This agreement (“Agreement”) between Virpus Networks,
Inc., (“Virpus Networks ”) and the Customer ("Customer") which this
agreement governs the provision of Virpus Networks and related services
(the “Services”). This Agreement is effective the instant Customer (a)
signs up for Services through
any of Virpus Networks’ websites or (b) establishes an account with
Virpus Networks or uses the Services or any part thereof (“Effective
Date”). Virpus Networks may revise this Agreement and will have an
effective date of 30 (thirty) days after any new terms or revisions
have been put in place before it applies to Customer. Virpus Networks
will
in its best efforts attempt to notify the customer of any minor
changes, and will notify customer with any major changes.
Services.
Virpus
Networks will provide Customer with what they signed up for within
their order according to the fees indicated to the Customer before
Virpus Networks billed Customer. Customer also understands that unless
Virpus Networks is running a promotion, Virpus Networks will not
discount their price or provide anything more or less than
what the customer signed up for without Customer upgrading their plan
by a Virpus Networks customer service representative.
The payment term the customer selects while ordering is the effective term of this agreement.
Rejection of Services.
Virpus
Networks reserves the right to cancel, temporarily suspend or deny
services to Customer at our desecration. If Virpus Networks feels that
it is not of its best interest, or a liability to obtain a customer,
Virpus Networks will take into consideration past history on both
business levels and personal levels to determine if customer
is a liability to the company. Virpus Networks will give notice of
cancellation if Virpus Networks cancels Customers account, as well as
temporary suspension and denied services.
Payment.
Virpus
Networks will invoice Customer 7 days in advance of their official due
date of their account. Customer agrees that as long as account is
active, customer will maintain a good standing balance with Virpus
Networks, and will pay before or on the due date of invoice. Any setup
fees associated with the opening of the Customers account,
or future upgrades are one time fees; services ordered during initial
signup with setup fees will be charged up front, as well as the
Customers hosting services.
If
Customer has not paid by the account due date, Virpus Networks may
suspend Customers account(s). If Customers account is not paid after 3
days of the due date payment has not been received, Virpus Networks, at
its descration, will terminate the customers service(s), unless
arrangements have been made by the customer with Virpus Networks. After
account has been suspended, a $15 administrative fee will be applied
for re-connection.
Cancellation of Services.
To
cancel account, the customer must login to their myVirpus.com account,
click on My Hosting Packages, click the service you wish to cancel, and
click "Request Cancellation". Cancellation by any other means will not
be an acceptable form of a cancellation request.
If you are canceling under our Money Back Guarantee, please be sure to specify this in addition to your reason of cancellation.
Although
a customer may cancel PayPal subscription, Virpus Networks does not
consider this a form of cancel. All payments prior to account closure
are non-refundable. This includes but not limited to setup fees,
hosting fees and other services offered through Virpus Networks.
Refunds and Disputes.
All
payments to Virpus Networks are non-refundable, and are considered to
be the intellectual property of Virpus Networks. All billing disputes
must be reported to Virpus Networks within 60 days in order to receive
compensation. Charge backs with your credit card issuer are considered
invalid, as they are not constitutional under the
Virpus Networks Terms of Service Agreement. If customer files a charge
back against a legit charge placed by Virpus Networks, a $50
administrative fee will be charged per chargeback.
Money Back Guarantee.
Virpus
Networks offers our VPS (virtual private server), web hosting and
multi-domain account customers a complete 7 day money back satisfaction
guarantee. If under the circumstances the customer is not happy with
our services, Virpus Servers agrees to provide a full refund of the
service, excluding any setup fee's. Customer may not
modify their cancellation reasoning after it has been provided the
first time. This policy is void if (a) customer signs of knowing they
will cancel within 30 days (b) customer signs up for the purpose of
cancelling (c) customer has no record or signs of dis-satisfaction in
the myVirpus helpdesk. When canceling your account while taking
advantage of
this policy, you will need to specify that you wish to have your money
refunded under the 7 day money back guarantee policy. All license fees
and addons are non-refundable.
Note that it can take up to 7 business days to process any approved refunds.
Free Trials.
Any
free trials given to the customer are bound to this agreement. Further,
the customer may not go over the trial limit, and may not redeem
anymore than one trial in a lifetime. At the end of the customers free
trial, Virpus Servers will suspend the VPS the day after the trial
limit, until invoice for full services is paid or if prior
arrangements have been made
(ie. customer wants to go ahead and
continue with full paid services before the end of trial, customer adds
credit card to account prior to trial expirations). Virpus Servers will
notify
the customer by phone and/or e-mail to let the customer know that their
free trial is about to expire. After 2 days of not hearing from the
customer, Virpus Networks will automatically terminate the customers
account as well as all services.
Service Level Agreement.
99.9% Network Uptime Guarantee: Virpus Networks offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee on
all network related services (i.e. bandwidth, routers, switches, and
cabling). The 99.9% uptime guarantee is applicable to all network
services delivered to customers via a single independent network drop.
Customer generated outages created by failed equipment, exploited
servers, misconfigurations or traffic in excess of the maximum allowed
by contract
are not subject to the SLA. Service credits are based directly on all
equipment and/or services affected by a network outage. Services or
hardware not related to the network outage will not qualify for a
service credit.
99.9% Service Uptime Guarantee: Virpus Networks offers a 99.9% complete service
uptime guarantee to Virtual Private Server customers. This guarantee
includes the availability of accessing the virtual private server and
network availability. Virpus Networks does not consider services within
the VPS bound or elligiable to this policy (such as mysql, apache, FTP,
etc), but only the availability of the VPS.
99.9%
Service Uptime Guarantee: Virpus Networks offers a 99.9% Uptime
guarantee to our general web hosting customers and reseller customers.
This guarantee includes the availability of all services, network and
the accessability of the customers website(s).
Customer credits are equal to one day’s usage for every hour of outage, not to exceed
one month’s recurring charges.
Virpus
Networks provides up to 50% monthly recurring revenue credit to a
customer if service is unavailable. On outages of four hours or less,
depending on access type, the customer receives a 3-day, prorated
monthly credit. On outages over four hours, the customer receives an
additional day credit for each hour the outage persists
up to 50% of the monthly charge.
NOTE: Any service outage will need to be reported within 48 hours after restoration. After
48 hours, you will not be waranted a credit.
Support Policy.
Virpus
Networks will make all attempts to reply to the customers request
within 1 hour of submission. Virpus Networks charges an hourly rate of
$45 per hour in increments of 30 minutes for anything not covered
within a management plan. Any services not hosted with Virpus that The
Customer requests work on are subject to the hourly rate unless a
separate management plan is ordered. If a unmanaged VPS customer opens
a ticket with Managed Support to request intermediate to advanced
technical support, a $5 fine will apply per ticket.
If
any issue should come up with Customers service, the customer may not
order a Management plan at the time of the incident. The hourly rate
will apply, which after resolution, the customer may then opt to order
a Management plan.
Ownership of Data, Software, Hardware, and IP Addresses.
All
software, hardware and Internet protocol (“IP”) addresses provided by
Virpus Networks are licensed to Customer and remain Virpus Networks’s
sole and exclusive property.
Bandwidth Overages
At
the end of your billing period and as well as periodic bandwidth
checks, Virpus Networks will take an analysis of your server or VPS. If
at that time you are found to be over your bandwidth, Virpus Networks
will send you notice of these overages. Note that all overages will be
charged $.50/GB that you went over.
Maintenance, Security, & Service Interruption.
(a)
Virpus Networks may interrupt Service to perform maintenance on Virpus
Networks equipment. Virpus Networks will exercise reasonable efforts
(i) to inform Customer
before interrupting Service and (ii) to restore the system promptly.
(b) Customer is responsible for maintaining security, for maintaining patches and
disaster recovery systems, and for maintaining backups. Virpus Networks will not be
liable for loss of data or for breaches in system integrity, even if
Customer’s Service includes firewalls, backups, denial of service
protections, or other mechanisms to protect data and system integrity.
In the event that Virpus Networks suspects that security of any
of equipment has been breached, it may disable such equipment and the Service.
(c)
In the event that Customer’s use of Service causes a denial of service
or in any other way injures the functioning of services Virpus Networks
provides to other customers, Virpus Networks may interrupt Service or
permanently disable it, even if such denial of service or injury
occurred through no fault of Customer’s.
(d)
Virpus Networks will not be liable for service interruptions, including
without limitation interruptions executed in order to investigate
suspected AUP violations, whether or not such violations occurred.
Spamming
Directly or indirectly transmitting or supporting the transmission of
unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation, commercial
advertising and informational announcements, is expressly prohibited. A
user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the
express permission of the site. If you are caught in violation of
spamming your services will result in immediate termination without a
refund as you chose to violate this policy.
Disclaimers and Warranties.
(a)
Virpus Networks will not be liable for any consequential, incidental,
exemplary, punitive, or multiple damages, even if Virpus Networks was
advised in advance of the possibility of such damages. Virpus Networks’
maximum liability arising out of or related to this agreement will not
exceed the total amount of fees billed to customer
during the twelve-(12) months preceding the claim.
(b)
Virpus Networks will have no liability whatsoever for any claims,
losses, actions, damages, suits, or proceedings resulting from: (i)
other Virpus Networks customers or third parties accessing customer’s
data or assigned computers; (ii) security breaches;
(iii)
eavesdropping; (iv) denial of service attacks; (v) interception of
traffic sent or received using the equipment or Service; (vi)
customer’s reliance on or use of the equipment or Service; (vii)
mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletions of files, errors,
defects, delays in operation, or other failures of performance of the
equipment or
Service; (viii) the accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of the
Service; (ix) loss of data or loss of access to data; or (x) loss of
equipment or injury to equipment.
(c)
Virpus Networks shall not insure or be responsible for any loss or
damage to property of any kind owned or leased by Customer except to
the extent such liability results from Virpus Networks gross negligence
or willful misconduct. Any policy of insurance covering the property
owned or leased by Customer against loss by physical
damage shall provide that the underwriters have given their permission
to waive their rights of subrogation against Virpus Networks, its
affiliates and their directors, officers, partners, and employees, as
well as their subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers,
partners, and employees.
(d)
Virpus Networks’ limitations and exclusions of liability set forth in
this section 7 and in this agreement apply equally to Virpus Networks’
officers, employees, agents, contractors, representatives, suppliers,
subsidiaries, parents, and affiliated companies.
Indemnity & Third Party Claims.
(a)
Customer will defend and indemnify Virpus Networks, its officers,
employees, agents, contractors, representatives, suppliers,
subsidiaries, parents, and affiliated companies from any third party
claim arising out of or related to: (i) alleged Customer conduct that
would breach this Agreement, including without limitation alleged
infringement of third party intellectual property or privacy rights;
(ii) Customer’s use, misuse, or failure to use the Service; and (iii)
any action taken by Virpus Networks as part of an investigation into a
suspected violation of this Agreement or as a result of its conclusion
that a violation has occurred. Such Customer obligation includes
payment of losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including without
limitation attorneys’ fees.
(b)
Upon Virpus Networks’ request, Customer will immediately notify any
third party that Virpus Networks is not responsible for (i) any content
or materials posted on any Customer website or otherwise disseminated
through Customer’s use of the Service or (ii) any use or abuse of the
Service whatsoever by Customer or any third party.
Liability.
Customer
is solely responsible for the conduct of the Customers business and all
other matters under Customers control. IN NO EVENT SHALL VIRPUS
NETWORKS, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, SERVICE
PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR LICENSORS, OR ANY
OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN PRODUCING, CREATING OR DELIVERING
VIRPUS NETWORKS
SERVICE, TECHNOLOGY OR CONTENT, BE LIABLE TO The
Client IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER FOR LOSS OF OR INACCURACY OF DATA,
GOODS, REVENUES, PROFITS, SERVICES, OR TECHNOLOGY OR FOR ANY DIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN
IF VIRPUS NETWORKS
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. The Client HEREBY
WAIVES ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST HostNetWay AND ITS PARENT,
SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND
LICENSORS ARISING OUT OF CUSTOMERS USE OFVIRPUS NETWORKS SERVICE.