
TERMS OF SERVICE
The Highview Group provides World Wide Web page hosting. The
Highview Group reserves the right to suspend or cancel a customer's
access to any or all services provided by The Highview Group when The
Highview Group decides that the account has been inappropriately used or
otherwise.
SERVER USE
Personal accounts are to be used by the primary owner only. Personal
account holders are not permitted resell, store or give away web-hosting
services of their website to other parties. Web hosting services are
defined as allowing a separate, third party to host content on the
owner's web site. Exceptions to this include ad banners, classified ads,
and personal ads.
The Highview Group reserves the right to refuse service and /or access
to its servers to anyone.
The Highview Group do not allow any of the following content to be
stored on its servers:
Illegal Material - This includes copyrighted works, commercial audio,
video, or music files, and any material in violation of any Federal,
State or Local regulation.
Adult Material - Includes all pornography, erotic images, or otherwise
lewd or obscene content. The designation of "adult material" is left
entirely to the discretion of The Highview Group.
Warez - Includes pirated software, ROMS, emulators, phreaking, hacking,
password cracking. IP spoofing, etc., and encrypting of any of the
above. Also includes any sites which provide "links to" or "how to"
information about such material.
UNLIMITED USE POLICY
High bandwidth usage: The Highview Group offers an unlimited use
policy by maintaining very large ratios of bandwidth per customer. In
rare cases, The Highview Group may find a customer to be using server
resources to such an extent that he or she may jeopardize server
performance and resources for other customers. In such instances, The
Highview Group reserves the right to impose the High Resource User
Policy for the consideration of all customers.
HIGH RESOURCE USER POLICY
Resources are defined as bandwidth and/or processor utilization.
The Highview Group may implement the following policy to its sole
discretion:
When a website is found to be monopolising the resources available The
Highview Group reserves the right to suspend that site immediately. This
policy is only implemented in extreme circumstances and is intended to
prevent the misuse of our servers. Customers may be offered an option
whereby The Highview Group continues hosting the website for an
additional fee.
PAYMENT POLICIES
All accounts are set up on a prepay basis. Although The Highview
Group reserves the right to change prices of accounts or services at any
time all pricing is guaranteed for the period of prepayment. Payment is
due each anniversary year or month following the date the account was
established. Customers will automatically be charged again at the end of
their prepay period unless closure notification has already been given.
In
situations where the payment is declined The Highview Group will
immediately suspend the facility to purchase services on-line until the
outstanding charge is processed successfully. In addition, The Highview
Group reserves the right to suspend other services until the outstanding
debt is cleared. The customer is responsible for all money owed on the
account from the time it was established to the time that the customer
sends a written cancellation request.
No
bills or invoices will be sent by regular mail. All invoices will be
sent directly to customers via email shortly after the online purchase
has been made. At this point the customer's card will be charged
automatically.
All payment is in UK sterling.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
In order to streamline our accounting procedures and keep costs down
The Highview Group runs a limited number of payment options.
Credit / Debit Cards:
The Highview Group accepts Mastercard, Visa , Maestro and Solo (via Paypal )
Cheque Payment:
This option is only available to customers who pay annually for
their The Highview Group account. A credit / debit card number will
still be required if customers require the facility to purchase domains
and other services on-line. The Highview Group cannot guarantee that a
service will be provided until after any received cheques have been
cleared.
CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS
The Highview Group reserves the right to cancel the service at any
time. In this event customers will be entitled to a pro rata refund
based upon the remaining period of membership. If a customer contravenes
The Highview Group' terms of service a refund will not be issued in the
event of a cancellation.
Customers may cancel their account at any time. During the initial trial
period customers who wish to cancel will be entitled to a full refund
for their hosting fees. Any incentives offered to customers when opening
the account will also be cancelled. Customers may be given the option to
purchase services which were offered as start-up incentives in the
result of a cancellation.
Fees charged on a prepay basis are non-refundable. Once the initial
trial period has expired customers are not entitled to receive a refund
unless the service is cancelled by The Highview Group. In addition some
accounts incur set-up fees, these charges are also non-refundable.
INDEMNIFICATION
Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold The
Highview Group harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses,
costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees asserted against
The Highview Group, its agents, its customers, officers and employees,
that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or
agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer, its agents,
employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold
harmless The Highview Group against liabilities arising out of; (1) any
injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise
distributed in connection with The Highview Group' server; (2) any
material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the
proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright infringement and (4)
any defective products sold to customer from The Highview Group' server.
DISCLAIMER
The Highview Group will not be responsible for any damages your
business may suffer. The Highview Group makes no warranties of any
kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. The Highview Group
disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. The includes loss of data resulting from delays,
nondeliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions
caused by The Highview Group and its employees. The Highview Group
reserves the right to revise its policies at any time.
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