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Hosting Terms and Conditions (Print Version)

Business Webpage Limited hosting customers may not resell or give away control of any part of their Business Webpage account. This includes but is not limited to, web space, system resources, e-mail and ftp accounts unless they have permission from Business Webpage Limited to do so.

Business Webpage Limited will provide the Service to the Customer in accordance with the Conditions of this Agreement and with reasonable skill and care. It is technically impracticable to provide the Service absolutely free of faults and Business Webpage Limited does not undertake to do so.

Content:
All services provided by Business Webpage Limited may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United Kingdom (or any other country) law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material that is threatening or obscene, material that is "adult only" content, or material protected by trade secrets and other statue. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Business Webpage Limited from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.

Adult Content:
Pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited on any server. This includes sexual content, or direct links to adult content elsewhere. This is also true for sites that promote any illegal activity or content that may be damaging to our servers or any other server on the Internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited. Business Webpage Limited will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

Examples of non-acceptable content or links:
- Pirated software
- Hacking programs or archives
- Warez Sites
- Pornography
- Spamming Software

Background-running Programs:
We do not allow background-running programs. This includes any IRC related software such as bouncers and bots. In certain cases we may allow programs to run continually in the background, these are considered on a one to one basis and an extra charge will be incurred based on system resources used and operational maintenance needed.

Banned Scripts:
You are free to use any scripts you wish provided they do not affect the normal operations of the server and they are not mentioned specifically below. Scripts that are commonly known for causing server disruption include large cgi-based message forums, auctions, and banner exchanges. In the event a script affects normal server and/or administrative operations, Business Webpage Limited reserves the right to disable the account pending client cooperation and resolution.

Scripts we do not allow include:

- Chat servers/scripts of any kind.
- Formmail is not allowed on our servers.

You can use formmail scripts but they must be up-to-date and not running with the filename "formmail". Any files named "formmail" may be deleted without notice.

Distribution and/or Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Speech or Materials:
Violation of indecency and obscenity laws can result in criminal penalties.

Intellectual Property Rights:
Material accessible to you through Business Webpage Limited's Services may be subject to protection under United Kingdom (or any other country) copyright laws, or laws protecting trademarks, trade secrets or proprietary information. Except when expressly permitted by the owner of such rights, you must not use the Business Webpage Limited Service in a manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights, with respect to any material, which you access or receive through the Business Webpage Limited Network. If you use a domain name in connection with the Business Webpage Limited Service or similar service, you must not use that domain name in violation of any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.

Network Security:
Customers may not use the Business Webpage Limited Network with an 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 customer, logging into a server or account the customer 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. Customers may not attempt to interfere or deny service to any user, host, or network. This includes, but is not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or other deliberate attempts to overload or crash a host or network. Business Webpage Limited will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of systems or network security at other sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected criminal violations. Users who violate system or network security may incur criminal or civil liability.

Defamation:
Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result in civil liability for the defamer.

Refusal of Service:
Business Webpage Limited reserves the right at its sole discretion to refuse or cancel service. Violation of any of Business Webpage Limited's Rules and Regulations could result in a warning, suspension, or possible account termination. Accounts terminated due to policy violations will not be refunded. Free domains which have been granted for customers paying annually are released to the customer at the end of there hosting period. Domains terminated due to policy violations will not be released to the customer.

Spam Or Unsolicited E-Mail:
You must not use the Business Webpage Limited Network, Business Webpage Limited equipment or any Business Webpage Limited email address in connection with the transmission of spam, flames, mail bombs, or substantially similar, unsolicited email messages. Your domain may not be referenced as originator, intermediary, or reply-to address in any of the above. This prohibition extends to the sending of unsolicited mass mailings from another service that in any way implicates the use of the Business Webpage Limited Network, Business Webpage Limited equipment or any Business Webpage Limited email address. A message is considered unsolicited if it is posted in violation of a newsgroup charter or if it is sent to a recipient who has not requested or invited the message. For purposes of this provision, merely making one's email address accessible to the public will not constitute a request or invitation to receive messages.

If you are found to have spammed, Business Webpage Limited reserves the right to disable your domain without warning. Business Webpage Limited solely reserves the right to refuse or cancel service to known spammers. Lastly, Business Webpage Limited reserves the right to determine what violates this policy. As such, any violation may result in cancellation of services without refund.

Abuse:
Any attempts to undermine, slander, libel, threaten, or cause harm to a Business Webpage Limited server, customer, employee, or the company directly is strictly prohibited and is grounds for immediate termination without refund. In addition, we will pursue all attempts to the fullest extent of the law.

Indemnification:
Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Business Webpage Limited (or it's employee's/owners) harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable legal fees asserted against Business Webpage Limited, 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, it's agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Business Webpage Limited against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Business Webpage Limited server; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party and (3) copyright infringement. Customer agrees to limit the liability of Business Webpage Limited to the amount paid for service.

Refunds Policy:
You may cancel your account at any time before your monthly billing date, and you will not be billed for the next month.

We do not offer any kind of "money back" guarantee.

Disclaimer:
Business Webpage Limited will not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. Business Webpage Limited makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. Business Webpage Limited disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by Business Webpage Limited and its employees. Business Webpage Limited makes no "uptime" guarantees.

Business Webpage Limited keeps backups of key server systems only. Business Webpage Limited can accept no responsibility for any loss of data or consequences arising from this. Business Webpage Limited always advises clients to back up their site data regularly for its own protection.

If a customer provides hosting services (resellers) to others and decides to cancel their reseller hosting account with Business Webpage Limited then Business Webpage Limited will not be responsible for maintaining hosting for the resellers customers.

Finally, Business Webpage Limited wishes to emphasize that in accepting services, customers indemnify Business Webpage Limited for the violation of any law or Business Webpage Limited policy, that results in loss to Business Webpage Limited or the bringing of any claim against Business Webpage Limited. This means that if Business Webpage Limited is sued because of activities of the customer that violate any law, or this policy, the customer will pay any damages awarded against Business Webpage Limited, plus costs and reasonable legal fees.

Failure to comply with any of our terms & conditions will result in grounds for immediate account deactivation.

Business Webpage Limited reserves the right to change, edit, or update the policies contained in this document at any time for any reason without notice.