers. Such usage
are determined under IWI's sole discretion.
6. PRICING AND PAYMENT TERMS
Payment Terms. The full amount of the Initial Fee as reflected in the
Agreement, which includes any set-up fees and charges for the first
payment term of Services, are due and payable to IT Works Interactive
Pte Ltd upon the acceptance of the Agreement. Thereafter, the Customer
will pay in advance charges for each payment term. The recurring billing
date shall be established by the date that the server release
notification is e-mailed or faxed to the Customer and shall recur based
on the Payment Term specified on the Agreement. Accounts that pay by
cheque (limited to Singapore dollars) will be sent an invoice at least
thirty (30) days prior to the recurring billing date and payment is due
on or before the recurring billing date. IWI will impose an S$25.00
charge for any cheque that is returned for any reason by a financial
institution. IWI reserves the right to charge the Customer any sales,
use, excise, and gross receipts, or any other tax or fees now or
imposed, directly or indirectly, by any governmental authority or agency
with respect to the Services.
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Pricing Disputes. The Customer
must notify IWI in writing of any disputed charges within 14 days of
the date of the billing for such charges. If the Customer does not
notify IWI within that time period, the Customer has waived any right
to dispute such amounts, either directly or indirectly or as a
set-off, or defense in any action or efforts to collect amounts due to
IWI.
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Collection. IWI may suspend, interrupt, or
terminate Services on any account that is past due by more than thirty
(30) calendar days, by disabling telnet/ftp access and/or disabling
the connection to the server. In the event of disconnection, the
Customer must pay IWI a reconnection fee of S$50.00 as a condition of
reactivation of the Services, in addition to full payment of the
balance due on the account. Reactivation of services will only be
performed during IWI regular business hours (Monday through Friday,
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Singapore Time). IWI may send all accounts that
have not been paid in full to a collection agency. The Customer is
responsible for paying all costs of collection, including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorney’s fee and, where lawful, collection
agency fees. All accounting issues should be addressed to IWI at
finance@iwi.com.sg
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Price Increases. IWI offers a
price-freeze guarantee to its Customer. IWI will not increase the cost
of services for the Customer as indicated on the Agreement as long as
The Customer’s account is with IWI and provided the Customer’s account
does not become delinquent. The price-freeze guarantee also applies to
FREE domain package and any promotions.
7. MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
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Ordering Maintenance and Support
Services. IWI shall provide the Customer with maintenance and support
services for the Hardware or Software, if such services are specified
in the Agreement.
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Exclusions. Maintenance and
support services shall not include services for problems arising out
of (a) tampering, modification, alteration, or addition to the
Hardware or Software, which is undertaken by persons other than IWI or
its authorized representatives; or (b) programs or hardware supplied
by the Customer.
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The Customer’s Duties. The
Customer shall appoint at least 1 representative that all account
information is sending to. This is to prevent any attempts of
password-thief or any hacker attack against the Customer.
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Passwords. Each IWI Customer is
responsible for his or her passwords. Generally, secure passwords are
between 6 and 8 characters long, contain letters of mixed case and
non-letter characters, and cannot be found in whole or part, in normal
or reverse order, in any dictionary of words or names in any language.
The Customer is responsible for changing his or her password
regularly.
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Lost Password: IWI do not provide login and
password over the phone or email. All lost password must be requested
by FAX at (65) 6720 1801.
8. TERM AND TERMINATION
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Term. The term of this Agreement
shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until terminated in
accordance with this Agreement. The term of an Agreement shall be as
indicated therein. The term of an Agreement shall automatically renew
unless either party provides the other with written notice of
termination at least thirty (30) days prior to the renewal date as
established by the Contract Term reflected in the Agreement.
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Termination Upon Default. IWI may
immediately terminate this Agreement and any or all Agreement s,
within its sole discretion, if the Customer fails to pay (and IWI has
not actually received) any amounts due within sixty (60) days after
the due date. For other breaches of this Agreement, either party may
terminate this Agreement, and Agreement, as applicable, if the
breaching party fails to correct the default within thirty (30) days
after the written notice.
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Effect of Termination.
Notwithstanding termination of this Agreement and Agreement, IWI shall
be entitled to full contract payment of all amounts that may be due to
it from the Customer. No refund will
be provided for pre-paid customers unless otherwise arranged.
9. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Confidential Information shall mean all information identified by a
party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other party (“Receiving Party), which,
if in writing labeled as confidential, or if disclosed orally, is
reduced to writing within fifteen (15) days, and labeled as
confidential. Confidential Information shall remain the sole property of
the Disclosing Party. Except for the specific rights granted by this
Agreement, the Receiving Party shall not use any Confidential
Information of Disclosing Party for its own benefit or for the benefit
of others. Receiving Party shall not disclose Confidential Information
to any third party without written consent of Disclosing Party (except
to consultants who are bound by a written agreement with Receiving Party
to maintain confidentiality). Confidential Information shall exclude
information (i) available to the public other than by a breach of this
Agreement; (ii) rightfully received from a third party not in breach of
an obligation of confidentiality; (iii) independently developed by
Receiving Party without access to Confidential Information; (iv) known
to Receiving Party at the time of disclosure; or (v) produced in
compliance with a court order. Receiving Party shall give reasonable
notice to Disclosing Party that Confidential Information is being sought
by a third person, so as to afford the opportunity to limit or prevent
such disclosure. Receiving Party agrees to cease using all Confidential
Information, and to promptly return such Confidential Information to
Disclosing Party upon request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Customer consents to IWI’s disclosure of account information to credit
reporting agencies, credit bureaus, private credit reporting
associations, or to other providers of communications services.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IWI’s liability (including, for purposed of this paragraph only, and of
its employees, agents, or representatives), to the Customer (either
directly or as a third party defendant in any action or proceeding) for
any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or Agreement or
the provision of any Services under Agreement (including, without
limitation, maintenance and support) shall be limited to the amount of
fees paid by the Customer to IWI under this Agreement within one year
preceding the date the Customer contends its claim arose. In no event
shall IWI be liable for any loss of data, loss of profits, cost of
cover, or any other special, incidental, consequential, indirect or
punitive damages, however caused and regardless of theory of liability.
This limitation will apply even if IWI has been advised of, or is aware
of, the possibility of such damages.
11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
IWI specifically disclaims all implies warranties, including but not
limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any
written materials by IWI, or information on IWI‘s company web site,
shall be for informational purposes only and, whether delivered or
disseminated before or after the date of this Agreement, shall not
create any express or implied warranties, guaranty of performance, or
contractual obligations.
12. MISCELLANEOUS
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Independent Contractor. The
relationship of IWI and the Customer under this Agreement is that of
independent contractors and not partners, joint ventures, or co-owners
as participants.
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Notices. Any notice hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be given by registered or express mail,
or reliable courier addressed to the addresses in this Agreement, or
by facsimile. Notice shall be deemed to be given upon the earlier of
actual receipt or three (3) days after it has been sent, properly
addressed and with postage prepaid. Either party may change its
address for notice by means of notice to the other party given in
accordance with this Section.
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Assignment. The Customer may not
assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, either voluntarily or by
operation of law, and any attempt to do so shall be void and a default
of this Agreement.
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Advertising. IWI may include the
Customer’s name and contact information in directories of IWI service
subscribers for the purpose of promoting the use of the Services by
the Customer s generally. IWI will not use the Customer’s name or
other identifying information in any other advertising or promotional
materials, without the prior written consent of the Customer, which
may not be unreasonably withheld.
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Indemnification. The Customer
shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless IWI from and against all
liabilities, judgments, claims, damages, settlements, expenses and
costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses)
arising out of or relating to any breach of this Agreement or
Agreement by the Customer. The Customer and IWI will promptly notify
each other upon receipt of any third party claim or legal action
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or Agreement.
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Entire Agreement and Waiver. This
Agreement and the Agreement constitute the entire agreement between
IWI and the Customer with respect to the subject matter hereof. All
prior agreements, representations, and statements with respect to such
subject matter are superseded. Any failure of either party to exercise
or enforce its rights under this Agreement or Agreement shall not act
as a waiver of subsequent breaches. Non-Solicitation. During the term
of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, the
Customer shall not solicit or hire the services of any employee or
subcontractor of IWI without the prior written consent of IWI.
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Release of Information. IWI
reserves the right to release the contact information of the Customer
s involved in violations of system security to system administrators
at other sites, in order to assist them in resolving security
incidents. IWI will also fully cooperate with law enforcement
authorities in investigating suspected lawbreakers.
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