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Terms of Service
Acceptable Use Policy
Privacy Policy
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Copyright Policy
Anti SPAM Policy
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Disclaimer |
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The Basics (but not
limited to) in plain English:
1.
Nothing illegal! - no spamming, unsolicited email
(opt-ins are ok), warez, serial numbers, cracks, codes, stolen MP3's
etc...
2.
No Adult anything.
3.
No Server abuse.
4.
If you violate any of the above policies,
Terapower Innovation, Corp. will cancel your account (we always contact
you first).
5.
30 day money back guarantee does not apply to
dedicated and VPS accounts.
6.
You'll lose your 30 day money back guarantee if
you violate any of these policies.
What if someone
complains (usually SPAM but not limited to)?
1.
On FIRST
complain we will VERIFY first and TERMINATE your
account COMPLETELY. NO EXCEPTION.
We will notify you, we will fine and SUE you and
you will loose our 30 days money back guarantee.
2.
There is no refund, no money back nothing on
these cases.
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Terms of Service
By submitting the
online order form, or by using Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s
service, Customer hereby agrees to Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s
Terms of Service (TOS), Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), No Spam
Policy (NSP), and Privacy Policy.
Unless otherwise
specified, in this TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy
Policy, the usage of “us”, “we”, “our”, and “ours” shall refer
to Terapower Innovation, Corp., Inc., a Texas corporation, and
all its parents, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns. The
usage of “you”, “your”, “they”, and “them” shall refer to the
Customer of Terapower Innovation, Corp., Inc.
Moreover, in this
TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy Policy, “Terapower
Innovation, Corp.” shall refer to Terapower Innovation, Corp.,
Inc., a Texas corporation, and all its parents, subsidiaries,
successors, and assigns; unless otherwise specified, “Terapower
Innovation, Corp.” and “Terapower Innovation, Corp., Inc.” shall
have the same meaning and shall be interchangeable.
Customer agrees
that it shall comply with this TOS, Terapower Innovation,
Corp.’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), and Terapower Innovation,
Corp.’s No-Spam Policy (NSP). Customer further agrees that it
has read Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s Privacy Policy and agrees
to all the terms and conditions in the Privacy Policy. In this
document, the word “Agreement,” with a capital “A,” refers to
the TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy Policy collectively. |
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1. General Terms. |
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In consideration
of hosting services to be delivered, Customer agrees to be bound
by the following terms and conditions: |
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1.1. |
Customer agrees
to pay, in advance of each monthly service term, for hosting
services to be rendered. |
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1.2. |
Customer agrees
to be bound by the service term selected on the online order
form or via applicable promotional codes that may require
Customer to order Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s service for a
certain minimum period of time. |
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1.3. |
Customer agrees
to a no-refund policy in advance. Setup fees and monthly web
hosting service fees are non-refundable. |
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1.4. |
Non-Payment of
services shall result in a 5-day notice of disconnection. All
payment failures must be cured within 5 business days from
invoice due date or account will be suspended. Account
termination will result from invoices overdue for 30 days.
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1.5. |
Terapower
Innovation, Corp. is not and shall not responsible for data
integrity for any accounts that are terminated, disconnected, or
interrupted because of Customer’s failure to pay for Terapower
Innovation, Corp.’s services. |
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1.6. |
Customers agree
to pay all taxes applicable to your account. |
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2. Agreement for
Services. |
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2.1. |
Terapower
Innovation, Corp. will provide, and Customer will purchase and
pay for, the Web hosting services (the “Services”), according to
the service fees specified in the Order for the applicable
Service Description. Customer acknowledges that the service, and
service fees have been communicated to the Customer, and that
Customer is aware of all applicable charges as per the
Agreement. Customer also understands that no promotional offers
will apply to their individual service unless said promotional
offers are specified in this Agreement. |
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3. Payment. |
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3.1. |
Establishment and
provision of service is contingent upon receipt of payment from
Customer to Terapower Innovation, Corp. |
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3.1.1. |
Customer must pay
in full for the Services before Terapower Innovation, Corp.
begins to provide the Services to Customer. Invoices are
generated 5 days before renewal and customer agree that if
paying by credit card, recurring billing will be billed and
charged automatically on the date the invoice is generated and
that Terapower Innovation, Corp. may apply the amount due at any
time to the credit card listed on file. |
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3.1.2. |
Setup fees will
be charged and are due at the time of the Customer’s initial
request of the Services requiring setup. |
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3.2. |
Payment is due on
the defined monthly recurring billing date of each month. All
returned checks will be charged a $20.00 service fee. Service
will be interrupted on accounts that reach 5 days past due.
Accounts that are not collectable by Terapower Innovation, Corp.
will be turned over to an outside agency for collection. If your
account is turned over for collection, you agree to pay to
Terapower Innovation, Corp. a “Processing and Collection” Fee of
not less than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred
Fifty ($150.00) Dollars. |
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4. Delinquent
Accounts. |
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Terapower
Innovation, Corp. may temporarily deny service or terminate this
Agreement upon failure of Customer to pay charges when due. Such
termination or denial will not relieve Customer of
responsibility for the payment of all accrued service fees, and
any collection fees to which Terapower Innovation, Corp. may be
entitled under this Agreement or under applicable law.
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5. Account
Cancellation. |
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Customers may
voluntarily cancel their account at any time, for any reason or
for no reason, by filling out the “Cancellation Request Form”
which is provided on the Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web site.
You can find the “Cancellation Request Form” at the following
Web page:
http://terapower.net/cancellation.htm
Once a Customer
has cancelled their account before the renewal date, no more
charges will be billed to the account. Cancellations on or after
renewal will be charged renewal fees.
Paypal paying customers canceling their paypal subscription
payment does not warrant cancellation of service. All
cancellations must go through the cancellation form.
Customer can
terminate their account for any reason or for no reason.
However, Customer understands and agrees that Terapower
Innovation, Corp. does not provide pro-rated or any other kinds
of refunds on cancellations. All fees Customer has paid shall be
nonrefundable. |
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6. Refunds and
Disputes. |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 6, ALL PAYMENTS TO
TERAPOWER INNOVATION, CORP. ARE NONREFUNDABLE.
All payments to Terapower Innovation, Corp. are nonrefundable.
This includes any setup fees and monthly fees regardless of
usage. All billing disputes must be reported within thirty (30)
days of the time the dispute occurred. Disputed charges to your
credit card issuer, also known as chargebacks, which, in
Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s sole discretion, are invalid under
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will result in
service interruption, and reconnection fees to restore the
desired service.
Without waiving any of its other rights under this Agreement,
Terapower Innovation, Corp. offers to its Customers a 30-day
money-back guarantee on
fees for hosting
services only
(the “30-Day Guarantee”). If for any reason you cancel your
account by filling in the account cancellation form and
submitting it to Terapower Innovation, Corp., within thirty (30)
days of the beginning of your service, Terapower Innovation,
Corp. will refund your money with no questions asked; provided,
however, that you have never previously obtained a refund under
the 30-Day Guarantee. If you have ever previously obtained a
refund under the 30-Day Guarantee, your account will be
canceled, but no money will be refunded to you.
Please note that the amount refunded to you will be the amount
you paid for hosting services only, and will not include any of
the following fees:
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Setup fees,
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Fees for domain name
registrations,
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Fees charged for exceeding
your allotted disk storage space or bandwidth,
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SSL certificate fees,
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Web design fees,
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Web site marketing fees,
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Any add-on services,
features, software, and
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Any other fees for services
involving a third party.
The 30-Day
Guarantee is subject to all of the following limitations:
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You are entitled to a
maximum of one (1) 30-Day Guarantee.
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If you do not cancel your
account within thirty (30) days of the beginning of your
service, your right to the 30-Day Guarantee shall expire
forever and may not be revived under any circumstances,
without the prior express written approval of Terapower
Innovation, Corp.
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You may not transfer or
assign the 30-Day Guarantee to any third party.
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You agree that you will
not circumvent the restrictions on the 30-Day Guarantee
described in this document, or attempt to circumvent
those restrictions by any means, including, but not
limited to, the following actions:
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Creating multiple
accounts, using the same customer name or different
customer names;
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Canceling your
account for the sole purpose of obtaining a refund
and then registering for a new account;
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Organizing multiple
business entities or using assumed business names
for the purpose of circumventing these restrictions;
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Knowingly providing
false or misleading information when you register
for your account; or
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Requesting a refund
under the 30-Day Guarantee at any time after you
have already received a refund under that guarantee.
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If you violate any
provision of any of the following policies of Terapower
Innovation, Corp., you will not be eligible for the
30-Day Guarantee:
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Terms of Service (TOS);
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Acceptable Use Policy
(AUP); or
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No-Spam Policy (NSP).
Changes to your
service, including, but not limited to, adding new services,
removing services, or changing the type of hosting plan you have
do NOT make you eligible for an additional 30-Day Guarantee. The
30-Day Guarantee applies to your first order of Web hosting
services from Terapower Innovation, Corp. and does not apply to
any changes to your service at any time. |
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7. |
Customer agrees
not to engage in any activity that violates any international,
foreign, federal, state, or local laws applicable to the service
terms described in this Agreement. |
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8. |
Terapower
Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to discontinue service to
any Customer it deems, in its sole discretion, violates any
condition of service including, but not limited to, the
following: |
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8.1. |
the
Acceptable Use
Policy,
or |
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8.2. |
the
No-Spam Policy. |
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9. |
Backups. |
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9.1. |
In order to allow
us to provide the best service to you, Terapower Innovation,
Corp. accounts are backed up daily and weekly. However, these
backups are intended for Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s
administrative purposes only, to allow us to provide excellent
service to our customers. As part of its commitment to
first-rate customer service, Terapower Innovation, Corp. always
seeks to create complete and accurate backups of customer
accounts.
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9.2. |
Even the best and
most complete and redundant backup systems can and do fail for a
variety of reasons, despite the best efforts of the Web hosting
service. THEREFORE, TERAPOWER INNOVATION, CORP. DOES NOT
GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR INTEGRITY
OF THESE BACKUPS OR THE DATA THEY CONTAIN. Consequently, you
must not rely upon the availability, completeness, currency, or
integrity of these backups. |
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9.3. |
Customers are
responsible for maintaining their own backups on their own
personal computers or other computers. |
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9.4. |
Terapower
Innovation, Corp. does not provide any sort of compensation for
lost, inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated data in the event that
Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s backups do not function properly,
regardless of the reason(s) for any such malfunction, even if
the malfunction was due to the fault or negligence of Terapower
Innovation, Corp. or any of its employees or agents, and
regardless of whether Terapower Innovation, Corp. had been
informed of the possibility of such malfunction, or any fault or
negligence that might cause it. |
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9.5. |
In the event that
you need to recover data from a backup, Terapower Innovation,
Corp. will use reasonable efforts to restore data to your
account from the appropriate backup. HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT
THIS SERVICE IS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT YOUR OWN BACKUPS TO YOUR
OWN COMPUTER, AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THOSE BACKUPS. AGAIN,
TERAPOWER INNOVATION, CORP. DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY,
COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR INTEGRITY OF ITS BACKUPS. |
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9.6. |
You understand
and agree that Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s backup policy does
not create any warranties for whose breach Terapower Innovation,
Corp. can be held liable. |
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10. |
Customer agrees
to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Terapower Innovation,
Corp., and the parents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns,
employees and agents of Terapower Innovation, Corp. against any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties, actions,
proceedings or judgments (collectively, “Losses”) to which an
indemnified party may become subject and which Losses arise out
of, or relate to this Agreement or Customer’s use of the
Services, and to reimburse an indemnified party for all legal
and other expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating, defending, or settling any Loss whether or not in
connection with pending or threatened litigation in which such
indemnified party is a party. |
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11. TERAPOWER
INNOVATION, CORP. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
FOR |
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11.1. |
ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PUNITIVE OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE,
LOSS OF USE, OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE USE OF TERAPOWER
INNOVATION, CORP.’S SERVICES BY CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTIES,
REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR THEORY OF LIABILITY, OR
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11.2. |
ANY LOSS OF DATA
RESULTING FROM DELAYS, NONDELIVERIES, MISDELIVERIES OR SERVICE
INTERRUPTIONS. |
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TERAPOWER
INNOVATION, CORP. PROVIDES THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AS IS,
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
TERAPOWER INNOVATION, CORP. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, AND DISCLAIMS ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. CUSTOMER SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION,
USE, AND SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES AND TERAPOWER INNOVATION,
CORP. SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY THEREFORE. |
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TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TERAPOWER INNOVATION, CORP. DISCLAIMS,
ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER ENDORSEMENTS, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM, OR
THROUGH, THIS SERVICE, THE SYSTEMS WHICH PROVIDE IT, AND THE
INTERNET, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR USE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY
RIGHTS. |
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TERAPOWER
INNOVATION, CORP. DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR THE
COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION
DISCLOSED OR MATERIALS ACCESSED THROUGH ITS SERVICES, ITS
SYSTEMS, ITS NETWORKS, OR THE INTERNET. |
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15.No Waiver of
Rights by Terapower Innovation, Corp.. |
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Any failure by
Terapower Innovation, Corp. to enforce this Agreement in every
instance in which it might apply does not amount to a waiver of
any of Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s rights. |
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16. Arbitration.
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ANY CONTROVERSY
OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTACT OR ANY
BREACH THEREOF IN EXCESS OF $250.00 SHALL BE SETTLED BY
ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES
OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, AND JUDGMENT UPON THE
AWARD RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION. |
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17. Notices.
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17.1. |
From Terapower
Innovation, Corp. to Customer. |
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Terapower
Innovation, Corp. will notify you by e-mail of any notices that
Terapower Innovation, Corp. is required to provide to you under
this Agreement, at the most current e-mail address you have
provided to Terapower Innovation, Corp..
By entering this Agreement, you consent to receive notices by
e-mail. You are solely responsible for ensuring that Terapower
Innovation, Corp. has your most current e-mail address, and
Terapower Innovation, Corp. shall not be responsible for any
lost, misdirected, bounced, forwarded, or undeliverable e-mail
that Terapower Innovation, Corp. sends to the most current
e-mail address you have provided to Terapower Innovation, Corp.. |
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17.2. |
From Customer to
Terapower Innovation, Corp. |
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Unless otherwise
specified in this Agreement, notices to Terapower Innovation,
Corp. shall be sent to the following address:
Terapower
Innovation, Corp.
info@terapower.com |
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18. Governing
Law. |
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This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Texas, without regard to choice of law or
conflicts of law provisions that would cause the application of
the law of another jurisdiction. |
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19. Currency. |
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All monetary
amounts to which this Agreement refers shall be in United States
dollars. |
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20. Entire
Agreement. |
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This Agreement,
including all of its component parts, comprises the entire
agreement between you (the Customer) and Terapower Innovation,
Corp., and supersedes any prior or previous agreements between
you and Terapower Innovation, Corp. with respect to the subject
matter of this Agreement; provided, however, that you agree that
you shall be subject to any additional terms and conditions of
which Terapower Innovation, Corp. notifies you from time to
time, pursuant to this Agreement. |
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21. No Oral
Modification of this Agreement. |
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This Agreement
may not be modified orally. |
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22. Assignment. |
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22.1 |
Customer shall
not assign or attempt to assign its obligations under this
Agreement without Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s prior and
express written consent to such assignment. |
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22.2. |
Terapower
Innovation, Corp. may assign any or all of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement at any time without prior
notice to or consent of Customer. |
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23. Consent to
Jurisdiction; Venue. |
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Jurisdiction and
venue for arbitration or litigation of any dispute, controversy,
or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to
this Agreement, or the breach thereof shall be proper only in a
venue determined Terapower Innovation, Corp.. |
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24. Choice of
Law. |
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For all purposes,
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made within the
State of Texas, United States of America. This Agreement shall
be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the
laws of the State of Texas, without regard to Texas’ choice of
law and conflicts of law rules, and Terapower Innovation, Corp.
and Customer each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of Harris County, Texas, or to the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Texas, should any claim or
question arise under Federal law or federal jurisdiction based
upon diversity of citizenship. |
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25. Force Majeure. |
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Terapower
Innovation, Corp. shall not be liable or deemed to be in default
for any delay or failure in performance under this Agreement or
interruption of service resulting directly or indirectly from
acts of God, civil or military authority, acts of public enemy,
war, terrorism, riots, civil disturbances, insurrections,
accidents, fire, explosions, earthquakes, floods, the elements,
strikes, labor disputes, shortages of suitable parts, materials,
labor or transportation, magnetic interference, interruptions of
electrical power or other utility service, unavailability of any
telecommunications or wireless service or connection to any
telecommunications or wireless service, or any cause beyond the
reasonable control of Terapower Innovation, Corp.. |
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26. Unsuspended
Account Fee. |
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Terapower
Innovation, Corp. reserves his right to apply an Unsuspended
Account Fee of $10.00 without prior notice to or consent of
Customer after 30 days account due. |
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27. Severability
of Terms of this Agreement. |
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In the event that
any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the
unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with
applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original
intentions of the parties hereto, and the remainder of the
provisions shall remain in full force and effect. |
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28. Limitation of
Actions Arising Under this Agreement. |
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Any cause of
action you may have with respect to Terapower Innovation,
Corp.’s performance or alleged non-performance of this Agreement
must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause
of action arises or such claim or cause of action is forever
barred. |
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29. Denial of
Service |
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Terapower
Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to refuse or discontinue
service to anyone at our sole discretion. |
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30. Server Abuse |
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Server abuse
includes any process or service usage that affects normal
server/system operation, resources or connectivity, and which
causes a server/system to become overloaded. Such abuse
includes, but is not limited to, excessive CPU, hard disk and
memory usage, excessive number of concurrent processes,
excessive number of concurrent port or database connections and
excessive bandwidth usage. Possible causes for server abuse
include, but are not limited to, the excessive use of: CGI,
Perl, Sendmail, MySQL, MSSQL, MSAccess, PHP, ASP, COLDFUSION,
HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP. Upon detection of server abuse,
Terapower Innovation, Corp. will try to disable the specific
script, website or database that is causing the abuse under your
Service Account. If this is not possible, Terapower Innovation,
Corp. will suspend your entire Service Account. The specific
script, website or database under the Service Account or the
Service account itself will only be resumed once the Customer
has corrected the problem and convinced Terapower Innovation,
Corp. that the abuse will not occur again. Terapower Innovation,
Corp. will endeavor to provide prior notification before
carrying out any such action but Terapower Innovation, Corp. may
do so without any such notification, in its own discretion. |
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31. |
Abuse of
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Staff or Support Personnel.
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30.1. At
Terapower Innovation, Corp., we take pride in providing
excellent service to all of our customers. It is our policy
always to treat our customers with the highest level of respect
and courtesy. In return, we expect the same respect and courtesy
from you.
30.2. If our
staff feels that you are consistently engaging in abusive
content toward them, or addressing them in a demeaning or rude
manner, your account(s) may be suspended and you may be asked to
take your business elsewhere. In the event that we terminate
service for abusive conduct, customers will be given five (5)
days’ notice to find a new Web host. We will issue a refund only
for the unused portion of pre-paid service.
30.3. Abusive
conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following
behaviors:
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Repeatedly
addressing members of our staff in a demeaning or rude
manner;
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Using
profanity in any oral or written communications with our
staff, by any medium of communication, including but not
limited to e-mail, instant messages, chat, text messaging,
fax, postal mail, telephone, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
or in-person communication;
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Yelling or
shouting at our staff;
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Deliberately
using all capital (uppercase) letters in any written
communication to our staff;
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Insulting our
staff because of their personal characteristics, or on the
basis of their race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, religion, or housing or economic status; or
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Deliberately
providing false information to our staff for the purpose of
harassing them or wasting their time.
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Acceptable Use
Policy
By submitting
an online order form, or by using Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s
service, Customer hereby agrees to the following Acceptable Use
Policy (AUP). Customer agrees that it shall comply with and require
its end users to comply with this AUP, Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s
Terms of Service (TOS), Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s No-Spam Policy
(NSP), and Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s Privacy Policy. In this
document, the word “Agreement,” with a capital “A,” refers to the
TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy Policy collectively.
1.
Introduction, Purpose, and General Terms.
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1.1. This Web site gives you the ability to learn about
Terapower Innovation, Corp. and its products and services as
well as the ability to access our network and services
(“Terapower Innovation, Corp. Services”). By using this site,
and any other sites or services owned, operated, or provided by
Terapower Innovation, Corp., you signify your agreement to the
terms, conditions and notices of this policy. “You” when used in
the Agreement shall mean the Terapower Innovation, Corp.
Customer of record and that Terapower Innovation, Corp.
Customer’s end users.
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1.2. This Acceptable Use Policy is used in conjunction
with the terms of service (TOS), the No-Spam Policy (NSP), and
the Privacy Policy. Violating any of these policies and
agreements grants Terapower Innovation, Corp. the authority to
take action to restrict or terminate your access to Terapower
Innovation, Corp. Services. Terapower Innovation, Corp. reserves
the right, at its sole discretion, to update or revise this
policy, any other policy or statement on any Terapower
Innovation, Corp. Web site, and any product offerings or
programs described on any Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web site.
Please check back periodically to review any changes to this
policy.
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1.3. This document sets forth the principles, guidelines
and requirements of the Acceptable Use Policy of Terapower
Innovation, Corp. (“Company”) governing the use by the Customer
(“Customer”) of the Company’s services and products (“Services
and Products”). The purpose of Terapower Innovation, Corp.’s
Acceptable Use Policy (the AUP”) is to comply with all
international, federal, state, and local laws and to protect the
network security, network availability, physical security,
Customer privacy, and other factors affecting the services
provided by Terapower Innovation, Corp. Terapower Innovation,
Corp. reserves the right to impose reasonable rules and
regulations regarding the use of its services provided to all
Customers and such rules and regulations are subject to change.
Such rules and regulations are located on the Internet at
http://terapower.net/legal.htm
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1.4. In order to maintain an informative and valuable
service that meets the needs of the users of this site and
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Services, the rules in this AUP have
been established to protect against abuse. The AUP is not an
all-inclusive, exhaustive list and Terapower Innovation, Corp.
reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify the AUP at any
time as needed, effective upon either the posting of the
revised, amended, or modified AUP to
http://terapower.net/legal.htm
or notification to the Customer via e-mail to the e-mail address
of Customer as set forth in the Service Descriptions.
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1.5. Any violation of the AUP may result in the suspension
or termination of your account or such other action, as
Terapower Innovation, Corp. deems appropriate. No credits will
be issued for any interruption in service resulting from
violations of the AUP.
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1.6. VIOLATION OF ANY SECTION OF THE AUP IS STRICTLY
PROHIBITED AND MAY RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OR
SUSPENSION OF THE SERVICES YOU RECEIVE FROM TERAPOWER
INNOVATION, CORP.
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1.7. Any questions or comments regarding the AUP should be
directed to Terapower Innovation, Corp. by e-mail to the
following e-mail address
admin@terapower.com, for issues concerning the AUP.
2. General
Prohibitions.
You may not use this site or Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s Services
for any purpose that is unlawful or in any manner that could damage,
disable, overburden or impair the operation of this site, the
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Network, or Terapower Innovation,
Corp.'s Services, or any other part's use or enjoyment of this site,
the Terapower Innovation, Corp. Network, or Terapower Innovation,
Corp.'s Services.
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2.1. You may not use this site or Terapower Innovation,
Corp.'s Services for any purpose that is unlawful or in any
manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the
operation of this site, the Terapower Innovation, Corp. Network,
or Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s Services, or any other party's
use or enjoyment of this site, the Terapower Innovation, Corp.
Network, or Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s Services.
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2.2. Adult Content Prohibited.
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2.2.1. Adult-oriented sites demand special system, network,
and bandwidth requirements. Terapower Innovation, Corp. does
not accommodate those extraordinarily large requirements in
its standard shared, e-commerce, reseller, VPS and dedicated
hosting plans. Therefore you may not use Terapower
Innovation, Corp.'s services for adult-oriented and
pornography sites. This includes sites that may include
sexual content, or links to adult content elsewhere.
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2.2.2. Where allowed by applicable law, Terapower
Innovation, Corp. does not prohibit you from posting a
static Web page that meets all of the following criteria:
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the page merely advertises an adult service
and provides information about how to contact the
service offline, i.e., by telephone, facsimile, or
postal mail and not via a link from a Web site that uses
Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s services;
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the page does not display any sexually
explicit content and does not link to any Web page or
site displaying any sexually explicit content; and
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the page does not require a user to log in
with a username or password to access any of the Web
site's content.
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2.2.3. In some jurisdictions, even the notice and
advertisement of adult-oriented services may be illegal. It
is your sole responsibility to learn the laws that govern
what you are and are not allowed to post on your Web site.
As part of your agreement with Terapower Innovation, Corp.,
you must comply with all such applicable laws.
However, Terapower Innovation, Corp. cannot and does not
advise you or make any recommendations to you about the
existence of any such laws in a particular jurisdiction. Nor
does Terapower Innovation, Corp. advise you about how to
comply with any such laws. Furthermore, laws vary throughout
the United States of America and all over the world, so you
should contact your legal advisor for more information and
specific recommendations concerning the kinds of online
materials that are legal in your region.
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2.2.4. If you use Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s service to
publish any content that any applicable law deems “harmful,”
“inappropriate,” or “unsuitable” for minors (persons under
18 years of age), then you must provide appropriate
protection to prevent minors from accessing that content.
Such protection is your sole responsibility because
Terapower Innovation, Corp. does not censor the content of
your Web sites and pages.
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2.2.5. If you have a reseller account with Terapower
Innovation, Corp., you may not resell our hosting services
to any clients or customers that sell adult content.
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2.2.6. You may not use Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s
services to sell or solicit sales for any of the following
items, products or services because they are or may be
illegal in one or more jurisdictions where Terapower
Innovation, Corp.'s services are offered, or where they can
be viewed through Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s services:
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Online pornography or adult content for which
a viewer must subscribe to access it,
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Adult content-related products or services
(including X-rated videos, pictures, etc. especially of
individuals under 18 years of age), and
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Obscene materials, as defined by law.
If we find any of
your sites (or any of the sites of your customers, if you have a
reseller account) to be selling any of the prohibited products or
services, the offending accounts shall be subject to immediate
account termination.
3.
Compliance with Law.
Customer shall not use Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s Service or any
other service or network to post, upload, transmit, retransmit,
store, distribute or facilitate the distribution of any content,
including without limitation text, communications, software, images,
sounds, data, or other information that, in Terapower Innovation,
Corp.'s
sole discretion:
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3.1. violates, attempts to violate, or helps any third
party to violate any local, state, federal, international, or
non-United States law, ordinance, or regulation,
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3.2. is threatening, obscene, indecent, pornographic,
abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, deceptive, fraudulent,
invasive of another's privacy, tortuous, inaccurate, or that
otherwise could adversely affect any individual, group or entity
(collectively, “Persons”),
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3.3. threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of
property,
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3.4. harms any person,
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3.5. victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an
individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion,
sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, national origin,
immigration status, age, disability, or any other reason,
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3.6. is posted in violation of a newsgroup charter,
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3.7. contains viruses, corrupted files, or any other
similar software or programs that may damage the operation of
another's computer,
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3.8. violates any terms or conditions of any other network
access provider or Internet service provider,
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3.9. violates the rights of any person, including rights
protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other
intellectual property or similar laws or regulations including,
but not limited to, the installation or distribution of
“pirated” information content or data or other software products
that are not appropriately licensed for use by Customer.
Customer shall be responsible for determining what laws or
regulations are applicable to its use of the Services and
Products,
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3.10. adds, removes, or modifies identifying network header
information in an effort to deceive or mislead any person.
Additionally, attempting to impersonate any person by using
forged headers or other identifying information is prohibited.
However, the use of anonymous remailers or nicknames does not by
itself constitute impersonation, unless such use is made with
the intent to deceive, defraud, or mislead any person or to
violate any applicable laws or regulations,
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3.11. collects, attempts to collect, or helps any third
party to collect personal information about third parties
without their knowledge or consent or in a manner that violates
applicable laws concerning privacy,
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3.12. has a negative effect on Terapower Innovation, Corp.
or its network (including, without limitation, overloading
servers on the Terapower Innovation, Corp. Network; causing
portions of the Terapower Innovation, Corp. Network to be
blocked by other network providers; generating unresolved third
party complaints or complaints which, in the discretion of
Terapower Innovation, Corp., impose an unreasonable
administrative burden on Terapower Innovation, Corp.; etc.), or
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3.13. violates the prohibition on terrorist content and
activities described below. Terrorist Content Prohibited.
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3.13.1. The United States Homeland Security Act of 2002
defines "terrorism" as
"any activity that-
(A) involves an act that-
(i) is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of
critical infrastructure or key resources; and
(ii) is a violation of the criminal laws of the United
States or of any State or other subdivision of the United
States ; and
(B) appears to be intended-
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation
or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass
destruction, assassination, or kidnapping."
(Pub. L. 107-296 (2002) § 2(15)).
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3.13.2. You may not use Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s
services to do any of the following acts by any means, or
resell Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s services to any
individual or organization that you know to be doing any of
the following acts by any means:
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3.13.2.1. engage in terrorism,
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3.13.2.2. solicit any other individual or organization
to engage in terrorism,
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3.13.2.3. conspire with any other individual or
organization to engage in terrorism,
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3.13.2.4. help any other individual or organization to
engage in terrorism, or
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3.13.2.5. knowingly engage in commerce with any of the
following individuals or organizations
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3.13.2.5.1. those persons listed in the Annex to the
Executive Order No. 13225 of President George W. Bush
(September 25, 2001) (referred to in this AUP as "the
Executive Order"), as it may be amended from time to time, a
copy of which is available online at the following Web page:
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/legal/eo/13224.pdf
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3.13.2.5.2. foreign persons that the Secretary of State of
the United States of America has determined have committed
or pose a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism
against the United States or its people;
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3.13.2.5.3. businesses and organizations that the
Secretary of State of the United States of America has
determined are owned, controlled by, or acting on behalf of
terrorists or persons suspected of terrorism; and
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3.13.2.5.4. persons whom the Secretary of the Treasury of
the United States of America , in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Attorney General of the United
States of America , has determined are:
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3.13.2.5.4.1.
helping terrorists or suspected terrorists by giving them
money, material, or technology; or
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3.13.2.5.4.2.
associated otherwise with terrorists or suspected
terrorists.
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3.13 .2.5.5. transactions that avoid or attempt to avoid
the prohibitions of the Executive Order; and
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3.13 .2.5.6. conspiracies to violate the Executive Order;
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3.13.2.6. knowingly engage in transactions or dealings
in money, goods, or services with terrorists, suspected
terrorists, or terrorist organizations; or
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3.13.2.7. make donations to terrorists and suspected
terrorists.
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3.13.3. While Terapower Innovation, Corp. is not giving you
legal advice or a consulting recommendation about how to
comply with this no-terrorism policy or with the applicable
laws that prohibit terrorism in the United States of America
or in other countries, you may find the following general
strategies helpful in complying with these requirements.
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3.13.3.1. Verify the identity of any person who wants to
buy goods, services, or information through your Web site.
This includes, but is not limited to, the resale of
Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s hosting services.
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3.13.3.2. Check the names of any persons or
organizations attempting to buy from your Web site against
the Annex in the Executive Order.
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3.13.3.3. Work with the company that provides
transaction payment and fraud-prevention services for your
e-commerce Web sites. The provider may be able to automate
the identity checking for you.
4. System
and Network Security.
Violations of system or network security are strictly prohibited,
and may result in criminal and civil liability as well as
termination of services from Terapower Innovation, Corp. Terapower
Innovation, Corp. investigates all incidents involving such
violations and will cooperate with law enforcement if a violation of
the criminal law is suspected.
You are responsible for any misuse of your account, even if a
friend, family member, guest, agent, or employee committed the
inappropriate activity while using your account. Therefore, you must
take steps to ensure that others do not gain unauthorized access to
your account. In addition, you may not use your account to breach
the security of another Terapower Innovation, Corp. account or
attempt to gain unauthorized access to another network or server.
Examples of system or network security violations include, without
limitation, the following:
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4.1. Introduction into the network or server of any
malicious program (examples: viruses, worms, Trojan Horses,
logic bombs, and other executables intended to inflict harm).
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4.2. Introduction into the network or server of any
self-extracting file or program containing any malicious program
as specified in Section 4.1 of this AUP.
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4.3. Introduction into the network or server of any data,
parameter, configuration, template, or control files for
software applications that contain destructive macros or other
malicious code.
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4.4. Introduction into the network or server of any
encrypted or compressed file or archive such as .zip or .gz
files that contains any malicious program as specified in
paragraphs 4.1 through 4.3 of this AUP.
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4.5. Effecting security breaches or disruptions of
Internet communication and/or connectivity. Security breaches
include, but are not limited to, accessing data of which the
Customer is not an intended recipient, logging into a server or
account that the Customer is not expressly authorized to access,
or exceeding the access to a server or account that has been
granted to the Customer. For purposes of this section,
"disruption" includes, but is not limited to port scans, flood
pings, email-bombing, packet spoofing, IP spoofing, and forged
routing information.
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4.6. Executing any form of network activity that will
intercept data not intended for the Customer.
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4.7. Circumventing user authentication or security of any
host, network or account.
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4.8. Interfering with or denying service to any user other
than users of the Customer's host (examples: denial of service
attack or distributed denial of service attack).
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4.9. Using any program script/command, or sending messages
of any kind such as a punter, designed to interfere with or to
disable, a user's terminal session, via any means, locally or
via the Internet.
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4.10. Attempting to use or gain unauthorized access to
data, accounts, hosts, servers, systems or networks of this
site, or to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or
network of this site, any Terapower Innovation, Corp. Services
or those of any other party.
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4.11. Interfering with service to any user, host or network
including, without limitation, mail-bombing, flooding, or
attempting to overload the system.
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4.12. Forging any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the
header information in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting.
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4.13. Falsifying address information or otherwise modifying
e-mail headers to conceal the sender's or the recipient's
identity.
5. Internet
Etiquette.
The Customer agrees to observe and abide by reasonable Internet
etiquette (Netiquette). The Customer shall comply with the rules
appropriate to any network to which Terapower Innovation, Corp. may
provide access. The Customer should not post, transmit, or permit
Internet access to information the Customer desires to keep
confidential. The Customer shall not post any material that is
illegal, is libelous, is otherwise tortuous, indecently depicts
children, or is likely to result in retaliation against Terapower
Innovation, Corp. by offended users. Terapower Innovation, Corp.
reserves the right to refuse or terminate service at any time for
violation of this section. This includes, but is not limited to,
advertising services or sites via Internet Relay Chat (IRC) or
USENET in clear violation of the policies of the IRC channel or
USENET group.
6. Child
Pornography.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. will cooperate fully with any criminal
investigation into a Customer's violation of the Child Protection
Act of 1984 concerning child pornography, or any other applicable
international, federal, state, or local law that prohibits child
pornography. Customers are ultimately responsible for the actions of
their clients over Terapower Innovation, Corp. network, and shall be
liable for illegal material posted by their clients.
According to the Child Protection Act, child pornography includes
photographs, films, video, or any other type of visual presentation
that shows a person who is or is depicted as being under the age of
eighteen years and is engaged in or is depicted as engaged in
explicit sexual activity, or the dominant characteristic of which is
the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal
region of a person under the age of eighteen years or any written
material or visual representation that advocates or counsels sexual
activity with a person under the age of eighteen years.
Violations of the Child Protection Act may be reported to the U.S.
Customs Agency at 1-800-BEALERT
7. Terapower
Innovation, Corp. No-Spam Policy (NSP).
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7.1. Customer shall comply with all the terms and
conditions of Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s No-Spam Policy (NSP)
as described in this Section 7. Violation of the NSP shall be
deemed a violation of this AUP and of the Customer's Agreement
with Terapower Innovation, Corp.
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7.2. At Terapower Innovation, Corp., we are committed to
providing valuable hosting services to our valued customers.
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7.3. An important part of Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s
mission is to be a respected and responsible member of the
business and Internet communities. We take seriously our role in
protecting our customers and the general public from nuisances
such as "spam." This section describes our NO-SPAM Policy.
Please read it carefully, because it contains important
information and because it is a material part of your Agreement
with Terapower Innovation, Corp.
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7.4. To report any spam you receive that identifies itself
as coming from the terapower.com servers or claims to be related
to Terapower Innovation, Corp. in any way, please send an e-mail
message to us at admin@terapower.com. In your message to us,
please include a complete and accurate copy of the message that
you consider to be spam, along with full message headers and
routing information for e-mail, a message board provided by a
Web site or an online service, Usenet, interactive chat message,
or instant message service, as the case may be.
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7.5. Definition of Spam.
Unsolicited
commercial e-mail and electronic messages are colloquially referred
to as "spam." Other common names for spam include "spam e-mail,"
"junk e-mail," "bulk e-mail," "direct e-mail," and "mass e-mail."
Spam is the electronic equivalent of the direct mail you receive in
your postal mailbox frequently.
In its most general terms, and as used in this NO-SPAM Policy (the
"Policy"), spam is:
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic
message, including, but not limited to, messages that are:
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posted to an electronic mailing list (other than an
"opt-in" e-mail list as described below),
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posted on an online bulletin board system or Web-based
message board system or "guest book",
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posted to a Usenet newsgroup,
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posted to the common area of an online community,
group, or club,
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posted in a chat room,
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posted in a message board of a commercial online
service (such as America Online),
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posted to a Weblog ("blog"),
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sent via an instant message system (such as ICQ,
Yahoo! Pager, Yahoo! Instant Messenger, or AOL Instant
Messenger),
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sent through e-mail or another Internet means of
communication when the message's ultimate destination is a
facsimile ("fax") machine, cellular or wireless telephone, or
wireless device,
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic
message that is addressed to one or more recipients with whom
you do not have an preexisting business or personal
relationship,
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic
message that is sent to a mailing list of addresses that you
purchased or that were otherwise distributed, or any list of
e-mail addresses whose owners did not sign up for your specific
mailing list, including without limitation lists commonly known
as "affiliate lists,"
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic
message that is not sent at the request of, or with the express
consent of, the recipient(s),
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic
message that is sent to a recipient who has opted out of
receiving further commercial electronic messages from you, or
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic
message that contains forged headers, compromised mail server
relays, or false contact information.
For purposes of
this Policy, spam also includes any e-mail or other electronic
message that is sent in violation of any applicable Federal, state,
or local law regulating unsolicited commercial e-mail, unsolicited
fax transmissions, or any other type of unsolicited commercial
electronic message, regardless of whether that message fits the
definition of "spam" provided above.
7.6.
"Opt-in" E-mail Lists.
Please note: messages sent to "opt-in" e-mail lists are not spam,
for purposes of this Policy, provided that those messages meet all
of the following criteria:
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the messages are sent to an "opt-in" e-mail list in
which ALL subscribers have VOLUNTARILY agreed to receive
announcements and advertisements about products and services;
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the messages STRICTLY COMPLY with ALL the requirements
and regulations of the "opt-in" e-mail list; and
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upon request of any subscriber to the "opt-in" e-mail
list, you immediately stop sending that subscriber any e-mail
regarding your products and services.
If you choose
to use an "opt-in" e-mail list, please be aware that Terapower
Innovation, Corp. will consider ANY violation of the requirements or
regulations of such any third party provider of software or services
for such a list to be a violation of this NO SPAM Policy.
Furthermore,
Terapower Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to prohibit "opt-in"
e-mail lists in the future if such a prohibition is reasonably
necessary to keep its hosting service operating efficiently for all
users.
7.7. Zero
Tolerance for Spam.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. will not tolerate any spamming by any of
its Customers. This prohibition of spam extends to the sending of
unsolicited mass mailings from another service, which in any way
implicates the use of Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s services whether
or not the message actually originated from our network.
Violation of this NO-SPAM policy will result in Terapower
Innovation, Corp. taking one or more of the following actions:
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A warning via e-mail or telephone,
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Suspension of your site until further notice,
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Removal of DNS for the advertised/originating site, or
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Temporarily blocking outgoing mail from your site.
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Repeated violation of this NO-SPAM policy will result
in immediate disconnection of service with no re-activation.
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Terapower Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to take
all legal and technical steps available to prevent unsolicited
bulk e-mail or other unauthorized e-mail from being sent from or
transmitted through the Terapower Innovation, Corp. Network.
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PLEASE NOTE: The transmission of spam, including the
transmission of counterfeit e-mail, may result in civil and
criminal penalties against the sender, under various federal,
state, and local laws and regulations, including the federal
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.
7.8
Indemnification of Terapower Innovation, Corp.
You agree to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify Terapower
Innovation, Corp. from any harm or damages whatsoever resulting
directly or indirectly from your engaging in any spamming practices
or from your violation of any of the terms of this NO SPAM Policy.
7.9 Mailing Limits
Shared customer
and resellers may not send more than 200 emails per hour per domain.
8. Resource
Usage.
You agree to not use excessive amounts of resources. Any violations
may result in us taking corrective action in order maintain server
stability by killing any processes, disabling and/or suspending your
account.
Shared customer
and resellers may not use more than 1% CPU daily, 3% memory daily,
run more than 8 simultaneous processes per user or allow any process
to run for longer than 15 CPU seconds. Databases are limited to 8
max user connections with a max query time of 5 seconds.
Terapower
Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to make adjustments to these
limits at our sole discretion. If Terapower Innovation, Corp. takes
corrective action Customer shall not be entitled to a refund of any
fees paid in advanced.
9. No
Editing, Censoring, or Control of Communications; Reservation of
Rights.
Your participation in online communication or use of any Terapower
Innovation, Corp. service is not edited, censored, or otherwise
controlled by Terapower Innovation, Corp. However, Terapower
Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to monitor content on this site
and on any Terapower Innovation, Corp. servers, networks, or systems
and to remove content, disable sites, or suspend or terminate
services if Terapower Innovation, Corp., in its sole discretion,
determines such content or user practices are harmful, offensive, or
otherwise in violation of this Acceptable Use Policy.
10. Export
Control Laws.
Exporting encryption software over the Internet from the United
States of America to countries other than the United States of
America and Canada violates United States law, unless you have a
license to do so from the Bureau of Industry and Security in the
United States Department of Commerce. You are solely responsible for
determining whether any of your software or other information
contains encryption software and whether you require a license to
export your software or information. You are also solely responsible
for complying with all applicable laws governing the export of
encryption products. For additional information, you may wish to
visit the Bureau of Industry and Security's Web site at:
http://www.bis.doc.gov/Encryption/
11.
International Use.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. makes no representation that materials
available on this site or any or through any Terapower Innovation,
Corp. service are appropriate or available for use in locations
outside the United States, and accessing them or using them from
territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.
Customers and their users who access this site or any site hosted by
Terapower Innovation, Corp. from locations outside the United States
of America are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable
local laws and regulations. Moreover, to the extent allowed by law,
Customers agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Terapower
Innovation, Corp., its parents, subsidiaries, partners, joint
venturers, employees and agents, and all their respective heirs,
successors, and assigns for any acts of Customer or Customer's users
that may violate any applicable law.
12.
Intellectual Property Rights.
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12.1. All Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web site design,
text, graphics and the selection and arrangement thereof are the
copyrighted work of Terapower Innovation, Corp., © 2004. All
rights reserved. If any page, information, or content is copied,
it may only be copied for non-commercial uses that are
explicitly allowed under the Customer's Agreement with Terapower
Innovation, Corp. or by law, and Terapower Innovation, Corp.
shall, in any event, retain all copyright and other proprietary
interests in said page, information, or content.
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12.2. You acknowledge and agree that copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, and other
proprietary rights and laws protect all content and materials
available on this site or through any Terapower Innovation,
Corp. service. Nothing on any Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web
site shall be interpreted or implied in such a way as conferring
any license or right to any intellectual property rights or
license to any intellectual property, content, technology,
system, process, or related material belonging to Terapower
Innovation, Corp. by virtue of it being displayed or made
accessible on any Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web site. Except
as expressly authorized, you agree not to use this site or any
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Services in any manner that would
infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights,
with respect to any material, which you may access, receive or
make available through this site or any Terapower Innovation,
Corp. Services.
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12.3. If you use a domain name or content in connection
with the Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web hosting or any other
Web hosting service, you agree not to use that domain name or
content in any way which violates any trademark, service mark,
or similar rights of any third party. Specifically, and without
limitation, you agree that you will not engage in, attempt to
engage in, or conspire with others or solicit others to engage
in any cyber squatting or domain name hijacking,
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12.4. Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s data center
infrastructure including all hardware, software, and
telecommunications facilities located in its data center may
only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution, or
storage of any information, data or material in violation of any
United States or state regulation or law or the common law, or
any applicable foreign or international law is prohibited. This
includes, but is not limited to, material protected by
copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other
intellectual property rights.
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12.5. Creating, utilizing, or distributing unauthorized
copies of software or other information content is a violation
of international, federal, and state law. If you copy,
distribute, or install software or other information content in
ways that the license to use that content does not allow, you
are violating federal copyright law and international copyright
law. Terapower Innovation, Corp. will cooperate with all law
enforcement agencies in relation to alleged copyright
infringement based on content housed in our data centers.
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12.6. Please see Copyright Infringement Reporting on the
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web site for procedures on
disclosing alleged copyright infringement.
13.
Customer's Grant of Limited License to Terapower Innovation, Corp.;
Warranties on Content.
By posting or submitting content to any Terapower Innovation, Corp.
Web site or server, you:
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13.1. Grant Terapower Innovation, Corp. a limited license
to transmit, copy, store, back up, and retrieve the content,
solely for the purpose of providing you with the services you
are purchasing under your Agreement with Terapower Innovation,
Corp.;
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13.2. Acknowledge that you are placing data on servers,
networks, and systems that reside physically in the United
States. Such servers, networks, and systems are governed by
United States law and not by the laws of other jurisdiction. As
such, your rights to privacy are governed by United States law
and the Terapower Innovation, Corp. privacy policy. By ordering
or using Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s services, you explicitly
consent to this provision regarding privacy.
WHILE TERAPOWER INNOVATION, CORP. WILL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS
TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF YOUR INFORMATION AND TO COMPLY WITH
UNITED STATES LAW, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
AVAILABLE UNDER UNITED STATES LAW AND THE TERAPOWER INNOVATION,
CORP. PRIVACY POLICY MAY BE LESS THAN THOSE GUARANTEED BY THE
LAWS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU RESIDE.
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13.3. Warrant and represent that you own or otherwise
control all of the rights to the content and that public posting
and use of your content by Terapower Innovation, Corp. does not
and will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party;
and
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13.4. Agree to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify
Terapower Innovation, Corp. for any claims of any third party
resulting from the public posting or use of your content.
14. IP
Allocation.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. administers an Internet network on which
multiple Customer servers reside. Customers shall NOT use Internet
protocol (IP) addresses that were not assigned to them by Terapower
Innovation, Corp. staff or network administrators.
15.
Restrictions on Use of Terapower Innovation, Corp. Services.
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15.1. You may not operate Internet Relay Chat ("IRC")
servers using Terapower Innovation, Corp.'s services.
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15.2. You may not run any IRC robot on any IRC server that
might interfere with the Services or otherwise violate this AUP.
When logged into any IRC server, you must comply with the rules
and policies established by that IRC's service administrator.
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15.3. You must not use any programs that may or will
interfere with another's use of this site or any Terapower
Innovation, Corp. Services.
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15.4. You may not run any background processes on the
Terapower Innovation, Corp. servers, networks, or systems
without prior written authorization from Terapower Innovation,
Corp.
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15.5. You may not use any Terapower Innovation, Corp.
services to send denial-of-service (DOS) attacks to any computer
or network, or to "flood" any computer or network.
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15.6. You may not host any type of HYIP, autosurf, proxy,
or bit torrent on Terapower Innovation, Corp. servers.
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15.7. You may not use any Terapower Innovation, Corp.
services to make available to third parties for any use other
than normal access to that account's Web site.
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15.8. You may not use our service to host software download
websites or the serving of file downloads. Any websites with
bandwidth usage or disk usage consisting mainly of downloads
will be suspended.
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15.9. You may not use our service to offer any free
services including but not limited to free hosting, free email
service, free blogging service, free home pages, free image
hosting. More information can be obtained in section R1. of our
TOS.
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15.10. You may not use our service as an offsite file
storage area for any files. Any use of Terapower Innovation,
Corp. services is strictly intended for that account's web site
only.
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15.11. Terapower Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to add
further restrictions to Customers' use of the Terapower
Innovation, Corp. Services if such further restrictions are
reasonably necessary to keep its hosting service operating
efficiently for all users.
16.
Suspension and Cancellation.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to suspend service to
any Customer or who is using our network or services for violation
of the AUP, the NSP, the Privacy Policy, or the TOS. Terapower
Innovation, Corp. will use reasonable care in notifying the Customer
and in resolving the problem in a method resulting in the least
amount of service interference as reasonably possible. Terapower
Innovation, Corp. reserves the right to terminate service without
notice for continued and repeated violations of the AUP, the NSP,
the Privacy Policy, or the TOS.
17. Notices
Regarding Violations of AUP and Intellectual Property Rights.
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17.1. The Terapower Innovation, Corp. Agreement and all its
components prohibit acts of copyright and trademark infringement
and other unlawful behavior by Terapower Innovation, Corp.
Customers. Terapower Innovation, Corp. takes Customer violations
seriously and will investigate complaints and, where
appropriate, may remove content, disable sites, suspend or
terminate services, or take other action as necessary.
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17.2. General Complaints: Please send reports of any
activity in violation of this Acceptable Use Policy to admin@terapower.com.
If possible, please provide the IP address used to commit the
violation, the date and time of the violation, and evidence of
the violation. Terapower Innovation, Corp. will reasonably
investigate incidents involving such alleged violations.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. may involve and will cooperate with
law enforcement officials if any criminal activity is suspected.
Violations may result in criminal and civil liability.
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17.3. Copyright/Trademark Infringement Complaints: If you
believe that your copyright or trademark has been used by a
Terapower Innovation, Corp. subscriber without permission, such
that the use may constitute infringement of your intellectual
property rights, please see the instructions on how to send your
claim at:
http://terapower.net/legal.htm
18.
Miscellaneous.
All monetary amounts to which this Agreement refers shall be in
United States dollars.
19. Revisions.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. may revise this Acceptable Use Policy
without prior notice. Such changes will be posted at
http://terapower.net/legal.htm . You are responsible for
reviewing the online Acceptable Use Policy to stay updated of any
changes.
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Privacy Policy
1.
Overview
Terapower Innovation, Corp. is strongly committed to protecting the
privacy of its Client's and of its interactive products and
services. Throughout cyberspace, we want to contribute to providing
a safe and secure environment for all our Client's, Customer's and
Visitor's.
While this privacy policy applies to the Terapower Innovation, Corp.
site and all of the other Internet-accessible Terapower Innovation,
Corp. branded services, we will refer here only to Terapower
Innovation, Corp. to make reading this policy easier. The purpose of
this privacy policy is to inform you, as a welcomed Client of
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Services, what kind of information we
may gather about you, how we may use that information, whether we
disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use
of, and your ability to correct, the information.
Finally, please note that this policy applies only to Terapower
Innovation, Corp. and Web sites that carry the Terapower Innovation,
Corp. brand, and not to other companies or organization's web sites
to which we link. We have clearly marked Terapower Innovation, Corp.
or Terapower Innovation, Corp. and these branded Web sites with our
copyright information so you know where this policy applies.
2.
Definitions
"Client": The
trader being a company, partnership, sole trader or other
organization or any individual, which undertakes to accept Terapower
Innovation, Corp. Services.
"Partner", "Affiliate": A third-party organization that provides
Internet development, hosting and/or Internet access services and/or
other services to the Terapower Innovation, Corp. and/or Client.
"Services", "Products": Web Site hosting, Web design, Domain name
registration, DNS hosting, email hosting and other related internet
services.
3.
Collecting Information About All Terapower Innovation, Corp. Web
Site Visitors
In general, our service automatically gathers certain usage
information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to Terapower
Innovation, Corp. and its areas, very much like television ratings
that tell the networks how many people tuned in to a program. We
only use such data in the aggregate. This collective data helps us
determine how much our Clients use parts of the site, so we can
improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it
for as many of you as possible. For example, Terapower Innovation,
Corp. uses a technology nicknamed "cookies" that tells us how and
when pages in the site are visited, and by how many people.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. cookies do not collect personally
identifiable Information and we do not combine information collected
through cookies with other personally identifiable Information to
tell us who you are or even what your screen name or e-mail address
is.
How our service automatically gathers certain usage information:
A.
"Cookies" A
cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to
any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the
Client closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. If a
Client rejects the cookie, they may still use the site. The only
drawback to this is that the Client will be limited in some areas of
the site.
B.
Log Files: We
use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
Client's movement, and gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally
identifiable information.
C.
"Tell-A-Friend" If a Client elects to use our referral service for
informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name
and email address. Terapower Innovation, Corp. will automatically
send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. does not store this information as it is
a one-time email.
4.
Collecting Personal or any Specific Information via On-Line Forms
Sometimes, we may specifically ask for information about you when
you sign up to use a service, like "Members Area", or when you order
a product or ask us for the Service Quote. We will need certain
information -- such as name, Internet address, billing address, type
of computer, credit card number -- in order to provide that service
or product to you. We may also use that information to let you know
of additional products and services about which you might be
interested.
How we may collect Personal or Any Specific Information:
A.
"Registration" In order to use some parts of Terapower Innovation,
Corp. Website or gained information of some product or/and services,
Client must first complete the registration form. During
registration Client is required to give their contact information
(such as name and email address). This information is used to
contact the user about the services on our site for which they have
expressed interest.
B.
"On-Line
Payment", "Shopping Cart" We request information from the Client in
our order form and/or service payment form. Here Client must provide
contact information (like name and billing address) and financial
information (like credit card number, expiration date). This
information is used for billing purposes and to fill Client's
orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact
information is used to get in touch with the Client.
5.
Use,
Collection and Retention of Client Information
Terapower Innovation, Corp. collects, retains and uses only the
information about our Client's that is required by law to administer
Terapower Innovation, Corp. business and provide high-level services
to our Client's. We retain this information no longer than necessary
to meet these objectives.
6.
Maintenance of Accurate Information
Terapower Innovation, Corp. has established procedures so that a
Client's financial and personally identifiable information is
accurate, current and complete in accordance with reasonable
commercial standards. Any request to correct inaccurate information
is responded to within a timely manner.
7.
Limiting Employee Access to Information
All Terapower Innovation, Corp. employees are educated about the
importance of privacy and confidentiality. Only those employees
having a business reason for knowing such information have access to
personally identifiable information.
8.
Protection of Information via Established Security Procedures
Terapower Innovation, Corp. maintains rigorous security standards
and procedures regarding unauthorized access to Client information.
Therefore we do not store very sensitive information such as Credit
Card Information on-line or in any computer accessible from the
internet.
9.
Maintaining Client Privacy in Business Relationships with Third
Parties
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits
to Terapower Innovation, Corp. Sites or information that you may
give us, such as your name, address, e-mail address or telephone
number, to any outside companies. But sometimes it is necessary to
provide personally identifiable Client information to a third party,
Terapower Innovation, Corp. shall insist that the third party
adheres to similar privacy principles that are provided for keeping
such information confidential.
10.
Restrictions on the Disclosure of Account Information
Terapower Innovation, Corp. provides information about Client's
accounts or other personally identifiable data to third parties only
when:
A.
The
information is provided to help complete a Client initiated
transaction
B.
The Client
requires it
C.
The
disclosure is required by/or allowed by law
D.
It is
necessary to process transactions and provide our services.
11.
Disclosure of Privacy Principles to Clients
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Client's have the right to know what
information we keep about them and how the information is used.
Client's have the right to have any inaccurate information corrected
or deleted.
12.
Unsolicited E-mail Circulars Policy
Unsolicited email circulars (SPAM) - are becoming an increasing
nuisance to Internet users. These mass direct mail-shots can cause
inconvenience, annoyance and expense to recipients. Terapower
Innovation, Corp. does not condone such practices in any form, nor
do we sanction such applications by other websites.
13.
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Privacy Policy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy for Terapower Innovation,
Corp., we will post those changes here so that you will always know
what information we gather, how we might use that information and
whether we will disclose it to anyone.
14.
Resume
All services provided by Terapower Innovation, Corp. to the Client
are subject to the above Global Privacy Policy and our standard
Terms and Conditions (TOS) and Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
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Copyright Policy
Terapower Innovation, Corp. is committed to complying with U.S.
copyright law and expects you to do the same. The Digital Millennium
Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") provides recourse for owners of
copyrighted material who believe that their rights under U.S.
copyright law have been infringed on the Internet. Under the DMCA,
copyright owners may contact the authorized agent of an Internet
service provider to report alleged infringements of their protected
works appearing on Web pages hosted by the service provider. Upon
receipt of a properly filed complaint satisfying the requirements of
the DMCA, Terapower Innovation, Corp. will remove or block access to
the allegedly infringing material. If you believe in good faith that
a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed, you may
submit a counter-notice to Terapower Innovation, Corp. Customers who
are the subject of a DMCA notification that meets the below criteria
may be subject to account termination at Terapower Innovation,
Corp.'s sole discretion. Terapower Innovation, Corp. will not be a
party to disputes over alleged copyright infringement.
If you believe that your copyrights have been infringed, or if a
notice of copyright infringement has been filed against you, we
advise that you seek legal counsel. We are providing the following
information to you for informational purposes only.
Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement
If you believe that a Web page hosted by Terapower Innovation, Corp.
is violating your rights under U.S. copyright law, you may file a
complaint of such claimed infringement with Terapower Innovation,
Corp.'s designated agent in the manner described below.
E-mail to:
abuse@terapower.com
For your complaint to
be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information
when providing notice of the claimed copyright infringement:
a.
A physical
or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of
the copyright owner
b.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been
infringed
c.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or
to be the subject of the infringing activity and that is to be
removed or access to which is to be disabled as well as information
reasonably sufficient to permit Terapower Innovation, Corp. to
locate the material
d.
Information
reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the
complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if
available, an electronic mail address
e.
A statement
that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the
material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the
copyright owner, its agent, or law
f.
A statement
that the information in the notification is accurate, and under
penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act
on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed
(For more details on
the information required for valid notification, see 17 U.S.C.
512(c)(3).)
You should be aware that, under the DCMA, claimants who make
misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable
for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the
material, court costs, and attorneys fees.
Counter-notification to Claim Copyright Infringement
If a notice of copyright infringement has been filed against you,
you may file a counter-notification with Terapower Innovation,
Corp.'s designated agent at the address listed above. Such counter-notification
must contain the following information:
a.
Physical or
electronic signature
b.
Identification of the material that has been removed or to which
access has been disabled and the location at which the material
appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled
c.
A statement
under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the
material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or
misidentification
d.
Your name,
address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to
the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the federal
district in which you are located, and that you will accept service
of process from the complainant
If Terapower Innovation, Corp. receives a valid counter-notification,
the DMCA provides that the removed material will be restored, or
access re-enabled.
Please be advised that U.S. copyright law provides substantial
penalties for a false counter-notice filed in response to a notice
of copyright infringement.
Any party seeking to report any other potential violations of this
Agreement may contact Terapower Innovation, Corp. via email at
abuse@terapower.com
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Anti SPAM Policy
Terapower Innovation, Corp. Strictly Forbids Spamming and Enforces,
this Policy.
We Will Terminate Your Membership if You Spam.
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Anti-Spam Policy
terapower.com strictly prohibits the sending of unsolicited mass e-mails
of any kind. If a member is reported for "spamming", terapower.com
will investigate and terminate the member's account and make them
ineligible for a new account. This includes clients who have host
space from terapower.com, resellers, VPS- dedicated server owners, and
referrals who earn money by referring others.
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What does spamming mean?
Spamming mean sending unsolicited and unauthorized e-mails to
businesses and individual who do not know you personally and have
not agreed to receive your messages.
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Take Action
Please
report spamming to
abuse@terapower.com
Be sure to including the following in your report:
o
Spammer's Member USERNAME# if applicable
o
A copy of the spam email
o
Full spam email header (Click
Here to see how you can retrieve them).
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Disclaimer
Terapower
Innovation, Corp., referred to as "Terapower.com" or "terapower.com"
at its sole discretion, may choose to change the terms, conditions
and operation of this Web site at anytime. By using this service the
user waives any rights or claims it may have against Terapower.com.
The content
available through the Site is the sole property of Terapower.com or
its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark and other
intellectual property laws. Except as otherwise explicitly agreed in
writing, Terapower.com-owned content received through the Site may
be downloaded, displayed, reformatted and printed for your personal,
non-commercial use only. Content owned by Terapower.com licensors
may be subject to additional restrictions. You agree not to
reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish,
broadcast or circulate the content received through the Site to
anyone, including but not limited to others in the same company or
organization without Terapower.com's express prior written consent.
WITHOUT LIMITING
THE FOREGOING, TERAPOWER.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR YOUR
BUSINESS FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES OR LOST OR IMPUTED PROFITS OR ROYALTIES ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PROVIDED, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF
WARRANTY OR ANY OBLIGATION ARISING THERE FROM OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER
LIABILITY IS ASSERTED IN CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND
STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY) AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. EACH PARTY
HEREBY WAIVES ANY CLAIMS THAT THESE EXCLUSIONS DEPRIVE SUCH PARTY OF
AN ADEQUATE REMEDY.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THIRD PARTY PRODUCT AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ADVERTISE THEIR
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ON THE TERAPOWER.COM WEB SITE. TERAPOWER.COM
FORMS PARTNERSHIPS OR ALLIANCES WITH SOME OF THESE VENDORS FROM TIME
TO TIME IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF THESE PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES TO YOU. HOWEVER, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT AT NO TIME
IS TERAPOWER.COM MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY REGARDING ANY
THIRD PARTY'S PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, NOR WILL TERAPOWER.COM BE LIABLE
TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR IN
CONNECTION WITH SUCH THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. YOU HEREBY
DISCLAIM AND WAIVE ANY RIGHTS AND CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST
TERAPOWER.COM WITH RESPECT TO THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, TO
THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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